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'''Basic Trope''': A character literally wants to be someone else.
* '''Straight''': Alice is jealous of Betty, and ''really'' wants to be her, to the point where she's DrivenByEnvy and tries to imitate a lot of Betty's aspects.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice goes as far as to attempt a GrandTheftMe on Betty.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice wants to be ''like'' Betty, but doesn't necessarily want to ''be'' her.
* '''Justified''': Alice thinks that Betty has a great life, which is much better than hers -- from her perspective, why ''wouldn't'' she want to be her?
* '''Inverted''': Alice realizes that she and Betty [[TooMuchAlike have too much in common]], and wants them to ''not'' be so similar.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Alice doesn't want to be anything like Betty.
* '''Enforced''': The work is trying to set up a "BeYourself" moral.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': "But why can't I just be Betty? She's so much better than I am!"
* '''Conversed''': "Remember that one episode where Alice was DrivenByEnvy over Betty, since she believed that Betty's life was so much better than hers? [[JerkassWoobie Even though she went too far, I felt bad for Alice]]..."
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Why can't I be [[IJustWantToBeYou the main page]]?
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%% * '''Implied''': ???
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%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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