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* '''Subverted''': There are plenty of jokes about Alice being mentally ill, but CerebusRetcon kicks in and [[FunnyAneurysmMoment the jokes don't become so funny anymore]].

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* '''Subverted''': There are plenty of jokes about Alice being mentally ill, but CerebusRetcon kicks in and [[FunnyAneurysmMoment [[HarsherInHindsight the jokes don't become so funny anymore]].
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'''Basic Trope''': Mental illnesses and disorders are PlayedForLaughs.
* '''Straight''': Alice is clearly mentally ill in some way, and the symptoms of her disorder make her the comic relief in the story.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice has a whole bunch of mental illnesses and disorders, and all of them are played for comedy.
** Alice is depressed and borderline suicidal, which is [[CrossesTheLineTwice somehow played for laughs anyway]].
* '''Downplayed''': Alice's mental illness(es) aren't necessarily played for laughs all the time, but characters do have the tendency to find things she does funny on occasion.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''':
** Mental illnesses and disorders are PlayedForDrama, [[PlayedForHorror horror]], and/or SeriousBusiness.
** ''Not'' being mentally ill is seen as funny.
* '''Subverted''': There are plenty of jokes about Alice being mentally ill, but CerebusRetcon kicks in and [[FunnyAneurysmMoment the jokes don't become so funny anymore]].
* '''Double Subverted''': Though, there is one anecdote that remains hilarious.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Mental illnesses and disorders are played fairly seriously.
* '''Enforced''':
** Can fall under ValuesDissonance, mainly if the work was made at a time when this was a more acceptable way to portray mental illnesses.
** To add BlackComedy.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Alice decides that it's not funny that she is treated as a joke for having a mental illness, and goes to RageAgainstTheAuthor.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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I'M CRAZY HAHA!! Um, I mean... back to FunnySchizophrenia.
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%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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