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1	'''Basic Trope''': An alien gets high on a mundane substance.
2	* '''Straight''': [[BizarreAlienBiology Alice]] gets [[IntoxicationEnsues high]] on vinegar.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Alice gets high on water and oxygen.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Alice gets pleasurable sensations from vinegar, but not to the point of intoxication.
5	* '''Justified''': Alice has BizarreAlienBiology.
6	* '''Inverted''':
7	** Alice takes marijuana and complains that she can't get high while humans can.
8	** Drinking olive oil sobers Alice up.
9	** [[HumansThroughAlienEyes Bob]] eats something that is [[WeirdWorldWeirdFood a delicacy on Alice's planet]] and proceeds to get high.
10	** A mundane substance that is the alien equivalent of table sugar gets humans high.
11	* '''Subverted''': Alice is given vinegar for this reason, but it doesn't work.
12	* '''Double Subverted''': ...because Alice has some weird recessive gene, and it ''would'' work like that on anyone else of her species.
13	* '''Parodied''': Alice gets high on fine wine and lobster, but doesn't think to mention it until she happens to attend a banquet.
14	* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice drinks vinegar and gets high, but it is revealed this was just an act. Later she eats cinnamon and gets high, but only because she has a special condition that makes this effect only in her, not the rest of her species. Another alien mentions that Jello is what ''really'' gets to them.
15	* '''Averted''': Alice gets high only on human drugs and nothing else.
16	* '''Enforced''': The main characters need a clue that Alice is not as human as she seems to be.
17	* '''Lampshaded''':
18	** "Alice is acting really weird after drinking that vinegar; what is she, an alien?"
19	** "You know you're not supposed to drink that, right?" "...But it makes me feel all sparkly inside..."
20	* '''Invoked''': Evil humans serve food with vinegar in it at a banquet, knowing that Alice will be intoxicated and no one else will.
21	* '''Exploited''': Bob keeps a small bottle of olive oil on his person whenever Alice is nearby, just in case.
22	* '''Defied''': Alice consciously sticks to food and drink from her own planet, knowing the possible side-effects human food may have on her.
23	* '''Discussed''': "Hey, guys, do you have any vinegar around here?" "No...not since Alice moved in."
24	* '''Conversed''': "Hey, look, the [[RubberForeheadAlien strangely-human alien]] is looking at the vinegar, I bet [[HilarityEnsues hijinks]] are about to ensue!"
25	* '''Implied''': Alice is acting like she is drunk, and there's an empty vinegar bottle on the table.
26	* '''Deconstructed''': Alice gets high on vinegar, and it's presented in the same way as an actual drug addiction would be, complete with disheveled appearance and damage to her brain.
27	* '''Reconstructed''': Alice realizes she has a problem, attends a clinic and then from then on is able to use vinegar in moderation with the addictive side-effects.
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33	%%* '''Implied''': ???
34	%%* '''Untwisted''': ???
35	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
36	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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