Basic Trope: Someone has issues functioning correctly early in the morning, usually by failing to get out of bed.
- Straight: Carol prefers to lay in bed for the first hour or so after waking up.
- Exaggerated: Carol wakes up at 10 am each day, but stays in bed until 9pm.
- Downplayed:
- Carol would prefer staying in bed, but still manages to get herself up early.
- Carol takes somewhere between 5-15 minutes to get out of bed.
- Justified:
- Some people just aren't at their best during mornings.
- Carol is Sleepy Depressive.
- Carol has a sleep disorder, such as insomnia or delayed sleep phase disorder.
- Carol is The Night Owl. She's not a morning (or day for that matter) person, and she works way better at night.
- Subverted:
- Carol's alarm clock is showing the wrong time; she seems to wake up an hour late, but she's actually on time.
- Carol has trouble getting out of bed, but it's revealed that she's sick.
- Double Subverted: Carol is actually just Playing Sick so she doesn't need to get up early.
- Zig Zagged: Carol sometimes has trouble getting out of bed on time, but sometimes not.
- Inverted: Carol is at her best during the morning.
- Averted: Carol has no problems getting out of bed on time, and manages her mornings well.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: "Does Carol ever get out of bed before 11 am?"
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: A coworker who has it out for Carol makes sure she’s assigned a task that will require her to come in early, hoping her poor morning attitude will reflect badly on her.
- Defied: Bob calls Carol in the morning to ensure she wakes up.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Implied: While Carol's roommate Sam is usually seen awake early, Carol herself doesn't pop up until noon, head full of Messy Hair and a coffee cup in hand.
- Deconstructed: Carol's issues with mornings limit her employment options, since most of society starts operating early on the morning.
- Reconstructed: Carol finds a job that lets her work during evenings.
- Played For Laughs: Carol's issues with mornings is a Running Gag.
- Played For Drama: Carol has severe sleeping problems that result in this, and she loses her job as a result.
Can you go back to Not a Morning Person? I'm trying to sleep.
