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** The people Ivy went after were genuinely terrible people, with their actions causing genuine mass damage to the environment and potentially even other humans, leaving Ivy no choice but to retaliate.

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** The people Ivy went after were genuinely terrible people, with their actions causing genuine mass damage to the environment and potentially even other humans, leaving Ivy no choice but to [[ApologeticAttacker reluctantly]] retaliate.

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* '''Justified''': Ivy Greenberg has been unable to achieve results through non-violent methods and believes that destroying property and harming the people who don't see things her way is the only way she'll be able to get everyone to listen.

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Ivy Greenberg has been unable to achieve results through non-violent methods and believes that destroying property and harming the people who don't see things her way is the only way she'll be able to get everyone to listen.listen.
** The people Ivy went after were genuinely terrible people, with their actions causing genuine mass damage to the environment and potentially even other humans, leaving Ivy no choice but to retaliate.
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* '''Straight''': Ivy Greenberg combats deforestation by committing acts of arson on land development companies that are known to cut down trees to make room for the buildings they're contracted to construct.

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* '''Straight''': Ivy Greenberg Greenberg, a MadScientist, combats deforestation by committing acts of arson on land development companies that are known to cut down trees to make room for the buildings they're contracted to construct.



** Ivy Greenberg murders everyone she sees as not being ecologically sound.

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** EvilutionaryBiologist Ivy Greenberg murders everyone she sees as not being ecologically sound.
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** Ivy Greenberg is presented as an eco-terrorist but is revealed to be framed by a company or the government for protesting against an ecocidal project.
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* '''Invoked''': Ivy Greenberg cracks upon discovering that little is being done to combat the environmental damage doing on and decides she has no recourse but to take matters into her own hands.

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* '''Invoked''': Ivy Greenberg cracks upon discovering that little is being done to combat the environmental damage doing going on and decides she has no recourse but to take matters into her own hands.

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* '''Inverted''': A terrorist who has the goal of forcing everyone to abandon ecologically sound practices.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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A terrorist who has the goal of forcing everyone to abandon ecologically sound practices.practices.
** EcocidalAntagonist
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* '''Justified''': Ivy Greenberg has been able to achieve results through non-violent methods and believes that destroying property and harming the people who don't see things her way is the only way she'll be able to get everyone to listen.

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* '''Justified''': Ivy Greenberg has been able unable to achieve results through non-violent methods and believes that destroying property and harming the people who don't see things her way is the only way she'll be able to get everyone to listen.
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* '''Parodied''': Ivy's favored tactic is to leave a BurningBackOfPoop at the front door of the CEO of the company responsible for harming the environment.

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* '''Parodied''': Ivy's favored tactic is to leave a BurningBackOfPoop BurningBagOfPoop at the front door of the CEO of the company responsible for harming the environment.

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* '''Downplayed''': Ivy Greenberg doesn't so anything more severe than send threats to people and organizations persuading them to be more environmentally conscious.

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* '''Downplayed''': Ivy Greenberg doesn't so do anything more severe than send sending threats to people and organizations persuading them to be more environmentally conscious.



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* '''Subverted''':
'''Subverted''': Ivy Greenberg claims that her statement that ToxicInc will "burn" was just a figure of speech.
* '''Double Subverted''':
Subverted''': While Ivy had no intention of committing arson, she's still fine with destroying the company using explosives.
* '''Parodied''': Ivy's favored tactic is to leave a BurningBackOfPoop at the front door of the CEO of the company responsible for harming the environment.



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* '''Discussed''':
'''Discussed''': "I'm totally with Ivy on not polluting the environment and all that jazz, but I strongly disagree with her stance that those not heeding her advice deserve to die for it."
* '''Conversed''':
'''Conversed''': "Why do characters who care enough about the environment to do something always resort to extremist methods?"
* '''Implied''':
'''Implied''': Ivy is mentioned to have served time in prison for her actions against an eco-unfriendly company, stating that what she did was WorthIt.
* '''Deconstructed''':
'''Deconstructed''': Ivy Greenberg's acts of terrorism deter people from her cause and create the perception that those trying to warn about climate change and overconsumption are lunatics who are out-of-touch with humanity.
* '''Reconstructed''':
'''Reconstructed''': More sensible environmentalists are able to make their voices heard without resorting to Ivy's methods and make it clear that she does not represent everyone who wants to prevent destruction of the planet.
* '''Played For Laughs''':
* '''Played For Drama''':
Drama''': Ivy's friends and loved ones end up getting harmed in the crossfire of her eco-terrorist crimes.
* '''Played For Horror:''' Ivy Greenberg's insanity worsens to the point that she causes harm to fellow environmentalists due to seeing them as being just as bad as the polluters and ultimately decides to cause an EarthShatteringKaboom to end humanity's damaging of the environment and invoke a MercyKill on what undamaged flora and fauna remains.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character who commits acts of terrorism under the goal of forcing people to stop doing things that are harmful to the environment.
* '''Straight''': Ivy Greenberg combats deforestation by committing acts of arson on land development companies that are known to cut down trees to make room for the buildings they're contracted to construct.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Ivy Greenberg murders everyone she sees as not being ecologically sound.
** Ivy Greenberg [[MisanthropeSupreme has such a low view on humanity]] for their crimes against the environment that she feels the only solution is to wipe out all human life.
* '''Downplayed''': Ivy Greenberg doesn't so anything more severe than send threats to people and organizations persuading them to be more environmentally conscious.
* '''Justified''': Ivy Greenberg has been able to achieve results through non-violent methods and believes that destroying property and harming the people who don't see things her way is the only way she'll be able to get everyone to listen.
* '''Inverted''': A terrorist who has the goal of forcing everyone to abandon ecologically sound practices.
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* '''Double Subverted''':
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zig Zagged''': Ivy Greenberg doesn't always resort to acts of violence and is willing to take a less brutal approach if she is convinced that the present problem can be solved without getting anyone hurt.
* '''Averted''': Either no terrorists are doing what they're doing to save the planet, or no eco-activists resort to acts of terrorism.
* '''Enforced''': "Let's have an eco-terrorist as the villain. These stories are far more interesting when the bad guy has motives that aren't exactly wrong and easy for the audience to sympathize with".
* '''Lampshaded''': "I get it, Ivy. You care about the environment, but is getting people killed over it really going to make a difference?"
* '''Invoked''': Ivy Greenberg cracks upon discovering that little is being done to combat the environmental damage doing on and decides she has no recourse but to take matters into her own hands.
* '''Exploited''': The {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s use Ivy's terrorist attacks as an excuse to deflect their critics calling them out on their ecocidal practices as also being dangerous maniacs who shouldn't be taken seriously.
* '''Defied''': Ivy Greenberg doesn't resort to acts of terrorism, considering that going that route would do more harm than good to her cause.
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* '''Played For Laughs''':
* '''Played For Drama''':
* '''Played For Horror:'''
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