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* '''Exaggerated''': Ballet everywhere is portrayed like a creepy cult.
* '''Downplayed''': The naturally unsettling parts of ballet are frankly portrayed, but not PlayedForHorror.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Ballet everywhere is portrayed like a creepy cult.
All ballet dancers are completely obsessed with self-image, are skeleton-thin and are brutally murdering each other left and right in plain sight to get the roles that they want.
* '''Downplayed''': The naturally unsettling parts of ballet are frankly portrayed, like what ballet dancers do to their feet while on pointe, but not PlayedForHorror.



* '''Subverted''': Alice the ballerina has a creepy smile on her face as the movie fades in to show her on the stage...but it turns out that she's dancing the part of a villain.

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* '''Subverted''': Alice the ballerina has a creepy smile on her face as the movie fades in to show her on the stage...stage, but it turns out that she's dancing the part of a villain.



* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Alice is an edgy angsty teenage goth girl who carries around a fake knife, threatening to murder her fellow ballet dancers.



* '''Averted''': Ballet is portrayed as graceful and innocent.

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* '''Averted''': [[DaintyLittleBalletDancers Ballet is portrayed as graceful and innocent.]]
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'''Basic Trope''': Twisting the innocence and femininity of ballet to unnerve.
* '''Straight''': Alice the ballerina has inflicted WeightLossHorror on herself and caused accidents to happen to rivals so that she can remain the prima ballerina.
* '''Exaggerated''': Ballet everywhere is portrayed like a creepy cult.
* '''Downplayed''': The naturally unsettling parts of ballet are frankly portrayed, but not PlayedForHorror.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': Alice the ballerina has a creepy smile on her face as the movie fades in to show her on the stage...but it turns out that she's dancing the part of a villain.
* '''Double Subverted''':...a part she got by causing an accident to happen to the original choice.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''ZigZagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Ballet is portrayed as graceful and innocent.
* '''Enforced''': The author is increasing the horror of already-unsettling aspects of ballet to make a point.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': The villain is a ballerina and intentionally makes her dancing creepy.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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Sugarplum fairy? [[CreepyBallet More like sugarplum SCARY!]]
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