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** Alice gets rabies and instantly shows symptoms and starts biting people.

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* '''Subverted''': [[PlayingSick Alice appeared sick, but was faking it.]]

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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[[PlayingSick Alice appeared sick, but was faking it.]]]]
** While it may appear that Alice has gone rapidly from healthy to frail, this was merely the final stage of an otherwise asymptomatic illness that a layman would misdiagnose as a usually slower progressing illness.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice dies of AIDS less than a day after being infected with HIV.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Alice dies of AIDS less than a day after being infected with HIV.HIV.
** Alice sneezes in a crowded room. Seconds later, everyone near her start sneezing...and seconds after that, everyone near ''them'' start sneezing, and then everyone near ''them'', etc.
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Emphasising that the progression is unrealistically fast.


'''Basic Trope''': A character gets sick very easily and/or very fast.
* '''Straight''': Alice get sick within minutes after being exposed to the virus.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice develops an IncurableCoughOfDeath in just one day.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice seems to get sick slightly quicker than usual.
* '''Justified''': Alice is hit by a biological weapon specifically designed to show symptoms as quickly as possible.
* '''Inverted''': Alice never gets sick or she always gets sick slowly.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character gets sick very easily and/or very An illness progresses unusually fast.
* '''Straight''': Alice get sick within minutes after being exposed to the virus.
Carl, who has a cold, coughs on Alice. After a few minutes, she starts coughing too.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice develops an IncurableCoughOfDeath in just one day.
dies of AIDS less than a day after being infected with HIV.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice seems to get sick slightly quicker Alice's cold symptoms begin within 12 hours of infection -- shorter than usual.
usual, but not ''that'' unrealistic.
* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Alice is hit by a biological weapon specifically designed to show cause symptoms as quickly as possible.
** Alice was in poor health in the first place.
* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Alice never gets sick or she always sick
** Alice
gets sick slowly.septicemic plague (an illness that progresses fast in real life). It takes months for her symptoms to appear, and she lasts a year before it finally kills her.



* '''Parodied''': Alice gets sick by merely thinking in sickness.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice gets sick by merely thinking in about sickness.



* '''Averted''': Alice gets sick at the same time frame as everyone else.
* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Averted''': Alice gets sick at the same time frame as everyone else.
Alice's illness has a realistic progression.
* '''Enforced''': ???[[WrittenInInfirmity Alice's actress is sick.]]



%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
%%* '''Played For Horror''':
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You can't catch a cold from the rain, Catch Your Death Of Cold is a myth. Added more.


* '''Straight''': Alice get sick within minutes after being exposed to a rain shower.

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* '''Straight''': Alice get sick within minutes after being exposed to a rain shower.the virus.



* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Several characters get sick after being exposed to a virus. It progresses at different speeds for different characters.



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???TheMedic, Bob, knows his patients must be fine--they're either sick or they're not, there's no "in-between period". Therefore, he makes diagnoses easier.



* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???
"Did I catch my cold from that guy? If so, I caught it fast!"
* '''Conversed''': ???"Why do these characters get sick so fast?!"
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* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???Alice is hit by a biological weapon specifically designed to show symptoms as quickly as possible.
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* '''Straight''': Alice get sick within minutes after exposure to an illness-causing factor.

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* '''Straight''': Alice get sick within minutes after exposure being exposed to an illness-causing factor.a rain shower.
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* '''Straight''': Alice get sick in just one day.

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* '''Straight''': Alice get sick in just one day.within minutes after exposure to an illness-causing factor.



* '''Subverted''': Alice appeared sick, but was faking it.

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* '''Subverted''': [[PlayingSick Alice appeared sick, but was faking it.]]

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* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
Alice appeared sick, but was faking it.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???However, there is an underlying illness that she wasn't aware of at that time.



* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???Alice gets sick at the same time frame as everyone else.

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Basic Trope- a character gets sick very fast
Straight- Alice get sick in just one day
Exaggerated-Alice develops an Incurable Cough of Death in just one day
Downplayed-Alice seems to get sick slightly quicker than usual
Parodied-Alice gets sick in only three minutes
Lampshaded-"Wow, you got sick so fast"
Discussed-"Why do characters get sick so fast?"
Inverted-Alice never gets sick or she always gets sick slowly

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Basic Trope- a '''Basic Trope''': A character gets sick very fast
Straight-
easily and/or very fast.
* '''Straight''':
Alice get sick in just one day
Exaggerated-Alice
day.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice
develops an Incurable Cough of Death IncurableCoughOfDeath in just one day
Downplayed-Alice
day.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice
seems to get sick slightly quicker than usual
Parodied-Alice gets sick in only three minutes
Lampshaded-"Wow, you got sick so fast"
Discussed-"Why do characters get sick so fast?"
Inverted-Alice
usual.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': Alice
never gets sick or she always gets sick slowlyslowly.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Alice gets sick by merely thinking in sickness.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "Wow, you got sick so fast."
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
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Basic Trope- a character gets sick very fast
Straight- Alice get sick in just one day
Exaggerated-Alice develops an Incurable Cough of Death in just one day
Downplayed-Alice seems to get sick slightly quicker than usual
Parodied-Alice gets sick in only three minutes
Lampshaded-"Wow, you got sick so fast"
Discussed-"Why do characters get sick so fast?"
Inverted-Alice never gets sick or she always gets sick slowly

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