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** Wake up, go to school, TakeOverTheWorld!

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** Wake up, go to school, school (and [[BarbaricBully wedgie some dorks while you're there]]), TakeOverTheWorld!
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* '''Straight''': Alice is a 14-year-old ActionGirl hero who can rescue people from [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] without much thought, but has considerable problems dealing with the AlphaBitch and her crush on Bob.

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* '''Straight''': Alice is a 14-year-old ActionGirl hero who can rescue people from [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] without much thought, but has considerable problems dealing with the AlphaBitch Gwynn Tracey and her crush on Bob.
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[[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld Wake Up, Go To School, Visit]] Wiki/TVTropes.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice can stop bullies but is a bit of a wallflower.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice can stop bullies but is a bit of a wallflower.[[ShrinkingViolet wallflower]].

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* '''Parodied''': "Emperor Evulz has taken over a space station." "No sweat." "Dracone has kidnapped the President and is holding him for ransom." "Piece of cake." "Also, you've got a date tonight with Bob Editor." "...Uh..."
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice's level of control over her life varies from time to time.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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"Emperor Evulz has taken over a space station." "No sweat." "Dracone "[[TheDragon Dracone]] has kidnapped the President and is holding him for ransom." "Piece of cake." "Also, "[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also]], you've got a date tonight with Bob Editor." "...Uh..."
** Alice is presented at first as a [[invoked]]MarySue who can solve unrelated problems on the other side of the world with a wink. Then her WeaksauceWeakness is revealed: ''[[FauxHorrific small talk with boys]]''!
* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice's level of control over her life varies from time to time.



** ''[[ExaggeratedTrope Anyone]]'' can save the world, [[JustifiedTrope so it becomes so mundane]] that Alice can still be the target of bullying at school.

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** ''[[ExaggeratedTrope Anyone]]'' [[WorldOfBadass can save the world, world]], [[JustifiedTrope so it becomes so mundane]] that Alice can still be the target of bullying at school.



* '''Implied''': Alice is a peripheral character who is laughed at as a {{loner|sAreFreaks}}, then the next day she's commended for bravery in a traumatic event.



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** [[TheGreatestStoryNeverTold Nobody knows that Alice is saving the world]], so she's got all the stresses of a student life, none of the social or material benefits of heroism, ''and'' life-or-death struggles to handle.


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** Alice makes sure her world-saving is well-renumerated.

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'''Basic Trope''': A KidHero hero has as much trouble dealing with social pressures and crushes than with saving the world.
* '''Straight''': Alice is a 14-year-old hero who's able to rescue people from Emperor Evulz without much thought, but has considerable problems dealing with the AlphaBitch and her crush on Bob.

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'''Basic Trope''': A KidHero hero has at least as much trouble dealing with social pressures and crushes than as with saving the world.
* '''Straight''': Alice is a 14-year-old ActionGirl hero who's able to who can rescue people from [[BigBad Emperor Evulz Evulz]] without much thought, but has considerable problems dealing with the AlphaBitch and her crush on Bob.



** Emperor Evulz, for better or worse, is relatively easy to deal with - just beat him up and he's gone. You can't beat up your social problems, though...

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** Emperor Evulz, for better or worse, is relatively easy to deal with - -- just beat him up and he's gone. You can't beat up your social problems, though...



** Alice is an incredibly popular girl who struggles with the "hero" portion of her job because she's so busy going to parties.
** Because of Alice's good publicity makes her social life a breeze. Anyone with a compatible orientation and not already in a committed relationship will date her, she is always welcome at parties, and teachers cut her a lot of slack out of gratitude for defending everyone. She appreciates it greatly because her job is very challenging.

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** Alice is an incredibly popular girl who [[PartTimeHero struggles with the "hero" portion of her job because she's so busy going to parties.
parties.]]
** Because of Alice's good publicity makes publicity, her social life is a breeze. Anyone with a compatible orientation and not already in a committed relationship will date her, she is always welcome at parties, and teachers cut her a lot of slack out of gratitude for defending everyone. She appreciates it greatly because her job is very challenging.



* '''Averted''': Alice decides to drop out of school or get a GED so she can pursue the hero thing full time.

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* '''Averted''': Alice decides to drop out of school or get a GED so she can pursue the hero thing full time.full-time.



* '''Invoked''': Alice's handlers chose her to play superhero because her social awkwardness would leave her enough free time to fight Emperor Evuls.
* '''Exploited''': Emperor Evulz studies Alice's high school life and gives her an unusual ultimatum: she has to go on a date with Bob, or the world is destroyed.

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* '''Invoked''': Alice's handlers chose her to play superhero because her social awkwardness would leave her enough free time to fight Emperor Evuls.
Evulz.
* '''Exploited''': Emperor Evulz studies Alice's high school life and gives her an unusual ultimatum: [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment she has to go on a date with Bob, Bob]], or the world is destroyed.



** Alice blows off the social aspects of high school life as inconsequential and somewhat petty due to her experiences dealing with Saving The World. Indeed, she can barely be troubled with the academics.

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** Alice blows off the social aspects of high school life as inconsequential and somewhat petty due to her experiences dealing with Saving The the World. Indeed, she can barely be troubled with the academics.



* '''Discussed''': "Seriously, Alice, you just saved the world from alien invasion. This party can't be that big a deal after that."

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* '''Discussed''': "Seriously, Alice, you just saved the world from alien invasion.{{alien invasion}}. This party can't be that big a deal after that."



** Alternatively, the forces of evil find out about Alice's social life and seek to go after the ones she loves.

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** Alternatively, the forces of evil find out about Alice's social life and seek to go after the ones people she loves.



** ''[[ExaggeratedTrope Anyone]]'' can save the world, [[JustifiedTrope so it become so mundane]] that Alice can still be the target of bullying at school.
** The "save the world" part is the very reason Alice has social problems. All the horrors and tragedies she's witnessed have taken their toll on her, [[{{ShellShockedVeteran}} inflicting psychological scarring]].

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** ''[[ExaggeratedTrope Anyone]]'' can save the world, [[JustifiedTrope so it become becomes so mundane]] that Alice can still be the target of bullying at school.
** The "save Having to save the world" part world is the very reason ''why'' Alice has social problems. All the horrors and tragedies she's witnessed have taken their toll on her, [[{{ShellShockedVeteran}} [[ShellShockedVeteran inflicting psychological scarring]].



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** Alice only knows how to punch things, and anything that requires a more complex solution is beyond her ability to navigate.
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** Alice inadvertently leads TheEmpire to her school, which then gets destroyed.


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** The school's destruction pulls her surviving friends and teachers together in the face of evil.
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** Wake up, go to school, TAKE OVER THE WORLD.

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** Wake up, go to school, TAKE OVER THE WORLD.TakeOverTheWorld!
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Just thought of a really cool inversion of this trope I\'ve yet to see implemented before. One that follows a protaganist trying to conquer the world instead of saving it.

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** Wake up, go to school, TAKE OVER THE WORLD.
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** The "save the world" part is the very reason Alice has social problems. All the horrors and tragedies she's witnessed have taken their toll on her, [[{{ShellShockedVeteran}} inflicting psychological scarring]].

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* '''Subverted''': It seems that Alice is balancing both social life and heroism...

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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It seems that Alice is balancing both social life and heroism...heroism...
** Alice drops out to be a full time hero with no social life.

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* '''Deconstructed''':
** Fighting the forces of sadistic evil turns out to be much worse than dealing with social problems.
** Alternatively, the forces of evil find out about Alice's social life and seek to go after the ones she loves.
** Alice's handlers decide that her social life might get in the way of foiling Emperor Evulz, and decide to either leave her or make her hero life a full-time position.
** ''[[ExaggeratedTrope Anyone]]'' can save the world, [[JustifiedTrope so it become so mundane]] that Alice can still be the target of bullying at school.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** It's difficult, but Alice finds a way to balance both heroism and a social life.
** Her friends resolve to support Alice any way they can, knowing how much she puts on the line to protect them. They grow even tighter as a result.
** Alice is forced to save the world alongside one of the bullies; they learn to appreciate each other as a result, and may even be friends afterwards.



* '''Deconstructed''':
** Fighting the forces of sadistic evil turns out to be much worse than dealing with social problems.
** Alternatively, the forces of evil find out about Alice's social life and seek to go after the ones she loves.
** Alice's handlers decide that her social life might get in the way of foiling Emperor Evulz, and decide to either leave her or make her hero life a full-time position.
** ''[[ExaggeratedTrope Anyone]]'' can save the world, [[JustifiedTrope so it become so mundane]] that Alice can still be the target of bullying at school.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** It's difficult, but Alice finds a way to balance both heroism and a social life.
** Her friends resolve to support Alice any way they can, knowing how much she puts on the line to protect them. They grow even tighter as a result.
** Alice is forced to save the world alongside one of the bullies; they learn to appreciate each other as a result, and may even be friends afterwards.



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'''Basic Trope''': A teenaged hero has more trouble dealing with social pressures and crushes than with saving the world.
* '''Straight''': Alice is a 17-year-old hero who's able to rescue people from Emperor Evulz without much thought, but has considerable problems dealing with the AlphaBitch and her crush on Bob.

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'''Basic Trope''': A teenaged KidHero hero has more as much trouble dealing with social pressures and crushes than with saving the world.
* '''Straight''': Alice is a 17-year-old 14-year-old hero who's able to rescue people from Emperor Evulz without much thought, but has considerable problems dealing with the AlphaBitch and her crush on Bob.

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** ''[[ExaggeratedTrope Anyone]]'' can save the world, [[JustifiedTrope so it become so mundane]] that Alice can still be the target of bullying at school.



** Alice is forced to save the world alongside one of the bullies; they learn to appreciate each other as a result, and may even be friends afterwards.



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* '''Justified''': Emperor Evulz, for better or worse, is relatively easy to deal with - just beat him up and he's gone. You can't beat up your social problems, though...

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Emperor Evulz, for better or worse, is relatively easy to deal with - just beat him up and he's gone. You can't beat up your social problems, though...



* '''Inverted''': Alice is an incredibly popular girl who struggles with the "hero" portion of her job because she's so busy going to parties.

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Alice is an incredibly popular girl who struggles with the "hero" portion of her job because she's so busy going to parties.



* '''Deconstructed''': Fighting the forces of sadistic evil turns out to be much worse than dealing with social problems.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Fighting the forces of sadistic evil turns out to be much worse than dealing with social problems.



* '''Reconstructed''': It's difficult, but Alice finds a way to balance both heroism and a social life.

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* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
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It's difficult, but Alice finds a way to balance both heroism and a social life.



* '''Defied''': Alice blows off the social aspects of high school life as inconsequential and somewhat petty due to her experiences dealing with Saving The World. Indeed, she can barely be troubled with the academics.

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Alice blows off the social aspects of high school life as inconsequential and somewhat petty due to her experiences dealing with Saving The World. Indeed, she can barely be troubled with the academics.



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** Her friends resolve to support Alice any way they can, knowing how much she puts on the line to protect them. They grow even tighter as a result.
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* '''Straight''': Alice is a 17-year-old hero who's able to rescue people from Emperor Evulz without much thought, but has considerable problems dealing with TheLibby and her crush on Bob.

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* '''Straight''': Alice is a 17-year-old hero who's able to rescue people from Emperor Evulz without much thought, but has considerable problems dealing with TheLibby the AlphaBitch and her crush on Bob.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Alice can stop bullies but is a bit of a wallflower.
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Realized the last example was more \'\'Exploited\'\' than \'\'Invoked\'\'


* '''Invoked''': Emperor Evuls plans to defeat Alice by manipulating Bob and TheLibby into monopolizing all of Alice's time, leaving her too exhausted to stay at the top of her game in a fight.

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* '''Invoked''': Emperor Evuls plans to defeat Alice by manipulating Bob and TheLibby into monopolizing all of Alice's time, leaving handlers chose her too exhausted to stay at the top of play superhero because her game in a fight.social awkwardness would leave her enough free time to fight Emperor Evuls.



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* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???Emperor Evuls plans to defeat Alice by manipulating Bob and TheLibby into monopolizing all of Alice's time, leaving her too exhausted to stay at the top of her game in a fight.

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** Alice has numerous psychological conditions that make interacting with people difficult but is very powerful.



** Because of Alice's good publicity makes her social life a breeze. Anyone with a compatible orientation and not already in a committed relationship will date her, she is always welcome at parties, and teachers cut her a lot of slack out of gratitude for defending everyone. She appreciates it greatly because her job is very challenging.



* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???"What is with teenage characters who risk their life on a regular basis having so much trouble with social issues?"
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* '''Exploited''': Emperor Evulz studies Alice's high school life and gives her an unusual ultimatum: she has to go on a date with Bob, or the world is destroyed.
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** Or she blows off the hero aspects of her life as such.

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