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* '''Straight''': You have to sift the narrator's words.

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* '''Straight''': You have to sift Throughout the narrator's words.story random people seem to act hostile towards the main character Alice. In the end we find out she feels guilty about something, and thinks that everyone knows when they actually don't.



** Alice has self-esteem issues... and unlike in Justified, she portrays herself in a ''worse'' manner in the story than what actually happened. Instead of trying to impress people, she genuinely believes she is worthless and everyone hates her. Her character arc begins after Bob realizes some details in her story don't hold up to scrutiny.

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** Alice has self-esteem issues... and unlike in Justified, and, she portrays herself in a ''worse'' manner in the story than what actually happened. Instead of trying to impress people, she genuinely believes she is worthless and everyone hates her. Her character arc begins after Bob realizes some details in her story don't hold up to scrutiny.
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** The narrator is the murderer, and is actually writing this down.

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** The narrator is the murderer, BigBad, and is actually writing this down.
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Widget Series has been renamed to Quirky Work as per TRS (it's also YMMV).


* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice, Bob, and Charlie's recalling of the events are sometimes over the top, portraying everyone else as idiots. Charlie, the {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, describes something that looks like a WidgetSeries, as opposed to Alice and Bob whose narrations are at least plausible.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice, Bob, and Charlie's recalling of the events are sometimes over the top, portraying everyone else as idiots. Charlie, the {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, describes something that looks like a WidgetSeries, QuirkyWork, as opposed to Alice and Bob whose narrations are at least plausible.
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** The narrator is making an educated guess as to what happened based on the few clues still available.

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** [[FutureImperfect The narrator is making an educated guess as to what happened based on the few clues still available. available]].
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** The in-universe listener/reader/viewer/player is the unreliable one.
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** The narrator is making an educated guess as to what happened based on the few clues still available.

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* '''Downplayed''': The narrator has plenty of details, although based on the story it's easy to call into question if the narrator remembered things correctly based on the events that happened beforehand.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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The narrator has plenty of details, although based on the story it's easy to call into question if the narrator remembered things correctly based on the events that happened beforehand.beforehand.
** The narrator tells the general story correctly, but tends to exaggerate and downplay a few minor details.
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*** If Bob and Charlie are reading Alice's story in text form, it becomes a race against time to find her once her tale starts to read more and more like [[GoodbyeCruelWorld a suicide note]].

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*** If ** Bob and Charlie are reading Alice's self-loathing story in text form, it form. It quickly becomes a race against time to find her once her tale starts to read more and more like [[GoodbyeCruelWorld a suicide note]].

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** The story is the narrator's diary, so naturally the narrator would be picky about what s/he writes down.

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** The story is the narrator's diary, so naturally the narrator would be picky about what s/he writes they write down.



** The narrator has self-esteem issues and [[HerCodenameWasMarySue wants to make themselves look good]].



* '''Played For Drama''': Alice's recalling of the events is inaccurate because her memories are fading fast, and she has to be reminded of even the most basic parts of the story, including which one is Bob and which one is Charlie.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Drama''':
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Alice's recalling of the events is inaccurate because her memories are fading fast, and she has to be reminded of even the most basic parts of the story, including which one is Bob and which one is Charlie.Charlie.
** Alice has self-esteem issues... and unlike in Justified, she portrays herself in a ''worse'' manner in the story than what actually happened. Instead of trying to impress people, she genuinely believes she is worthless and everyone hates her. Her character arc begins after Bob realizes some details in her story don't hold up to scrutiny.
*** If Bob and Charlie are reading Alice's story in text form, it becomes a race against time to find her once her tale starts to read more and more like [[GoodbyeCruelWorld a suicide note]].
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* '''Exaggerated''':[[TheEndingChangesEverything The whole previous story is contradicted by the ending.]]

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* '''Exaggerated''':[[TheEndingChangesEverything '''Exaggerated''': [[TheEndingChangesEverything The whole previous story is contradicted by the ending.]]
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** The narrator is an adult retelling an event from his childhood that they can't properly remember.

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** The narrator is an adult retelling an event from his their childhood that they can't properly remember.
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** The narrator is an adult retelling an event from his childhood that they can't properly remember.
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'''Basic Trope''': The person telling the story is keeping something from himself/herself and/or others.

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'''Basic Trope''': The A person telling the story is keeping something from himself/herself who lies and/or others.hides info from the audience.



* '''Exaggerated''': [[TheEndingChangesEverything The whole previous story is contradicted by the ending.]]

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* '''Exaggerated''': [[TheEndingChangesEverything '''Exaggerated''':[[TheEndingChangesEverything The whole previous story is contradicted by the ending.]]
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''':
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Thanks, King's Quest 2015


* '''Played For Drama''': Alice's recalling of the events is inaccurate because her memories are fading fast, and she has to be reminded of even the most basic parts of the story, including which one is Bob and which one is Charlie.



%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''':
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** [[VisualNovel/PlumbersDontWearTies An actual battle between narrators occurs]].

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** [[VisualNovel/PlumbersDontWearTies An actual battle between narrators occurs]].occurs.]]

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* '''Parodied''': [[UnreliableVoiceover In a visual medium, the voiceover narration does not match what the audience sees at all.]]

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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[[UnreliableVoiceover In a visual medium, the voiceover narration does not match what the audience sees at all.]]]]
** [[VisualNovel/PlumbersDontWearTies An actual battle between narrators occurs]].
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Bob wants a story to get out but needs for some details to be concealed so it won't be traced back to him. So he gives it to Lenny the Liar, who will add and subtract bits of the story at random to make himself sound better or to make the tale more interesting.
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** Bob retells a story about Alice's but keep missing the point because he's not as genre savvy as the reader and unable to read her mind.

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There may be a link back to UnreliableNarrator, but we've heard these links are less than accurate.

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There may be a link back to UnreliableNarrator, but we've heard these links are less than accurate. accurate.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???The narrator has plenty of details, although based on the story it's easy to call into question if the narrator remembered things correctly based on the events that happened beforehand.
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** The story is the narrator's diary, so naturally the narrator would be picky about what s/he writes down.

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'''Basic Trope''': The person telling the story is keeping something from themself and/or others.

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'''Basic Trope''': The person telling the story is keeping something from themself himself/herself and/or others.



* '''Downplayed''': ???



* '''Inverted''': The narrator knows everything and CannotTellALie.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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The narrator knows everything and CannotTellALie.



* '''Deconstructed''': There are errors and omissions in the narrator's story, but nothing the narrator gets wrong is material.
* '''Reconstructed''': The narrator makes what seems to make uncritical errors, but the slight changes to the story collectively change something about the message.



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



* '''Deconstructed''': There are errors and omissions in the narrator's story, but nothing the narrator gets wrong is material.
* '''Reconstructed''': The narrator makes what seems to make uncritical errors, but the slight changes to the story collectively change something about the message.



There may be a link back to UnreliableNarrator, but we've heard these links are less than accurate.

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There may be a link back to UnreliableNarrator, but we've heard these links are less than accurate.
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
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** The Narrator always tells the truth. The characters however all lie, omit details and tell the truth FromACertainPointOfView

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** The Narrator always tells the truth. The characters however all lie, omit details and tell the truth FromACertainPointOfViewFromACertainPointOfView.



* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice, Bob, and Charlie's recalling of the events are sometimes over the top, portraying everyone else as idiots. Charlie, the CloudCuckooLander describes something that looks like a WidgetSeries, as opposed to Alice and Bob whose narrations are at least plausible.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice, Bob, and Charlie's recalling of the events are sometimes over the top, portraying everyone else as idiots. Charlie, the CloudCuckooLander {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, describes something that looks like a WidgetSeries, as opposed to Alice and Bob whose narrations are at least plausible.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice, Bob, and Charlie's recalling of the events are sometimes over the top, portraying everyone else as idiots. Charlie, the CloudCuckooLander describes something that looks like a WidgetSeries, as opposed to Alice and Bob whose narrations are at least plausible.
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** The Narrator always tells the truth. The characters however all lie, omit details and tell the truth FromACertainPointOfView

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* '''Justified''': The narrator is the murderer, and is actually writing this down.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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The narrator is the murderer, and is actually writing this down.



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<<|PlayingWithWiki|>>There may be a link back to UnreliableNarrator, but we've heard these links are less than accurate.
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* '''Subverted''': You sift the narrator's words and find that all bases are covered.
* '''Double Subverted''': You sift the narrator's words and find that all bases are covered. Cue the TwistEnding that proves the narrator was lying all along.

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* '''Subverted''': You sift the narrator's words and find The narrator lies, but then a twist comes that all bases are covered.
proves that he was truthful.
* '''Double Subverted''': You sift the narrator's words and find that all bases are covered. Cue the TwistEnding that proves the narrator was lying all along.Then another twist comes proving him false.
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*'''Exaggerated''': The whole previous story is contradicted by the ending.

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*'''Exaggerated''': [[TheEndingChangesEverything The whole previous story is contradicted by the ending.]]



**Alternately, the narrator just doesn't have a good memory. Or is insane.

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**Alternately, ** Alternately, the narrator just doesn't have a good memory. Or is insane.



*'''Double Subverted''': You sift the narrator's words and find that all bases are covered. Cue the TwistEnding that proves the narrator was lying all along.
*'''Parodied''': In a visual medium, the voiceover narration does not match what the audience sees at all.

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*'''Double Subverted''': You sift the narrator's words and find that all bases are covered. Cue the TwistEnding that proves the narrator was lying all along.
*'''Parodied''': *'''Parodied''': [[UnreliableVoiceover In a visual medium, the voiceover narration does not match what the audience sees at all.]]



*'''Enforced''': "This is kind of a lame twist ending and everyone will see it coming a country mile. Unless...I change the narrator character to someone who has a reason to conceal certain facts. Yes, that should do it."

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*'''Enforced''': *'''Enforced''': "This is kind of a lame twist ending TwistEnding and everyone will see it coming a country mile. mile off. Unless...I change the narrator character to someone who has a reason to conceal certain facts. Yes, that should do it."




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