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* '''Played For Horror''': Alice is a SerialKiller convinced that her victims are part of an elaborate plot against her.
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** Alice is a SerialKiller convinced that her victims are part of an elaborate plot againsther. her.
** Alice forms a group of similarly-minded individuals and leads them on a [[TorchesAndPitchforks a killing spree]] of alleged agents of the conspiracy (whether it's [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness some delusion brought upon by coincidences]] or [[EvilIsPetty Alice taking revenge on minor slights]] depends on what is scarier at the moment).
** Alice is a SerialKiller convinced that her victims are part of an elaborate plot against
** Alice forms a group of similarly-minded individuals and leads them on a [[TorchesAndPitchforks a killing spree]] of alleged agents of the conspiracy (whether it's [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness some delusion brought upon by coincidences]] or [[EvilIsPetty Alice taking revenge on minor slights]] depends on what is scarier at the moment).
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Null edit to explain my reasons for each of the conspiracy theories i listed being named, with descriptions and explanations of their wrongdoings.
Ancient Aliens is 1st on the list and probably the most innocent, thus clearing a bar that i can’t yet seem to lift off the floor.
Ancient Aliens holds that aliens had involvement in our ancient history, hence the name.
Generally, Ancient Aliens theorists hold that said aliens helped build ancient structures, most notably the pyramids.
While not inherently bad, this theory is often used by racists and/or xenophobes to explain away inconvenient facts that might get in the way of their worldview and several of its high-profile
Ancient Aliens is 1st on the list and probably the most innocent, thus clearing a bar that i can’t yet seem to lift off the floor.
Ancient Aliens holds that aliens had involvement in our ancient history, hence the name.
Generally, Ancient Aliens theorists hold that said aliens helped build ancient structures, most notably the pyramids.
While not inherently bad, this theory is often used by racists and/or xenophobes to explain away inconvenient facts that might get in the way of their worldview and several of its high-profile
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** By claiming that a conspiracy are manipulating people and events behind the scenes, Alice accidentally feeds much more horrific conspiracy theories such as Ancient Aliens, Antivax, Climate Change Denialism, Genocide Denialism (of various kinds), Operation Terror, Qanon, White Genocide, ect.
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** By claiming that showing how a conspiracy are manipulating people and events behind the scenes, Alice accidentally feeds much more horrific conspiracy theories such as Ancient Aliens, Antivax, Climate Change Denialism, Genocide Denialism (of various kinds), Operation Terror, Qanon, White Genocide, ect.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Everyone starts to think that [[ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder Alice is moronic and mentally unstable]].
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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
** Everyone starts to think that [[ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder Alice is moronic and mentallyunstable]].unstable]].
** The various manipulative tactics used by professional conspiracy theorists to gain converts are put on display.
** By claiming that a conspiracy are manipulating people and events behind the scenes, Alice accidentally feeds much more horrific conspiracy theories such as Ancient Aliens, Antivax, Climate Change Denialism, Genocide Denialism (of various kinds), Operation Terror, Qanon, White Genocide, ect.
** Everyone starts to think that [[ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder Alice is moronic and mentally
** The various manipulative tactics used by professional conspiracy theorists to gain converts are put on display.
** By claiming that a conspiracy are manipulating people and events behind the scenes, Alice accidentally feeds much more horrific conspiracy theories such as Ancient Aliens, Antivax, Climate Change Denialism, Genocide Denialism (of various kinds), Operation Terror, Qanon, White Genocide, ect.
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** Alice [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslights]] Bob and preys on his mental illnesses in order to "awaken" him, isolating him from his friends and attempting to convince him that the people trying to get him professional help are actually trying to silence and brainwash him for "them".
** Alice cuts ties with her friends after becoming convinced that they are "in on it".
* '''Played For Horror''': Alice is a SerialKiller convinced that her victims are part of an elaborate plot against her.
** Alice cuts ties with her friends after becoming convinced that they are "in on it".
* '''Played For Horror''': Alice is a SerialKiller convinced that her victims are part of an elaborate plot against her.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Everyone starts to think that Alice is moronic and mentally unstable.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Everyone starts to think that [[ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder Alice is moronic and mentally unstable.unstable]].
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** Because of how outlandish conspiracy theories can be, Alice is made a conspiracy theorist because they are an {{acceptable target|s}}.
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** Because of how outlandish conspiracy theories can be, Alice is made a conspiracy theorist because they are an {{acceptable target|s}}.acceptable target.
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** Alice creates an organization of people to counteract the Conspiracy, working in the shadows to keep the world from falling under 'their' control. The only issue is that there is no Conspiracy...or at least [[{{Irony}} there wasn't before Alice formed hers.]]
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* '''Parodied''': Alice believes in an AncientConspiracy that is plotting to steal everyone's shoes.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice tells someone about her theory, then says that she was just joking, then later admits she only said that in case they were "one of them".
* '''Averted''': Alice does not believe that any conspiracy ever happened anywhere and at any time in History.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice tells someone about her theory, then says that she was just joking, then later admits she only said that in case they were "one of them".
* '''Averted''': Alice does not believe that any conspiracy ever happened anywhere and at any time in History.
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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
** Alice believes in an AncientConspiracy that is plotting to steal everyone's shoes.
** Alice has spent years making popular [=TouYube=] videos ranting about how "They" are silencing her. Not even one of them has ever been removed.
** Alice's theories constantly contradict themselves and each other.
---> '''Alice:''' 9/11 was an inside job! Also, the twin towers never existed!
** Alice's theories are plain absurd and [[ArtisticLicenceHistory constantly get basic historical facts wrong]].
---> '''Alice:''' After the Soviets faked Hitler's death, he went to South America and stayed there for a couple of decades until he decided to move to the US. How did he evade suspicion? [[VoodooShark By dressing up as JFK]], of course! Then he was joined by Elvis, who had also faked his deaths, and Osama bin Laden, and they faked the moon landing together!
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice tellssomeone Bob about her theory, then says that she was just joking, then later admits she only said that in case they were Bob was "one of them".
* '''Averted''': Alice does not believe that any conspiracy ever happened anywhere and at any time inHistory.history.
** Alice believes in an AncientConspiracy that is plotting to steal everyone's shoes.
** Alice has spent years making popular [=TouYube=] videos ranting about how "They" are silencing her. Not even one of them has ever been removed.
** Alice's theories constantly contradict themselves and each other.
---> '''Alice:''' 9/11 was an inside job! Also, the twin towers never existed!
** Alice's theories are plain absurd and [[ArtisticLicenceHistory constantly get basic historical facts wrong]].
---> '''Alice:''' After the Soviets faked Hitler's death, he went to South America and stayed there for a couple of decades until he decided to move to the US. How did he evade suspicion? [[VoodooShark By dressing up as JFK]], of course! Then he was joined by Elvis, who had also faked his deaths, and Osama bin Laden, and they faked the moon landing together!
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice tells
* '''Averted''': Alice does not believe that any conspiracy ever happened anywhere and at any time in
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* '''Deconstructed''': Everyone starts to think that Alice is moronic and mentally unstable.
* '''Reconstructed''': Even if Alice isn't [[ProperlyParanoid proven correct]], her conspiracy theories are never without reason. She spends time doing a lot of research before coming to any conclusions.
* '''Reconstructed''': Even if Alice isn't [[ProperlyParanoid proven correct]], her conspiracy theories are never without reason. She spends time doing a lot of research before coming to any conclusions.
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* '''Played For Drama''': TheConspiracy is revealed to be ''real'', but only to the audience. Will Alice have what it takes to stop it on her own?
* '''Deconstructed''': Everyone starts to think that Alice is moronic and mentally unstable.
* '''Reconstructed''': Even if Alice isn't [[ProperlyParanoid proven correct]], her conspiracy theories are never without reason. She spends time doing a lot of research before coming to any conclusions.
* '''Deconstructed''': Everyone starts to think that Alice is moronic and mentally unstable.
* '''Reconstructed''': Even if Alice isn't [[ProperlyParanoid proven correct]], her conspiracy theories are never without reason. She spends time doing a lot of research before coming to any conclusions.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Drama''':
** TheConspiracy is revealed to be ''real'', but only to the audience. Will Alice have what it takes to stop it on her own?
* '''Deconstructed''': Everyone starts to think that ** Alice is moronic and mentally unstable.
* '''Reconstructed''': Even if Alice isn't [[ProperlyParanoid proven correct]],falsely accuses Charles of being part of an AncientConspiracy, which leads to her conspiracy theories are never without reason. She spends time doing a lot of research before coming to any conclusions.followers harassing him (or [[VigilanteExecution worse]]).
** TheConspiracy is revealed to be ''real'', but only to the audience. Will Alice have what it takes to stop it on her own?
* '''Reconstructed''': Even if Alice isn't [[ProperlyParanoid proven correct]],
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Let me guess, Alice, the rodeo clowns work for the Illuminati?"
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The Illuminati knows that folks like Alice, while correct, are not likely to be credible. So, they plant just enough evidence to make sure everyone knows Alice is the crazy one.
* '''Defied''':???"Never attribute to malice or conspiracy what is better explained by incompetence. If the right hand knew what the left was doing, this crime scene wouldn't have been so sloppy."
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* '''Played For Laughs''': There really is a sinister cabal ruling the world from the shadows; however, its members are all ordinary humans, while Alice insists that they are aliens.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': There really is a sinister cabal ruling the world from the shadows; however, its members are all ordinary humans, while [[WrongGenreSavvy Alice insists that they are aliens.]]
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* '''Zig Zagged''': She was just joking.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': She Alice tells someone about her theory, then says that she was just joking.joking, then later admits she only said that in case they were "one of them".
* '''Played For Laughs''': There really is a sinister cabal ruling the world from the shadows; however, its members are all ordinary humans, while Alice insists that they are aliens.
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* '''Played For Drama''': TheConspiracy is revealed to be ''real'', but only to the audience. Will Alice have what it takes to stop it on her own?
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice believes that everyone and everything in the world is part of some sort of conspiracy, and that all these conspiracies are interconnected.
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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice believes that everyone and everything in the world is part of some sort of conspiracy, and that all these conspiracies are interconnected.
** Alice believes that everyone and everything in the world is part of some sort of conspiracy, and that all these conspiracies are interconnected.
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** These days the line between straight and exaggerated is becoming more and more blurred, as many who believe in said ancient conspiracy do not just believe they are evil and corrupt, they believe the whole world is evil and corrupt. For some it is a valid way of seeing the world, sort of a conscious or self conscious TallPoppySyndrome on a mass scale.
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** Because of how outlandish conspiracy theories can be, Alice is made a conspiracy theorist because they are an [[AcceptableTargets acceptable target]].
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** Because of how outlandish conspiracy theories can be, Alice is made a conspiracy theorist because they are an [[AcceptableTargets acceptable target]].{{acceptable target|s}}.
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* '''Enforced''': The director of the film believes in the conspiracy depicted, and insists that Alice be the same.
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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
** The director of the film believes in the conspiracy depicted, and insists that Alice be thesame.same.
** Because of how outlandish conspiracy theories can be, Alice is made a conspiracy theorist because they are an [[AcceptableTargets acceptable target]].
** The director of the film believes in the conspiracy depicted, and insists that Alice be the
** Because of how outlandish conspiracy theories can be, Alice is made a conspiracy theorist because they are an [[AcceptableTargets acceptable target]].
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* '''Deconstructed''': Everyone starts to think that Alice is moronic and mentally unstable.
* '''Reconstructed''': Even if Alice isn't [[ProperlyParanoid proven correct]], her conspiracy theories are never without reason. She spends time doing a lot of research before coming to any conclusions.
* '''Reconstructed''': Even if Alice isn't [[ProperlyParanoid proven correct]], her conspiracy theories are never without reason. She spends time doing a lot of research before coming to any conclusions.
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* '''Averted''': Alice does not believe in conspiracies other than the ones most people accept.
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* '''Averted''': Alice does not believe that any conspiracy ever happened anywhere and at any time in conspiracies other than the ones most people accept. History.
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* '''Justified''': Alice's private research, or the people she has been associating with, have led her to these views.
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* '''Justified''': Alice's private research, or Historical research has proven to Alice time and again that power conspiracies ''did'' happen in the people she has been associating with, have led her past in pretty much every country of the world. So there's no logical reason to these views. exclude the fact that there may be some currently at work.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice believes that everyone and everything in the world except for her is part of the conspiracy.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice believes that everyone and everything in the world except for her is part of the conspiracy.some sort of conspiracy, and that all these conspiracies are interconnected.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice believes that everyone and everything in the world except for her is out to get her.part of the conspiracy.
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone sees conspiracies behind everything.
* '''Straight''': Alice believes that an AncientConspiracy is still at work, plotting behind the scenes to take control.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice believes that everyone and everything in the world is out to get her.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice believes in a conspiracy that, while not widely believed, is still taken seriously as an alternative view by many people.
* '''Justified''': Alice's private research, or the people she has been associating with, have led her to these views.
* '''Inverted''': Alice rejects conspiracies that are almost universally accepted to have happened.
* '''Subverted''': Alice begins talking about how everything is not how it seems, but then she puts it down to incompetence rather than conspiracy.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...but then she mentions how this is all a front for the ''real'' conspiracy.
* '''Parodied''': Alice believes in an AncientConspiracy that is plotting to steal everyone's shoes.
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* '''Straight''': Alice believes that an AncientConspiracy is still at work, plotting behind the scenes to take control.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice believes that everyone and everything in the world is out to get her.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice believes in a conspiracy that, while not widely believed, is still taken seriously as an alternative view by many people.
* '''Justified''': Alice's private research, or the people she has been associating with, have led her to these views.
* '''Inverted''': Alice rejects conspiracies that are almost universally accepted to have happened.
* '''Subverted''': Alice begins talking about how everything is not how it seems, but then she puts it down to incompetence rather than conspiracy.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...but then she mentions how this is all a front for the ''real'' conspiracy.
* '''Parodied''': Alice believes in an AncientConspiracy that is plotting to steal everyone's shoes.
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* '''Averted''': Alice does not believe in conspiracies other than the ones most people accept.
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