Line #28 PlayingWith/DefrostingIceQueen


1	'''Basic Trope''': A cold character's exterior is melted by the PowerOfLove.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice is condescending and dismissive of Bob, until he valiantly saves her from her enemies, helps her bringing the children endangered by the enemy to safety, and brings her a bouquet of flowers.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Alice refuses to acknowledge Bob's existence until he kills every monster in the realm and gives her a factory's worth of boxed chocolate.
5	** TookALevelInKindness
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** Alice mellows after Bob manages to foil an assassination attempt. She still treats him like crap though.
8	** Alice does not exactly warm to Bob over time, she is merely less cold.
9	** Alice started as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, who warmed up by building on her more positive traits.
10	** Alice treats Bob better, but she is still cold to anyone ''but'' Bob.
11	* '''Justified''': Alice has been burned badly by a slick false love and both wants to protect herself and does not trust her judgment.
12	* '''Inverted''':
13	** Alice is madly in love with Bob, until he actually shows some interest in her; then she freezes.
14	** Alice starts off as generally friendly towards Bob, if not exactly interested in him as a potential boyfriend. But the realization that Bob's feelings towards her may be as more than just as a friend causes her to become somewhat colder towards him, in order to make him stop pursuing her.
15	** When Alice first meets Bob she acts kind towards him, but when she gets to know him more she sees his true self and starts acting coldly.
16	* '''Gender Inverted''': Bob is condescending and dismissive of Alice, but over time, due to her kind actions, he eventually warms up to her.
17	* '''Subverted''': [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk Alice was only pretending to soften up]].
18	* '''Double Subverted''': Only to later admit she really does like him.
19	* '''Parodied''':
20	** Unappealing doofuses can win a princess of [[AnIcePerson literal ice]] by making a romantic gesture.
21	** Alice ''[[LiteralMinded literally]]'' melts when Bob does a romantic gesture towards her.
22	* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice starts out a cold uncaring person, and throughout the series, Bob repeatedly begins to win her heart, only for traumatic events to shut her down again. She really does love him, but every time Bob comforts her and brings her out of her shell, she gets [[TargetedToHurtTheHero kidnapped by his enemies]], tortured, rejected by her friends, kicked out by her parents, [[TheChewToy run over by a bus]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking bitten by his cat]], causing her to eventually reject him entirely and swear to remain alone forever.
23	* '''Averted''':
24	** No one is hard to get.
25	** All hard-to-get characters don't get anyone.
26	* '''Enforced''': "The romance subplot has to last through the trilogy; she has to play hard-to-get."
27	* '''Lampshaded''':
28	--> '''Alice''': I can't be all smiling and welcoming. If I do, men will walk all over me and women will call me a whore.
29	* '''Invoked''':
30	** "[[NoGuyWantsToBeChased Men are hunters at heart so, to them, cold women are like an elusive prey.]] Winning their heart is all the more validating. Why do you think Alice is so popular despite her frigid bitch act?"
31	** ICanChangeMyBeloved
32	* '''Exploited''': Alice's friends deliberately [[TheMatchmaker pair her up with Bob]] in the knowledge that she will become nicer towards everyone once he wins her heart.
33	* '''Defied''':
34	** Bob chooses the sweet GirlNextDoor Claire despite Alice's attractiveness, because she's too hard to get.
35	** Alice files a restraining order against anyone who dares pursue romantic interest in her, regardless of gender.
36	* '''Discussed''': "Why are you such a bitch, Alice?" "I'm not. I'm just keeping my dignity intact, that's all."
37	* '''Conversed''': "Cold women usually have a warmer heart, trust me."
38	* '''Deconstructed''': While Alice does let out her insecurities, she's disgusted when she finds out that Bob has ulterior motives for doing so and [[WhatTheHellHero accuses him of exploiting her insecurities]].
39	* '''Reconstructed''': Turns out that Bob's ulterior motives were truly altruistic and Alice realizes that he really is kind to her.
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45	%%* '''Implied''': ???
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47	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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