1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character is physically very attractive but unintelligent. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice is pretty and popular, but has been held back from grade 8 twice. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Alice is so extremely hot [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer everyone]] who sees her falls for her despite the fact she cannot read, write or even spell correctly and she's [[TooDumbToLive so drop-dead dumb]] that she would gladly dive into a pool of blood-thirsty sharks if she was asked to! |
4 | * '''Downplayed:''' |
5 | ** [[HollywoodHomely Everyone on the word is pretty hot]], and [[IdiotBall none of them are exactly geniuses]], but Alice is widely considered the best-looking and is most commonly the one acting TheDitz. |
6 | ** Alice is a GeniusDitz who is only intelligent in matters involving personal appearance. |
7 | * '''Justified''': |
8 | ** Alice was always pretty and since her looks got her through life, she never bothered to apply herself in school. |
9 | ** Alice has some degree of intellectual disability, but she still looks good thanks to her good genetics and her capability of grooming herself. |
10 | * '''Inverted''': Alice is ugly and [[TheSmartOne has a brilliant mind]]. |
11 | * '''Subverted''': |
12 | ** Alice is beautiful and popular but [[HiddenDepths turns out to very smart too]]. |
13 | ** Alice is [[TheReveal revealed]] to actually be a [[MagnificentBastard magnificent]] and/or [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]] BitchInSheepsClothing who feigns innocence and naivety to manipulate others and further her own goals. |
14 | ** Alice turns out to be ObfuscatingStupidity. |
15 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
16 | ** Except it turns out that her apparent smarts are just [[FeigningIntelligence parroted facts she doesn't really understand]]. |
17 | ** [[GeniusDitz Her "smarts" only apply to subjects amplifying her beauty]], Alice may be an awesome fashion artist but good luck trying to teach her to operate a microwave. |
18 | ** Alice starts BecomingTheMask. |
19 | * '''Parodied''': |
20 | ** Alice has a bad hair day and [[FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome temporarily becomes a smarter person]]. |
21 | ** Alice is considered to be the ugliest in her class but is fairly intelligent. Following a MakeoverMontage, Alice suddenly becomes a mentally handicapped ValleyGirl. |
22 | ** Alice is ''[[LiteralMetaphor literally]]'' [[WhoEvenNeedsABrain brainless]]. |
23 | ** Alice's intelligence increases whenever her face becomes bruised, dirtied, or mangled in some way. By the time she became the world's ugliest person, she also turned into the world's smartest person. |
24 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice's [[PingPongNaivete intelligence varies by the hour]]. |
25 | * '''Averted''': |
26 | ** Alice is pretty but of average or better intelligence. |
27 | ** SmarterThanYouLook |
28 | ** Alice is of average looks and intelligence. |
29 | * '''Enforced''': |
30 | ** The creators wanted to make sure the audiences wanted to see Bob with [[GirlNextDoor Sue]] so purposely made Alice shallow and vapid to prevent people from identifying with her instead. |
31 | ** The creators think ViewersAreMorons and male viewers prefer female characters to be beautiful and stupid since stupid women are easier to control and manipulate. |
32 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Alice is devastatingly hot. Don't put her on the research team." |
33 | * '''Exploited''': Alice is hired because, first, she is stupid enough not to see through the {{Masquerade}}, and second, she is pretty enough that [[DistractedByTheSexy the people who might be looking the wrong way]]. |
34 | * '''Invoked''': Alice is just clever enough to realize that she's dumb, so she should probably make the most of her best features to succeed in life. |
35 | ** Alice was targeted by a StupidityInducingAttack. |
36 | * '''Defied''': Alice studies hard and takes great lengths in general CharacterDevelopment to avoid being stupid. |
37 | * '''Discussed''': "Why are the good-looking ones always so dim?" |
38 | * '''Conversed''': "This character just goes to show that having IQ and being GQ are inversely proportional." |
39 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
40 | ** It becomes clear that Alice was never taught anything besides grooming, despite being capable of better. |
41 | ** Alice is an easy target for sexual predators. Too sexy to resist and too dumb to tell what is coming to her. |
42 | ** Alice becomes bitter in old age, as her looks have gone and she realizes she wasted her youth. |
43 | ** Alice's stupidity is [[EnragedByIdiocy so frustrating to the others]] that even those attracted to her are quickly turned off. |
44 | * '''Reconstructed''': It becomes clear that Alice skates by on being pretty whenever anyone tries to make her do something hard. |
45 | * '''Played for Laughs''': The RunningGag of the show features Alice, TheChewToy who often suffers from AmusingInjuries from her stupidity, but her BeautyIsNeverTarnished. |
46 | * '''Played for Drama''': People start hating Alice when [[LethallyStupid her stupidity gets someone killed]]. Alice doesn't know why all of a sudden everyone starts [[DeathGlare looking at her in an incinerating way]], and ponders if [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint it's something she wore]]. |
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50 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
51 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
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