Line #24 PlayingWith/MementoMacguffin

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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:
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29	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
30	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

Context PlayingWith / MementoMacguffin