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* '''Subverted''': Alice let the basement bathroom fall into disrepair, but the upstairs bathroom is clean
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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
** Alice let the basement bathroom fall into disrepair, but the upstairs bathroom iscleanclean.
** As the letter from the local Utilities Company (and the excavators digging up the road) shows, it's not that the house has bad plumbing, but that the local water grid is being renovated.
** Alice let the basement bathroom fall into disrepair, but the upstairs bathroom is
** As the letter from the local Utilities Company (and the excavators digging up the road) shows, it's not that the house has bad plumbing, but that the local water grid is being renovated.
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* '''Subverted''':
** The tiles and/or shower curtain are a little outdated or dingy, but the water is perfect.
** Alice has a bathtub, not a shower.
** Alice lives in a fairly nice home or apartment.
** The shower is perfectly functional and nice.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Until one day, the pressure drops and/or there's no hot water, for no apparent reason.
** The bathtub has seen better days, and the faucet or shower attachment doesn't work.
** Except for her bathroom, which is so bad she can't even use it.
** Well, it would be. Alice ForgotToPayTheBill (or couldn't afford the water bill), and the water company cut off her service.
** The tiles and/or shower curtain are a little outdated or dingy, but the water is perfect.
** Alice has a bathtub, not a shower.
** Alice lives in a fairly nice home or apartment.
** The shower is perfectly functional and nice.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Until one day, the pressure drops and/or there's no hot water, for no apparent reason.
** The bathtub has seen better days, and the faucet or shower attachment doesn't work.
** Except for her bathroom, which is so bad she can't even use it.
** Well, it would be. Alice ForgotToPayTheBill (or couldn't afford the water bill), and the water company cut off her service.
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* '''Subverted''':
** The tiles and/or shower curtain are a little outdated or dingy,'''Subverted''': Alice let the basement bathroom fall into disrepair, but the water upstairs bathroom is perfect.
** Alice has a bathtub, not a shower.
** Alice lives in a fairly nice home or apartment.
** The shower is perfectly functional and nice.
clean
* '''DoubleSubverted''':
** Until one day,Subverted''': Carol lives in the pressure drops and/or there's no hot water, for no apparent reason.
** The bathtub has seen better days, andbasement, having to put up with the faucet or shower attachment doesn't work.
** Except for her bathroom, which is so bad she can't even use it.
** Well, it would be. Alice ForgotToPayTheBill (or couldn't afford the water bill), and the water company cut off her service.dingy bathroom.
** The tiles and/or shower curtain are a little outdated or dingy,
** Alice has a bathtub, not a shower.
** Alice lives in a fairly nice home or apartment.
** The shower is perfectly functional and nice.
* '''Double
** Until one day,
** The bathtub has seen better days, and
** Except for her bathroom, which is so bad she can't even use it.
** Well, it would be. Alice ForgotToPayTheBill (or couldn't afford the water bill), and the water company cut off her service.
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* '''Downplayed''': The plumbing is old, so when [[FlushingToiletScreamingShower Bob uses the toilet, the water in Alice's shower]] goes either hot or cold, and/or the pressure drops.
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* '''Downplayed''': The plumbing is old, so when [[FlushingToiletScreamingShower Bob uses the toilet, the water in Alice's shower]] goes either hot or cold, cold and/or the pressure drops.
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** The landlord is dragging his/her feet about getting it fixed, or it would cost less to just redo the entire plumbing system than it would to fix the problem with Alice's shower.
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** The landlord is dragging his/her their feet about getting it fixed, or it would cost less to just redo the entire plumbing system than it would to fix the problem with Alice's shower.
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** Alice is living in a time or place where indoor plumbing is rare (and typically only available to the ''extremely'' wealthy, such as royalty or nobility), or nonexistent. In order to get a day's worth of water, Alice either has to draw from a communal well, or trek miles on foot to the nearest lake, and since she can only carry so much with her, bathing doesn't happen too often. And a hot bath is out of the question, too, since heating the water takes a lot of wood or charcoal.
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** Alice is living in a time or place where indoor plumbing is rare (and typically only available to the ''extremely'' wealthy, such as royalty or nobility), or nonexistent. In order to get a day's worth of water, Alice must either has to draw from a communal well, well or trek miles on foot to the nearest lake, and since she can only carry so much with her, bathing doesn't happen too often. And a hot bath is out of the question, too, since heating the water takes a lot of wood or charcoal.
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* '''Double Subverted''': Until one day, the pressure drops and/or there's no hot water, for no apparent reason.
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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
** Until one day, the pressure drops and/or there's no hot water, for no apparent reason.
** Until one day, the pressure drops and/or there's no hot water, for no apparent reason.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Sometimes the shower works, other times it doesn't. Sometimes it's clean and nice-looking, other times it's dingy.
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** Alice [[HonorBeforeReason tries to use her broken shower to wash]] even though Carol is happy to let her use her shower.
** Alice moves into a building whose managers tout how bad their baths are.
*'''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Sometimes the shower works, other times it doesn't. Sometimes it's clean and nice-looking, other times it's dingy.
** Alice moves into a building whose managers tout how bad their baths are.
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* '''Invoked''': Alice is living in PerpetualPoverty, and she can only afford a shabby little studio. She's just happy to have a roof over her head.
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* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
** Aliceis living lives in PerpetualPoverty, PerpetualPoverty and she can only afford a shabby little studio. She's just happy to have a roof over her head.head.
** Alice's family goes from RichesToRags and they must all reduce their biggest expenses. For Alice, that means fewer and shorter showers, and the shower being in a state of disrepair is an incentive for this form of cutting back.
** Alice
** Alice's family goes from RichesToRags and they must all reduce their biggest expenses. For Alice, that means fewer and shorter showers, and the shower being in a state of disrepair is an incentive for this form of cutting back.
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* '''Defied''': Alice repairs the shower herself, calls a plumber, or pesters her landlord enough that he'll fix it.
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* '''Defied''': Alice repairs the shower herself, calls a plumber, or pesters her landlord enough that he'll to fix it.
* '''Implied''': Alice goes to take a shower but comes out no cleaner than before.
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice is bullied and stuck at the bottom of society when she's usually dirty thanks to her inoperative shower.
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice is bullied and stuck at the bottom of society when she's usually dirty thanks to her inoperative shower.
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** The shower is perfectly functional and nice.
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** Well, it would be. Alice ForgotToPayTheBill (or couldn't afford the water bill), and the water company cut off her service.
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* '''Basic Trope''': In order to show that a (typically apartment-dwelling) character is poor, the shower doesn't work well or at all.
* '''Straight''': Alice turns on the shower. The tiles are cracked and dingy-looking, the pipes are old and rusty, and the water pressure is terrible. Oh, and there are only two temperatures: scalding hot or freezing cold.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice's shower doesn't work ''at all''; she uses baby wipes (or a wet paper towel or washcloth) and dry shampoo, and a liberal coating of deodorant and/or perfume.
** Alice lives not in a shabby little apartment, but in a BigFancyHouse.
*** Alice ''is'' an apartment-dweller, but it appears she lives in a fairly nice apartment; the only not-so-nice part is the shower.
* '''Straight''': Alice turns on the shower. The tiles are cracked and dingy-looking, the pipes are old and rusty, and the water pressure is terrible. Oh, and there are only two temperatures: scalding hot or freezing cold.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice's shower doesn't work ''at all''; she uses baby wipes (or a wet paper towel or washcloth) and dry shampoo, and a liberal coating of deodorant and/or perfume.
** Alice lives not in a shabby little apartment, but in a BigFancyHouse.
*** Alice ''is'' an apartment-dweller, but it appears she lives in a fairly nice apartment; the only not-so-nice part is the shower.
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* '''Straight''': Alice turns on the shower. The tiles are cracked and dingy-looking, the pipes are old and rusty, and the water pressure is terrible. Oh, and there are only two temperatures: scalding hot or freezing
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** Alice's shower doesn't work ''at all''; she uses baby wipes (or a wet paper towel or washcloth) and dry shampoo, and a liberal coating of deodorant and/or perfume.
** Alice lives not in a shabby little apartment, but in a
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** Alice ''is'' an apartment-dweller, but it appears she lives in a fairly nice apartment; the only not-so-nice part is the
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* '''Justified''': The plumbing is old and shabby, as is the rest of the apartment.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** The plumbing is old and shabby, as is the rest of theapartment. apartment.
** The plumbing is old and shabby, as is the rest of the
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* '''Subverted''': The tiles and/or shower curtain are a little outdated or dingy, but the water is perfect.
** Alice has a bathtub, not a shower.
** Alice lives in a fairly nice home or apartment.
** Alice has a bathtub, not a shower.
** Alice lives in a fairly nice home or apartment.
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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
** The tiles and/or shower curtain are a little outdated or dingy, but the water is perfect.
** Alice has a bathtub, not ashower.
shower.
** Alice lives in a fairly nice home or apartment.
** The tiles and/or shower curtain are a little outdated or dingy, but the water is perfect.
** Alice has a bathtub, not a
** Alice lives in a fairly nice home or apartment.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice uses the shower as a closet.
** People can tell by [[ThePigpen Alice's smell (as a result of not showering frequently or at all)]] which apartment building she lives in.
** People can tell by [[ThePigpen Alice's smell (as a result of not showering frequently or at all)]] which apartment building she lives in.
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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
** Alice uses the shower as a closet.
** People can tell by [[ThePigpen Alice's smell (as a result of not showering frequently or at all)]] which apartment building she lives in.
** Alice uses the shower as a closet.
** People can tell by [[ThePigpen Alice's smell (as a result of not showering frequently or at all)]] which apartment building she lives in.
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* '''Averted''': Alice's shower works just fine.
** There are no showers or bathtubs InUniverse.
** There are no showers or bathtubs InUniverse.
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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
** Alice's shower works justfine.
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** There are no showers or bathtubs InUniverse.
** Alice's shower works just
** There are no showers or bathtubs InUniverse.
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** Alice has to shower at a neighbor's apartment, or at the gym.
** Alice is living in a time or place where indoor plumbing is rare (and typically only available to the ''extremely'' wealthy, such as royalty or nobility), or nonexistent. In order to get a day's worth of water, Alice either has to draw from a communal well, or trek miles on foot to the nearest lake, and since she can only carry so much with her, bathing doesn't happen too often. And a hot bath is out of the question, too, since heating the water takes a lot of wood or charcoal.
** Alice lives in a fairly nice home or apartment.
** Except for her bathroom, which is so bad she can't even use it.
** Alice's standard of living actually ''increases'' when she goes camping.
** Alice's shower is the plumbing equivalent of TheAllegedCar.
** Alice's shower is the plumbing equivalent of TheAllegedCar.
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*'''Enforced''': StandardizedSitcomHousing
*'''Lampshaded''': "Oh, yeah, I forgot to tell you. The shower only works if you..."
*'''Invoked''': Alice is living in PerpetualPoverty, and she can only afford a shabby little studio. She's just happy to have a roof over her head.
*'''Exploited''': Alice sues the landlord for not maintaining the building to proper code/standards, as well as for emotional pain and suffering related to the perpetually-broken shower.
*'''Defied''': Alice repairs the shower herself, calls a plumber, or pesters her landlord enough that he'll fix it.
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*'''Basic Trope''': In order to show that a (typically apartment-dwelling) character is poor, the shower doesn't work well or at all.
*'''Straight''': Alice turns on the shower. The tiles are cracked and dingy-looking, the pipes are old and rusty, and the water pressure is terrible. Oh, and there are only two temperatures: scalding hot or freezing cold.
*'''Exaggerated''': Alice's shower doesn't work ''at all''; she uses baby wipes (or a wet paper towel or washcloth) and dry shampoo, and a liberal coating of deodorant and/or perfume.
** Alice lives not in a shabby little apartment, but in a BigFancyHouse.
*** Alice ''is'' an apartment-dweller, but it appears she lives in a fairly nice apartment; the only not-so-nice part is the shower.
** Alice uses the rinse hose at the kitchen sink to wash up.
** ''None'' of Alice's plumbing works at all.
*'''Downplayed''': The plumbing is old, so when [[FlushingToiletScreamingShower Bob uses the toilet, the water in Alice's shower]] goes either hot or cold, and/or the pressure drops.
*'''Justified''': The plumbing is old and shabby, as is the rest of the apartment.
** The landlord is dragging his/her feet about getting it fixed, or it would cost less to just redo the entire plumbing system than it would to fix the problem with Alice's shower.
** [[TrashOfTheTitans Alice]] doesn't do her part to keep the FesteringFungus at bay, which damages the fixtures.
*'''Inverted''': The rest of Alice's apartment is shabby, but the shower is extremely nice; the water temperature is always just right, the pipes aren't creaky or rusty, the fixtures and tiles are shiny and new, and the water pressure is ''perfect''. The shower might even have luxury features.
*'''Subverted''': The tiles and/or shower curtain are a little outdated or dingy, but the water is perfect.
** Alice has a bathtub, not a shower.
*'''Double Subverted''': Until one day, the pressure drops and/or there's no hot water, for no apparent reason.
** The bathtub has seen better days, and the faucet or shower attachment doesn't work.
*'''Parodied''': Alice uses the shower as a closet.
** People can tell by [[ThePigpen Alice's smell (as a result of not showering frequently or at all)]] which apartment building she lives in.
** Alice decides to fix it, [[DoItYourselfPlumbingProject except she has no idea what she's doing]].
** Alice uses the toilet water to bathe.
*'''Zig Zagged''': Sometimes the shower works, other times it doesn't. Sometimes it's clean and nice-looking, other times it's dingy.
*'''Averted''': Alice's shower works just fine.
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*'''Straight''': Alice turns on the shower. The tiles are cracked and dingy-looking, the pipes are old and rusty, and the water pressure is terrible. Oh, and there are only two temperatures: scalding hot or freezing cold.
*'''Exaggerated''': Alice's shower doesn't work ''at all''; she uses baby wipes (or a wet paper towel or washcloth) and dry shampoo, and a liberal coating of deodorant and/or perfume.
** Alice lives not in a shabby little apartment, but in a BigFancyHouse.
*** Alice ''is'' an apartment-dweller, but it appears she lives in a fairly nice apartment; the only not-so-nice part is the shower.
** Alice uses the rinse hose at the kitchen sink to wash up.
** ''None'' of Alice's plumbing works at all.
*'''Downplayed''': The plumbing is old, so when [[FlushingToiletScreamingShower Bob uses the toilet, the water in Alice's shower]] goes either hot or cold, and/or the pressure drops.
*'''Justified''': The plumbing is old and shabby, as is the rest of the apartment.
** The landlord is dragging his/her feet about getting it fixed, or it would cost less to just redo the entire plumbing system than it would to fix the problem with Alice's shower.
** [[TrashOfTheTitans Alice]] doesn't do her part to keep the FesteringFungus at bay, which damages the fixtures.
*'''Inverted''': The rest of Alice's apartment is shabby, but the shower is extremely nice; the water temperature is always just right, the pipes aren't creaky or rusty, the fixtures and tiles are shiny and new, and the water pressure is ''perfect''. The shower might even have luxury features.
*'''Subverted''': The tiles and/or shower curtain are a little outdated or dingy, but the water is perfect.
** Alice has a bathtub, not a shower.
*'''Double Subverted''': Until one day, the pressure drops and/or there's no hot water, for no apparent reason.
** The bathtub has seen better days, and the faucet or shower attachment doesn't work.
*'''Parodied''': Alice uses the shower as a closet.
** People can tell by [[ThePigpen Alice's smell (as a result of not showering frequently or at all)]] which apartment building she lives in.
** Alice decides to fix it, [[DoItYourselfPlumbingProject except she has no idea what she's doing]].
** Alice uses the toilet water to bathe.
*'''Zig Zagged''': Sometimes the shower works, other times it doesn't. Sometimes it's clean and nice-looking, other times it's dingy.
*'''Averted''': Alice's shower works just fine.
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