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'''Basic Trope''': A character is tired from lack of sleep.
* '''Straight''': Alice is kept awake at night due to a construction site next door, and is sluggish and grumpy the next day.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice tries to keep going despite having not slept in days.
* '''Downplayed''':
* '''Justified''':
** Alice has a MeanBoss, who would've punished her if she'd caught up on sleep and showed up late to work.
** Alice is a single mother, meaning she has no choice but to be awake during the day even though she hasn't slept enough.
** Alice is the only person qualified to solve the main problem, sleep deprivation or no.
* '''Inverted''':
* '''Subverted''': Alice appears tired, and Bob thinks she stayed up too late, but it turns out that she's sick.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** However, her disease is also causing her to lose sleep.
** Alice actually ''isn't'' sick; she's just a {{hypochondria}}c who mistook her sleepiness as a symptom of illness.
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zigzagged''': Alice seems tired but it's left unclear if she's sleep deprived, sick, or hungover.
* '''Averted''': Alice is not kept awake.
* '''Enforced''':
** To set up [[SleepAesop a lesson on the importance of sleep]].
** To [[WorfHadTheFlu explain why Alice got beaten by an opponent she'd normally have no trouble with]].
* '''Lampshaded''':
-->'''Bob''': "Did you pull an all-nighter?"
-->'''Alice''': "Not ''all'' night; I got to bed by three."
-->'''Bob''': "Three!?"
* '''Invoked''': Bob deliberately keeps Alice up.
* '''Exploited''': The villain gets into a fight with [[ActionGirl Alice]], knowing that if she's weary from lack of sleep, he has a chance.
* '''Defied''': Alice makes sure to catch up on sleep, even if it means being late for work.
* '''Discussed''': "When they were still building that building, it kept me up all night!"
* '''Conversed''': "Remember the episode where Alice was kept up all night?"
* '''Implied''': Alice has a sleepy expression and keeps closing her eyes.
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice keeps [[ExhaustionInducedIdiocy making silly mistakes]] from lack of sleep.
* '''Played for Drama''':
** Alice is tired after a sleepless night, but Bob mistakes her lethargy for an emotional breakdown.
** Alice is kept awake from the fear of a serious threat.
* '''Played for Horror''': Emperor Evulz tortures Alice by keeping her awake all night.
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