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** Alice turns out to be a well-adjusted IntrovertedCatPerson.

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** Alice [[MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold turns out to be be]] a well-adjusted IntrovertedCatPerson.
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** Alice turns out to be a well-adjusted IntrovertedCatPerson.


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** Until the stigma against her [[SelfFulfillingProphecy takes its toll on her sanity]].

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** Alice is the matriarch of a happy family that hoards cats.



* '''Implied''': Alice is a single old lady who is never actually seen to have any cat and no one has been to her house, but she usually buys cat products, her outfit is full of fur and smells like a cat.

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Alice is a single old lady who is never actually seen to have any cat and no one has been to her house, but she usually buys cat products, her outfit is full of fur and smells like a cat.cat.
** Bob wanders into a home filled with 10 cats. He stumbles upon makeup and female hygiene products.



* '''Played For Drama''': Alice and the cats are suffering, but Alice is too far gone to realize it.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Drama''':
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Alice and the cats are suffering, but Alice is too far gone to realize it.it.
** After her DarkAndTroubledPast, Alice is DrivenToSuicide. Her cats either starve or eat her.
** Alice is an exotic animal smuggler who breeds and sells exotic cats, and is paranoid of people investigating her.
* '''Played For Horror''': Alice, traumatised by her past and rejected by society, starts killing those who show up on her property and feed them to her cats.
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** Alice is a member of old ladies who live in the same house and adopt a sole cat.

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** Alice is lives with a member group of other old ladies who live in the same house and adopt a sole cat.single cat that they all take care of.
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* '''GenderInverted''': Bob has more than five dogs and is a DiabolicalMastermind.

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* '''GenderInverted''': Bob has more than five dogs and is a DiabolicalMastermind.never interacts with any of his neighbors.
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** Alice is an fun but eccentric woman whose boyfriends all inevitably end up leaving her because she's "too much"; so she has a lot of cats, because unlike her boyfriends, they won't leave her.

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** Alice is an a fun but eccentric woman whose boyfriends all inevitably end up leaving her because she's "too much"; so she has a lot of cats, because unlike her boyfriends, they won't leave her.
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* '''Straight''': No one wants to go near their weird neighbor Alice because she has several cats, but [[NotGoodWithPeople few human friends]] (and, of course, [[OldMaid no significant other]].)

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* '''Straight''': No one wants to go near their weird neighbor Alice because she has several cats, but [[NotGoodWithPeople [[BetterWithNonHumanCompany few human friends]] (and, of course, [[OldMaid no significant other]].)
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* '''Enforced''': The writer is a ChristmasCake, and worries that this will be her fate.

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* '''Enforced''': The writer is a ChristmasCake, and worries that this will be her fate.
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* '''Straight''': No one wants to go near their weird neighbor Alice because she has several cats, but [[NotGoodWithPeople few human friends]] (and, of course, [[ChristmasCake no significant other]].)

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* '''Straight''': No one wants to go near their weird neighbor Alice because she has several cats, but [[NotGoodWithPeople few human friends]] (and, of course, [[ChristmasCake [[OldMaid no significant other]].)



** Far from being an OldMaid or ChristmasCake, Alice is married.

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** Far from being an OldMaid or ChristmasCake, OldMaid, Alice is married.
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** Alice ''isn't'' a CrazyCatLady (indeed, may not even have a pet), but she ''is'' a ChristmasCake, and her family and friends try to "motivate" her to find a man by saying that she'll turn into a CCL if she doesn't find one and settle down soon.

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** Alice ''isn't'' a CrazyCatLady (indeed, may not even have a pet), but she ''is'' a ChristmasCake, an OldMaid, and her family and friends try to "motivate" her to find a man by saying that she'll turn into a CCL if she doesn't find one and settle down soon.
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** But after her husband dies, she feels left alone miserably and her cat is the only remaining thing for her.

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** Alice is a cat who has a house full of old ladies.

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** Alice is a cat who has a house full member of old ladies.ladies who live in the same house and adopt a sole cat.



** A cat hoards humans.

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** [[RussianReversal A cat hoards humans.humans]].



* '''Invoked''': Alice was a victim of AbusiveParents at a young age and the only friend she has was a cat, now she's old with the mindset that her only friends are cats.

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* '''Invoked''': Alice was a victim of AbusiveParents and bullying at a young age and the only friend she has was a cat, now she's old with the mindset that her only friends are cats.



* '''Defied''': Alice doesn't have much of a social life, but refuses to substitute animals for human affection. Instead, she resolves to get out and meet people and do things.

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* '''Defied''': Alice doesn't have much of a social life, but refuses to substitute animals for human affection. Instead, she resolves to get out and meet people and do things.



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice hoards cats because she feels alienated from other humans. She craves human interaction, but can't break out of her shell, and so she gets more cats. The loneliness builds up into actual craziness. And as she becomes more and more detached from reality, [[TrashOfTheTitans her house and her cats begin to suffer for it.]]

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* '''Implied''': Alice is a single old lady who is never actually seen to have any cat and no one has been to her house, but she usually buys cat products, her outfit is full of fur and smells like a cat.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice hoards cats because she feels alienated from other humans. She craves human interaction, but can't break out of her shell, and so she gets more cats. The loneliness builds up into actual craziness. And as she becomes more and more detached from reality, [[TrashOfTheTitans her house and her cats begin to suffer for it.]]



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* '''Justified''': Alice is an fun but eccentric women who can get a guy but chases off every boyfriend she's had so she has a lot of cats to replace them because they won't leave her.

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Alice is an fun but eccentric women who can get a guy but chases off every boyfriend woman whose boyfriends all inevitably end up leaving her because she's had "too much"; so she has a lot of cats to replace them cats, because unlike her boyfriends, they won't leave her.her.
** Alice has NoSocialSkills, which has left her unable to make human friends or find a lover. However, she likes cats because they give her company but don't have a whole bunch of confusing social cues that she needs to learn.
** Alice [[ConfirmedBachelor never wanted to get married]] for whatever reason, but still finds living alone to be [[HatesBeingAlone boring or depressing]] (or even [[GoMadFromTheIsolation scary]]), so she uses pets to make her feel like she isn't all by herself.
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** Most (if not all) of those cats merely pass through Alice's house on their daily jaunts.


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** That doesn't stop her from caring for them.

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* '''Double Subverted''': The only humans she interacts with are her relatives, or members of the Feline Appreciation Society.

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The only humans she interacts with are her relatives, or members of the Feline Appreciation Society.
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** Alice doesn't even remember what humans look like, and she herself is a cat-ears-wearing CloudCuckoolander with ''no'' grip on reality whatsoever. The health department or animal-rescue group comes and [[DespairEventHorizon takes the cats away from Alice.]]

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** Alice doesn't even remember what humans look like, and she herself is a cat-ears-wearing CloudCuckoolander with ''no'' grip on reality whatsoever. The health department or animal-rescue group AnimalWrongsGroup comes and [[DespairEventHorizon takes the cats away from Alice.]]
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* '''GenderInverted''': Bob has more than five dogs and is NotGoodWithPeople.

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* '''GenderInverted''': Bob has more than five dogs and is NotGoodWithPeople.a DiabolicalMastermind.

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