1 | '''Basic Trope''': A DamselInDistress or other non-action woman abruptly [[TookALevelInBadass Takes a Level in Badass]] or even evolves into an ActionGirl. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice was normally a non-violent civilian who lets her teammates handle crises up until now. However, her [[ChekhovsSkill previously-mentioned archery hobby]] suddenly [[LetsGetDangerous comes in handy]] when the {{Mooks}} attack. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Alice, who was raised in a convent and whose most frequently used line up to this point was "Save me, Bob!" picks up a sword for the first time in her life, and engages in a duel to the death with TheDragon (which she ''wins'') while Bob takes on the BigBad... and dies. Alice then avenges him with ease. |
5 | ** This happens to every female character on the show, one by one. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': |
7 | ** Alice becomes slightly more competent. |
8 | ** Alice has been a fighter from the start of ''this'' show, but the [[AdaptationalBadass first version of Alice wasn't]]. |
9 | ** Sometimes Alice can suddenly bust out ninja skills, sometimes she remains a DamselInDistress, [[NegativeContinuity depending on the plot of the episode]]. People trying to stat Alice out for role-playing games get very frustrated. |
10 | * '''Justified''': Not applicable. (The lack of an InUniverse reason is key to this trope. If there is one, it's just CharacterDevelopment.) |
11 | * '''Inverted''': {{Chickification}}. |
12 | * '''Gender-Inverted''': Bob's male sidekick, Daniel, is TheLoad at first, but becomes [[TheLancer just as competent as Bob]]. |
13 | * '''Subverted''': |
14 | ** The mook Alice just beat up? Paid to take a dive. |
15 | ** Alice's fluke success in battle makes her overconfident and think she's ready to fight evil full-time. She isn't, and the next fight she's in gets Alice severely wounded. |
16 | ** [[DaydreamSurprise The fight ends with zooming out of Alice's head]], seems she was just having a PowerFantasy. |
17 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
18 | ** But when she stiffs him on the bill, his attack is easily dealt with by her genuine hidden combat abilities. |
19 | ** Alice's skills abruptly improve after she heals, with no straightforward explanation. |
20 | * '''Parodied''': Princess Charlotte goes from damsel in distress to army-destroying warrior whenever she cracks her knuckles. |
21 | * '''Zig Zagged''': In the first ten episodes, Alice is an DamselInDistress; but in the next ten episodes, Alice is a ActionGirl without any explanation. It turns out that this was actually CharacterDevelopment, until after, she becomes a DamselInDistress again without any explanation. It turns out that it was also CharacterDevelopment, but it actually isn't. Rinse and repeat every time. |
22 | * '''Averted''': |
23 | ** No characters show suddenly improved fighting skills; any ActionGirl types are well-established as such from the beginning. |
24 | ** Alice is shown training hard for a number of scenes/episodes beforehand. |
25 | * '''Enforced''': |
26 | ** "Hey, I dropped a bunch of money on those fencing lessons. Any chance my character Princess Charlotte could, say, [[TheCastShowoff use a sword]] in this movie?" "Okay, Alice, but it will have to be pretty late in the story, we've already got the early scenes storyboarded." |
27 | ** "Alice is turning into TheScrappy because people are sick of seeing her get captured every episode. So how about, next episode, she actually takes down the MonsterOfTheWeek on her own?" |
28 | ** The new execs have decided that girls will need a role model and want to develop Alice as an ActionGirl. |
29 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Since when does Princess Charlotte know how to use a sword? They didn't teach that at the convent!" |
30 | * '''Invoked''': Not applicable. (Since this trope requires there not to be an InUniverse explanation, it is beyond the control of the characters.) |
31 | * '''Exploited''': After hearing of Alice's victory over Emperor Evulz, Ethan hires her to help him defeat a BigBad in another country. |
32 | * '''Defied''': |
33 | ** [[DamselScrappy Alice refuses to learn any combat skills on the grounds that it's not ladylike.]] |
34 | ** Alice refuses to learn combat skills because she's an ActualPacifist who prefers nonviolent solutions. Instead she becomes more competent in other, non action related ways. |
35 | * '''Discussed''': "Hey, that dame can't suddenly toss me around like a sack of potatoes, can she? 'Cause I hate that." |
36 | * '''Conversed''': "They hired [[Creator/JossWhedon Writer X]] on ''Generic Fantasy Show'', I see. Five gets you ten Princess Charlotte gets a lot better at combat, because he [[AuthorAppeal loves that sort of thing]]." |
37 | * '''Deconstructed''': Alice's sudden competence gets called into question with regards of her prior inaction or if something is amiss. |
38 | * '''Reconstructed''': Alice lets Bob know of her new skills as soon as she acquires them. |
39 | * '''Played For Drama''': |
40 | ** Alice ends up in a HeroicBSOD because she has never killed before and unable to cope with the psychological consequences. |
41 | ** Alice ends up becoming a ruthless BloodKnight, a far cry from her former self that might be [[HeWhoFightsMonsters even worse than the people she kills.]] |
42 | ** Alice dies in battle, and TheBadGuyWins. |
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