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** Alice braves blizzards, rabid dogs and {{Zombie Apocalypse}}s to deliver her mail, but there is ''one'' thing that stops her quite efficiently every time: [[ObstructiveBureaucrat not enough posts on the letter]].
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** Alice is an unstoppable jury summons deliverer. At least half of the time she is showing her unstoppability is because of what people try to do to her to get out of jury duty.
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** The writers of ''The Misadventures of Bob'' have decided to homage [[RoadRunnerVsCoyote the old Road Runner Looney Tunes]] by having Bob send an IrrevocableMessage through snail mail ([[{{Handwave}} for whatever reason]]) and the reason why it's "irrevocable" is because Alice is the deliverer, and she won't heed either messages from headquarters to abort or Bob trying to run her over with a steamroller.
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** Alice is secretly a member of a group of WesternTerrorists assigned to [[YouGotMurder deliver a mail bomb]], and as a result she is this out of (potentially suicidal) fanaticism.
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** Parodied inversion: Alice's mailing service is so infamous for its inefficiency that Alice delivering a single letter [[MundaneMadeAwesome is treated as her being this]].
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** Alice [[WanderingDutchman has been cursed to wander the universe, delivering mail for all eternity]].
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** Alice [[WanderingDutchman [[FlyingDutchman has been cursed to wander the universe, delivering mail for all eternity]].
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* '''Played For Horror''': ''Alice'' is an old-school slasher film with a wanna-be [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] with a "mailman" gimmick as the villain. Doesn't get more "[[TheJuggernaut unstoppable]]" than that. You can also guess what happens to the "recipients" of his "messages".
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** Alice's relentless refusal to stop delivering the mail is a notable sign that she is either [[SanitySlippage not all there]] or [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge has motives beyond "being a good government employee"]].
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** ''Alice'' is an old-school slasher film with a wanna-be [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] with a "mailman" gimmick as the villain. Doesn't get more "[[TheJuggernaut unstoppable]]" than that. You can also guess what happens to the "recipients" ofhis "messages".her "messages".
** Alice [[WanderingDutchman has been cursed to wander the universe, delivering mail for all eternity]].
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** ''Alice'' is an old-school slasher film with a wanna-be [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] with a "mailman" gimmick as the villain. Doesn't get more "[[TheJuggernaut unstoppable]]" than that. You can also guess what happens to the "recipients" of
** Alice [[WanderingDutchman has been cursed to wander the universe, delivering mail for all eternity]].
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** It's AfterTheEnd and Earth has become a hard-core DeathWorld in which taking a single step outside of your home is seen as potential suicide. It still doesn't stops Alice from delivering the mail.
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** Alice is killed on her rounds. Her spirit continues delivering the mail.
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** Bob is stranded in an abandoned mine in the middle of an uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean, and he needs a drill. He gets the idea of ordering it by mail. Five seconds after placing the letter with the order inside of an old, rusty mailbox by the mine's (collapsed) entrance, Alice bursts through the blockage like the Kool-Aid Man and delivers the drill.
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** Normally Alice would boast of being this, but the situation ([[AnythingButThat or the package]]) is too weird/obscene/violent/whatever [[BreakTheBadass for her]] and she [[ScrewThisIAmOuttaHere skedaddles as soon as possible.]]
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** Normally Alice would boast of being this, but the situation ([[AnythingButThat or the package]]) is too weird/obscene/violent/whatever [[BreakTheBadass for her]] and she [[ScrewThisIAmOuttaHere [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere skedaddles as soon as possible.]]
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** Normally Alice would boast of being this, but the situation ([[AnythingButThat or the package]]) is too weird/obscene/violent/whatever [[BreakTheBadass for her]] and she [[ScrewThisIAmOuttaHere skedaddles as soon as possible.]]
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** For Alice, [[ForMeItWasTuesday a raging blizzard isn't much worse than the other things she deals with while on the job]].
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** For Alice, [[ForMeItWasTuesday [[ButForMeItWasTuesday a raging blizzard isn't much worse than the other things she deals with while on the job]].
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** For Alice, [[ForMeItWasTuesday a raging blizzard isn't much worse than the other things she deals with while on the job]].
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* '''Discussed''': "No mailman would dare to go out in this weather." *knock *knock* "Delivery."
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* '''Discussed''': "No mailman would dare to go out in this weather." *knock *knock* knock* "Delivery."
** Very few people use couriers for mail because of online communication, so Alice works as a pizza deliverer. She stills takes her job as seriously as she can.
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* '''Played For Horror''': ''Alice'' is an old-school slasher film with a wanna-be [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] with a "mailman" gimmick as the villain. Doesn't gets more "[[TheJuggernaut unstoppable]]" than that. You can also guess what happens to the "recipients" of his "messages".
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* '''Played For Horror''': ''Alice'' is an old-school slasher film with a wanna-be [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] with a "mailman" gimmick as the villain. Doesn't gets get more "[[TheJuggernaut unstoppable]]" than that. You can also guess what happens to the "recipients" of his "messages".
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* '''Played For Horror''': ''Alice'' is an old-school slasher film with a wanna-be [[Film/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] with a "mailman" gimmick as the villain. Doesn't gets more "[[TheJuggernaut unstoppable]]" than that. You can also guess what happens to the "recipients" of his "messages".
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* '''Played For Horror''': ''Alice'' is an old-school slasher film with a wanna-be [[Film/FridayThe13th [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] with a "mailman" gimmick as the villain. Doesn't gets more "[[TheJuggernaut unstoppable]]" than that. You can also guess what happens to the "recipients" of his "messages".
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** Alice makes a point of trying to deliver a message in the middle of a horrible situation (terrorist attack, mayor disaster, war, etc) as a symbol that society still hasn't crumbled.
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** Alice makes a point of trying to deliver a message in the middle of a horrible situation (terrorist attack, mayor major disaster, war, etc) as a symbol that society still hasn't crumbled.
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* '''Parodied''': The postal service uses BioAugmentation and/or {{Cyborg}}ing to create an army of unstoppable super-mailmen.
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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
** The postal service uses BioAugmentation and/or {{Cyborg}}ing to create an army of unstoppablesuper-mailmen.super-mailmen.
** Alice will do whatever it takes to deliver the mail, but expect her to mutter her reluctance every step of the way, [[AnythingButThat especially if she has to face off against something she loathes]] like inclement blizzards [[MailmanVsDog or dogs]].
** The postal service uses BioAugmentation and/or {{Cyborg}}ing to create an army of unstoppable
** Alice will do whatever it takes to deliver the mail, but expect her to mutter her reluctance every step of the way, [[AnythingButThat especially if she has to face off against something she loathes]] like inclement blizzards [[MailmanVsDog or dogs]].
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is stranded on an uncharted, uninhabited island, but Alice finds him and delivers that LoveLetter.
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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
** Bob is stranded on an uncharted, uninhabited island, but Alice finds him and delivers thatLoveLetter.LoveLetter.
** It's AfterTheEnd and Earth has become a hard-core DeathWorld in which taking a single step outside of your home is seen as potential suicide. It still doesn't stops Alice from delivering the mail.
** Bob is stranded on an uncharted, uninhabited island, but Alice finds him and delivers that
** It's AfterTheEnd and Earth has become a hard-core DeathWorld in which taking a single step outside of your home is seen as potential suicide. It still doesn't stops Alice from delivering the mail.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is nearly DrivenToSuicide because he thinks Cameron doesn't love him, but Alice delivers the LoveLetter just in time to stop him.
* '''Played For Horror''': ''Bob'' is an old-school slasher film with a wanna-be [[Film/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] with a "mailman" gimmick as the villain. Doesn't gets more "[[TheJuggernaut unstoppable]]" than that. You can also guess what happens to the "recipients" of his "messages".
* '''Played For Horror''': ''Bob'' is an old-school slasher film with a wanna-be [[Film/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] with a "mailman" gimmick as the villain. Doesn't gets more "[[TheJuggernaut unstoppable]]" than that. You can also guess what happens to the "recipients" of his "messages".
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** Bob is nearly DrivenToSuicide because he thinks Cameron doesn't love him, but Alice delivers the LoveLetter just in time to stop him.
** Alice makes a point of trying to deliver a message in the middle of a horrible situation (terrorist attack, mayor disaster, war, etc) as a symbol that society still hasn't crumbled.
* '''Played For Horror''':''Bob'' ''Alice'' is an old-school slasher film with a wanna-be [[Film/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] with a "mailman" gimmick as the villain. Doesn't gets more "[[TheJuggernaut unstoppable]]" than that. You can also guess what happens to the "recipients" of his "messages".
** Bob is nearly DrivenToSuicide because he thinks Cameron doesn't love him, but Alice delivers the LoveLetter just in time to stop him.
** Alice makes a point of trying to deliver a message in the middle of a horrible situation (terrorist attack, mayor disaster, war, etc) as a symbol that society still hasn't crumbled.
* '''Played For Horror''':
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* '''Played For Horror''': ''Bob'' is an old-school slasher film with a wanna-be [[Film/FridayTheThirteenth Jason Voorhees]] with a "mailman" gimmick as the villain. Doesn't gets more "[[TheJuggernaut unstoppable]]" than that. You can also guess what happens to the "recipients" of his "messages".
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* '''Played For Horror''': ''Bob'' is an old-school slasher film with a wanna-be [[Film/FridayTheThirteenth [[Film/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] with a "mailman" gimmick as the villain. Doesn't gets more "[[TheJuggernaut unstoppable]]" than that. You can also guess what happens to the "recipients" of his "messages".
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* '''Played For Horror''': ''Bob'' is an old-school slasher film with a wanna-be [[Film/FridayTheThirteenth Jason Voorhees]] with a "mailman" gimmick as the villain. Doesn't gets more "[[TheJuggernaut unstoppable]]" than that. You can also guess what happens to the "recipients" of his "messages".
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** The setting is a wild frontier country. The mail/courier service is the only way of delivering important messages, one of the few things holding society together out there and is a literal lifeline. Couriers have to face many obstacles and sometimes extreme weather without being deterred simply to do their job.
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** The setting is a wild frontier country. The mail/courier service is the only way of delivering important messages, one of the few things holding society together out there and is a literal metaphoric lifeline. Couriers have to face many obstacles and sometimes extreme weather without being deterred simply to do their job.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': The postal service orders its employees not to go out in the blizzard, but Alice does it anyway, but she gets completely lost and can't complete her deliveries after all.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': The postal service orders its employees not to go out in the blizzard, but Alice does it anyway, but she gets completely lost and can't complete her deliveries after all.lost. Then she stumbles upon it by chance.
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* '''Defied''': Daniel hunts down Alice and prevents her from delivering the LoveLetter.
* '''Discussed''': "No mailman would dare to go out in this weather."
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* '''Defied''': Daniel hunts down Alice and prevents her from delivering the LoveLetter.
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* '''Discussed''': "No mailman would dare to go out in this weather." *knock *knock* "Delivery."
* '''Discussed''': "No mailman would dare to go out in this weather." *knock *knock* "Delivery."
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* '''Justified''': Alice is a {{Determinator}}.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Alice is simply a{{Determinator}}.{{Determinator}}.
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** Alice is simply a
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'''Basic Trope''': The mail always goes through. ''Always.''
* '''Straight''': Alice the {{Courier}} gives Bob a LoveLetter from Cameron, even though there's a ferocious blizzard outside.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is stranded on an uncharted, uninhabited island, but Alice finds him and delivers that LoveLetter.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice arrives later than usual due to the inclement weather, but Bob still gets his LoveLetter.
* '''Justified''': Alice is a {{Determinator}}.
* '''Inverted''': Alice and the postal service that employs her are infamous for delivering mail late, if at all.
* '''Subverted''': Alice staggers up to Bob's front door and proudly hands him a letter intended for a different address.
* '''Double Subverted''': Alice gave him the right letter after all; it was just stuck to another envelope.
* '''Parodied''': The postal service uses BioAugmentation and/or {{Cyborg}}ing to create an army of unstoppable super-mailmen.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The postal service orders its employees not to go out in the blizzard, but Alice does it anyway, but she gets completely lost and can't complete her deliveries after all.
* '''Averted''': The postal service is reliable, but not infallible.
* '''Enforced''':
** The production is borrowing vehicles and uniforms from a real postal service and can't afford to represent them in a negative light.
** The author is a postal worker and Alice is [[TruthInTelevision based on one of their colleagues.]]
* '''Lampshaded''': "Of course it'll get there. The mail always goes through around here."
* '''Invoked''': Cameron absolutely needs that LoveLetter to get to Bob, but can't deliver it in person and has no other way to communicate with him.
* '''Exploited''': Bob is a hitman hired to kill Alice, and he sent a fake letter to an address on her route so he could catch her off-guard.
* '''Defied''': Daniel hunts down Alice and prevents her from delivering the LoveLetter.
* '''Discussed''': "No mailman would dare to go out in this weather."
* '''Conversed''': "On TV, the mailman wouldn't even slow down for this blizzard."
* '''Implied''': Alice isn't shown delivering the LoveLetter, but Bob is seen opening it while the blizzard is very visibly raging outside.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice becomes obsessed with ensuring that her deliveries always arrive on time and eventually suffers a nervous breakdown at the mere thought of being late.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice is obsessed with delivering the mail on time, but overcomes her doubt in herself and channels her anxiety into becoming the best darned mail carrier ever.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice braves the worst blizzard in recorded history to give Bob an important letter from [[FourOneNineScam Nigerian royalty.]]
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is nearly DrivenToSuicide because he thinks Cameron doesn't love him, but Alice delivers the LoveLetter just in time to stop him.
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* '''Straight''': Alice the {{Courier}} gives Bob a LoveLetter from Cameron, even though there's a ferocious blizzard outside.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is stranded on an uncharted, uninhabited island, but Alice finds him and delivers that LoveLetter.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice arrives later than usual due to the inclement weather, but Bob still gets his LoveLetter.
* '''Justified''': Alice is a {{Determinator}}.
* '''Inverted''': Alice and the postal service that employs her are infamous for delivering mail late, if at all.
* '''Subverted''': Alice staggers up to Bob's front door and proudly hands him a letter intended for a different address.
* '''Double Subverted''': Alice gave him the right letter after all; it was just stuck to another envelope.
* '''Parodied''': The postal service uses BioAugmentation and/or {{Cyborg}}ing to create an army of unstoppable super-mailmen.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The postal service orders its employees not to go out in the blizzard, but Alice does it anyway, but she gets completely lost and can't complete her deliveries after all.
* '''Averted''': The postal service is reliable, but not infallible.
* '''Enforced''':
** The production is borrowing vehicles and uniforms from a real postal service and can't afford to represent them in a negative light.
** The author is a postal worker and Alice is [[TruthInTelevision based on one of their colleagues.]]
* '''Lampshaded''': "Of course it'll get there. The mail always goes through around here."
* '''Invoked''': Cameron absolutely needs that LoveLetter to get to Bob, but can't deliver it in person and has no other way to communicate with him.
* '''Exploited''': Bob is a hitman hired to kill Alice, and he sent a fake letter to an address on her route so he could catch her off-guard.
* '''Defied''': Daniel hunts down Alice and prevents her from delivering the LoveLetter.
* '''Discussed''': "No mailman would dare to go out in this weather."
* '''Conversed''': "On TV, the mailman wouldn't even slow down for this blizzard."
* '''Implied''': Alice isn't shown delivering the LoveLetter, but Bob is seen opening it while the blizzard is very visibly raging outside.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice becomes obsessed with ensuring that her deliveries always arrive on time and eventually suffers a nervous breakdown at the mere thought of being late.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice is obsessed with delivering the mail on time, but overcomes her doubt in herself and channels her anxiety into becoming the best darned mail carrier ever.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice braves the worst blizzard in recorded history to give Bob an important letter from [[FourOneNineScam Nigerian royalty.]]
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is nearly DrivenToSuicide because he thinks Cameron doesn't love him, but Alice delivers the LoveLetter just in time to stop him.
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