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1'''Basic Trope''': A character has a lot of sex partners.
2* '''Straight''': Alice has slept with around 20 people.
3* '''Exaggerated''': Alice has slept with half the ''universe's inhabitants''.
4* '''Downplayed''':
5** Alice has slept with 7 people.
6** Alice flirts with absolutely everyone she meets, but won't go any further.
7* '''Justified''':
8** Alice is a prostitute - it is her ''job'' to really get around.
9** Alice comes from a culture that encourages sexual freedom.
10** Alice is from a FreeLoveFuture.
11** Alice really is just that horny.
12** Alice has a fetish for some form of group sex, and her friends and/or partners are happy to play along. As long as they have a doctor's note to prove they don't carry diseases, she has no problem seeing her friends, partner's friends, her [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs friends partners friends]] or even the occasional stranger participating in one of her "[[APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy parties]]".
13** (for Exaggerated) Alice is the sole female survivor of {{Gendercide}} and she needs to mate with several men to repopulate.
14* '''Inverted''':
15** Alice is a CelibateHeroine.
16** Alice is a SourPrude who [[SlutShaming slut-shames]] others.
17** Alice is a fervent believer of SexIsEvil.
18** Alice is UsefulNotes/{{Asexual}}.
19** Alice has a ParalyzingFearOfSexuality.
20* '''Subverted''':
21** It seems like Alice has had a large number of partners, but it turns out that she just has a lot of friends that she occasionally gets flirty with.
22** Alice plans orgies on the side, but doesn't join in them herself.
23* '''Double Subverted''':
24** ...[[FriendsWithBenefits and is willing to have sex with]].
25** ...except on weekends, vacations and holidays.
26* '''Parodied''':
27** Alice is having sex with a different person every time we see her.
28** Alice counts inflatable dolls as sex partners.
29** [[ExtremeOmnisexual Alice seeks out sex with anyone and anything]].
30* '''Zig Zagged''': Episodes are inconsistent about Alice's number of partners.
31* '''Averted''':
32** Alice might sleep with one or two people but no more than that.
33** SingleTargetSexuality.
34* '''Enforced''': The author is comically exaggerating a perceived real trend [[ExecutiveMeddling under the executives' order]].
35* '''Lampshaded''': "Wow, Alice, you really can't choose just one partner, can you?"
36* '''Invoked''':
37** Alice is cursed with insatiable lust.
38** Alice is in a good financial situation, and wants to become a mother but has no interest in forming a long-term relationship. Knowing she could take care of the child by herself, she starts looking for men willing to "make a donation" without having to worry about the results.
39* '''Exploited''': Alice makes the ''[[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom perfect]]'' [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom carrier]] for Dr. Evulz' newly developed STD.
40* '''Defied''': Despite her utter love for sex, Alice decides to keep it limited to [[OneTrueLove one]] [[OT3 or two]] other people.
41* '''Discussed''':
42** "Has Alice slept with the whole town?" "Eeyup."
43** "Look Alice, as a friend, I really think you should get an IUD so your constant one-night-stands don't end with you getting knocked up. [[FriendsWithBenefits So, your place at nine?]]"
44* '''Conversed''': ???
45* '''Deconstructed''':
46** Alice sleeps with a lot of people, because she was hurt badly in a past relationship.
47** [[DesperatelyCravesAffection Alice]] sleeps with a lot of people because it's [[SexForSolace the least she could do to feel loved.]]
48** Alice ends up getting STD's.
49** Alice is a sex addict who wants to stop but is unable to control her urges.
50** Alice ends up getting pregnant, but due to her reputation, she cannot find a long-term partner to help her - and if she's a sex addict, may not be able to take care of a child.
51* '''Reconstructed''': Alice sleeps with a lot of people because she enjoys sex, but she's completely safe and responsible about it, and is always cautious and careful.
52* '''Implied''':
53** Alice is often seen going into her apartment with various men.
54** Alice has lots of children who look nothing like each other and mentions having some "history" with lots of people.
55** Bob brags that he successfully had sex with Alice. Charlie informs him that that's not an accomplishment.
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57Look at her, she ReallyGetsAround! We just saw her have sex with another man yesterday!

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