'''Basic Trope''': Laying eggs to [[ArtisticLicenseBiology defy Biology]]
* '''Straight''': Alice, a human, lays an egg.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice lays an egg once per second.
* '''Downplayed''': Right after Alice's mother laid her egg, it immediately hatched.
* '''Justified''': Due to genetic engineering, Alice's reproduction system causes her to lay eggs instead of giving live birth.
* '''Inverted''': Alice's pet bird, Brenda, gives live birth.
* '''Subverted''': Turns out, that egg she laid was implanted in her so that she can feel what it's like to lay eggs.
** Alice ''tries'' to lay an egg, but fails.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, she still lays eggs naturally.
** Once Alice was just about to give up, she successfully laid an egg.
* '''Parodied''': Alice lays an egg that instantly grows to massive proportions.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice lays an egg, which was implanted. She ''tries'' to lay another egg, but fails.
* '''Averted''': Alice gives live birth.
* '''Enforced''': "Hey! We should add a human that lays eggs!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Yes, I really did lay this egg."
* '''Invoked''': A tiny amount of radiation hits Alice, but all it does is make her lay eggs.
* '''Exploited''': Alice uses her egg as an ImprobableWeapon
* '''Defied''': Alice would have laid eggs if it wasn't for a tiny amount of radiation.
* '''Discussed''': "...and she laid that egg!" "Really?"
* '''Conversed''': "I'm puzzled. How come in this work, she can lay eggs, when her species should give live birth?"
%%* '''Implied:''': Alice is shown with an egg.
%%* '''Deconstructed''': Alice dies due to laying her egg.
%%* '''Reconstructed''': However, it's really a DisneyDeath.
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': "Hey! If our character lays eggs, a fanbase will arrive for her. It is usually unexpected, but...!"
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice's eggs can hatch into ''anything'' that can make the audience laugh. 
%%* '''Played For Drama''': Alice lays an egg, and tries to protect it with all her might.
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