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** Alice is terrified of ''all'' animals from invertebrates (even sea sponges!) all the way up to non-human primates, not ''just'' mice.

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** Alice is terrified of ''all'' animals animals, from invertebrates (even sea sponges!) all the way up to non-human primates, not ''just'' mice.



** Even if the mouse is normal-sized, Alice herself is [[{{Lilliputians}} small enough to be eaten by a mouse]].

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** Even if though the mouse is normal-sized, Alice herself is [[{{Lilliputians}} small enough to be eaten by a mouse]].
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** The mouse sees Alice and runs away in fear.

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** The mouse sees Alice Alice, squeaks, and runs away in fear.
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** Alice is a GiantWoman who is scared of normal people.
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* '''Played for Laughs''': A mouse [[SquirrelsInMyPants crawls into Alice's pant legging,]] [[ColossusClimb climbs up her leg,]] [[SquirrelsInMyPants and eventually crawls around inside of her shirt.]] Meanwhile, this all causes Alice to start [[AccidentalTickleTorture squirming, fidgeting, giggling, and laughing uncontrollably.]]
* '''Played for Drama''': During her encounter with a mouse, the creature actually bites Alice. She goes to the doctor as a precaution and discovers that she has indeed contracted Rabies (one of the Justified reasons listed above).

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* '''Subverted''':
** Alice has a pet mouse.
** Alice scoops the mouse up in a plastic cup and gently lets it go outside.
** Alice sees the mouse and goes back to washing the counter, as if it wasn't there.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** She's fine with the pet mouse, but a non-pet mouse running across the kitchen floor is not OK.
** She puts rodent poison around the foundation to make sure it won't come back again.
** Her daughter Carol screams as it runs into her room.

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* '''Subverted''':
**
'''Subverted''': Alice has a pet mouse.
** Alice scoops
screeches at the mouse up in sight of a plastic cup and gently lets it go outside.
** Alice sees the mouse and goes back to washing the counter, as if it wasn't there.
mouse, because she just stubbed her toe.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** She's fine with
Subverted''': The very reason she stubbed her toe was that she was distracted by her fear of the pet mouse, but a non-pet mouse running across the kitchen floor is not OK.
** She puts rodent poison around the foundation to make sure it won't come back again.
** Her daughter Carol screams as it runs into her room.
mouse.
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** Alice herself is a mouse.

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'''Basic Trope''': [[AlwaysFemale Women]] are terrified of mice.

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'''Basic Trope''': [[AlwaysFemale Women]] People are terrified of mice.



* '''Gender Inverted''': Bob sees a mouse run across the kitchen floor. He gets up on a chair and starts {{scream|sLikeALittleGirl}}ing.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is terrified of ''all'' animals from invertebrates (even sea sponges!) all the way up to non-human primates, not ''just'' mice.
* '''Downplayed''': Seeing a mouse makes Alice momentarily unnerved, but she regains her composure and kills it or drives it away before too long.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice is terrified when she sees [[SwarmOfRats a swarm of mice]] getting out from that MouseHole.
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Alice is terrified of ''all'' animals from invertebrates (even sea sponges!) all the way up to non-human primates, not ''just'' mice.
* '''Downplayed''': Seeing a mouse makes Alice momentarily unnerved, but she regains her composure and kills it with a MouseTrap or drives it away before too long.

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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Seeing a mouse makes Alice momentarily unnerved, but she regains her composure and kills it or drives it away before too long.



** The mouse that ran across Alice's kitchen was 3 feet tall and had fangs.

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** The mouse that ran across Alice's kitchen was 3 three feet tall and had fangs. fangs.
** Even if the mouse is normal-sized, Alice herself is [[{{Lilliputians}} small enough to be eaten by a mouse]].



* '''Gender Inverted''': Bob sees a mouse run across the kitchen floor. He gets up on a chair and starts [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl screaming]].

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* '''Gender Inverted''': Bob sees a mouse run across the kitchen floor. He gets up on a chair and starts [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl screaming]]. {{scream|sLikeALittleGirl}}ing.



** Her daughter screams as it runs into her room.
* '''Parodied''': [[HopelessWithTech Alice]] is cowering in fear of a ''computer'' mouse.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some women are afraid of mice, others are not.

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** Her daughter Carol screams as it runs into her room.
room.
* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
**
[[HopelessWithTech Alice]] is cowering in fear of a ''computer'' mouse.
mouse.
** Alice has no fear of any animal but mice.
* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''':
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Some women are afraid of mice, others are not. not.
** Alice starts fretting when she sees a mouse running across the floor, but then she remembers her family's pet mouse. But the next time she looks at that spot on the floor, there are two mice -- one is the pet but the other [[IdenticalStranger looks like a carbon copy of it]], and she's torn by uncertainty over which is which.



* '''Lampshaded''': "EekAMouse, kill it!"
* '''Invoked''': Alice sees a mouse running across the floor.
* '''Exploited''': A KitschyLocalCommercial for a pest-control service uses this trope.
* '''Defied''': Alice scoops it out and takes it outside, no fuss.

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* '''Lampshaded''': "EekAMouse, kill "EekAMouse Kill it!"
* '''Invoked''': Alice sees a mouse running across the floor.
floor.
* '''Exploited''': A KitschyLocalCommercial for a pest-control service uses this trope.
trope.
* '''Defied''': Alice scoops it out up and takes it outside, no fuss. fuss.



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* '''Basic Trope''': [[AlwaysFemale Women]] are terrified of mice.

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* '''Basic Trope''': [[AlwaysFemale Women]] are terrified of mice.



* '''Justified''': Mice carry diseases; Alice doesn't want that in her home.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Mice carry diseases; Alice doesn't want that in her home.



* '''Inverted''': The mouse sees Alice and runs away in fear.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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The mouse sees Alice and runs away in fear.



* '''Subverted''': Alice has a pet mouse.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Alice has a pet mouse.



* '''Double Subverted''': She's fine with the pet mouse, but a non-pet mouse running across the kitchen floor is not OK.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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She's fine with the pet mouse, but a non-pet mouse running across the kitchen floor is not OK.



* '''Averted''': Alice is OK with mice.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Alice is OK with mice.



* '''Conversed''': "Ugh, it's so sexist to assume that Alice is deathly afraid of mice just because she's a woman!"

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* '''Conversed''': "Ugh, it's so sexist to assume that Alice is deathly afraid of mice just because she's a woman!"woman!"
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*'''Basic Trope''': [[AlwaysFemale Women]] are terrified of mice.
*'''Straight''': Alice sees a mouse run across the kitchen floor. She gets up on a chair and starts screaming.
*'''Exaggerated''': Alice is terrified of ''all'' animals from invertebrates (even sea sponges!) all the way up to non-human primates, not ''just'' mice.
*'''Downplayed''': ???
*'''Justified''': Mice carry diseases; Alice doesn't want that in her home.
** Alice had a traumatic experience with a mouse.
** The mouse that ran across Alice's kitchen was 3 feet tall and had fangs.
*'''Inverted''': The mouse sees Alice and runs away in fear.
** Alice goes towards the mouse, offers it a piece of [[StockAnimalDiet cheese]], and makes it her newest pet.
*'''Gender Inverted''': Bob sees a mouse run across the kitchen floor. He gets up on a chair and starts [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl screaming]].
*'''Subverted''': Alice has a pet mouse.
** Alice scoops the mouse up in a plastic cup and gently lets it go outside.
** Alice sees the mouse and goes back to washing the counter, as if it wasn't there.
*'''Double Subverted''': She's fine with the pet mouse, but a non-pet mouse running across the kitchen floor is not OK.
** She puts rodent poison around the foundation to make sure it won't come back again.
** Her daughter screams as it runs into her room.
*'''Parodied''': [[HopelessWithTech Alice]] is cowering in fear of a ''computer'' mouse.
*'''Zig Zagged''': Some women are afraid of mice, others are not.
*'''Averted''': Alice is OK with mice.
** Mice don't exist in this setting.
*'''Enforced''': WomenAreDelicate, HystericalWoman
*'''Lampshaded''': "EekAMouse, kill it!"
*'''Invoked''': Alice sees a mouse running across the floor.
*'''Exploited''': A KitschyLocalCommercial for a pest-control service uses this trope.
*'''Defied''': Alice scoops it out and takes it outside, no fuss.
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': "Ugh, it's so sexist to assume that Alice is deathly afraid of mice just because she's a woman!"

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