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** Due to [[AgeGapRomance Alice being much younger then Bob's father]] she is less parent and more CoolBigSis.
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** Despite being evil, Alice still does her best to be a good stepmother to Bob. EvenEvilHasLovedOnes, after all.
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* '''Justified''': Alice is a nice person who shares the interests of Charlie, so they decided to get married.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Alice is a nice person who shares the interests of Charlie, so they decided to getmarried.married.
** Alice and Denise, Bob's birth mother, were besties, so she sees raising Bob as honoring her late friend instead of being a chore.
** Alice is a nice person who shares the interests of Charlie, so they decided to get
** Alice and Denise, Bob's birth mother, were besties, so she sees raising Bob as honoring her late friend instead of being a chore.
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'''Basic Trope''': A stepmother who is a genuinely caring and polite individual.
* '''Straight''': Bob's stepmother, Alice, loves and cares about him. She also sees him as equal to her actual children.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** It's barely even ''mentioned'' that Alice is Bob's stepmother due to how much they care about each other, and Bob views her as his real mom.
** Everyone has loving stepparents.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Alice is a fairly good stepmother to Bob, but is also a bit of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
** Alice isn't actually Bob's stepmother yet, but she is the girlfriend of Bob's dad, Charlie.
* '''Justified''': Alice is a nice person who shares the interests of Charlie, so they decided to get married.
* '''Inverted''':
** WickedStepmother
** Bob is a good stepson to Alice.
** Evil stepchildren.
* '''Gender Inverted''': Bob's stepfather Alex is a NiceGuy.
* '''Subverted''': Alice reveals herself to be EvilAllAlong or pulls a FaceHeelTurn.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Alice then [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes she did something wrong]] and [[HeelFaceTurn decides to redeem herself]].
** Charlie divorces Alice and ends up marrying Diane, who turns out to be an actual good stepmother.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Whether or not Alice is a nice person seems to differ.
* '''Averted''':
** Nobody has any stepparents.
** Stepparents aren't necessarily portrayed as good.
* '''Enforced''':
** The writer of the story had a good stepparent growing up, so they wanted to add some WriteWhatYouKnow.
** "Stepparents are almost always [[WickedStepmother evil]] and/or [[LecherousStepparent perverted]] in fiction, let's have a genuinely nice one."
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Charlie refuses to marry Alice.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "I wish I had a good stepparent like Alice..."
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* '''Straight''': Bob's stepmother, Alice, loves and cares about him. She also sees him as equal to her actual children.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** It's barely even ''mentioned'' that Alice is Bob's stepmother due to how much they care about each other, and Bob views her as his real mom.
** Everyone has loving stepparents.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Alice is a fairly good stepmother to Bob, but is also a bit of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
** Alice isn't actually Bob's stepmother yet, but she is the girlfriend of Bob's dad, Charlie.
* '''Justified''': Alice is a nice person who shares the interests of Charlie, so they decided to get married.
* '''Inverted''':
** WickedStepmother
** Bob is a good stepson to Alice.
** Evil stepchildren.
* '''Gender Inverted''': Bob's stepfather Alex is a NiceGuy.
* '''Subverted''': Alice reveals herself to be EvilAllAlong or pulls a FaceHeelTurn.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Alice then [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes she did something wrong]] and [[HeelFaceTurn decides to redeem herself]].
** Charlie divorces Alice and ends up marrying Diane, who turns out to be an actual good stepmother.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Whether or not Alice is a nice person seems to differ.
* '''Averted''':
** Nobody has any stepparents.
** Stepparents aren't necessarily portrayed as good.
* '''Enforced''':
** The writer of the story had a good stepparent growing up, so they wanted to add some WriteWhatYouKnow.
** "Stepparents are almost always [[WickedStepmother evil]] and/or [[LecherousStepparent perverted]] in fiction, let's have a genuinely nice one."
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Charlie refuses to marry Alice.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "I wish I had a good stepparent like Alice..."
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%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
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%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???
