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** [[QuirkyTown The entire town is freaking weird]], anything weird for tourists and outsiders is normal for them.

** Everyone assumes Alice is a member of the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom.

** People with cat ears and tails have been living and passing through the community for years. At first people found them unusual, but by now they've seen so many people with cat features that they can accept Alice without looking twice.
** Its incredibly rude and insensitive to make light of Alice's ears and tail, akin to [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything focusing on an amputee's prosthetic limb, or a physical disability in general]].

* '''Subverted''': Alice doesn't draw comments openly but there are plenty of judgemental covert whispers. [[IHeardThat Which she can hear since they are real ears.]]

** Its incredibly rude to make light of Alice's ears and tail, akin to [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything focusing on an amputee's prosthetic limb, or a physical disability in general]].

* '''Exaggerated''': Alice has [[{{CatGirl}} cat ears and a tail]], carries a [[{{BFS}} giant sword that is bigger than her]], and is riding a giant [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles sparkly]] [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons dragon]] through town. Nobody bats an eyelid.

* '''Subverted''': Everyone comments on Alice's ears and tail, even as they let other [[HalfHumanHybrid Half-Human Hybrids]] go without comment.

** Someone cast a spell on the town to keep them from noticing anything unusual about the main characters in order to keep up the TheMasquerade.

** [[WeirdnessCensor Someone cast a spell on the town to keep them from noticing anything unusual about the main characters]] in order to keep up the TheMasquerade.

** [[WierdnessCensor Someone cast a spell on the town to keep them from noticing anything unusual about the main characters]] in order to keep up the TheMasquerade.

* '''Downplayed''': Alice outfit occasionally gets her a couple of glances, but those people are shown staring at everyone.

** Someone cast a spell on the town to keep them from noticing anything unusual about the main characters in order to keep up the TheMasquerade.

** Alice takes her best friend, [[EldritchAbomination Cth]][[CthulhuMythos u-C]][[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast thu]] on a tour of the town, and he decides to go on a rampage. As he does so, one of the townspeople, who's been watching the entire time, yawns and complains about how boring things are in town.

* '''Parodied''': Alice takes her best friend, [[EldritchAbomination Cth]][[CthulhuMythos u-C]][[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast thu]] on a tour of the town, and he decides to go on a rampage. As he does so, one of the townspeople, who's been watching the entire time, yawns and complains about how boring things are in town.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice starts off as a BunnyEarsLawyer. After Cth-Cthu's rampage, humans start pogroming Hybrids. LaResistance overthrows TheSpanishInquisition. They make a Law that the emotionless EldritchAbomination must be destroyed, but any Hybrid who can laugh and cry and sing and dance counts as a Free-born Citizen, so Alice is reckoned as a person again. Then, the remnants of TheSpanishInquisition notice that Alice laughs when Humans cry, etc.

* '''Justified''': Someone cast a spell on the town to keep them from noticing anything unusual about the main characters in order to keep up the TheMasquerade.
** Alternately, people with cat ears and tails have been living and passing through the community for years. At first people found them unusual, but by now they've seen so many people with cat features that they can accept Alice without looking twice.
* '''Inverted''': Whenever Bob Coolson does something that is run-of-the-mill, everyone calls him out on it.

* '''Enforced''': The author thinks that the civilian reactions to Alice's presence would bog down the story too much.

* '''Justified:''' Someone cast a spell on the town to keep them from noticing anything unusual about the main characters in order to keep up the TheMasquerade.

* '''Double Subverted:''' Everyone notices Alice's cat ears and tail but it doesn't seem to affect their behavior.
* '''Parodied:''' Alice takes her best friend, [[EldritchAbomination Cth]][[CthulhuMythos u-C]][[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast thu]] on a tour of the town, and he decides to go on a rampage. As he does so, one of the townspeople, who's been watching the entire time, yawns and complains about how boring things are in town.

* '''Lampshaded:''' "Hey, Alice, don't you think it's strange that people never seem to notice that you have a tail?"
* '''Invoked:''' Alice turns into a more human self, with strange technology and walk past undisguised humans.

* '''Conversed:''' "Have you ever noticed how these characters never seem to notice that there's a weird HalfHumanHybrid in their midst? What's up with that?"

* * '''Discussed''': Alice and another character have a long heart-to-heart about how hard it is to be a catgirl in a non-catgirl world.

'''Basic Trope''':

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice starts off as a BunnyEarsLawyer. After Cth-Cthu's rampage, humans start pogroming Hybrids. LaResistance overthrows TheSpanishInquisition; they make a Law that emotionless EldritchAbomination must be destroyed, but any Hybrid who can laugh and cry and sing and dance counts as a Free-born Citizen, so Alice is reckoned as a person again. Then, the remnants of TheSpanishInquisition notice that Alice laughs
when Humans cry, etc.

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* '''Lampshaded:''' "Hey, Alice, don't you think it's strange that people never seem to notice that you have a tail?"

'''Invoked:''' Alice turns into a more human self, with strange technology and walk past undisguised humans.

* '''Conversed:''' "Have you ever noticed how these characters never seem to notice that there's a weird HalfHumanHybrid in their midst? What's up with that?"

* '''Zig Zagged''': ice starts off as a BunnyEarsLawyer. After Cth-Cthu's rampage, humans start pogroming Hybrids. LaResistance overthrows TheSpanishInquisition; they make a Law that emotionless EldritchAbomination must be destroyed, but any Hybrid who can laugh and cry and sing and dance counts as a Free-born Citizen, so Alice is reckoned as a person again. Then, the remnants of TheSpanishInquisition notice that Alice laughs

* '''Defied''' People immediately notice Alice's unusual look.

* '''Conversed:''' "Have you ever noticed how these characters never seem to notice that there's a weird HalfHumanHybrid in their midst? What's up with that?"

* '''Zig Zagged''': ice starts off as a BunnyEarsLawyer. After Cth-Cthu's rampage, humans start pogroming Hybrids. LaResistance overthrows TheSpanishInquisition; they make a Law that emotionless EldritchAbomination must be destroyed, but any Hybrid who can laugh and cry and sing and dance counts as a Free-born Citizen, so Alice is reckoned as a person again. Then, the remnants of TheSpanishInquisition notice that Alice laughs when Humans cry, etc.
* '''Lampshaded:''' "Hey, Alice, don't you think it's strange that people never seem to notice that you have a tail?"
* '''Averted''': Anything unusual is commented upon, and noted.

'''Conversed:''' "Have you ever noticed how these characters never seem to notice that there's a weird HalfHumanHybrid in their midst? What's up with that?"

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* '''Straight''': Alice has [[Catgirl cat ears and a tail]], no one seems to find this unusual.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice has [[CatGirl cat ears and a tail]], carries a [[BFS [[{{BFS sword that is bigger than her]], and is riding a giant [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles sparkly]] [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons dragon]] through town. Nobody bats an eyelid.

* '''Parodied:''' Alice takes her best friend, [[Eldritch Abomination Cth]][[CthulhuMythos u-C]][[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast thu]] on a tour of the town, and he decides to go on a rampage. As he does so, one of the townspeople, who's been watching the entire time, yawns and complains about how boring things are in town.
* '''Enforced''': The author thinks that the civilian reactions to Alice's presence would bog down the story too much.much.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice starts off as a BunnyEarsLawyer. After Cth-Cthu's rampage, humans start progamming Hybrids. LaResistance overthrows TheSpanishInquisition they make a Law that emotionless EldritchAbomination must be destroyed, but any Hybrid who can laugh and cry and sing and dance counts as a Free-born Citizen, so Alice is reckoned as a person again. Then, the remnants of TheSpanishInquisition notice that Alice laughs when Humans cry, etc.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice feels that others don't think she's special or interesting, making her doubt herself and doubt her friendship.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice's friends reveal that they simply pretended to ignore her cat ears and tail because they wanted to be polite.

* '''Straight''': Alice has [[Catgirl|cat ears and a tail]], no one seems to find this unusual.

* '''Exaggerated''': Alice has [[Catgirl|cat ears and a tail]], carries a [[BFS|sword that is bigger than her]], and is riding a giant [[Everything's Better with Sparkles|sparkly]] [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons|dragon]] through town. Nobody bats an eyelid.
* '''Justified''': Someone cast a spell on the town to keep them from noticing anything unusual about the main characters in order to keep up the [[Masquerade]].

* '''Inverted''': Whenever Bob Coolson does something that is run-of-the-mill, everyone calls him out on it.

** [[Mundane Made Awesome]]
* '''Subverted''': Everyone comments on Alice's ears and tail, even as they let other other [[Half-Human Hybrid|Half Human Hybrids]] go without comment.
* '''Double Subverted''': Everyone notices Alice's cat ears and tail but it doesn't seem to affect their behavior.
* '''Parodied''': Alice takes her best friend, [[Eldritch Abomination|Cth]][[Cthulhu Mythos|u-C]][[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|thu]] on a tour of the town, and he decides to go on a rampage. As he does so, one of the townspeople, who's been watching the entire time, yawns and complains about how boring things are in town.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice feels that others don't think she's special or interesting, making her doubt herself and doubt her friendships.
** Or, someone actually notices whatever odd sight there is, and starts to wonder if s/he has mental problems since others don't seem to be unsettled.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice's friends reveal that they simply pretended to ignore her cat ears and tail because they wanted to be polite.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice starts off as a [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]. After Cth-Cthu's rampage, humans start pogroming hybrids. [[La Résistance]] overthrows [[The Spanish Inquisition]]; they make a law that emotionless [[Eldritch Abomination]] must be destroyed, but any hybrid who can laugh and cry and sing and dance counts as a free-born citizen, so Alice is reckoned as a person again. Then, the remnants of [[The Spanish Inquisition]] notice that Alice laughs when humans cry etc.
* '''Averted''': Anything unusual is commented upon, and noted.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, Alice, don't you think it's strange that people never seem to notice that you have a tail?"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': Alice and another character have a long heart-to-heart about how hard it is to be a catgirl in a non-catgirl world.
* '''Conversed''': "Have you ever noticed how these characters never seem to notice that there's a weird [[Half-Human Hybrid]] in their midst? What's up with that?"