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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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