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** The show has a FanDumb. Changing the title will result in TheyChangedItNowItSucks.

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** The show has a FanDumb.[[invoked]]FanDumb. Changing the title will result in TheyChangedItNowItSucks.
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** ''Alice the Teenage Troper and the Search for {{Power Crystal}}s'' is a {{Long Runner|s}} that keeps its title, even though Power Crystals became irrelevant by the first season, Alice is thirty-three, has changed her name to Miranda, and has been PutOnABus. Oh, and no one is a troper.

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** ''Alice the Teenage Troper and the Search for {{Power Crystal}}s'' is a {{Long Runner|s}} that keeps its title, even though Power Crystals became irrelevant by the first season, Alice is thirty-three, has changed her name to Miranda, Bella, and has been PutOnABus. Oh, and no one is a troper.
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** After Alice moves out to go off to college, she leaves the show (despite the character still being a teenager for at least another year). The show now focuses on her younger cousin, also named Alice.
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** "If we change the title, [[ViewersAreMorons moronic viewers]] won't understand that we're still doing the same show."

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** "If we change the title, [[ViewersAreMorons moronic viewers]] viewers won't understand that we're still doing the same show."
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* '''Justified''': Alice may be over 19, [[ManChild but still acts like a teenager]].

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* '''Justified''': Alice may be over 19, nineteen, [[ManChild but still acts like a teenager]].



** ''Alice the Teenage Troper'' begins with Alice being a ten-year-old non-troper, but in the second season's season finale, she becomes a Troper and is now fourteen years old.
** ''Alice the Teenage Troper'' began with the WorkingTitle of ''Alice the Young Woman'', but somehow the series got its name changed -- yet Alice remains a twenty-year-old woman and the series having nothing to do with tropes.

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** ''Alice the Teenage Troper'' begins with Alice being a ten-year-old non-troper, but in the second season's season second-season finale, she becomes a Troper and is now fourteen years old.
** ''Alice the Teenage Troper'' began with the WorkingTitle of ''Alice the Young Woman'', but somehow the series got its name changed -- yet Alice remains a twenty-year-old woman twenty years old and the series having has nothing to do with tropes.



* '''Invoked''': Bob tries to persuade Alice to stopping troping.

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* '''Invoked''': Bob tries to persuade Alice to stopping cease troping.



* '''Implied''': Alice's age is not mentioned directly, but the show has gone on for eight years, so if Alice started out as a teenager, she isn't any more.
* '''Deconstructed''': The audience don't want anything to do with a work whose title has nothing to do with it any more.

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* '''Implied''': Alice's age is not mentioned directly, but the show has gone on for eight years, so if Alice started out the series as a teenager, she isn't any more.
* '''Deconstructed''': The audience don't want anything wants nothing to do with a work whose title has nothing to do with it any more.
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* '''Straight''': The show ''Alice the Teenage Troper'' keeps its title long after Alice turns 20 and troping stops being the main focus of the show.

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* '''Straight''': The show ''Alice the Teenage Troper'' keeps its title long after Alice turns 20 twenty years old and troping stops being the main focus of the show.



** ''Alice the Teenage Troper and the Search for {{Power Crystal}}s'' is a LongRunner that keeps its title, even though Power Crystals became irrelevant by the first season, Alice is in her 30s, has changed her name to Miranda, and has been PutOnABus. Oh, and no one is a troper.
** Alice turns 20 in the middle of the first season.
** Alice turns 20 in the pilot episode.

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** ''Alice the Teenage Troper and the Search for {{Power Crystal}}s'' is a LongRunner {{Long Runner|s}} that keeps its title, even though Power Crystals became irrelevant by the first season, Alice is in her 30s, thirty-three, has changed her name to Miranda, and has been PutOnABus. Oh, and no one is a troper.
** Alice turns 20 twenty in the middle of the first season.
** Alice turns 20 twenty in the pilot episode.



** The show keeps its title, even though Carlos starts getting more attention (but not enough to threaten Alice's role as the main character).

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** The show keeps its title, even though [[BreakoutCharacter Carlos starts getting more attention attention]] (but not enough to threaten Alice's role as the main character).



* '''Justified''': Alice may be over 19, but still acts like a teenager.

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* '''Justified''': Alice may be over 19, [[ManChild but still acts like a teenager.teenager]].



** ''Alice the Teenage Troper'' starts out with Alice being a 10-year-old non-troper, but in the second season's season finale, she becomes a Troper and is now 14 years old.
** ''Alice the Teenage Troper'' started off with the working title of ''Alice the Young Women'', but somehow the series got it's named changed resulting in Alice still be a 20-year old woman and the series having nothing to do with tropes.
* '''Subverted''': Alice celebrating her 20th birthday turns out to be AllJustADream.
* '''Double Subverted''': The real Alice is now a 30-year-old who dreams of her past as a Troper.
* '''Parodied''': "On this episode of ''[[WordSaladTitle Chocolate Deodorant of Alice the Teenage Troper and the Origami Cat Food]]'': Alice celebrates her 20th birthday... and we ruin the only meaningful part of the title!"

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** ''Alice the Teenage Troper'' starts out begins with Alice being a 10-year-old ten-year-old non-troper, but in the second season's season finale, she becomes a Troper and is now 14 fourteen years old.
** ''Alice the Teenage Troper'' started off began with the working title WorkingTitle of ''Alice the Young Women'', Woman'', but somehow the series got it's named its name changed resulting in -- yet Alice still be remains a 20-year old twenty-year-old woman and the series having nothing to do with tropes.
* '''Subverted''': Alice celebrating her 20th twentieth birthday turns out to be AllJustADream.
* '''Double Subverted''': The real Alice is now a 30-year-old thirty-year-old who dreams of her past as a Troper.
* '''Parodied''': "On this episode of ''[[WordSaladTitle Chocolate Deodorant of Alice the Teenage Troper and the Origami Cat Food]]'': Alice celebrates her 20th twentieth birthday... and we ruin the only meaningful part of the title!"



* '''Averted''':
** The show stops before Alice turns 20.

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* '''Averted''':
'''Averted''':
** The show stops before Alice turns 20.Alice's twentieth birthday.



** When Alice turns 20, the new season gets a [[NewSeasonNewName new name]], and the "Teenage Troper" part of the title is {{retcon}}ned into being a subtitle.

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** When Alice turns 20, twenty, the new season gets a [[NewSeasonNewName new name]], and the "Teenage Troper" part of the title is {{retcon}}ned into being a subtitle.



* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, wasn't our title more correct before Alice turned 20?"
* '''Invoked''': Dan tries to persuade Alice to stopping troping.

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, wasn't our title more correct accurate before Alice turned 20?"
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* '''Invoked''': Dan Bob tries to persuade Alice to stopping troping.



* '''Defied''':

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':



* '''Implied''': Alice's age is not mentioned directly, but the show has gone on for 8 years, so if Alice started out as a teenager, she isn't any more.

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* '''Implied''': Alice's age is not mentioned directly, but the show has gone on for 8 eight years, so if Alice started out as a teenager, she isn't any more.



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** ''Alice the Teenage Troper and the Search for {{Power Crystal}}s'' is a LongRunner that keeps its title, even though Power Crystals became irrelevant in the second season, Alice is in her 30s, has changed her name to Miranda, and has been PutOnABus. Oh, and no one is a troper.

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** ''Alice the Teenage Troper and the Search for {{Power Crystal}}s'' is a LongRunner that keeps its title, even though Power Crystals became irrelevant in by the second first season, Alice is in her 30s, has changed her name to Miranda, and has been PutOnABus. Oh, and no one is a troper.
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'''Basic Trope''': The work's title that used to apply to a work, but no longer does so.

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'''Basic Trope''': The work's A title that used to apply to a work, but no longer does so.



** ''Alice the Teenage Troper and the Search for {{Power Crystal}}s'' is a LongRunner that keeps its title, even though Power Crystals became irrelevant in the second season, Alice is in her 30s, has changed her name to Miranda, and has been PutOnABus. Oh, and nobody is a Troper any more.

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** ''Alice the Teenage Troper and the Search for {{Power Crystal}}s'' is a LongRunner that keeps its title, even though Power Crystals became irrelevant in the second season, Alice is in her 30s, has changed her name to Miranda, and has been PutOnABus. Oh, and nobody no one is a Troper any more.troper.

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** The title was a WordSaladTitle or NeverTrustATitle. It ''never'' accurately described the work.


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** The title was a WordSaladTitle or NeverTrustATitle. It ''never'' accurately described the work.
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** The title was a WordSaladTitle or NeverTrustATitle. It ''never'' accurately described the work.

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* '''Inverted''': ''Alice the Teenage Troper'' starts out with Alice being a 10-year-old non-troper, but in the second season's season finale, she becomes a Troper and is now 14 years old.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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''Alice the Teenage Troper'' starts out with Alice being a 10-year-old non-troper, but in the second season's season finale, she becomes a Troper and is now 14 years old.old.
** ''Alice the Teenage Troper'' started off with the working title of ''Alice the Young Women'', but somehow the series got it's named changed resulting in Alice still be a 20-year old woman and the series having nothing to do with tropes.

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* '''Defied''': Alice refuses to stop troping and gets the show trapped in a time loop.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Alice refuses to stop troping and gets the show trapped in a time loop.loop.
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* '''Downplayed''': The show keeps its title, even though Carlos starts getting more attention (but not enough to threaten Alice's role as the main character).

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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The show keeps its title, even though Carlos starts getting more attention (but not enough to threaten Alice's role as the main character).character).
** Over time, one of the meanings of a DoubleMeaningTitle becomes less relevant.
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'''Basic Trope''': The work's title that used to apply to a work, but no longer does so.
* '''Straight''': The show ''Alice the Teenage Troper'' keeps its title long after Alice turns 20 and troping stops being the main focus of the show.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** ''Alice the Teenage Troper and the Search for {{Power Crystal}}s'' is a LongRunner that keeps its title, even though Power Crystals became irrelevant in the second season, Alice is in her 30s, has changed her name to Miranda, and has been PutOnABus. Oh, and nobody is a Troper any more.
** Alice turns 20 in the middle of the first season.
** Alice turns 20 in the pilot episode.
* '''Downplayed''': The show keeps its title, even though Carlos starts getting more attention (but not enough to threaten Alice's role as the main character).
* '''Justified''': Alice may be over 19, but still acts like a teenager.
* '''Inverted''': ''Alice the Teenage Troper'' starts out with Alice being a 10-year-old non-troper, but in the second season's season finale, she becomes a Troper and is now 14 years old.
* '''Subverted''': Alice celebrating her 20th birthday turns out to be AllJustADream.
* '''Double Subverted''': The real Alice is now a 30-year-old who dreams of her past as a Troper.
* '''Parodied''': "On this episode of ''[[WordSaladTitle Chocolate Deodorant of Alice the Teenage Troper and the Origami Cat Food]]'': Alice celebrates her 20th birthday... and we ruin the only meaningful part of the title!"
* '''Zig Zagged''': The show jumps back and forth in time and Alice can never decide whether she wants to continue troping.
* '''Averted''':
** The show stops before Alice turns 20.
** The show uses ComicBookTime.
** When Alice turns 20, the new season gets a [[NewSeasonNewName new name]], and the "Teenage Troper" part of the title is {{retcon}}ned into being a subtitle.
* '''Enforced''':
** "If we change the title, [[ViewersAreMorons moronic viewers]] won't understand that we're still doing the same show."
** The show has a FanDumb. Changing the title will result in TheyChangedItNowItSucks.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, wasn't our title more correct before Alice turned 20?"
* '''Invoked''': Dan tries to persuade Alice to stopping troping.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Alice refuses to stop troping and gets the show trapped in a time loop.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "When was ''Alice the Teenage Troper'' about a teenager named Alice that tropes?"
* '''Implied''': Alice's age is not mentioned directly, but the show has gone on for 8 years, so if Alice started out as a teenager, she isn't any more.
* '''Deconstructed''': The audience don't want anything to do with a work whose title has nothing to do with it any more.
* '''Reconstructed''': However, they get curious about the earlier seasons and watch them instead.
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
* '''Played For Laughs''': The characters intentionally try to make the work's title obsolete, with various results.
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
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