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** Alice believes that encouraging others isn't effective enough and that being completely negative is the only way for them to take things seriously and improve themselves.

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%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

** While Alice might have good points about her intended targets, her inability to recognize the flaws in her own perspective and criticism means that her critiques are at best deeply biased or built on faulty logic, or at worst using her supposed "compassion" as something to hide behind to avoid any serious scrutiny. Anyone who ''does'' take a closer look end up realizing that she's either a complete KnowNothingKnowItAll, or just a massive jerk trying to appropriate criticism for her own selfish agenda.

* '''Deconstructed''': The more that Alice points out her friends' flaws, the more they [[CantTakeCriticism resent her and ignore her good-hearted intentions]].

* '''Parodied''': ???

** Alice believes that complimenting them on their pros will make her ignore their cons, and not telling them about their cons will not perfect them.
** [[{{Jerkass}} Alice is just looking for an excuse to be mean]], but her [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold soft side shows up that this makes her less so]].

* '''Subverted''': Alice then starts praising others since they've improved their flaws.
* '''Double Subverted''': Only to indignantly point out how there are other flaws they have to improve on.

* '''Invoked''': To make sure that his friends doesn't get angry at her, Alice gives them a reason for her critical attitude.

** Alice doesn't want to fall into those blunt critics, so she goes bettering people by focusing on their strengths.
* '''Discussed''': "Oh, it's always have to be those people who act hard on us in order to better us."

* '''Reconstructed''': But the more they resent Alice's criticism, [[GoneHorriblyRight the better they become]]. After that, they thanked Alice and continue enjoying their success.

** [[{{Jerkass}} Alice is just looking for an excuse to be mean]], but her [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold soft side gets to her that this makes her less so]].

* '''Enforced''': "Critics are seen as jerks. Let's create a critic who has a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold good heart]]."

** "So what if you want to see us succeed? That doesn't mean you can be mean about it."

* '''Deconstructed''': The more that Alice points out the others' flaws, the more they [[CantTakeCriticism resent her and ignore her good-hearted nature]].
* '''Reconstructed''': But the more they resent Alice' well-intentioned criticism, [[GoneHorriblyRight the better they become]]. After that, they reluctantly thanked Alice for her BrutalHonesty and go continue enjoying their success.

'''Basic Trope''': A character criticizes others, but cares deeply than they think.

* '''Averted''': Alice praises others for their pros and ignores the cons.

* '''Invoked''': To make sure that his friends doesn't get angry at her, Alice gives a reason for her critical attitude.

** "So what if you want to see us succeed? That doesn't give you any reason to be mean about it."

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

* '''Reconstructed''': But the more they resent Alice' well-intentioned criticism, [[GoneHorriblyRight the better they become]]. After that, they reluctantly thanked Alice for her BrutalHonesty and go continue living in success.

** [[{{Jerkass}} Alice is just looking for an excuse to be mean]].

'''Basic Trope''': A character criticizes others, but only for making them better.

** Alice is just looking for an excuse to be mean.

* '''Subverted''': Alice then starts praising others since they've improved a flaw.

* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice is a judge for a singing contest who gives contestants long drawn out [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on their poor performances]] all before saying in a sad, tearful tone "because I care!"

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice criticizes everyone to the point of coming across as an unlikable {{Jerkass}}, but the fact is she's anything but.

** Alice realizes that pointing out flaws can get them to improve themselves.

* '''Subverted''': Alice then starts praising others since they've gotten better.

* '''Exaggerated''': Alice criticizes everyone to the point of coming across as an unlikable {{Jerkass}}, but the fact is she isn't.

* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

* '''Defied''': "So what if you want to see us succeed? That doesn't give you any reason to be mean about it."

%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???

* '''Enforced''': "Critics are seen as jerks. Let's create a critic who isn't as critical as they seem."
* '''Lampshaded''': ???

* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice is a judge for a singing contest who gives contestants long drawn out {{Reason You Suck Speech}}es on their poor performances all before saying in a sad, tearful tone "because I care!"

* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice is judge for a singing contest who gives contestants {{Reason You Suck Speech}}es on their poor performance all before saying in a sad, tearful manner "because I care!"

* '''Parodied''': Alice is judge for a singing contest who gives contestants {{Reason You Suck Speech}}es on their poor performance all before saying in a sad, tearful manner "because I care!"

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

* '''Straight''': Alice is often critical of other's flaws, but she does mean well.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice criticizes everyone to the point of being an unlikable {{Jerkass}}, but this doesn't make her a bad person.

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Enforced''': ???

* '''Invoked''': ???

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

* '''Downplayed''': Alice is critical, but isn't harsh or blunt about it.
* '''Justified''': ???