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[[folder:First Type]]
'''Basic Trope''': A character who is of religious faith will believe in anything supernatural.
* '''Straight''': Alice is religious and generally believes in supernatural phenomena like aliens and [=UFOs=].
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice believes in absolutely anything at face value.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is religious, and is somewhat open to the possibility of supernatural phenomena.
* '''Justified''': Both types boil down to this: "If God does(n't) exist(s), what else does(n't) exist(s)?"
* '''Inverted''': Alice believes in a higher power, but steadfastly refuses to believe in supernatural phenomena.
* '''Subverted''': When someone approaches Alice with a ghost story, she brushes them off with "that's a bunch of bunk".
* '''Double Subverted''': ...But she was in front of her church friends and was putting on airs. When she's approached in private, she actively listens and offers her own story.
* '''Parodied''': God appears and says aliens don't exist. Neither of the two believes Him: Alice doesn't believe there can't be aliens, and Bob doesn't believe it was God.

* '''Averted''': Alice is religious but doesn't believe in aliens or [=UFOs=]

* '''Lampshaded''': ???

* '''Conversed''': ???

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
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'''Basic Trope''': A character who is an atheist/agnostic/skeptic won't believe in anything supernatural.
* '''Straight''': Bob is non-religious, and refuses to believe in anything supernatural.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is an uber-skeptic and refuses to believe absolutely anything without a mountain of proof.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob is non-religious and believes various paranormal stories, but refuses to take a side on whether it's supernatural or mundane without more proof.
* '''Justified''': Both types boil down to this: "If God does(n't) exist, what else does(n't) exist(s)?"
* '''Inverted''': Bob is willing to believe in anything except the existence of a higher power.
* '''Subverted''': When someone approaches Bob with a ghost story, he listens in and offers his own story.
* '''Double Subverted''': At the end of his ghost story, Bob laughs and says "you didn't think I was being serious, did you?"
* '''Parodied''': God appears and says aliens don't exist. Neither of the two believes Him: Alice doesn't believe there can't be aliens, and Bob doesn't believe it was God.
* '''Zig Zagged''': One character switches from second-type instance to first-type and back in different scenes.
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
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* '''Justified''': Both types boil down to this: "If God exists, what else does exists?"

* '''Justified''': Both types boil down to this: "If God doesn't exist, what else doesn't exist?"

* '''Justified''': Both types boil down to this: "If God (doesn't) exist(s), what else does(n't) exist(s)?"

* '''Justified''': Both types boil down to this: "If God (doesn't) exist(s), what else does(n't) exist(s)?"

* '''Averted''': ???

'''Basic Trope''': ''First Type'': A character who is of religious faith will believe in anything supernatural.
''Second Type'': A character who is an atheist/agnostic/skeptic won't believe in anything supernatural.
* '''Straight''':
** '''First Type''': Alice is religious and generally believes in supernatural phenomena like aliens and [=UFOs=].
** '''Second Type''': Bob is non-religious, and refuses to believe in anything supernatural.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** '''First Type''': Alice believes in absolutely anything at face value.
** '''Second Type''': Bob is an uber-skeptic and refuses to believe absolutely anything without a mountain of proof.
* '''Downplayed''':
** '''First Type''': Alice is religious, and is somewhat open to the possibility of supernatural phenomena.
** '''Second Type''': Bob is non-religious and believes various paranormal stories, but refuses to take a side on whether it's supernatural or mundane without more proof.

* '''Inverted''':
** '''First Type''': Alice believes in a higher power, but steadfastly refuses to believe in supernatural phenomena.
** '''Second Type''': Bob is willing to believe in anything except the existence of a higher power.
* '''Subverted''':
** '''First Type''': When someone approaches Alice with a ghost story, she brushes them off with "that's a bunch of bunk".
** '''Second Type''': When someone approaches Bob with a ghost story, he listens in and offers his own story.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** '''First Type''': ...But she was in front of her church friends and was putting on airs. When she's approached in private, she actively listens and offers her own story.
** '''Second Type''': At the end of his ghost story, Bob laughs and says "you didn't think I was being serious, did you?"

* '''Zig Zagged''': One character switches from Alice's position to Bob's and back in different scenes.
* '''Averted''': Both characters have certain things they believe and don't believe.

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** '''Second Type''': Bob is a skeptic but is willing to believe in anything except the existence of a higher power.