History PlayingWith / Flanderization

** There are now LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, and Alice's political activism is the main trait setting her apart from the rest of the characters and the only thing worth showing.

'''Basic Trope''': A character trait or traits become the character's main facet over time.

'''Basic Trope''': A character trait becomes exaggerated over time.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice's characterization varies DependingOnTheWriter.

** Alice's political activism, her most defining trait early on, becomes less and less important as the rest of her personality becomes more prominent. In later seasons, references to it become extremely rare and relegated to offhand remarks.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Alice gets subjected to Flanderization along with several other characters because ''AliceAndBob'' is a [[StealthParody disguised parody and commentary]] on various [[BadWritingIndex Bad Writing Tropes]].

** Alice has a [[FreudianExcuse only became a radical pro-choice extremist]] when strict abortion laws in her country forced her to go to a BackAlleyDoctor to terminate her pregnancy, resulting in a severe infection and later a hysterectomy, or she only started protesting against police brutality and institutionalized racism every chance she gets when her BlackBestFriend was shot and killed by the police over a gross misunderstanding where he was wrongly suspected to be an armed drug dealer.

** There are now LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, and Alice's political activism is the main trait setting her apart from the rest of the characters and the only thing worth showing

** Alice underwent a case of SanitySlippage

** Alternately, Alice has a quirk that vanishes, and the rest of her personality becomes more prominent.

** Alice underwent a SanitySlippage

** [[WriterOnBoard The author]] wants to use Alice [[SoapboxSadie to express]] [[AuthorAvatar his or her political views]], or to [[StrawCharacter discredit those her or she is against]].

** Alice's co-star Bob [[WhatTheHellHero gets fed up]] with Alice's obsession with political activism and laments the days when she had other traits as well.
** Alice has a FreudianExcuse: for example, she only became a radical pro-choice extremist when strict abortion laws in her country forced her to go to a BackAlleyDoctor to terminate her pregnancy, resulting in a severe infection and later a hysterectomy, or she only started protesting against police brutality and institutionalized racism every chance she gets when her BlackBestFriend was shot and killed by the police over a gross misunderstanding where he was wrongly suspected to be an armed drug dealer.

** Alice becomes increasingly defined [[WarIsHell by her despair and bitterness]] as she [[UsefulNotes/WorldWar1 tends to the wounded in the trenches of]] [[StealthPun Flanders, Belgium]].

** [[AuthorOnBoard The author]] wants to use Alice [[SoapboxSadie to express]] [[AuthorAvatar his or her political views]], or to [[StrawCharacter discredit those her or she is against]].

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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

** The work is a commentary on how Political Activism takes over peoples lives and makes them become more and more extreme

* '''Parodied''': Alice goes from a well-defined character to a one-note political activist in the span of one ''episode''.

** Alice has a FreudianExcuse: she only became a radical pro-choice extremist when strict abortion laws in her country forced her to go to a BackAlleyDoctor to terminate her pregnancy, resulting in a severe infection and later a hysterectomy.

** Alice becomes a crazed political activist with [[CharacterDerailment little to no explanation]].

** Alice don't go through flanderization at all, but everyone thinks she does.
** All of Alice's personality are flanderized to the point where she became really weird.

** All of a character's personalities are exaggerated [[UpToEleven TO THE MAX!!!]]

** This mischaracterization causes two things: first, the people who didn't define with Alice's political activism are now uninterested by her; second, the people who ''did'' enjoy Alice's political activism now find that it's being pushed down their throats. As a result, both groups stop watching.
** In-universe example: Alice's co-star Bob [[WhatTheHellHero gets fed up]] with Alice's obsession with political activism and laments the days when she had other traits as well.

* '''Reconstructed''':
** As a result of an AuthorsSavingThrow, Alice's old personality is revived and her popularity is reborn.
** Alternatively: The new Flanderized character of Alice becomes incredibly popular since the trait that is now her only trait was the only trait that viewers remembered anyway, and they felt that her other traits only distracted from the brilliance of the dominant trait.
** Alice explains to Bob that a vote on a particular issue she cares about is coming up, and since she's a member of a political activist group based on that issue, she can't stop thinking about it until the vote is over. Once that's done, she goes back to being a more nuanced person.

* '''Straight''': Alice is a character on ''{{Alice and Bob}}'': she's well-rounded, but her most defining trait is her political activism. In later seasons, all facets of her character are drowned out to where the political activism is all that remains of her characterization.

** The author wants to use Alice as a [[AuthorAvatar mouth]][[SoapboxSadie piece]] or a {{straw|Character}}man.

** Alice goes from a basic character who occasionally mentions the president to going to a crazy political activist who yells at anyone who doesn't agree with her side.

** The freaking entire ''{{Alice and Bob}}'' series, originally a lighthearted political satire, soon ends up as a blatant piece of propaganda with {{Straw Character}}s built all over the place to attack various political, religious, and ethnic groups.

* '''Averted''': Alice's characterization isn't narrowed.

** The author want to use Alice as a [[AuthorAvatar mouth]][[SoapboxSadie piece]] or a {{straw|Character}}man.

** As a result of an AuthorsSavingThrow, Alice's popularity is reborn.
** Alternatively: The new flanderized character of Alice becomes incredibly popular since the trait that is now her only trait was the only trait that viewers remembered anyway and felt that her other traits only distracted from the brilliance of the dominant trait.

%%* '''Implied''': ???

** Alice also starts appearing less

** Alice becomes a crazed political activist with [CharacterDerailmentlittle to no explanation].

** Alice becomes a crazed political activist with [CharacterDerailment little to no explanation].