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** Alice is poor, and stupid.

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** Alice is poor, and stupid.[[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons Working Class People are Morons]]
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* '''Conversed''': "They aren't always. It's only when they rely on their wealth and status to get their way that they become stupid."

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* '''Conversed''': "They aren't always. It's only when "So the writers made everyone who was born rich an idiot. Are they rely on their wealth and status trying to get their way that they become stupid."alienate the audience most likely to have time to watch this?"
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Alice makes everyone think she's RichInDollarsPoorInSense, which attracts con men and allows the actually very smart Alice to reveal them and turn them in before they can steal a lot of money.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Alice has an upper-class lifestyle, and has very little common sense or idea of how to care for herself.

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* '''Basic Trope''': The stupid rich.
* '''Played Straight''': Alice has a lot of money and fancy things, but she is TheDitz.

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* '''Basic Trope''': The stupid rich.
* '''Played Straight''': '''Straight''': Alice has a lot of money and fancy things, but she is TheDitz.



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



* '''Inverted''': Alice is poor in money, but rich in sense.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Alice is poor in money, but rich in sense.



* '''Double Subverted''': But only in that she's book smart; when it comes to street smarts, she is [[NaiveEverygirl in way over her head.]]

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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But only in that she's book smart; when it comes to street smarts, she is [[NaiveEverygirl in way over her head.]]



* '''Parodied''': When someone mentions a vacuum cleaner, Alice has to look up the word in a dictionary...except she doesn't know what that is either*

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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When someone mentions a vacuum cleaner, Alice has to look up the word in a dictionary...except she doesn't know what that is either* either.



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is this way because she never had to work for anything; it was all just handed to her. She never had to rely on smarts of any kind to get what she wanted and needed, so she never did.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice uses all the extra time she has as an idle rich person to learn about the world, by doing things like interacting with people, watching documentaries, reading books, taking classes, etc. So she knows a lot, and can even do things she doesn't have to (like vacuum), even if she normally doesn't.
* '''Averted''': Alice is rich, but certainly not stupid.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is this way because she never had to work for anything; it was all just handed to her. She never had to rely on smarts of any kind to get what she wanted and needed, so she never did.
'''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice uses all the extra time she has as an idle rich person to learn about the world, by doing things like interacting with people, watching documentaries, reading books, taking classes, etc. So she knows a lot, and can even do things she doesn't have to (like vacuum), even if she normally doesn't.
* '''Averted''':
'''Averted''':
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Alice is rich, but certainly not stupid.



* '''Enforced''': AnAesop about how [[StockAesops wealth and status aren't everything.]]



* '''Enforced''': AnAesop about how [[StockAesops wealth and status aren't everything.]]



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



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is this way because she never had to work for anything; it was all just handed to her. She never had to rely on smarts of any kind to get what she wanted and needed, so she never did.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice uses all the extra time she has as an idle rich person to learn about the world, by doing things like interacting with people, watching documentaries, reading books, taking classes, etc. So she knows a lot, and can even do things she doesn't have to (like vacuum), even if she normally doesn't.



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%%* '''Implied''': ???
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* '''Parodied''': When someone mentions a vacuum cleaner, Alice has to look up the word in a dictionary...except she doesn't know what that is either.

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* '''Parodied''': When someone mentions a vacuum cleaner, Alice has to look up the word in a dictionary...except she doesn't know what that is either.either*
** Upon losing her money, Alice becomes a genius, but when she gains it back again, she promptly returns to being an utter moron.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is TooDumbToLive billionaire.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is a TooDumbToLive billionaire.


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* '''Lampshaded''': "Just another rich idiot..."
* '''Enforced''': AnAesop about how [[StockAesops wealth and status aren't everything.]]

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* '''Played Straight''': Alice has a lot of money and fancy things, but she is a BrainlessBeauty.

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* '''Played Straight''': Alice has a lot of money and fancy things, but she is a BrainlessBeauty.TheDitz.



* '''Inverted''': Alice is rich, but very smart.
** Alice is poor, but not very bright.
* '''Subverted''': Alice is rich, but also very intelligent.

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* '''Inverted''': Alice is rich, poor in money, but very smart.
rich in sense.
** Alice is poor, but not very bright.
WisdomFromTheGutter.
* '''Subverted''': Alice is rich, rich and acts like an idiot, but also that was ObfuscatingStupidity. She is actually very intelligent.



* '''Parodied''': When someone mentions a vacuum cleaner, Alice has to look up the word in a dictionary...except she doesn't know what that is either.



* '''Parodied''': When someone mentions a vacuum cleaner, Alice has to look up the word in a dictionary...except she doesn't know what that is either.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Just another rich idiot..."
* '''Enforced''': AnAesop about how [[StockAesops wealth and status aren't everything.]]



** Alice is poor, and not stupid.
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\"* \'\'\'Played Straight\'\'\': Alice has a lot of money and fancy things, but she is a Brainless Beauty.\" Who said she had to be beautiful?


* '''Basic Trope''': The stupid rich

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* '''Basic Trope''': The stupid richrich.



* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is TooDumbToLive

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is TooDumbToLiveTooDumbToLive billionaire.

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* '''Invoked''': Alice graduates high school, marries a rich man shortly thereafter, and drops out of college halfway through her first semester, thinking she won't ever need further education as she is going to be nothing more than a rich and beautiful TrophyWife.

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** Alice is poor, and stupid.
* '''Invoked''': Alice graduates high school, marries a rich man shortly thereafter, and drops out of college halfway through her first semester, thinking she won't ever need further education as she is going to be nothing more than a rich and beautiful TrophyWife.trophy wife.
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** Alternatively, Alice is twice as cheap as [[SpongeBobSquarePants Mr. Krabs]].
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** Alternatively, Alice is twice as cheap as [[SpongeBobSquarePants Mr. Krabs]].

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