'''Basic Trope''': A noble knight with a strong sense of justice who slays the dragon and rescues the princess.
* '''Straight''': Alice the Shining Knight is a Knight with a strong sense of justice, a strong code of honor, and she is known to save the DamselInDistress from [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] and his {{dragon|sAreDemonic}}.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is pretty much made out of IncorruptiblePurePureness, [[TheDeterminator never shies from danger or breaks her code]], and [[SavingTheWorld saves the world]] [[TheAce every other day]].
* '''Downplayed''': Alice, while genuinely good, doesn't go out of her way to be outstandingly heroic. In fact, most of time she's just [[PunchClockHero trying to do her job]].
* '''Justified''':
** Alice has been raised to have a strong moral code.
** Alice belongs to a knightly order which requires her to act in a noble way.
* '''Inverted''': BlackKnight.
* '''Subverted''':
** Alice the Shining Knight, upon being introduced, [[MilesGloriosus quickly proves]] that the only impressive thing about her is [[BlingOfWar her armor]].
** Alice the Shining Knight only uses her heroic reputation for her own gain, she turns out to be [[PrinceCharmless Princess Charmless]] and tries to use Prince Bob as her meal ticket.
** Alice turns out to be a LawfulStupid KnightTemplar.
** Alice is actually ''incredibly'' incompetent; the real girl who did everything people claim Alice did is [[BlackMagicianGirl Claire]].
** Alice is a WindmillCrusader who "saves" the "damsel in distress" from the Count [[UnfortunateNames de Vulz]], a perfectly benign fop whom the "damsel" was carrying on an affair with, killing the Count and his harmless pet lizard in the process.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** It turns out that Alice is only an ornery squire and stole her patron knight's armor to show off. Said patron knight is the real deal.
** Than [[BecomingTheMask she starts to have genuine feelings for Prince Bob]] and desire to genuinely win Prince Bob's love which inspires her to be a better knight.
** A GoodShepherd gives Alice a talking-to about how to be [[invoked]]LawfulGood and she cleans up her act.
** Claire is a MagicKnight.
* '''Parodied''': Alice the Shining Knight is [[Literature/DonQuixote entirely delusional, often injuring and inconveniencing others in her efforts to "be a hero"]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice the Shining Knight starts out using Prince Bob as her meal ticket, but then develops real feelings for him and starts behaving more like a proper knight. However, when Bob is kidnapped by Empress Evulz, Alice [[RoaringRampageOfRescue gives into her anger]] and [[AntiHero abandons any sort of chivalry or honor]] in her desire to save him. After hearing what she did, he gives her a WhatTheHellHero and becomes her MoralityChain.
* '''Averted''': Alice is no more chivalrous than anyone else.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "Alice, someday your sense of honor and heroic tendencies will get you killed."
* '''Invoked''': Alice's father tries his best to raise her as a KnightInShiningArmor.
* '''Exploited''': Emperor Evulz structures his plans around [[BatmanGambit using Alice's code of honour against her]].
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Alice runs into a ToBeLawfulOrGood scenario where the laws of chivalry conflict with her personal moral compass.
** Alice is a historically accurate depiction of a medieval knight, with the DeliberateValuesDissonance that comes with it. Even Alice being a knight at all, in a position normally held by men, is considered an anomaly to her peers. She becomes better defined by her noble prestige and diligent training than whatever values she may possess.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** While the scenario may conflict with certain laws, the core of knightly duties is to help the hurt and protect the weak. So, she realizes that any order that conflicts with that rule, is by definition, wrong.
** She has the rules altered.
** They're more "guidelines" than actual rules.
** She's able to reconcile the two opposing sides and find a {{loophole|Abuse}}.
** Alice decides to [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight screw the rules and chooses to do what's right]].
** Even in the context of her own times, Alice remains committed to the values normally attributed to this trope. She uses her lineage and training as a means to an end, pulling strings and fighting for causes in such a way the average commonner cannot. Her efforts lead to a permanent change in the system and society she lives in, allowing for more aspiring knights to follow the spirit of this trope.
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