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** Alice says "Yay, interjection: denotes joy."

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* '''Subverted''': Alice says "Yay.... YAY! WHOOPEE! HOORAY!"

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Alice says "Yay.... YAY! WHOOPEE! HOORAY!"HOORAY!"
** Alice says "Yay hruthi sprithol, Dergan." which means (approx.) "That will do, Dergan."
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** Bob just said "[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail And there was much rejoicing]]" and Alice is providing the follow-up line.
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** Alice is autistic or has another condition that causes her to have a flat affect.
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** Alice is exhausted from the heat; that's as happy as she can be.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "That didn't sound very enthusiastic"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "That didn't sound very enthusiastic"enthusiastic."



* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Alice makes sure to ''always'' express herself sincerely and fully.

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HappinessIsMandatory and someone who dislikes Alice makes her tendency to do this known, to make her look bad.
* '''Defied''': Alice makes sure to ''always'' makes sure to express herself sincerely and fully.



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* '''Defied''': Alice makes sure to ''always'' express herself sincerely.

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* '''Defied''': Alice makes sure to ''always'' express herself sincerely.sincerely and fully.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Bob stops being friends with Alice as he can never tell if she is happy, making it hard to hang out with her.
* '''Reconstructed''': They hang out with a mind-reader.



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* '''Played for Drama''':???Drama''':???

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'''Basic Trope''': A character expresses joy in a flat voice.
* '''Straight''': Alice says "yay" in a monotone.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice does a happy speech all in a monotone.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice does only a very slightly enthusiastic "yay!"
* '''Justified''':
** Alice is being insincere.
** Alice is an alien who can ''only'' speak in a monotone.
** Alice is TheStoic
** Alice is only slightly happy.
** Alice is quoting Bob.
** Alice is acting, and is a bad actress.
** Alice is a robot trying to be happy.
* '''Inverted''': Alice expresses sadness in a monotone, or she expresses something mundane in a joyful voice.
* '''Subverted''': Alice says "Yay.... YAY! WHOOPEE! HOORAY!"
* '''Double Subverted''': and then goes back to a monotone "Sorry about that, um, yay?"
* '''Parodied''': Alice is ThePollyanna, but with a CreepyMonotone.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice is happy and flips between using a monotone and using a very happy voice.
* '''Averted''': Everyone in the show expresses emotions normally, or nobody in the set ''has'' emotions.
* '''Enforced''': The writers want to show TheStoic Alice be happy or else she'd seem unsympathetic, but they did not want her to be out of character.
* '''Lampshaded''': "That didn't sound very enthusiastic"
* '''Invoked''': Bob does something TheStoic Alice really likes.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Alice makes sure to ''always'' express herself sincerely.
* '''Discussed''': "It's so hard to tell if Alice is happy. She never ''sounds'' happy."
* '''Conversed''': "Some characters just don't sound happy."
* '''Implied''': Alice claps her hands slowly or smiles slightly.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob stops being friends with Alice as he can never tell if she is happy, making it hard to hang out with her.
* '''Reconstructed''': They hang out with a mind-reader.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice is TheComicallySerious.
* '''Played for Drama''':???

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