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* '''Exploited''':???'''Exploited''': The BigBad captures Alice while she is ill, as she can't fight them while she has PowerIncontinence.
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'''Basic Trope''': There's a character with magical powers. Said powers don't work if said character is a victim of a SickEpisode.
* '''Straight''': The Great and Powerful Alice gets sick, and every time she coughs or sneezes, her powers start randomly firing off, turning Bob into a talking frog, shrinking Carol, and giving Dave a high voice.
* '''Exaggerated''': The Great and Powerful Alice's powers go haywire whenever she is sick, but also when she has allergies, is sad, or is injured, and they are ''completely'' uncontrollable.
* '''Downplayed''': The Great and Powerful Alice's magic only gets slightly unreliable when she is sick.
* '''Justified''': In magical beings, PowerIncontinence is a symptom of the illness Alice has.
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice's powers only work when she's sick.
** Alice ''develops'' powers when she's sick.
* '''Subverted''': It turns out that Bob turning into a frog was intentional.
* '''Double Subverted''': But shrinking Carol and giving Dave a high voice wasn't.
* '''Parodied''': "Symptoms include coughing, sneezing, and PowerIncontinence."
* '''Averted''':
** Even when she's sick, The Great and Powerful Alice's powers are not affected.
** Alice is so Great and Powerful she ''doesn't'' get sick.
* '''Zigzagged''': Alice is ill. Sometimes her powers work, sometimes they don't.
* '''Enforced''': The writers want to give Alice PowerIncontinence for the laughs, but can't think of another way to do it as she's, well, Great and Powerful.
* '''Lampshaded''': "My powers don't work, I need a doctor.".
* '''Invoked''': The BigBad gives Alice a poison that will give her PowerIncontinence.
* '''Exploited''':???
* '''Defied''': The Great and Powerful Alice develops healing powers on purpose so as not to deal with this.
* '''Discussed''': "Okay, Alice's magic has gone haywire, so she might be sick or something. We need to get her to a doctor."
* '''Conversed''': "Why do the writers have to make the poor character sick, just to give them PowerIncontinence, there must be another way."
* '''Implied''': The Great and Powerful Alice is seen with her magic awry, but it is unknown if she is sick or not.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice ends up causing chaos.
* '''Reconstructed''': She repairs the damage with magic upon getting better.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob, Carol, and Dave must FindTheCure while being stuck with Alice as an AnnoyingPatient, and also deal with being a frog, being pint-sized, and having a high voice respectively.
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice's new PowerIncontinence could be very dangerous.
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