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* '''Subverted''': Alice starts out with a speech impediment, but undergoes speech therapy.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Alice starts out with a speech impediment, but undergoes speech therapy.


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** [[BabyTalk Alice was only three]].


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** She still has it at age 15.
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** Bob has a [[SelfDemonstratingArticle re-re-really bad stu-stutter.]]



** Al... ice pauses in the middle of words, B-bob stutters, Chawlie can't pwonounce his "R"s, Diane lithpth, and Edward can't pronounce his "L"s.

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** Al... ice pauses in the middle of words, B-bob stutters, Chawlie can't pwonounce his "R"s, Diane lithpth, and Edward can't pronounce his "L"s."L"s.
** Bob stutters on every other word, making him borderline unintelligible.



* '''Subverted''': Alice starts out with the speech impediment but [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness it later goes away]].

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* '''Subverted''': Alice starts out with the a speech impediment impediment, but undergoes speech therapy.
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[[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness it later goes away]].suddenly disappears after a few episodes.]]



* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''':
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice gets low self esteem because of her speech impediment.

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* '''Deconstructed''':
'''Deconstructed''': People make fun of Alice's speech impediment. Her self-esteem suffers.
* '''Reconstructed''':
'''Reconstructed''': Alice is very intelligent, or has some other reason for people to respect her.
* '''Played for Laughs''':
Laughs''': Charles [[PercussiveMaintenance hits Alice on the head, and it cures her speech impediment.]]
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice gets low self esteem because of her speech impediment.Drama''':
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone who has a problem with how they speak in some way.
* '''Straight''': Alice has a tendency to involuntarily pause in the middle of a w... ord.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Addi... tionally, Alithe lithpth, [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome can't pwonounce hew "R"s]], and s-stammers too.
** Al... ice pauses in the middle of words, B-bob stutters, Chawlie can't pwonounce his "R"s, Diane lithpth, and Edward can't pronounce his "L"s.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice has a very slight lisp.
* '''Justified''': Alice has a fluency disorder.
* '''Inverted''': Alice tries to talk with a speech impediment but can't.
* '''Subverted''': Alice starts out with the speech impediment but [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness it later goes away]].
* '''Double Subverted''':
** She then gets it back.
** Then, Bob is introduced, who stutters.
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zigzagged''':
* '''Averted''': Alice does not have a speech impediment.
* '''Enforced''':
** Alice and Diane are voiced by the same actress, so the writers gave Alice a speech impediment so they don't sound the same.
** [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Alice's actress has a speech impediment too]].
* '''Lampshaded''': "Wh... y do I talk like this?"
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Exploited''': Alice is in disguise, but the villain recognises her because her speech impediment gives her away.
* '''Defied''': Alice gets speech therapy.
* '''Discussed''': "I had this coworker with a bad speech impediment..."
* '''Conversed''': "What's that show with the lady that talks l... ike this?"
* '''Implied''':
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''':
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice gets low self esteem because of her speech impediment.
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