'''Basic Trope''': Reporters who stoop disgustingly low in pursuit of a story.
* '''Straight''': Heather is a self-proclaimed IntrepidReporter who's perfectly willing to invade people's privacy to get a good story.
* '''Exaggerated''': Heather follows her victims around, invades their privacy, and flagrantly breaks laws while trying to scrape together enough material to piece together a [[MaliciousSlander sleazy, slanderous smear piece]].
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': Nobody's willing to answer Heather's questions, so she resorts to whatever tactics necessary to get her job done.
* '''Inverted''': Heather, an upstanding and respectful reporter, gets harassed by a [[SmallNameBigEgo self-proclaimed celebrity]] who thinks she ''should'' pay more attention to his greatness.
* '''Subverted''': Heather is pleasant, polite and patient, knowing that she can earn more interviews by being respectful and honest than by trying to ambush and harass her subjects.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, she's actually a [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bitch In Sheep's Clothing]] who merely ''presents'' herself as respectful while secretly plotting the best way to get the worst stories possible.
* '''Parodied''': To help her find stories, Heather [[McNinja becomes a ninja]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': Depending on the situation, Heather can be a respectful and professional interviewer, an IntrepidReporter exposing corruption, or a shameless GloryHound paparazzi who thinks [[SmallNameBigEgo her past victories and major scoops somehow entitle her]] to bend and break the rules at will.
* '''Averted''': Heather has the opportunity to take embarrassing photos of a celebrity, but opts not to as that would invade the celebrity's right to privacy.
* '''Enforced''': "Media dogs like them are acceptable to mock, so let's write somebody like that in for our heroes to humiliate! It'll be great!"
* '''Lampshaded''': Bob, a celebrity undergoing a personal scandal, literally cannot open a door or look out a window without coming fact to face with Heather's camera and/or microphone.
* '''Invoked''': [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Valeria]] keeps an eye out for ambitious reporters like Heather that she can point towards her enemies.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''':
** Heather's editor, who believes that [[SexSells sleazy photos will boost circulation]], urges her to pursue a top film star relentlessly and snap some. Heather, not wishing to squander her journalistic integrity, passes up the opportunity in favor of chasing down a lead about the star's upcoming directorial debut.
** Heather gets some sleazy photos of a celebrity and shows them to her editor, but the editor refuses to endorse such a gross violation of privacy laws and fires her.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Heather started out as an IntrepidReporter, but crossed the line so many times while GoingForTheBigScoop that people became less willing to deal with her, triggering a ViciousCycle as she's had to stoop lower and lower in order to keep her job.
** Heather's obsession with gossip and selling papers leads her to out a celebrity as gay. The celebrity's family disowns him, and he commits suicide.
* '''Reconstructed''': Eventually, Heather's amoral tactics allow her to uncover a deep dark secret and very important story that couldn't have been exposed any other way.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Heather is a complete ButtMonkey who hounds everyone for answers to absolutely pointless/trivial questions like what they had for breakfast or their favorite numbers, and is ''constantly'' [[TakeThatScrappy shoved around, abused]] or given patently absurd answers.
* '''Played For Drama''': Heather's current target is [[ActionGirl Allison]], who's desperately trying to uphold a {{Masquerade}} because TheWorldIsNotReady to [[AwfulTruth learn the truth]]. Allison has to find some way to deal with her before she [[BrokenMasquerade exposes the truth]] or [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade gets killed]].
* '''Implied''': When a celebrity hears that Heather is in town, they immediate call their {{Body Double}}s to prevent her from tracking their movements.
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