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*** Evil Is Not Mean; Kira works for Emperor Evulz, does plenty of crimes and puts a lot of people in danger, however she's very nice for a villain and hangs out with Amazing Girl.
*** Nice Is Not Good; [[MeaningfulName Angela]], even though she's an angel, she's downright evil despite the fact that there's not a mean bone in her body.

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*** ** Evil Is Not Mean; Kira works for Emperor Evulz, does plenty of crimes and puts a lot of people in danger, however she's very nice for a villain and hangs out with Amazing Girl.
*** ** Nice Is Not Good; [[MeaningfulName Angela]], even though she's an angel, she's downright evil despite the fact that there's not a mean bone in her body.

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** AffablyEvil (that is, "nice is not good", or "evil is not mean")

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** AffablyEvil (that is, "nice is AffablyEvil
***Evil Is Not Mean; Kira works for Emperor Evulz, does plenty of crimes and puts a lot of people in danger, however she's very nice for a villain and hangs out with Amazing Girl.
*** Nice Is Not Good; [[MeaningfulName Angela]], even though she's an angel, she's downright evil despite the fact that there's
not good", or "evil is not mean")a mean bone in her body.
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** "[[WhoWritesThisCrap What was the writer smoking when they developed this psycho!?]]"
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** After a fashion: The next BigBad who comes out of the woodwork [[TargetedToHurtTheHero and turns every member of her family he can get his hands on into hamburger meat]] makes perfectly clear that he did that specific act of brutality ''because'' Amazing Girl is an AlphaBitch shielding herself behind being a superhero -- if she was an actual hero with the mentality to match, he would not have done ''that''. Whatever course Amazing Girl takes afterwards, it shall begin with her swallowing that piece of humble pie.
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** Amazing Girl is constantly abusive to people and highly abrasive, but has done a ton of good deeds and doesn't consider herself a bad person.

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** Amazing Girl is constantly abusive to people and highly abrasive, but has done a ton of good deeds [[PetTheDog good]] [[HeroesFrontierStep deeds]] and doesn't consider herself a bad person.
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** [[JerkassWoobie Alice]] is like this because of her DarkAndTroubledPast.

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** Good is neither nice nor mean.

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** Good is nice.
*** Alternatively,
Good is neither nice nor mean.
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** Good is nice.

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** Good is nice.neither nice nor mean.
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** Amazing Girl principles and ideals are solid as steel and unambiguously good, but [[CrueltoBeKind the way she enforces them]] is so [[UnscrupulousHero vicious and brutal]] that even the most {{blood|Knight}}-thirsty of her allies is scared of her.

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** Amazing Girl Girl’s principles and ideals are [[IdealHero solid as steel and unambiguously good, good]], but [[CrueltoBeKind the way she enforces them]] is so [[UnscrupulousHero vicious and brutal]] that even the most {{blood|Knight}}-thirsty of her allies is scared of her.
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** "Just because I'm the good person doesn't mean I'm a nice one dumbass, you got it fuckhead?!"

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** "Just because I'm the good person doesn't mean I'm a nice one dumbass, one, you got it fuckhead?!"
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** "Just because I'm the good person doesn't mean I'm a nice one."

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** "Just because I'm the good person doesn't mean I'm a nice one."one dumbass, you got it fuckhead?!"
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* '''Played For Horror''': Going through a near death experience experience traumatized Bob, and having his rescuer promptly scold him for "being stupid", only pushes him further over the edge.

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* '''Played For Horror''': Going through a near death experience experience traumatized Bob, and having his rescuer promptly scold him for "being stupid", only [[RageBreakingPoint pushes him him]] [[SpreeKiller further over the edge. edge]].
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** Being a {{jerkass}} ''hero'' means that [[KarmaHoudini Alice will never face the consequences of her actions]] because she’s doing good deeds 24/7 in spite of her {{jerkass}}ery, which not only allows her to evade punishment against all odds, but helps her get ''rewarded''.
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** Amazing Girl's heroisms mixed with negative attributes changes the public's opinion on her, viewing her as a villain. She then decides to [[FaceHeelTurn become a villain]] and [[ThenletMebeevil prove them right]].

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** Amazing Girl's heroisms mixed with negative attributes changes the public's opinion on her, viewing her as a villain. She then decides to [[FaceHeelTurn become a villain]] and [[ThenletMebeevil [[ThenLetMeBeEvil prove them right]].
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** Amazing Girl is a SociopathicHero.


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* '''Plotted a Good Waste''': In a story with a VillainProtagonist, the HeroAntagonist is [[HateSink made as mean as possible]] so that people will [[RootingForTheEmpire root for the protagonist]] [[JerksAreWorseThanVillains despite being evil]].
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** Amazing Girl is a HeroWithBadPublicity who’s constantly mistreated by the {{jerkass}} citizens she saves/protects.
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** The author wants to make a foil for the AffablyEvil Emperor Evulz.

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** The author wants to make a foil {{foil}} for the AffablyEvil Emperor Evulz.

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** Amazing Girl is an amoral {{Jerkass}} who coincidentally sides with a group of heroes.

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** [[TokenEvilTeammate Amazing Girl Girl]] is an amoral {{Jerkass}} who coincidentally sides with a group of heroes.



* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice is an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Laughs''':
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Alice is an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist.UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist.
** HeroicComedicSociopath
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** She's not really asocial/anti-social so much as very mean to [[AssholeVictim people who]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch deserve it]].

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** She's not really asocial/anti-social so much as very mean to [[AssholeVictim people who]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch who deserve it]].
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