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** Alice's stupidity is [[EnragedByIdiocy so frustrating for others]] that even those attracted to her are quickly turned off.

** Alice's stupidity is [[EnragedByIdiocy so frustrating for others]] than even those attracted to her are quickly turned off.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

** Alice is [[TheReveal revealed]] to actually be a [[MagnificentBastard magnificent]] and/or [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] BitchInSheepsClothing who feigns innocence and stupidity to manipulate others and further her own goals.

** Alice is pretty but of average or better intelligence.

* '''Defied''': Alice studies hard to avoid being stupid

** Alice is beautiful and popular but turns out to very smart too.
** Alternatively; Alice is [[TheReveal revealed]] to actually be a [[MagnificentBastard magnificent]] [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing bitch in sheep's clothing]] who feigns innocence and stupidity to manipulate others and further her own goals.

** [[GeniusDitz Her "smarts" only applies to subjects amplifying her beauty]], Alice may be an awesome fashion artist but good luck trying to teach her to operate a microwave.

** Following the MakeoverMontage, Betty suddenly becomes a complete idiot.

** Alice's stupidity is so frustrating for others than even those attracted to her are quickly turned off.

* '''Played For Drama''': People start hating Alice when her stupidity gets someone killed. Alice doesn't know why she's so hated all the sudden, and ponders if [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint it's something she wore]].

* '''Averted''': Alice is pretty but of average or better intelligence.

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

* '''PlayedForDrama''': Despite her attraction, the others hated Alice when her stupidity got someone killed. Alice doesn't know why she's so hated all the sudden, and ponders if [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint it's something she wore]].

%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

** Alice becomes bitter in old age, as her looks have gone and she realises she wasted her youth.

** [[GeniusDitz Her "smarts" only applies to subjects amplifying her beauty]], Alice may be an awesome fashion artist but good look trying to teach her to operate a microwave.

** Her "smarts" only applies to subjects amplifying her beauty, Alice may be an awesome fashion artist but good look trying to teach her to operate a microwave.

** Her "smarts" only applies to subjects amplifying her beauty, Alice may be an awesome fashion artist but good look teaching her to operate a microwave.

* '''Justified''': Alice was always pretty and since her looks got her through life never bothered to apply herself in school.

* '''Enforced''': The writers wanted to make sure the audiences wanted to see Bob with [[GirlNextDoor Sue]] so purposely made Alice shallow and vapid to prevent people identifying with her instead.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''':
** It becomes clear that Alice was never taught anything besides grooming, despite being capable of better.
** Alice becomes bitter in old age, as her looks have gone and she realises she wasted her youth.
** Alice's stupidity is so frustrating for others than even those attracted to her are quickly turned off.
* '''Reconstructed''': It becomes clear that Alice skates by on being pretty whenever anyone tries to make her do something hard.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice's [[PingPongNaivete intelligence varies by the hour]].

* '''Defied''': Alice studies hard to avoid being stupid

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* '''Exploited''': "ViewersAreMorons thus male viewers prefer female characters to be beautiful and stupid, since stupid women are easier to control and manipulate."

* '''Invoked''': Alice is hired because, first, she is stupid enough not to see through the {{Masquerade}}, and second, she is pretty enough that [[DistractedByTheSexy the people who might will be looking the wrong way]].
* '''Exploited:''' Alice is juuust clever enough to realise that she's dumb, so she should probably make the most of her best features to succeed in life.

* '''Discussed''': "He's devastatingly hot. Don't put him on the research team."

* '''Subverted''': Alice is beautiful and popular but turns out to very smart too.

* '''Double Subverted''': Except it turns out that her apparent smarts are just [[FeigningIntelligence parroted facts she doesn't really understand]].

* '''Parodied''': Alice has a bad hair day and goes through FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome.

* '''Deconstructed''': It becomes clear that Alice was never taught anything besides grooming, despite being capable of better.

* '''Downplayed:''' [[CookieCutterCuties Everyone on the show is pretty hot]], and [[IdiotBall none of them are exactly geniuses]], but Alice is widely considered the best-looking and is most commonly the one acting TheDitz.

* '''Parodied''': Good looks cause brain damage; when Alice gets a zit or has a bad hair day her IQ shoots upwards.

** Alice's stupidity and good looks confine her to being a prostitute

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice's intelligence and attractiveness vary by the hour.

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** Alice starts BecomingTheMask

** She does well in prostitution

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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

* '''Deconstructed''': Everyone writes Alice off as a BrainlessBeauty just because she's pretty.
* '''Reconstructed''': Once you get to know her it turns out she really is one.

* '''Invoked''': ???