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* '''Double Subverted''': Rose used to be able to chase Elizabeth around the yard, but the affects of ageing mean she can't do as many of the activities he Tomboyish daughter enjoys. This means she pursues more feminine and less physically challenging pursuits.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Rose used to be able to chase Elizabeth around the yard, but the affects of ageing mean she can't do as many of the activities he her Tomboyish daughter enjoys. This means she pursues more feminine and less physically challenging pursuits.pursuits, and actually enjoys them. It does make her more distant from Elizabeth though.
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* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Double Subverted''': ???Rose used to be able to chase Elizabeth around the yard, but the affects of ageing mean she can't do as many of the activities he Tomboyish daughter enjoys. This means she pursues more feminine and less physically challenging pursuits.
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** Rose is a TomboyWithGirlyStreak, so she gets on fairly well with her more conventionally feminine mother.

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** Rose is a TomboyWithGirlyStreak, TomboyWithAGirlyStreak, so she gets on fairly well with her more conventionally feminine mother.
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** Rose is [[ATomboyWithGirlyStreak]], so she gets on fairly well with her more conventionally feminine mother.

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** Rose is [[ATomboyWithGirlyStreak]], a TomboyWithGirlyStreak, so she gets on fairly well with her more conventionally feminine mother.
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** Rose is [[ATomboyWithGirlyStreak]], so she gets on fairly well with her more conventionally feminine mother.
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** Young father James is a traditionally [[RatedMForManly Manly Man]] and his son Doug is a [[InTouchWithHisFeminineSide sensitive guy]] who often follow into drama and dysfunctions

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** Young father James is a traditionally [[RatedMForManly Manly Man]] ManlyMan and his son Doug is a [[InTouchWithHisFeminineSide sensitive guy]] who often follow into drama and dysfunctions
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Elizabeth's girly sister Margaret sees an opportunity to become [[ParentalFavoritism her mother's favorite]], so she plays up her own femininity to be similar to Rose's and drives a wedge between Rose and Elizabeth over their differences.
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** Rose is a FashionModel; her daughter Elizabeth is a rough-and-tumble {{Tomboy}} who is OneOfTheBoys, [[TomboyishName goes by "Bets"]], and plays sports instead of caring about makeup and fashion, to Rose's disdain.

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** Rose is a FashionModel; model; her daughter Elizabeth is a rough-and-tumble {{Tomboy}} who is OneOfTheBoys, [[TomboyishName goes by "Bets"]], and plays sports instead of caring about makeup and fashion, to Rose's disdain.

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* '''Exaggerated''': All the mothers and daughters in the setting have this sort of dynamic.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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All the mothers and daughters in the setting have this sort of dynamic.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Rose was quite the tomboy in her youth, but time has made her more in touch with her feminintiy, [[GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak although her tomboyism isn't all gone]]. Elizabeth was a really girly girl in her childhood who is now a tomboy in her teenage years, [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak although her childhood femininity isn't all gone]].

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Rose was quite the tomboy in her youth, but time has made her more in touch with her feminintiy, femininity, [[GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak although her tomboyism isn't all gone]]. Elizabeth was a really girly girl in her childhood who is now a tomboy in her teenage years, [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak although her childhood femininity isn't all gone]].

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** Rose has ''eleven'' daughters who are all unladylike.



** Rose is a pro soccer player who wears her hair short and has a rough personality, and her daughter Elizabeth likes dolls and dresses.

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** Rose is a pro soccer player who wears her hair short and has a rough personality, and her daughter Elizabeth likes dolls cheerleading and dresses.
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** Puberty, this is how Elizabeth is rebelling against her mother.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Rose was quite the tomboy in her youth, but time has made her more in touch with her feminintiy, [[GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak although her tomboyism isn't all gone]]. Elizabeth was a really girly girl in her childhood who is now a tomboy in her teenage years, [[TomboyWithAGirlyGirlStreak although her childhood femininity isn't all gone]].

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Rose was quite the tomboy in her youth, but time has made her more in touch with her feminintiy, [[GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak although her tomboyism isn't all gone]]. Elizabeth was a really girly girl in her childhood who is now a tomboy in her teenage years, [[TomboyWithAGirlyGirlStreak [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak although her childhood femininity isn't all gone]].
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???Rose was quite the tomboy in her youth, but time has made her more in touch with her feminintiy, [[GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak although her tomboyism isn't all gone]]. Elizabeth was a really girly girl in her childhood who is now a tomboy in her teenage years, [[TomboyWithAGirlyGirlStreak although her childhood femininity isn't all gone]].
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** Young father James is a traditionally [[RatedMForManly Manly Man]] and his son Doug is a {{Sensitive Guy}} who often follow into drama and dysfunctions
** James is a physical activity driven guy who loves to be pumped up and sports in boxing and his son Doug is a sewing and design loving {{Sensitive Guy}} who wants to stay slim and soft and has a thing for art.
** James is a artist who's flatter about beauty and affection and his son Doug likes action figures and basketball.

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** Young father James is a traditionally [[RatedMForManly Manly Man]] and his son Doug is a {{Sensitive Guy}} [[InTouchWithHisFeminineSide sensitive guy]] who often follow into drama and dysfunctions
** James is a physical activity driven activity-driven guy who loves to be pumped up and sports in boxing and his son Doug is a sewing and design loving {{Sensitive Guy}} design-loving [[InTouchWithHisFeminineSide sensitive guy]] who wants to stay slim and soft and has a thing for art.
** James is a an artist who's flatter about beauty and affection and his son Doug likes action figures and basketball.
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** Rose grew up in a time where people followed gender roles, while Elizabeth is growing up in a more accepting era.
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'''Basic Trope''': A mother is traditionally feminine, her daughter is a tomboy. Drama often follows.

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'''Basic Trope''': A mother is traditionally feminine, her daughter is a tomboy.Tomboy. Drama often follows.



** Rose is a pro soccer player who wears her hair short and has a rough personality, her daughter Elizabeth likes dolls and dresses.

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** Rose is a pro soccer player who wears her hair short and has a rough personality, and her daughter Elizabeth likes dolls and dresses. dresses.
* '''Gender Inverted''':
** Young father James is a traditionally [[RatedMForManly Manly Man]] and his son Doug is a {{Sensitive Guy}} who often follow into drama and dysfunctions
** James is a physical activity driven guy who loves to be pumped up and sports in boxing and his son Doug is a sewing and design loving {{Sensitive Guy}} who wants to stay slim and soft and has a thing for art.
** James is a artist who's flatter about beauty and affection and his son Doug likes action figures and basketball.
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** Rose has a hidden tomboyish side.

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** Rose has a hidden [[GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak tomboyish side.side]].
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'''Basic Trope''': A mother is traditionally feminine, her daughter is a tomboy, and drama ensues.

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'''Basic Trope''': A mother is traditionally feminine, her daughter is a tomboy, and drama ensues.tomboy. Drama often follows.
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** Rose is a FashionModel; her daughter Elizabeth is a rough-and-tumble {{Tomboy}} who is OneOfTheBoys, [[TomboyishNickname goes by "Bets"]], and plays sports instead of caring about makeup and fashion, to Rose's disdain.

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** Rose is a FashionModel; her daughter Elizabeth is a rough-and-tumble {{Tomboy}} who is OneOfTheBoys, [[TomboyishNickname [[TomboyishName goes by "Bets"]], and plays sports instead of caring about makeup and fashion, to Rose's disdain.
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'''Basic Trope''': A mother is traditionally feminine, her daughter is a tomboy, and drama ensues.
* '''Straight''':
** Rose is a ProperLady; her daughter Elizabeth is a SpiritedYoungLady. Rose wonders how Elizabeth will ever find a good husband because she's so unladylike.
** Rose is a FashionModel; her daughter Elizabeth is a rough-and-tumble {{Tomboy}} who is OneOfTheBoys, [[TomboyishNickname goes by "Bets"]], and plays sports instead of caring about makeup and fashion, to Rose's disdain.
* '''Exaggerated''': All the mothers and daughters in the setting have this sort of dynamic.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Rose has a hidden tomboyish side.
** Elizabeth undergoes a GirlinessUpgrade.
* '''Justified''':
** Rose is dead; Elizabeth was RaisedByDudes.
** Rose encouraged Elizabeth's tomboyishness because she was never allowed to be masculine as a young woman.
* '''Inverted''':
** Rose is an unconventional lady who smokes and drinks and is a prominent suffragette, Elizabeth is a tender EnglishRose.
** Rose is a pro soccer player who wears her hair short and has a rough personality, her daughter Elizabeth likes dolls and dresses.
* '''Subverted''': Rose only keeps up the feminine facade when visitors are around. As soon as they leave she's chasing Elizabeth around the yard.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Rose wasn't particularly feminine before giving birth, but as soon as Elizabeth pops out of her she transforms into a ProperLady who worries about her daughter's future.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Rose and Elizabeth are not contrasted in terms of femininity.
* '''Enforced''': The editors want Elizabeth to feel more insecure, so Rose (who was originally an OpenMindedParent) is retooled into being more feminine and disapproving.
* '''Lampshaded''': "I can't believe Elizabeth is your daughter, Rose! She's so rough-and-tumble, nothing like you at all!"
* '''Invoked''': Elizabeth fancies herself a SpiritedYoungLady in the vein of the novels she reads, so she consciously tries to be more tomboyish and casts her mother as the disapproving older female relative.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Rose can tell Elizabeth is going to be a tomboy, so she tries to relate to Elizabeth's masculine leanings because she doesn't want to be a disapproving feminine mother.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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