1 | '''Basic Trope''': An object serves as a reminder and so is important to a character. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice cherishes the locket her MissingMom gave her. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Alice runs into a burning building to avoid losing the locket. Alice's mother isn't even dead, she's just living on the other side of town. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Alice certainly cherishes the locket but won't do stupid things just to get it back. |
5 | * '''Justified''': Alice feels alone and isolated and relies on the locket to remind her of happier times. |
6 | * '''Inverted''': Alice makes sure she throws away anything her mother gave her. |
7 | * '''Subverted''': It's an act, to convince the BigBad that she's silly, and the locket is really not important, when it's the MacGuffin. |
8 | * '''Double Subverted''': She used the locket to hold the MacGuffin and is glad when it's over, so she doesn't have to risk it anymore. |
9 | * '''Parodied''': Alice will throw away her friends' lives to keep that locket. |
10 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Alice is considering flushing the locket, but decides to retain it upon her mother's death. |
11 | * '''Averted''': |
12 | ** Alice is against sentimentalism. |
13 | ** Alice's mother never gave her anything she could use as a memento. |
14 | * '''Enforced''': "We've got a merchandise deal for those angel lockets, so she has to wear it for the rest of the season." |
15 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Is that the object of sentimental importance? [[KickTheDog I should break it]]." |
16 | * '''Invoked''': The mother, dying, gave the locket to Alice to remember her by. |
17 | * '''Exploited''': ??? |
18 | * '''Defied''': Alice throws away the locket to help shake off her mother's control. |
19 | * '''Discussed''': "No, she never takes it off. Her mother gave it to her." |
20 | * '''Conversed''': "So... the gold locket with the lingering camera closeup is important, right?" |
21 | * '''Deconstructed''': Alice is so obsessed with her mother that the locket is keeping her trapped, away from healthy relationships. |
22 | * '''Reconstructed''': But that's just her way of coping with grief; she gets over it. |
23 | * '''Implied''': Alice is closer to her locket than all her other items; the reason is never explained. |
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25 | T-this [[MementoMacguffin back]] button is just so... beautiful! *sniff sniff* I shall cherish it forever! |
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27 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
28 | %% |
29 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
30 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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