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* '''Basic Trope''': WeightWoe equals AudienceSurrogate.

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* '''Basic Trope''': WeightWoe equals AudienceSurrogate.



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

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* '''Averted''': ???No female character is overweight or having curves.

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'''Basic Trope''': WeightWoe equals AudienceSurrogate.

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* '''Basic Trope''': WeightWoe equals AudienceSurrogate.
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice is legitimately overweight, but no one so much as comments on it or gives her a look.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice is legitimately overweight, but no one so much as comments on it or gives her a look.the character that gets teased is the thin one.



** Alice ''is'' overweight, causing her to be worried about her health.

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** Alice ''is'' overweight, causing her to be worried about her health.Alice's weight comes with several health problems which are a legitimate concern.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Alice is legitimately overweight, but no one so much as comments on it or gives her a look.
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** Alice is underweight and wishes she was "more curvicious". This is either done to help the audience distance themselves from her, or to give the audience some WishFulfillment.

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** Alice is underweight and wishes she was "more curvicious".curvy". This is either done to help the audience distance themselves from her, or to give the audience some WishFulfillment.

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* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???'''Justified''':
** Alice ''is'' overweight, causing her to be worried about her health.
** Alice lives in a society with high standards for beauty, one of which includes being really skinny.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Alice was just ''pretending'' to be indifferent to or confident about her weight.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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Alice was just ''pretending'' to be indifferent to or confident about her weight.weight.
** Alice is FatAndProud, despite being bullied. She's an obvious AudienceSurrogate combined with a bit of EscapistCharacter.



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

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* '''Enforced''': ???Polls show that female audiences can't identify with the absurdly beautiful cast, so the network forces a chubbier character to be introduced to offset it.
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* '''Double Subverted''': Alice ''pretends'' to be confident about her weight.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Alice ''pretends'' was just ''pretending'' to be indifferent to or confident about her weight.

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

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* '''Subverted''': ???
'''Subverted''':
** Alice is shown to be FatAndProud, thus not having WeightWoe.
** Alice is fat, but thinks she's skinny.
** Alice is not the AudienceSurrogate, Carol is.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Alice ''pretends'' to be confident about her weight.



* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Alice refuses to get upset about her weight, attempts to either be FatAndProud or lose some weight.

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** Alice is underweight and wishes she was "more curvicious". This is either done to make her more relatable, to help the audience distance themselves from her, or to give the audience some WishFulfillment.

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** Alice is underweight and wishes she was "more curvicious". This is either done to make her more relatable, to help the audience distance themselves from her, or to give the audience some WishFulfillment. WishFulfillment.
** Alternatively, it is done to make her more relatable.
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** Alice is underweight and wishes she was "more curvicious". This is either done to make her more relatable, to help the audience distance themselves from her, or to give the audience some WillFulfillment.

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** Alice is underweight and wishes she was "more curvicious". This is either done to make her more relatable, to help the audience distance themselves from her, or to give the audience some WillFulfillment.WishFulfillment.

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???Alice is fat and suffers for WeightWoe to the point where she becomes anorexic later in the movie. All so that the audience will relate to her.



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* '''Inverted''': ???'''Inverted''':
** Alice is underweight and wishes she was "more curvicious". This is either done to make her more relatable, to help the audience distance themselves from her, or to give the audience some WillFulfillment.
** Alice suffers WeightWoe so the audience will distance themselves from her.
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'''Basic Trope''': [A one sentence summary of the trope]
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'''Basic Trope''': [A one sentence summary of the trope]
WeightWoe equals AudienceSurrogate.
* '''Straight''': ???Alice is portrayed as a "real" woman because she has well-defined curves.
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'''Basic Trope''': A female character is presented positively due to her curvy figure.
* '''Straight''': Marcy is idealistically portrayed due to her noticably curvy figure.
* '''Exaggerated''': Marcy is the object of sex to all men (and women) because of her shapely curves.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''':
** Marcy is positively portrayed as anorexic.
** HollywoodPudgy
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Kyle is given the choice to choose between Marcy or Danielle. He chooses Marcy because [[MaleGaze he can't get enough of her thick legs, child-bearing hips, and her bodacious rump]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Nothing is said about Marcy's curvy shape.
* '''Enforced''': The author hates the bashing of [[HollywoodPudgy "fat"]] women, so he plans on showing how positive curves are.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
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'''Basic Trope''': A female character is presented positively due to her curvy figure.
*'''Straight''': Marcy is idealistically portrayed due to her noticably curvy figure.
*'''Exaggerated''': Marcy is the object of sex to all men (and women) because of her shapely curves.
*'''Downplayed''': ???
*'''Justified''': ???
*'''Inverted''':
** Marcy is positively portrayed as anorexic.
** HollywoodPudgy
*'''Subverted''': ???
*'''Double Subverted''': ???
*'''Parodied''': Kyle is given the choice to choose between Marcy or Danielle. He chooses Marcy because [[MaleGaze he can't get enough of her thick legs, child-bearing hips, and her bodacious rump]].
*'''Zig Zagged''': ???
*'''Averted''': Nothing is said about Marcy's curvy shape.
*'''Enforced''': The author hates the bashing of [[HollywoodPudgy "fat"]] women, so he plans on showing how positive curves are.
*'''Lampshaded''': ???
*'''Invoked''': ???
*'''Exploited''': ???
*'''Defied''': ???
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???
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