History PlayingWith / ButchLesbian

* '''Double Subverted''': She keeps this side of her personality notoriously private, even from her girlfriend, and passes them off as the ButchLesbian equivalent to RealMenWearPink if anyone ever sees her doing them.

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice still has moments of insecurity; she hasn't quite figured out who she wants to be (and how to be that person) yet, and she worries what people will think of her. She has a [[StrawFeminist habit of putting people down]] [[RealWomenNeverWearDresses who like "girly" things.]]

* '''Downplayed:''' Alice has short hair and prefers jeans and boots to skirts and high-heels. She almost never wears makeup -- chapstick doesn't count.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Downplayed:''' Alice has short hair and prefers jeans and boots to skirts and high-heels.

* '''Basic Trope''': A woman who identifies as a lesbian, and (in terms of her behavior, speech, and appearance) comes across as "manly."
* '''Played Straight''': Alice wears her hair short, eschews makeup, is rarely (if ever) seen [[RealWomenNeverWearDresses wearing a dress]], likes [[LesbianJock playing]] and watching sports, and prefers beer to fruity cocktails.

** Alice pees standing up. (Whether or not she has the "equipment" to do this well is another matter entirely...)

** Alternatively, Alice is a {{tomboy}}, but not necessarily [[TheLadette "butch"]]; however, her [[OneOfTheBoys guy-pals]] suspect she's gay, which quickly becomes a RunningGag in the series.

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice still has moments of insecurity; she hasn't quite figured out who she wants to be (and how to be that person) yet, and she worries what people will think of her. She has a [[StrawFeminist habit of putting people down]] [[RealWomenNeverWearDresses who like "girly" things.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice figures herself out and pulls herself together. She is happy with how she chooses to express herself, and stops caring what people might (or might not) think. And she also learns that she doesn't have to put others down simply because their interests are not to ''her'' tastes.

** Some days, Alice wears a dress or skirt, some days she wears pants. Some days, she drinks beer. Other days, she drinks Sex on the Beach. On Monday nights, she watches football, weekday afternoons, she watches a SoapOpera.

* '''Discussed''': "Gentlemen, we now know what Wilt Chamberlain would have been like if he were born female. Apparently, absolutely nothing else would have been different."
* '''Conversed''': "Every lesbian on TV I see either looks like a drill sergeant or Micky Rourke."
* '''Played For Laughs''': See "Parodied." Bonus points if Alice has PermaStubble. Almost invariably DeadBabyComedy.
* '''Played For Drama''': A ComingOfAge story in which Alice is still trying to figure herself out.

* '''Averted''': Alice is a very [[TheChick girly]] YamatoNadeshiko, whether she's a lesbian or not.

* '''Justified''': Alice simply doesn't like "girly" things. She was probably like this from [[{{Tomboy}} childhood.]]

* '''Subverted''': Alice has a few "girly" hobbies, like [[FeminineWomenCanCook cooking]], cross-stitching, and a love for babies and kittens.

* '''Parodied''': Alice pees standing up. (Whether or not she has the "equipment" to do this well is another matter entirely...)

* '''Zig Zagged''': Some days, Alice wears a dress or skirt, some days she wears pants. Some days, she drinks beer. Other days, she drinks Sex on the Beach. On Monday nights, she watches football, weekday afternoons, she watches a SoapOpera.

* Downplayed: Alice has short hair and prefers jeans and boots to skirts and high-heels.

* '''Inverted''': Charlie is a CampGay.
** LipstickLesbian

** Alternatively, Alice is a {{tomboy}}, but not necessarily [[TheLadette "butch"]]; however, her [[OneOfTheBoys guy-pals]] suspects she's gay, which quickly becomes a RunningGag in-universe.

** Alice is by far the most "manly" one of the cast - compared to her, the male characters are all complete pansies.

** Alternatively, the author is [[UnfortunateImplications promoting stereotypes]], for whatever reason(s), intentionally or not.

* '''Double Subverted''': She keeps this side of her personality notoriously private, even from her girlfriend.

* '''Averted''': Alice is TheLadette.
** Alice is a very [[TheChick girly]] YamatoNadeshiko, whether she's a lesbian or not.

* '''Averted''': Alice is not a lesbian.

* '''Inverted''': Alice is a LipstickLesbian.

* '''Conversed''': "Every lesbian on TV I see either looks like a drill sergeant or Mickey Rooney."

* '''Conversed''': ???

** Alice is by far the most "manly" one of the cast - the male characters are all comparatively wet.

* '''Discussed''': "Gentlemen, we now know what Wilt Chamberlain would have been like if he were born female. Apparently, absolutely nothing else would change about him."

* '''Discussed''': ???

* '''Played Straight''': Alice wears her hair [[{{Shorttank}} short]], eschews makeup, is rarely (if ever) seen [[RealWomenNeverWearDresses wearing a dress]], likes [[LesbianJock playing]] and watching sports, and prefers beer to fruity cocktails.