'''Basic Trope''': A DamselInDistress or other non-action woman abruptly [[TookALevelInBadass Takes a Level in Badass]] or even evolves into an ActionGirl.
* '''Straight''': Alice was normally a non-violent civilian who lets her teammates handle crises up until now. However, her [[ChekhovsSkill previously-mentioned archery hobby]] suddenly [[LetsGetDangerous comes in handy]] when the {{Mooks}} attack.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice, who was raised in a convent and whose most frequently used line up to this point was "Save me, Bob!" picks up a sword for the first time in her life, and engages in a duel to the death with TheDragon (which she ''wins'') while Bob takes on the BigBad... and dies. Alice then avenges him with ease.
** This happens to every female character on the show, one by one.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Alice becomes slightly more competent.
** Alice has been a fighter from the start of ''this'' show, but the [[AdaptationalBadass first version of Alice wasn't]].
** Sometimes Alice can suddenly bust out ninja skills, sometimes she remains a DamselInDistress, [[NegativeContinuity depending on the plot of the episode]]. People trying to stat Alice out for role-playing games get very frustrated.
* '''Justified''': Not applicable. (The lack of an InUniverse reason is key to this trope. If there is one, it's just CharacterDevelopment.)
* '''Inverted''': {{Chickification}}.
* '''Gender-Inverted''': Bob's male sidekick, Daniel, is TheLoad at first, but becomes [[TheLancer just as competent as Bob]].
* '''Subverted''':
** The mook Alice just beat up? Paid to take a dive.
** Alice's fluke success in battle makes her overconfident and think she's ready to fight evil full-time. She isn't, and the next fight she's in gets Alice severely wounded.
** [[DaydreamSurprise The fight ends with zooming out of Alice's head]], seems she was just having a PowerFantasy.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** But when she stiffs him on the bill, his attack is easily dealt with by her genuine hidden combat abilities.
** Alice's skills abruptly improve after she heals, with no straightforward explanation.
* '''Parodied''': Princess Charlotte goes from damsel in distress to army-destroying warrior whenever she cracks her knuckles.
* '''Zig Zagged''': In the first ten episodes, Alice is an DamselInDistress; but in the next ten episodes, Alice is a ActionGirl without any explanation. It turns out that this was actually CharacterDevelopment, until after, she becomes a DamselInDistress again without any explanation. It turns out that it was also CharacterDevelopment, but it actually isn't. Rinse and repeat every time.
* '''Averted''':
** No characters show suddenly improved fighting skills; any ActionGirl types are well-established as such from the beginning.
** Alice is shown training hard for a number of scenes/episodes beforehand.
* '''Enforced''':
** "Hey, I dropped a bunch of money on those fencing lessons. Any chance my character Princess Charlotte could, say, [[TheCastShowoff use a sword]] in this movie?" "Okay, Alice, but it will have to be pretty late in the story, we've already got the early scenes storyboarded."
** "Alice is turning into TheScrappy because people are sick of seeing her get captured every episode. So how about, next episode, she actually takes down the MonsterOfTheWeek on her own?"
** The new execs have decided that girls will need a role model and want to develop Alice as an ActionGirl.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Since when does Princess Charlotte know how to use a sword? They didn't teach that at the convent!"
* '''Invoked''': Not applicable. (Since this trope requires there not to be an InUniverse explanation, it is beyond the control of the characters.)
* '''Exploited''': After hearing of Alice's victory over Emperor Evulz, Ethan hires her to help him defeat a BigBad in another country.
* '''Defied''':
** [[DamselScrappy Alice refuses to learn any combat skills on the grounds that it's not ladylike.]]
** Alice refuses to learn combat skills because she's an ActualPacifist who prefers nonviolent solutions. Instead she becomes more competent in other, non action related ways.
* '''Discussed''': "Hey, that dame can't suddenly toss me around like a sack of potatoes, can she? 'Cause I hate that."
* '''Conversed''': "They hired [[Creator/JossWhedon Writer X]] on ''Generic Fantasy Show'', I see. Five gets you ten Princess Charlotte gets a lot better at combat, because he [[AuthorAppeal loves that sort of thing]]."
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's sudden competence gets called into question with regards of her prior inaction or if something is amiss.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice lets Bob know of her new skills as soon as she acquires them.
* '''Played For Drama''':
** Alice ends up in a HeroicBSOD because she has never killed before and unable to cope with the psychological consequences.
** Alice ends up becoming a ruthless BloodKnight, a far cry from her former self that might be [[HeWhoFightsMonsters even worse than the people she kills.]]
** Alice dies in battle, and TheBadGuyWins.
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