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** In a silent movie, it's not clear if she can be heard in universe, or if she is doing a "silent scream".

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** In a silent movie, it's not clear if she can be heard in universe, in-universe, or if she is doing a "silent scream".



* '''Reconstructed''': ???

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* '''Reconstructed''': ???The monster finds Alice who has yet to scream, but it has highly sensitive ears. Alice screams in reaction and the monster gets stunned by the volume, giving Alice time to actually escape.
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* '''Deconstructed''': ???

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* '''Deconstructed''': ???Alice screams so much that when the monster finds her, her vocal chords are too strained to scream for nearby help and she is killed.
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** The monster just killed someone close to Alice in an exceptionally gruesome way: the scream is equal parts horror and anguish.
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* '''Played for Laughs''': ???

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* '''Played for Laughs''': ???Alice screams when she's attacked... because she's a ScreamingWarrior.

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* '''Subverted''': Someone screams. It turns out to be Bob, who ScreamsLikeALittleGirl.

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* '''Subverted''': Someone '''Subverted''':
**Someone
screams. It turns out to be Bob, who ScreamsLikeALittleGirl.ScreamsLikeALittleGirl.
**Someone screams. It turns out to be Alice...who [[ScreamingWarrior is charging head-on against the monster to punch/stab it to death.]]

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice does a slight scream but it's not very loud.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Alice does a slight scream but it's not very loud.loud.
** Alice lets out a brief cry.



* '''Gender Inverted''': When the monster threatens to kill everyone, ''Bob'' screams loudly.
* '''Subverted''': Someone screams. It turns out to be Bob, ScreamingLikeALittleGirl.

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* '''Gender Inverted''': When the monster threatens to kill everyone, ''Bob'' Bob screams loudly.
* '''Subverted''': Someone screams. It turns out to be Bob, ScreamingLikeALittleGirl.who ScreamsLikeALittleGirl.



* '''Implied''': Someone screams. It is not revealed who but the screamer sounded like Alice.

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* '''Implied''': '''Implied''':
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Someone screams. It is not revealed who but the screamer sounded like Alice.Alice.
** In a silent movie, it's not clear if she can be heard in universe, or if she is doing a "silent scream".
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'''Basic Trope''': When something scary happens, a woman screams.
* '''Straight''': When the MonsterOfTheWeek pops up and threatens to kill the main cast, Alice screams loudly.
* '''Exaggerated''': All the woman scream, while the men don't.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice does a slight scream but it's not very loud.
* '''Justified''': Alice is not as stoic as her friends and she has a right to be scared--a monster threatened to kill her!
* '''Inverted''': Alice mumbles under her breath when the monster does its death threat.
* '''Gender Inverted''': When the monster threatens to kill everyone, ''Bob'' screams loudly.
* '''Subverted''': Someone screams. It turns out to be Bob, ScreamingLikeALittleGirl.
* '''Double Subverted''': Then, when the monster starts to chase them, they all scream, including Alice.
* '''Parodied''': [[TokenEvilTeammate Bob]] doesn't want any women on their team fighting monsters. Charlie calls him out on being sexist, but Bob claims that he's not sexist, he's just GenreSavvy and knows that in monster fight scenes, the women always scream and claims that women are too loud.
* '''Zigzagged''': AliceAndBob both scream, but Charlie and Diane don't.
* '''Averted''': Alice does not scream.
* '''Enforced''':
** To set Alice up as a LovableCoward.
** To let the audience know how scary the monster is.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': The monster deliberately jumps up to surprise Alice.
* '''Exploited''': Alice's scream lets other people know she needs help.
* '''Defied''': [[TheStoic Alice]] uses sheer willpower to avoid screaming.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "How come, in fiction, when the women scream, it's dramatic, but when the men scream, it's funny?! Stop with the DoubleStandard!"
* '''Implied''': Someone screams. It is not revealed who but the screamer sounded like Alice.
* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Played for Laughs''': ???
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice screams like this when she realises she's in danger.
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