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** Alice ''did'' appear in porn, but she was [[YouWouldMakeAGreatModel tricked into it]] or [[ScarpiaUltimatum coerced into it]], and she was underage; she wasn't a willing participant, but a ''victim''.

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** Alice ''did'' appear in porn, but she was [[YouWouldMakeAGreatModel [[ModelScam tricked into it]] or [[ScarpiaUltimatum coerced into it]], and she was underage; she wasn't a willing participant, but a ''victim''.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice's "embarassing" secret is having [[ClosetGeek cosplayed]] in {{Con}}s, wrote porn fanfics and/or drew hentai fanarts of a very obscure comic series.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice's "embarassing" secret is having cosplayed in [[FanConvention cons]], where she also sold hentai doujins and/or fanarts of [[ClosetGeek cosplayed]] in {{Con}}s, wrote porn fanfics and/or drew hentai fanarts of a very obscure comic series.series]] that [[EvenNerdsHaveStandards even nerds would be embarrassed to admit liking]].

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice admits she used to work for a porn site, on the billing side.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Alice admits she used to work for a porn site, on the billing side.side.
** Alice appears as an extra in the background of a PornWithPlot film, and not even in a sex scene, for like two seconds.



* '''Subverted''': Alice ''did'' appear in porn, but she was [[YouWouldMakeAGreatModel tricked into it]] or [[ScarpiaUltimatum coerced into it]], and she was underage; she wasn't a willing participant, but a ''victim''.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Alice ''did'' appear in porn, but she was [[YouWouldMakeAGreatModel tricked into it]] or [[ScarpiaUltimatum coerced into it]], and she was underage; she wasn't a willing participant, but a ''victim''.



* '''Double Subverted''': Alice says she did it because she was desperate for money.
* '''Parodied''': Alice appears as an {{Extra}} in the background of a PornWithPlot film, and not even in a sex scene, for like two seconds.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Alice says she did it because she claims she's a victim to take away the heat of the stigma. She was desperate really a willing participant partaking it for money.
money.
* '''Parodied''': Alice appears as an {{Extra}} Alice's "embarassing" secret is having [[ClosetGeek cosplayed]] in the background {{Con}}s, wrote porn fanfics and/or drew hentai fanarts of a PornWithPlot film, and not even in a sex scene, for like two seconds. very obscure comic series.
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* '''Basic Trope''': A stock excuse for an actor (or other creator's) OldShame, such as UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}}, low-budget genre films, {{Infomercial}}s, [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer selling drugs]], [[TheOldestProfession prostitution]], [[BestKnownForTheFanservice stripping]], low-budget commercials, etc.

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* '''Basic Trope''': A stock excuse for an actor (or other creator's) OldShame, such as UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}}, low-budget genre films, {{Infomercial}}s, [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer selling drugs]], [[TheOldestProfession prostitution]], [[BestKnownForTheFanservice stripping]], low-budget commercials, etc.
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* '''Basic Trope''': A stock excuse for an actor (or other creator's) OldShame, such as UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}}, low-budget genre films, {{Infomercial}}s, [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer selling drugs]], [[TheOldestProfession prostitution]], [[EveryoneRemembersTheStripper stripping]], low-budget commercials, etc.

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* '''Basic Trope''': A stock excuse for an actor (or other creator's) OldShame, such as UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}}, low-budget genre films, {{Infomercial}}s, [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer selling drugs]], [[TheOldestProfession prostitution]], [[EveryoneRemembersTheStripper [[BestKnownForTheFanservice stripping]], low-budget commercials, etc.
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* '''Basic Trope''': A stock excuse for an actor (or other creator's) OldShame, such as UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}}, low-budget genre films, {{Infomercial}}s, [[TheAgressiveDrugDealer selling drugs]], [[TheOldestProfession prostitution]], [[EveryoneRemembersTheStripper stripping]], low-budget commercials, etc.

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* '''Basic Trope''': A stock excuse for an actor (or other creator's) OldShame, such as UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}}, low-budget genre films, {{Infomercial}}s, [[TheAgressiveDrugDealer [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer selling drugs]], [[TheOldestProfession prostitution]], [[EveryoneRemembersTheStripper stripping]], low-budget commercials, etc.
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* '''Basic Trope''': A stock excuse for an actor (or other creator's) OldShame, such as UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}}, low-budget genre films, {{Infomercial}}s, [[TheAgressiveDrugDealer selling drugs]], [[TheOldestProfession prostitution]], [[EveryoneRemembersTheStripper stripping]], low-budget commercials, etc.
* '''Straight''': Alice, now a big-name actress, has it leaked to the public that she used to do porn. When questioned, she replies that it was a long time ago, she was a nobody, and she was desperate for money. And she's not proud of it, and would rather forget about it.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice was ''directing'' porn at the time, and gives this excuse.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice admits she used to work for a porn site, on the billing side.
* '''Justified''': It takes time to make it big; sometimes, money gets desperate when you're WaitingForABreak, and you'll do ''anything'', even if it's humiliating, stigmatized, or even ''illegal'', just to keep food on the table and a roof over your head.
* '''Inverted''': Alice, a big-name actress [[FormerChildStar since childhood]], becomes a porn star.
* '''Subverted''': Alice ''did'' appear in porn, but she was [[YouWouldMakeAGreatModel tricked into it]] or [[ScarpiaUltimatum coerced into it]], and she was underage; she wasn't a willing participant, but a ''victim''.
** It's not ''porn'', but rather a low-budget KitschyLocalCommercial, or a low-budget SciFi film, or an {{Infomercial}}.
* '''Double Subverted''': Alice says she did it because she was desperate for money.
* '''Parodied''': Alice appears as an {{Extra}} in the background of a PornWithPlot film, and not even in a sex scene, for like two seconds.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice changes her story, depending on who's asking her about her past porn career.
* '''Averted''': Alice did not star in any porn, or do anything else she's ashamed of.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "It was either porn, or homelessness, and I chose porn."
* '''Invoked''': Alice is WaitingForABreak, and moves to LA, where the cost of living is ''insane''. She can barely afford the apartment she lives in, plus the utility and grocery bills. It gets to the point where she's facing eviction, or where she's had her electricity cut off, or where she's ''actually'' been evicted. She takes a job doing porn out of desperation, just until she gets back on her feet.
* '''Exploited''': Alice starts her own porn company, given that she has "experience."
* '''Defied''': Alice refuses to take the job, because she's afraid of what others will think, that it could ruin her career, not to mention she's worried about catching an STD or getting pregnant. She simply moves back in with her parents, perhaps even gives up on her dream of ShowBusiness.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Basic *'''Basic Trope''': A stock excuse for an actor (or other creator's) OldShame, such as UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}}, low-budget genre films, {{Infomercial}}s, [[TheAgressiveDrugDealer selling drugs]], [[TheOldestProfession prostitution]], [[EveryoneRemembersTheStripper stripping]], low-budget commercials, etc.
* '''Straight''': *'''Straight''': Alice, now a big-name actress, has it leaked to the public that she used to do porn. When questioned, she replies that it was a long time ago, she was a nobody, and she was desperate for money. And she's not proud of it, and would rather forget about it.
*'''Exaggerated''': Alice was ''directing'' porn at the time, and gives this excuse.

* '''Exaggerated''': *'''Downplayed''': Alice was ''directing'' admits she used to work for a porn at site, on the time, and gives this excuse.billing side.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice admits she used *'''Justified''': It takes time to work for a porn site, make it big; sometimes, money gets desperate when you're WaitingForABreak, and you'll do ''anything'', even if it's humiliating, stigmatized, or even ''illegal'', just to keep food on the billing side.table and a roof over your head.
* '''Justified''': It takes time to make it big; sometimes, money gets desperate when you're WaitingForABreak, and you'll do ''anything'', even if it's humiliating, stigmatized, or even ''illegal'', just to keep food on the table and *'''Inverted''': Alice, a roof over your head.big-name actress [[FormerChildStar since childhood]], becomes a porn star.
* '''Inverted''': Alice, a big-name actress [[FormerChildStar since childhood]], becomes a porn star.
* '''Subverted''':
*'''Subverted''': Alice ''did'' appear in porn, but she was [[YouWouldMakeAGreatModel tricked into it]] or [[ScarpiaUltimatum coerced into it]], and she was underage; she wasn't a willing participant, but a ''victim''.
** It's not ''porn'', but rather a low-budget KitschyLocalCommercial, or a low-budget SciFi film, or an {{Infomercial}}.
*'''Double Subverted''': Alice says she did it because she was desperate for money.

* '''Double Subverted''': *'''Parodied''': Alice says she did it because she was desperate appears as an {{Extra}} in the background of a PornWithPlot film, and not even in a sex scene, for money.like two seconds.
* '''Parodied''': *'''Zig Zagged''': Alice appears as an {{Extra}} in the background of a PornWithPlot film, and not even in a sex scene, for like two seconds.changes her story, depending on who's asking her about her past porn career.
* '''Zig Zagged''': *'''Averted''': Alice changes her story, depending on who's asking her about her past porn career.did not star in any porn, or do anything else she's ashamed of.
* '''Averted''': Alice did not star in any porn, or do anything else she's ashamed of.
* '''Enforced''':
*'''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': *'''Lampshaded''': "It was either porn, or homelessness, and I chose porn."
* '''Invoked''': *'''Invoked''': Alice is WaitingForABreak, and moves to LA, where the cost of living is ''insane''. She can barely afford the apartment she lives in, plus the utility and grocery bills. It gets to the point where she's facing eviction, or where she's had her electricity cut off, or where she's ''actually'' been evicted. She takes a job doing porn out of desperation, just until she gets back on her feet.
* '''Exploited''': *'''Exploited''': Alice starts her own porn company, given that she has "experience."
* '''Defied''': *'''Defied''': Alice refuses to take the job, because she's afraid of what others will think, that it could ruin her career, not to mention she's worried about catching an STD or getting pregnant. She simply moves back in with her parents, perhaps even gives up on her dream of ShowBusiness.
* '''Discussed''': *'''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': *'''Conversed''': ???
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*'''Basic Trope''': A stock excuse for an actor (or other creator's) OldShame, such as UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}}, low-budget genre films, {{Infomercial}}s, [[TheAgressiveDrugDealer selling drugs]], [[TheOldestProfession prostitution]], [[EveryoneRemembersTheStripper stripping]], low-budget commercials, etc.
*'''Straight''': Alice, now a big-name actress, has it leaked to the public that she used to do porn. When questioned, she replies that it was a long time ago, she was a nobody, and she was desperate for money. And she's not proud of it, and would rather forget about it.
*'''Exaggerated''': Alice was ''directing'' porn at the time, and gives this excuse.
*'''Downplayed''': Alice admits she used to work for a porn site, on the billing side.
*'''Justified''': It takes time to make it big; sometimes, money gets desperate when you're WaitingForABreak, and you'll do ''anything'', even if it's humiliating, stigmatized, or even ''illegal'', just to keep food on the table and a roof over your head.
*'''Inverted''': Alice, a big-name actress [[FormerChildStar since childhood]], becomes a porn star.
*'''Subverted''': Alice ''did'' appear in porn, but she was [[YouWouldMakeAGreatModel tricked into it]] or [[ScarpiaUltimatum coerced into it]], and she was underage; she wasn't a willing participant, but a ''victim''.
** It's not ''porn'', but rather a low-budget KitschyLocalCommercial, or a low-budget SciFi film, or an {{Infomercial}}.
*'''Double Subverted''': Alice says she did it because she was desperate for money.
*'''Parodied''': Alice appears as an {{Extra}} in the background of a PornWithPlot film, and not even in a sex scene, for like two seconds.
*'''Zig Zagged''': Alice changes her story, depending on who's asking her about her past porn career.
*'''Averted''': Alice did not star in any porn, or do anything else she's ashamed of.
*'''Enforced''': ???
*'''Lampshaded''': "It was either porn, or homelessness, and I chose porn."
*'''Invoked''': Alice is WaitingForABreak, and moves to LA, where the cost of living is ''insane''. She can barely afford the apartment she lives in, plus the utility and grocery bills. It gets to the point where she's facing eviction, or where she's had her electricity cut off, or where she's ''actually'' been evicted. She takes a job doing porn out of desperation, just until she gets back on her feet.
*'''Exploited''': Alice starts her own porn company, given that she has "experience."
*'''Defied''': Alice refuses to take the job, because she's afraid of what others will think, that it could ruin her career, not to mention she's worried about catching an STD or getting pregnant. She simply moves back in with her parents, perhaps even gives up on her dream of ShowBusiness.
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???

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