History PlayingWith / RapeAsDrama

* '''Enforced''': Alice was established as having been [[RapeAsBackstory raped twenty years]] before the events of ''Trope Tales I'', and ''Trope Tales II'' is meant to encompass the events 21 to 19 years before ''Trope Tales I''. Do the math.

* '''Enforced''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice feels ashamed, worries that [[DefiledForever no man will want her (or that her current partner will leave her)]], [[GuiltComplex thinks it was her fault]], etc.

** Alice is the victim on a CopShow about [[Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit detectives who specialize in dealing with sex crimes]]

* '''Subverted''': [[AngstWhatAngst Alice gets up, makes her way home or to the ER, and gets on with her life]].
* '''Double Subverted''': As soon as she gets home, Alice cries, takes a ShowerOfAngst and scrubs herself obsessively, and/or [[DrivenToSuicide attempts to kill herself]]

* '''Invoked''': Somebody with a chip on their shoulder (either towards Alice specifically or towards women in general) rapes Alice, hoping to make her suffer for whatever wrong(s) she committed (or the rapist ''thinks'' she committed.)

* '''Parodied''': Not applicable, as this trope is always used for drama and parodying it would end up making it PlayedForLaughs.

* '''Inverted''':
** Alice is raped. There's no effect or follow-up to this event in the story afterward.
** BlackComedyRape.

** Alice is the rapist.
** Alice herself was not raped, but a close friend or sibling of hers was, and Alice attempts (successfully or otherwise) to help her friend through emotional support and/or a RoaringRampageOfRevenge on the rapist(s).

* '''Parodied''': BlackComedyRape

* '''Averted''':
** Alice does not get raped.
** The thugs [[AttemptedRape attempt to rape Alice]], but she fights them off or is rescued by someone before that can happen.
* '''Enforced''': RapeAsBackstory

* '''Defied''':
** The thugs on the corner choose not to rape Alice, because EvenEvilHasStandards.
** RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil.

* '''Invoked''': Somebody with a chip on his/her shoulder (either towards Alice specifically or towards [[MommyIssues women in general]]) rapes Alice, hoping to make her suffer for whatever wrong(s) she committed (or the rapist ''thinks'' she committed.)

** RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil

* '''Conversed''': "Well, she was just violently attacked and forced to have sex with men she didn't want to have sex with. Of course she's going to have a tough time dealing with that...anyone would!"
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice feels ashamed, worries that [[DefiledForever no man will want her (or that her current partner will leave her)]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone thinks it was her fault]], etc.

Back to RapeAsDrama

** Alice is the victim on a CopShow about [[LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit detectives who specialize in dealing with sex crimes]]

*** Alice herself was not raped, but a close friend or sibling of hers was, and Alice attempts (successfully or otherwise) to help her friend through emotional support and/or a RoaringRampageOfRevenge on the rapist(s).

* '''Double Subverted''': As soon as she gets home, Alice cries, scrubs herself obsessively, and/or [[DrivenToSuicide attempts to kill herself]]

** Bob gets raped at knifepoint by Carol. He contracts an [=STI=] and suffers the normal angst of a rape victim, complete with blaming himself for the assault, feelings of shame, and even [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]]. On top of that, his problems go untreated and most people even ridicule him because [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale "he's a man and thus can't get raped" and "if he really was raped by someone like Carol, that's pathetic"]]. When Carol finds out about this, she decides to exploit it by raping Bob repeatedly. Poor, poor Bob.

* '''Exaggerated''': When those guys leave her, Alice gets up and tries to make it home (or to the hospital), and another gang rapes her.

* '''Subverted''': Alice gets up, makes her way home or to the ER, and gets on with her life.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

'''Basic Trope''': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A character is raped for the sake of the plot.]]
* '''Played Straight''': Alice is walking home late one night and is raped by a bunch of thugs. Alice has to come to terms with what happened.

* '''Justified''': Alice is the victim on a CopShow about [[LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit detectives who specialize in dealing with sex crimes]]

*** Rape is a traumatic experience.

* '''Inverted''': RapeIsLove
** Alice is raped. There's no effect or followup to this event in the story afterward.

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice feels ashamed, worries that [[DefiledForever no man will want her (or that her current partner will leave her)]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone thinks it was her fault]], etc.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice gets some help, and realizes it wasn't her fault (regardless of what she was wearing/not wearing, where she was, etc.), and is eventually able to lead a normal life.

* '''Averted''': Alice does not get raped.

* '''Lampshaded''': Alice performs in a dramatic [[ShowWithinAShow rape]] [[PerfectBlue scene]]. The effects listed above (and below) apply to said scene.

** '''Exploited''': Betty, who has ''a lot'' of grudges toward Alice, pay some thugs to rape the latter. She secretly tapes the, uh, incident from a hiding place and then use the tape to ruin Alice's life.
* '''Defied''': The thugs on the corner choose not to rape Alice, because EvenEvilHasStandards.

* '''Played For Laughs''': See "Parodied"
* '''Played For Drama''': The whole premise of this trope.

* '''Basic Trope''': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A character is raped for the sake of the plot.]]

* '''Parodied''': RapeAsComedy

** May even be [[RapeAsComedy comedic in universe]] intentionally, but becomes frightening through the [[UnfortunateImplications circumstances]].

** The plot ''is'' "Alice gets raped and deals with the aftermath." Though YourMilageMayVary given that this is probably also a LifetimeOriginalMovie...

*** Rape is a [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel traumatic experience.]]

** May even be [[RapeAsComedy comedic in universe]] intentionally, but becomes [[NightmareFuel frightening]] through the [[UnfortunateImplications circumstances]].

** '''Exploited''': Betty, who has ''a lot'' of grudges toward Alice, pay some thugs to rape the latter. She secretly tape the, uh, incident from a hiding place and then use the tape to ruin Alice's life BeyondTheImpossible.

* '''Enforced''': RapeIsTheNewDeadParents, RapeAsBackstory

* '''Basic Trope''': ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A character is raped for the sake of the plot.

* '''Lampshaded''': ???

** The thugs attempt to rape Alice, but she fights them off or is rescued by someone before that can happen.

**Alice has been led to believe that what she was wearing, where she was going, what she was doing, etc. brought on the rape, and that being raped was KarmicRetribution.