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** Alice herself assured everyone that everything was safe, only to reread the data and realize the worst.
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** Alice tries to warn the people about the coming storm, but the government discredits her. After people then die in the storm, everyone else realizes that the government is incompetent and a rebellion occurs.
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice claims a powerful storm is coming and several major cities will have to be evacuated. Doubting it can be that bad, they evacuate the city … which is directly in the storm's path, believing it will become weaker afterwards.
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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
** Alice claims a powerful storm is coming and several major cities will have to be evacuated. Doubting it can be that bad, they evacuate the city … which is directly in the storm's path, believing it will become weakerafterwards.afterwards.
** A good portion of the government does accept Alice's advice, but they end up fighting about what to do about it, and their inaction costs them valuable prep time.
** Alice claims a powerful storm is coming and several major cities will have to be evacuated. Doubting it can be that bad, they evacuate the city … which is directly in the storm's path, believing it will become weaker
** A good portion of the government does accept Alice's advice, but they end up fighting about what to do about it, and their inaction costs them valuable prep time.
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* '''Inverted''': Alice is a buffoon who insists that everything is fine as the plainly visible superstorm approaches.
* '''Subverted''': Alice's predicted storm doesn't come.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...until five minutes later, at which point it comes just like expected.
* '''Subverted''': Alice's predicted storm doesn't come.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...until five minutes later, at which point it comes just like expected.
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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** Alice is a buffoon who insists that everything is fine as the plainly visible superstorm approaches.
** Everyone instantly accepts Alice's advice, to the point they overprepare for the storm and she has to tell them to calm down.
*'''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
** Alice's predicted storm doesn't come.
** The government officials argue hard with Alice but eventually are convinced.
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** ...until five minutes later, at which point it comes just likeexpected.expected.
** But then they don't actually act on what Alice said at all.
** Alice is a buffoon who insists that everything is fine as the plainly visible superstorm approaches.
** Everyone instantly accepts Alice's advice, to the point they overprepare for the storm and she has to tell them to calm down.
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** Alice's predicted storm doesn't come.
** The government officials argue hard with Alice but eventually are convinced.
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** ...until five minutes later, at which point it comes just like
** But then they don't actually act on what Alice said at all.
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** Bob, a key official who ignored Alice, agonizes about WhatCouldHaveBeen had he listened to her instead.
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* '''Played for Horror''': Alice is correct about the impending arrival of an EldritchAbomination, and it doesn't kill or maim anybody -- it just gives them nightmares.
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** After the ApatheticCitizens refuse to listen to Alice and people die as a result, the survivors apologize to her and promise to listen from now on. Alice, however, has had enough of them and [[RejectedApology tells them to shove it]].
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* '''Played for Drama''': Because nobody pays Alice any attention, millions die in the storm. [[SurvivorGuilt Alice blames herself]] even though she did everything she could to convince people.
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* '''Played for Drama''': Drama''':
** Because nobody pays Alice any attention, millions die in the storm. [[SurvivorGuilt Alice blames herself]] even though she did everything she could to convincepeople.people.
** After the government refuses to listen to Alice and people die as a result, she goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the corrupt officials.
** Because nobody pays Alice any attention, millions die in the storm. [[SurvivorGuilt Alice blames herself]] even though she did everything she could to convince
** After the government refuses to listen to Alice and people die as a result, she goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the corrupt officials.
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* '''Straight''': Alice is a meteorologist who has realized a destructive super-storm is coming. When she announces this, she is ignored.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice has reams of data and the latest weather detecting technology to back up her statements, plus she points out the window at the green skies with electricity playing over the clouds. Everyone laughs and goes back to partying.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice claims a powerful storm is coming which evacuation of several major cities. Doubting it can be that bad, they evacuate the city which is directly in the storms path, believing it will become weaker afterwards.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice has reams of data and the latest weather detecting technology to back up her statements, plus she points out the window at the green skies with electricity playing over the clouds. Everyone laughs and goes back to partying.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice claims a powerful storm is coming which evacuation of several major cities. Doubting it can be that bad, they evacuate the city which is directly in the storms path, believing it will become weaker afterwards.
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* '''Straight''': Alice is a meteorologist who has realized a destructive super-storm superstorm is coming. When she announces this, this to a crowd of townspeople and government officials, she is ignored.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice has reams of data and the latestweather detecting weather-detecting technology to back up her statements, plus she points out the window at the green skies with electricity playing over the clouds. Everyone else laughs and goes back to partying.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice claims a powerful storm is comingwhich evacuation of and several major cities. cities will have to be evacuated. Doubting it can be that bad, they evacuate the city … which is directly in the storms storm's path, believing it will become weaker afterwards.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice has reams of data and the latest
* '''Downplayed''': Alice claims a powerful storm is coming
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** Alice is kind of abrasive in her methods and isn't the best at communicating.
** Nobody wants to deal with the fact that the storm is coming, so they pretend that she's wrong.
** Nobody wants to deal with the fact that the storm is coming, so they pretend that she's wrong.
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** Alice is kind of abrasive in her methods and [[PoorCommunicationKills isn't the best at communicating.
communicating]].
** [[HeadInTheSandManagement Nobody wants to deal with the fact that the storm iscoming, coming]], so they pretend that she's wrong.
** [[HeadInTheSandManagement Nobody wants to deal with the fact that the storm is
** Alice has access to information she shouldn't know and/or can't give away.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice took a six-year college course in predicting the apocalypse. Whenever she tries to warn anyone, they fall asleep in the middle of her dramatic speech.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice's storm does not arrive on time, but arrives later exactly as Alice predicted -- until it starts to calm down just as it arrives at an urban area -- but a couple of hours later becomes much more dangerous again.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice's storm does not arrive on time, but arrives later exactly as Alice predicted -- until it starts to calm down just as it arrives at an urban area -- but a couple of hours later becomes much more dangerous again.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice took a six-year college course in predicting the apocalypse. Whenever she tries to warn anyone, [[NapInducingSpeak they fall asleep in the middle of her dramatic speech.
speech]].
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice's storm does not arrive on time, but arrives later exactly as Alice predicted -- until it starts to calm down just as it arrives atan urban area a big city -- but a couple of hours later becomes much more dangerous again.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice's storm does not arrive on time, but arrives later exactly as Alice predicted -- until it starts to calm down just as it arrives at
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* '''Defied''': Alice finds someone more influential or persuasive to make her case.
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* '''Defied''': Alice finds someone gets Bob to make her case, he being more influential or and/or persuasive to make her case.than she.
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* '''Conversed''': "I'm tired of these ApatheticCitizens."
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* '''Conversed''': "I'm tired of seeing ApatheticCitizens like these ApatheticCitizens.in the movies."
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice predicted the storm and its consequences correctly, but everyone else recognizes she was RightForTheWrongReasons. Alice loses much of her reputation as a result.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** She used a method and/or information that was fully valid, just esoteric for her setting.
** She's still the expert, not the people who dismissed her, and they later make up.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** She used a method and/or information that was fully valid, just esoteric for her setting.
** She's still the expert, not the people who dismissed her, and they later make up.
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We need to must get back to IgnoredExpert right now, before it's too late!...late! … Is anybody even listening to me?
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** Alice has a history of CryingWolf.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice's storm does not arrive on time, but arrives later exactly as Alice predicted - until it starts to calm down just as it arrives at an urban are- but a couple of hours later becomes much more dangerous again.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice's storm does not arrive on time, but arrives later exactly as Alice predicted - -- until it starts to calm down just as it arrives at an urban are- area -- but a couple of hours later becomes much more dangerous again.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Its my job to predict the weather! I'm predicting the weather, and I'm being ignored!"
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Its "It's my job to predict the weather! I'm predicting the weather, weather and I'm being ignored!"
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* '''Discussed''': "If you barge in there and tell them about it, they'll just ignore you, even with your [=PhD=]"
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': Because nobody pays Alice any attention, millions die in the storm. Alice blames herself, despite the fact that she did everything she could to convince people.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice has never been wrong about anything and she holds several degrees from several top universities. Everyone still ignores her.
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': Because nobody pays Alice any attention, millions die in the storm. Alice blames herself, despite the fact that she did everything she could to convince people.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice has never been wrong about anything and she holds several degrees from several top universities. Everyone still ignores her.
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* '''Discussed''': "If you barge in there and tell them about it, they'll just ignore you, even with your [=PhD=]"
[=PhD=]."
* '''Conversed''':???
"I'm tired of these ApatheticCitizens."
* '''PlayedFor for Drama''': Because nobody pays Alice any attention, millions die in the storm. [[SurvivorGuilt Alice blames herself, despite the fact that herself]] even though she did everything she could to convince people.
* '''PlayedFor for Laughs''': Alice has never been wrong about anything and she holds several degrees from several top universities. Everyone still ignores her.
* '''Conversed''':
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* '''Played
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We need to get back to IgnoredExpert right now, before it's too late!...Are you people even listening to me?
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We need to get back to IgnoredExpert right now, before it's too late!...Are you people Is anybody even listening to me?
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* '''Straight''': Alice is a meteorologist who has realized A destructive super-storm is coming. When she announces this, she is ignored.
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* '''Straight''': Alice is a meteorologist who has realized A a destructive super-storm is coming. When she announces this, she is ignored.
* '''Implied''': After the storm, Alice complains that no one listened.
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** Alice's enemies have convinced everyone that [[HeroWithBadPublicity she's incompetent]].
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Back to IgnoredExpert
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** Nobody wants to deal with the fact that the storm is coming, so they pretend that she's wrong.
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice claims a powerful storm is coming which evacuation of several major citys. Doubting it can be that bad, they evacuate the city which is directly in the storms path, believing it will become weaker afterwards.
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice claims a powerful storm is coming which evacuation of several major citys.cities. Doubting it can be that bad, they evacuate the city which is directly in the storms path, believing it will become weaker afterwards.
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice claims a powerful storm is coming which evacuation of several major city's. Doubting it can be that bad, they evacuate the city which is directly in the storms path, believing it will become weaker afterwards.
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice claims a powerful storm is coming which evacuation of several major city's.citys. Doubting it can be that bad, they evacuate the city which is directly in the storms path, believing it will become weaker afterwards.
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* '''Discussed''': "If you barge in there and tell them about it, they'll just ignore you, even with your PhD"
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* '''Discussed''': "If you barge in there and tell them about it, they'll just ignore you, even with your PhD" [=PhD=]"
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* '''Downplayed''': ???
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* '''Downplayed''': ???Alice claims a powerful storm is coming which evacuation of several major city's. Doubting it can be that bad, they evacuate the city which is directly in the storms path, believing it will become weaker afterwards.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Alice's storm does not arrive on time, but arrives later exactly as Alice predicted - until it starts to calm down just as it arrives at an urban are- but a couple of hours later becomes much more dangerous again.
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* '''Discussed''': ???"If you barge in there and tell them about it, they'll just ignore you, even with your PhD"
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice has never been wrong about anything and she holds several degrees from several top universities. Everyone still ignores her.
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* '''Justified''': Alice is a doomsayer who has been wrong before.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Alice is a doomsayer who has been wrongbefore.before.
** Alice is kind of abrasive in her methods and isn't the best at communicating.
** Alice is a doomsayer who has been wrong
** Alice is kind of abrasive in her methods and isn't the best at communicating.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character who knows a lot about something is ignored by most people, often in a dangerous situation.
* '''Straight''': Alice is a meteorologist who has realized A destructive super-storm is coming. When she announces this, she is ignored.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': Alice is a doomsayer who has been wrong before.
* '''Inverted''': Alice is a buffoon who insists that everything is fine as the plainly visible superstorm approaches.
* '''Subverted''': Alice's predicted storm doesn't come.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...until five minutes later, at which point it comes just like expected.
* '''Parodied''': Alice took a six-year college course in predicting the apocalypse. Whenever she tries to warn anyone, they fall asleep in the middle of her dramatic speech.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': People believe Alice when she presents her findings.
* '''Enforced''': The story is about recovering from the disaster when Alice was the only one who was prepared, but she would have told someone.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Its my job to predict the weather! I'm predicting the weather, and I'm being ignored!"
* '''Invoked''': Someone with a vested interest keeps things quiet.
* '''Exploited''': Alice takes out multiple insurance policies on her house, which she knows will be destroyed.
* '''Defied''': Alice finds someone more influential or persuasive to make her case.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': Because nobody pays Alice any attention, millions die in the storm. Alice blames herself, despite the fact that she did everything she could to convince people.
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* '''Straight''': Alice is a meteorologist who has realized A destructive super-storm is coming. When she announces this, she is ignored.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': Alice is a doomsayer who has been wrong before.
* '''Inverted''': Alice is a buffoon who insists that everything is fine as the plainly visible superstorm approaches.
* '''Subverted''': Alice's predicted storm doesn't come.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...until five minutes later, at which point it comes just like expected.
* '''Parodied''': Alice took a six-year college course in predicting the apocalypse. Whenever she tries to warn anyone, they fall asleep in the middle of her dramatic speech.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': People believe Alice when she presents her findings.
* '''Enforced''': The story is about recovering from the disaster when Alice was the only one who was prepared, but she would have told someone.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Its my job to predict the weather! I'm predicting the weather, and I'm being ignored!"
* '''Invoked''': Someone with a vested interest keeps things quiet.
* '''Exploited''': Alice takes out multiple insurance policies on her house, which she knows will be destroyed.
* '''Defied''': Alice finds someone more influential or persuasive to make her case.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': Because nobody pays Alice any attention, millions die in the storm. Alice blames herself, despite the fact that she did everything she could to convince people.
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