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* '''Downplayed''': Alice is 60 years old and surly, but not overly so.

** A very young Alice is a JerkAss or possibly TheBully.

** BarbaricBully Flash Young decides to stand up for his friends by giving Alice TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, and without his {{brooklyn|rage}} [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness accent to boot]]"

** (From Defied #3) Flash [[TalkToTheFist 5100% makes good on his words]] once Alice gets ''way'' too mouthy.

** "Lady, you're old enough to be my great-grandmother and I'm pretty sure I'll be the one suffering all kinds of hell if I so much as frown at the shit you're saying in front of a crowd ... but I swear to God, if you ever insult me like that again, I'll make you ''eat your fucking teeth''."

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice has no friends because she has driven everyone away.
* '''Reconstructed''': ...everyone, that is, but her VitriolicBestBuds who delight in insulting each other.

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** [[ManChild Alice acts more like a rebellious teenage girl then a senior]]: she rebels against her family and caretakers by going out behind their backs, talking back, and saying "You can't tell me what to do!".

** Alice's grandkid starts taking after her personality thinking if she can get away with being rude he can too, much to Carl's anger, [[CallingTheOldManOut and calls her out on her bead personality being a bad influence.]]

* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is 108 years old, half of what she says [[ClusterFBomb is profanity]], and she beats anyone who offends her (which is to say, everyone) with her cane.

** Alice acts more like a rebellious teenage girl then a senior: she rebels against her family and nursing home by going out and talking back, and saying "You can't tell me what to do!".

** Alice is a [[ManChild Woman Child]] who acts more like a petulant teenage girl then a senior: she rebels against her family by going out, saying "You can't tell me what to do!".

* '''Played for Drama''': Abigail is Alice's ten-year-old niece and wanted to know Alice better. Alice's first words to Abigail are "Sit down, you fucking airhead!" and she doesn't get any better from there at all, not even when someone else points out that it's [[KickTheDog beyond the pale]] to insult a little girl. Abigail gets her heart broken.

** Alice is a [[ManChild Woman Child]] who acts more like a petulant teenage girl then a senior: she rebels againsyt her fanily by going out, saying "You can't tell me what to do!".

* '''Parodied''': Alice does this as a ''college'' senior.

* '''Averted''': There are no rude old people in the story.

* '''Played For Drama''': Abigail is Alice's ten-year-old niece and wanted to know Alice better. Alice's first words to Abigail are "sit down, you fucking airhead!" and she doesn't gets any better from there ta all, not even when someone else points out that it's [[KickTheDog beyond the pale]] to insult a little girl. Abigail gets her heart broken.
* '''Played For Horror''': Alice is [[EvilOldFolks a 78-year-old]] SerialKiller with a particular hatred for pretty young women who she always labels [[CountryMatters "worthless cunts"]] even when she is [[FauxAffablyEvil trying to pass herself off as a harmless grandma]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is [[OneHundredAndEight 108 years old]], half of what she says [[ClusterFBomb is profanity]], and she beats anyone who offends her (which is to say, everyone) with her cane.

* '''Downplayed''': Alice is surly, but not overly so.

** Alice used to be very temperamental, stern, or standoffish - but she's [[TookALevelInKindness mellowed out]] in her old age.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...so that she can be an even bigger jerk to them after they've let down their guard.

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

** "Lady, you're old enough to be my great-grandmother and I'm pretty sure I'll be the one suffering all kinds of hell if I so much as frown at the shit you're saying in front of a crowd...but I swear to God, if you ever insult me like that again, I'll make you ''eat your fucking teeth''."
* '''Discussed''': "Damn, that old lady was rude."

* '''Inverted''': Alice is always nice to everyone she meets.
** Alternatively, a very young character is a JerkAss or possibly TheBully.

** "Lady, you're old enough to be my great-grandmother and I'm pretty sure I'll be the one suffering all kinds of hell if I so much as frown at the shit you're saying in front of a crowd... And yet I swear that if you ever insult me and mine I'll make you ''eat your fucking teeth''."

** "Lady, you're old enough to be my great-grandmother and yet I swear that if you ever insult me and mine I'll make you ''eat your fucking teeth''."

* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is [[OneHundredAndEight 108 years old]], half of what she says [[ClusterFBomb is profanity]] and she beats anyone who offends her (which is everyone) with her cane.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice has major mood swings.
* '''Averted''': No old people are rude.

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Defied''': Alice says something incredibly rude....then realizes it was wrong and apologizes.

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* '''Discussed''': "Dang that old person was rude."

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Double Subverted''': ...so that she can an even bigger jerk to them after they've let down their guard.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Stop being an asshole!" "DON'T DISRESPECT YOUR ELDERS KID!"

* '''Defied''': Alice says somethiing incredibly rude....then realizes it was wrong and apologizes.

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'''Basic Trope''': an old person who acts rude.
* '''Strait''': Alice is 108 years old, yells at people for minor slights, and refuses to do anything that anyone asks her to.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is 108 years old, half of what she says [[ClusterFBomb is profanity]] and she beats anyone who offends her (which is everyone) with her cane.

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Reconstucted''': ???
* '''Averted''' Alice isn't old
* '''Enforced''' The writer hates old people, so he makes Alice a JerkAss