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'''Basic Trope''': A child who has SuperStrength.
* '''Straight''': Alice is a little girl who can lift very heavy objects.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice is ''a baby'' who can lift anything.
** All of the children are very strong.
** GooGooGodlike
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is a teenager or older child who can lift up relatively heavy objects.
* '''Justified''':
** Alice is a superhero.
** Alice is a member of a species that naturally has SuperStrength, even in childhood.
* '''Inverted''': Alice is a very weak adult.
* '''Subverted''':
** Alice seems to be lifting a boulder, but it turns out to be [[StyrofoamRocks made of styrofoam]].
** Alice looks like a child, but she's actually OlderThanSheLooks.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** The boulder ''was'' made of styrofoam, but also had several weights attached to it that a typical child of her age couldn't lift.
** Alice ''is'' older than what her appearance would apply, but she's still considered a child by her species' standards.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** Alice isn't any stronger than an average child her age.
** Alice is already an adult when she gets her SuperStrength abilities.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "Alice is a ''really'' strong little kid, wow!"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Whenever anyone needs to lift something heavy, they ask Alice to help them.
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': "I tried to shake little Alice's hand the other day, and she almost tore my arm off by accident!"
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': It's unknown how strong Alice really is, but she's occasionally shown lifting objects that realistically would be too heavy for her to lift.
* '''Played for Laughs''':
** Alice constantly [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength forgets how strong she is]] and it frequently leads to humorous situations, such as her causing AmusingInjuries to people.
** The sight of a very strong child is played as a comical contrast.
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength, and is portrayed as an UnstablePoweredChild. It leads to [[AndCallHimGeorge people around her being harmed, even if she's just trying to show affection]]. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone She feels horrible about what's happening]].
* '''Played for Horror''': Alice is an EnfanteTerrible who uses her strength to harm others.
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