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** Alice hangs out with guy friends, but Alice herself isn't tomboyish and/or the guys in question are rather InTouchWithTheirFeminineSide

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** Alice hangs out with guy friends, but Alice herself isn't tomboyish tomboyish, and/or the guys in question are rather InTouchWithTheirFeminineSide[[InTouchWithHisFeminineSide In Touch With Their Feminine Sides]].

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** Alice hangs out with other girls sometimes, but still prefers to go with the guys.

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** Alice hangs out with other girls sometimes, sometimes but still prefers to go with the guys.guys.
** Alice hangs out with guy friends, but Alice herself isn't tomboyish and/or the guys in question are rather InTouchWithTheirFeminineSide
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** Alice ''worships'' manliness. She [[ManlyMenCanHunt hunts]], [[ARealManIsAKiller fights]], and [[MenDontCry never cries]] and is a BoomerangBigot, StrawMisogynist who not only hangs around only men, but only hangs around men who are as [[FridgeLogic manly]] as her.

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** Alice ''worships'' manliness. She [[ManlyMenCanHunt hunts]], [[ARealManIsAKiller fights]], and [[MenDontCry never cries]] and is a BoomerangBigot, StrawMisogynist FemaleMisogynist who not only hangs around only men, but only hangs around men who are as [[FridgeLogic manly]] as her.
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** [[{{Shorttank}} Alice's]] male friends have more in common with her {{Tomboy}} interests than all the [[RealWomenDontWearDresses dress-wearing, pink-loving, makeup-slathered women in the series do]].

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** [[{{Shorttank}} Alice's]] male friends have more in common with her {{Tomboy}} interests than all the [[RealWomenDontWearDresses dress-wearing, pink-loving, [[GossipyHens chatty]], [[AllWomenLoveShoes shoes-loving]], makeup-slathered women in the series do]].do.
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** The GeodesicCast consists entirely of male teams with each TheSmurfettePrinciple.

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** The GeodesicCast consists entirely of male teams with each TheSmurfettePrinciple.TheSmurfettePrinciple {{Tomboy}}.

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** The GeodesicCast consists entirely of male teams with each TheSmurfettePrinciple.



** Alice hangs out with other girls sometimes, but still prefer to go with the guys.

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** Alice hangs out with other girls sometimes, but still prefer prefers to go with the guys.



* '''Double Subverted''': Whenever she gives them the slip, she hangs out with her guy-friends.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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Whenever she gives them the slip, she hangs out with her guy-friends.guy-friends.
** And later "Alex" comes out as a transgender woman.



** "We need a girl in this series, but she shouldn't be a girly-girl because our target audience is little boys".

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** "We need a girl in this series, but she shouldn't be a girly-girl girly girl because our target audience is little boys".

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* '''Played For Drama''': [[DoggedNiceGuy Bob]] falls in love with Alice, but she is ObliviousToLove. (Or vice versa.)

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* '''Played For Drama''': Drama''':
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[[DoggedNiceGuy Bob]] falls in love with Alice, but she is ObliviousToLove. (Or vice versa.)


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** Alice's friends are almost exclusively men, and one of her more masculine interests is [[EthicalSlut having casual sex]]. Because they see Alice as one of them instead of a target of romance, both she and her friends are comfortable giving, receiving and joining each other in "[[FriendsWithBenefits stress relief sessions]]" when needed. One day Alice discovers she's pregnant, and doesn't know what to do since she doesn't know that many people who even ''can'' get pregnant, and - if she even knows who the father is - doesn't want to reveal it because she's afraid that it will just cause rifts within her group.
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Dewicking per TRS.


** Alex is a [[{{Transgender}} trans guy]] who hadn't started transitioning yet in his earlier appearances.

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** Alex is a [[{{Transgender}} [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} trans guy]] who hadn't started transitioning yet in his earlier appearances.
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** Alex is a [[{{Transgender}} trans guy]]. He hadn't started transitioning yet in his earlier appearances.

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** Alex is a [[{{Transgender}} trans guy]]. He guy]] who hadn't started transitioning yet in his earlier appearances.
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** Alex is a [[{{Transgender}} trans guy]]. He hadn't transitioned yet in his earlier appearances.

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** Alex is a [[{{Transgender}} trans guy]]. He hadn't transitioned started transitioning yet in his earlier appearances.
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** Alex questions his gender identity and [[{{Transgender}} realizes he really was a guy all along]].

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** Alex questions his gender identity and is a [[{{Transgender}} realizes he really was a guy all along]].trans guy]]. He hadn't transitioned yet in his earlier appearances.
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** Alex questions his gender identity and [[{{Transgender}} realizes he really was a guy all along]].
** Alex is DisguisedInDrag and figures he would be more convincing as a tomboy than as a girly girl.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice hangs out with other girls sometimes, but still prefer to go with the guys.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
** TwoGuysAndAGirl
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Alice hangs out with other girls sometimes, but still prefer to go with the guys.

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Oops! I didn't pay attention!


* '''Inverted''':
** OneOfTheGirls
** Alice DoesNotLikeMen.

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* '''Inverted''':
** OneOfTheGirls
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'''Inverted''': Alice DoesNotLikeMen.

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* '''Inverted''': Alice DoesNotLikeMen.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** OneOfTheGirls
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Alice DoesNotLikeMen.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice becomes a "relationship advice" go-to, even though she just wants to watch football. Instead of the guys telling her to hold conversations until the commercial break, she ends up telling them that.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Laughs''':
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Alice becomes a "relationship advice" go-to, even though she just wants to watch football. Instead of the guys telling her to hold conversations until the commercial break, she ends up telling them that. that.
** Alice's friends forget that she's a girl on a regular basis.
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Not necessarily true. This comes off as generalizing.


** Alice prefers to be around men because they have (theoretically) less drama than women.

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** Alice prefers has issues making female friends no matter how much she genuinely tries to be around men because they have (theoretically) less drama than women.fit in with them.
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This comes off as flame bait for women who genuinely have issues making girl friends. Not all women who have no female friends are one of the boys.


** Alice has ''no'' female friends whatsoever.
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* '''Gender Inverted''': Bob has more female friends than male friends. Bob is "One of the Girls".

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* '''Gender Inverted''': Bob has more female friends than male friends. Bob is "One "[[OneOfTheGirls One of the Girls".Girls]]".
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A girl with a "girlfriend" is a lesbian.


** Alice is OneOfTheBoys, and she discovers that each girlfriend she makes is also OneOfTheBoys.

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** Alice is OneOfTheBoys, and she discovers that [[LesbianJock each girlfriend girlfriend]] she makes is also OneOfTheBoys.
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* '''Inverted''': Bob has more female friends than male friends.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob has more female friends than male friends.Alice DoesNotLikeMen.
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* '''Inverted''': Alice DoesNotLikeMen.

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* '''Inverted''': Alice DoesNotLikeMen.Bob has more female friends than male friends.

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** Alice is a transgender woman, but just because her gender has changed, doesn't mean her personality and taste in friends has too.



** Alice will drink, wrestle, and belch like the other guys, and even enjoys (non-male) strip clubs. She's not lesbian, but for all intents ad purposes other than anatomy, she is utterly male.

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** Alice will drink, wrestle, and belch like the other guys, and even enjoys (non-male) strip clubs. She's not lesbian, but for all intents ad and purposes other than anatomy, she is utterly male.



* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice has more male friends than female...but her ''best'' friend is a girl...who is also OneOfTheBoys.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice has more male friends than female...but her ''best'' friend is a girl... who is also OneOfTheBoys.



* '''Lampshaded''': [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg "And these are my bros...and Alice."]]

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* '''Lampshaded''': '''Lampshaded''':
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[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg "And these are my bros...and Alice."]]"]]
*** "What's that mean? Just cause she's not a guy doesn't mean she's not a bro."


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** Alice's parents think she should act more like a ProperLady, causing friction between her and them.
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** Alice is OneOfTheBoys, and enjoys the [[UnusualEuphemism Horizontal Tango]] with them all.
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** Alice spends so much time with guys that [[GirlswithMoustaches she has grown a full beard]]

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