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Basic Trope: Women either openly or secretly dislike each other, even when they're supposed to be friends or at least in good terms.

  • Straight: All female characters in the show openly dislike each other.
  • Exaggerated: The female population of the entire world declares war against itself, causing a huge Depopulation Bomb.
  • Downplayed:
    • The circle of 7 women secretly dislike each other, even though they never express it vocally or physically.
    • There are a total of 7 female main characters in the show, but none of them are nice towards the other female main characters.
    • All the named women are Female Misogynists, but most background women aren't like them.
  • Justified:
  • Inverted:
  • Gender Inverted: All male characters in the show openly dislike each other, and frequently get into petty snipes and fights.
  • Subverted:
  • Double Subverted: ....But when the relationship goes wrong, they start fighting and break up as well.
  • Parodied:
    • Women are usually kind and friendly when there are only men. But women can't be together for a second without wanting to kill each other and causing a World War.
    • A woman gives birth to a little girl and right out of the womb begins to bicker with her baby, despite both being docile with the husband/father.
  • Zig Zagged:
  • Averted: The relationships in the show aren't strictly specific to gender.
  • Enforced: "People like to see women fighting. Let's add large-scale conflicts to make that happen."
  • Lampshaded: "Ya know that All Women Hate Each Other, David. Don't get surprised if Alice murders Betty to steal her husband."
  • Invoked:
  • Exploited: The women in the setting all dislike each other, but are great fighters and have the upper hand. Villain Harold throws an Apple of Discord their way to distract them, since he knows that they care more about one upping each other than finishing the task at hand.
  • Defied: Women stop fighting and start resolveling their problems by talking the problem out.
  • Discussed: "You do understand that you're a woman yourself right?" "So? Just because we happen to share the same genitals doesn't mean I have to agree with everything a woman says or that I should feel solidarity towards her. Screw her!"
  • Conversed: "Does any girl in this work like hanging out with other girls?" "Judging by how vicious they all are to everybody except Mark, I doubt it."
  • Implied: None of the female characters have any same-sex ally.
  • Played for Laughs: A group of boys and a group of girls order pizza. Everyone disagrees on the toppings, but the girl group takes it personally and start badgering each other for their wrong choices in pizza and life. Meanwhile the boys decide to split the pizza toppings accordingly.
  • Deconstructed: If all girls hate each other, what makes them think the guys would like them any better? They see how girls keep tearing each other down and think this gives men a free pass to shame women the same way.
  • Reconstructed: The women discover the nature of Girl on Girl Is Hot, so they take advantage of the fact by pretend to be lesbians and making out to score the guys.


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