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* Al'ice is the only light skinned blonde - she is a native Antarctician with albinism.
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* '''Straight''': Alice, [[NeverAcceptedInHisHometown Never Accepted In Her Hometown]], is ReassignedToAntarctica, and within a week is wearing the local clothes and well on the way to speaking the lingo.
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* '''Straight''': Alice, [[NeverAcceptedInHisHometown Never Accepted In in Her Hometown]], is ReassignedToAntarctica, and within a week is wearing the local clothes and well on the way to speaking the lingo.
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Back to GoingNative! If you stay here long here enough you'll think you're OneOfUs PlayingWith Tropers.
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Back to GoingNative! If you stay here long here enough you'll think you're OneOfUs one of us PlayingWith Tropers.
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** Alice is a PrincessClassic set up for an ArrangedMarriage to an Antartican prince to [[AltarDiplomacy cement a peace treaty]]. If she's going to be accepted as their queen and make sure the treaty sticks, she'd better play the part.
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** Alice is a DefectorFromDecadence and wants as little to do with her old, corrupt culture as possible. Adopting the local customs is a way she can show loyalty to her new culture.
** Alice was warmly welcomed in Antarctica, and out of gratitude, [[ImmigrantPatriotism assimilates as much as possible.]]
** Alice's family came from Antarctica, and retained a few of their old customs, which makes it easier for Alice to assimilate.
** Alice was warmly welcomed in Antarctica, and out of gratitude, [[ImmigrantPatriotism assimilates as much as possible.]]
** Alice's family came from Antarctica, and retained a few of their old customs, which makes it easier for Alice to assimilate.
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** Alice's home country is at war with Antarctica and sent her there as a spy, knowing her studies of the culture will help her blend in quickly. Antarcticans despise Alice's people for waging war on them. While Alice is loyal to her homeland, she also is find of Antarctica. Either she will [[BecomingTheMask become the mask]] and betray her home in favor of Antarctica, or she'll betray Antarctica out of loyalty to her home.
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** Alice's home country is at war with Antarctica and sent her there as a spy, knowing her studies of the culture will help her blend in quickly. Antarcticans despise Alice's people for waging war on them. While Alice is loyal to her homeland, she also is find fond of Antarctica. Either she will [[BecomingTheMask become the mask]] and betray her home in favor of Antarctica, or she'll betray Antarctica out of loyalty to her home.
** Alice fled to Antarctica to avoid a death sentence (or worse) in her native land. If she ''doesn't'' assimilate, it will be all the easier for her enemies to find her.
** Alice fled to Antarctica to avoid a death sentence (or worse) in her native land. If she ''doesn't'' assimilate, it will be all the easier for her enemies to find her.
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* '''Played For Drama''':
** Alice's home country is at war with Antarctica and sent her there as a spy, knowing her studies of the culture will help her blend in quickly. Antarcticans despise Alice's people for waging war on them. While Alice is loyal to her homeland, she also is find of Antarctica. Either she will [[BecomingTheMask become the mask]] and betray her home in favor of Antarctica, or she'll betray Antarctica out of loyalty to her home.
** Alice's home country is at war with Antarctica and sent her there as a spy, knowing her studies of the culture will help her blend in quickly. Antarcticans despise Alice's people for waging war on them. While Alice is loyal to her homeland, she also is find of Antarctica. Either she will [[BecomingTheMask become the mask]] and betray her home in favor of Antarctica, or she'll betray Antarctica out of loyalty to her home.
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** Alice has been away from her home culture for so long, she slowly acts more and more like an Antarctican through cultural osmosis.
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice remains a member of her own culture, but learns about Antarcticans, fosters understanding with the home country and adopts those customs that she finds convenient. A lot of people think her eccentric but none think she is GoingNative.
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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
** Alice remains a member of her own culture, but learns about Antarcticans, fosters understanding with the home country and adopts those customs that she finds convenient. A lot of people think her eccentric but none think she is GoingNative.
** Alice remains a member of her own culture, but learns about Antarcticans, fosters understanding with the home country and adopts those customs that she finds convenient. A lot of people think her eccentric but none think she is GoingNative.
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* '''Justified''': Alice has been an Antarctophile since a young age, [[ForeignCultureFetish studying their culture and dreaming of living there one day.]]
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Alice has been an Antarctophile since a young age, [[ForeignCultureFetish studying their culture and dreaming of living there one day.]]
** Alice has been an Antarctophile since a young age, [[ForeignCultureFetish studying their culture and dreaming of living there one day.]]
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* PlayedForLaughs: Alice has a crazy ForeignCultureFetish about Antarctica, dresses in Antarctican clothes, eats Antarctican food, and reads Antarctican literature. Then goes to Antarctica and finds them all acting like people from her hometown and laughing at how odd she looks.
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* PlayedForLaughs: '''Played For Laughs''':
** Alice has a crazy ForeignCultureFetish about Antarctica, dresses in Antarctican clothes, eats Antarctican food, and reads Antarctican literature. Then goes to Antarctica and finds them all acting like people from her hometown and laughing at how odd she looks.
** Alice has a crazy ForeignCultureFetish about Antarctica, dresses in Antarctican clothes, eats Antarctican food, and reads Antarctican literature. Then goes to Antarctica and finds them all acting like people from her hometown and laughing at how odd she looks.
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** Antarcticans hear Alice is coming to town so they all dress up in stereotyped Antarctican costumes and act like stereotyped Antarcticans. Then they tell Alice that it is the custom for visitors to leave ''extremely'' generous tips at all Antarctican restaurants...
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** Antarcticans hear Alice is coming to town so they all dress up in stereotyped Antarctican costumes and act like stereotyped Antarcticans. Then they tell Alice that it is the custom for visitors to leave ''extremely'' generous tips at all Antarctican restaurants...
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**Alice is a special agent trained specifically in working with Antarctican allies.
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**Antarcticans hear Alice is coming to town so they all dress up in stereotyped Antarctican costumes and act like stereotyped Antarcticans. Then they tell Alice that it is the custom for visitors to leave ''extremely'' generous tips at all Antarctican restaurants...
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice remains a member of her own culture, but learns about Antarcticans, fosters understanding with the home country and adopts those customs that she finds convenient. A lot of people think her eccentric but none think she has GoneNative.
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice remains a member of her own culture, but learns about Antarcticans, fosters understanding with the home country and adopts those customs that she finds convenient. A lot of people think her eccentric but none think she has GoneNative.is GoingNative.
**Alice dresses up as an Antarctican in a Masquerade ball.
**Alice dresses up as an Antarctican in a Masquerade ball.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???Alice remains a member of her own culture, but learns about Antarcticans, fosters understanding with the home country and adopts those customs that she finds convenient. A lot of people think her eccentric but none think she has GoneNative.
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** Alice goes to a town in Antarctica and it morphs into a clone of her home town.
** Alice goes to a town in Antarctica and it morphs into a clone of her home town.
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* '''Inverted''':
'''Inverted''':
** Alice goes to a town in Antarctica and it morphs into a clone of her home town.
** Alice goes to a town in Antarctica and it morphs into a clone of her home town.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice tries to fit in, but the locals see her as a tourist and her own peers see her as a poser. Her budding romance with a local is frowned upon by their family and her MightyWhitey act doesn't win her any friends either.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice makes a heartfelt speech to the locals that even if she wasn't born there, she's made friends and set up a home, and although she might never understand their culture as well as a native she can still be part of the community.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice has never fitted in at home, and always goes on about how much she loves Antarctica. Her boss sends her there, and she regrets it as soon as her feet touch the ground. After a week she's loving it, feeling right at home... but it turns out the locals are all laughing at her clumsy attempts to imitate their culture. She falls in love with a native and implements practices that she thinks will help the locals. They hate her all the more for imposing her values on their traditional way of life, so she swallows her pride and learns those traditional ways of life.
* '''Averted''': Alice goes to Antarctica, but always sees herself as a visiting outsider.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice makes a heartfelt speech to the locals that even if she wasn't born there, she's made friends and set up a home, and although she might never understand their culture as well as a native she can still be part of the community.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice has never fitted in at home, and always goes on about how much she loves Antarctica. Her boss sends her there, and she regrets it as soon as her feet touch the ground. After a week she's loving it, feeling right at home... but it turns out the locals are all laughing at her clumsy attempts to imitate their culture. She falls in love with a native and implements practices that she thinks will help the locals. They hate her all the more for imposing her values on their traditional way of life, so she swallows her pride and learns those traditional ways of life.
* '''Averted''': Alice goes to Antarctica, but always sees herself as a visiting outsider.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Alice makes a heartfelt speech to the locals that even if she wasn't born there, she's made friends and set up a home, and although she might never understand their culture as well as a native she can still be part of the community.
* '''Averted''': Alice goes to Antarctica, but always sees herself as a visiting outsider.
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* '''Invoked''': Alice wants to move past culture shock as soon as possible so she follows Candance everywhere and does what she does.
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* '''Invoked''': Alice wants to move past culture shock as soon as possible so she follows Candance everywhere and does what she does.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice tries to fit in, but the locals see her as a tourist and her own peers see her as a poser. Her budding romance with a local is frowned upon by their family and her MightyWhitey act doesn't win her any friends either.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice makes a heartfelt speech to the locals that even if she wasn't born there, she's made friends and set up a home, and although she might never understand their culture as well as a native she can still be part of the community.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice makes a heartfelt speech to the locals that even if she wasn't born there, she's made friends and set up a home, and although she might never understand their culture as well as a native she can still be part of the community.
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** Alice goes to town in Antarctica and it morphs into a clone of her home town.
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** Alice goes to a town in Antarctica and it morphs into a clone of her home town.
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Back to GoingNative, where you came from! You ain't one of us {{Playing With A Trope}}rs, and you never will be...
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Back to GoingNative, where GoingNative! If you came from! You ain't one of us {{Playing With A Trope}}rs, and you never will be...stay here long here enough you'll think you're OneOfUs PlayingWith Tropers.
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** Alice goes to town in Antartica and it morphs into a clone of her home town.
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** Alice goes to town in Antartica Antarctica and it morphs into a clone of her home town.
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** Alice goes to town in Antartica and it morphs into a clone of her hometown. town.
** Alice reacts to her insecurity in an alien culture with CulturalPosturing, becoming an exaggerated stereotype of her countrymen.
** Alice goes to town in Antartica and it morphs into a clone of her home
** Alice reacts to her insecurity in an alien culture with CulturalPosturing, becoming an exaggerated stereotype of her countrymen.
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* '''Invoked''': Alice wants to move past culture shock as soon as possible so she follows Candance everwhere and does what she does.
* '''Exploited''':Alice wants the locals to trust her as she scouts out their village for mining opportunities, so she pretends to be falling for their way of life.
* '''Exploited''':Alice wants the locals to trust her as she scouts out their village for mining opportunities, so she pretends to be falling for their way of life.
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* '''Invoked''': Alice wants to move past culture shock as soon as possible so she follows Candance everwhere everywhere and does what she does.
*'''Exploited''':Alice '''Exploited''': Alice wants the locals to trust her as she scouts out their village for mining opportunities, so she pretends to be falling for their way of life.
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* '''Justified''': Alice has been an Antarctophile since a young age, studying their culture and dreaming of living there one day.
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* '''Justified''': Alice has been an Antarctophile since a young age, [[ForeignCultureFetish studying their culture and dreaming of living there one day.]]
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* '''Enforced''': Want a story in an exotic locale with an identifiable hero, but MightyWhitey is unfashionable? Tone it down a notch by making said hero a big fan of the native culture, who [[IChooseToStay chooses to stay]] when the story's done.
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* '''Enforced''': Want a story in an exotic locale with an identifiable [[AudienceSurrogate identifiable]] hero, but MightyWhitey is unfashionable? Tone it down a notch by making said hero a big fan of the native culture, who learns as much from them as they do from him and who [[IChooseToStay chooses to stay]] when the story's done.
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More ethnocentric stuff. It actually sounds jaded.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice has never fitted in at home, and always goes on about how much she loves Antarctica. Her boss sends her there, and she regrets it as soon as her feet touch the ground. After a week she's loving it, feeling right at home... but it turns out the locals are all laughing at her clumsy attempts to imitate their culture. She falls in love with a native, and [[MightyWhitey uses her Western knowledge to sort out the locals' troubles]] - and they hate her all the more for imposing her values on their traditional way of life.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice has never fitted in at home, and always goes on about how much she loves Antarctica. Her boss sends her there, and she regrets it as soon as her feet touch the ground. After a week she's loving it, feeling right at home... but it turns out the locals are all laughing at her clumsy attempts to imitate their culture. She falls in love with a native, native and [[MightyWhitey uses her Western knowledge to sort out implements practices that she thinks will help the locals' troubles]] - and they locals. They hate her all the more for imposing her values on their traditional way of life, so she swallows her pride and learns those traditional ways of life.
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* '''Enforced''': Want a story in an exotic locale with an identifiable (read: white) hero, but MightyWhitey is unfashionable? Tone it down a notch by making said hero a big fan of the native culture, who [[IChooseToStay chooses to stay]] when the story's done.
* '''Lampshaded''': "What do you mean, you're from Brooklyn? I thought you'd grown up out here..."
* '''Invoked''': Alice wants the locals to trust her as she scouts out their village for mining opportunities, so she pretends to be falling for their way of life.
* '''Exploited''': Alice notices that the Antarcticans are in awe of her, and "manipulat[es] the [[TheMessiah messianic]] impulses within [their] culture" [[hottip:*:Frank Herbert, on how LawrenceOfArabia inspired {{Dune}}]] to win their trust so she can help them.
* '''Lampshaded''': "What do you mean, you're from Brooklyn? I thought you'd grown up out here..."
* '''Invoked''': Alice wants the locals to trust her as she scouts out their village for mining opportunities, so she pretends to be falling for their way of life.
* '''Exploited''': Alice notices that the Antarcticans are in awe of her, and "manipulat[es] the [[TheMessiah messianic]] impulses within [their] culture" [[hottip:*:Frank Herbert, on how LawrenceOfArabia inspired {{Dune}}]] to win their trust so she can help them.
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* '''Enforced''': Want a story in an exotic locale with an identifiable (read: white) hero, but MightyWhitey is unfashionable? Tone it down a notch by making said hero a big fan of the native culture, who [[IChooseToStay chooses to stay]] when the story's done.
* '''Lampshaded''': "What do you mean, you'refrom Brooklyn? not a local? I thought you'd grown up out here..."
* '''Invoked''': Alice wants to move past culture shock as soon as possible so she follows Candance everwhere and does what she does.
* '''Exploited''':Alice wants the locals to trust her as she scouts out their village for mining opportunities, so she pretends to be falling for their way oflife.
* '''Exploited''': Alice notices that the Antarcticans are in awe of her, and "manipulat[es] the [[TheMessiah messianic]] impulses within [their] culture" [[hottip:*:Frank Herbert, on how LawrenceOfArabia inspired {{Dune}}]] to win their trust so she can help them.life.
* '''Lampshaded''': "What do you mean, you're
* '''Invoked''': Alice wants to move past culture shock as soon as possible so she follows Candance everwhere and does what she does.
* '''Exploited''':Alice wants the locals to trust her as she scouts out their village for mining opportunities, so she pretends to be falling for their way of
* '''Exploited''': Alice notices that the Antarcticans are in awe of her, and "manipulat[es] the [[TheMessiah messianic]] impulses within [their] culture" [[hottip:*:Frank Herbert, on how LawrenceOfArabia inspired {{Dune}}]] to win their trust so she can help them.
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* '''Discussed''': "Alice won't be coming back. Give her a week, week and she'll think she's one of them"
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The previous was missing the point.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character embraces an unfamiliar culture he finds himself immersed in.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character embraces an unfamiliar culture he finds himself they find themselves immersed in.
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* '''Inverted''': Bob was born on a remote Antarctican research post, but when he goes on holiday to New York he takes to it like a duck to water.
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* '''Inverted''': Bob was born on a remote Antarctican research post, but when he Alice goes on holiday to New York he takes to town in Antartica and it like morphs into a duck to water.clone of her home town.
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** Profit.
** Profit.
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** Profit.Alice notices that the Antarcticans are in awe of her, and "manipulat[es] the [[TheMessiah messianic]] impulses within [their] culture" [[hottip:*:Frank Herbert, on how LawrenceOfArabia inspired {{Dune}}]] to win their trust so she can help them.
** Profit.
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** Profit.
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* '''Discussed''': "Alice won't be comng back. Give her a week, she'll think she's one of them"
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* '''Discussed''': "Alice won't be comng coming back. Give her a week, she'll think she's one of them"