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* '''Gender Flipped''': Bob, an [[EndearinglyDorky approachable]], [[NerdsAreInnocent chaste nerd]], is the most responsible member of the cast and ends up being the Final Boy.

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* '''Gender Flipped''': Bob, an [[EndearinglyDorky approachable]], [[NerdsAreInnocent [[NerdsAreVirgins chaste nerd]], is the most responsible member of the cast and ends up being the Final Boy.

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** Alice is an average HardDrinkingPartyGirl like her friends, but still gets to live.

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** Alice is an average HardDrinkingPartyGirl like her friends, but still gets to live.live due to her OnlySaneByComparison.



** Alice is the first to die.

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** [[KillTheCutie Alice is the first to die. die.]]



* '''Implied''': Alice is an ActionSurvivor who looks and acts more conservatively than the victims.



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** Alice isn't the only girl to survive, but she escapes mostly unscathed while everyone else is injured.

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** Alice isn't the only girl to survive, but she escapes mostly unscathed while everyone else is severely injured.



** Alice, a {{Hotblooded}}, ReallyGetsAround, FemmeFatale HardDrinkingPartyGirl drug dealer, is the only one left to fight against the killer.

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** {{Nice|Girl}}, [[MyGirlIsNotASlut virginal]] {{Girl Next Door}}s are [[KillTheCutie killed]] one by one by a psycho killer. By the end of the film, Alice, a {{Hotblooded}}, ReallyGetsAround, FemmeFatale HardDrinkingPartyGirl HardDrinkingPartyGirl, [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer drug dealer, dealer]], is the only one left to fight against the killer.
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** Alice, a ReallyGetsAround ex-criminal FemmeFatale HardDrinkingPartyGirl, is the only one left to fight against the killer.

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** Alice, a ReallyGetsAround ex-criminal {{Hotblooded}}, ReallyGetsAround, FemmeFatale HardDrinkingPartyGirl, HardDrinkingPartyGirl drug dealer, is the only one left to fight against the killer.

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* '''Straight''': Alice, a smart, {{brainy|Brunette}}, girl next door and her friends are killed one by one by a psycho killer. By the end of the film, she's the only one left to fight against the killer and beats him, at least until the sequel.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is just an innocent little girl, but [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu she defeats the serial killer]] [[ApocalypseHow who wiped out most humans]].

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* '''Straight''': Alice, a smart, {{brainy|Brunette}}, girl next door GirlNextDoor and her friends are killed one by one by a psycho killer. By the end of the film, she's the only one left to fight against the killer and beats him, at least until the sequel.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is just an innocent little church girl, but [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu she defeats the serial killer]] [[ApocalypseHow who wiped out most humans]].



** Most of Alice's friends were way too tomboyish or too girly in a TomboyAndGirlyGirl spectrum, and becoming victims in a standoff, but Alice, being a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak, survived with little-to-no injury marks.

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** Most of Alice's friends were way too tomboyish or too girly in a TomboyAndGirlyGirl spectrum, and becoming victims in a standoff, but Alice, being a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak, survived with little-to-no little injury marks.


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** Alice, a ReallyGetsAround ex-criminal FemmeFatale HardDrinkingPartyGirl, is the only one left to fight against the killer.

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* '''Straight''': Alice, a smart, {{brainy|Brunette}}, girl next door and her friends are killed one by one by a psycho killer. By the end of the film, she's the only one left to fight against the killer and beat him, at least until the sequel.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is just an innocent little girl but [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu she defeats the serial killer]] [[ApocalypseHow who wiped out most humans]].

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* '''Straight''': Alice, a smart, {{brainy|Brunette}}, girl next door and her friends are killed one by one by a psycho killer. By the end of the film, she's the only one left to fight against the killer and beat beats him, at least until the sequel.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is just an innocent little girl girl, but [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu she defeats the serial killer]] [[ApocalypseHow who wiped out most humans]].



** Alice wasn't a target, but she got in the way, so the killer chase her as well.

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** Alice wasn't a target, but she got in the way, so the killer chase chases her as well.



** Alice goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, or may even become as bad as the monster who [[FallenHero made her this way]].

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** Alice goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, or may even become becomes as bad as the monster who [[FallenHero made her this way]].


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* '''Reconstructed''':
** Alice [[TookALevelinBadass becomes]] an ActionSurvivor.
** Alice suffers a mental breakdown, but then goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge and defeats the killer.
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** Alice winds up mistaken for a mass murder when the police arrive.
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* '''Gender Flipped''': Bob, an [[EndearinglyDorky approachable nerd]], is the most responsible member of the cast and ends up being the Final Boy.

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* '''Gender Flipped''': Bob, an [[EndearinglyDorky approachable approachable]], [[NerdsAreInnocent chaste nerd]], is the most responsible member of the cast and ends up being the Final Boy.
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** The character is male, making him a Final Boy.

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** The character * '''Gender Flipped''': Bob, an [[EndearinglyDorky approachable nerd]], is male, making him a the most responsible member of the cast and ends up being the Final Boy.
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** One of the other characters turns out to be [[NotQuiteDead]].

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** One of the other characters turns out to be [[NotQuiteDead]].NotQuiteDead.
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** Alice goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, or may even become as bad as the monster who [[FallenHero made them this way]].

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** Alice goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, or may even become as bad as the monster who [[FallenHero made them her this way]].
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** One of the other characters turns out to be [[NotQuiteDead]].
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** Alice is a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass.

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** Alice is a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass.CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass HotScientist, who [[GuileHero uses her smart strategies as advantages]].
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** Alice goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, or may even become as bad as the monster who [[FallenHero made them this way]].
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???See Downplayed.
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** Most of Alice's friends were way too tomboyish or too girly in a TomboyAndGirlyGirl spectrum, and becoming victims in a standoff, but Alice, being a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak, survived with little-to-no injury marks.
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* '''Straight''': Alice, a smart, {{Brainy|brunette}}, girl next door and her friends are killed one by one by a psycho killer. By the end of the film, she's the only one left to fight against the killer and beat him, at least until the sequel.

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* '''Straight''': Alice, a smart, {{Brainy|brunette}}, {{brainy|Brunette}}, girl next door and her friends are killed one by one by a psycho killer. By the end of the film, she's the only one left to fight against the killer and beat him, at least until the sequel.



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Back to FinalGirl.

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Back to FinalGirl.FinalGirl
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** Alice does take drugs and drink like her friends, and is even interested in having sex, but she's also the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]] of the group.
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Gender equality

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** The character is male, making him a Final Boy.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is just an innocent little girl but ]]DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu she defeats the serial killer]] and prevented humanity from extinction.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is just an innocent little girl but ]]DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu she defeats the serial killer]] and prevented humanity from extinction.[[ApocalypseHow who wiped out most humans]].

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%%* * '''Exaggerated''': ???Alice is just an innocent little girl but ]]DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu she defeats the serial killer]] and prevented humanity from extinction.


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** Alice is a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass.

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** Kill 'em all.

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** Kill 'em all.KillEmAll.



** Alice is the killer.

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** Alice [[TheKillerInMe is the killer.killer]].


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** Except Alice isn't the same killer who targets the group.

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Everybody Lives is an aversion, not a subversion. If the party's not dwindling enough for the final girl to be the final girl, then the trope is not being set up. Alice turning herself into the Final Girl aesthetic is exploiting, not invoking. The trope that the killer will leave the innocent one for last is presumably already in play, Alice is just taking advantage of it.


'''Basic Trope''': The [[TokenWholesome smart, virginal and responsible girl]] in the group of teenagers from a Slasher Movie is the one who confront the killer and survive.
* '''Straight''': Alice, a smart, {{Brainy|brunette}}, girl next door and her friends are killed one by one by a psycho killer. By the end of the film, she's the only one left to fight against the killer and beat him, a least until the sequel.

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'''Basic Trope''': The [[TokenWholesome smart, virginal and responsible girl]] in the group of teenagers from a Slasher Movie is the one who confront confronts the killer and survive.survives.
* '''Straight''': Alice, a smart, {{Brainy|brunette}}, girl next door and her friends are killed one by one by a psycho killer. By the end of the film, she's the only one left to fight against the killer and beat him, a at least until the sequel.



** Alice survives by mere luck, someone else take the killer down saving her.
** Alice isn't the only girl to survive.

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** Alice survives by mere luck, someone luck. Someone else take takes the killer down down, saving her.
** Alice isn't the only girl to survive.survive, but she escapes mostly unscathed while everyone else is injured.



** Alice is the first to die.



** Alice turns up to be the killer.
** EverybodyLives.

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** Alice turns up to be is the killer.
** EverybodyLives.
killer.



** It was all a prank performed by Alice's friend, except that the actual killer of the movie attacks them and Alice stop him.
** EverybodyLives, but in the sequel, all of Alice friends suffer from SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome, except her.

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** It was all a prank performed by Alice's friend, except that the actual killer of the movie attacks them and Alice stop him.
** EverybodyLives, but in the sequel, all of Alice friends suffer from SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome, except her.
stops him.



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

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%%* * '''Parodied''': ???Alice [[SleptThroughTheApocalypse sleeps through all the other murders]], waking up when it's her cue to confront the killer.



** EverybodyLives



%%* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "You're like those good girls who survive horror movies"
* '''Invoked''': Alice is hard drinking party girl and also a genre savvy. She knows that she won't last too long, so she dyes her hair dark, buys conservative clothing and becomes the group's mother.

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%%* * '''Enforced''': ???
"How do I emphasize the savagery of the killer at the end? Of course, have the sweetest, most responsible character confront them!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "You're like those good girls who survive horror movies"
"Sweet, innocent, and virginal. Of course you'd be the one left to confront me."
* '''Invoked''': Alice is hard drinking party girl The killer scopes out his group of targets beforehand and also a genre savvy. She knows that she won't last too long, so she dyes picks the one he thinks is the most innocent and virginal, deliberately leaving her hair dark, buys conservative clothing and becomes the group's mother.for last.



%%* '''Exploited''': ???
%%* '''Defied''': ???
%%* '''Discussed''': ???
%%* '''Conversed''': ???

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%%* '''Exploited''': ???
%%*
* '''Exploited''':
** Alice is a GenreSavvy HardDrinkingPartyGirl. She knows girls like her don't last too long in horror, so she dyes her hair dark, buys conservative clothing and becomes the group's mother.
** Alice's friends know that girls like Alice make it to the end, so they hang around her and protect her in order to lengthen their own lifespans.
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'''Defied''': ???
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The killer knows that slashers usually leave girls like Alice last, so he targets her first on purpose. The rest of the party is rattled by this.
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'''Discussed''': ???
%%*
"You're like those good girls who survive horror movies."
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'''Conversed''': ???"Say, ever notice how it's a specific kind of girl who lives 'til the end of the horror movie?"

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???

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* %%* '''Exaggerated''': ???



** GenreShift: The movie decides that it doesn't want to be a slasher anymore.



* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* %%* '''Parodied''': ???
* %%* '''Zig Zagged''': ???



** There is no wholesome Alice.
** GenreShift: The movie decides that it doesn't want to be a slasher anymore.
* '''Enforced''': ???

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** There is no wholesome Alice.
** GenreShift: The movie decides
Alice in that it doesn't want to be a slasher anymore.
*
no character seems particularly reserved, virginal, or responsible.
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'''Enforced''': ???



* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* %%* '''Exploited''': ???
* %%* '''Defied''': ???
* %%* '''Discussed''': ???
* %%* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???
'''Justified''':
** Alice shares history with the killer, leaving a reason for him to save her for last.
** Alice's innocence buys her favor with the killer to keep her alive, until she's last and fights back.
* '''Inverted''': ???'''Inverted''':
** Alice is the only cast member to die while everyone else lives.
** Alice ends up being more capable and skillful in committing murder than a group of killers, murdering them one-by-one until only the main BitchInSheepsClothing is left standing to face her at the end.



* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???'''Averted''':
** Alice survives, but so does several others in a not-so DwindlingParty.
** There is no wholesome Alice.
** GenreShift: The movie decides that it doesn't want to be a slasher anymore.



* Deconstructed''':
*Alice suffers from some really bad PTSD after watching her friends die in front of her.
*Alice is put in a mental asylum.

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* Deconstructed''':
*Alice
'''Deconstructed''':
** Alice's high sense of morals makes her vulnerable and more susceptible to the killer, who may choose to murder her indiscriminately.
** Alice
suffers from some really bad PTSD after watching her friends die in front of her.
*Alice
her.
** Alice
is put in a mental asylum.

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*Deconstructed''':
*Alice suffers from some really bad PTSD after watching her friends die in front of her.
*Alice is put in a mental asylum.



%%* '''Deconstructed''':
*Alice suffers from some really bad PTSD after watching her friends die in front of her.
*Alice is put in a mental asylum.

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

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
"You're like those good girls who survive horror movies"
* '''Invoked''': ???Alice is hard drinking party girl and also a genre savvy. She knows that she won't last too long, so she dyes her hair dark, buys conservative clothing and becomes the group's mother.



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

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%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???'''Deconstructed''':
*Alice suffers from some really bad PTSD after watching her friends die in front of her.
*Alice is put in a mental asylum.

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Basic Trope: The smart, virginal and responsable girl in the group of teenargers from a Slasher Movie is the one who confront the killer and survive.

* Straight: Alice, a smart, brunnete, girl next door and her friends are killed one by one by a psycho killer. By the end of the film, she's the only one left to fight against the killer and beat him, a least until the sequel...

* Exaggerated: ???

* Downplayed:

-Alice is an average Hard Drinking Party Girl like her friends, but still gets to live.

-Alice survives by mere luck, someone else take the killer down saving her.

-Alice isn't the only girl to survive.


* Subverted:

-Kill 'em all.

-Alice screams 'Final Girl', personality and looks, but dies, While Claire, the promiscuous blond of the group lives.

-Everything turn up to be a bad prank performed by Alice's friends for the Day of the Holly Innocents.

-Alice turns up to be the killer.

-Everyone lives.

-Alice wasn't even a target to begin with.

* Double Subverted:

-Everyone has been killed, but Alice only suffer from Diney Death. One's resurrected, beats the killer.

-It was all a prank perfomed by Alice's friend, except that the actual killer of the movie attacks them and Alice stop him.

-Everyone lives, but in the sequel, all of Alice friends suffer from Sudden Sequel death Syndrome, except Alice.

-Alice wasn't a target, but she got in the way, so the killer chase her as well.

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Basic Trope: '''Basic Trope''': The [[TokenWholesome smart, virginal and responsable girl responsible girl]] in the group of teenargers teenagers from a Slasher Movie is the one who confront the killer and survive.

survive.
* Straight: '''Straight''': Alice, a smart, brunnete, {{Brainy|brunette}}, girl next door and her friends are killed one by one by a psycho killer. By the end of the film, she's the only one left to fight against the killer and beat him, a least until the sequel...

sequel.
* Exaggerated: ???

'''Exaggerated''': ???
* Downplayed:

-Alice
'''Downplayed''':
** Alice
is an average Hard Drinking Party Girl HardDrinkingPartyGirl like her friends, but still gets to live.

-Alice
live.
** Alice
survives by mere luck, someone else take the killer down saving her.

-Alice
her.
** Alice
isn't the only girl to survive.


survive.
* Subverted:

-Kill
'''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''':
** Kill
'em all.

-Alice
all.
** Alice
screams 'Final Girl', "Final Girl", personality and looks, but dies, While Claire, while Brittany, the promiscuous [[ReallyGetsAround promiscuous]] blond of the group lives.

-Everything
lives.
** Everything
turn up to be a bad prank performed by Alice's friends for the Day of the Holly Innocents.

-Alice
Innocents.
** Alice
turns up to be the killer.

-Everyone lives.

-Alice
killer.
** EverybodyLives.
** Alice
wasn't even a target to begin with.

with.
* Double Subverted:

-Everyone has been killed, but Alice only suffer from Diney Death. One's resurrected, beats the killer.

-It
'''Double Subverted''':
** It
was all a prank perfomed performed by Alice's friend, except that the actual killer of the movie attacks them and Alice stop him.

-Everyone lives,
him.
** EverybodyLives,
but in the sequel, all of Alice friends suffer from Sudden Sequel death Syndrome, SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome, except Alice.

-Alice
her.
** Alice
wasn't a target, but she got in the way, so the killer chase her as well.well.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
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Basic Trope: The smart, virginal and responsable girl in the group of teenargers from a Slasher Movie is the one who confront the killer and survive.

*Straight: Alice, a smart, brunnete, girl next door and her friends are killed one by one by a psycho killer. By the end of the film, she's the only one left to fight against the killer and beat him, a least until the sequel...

*Exaggerated: ???

*Downplayed:

-Alice is an average Hard Drinking Party Girl like her friends, but still gets to live.

-Alice survives by mere luck, someone else take the killer down saving her.

-Alice isn't the only girl to survive.


*Subverted:

-Kill 'em all.

-Alice screams 'Final Girl', personality and looks, but dies, While Claire, the promiscuous blond of the group lives.

-Everything turn up to be a bad prank performed by Alice's friends for the Day of the Holly Innocents.

-Alice turns up to be the killer.

-Everyone lives.

-Alice wasn't even a target to begin with.

*Double Subverted:

-Everyone has been killed, but Alice only suffer from Diney Death. One's resurrected, beats the killer.

-It was all a prank perfomed by Alice's friend, except that the actual killer of the movie attacks them and Alice stop him.

-Everyone lives, but in the sequel, all of Alice friends suffer from Sudden Sequel death Syndrome, except Alice.

-Alice wasn't a target, but she got in the way, so the killer chase her as well.

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