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* "'Double subverted"': It turns out [[{{MagnificentBastard}} Janet]] pulled a [[{{WoundedGazelleGambit}} Wounded Gazelle Gambit]] on the readers this whole time.
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* "'Double subverted"': '''Double subverted''': It turns out [[{{MagnificentBastard}} Janet]] pulled was pulling a [[{{WoundedGazelleGambit}} Wounded Gazelle Gambit]] on the readers this whole time.
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* '''Enforced''': A character like Janet (or two) can give the [[RashomonStyle Rashomoning]] the [[MindScrew screwiness]] the author is going for.
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** Knowing what a character experiences can make him/her more relatable and [[ShowDontTell it's better to show than to tell]].
** A character like Janet (or two) can give the [[RashomonStyle Rashomoning]] the [[MindScrew screwiness]] the author is going
** Knowing what a character experiences can make him/her more relatable and [[ShowDontTell it's better to show than to tell]].
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* '''Enforced''': Thanks to some strong mind-altering substances, Janet [[MushroomSamba has a little trouble discerning what's real and what isn't]] during the events of the story.
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* '''Enforced''': Thanks to some strong mind-altering substances, A character like Janet [[MushroomSamba has a little trouble discerning what's real and what isn't]] during (or two) can give the events of [[RashomonStyle Rashomoning]] the story.[[MindScrew screwiness]] the author is going for.
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* '''Enforced''': The writers had to, somehow, write Janet out of the corner they pushed her in without loosing too much of the MindScrew they were going for.
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* '''Enforced''': The writers had to, somehow, write Thanks to some strong mind-altering substances, Janet out [[MushroomSamba has a little trouble discerning what's real and what isn't]] during the events of the corner they pushed her in without loosing too much of the MindScrew they were going for.story.
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** Being around so many crazy personalities has made Janet [[GoAmongMadPeople a little crazy herself]].
** Thanks to some strong mind-altering substances, Janet [[MushroomSamba has a little trouble discerning what's real and what isn't]] during the events of the story.
** Being around so many crazy personalities has made Janet [[GoAmongMadPeople a little crazy herself]].
** Thanks to some strong mind-altering substances, Janet [[MushroomSamba has a little trouble discerning what's real and what isn't]] during the events of the story.
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**'''Invoked''': Being around so many crazy personalities has made Janet [[GoAmongMadPeople a little crazy herself]].
** Thanks to some strong mind-altering substances, Janet [[MushroomSamba has a little trouble discerning what's real and what isn't]] during the events of the story.herself]].
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** Thanks to some strong mind-altering substances, Janet [[MushroomSamba has a little trouble discerning what's real and what isn't]] during the events of the story.
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* '''Justified''': Mental illness distorts one's worldview, and Janet is [[AmbiguousDisorder an undiagnosed sufferer]].
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* '''Justified''': Mental illness distorts one's worldview, and Janet is [[AmbiguousDisorder an undiagnosed sufferer]].sufferer.
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* '''Enforced''': Thanks to some strong mind-altering substances, Janet [[MushroomSamba has a little trouble discerning what's real and what isn't]] during the events of the story.
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* '''Enforced''': Thanks to some strong mind-altering substances, The writers had to, somehow, write Janet [[MushroomSamba has a little trouble discerning what's real and what isn't]] during the events out of the story. corner they pushed her in without loosing too much of the MindScrew they were going for.
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** Being around so many crazy personalities has made Janet [[GoAmongMadPeople a little crazy
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* '''Exaggerated''': Janet's warped perception means the audience [[CuckoosNest can't determine what is true or false]]
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* '''Exaggerated''': Janet's warped perception means the audience [[CuckoosNest can't determine what is true or false]].
* '''Downplayed''': Apart from a few [[InnocentInaccurate hiccups]], Janet's perception is lucid.
* '''Downplayed''': Apart from a few [[InnocentInaccurate hiccups]], Janet's perception is lucid.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Janet knows she isn't very helpful as a narrator, but [[TheMadHatter she strives to paint an accurate picture of things anyway]].
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* '''Reconstructed''': Janet knows she isn't very helpful as a narrator, but [[CrazySane she strives to paint]] [[TheMadHatter she strives to paint an accurate picture of things anyway]].
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'''Basic Trope''': Insanity or an altered mental state makes a character's [[{{Narrator}} narration]] [[UnreliableNarrator unreliable]].
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'''Basic Trope''': Insanity or an altered mental state makes a character's [[{{Narrator}} narration]] [[UnreliableNarrator unreliable]].
* '''Straight''': Janet has semi-frequent {{Hallucinations}} which mess with her PointOfView and, [[CharacterNarrator (by extension)]], ours.
* '''Exaggerated''': Janet's warped perception means the audience [[CuckoosNest can't determine what is true or false]].
* '''Downplayed''': Apart from a few [[InnocentInaccurate hiccups]], Janet's perception is lucid.
* '''Justified''': Mental illness distorts one's worldview, and Janet is [[AmbiguousDisorder an undiagnosed sufferer]].
* '''Inverted''': Janet sees reality with crystal clarity, making her the perfect narrator.
* '''Subverted''': Instead of Janet suffering hallucinations, her skewed perception comes from [[{{Jerkass}} Bill]] [[{{Gaslighting}} manipulating her]].
** The things Janet narrates to us, while freaky, are [[WorldGoneMad totally real]].
* '''Parodied''': Janet's [[TalkativeLoon "bubbliness"]] tells us she's probably [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} a little off her rocker]] from the start.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Janet may have some unaddressed mental health issues, but [[FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator since she's not the protagonist of the story]], they aren't too much of a problem... until she becomes more involved with things and her mental problems [[FromBadToWorse become exacerbated by the stress]].
* '''Averted''': Like everyone else, Janet has her biases, but otherwise she sees the world normally.
* '''Enforced''': Thanks to some strong mind-altering substances, Janet [[MushroomSamba has a little trouble discerning what's real and what isn't]] during the events of the story.
* '''Lampshaded''': Janet's narration has [[LemonyNarrator a distinctly playful feel]].
* '''Invoked''': Being around so many crazy personalities has made Janet [[GoAmongMadPeople a little crazy herself]].
* '''Exploited''': Janet is complicit in several illegal activities that occured in the story, and her scattered recollection is [[ObfuscatingInsanity a ruse]] meant to throw the authorities off her trail.
* '''Defied''': Janet is obsessed with getting at the whole truth, to the point where she [[ThrowingOffTheDisability ignores her hallucinations if they contradict what she already knows]].
* '''Discussed''': Janet often wonders [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall just how insane you would have to be before you stopped using words altogether]].
* '''Conversed''': In her conversations with [[FourthWallObserver the audience]], Janet frequently asks if she's becoming "too weird".
* '''Implied''': While we don't see everything from her perspective, Janet shows several signs of disordered thinking and speech, including [[TalkingToThemself talking to people that aren't there]]—[[BreakingTheFourthWall namely, us]].
* '''Deconstructed''': Janet is so psychotic the world through her eyes [[MindScrew is almost completely unintelligible]], making her narration [[DelusionConclusion useless]].
** Janet's hallucinatory episodes are annoying but easily overlooked... until they [[RealAfterAll begin to intrude on the plot]].
** Janet's "insanity" is a side-effect of [[NoticingTheFourthWall knowing she's a fictional character with no real qualia]].
* '''Reconstructed''': Janet knows she isn't very helpful as a narrator, but [[TheMadHatter she strives to paint an accurate picture of things anyway]].
** Since we know Janet's hallucinations are real, it means she's been [[CassandraTruth telling us the truth the whole time]], and thus [[MindScrewdriver her testimony is the most accurate record of the story's events]].
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* '''Straight''': Janet has semi-frequent {{Hallucinations}} which mess with her PointOfView and, [[CharacterNarrator (by extension)]], ours.
* '''Exaggerated''': Janet's warped perception means the audience [[CuckoosNest can't determine what is true or false]].
* '''Downplayed''': Apart from a few [[InnocentInaccurate hiccups]], Janet's perception is lucid.
* '''Justified''': Mental illness distorts one's worldview, and Janet is [[AmbiguousDisorder an undiagnosed sufferer]].
* '''Inverted''': Janet sees reality with crystal clarity, making her the perfect narrator.
* '''Subverted''': Instead of Janet suffering hallucinations, her skewed perception comes from [[{{Jerkass}} Bill]] [[{{Gaslighting}} manipulating her]].
** The things Janet narrates to us, while freaky, are [[WorldGoneMad totally real]].
* '''Parodied''': Janet's [[TalkativeLoon "bubbliness"]] tells us she's probably [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} a little off her rocker]] from the start.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Janet may have some unaddressed mental health issues, but [[FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator since she's not the protagonist of the story]], they aren't too much of a problem... until she becomes more involved with things and her mental problems [[FromBadToWorse become exacerbated by the stress]].
* '''Averted''': Like everyone else, Janet has her biases, but otherwise she sees the world normally.
* '''Enforced''': Thanks to some strong mind-altering substances, Janet [[MushroomSamba has a little trouble discerning what's real and what isn't]] during the events of the story.
* '''Lampshaded''': Janet's narration has [[LemonyNarrator a distinctly playful feel]].
* '''Invoked''': Being around so many crazy personalities has made Janet [[GoAmongMadPeople a little crazy herself]].
* '''Exploited''': Janet is complicit in several illegal activities that occured in the story, and her scattered recollection is [[ObfuscatingInsanity a ruse]] meant to throw the authorities off her trail.
* '''Defied''': Janet is obsessed with getting at the whole truth, to the point where she [[ThrowingOffTheDisability ignores her hallucinations if they contradict what she already knows]].
* '''Discussed''': Janet often wonders [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall just how insane you would have to be before you stopped using words altogether]].
* '''Conversed''': In her conversations with [[FourthWallObserver the audience]], Janet frequently asks if she's becoming "too weird".
* '''Implied''': While we don't see everything from her perspective, Janet shows several signs of disordered thinking and speech, including [[TalkingToThemself talking to people that aren't there]]—[[BreakingTheFourthWall namely, us]].
* '''Deconstructed''': Janet is so psychotic the world through her eyes [[MindScrew is almost completely unintelligible]], making her narration [[DelusionConclusion useless]].
** Janet's hallucinatory episodes are annoying but easily overlooked... until they [[RealAfterAll begin to intrude on the plot]].
** Janet's "insanity" is a side-effect of [[NoticingTheFourthWall knowing she's a fictional character with no real qualia]].
* '''Reconstructed''': Janet knows she isn't very helpful as a narrator, but [[TheMadHatter she strives to paint an accurate picture of things anyway]].
** Since we know Janet's hallucinations are real, it means she's been [[CassandraTruth telling us the truth the whole time]], and thus [[MindScrewdriver her testimony is the most accurate record of the story's events]].
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