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Basic Trope: Something moves so fast, it leaves behind images of itself in its trail.

  • Straight: Alicia P. Navarro is the local Fragile Speedster of the Elite Four boxers of Billy's Brawling Gym, and she tends to move so fast that some people think they might be seeing double due to how fast she moves.
  • Exaggerated: Screw double, try a thousand. In fact, those afterimages may not even be able to keep up with her!
  • Downplayed: Alicia only leaves behind a single afterimage, and nothing more.
  • Justified:
    • Alicia just moves that fast, so fast that people who see her move see multiple afterimages.
    • The camera recording Alicia isn't really good, and even if it is, it tends to record afterimages because she moves that fast.
  • Inverted: Alicia's boyfriend, Flash Young, is the local powerhouse, and he tends to throw punches so strong that once his fist is retracted, it looks like a ghostly afterimage of his fist was left, often accompanied by spiraling winds.
  • Subverted: Alicia may move fast, but she's not leaving afterimages behind...
  • Double Subverted: ...When she's holding back. When she does, she leaves behind thousands of afterimages that struggle to keep up with her.
  • Parodied: Alicia leaves behind afterimages even when slowly walking.
  • Zig-Zagged: Whether Alicia leaves afterimages behind is Depending on the Writer.
  • Averted: Alicia doesn't leave behind afterimages.
  • Enforced: Rule of Cool, and also to display a character's speed.
  • Lampshaded: "Is it me, or was I seeing double when you dragged me into your high speed hell?"
  • Invoked: ???
  • Exploited: Alicia does this to disorient her opponents who may not know where she actually is, which makes catching her practically impossible.
  • Defied: Alicia puts on a speed limiter so that she doesn't move too fast.
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: ???

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