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'''Basic Trope''': A character has an allergy that contradicts some aspect of themselves.
* '''Straight''':
** Steve is a baker who regularly makes nut products and has nuts as his TrademarkFavoriteFood, despite being allergic to nuts himself.
** Steve is a FunnyAnimal squirrel with a nut allergy, despite nuts being part of squirrels' StockAnimalDiet.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Steve has a potentially lethal allergy to nuts, despite working with them every day.
** Steve has an AbnormalAllergy to baking itself.
** Steve is somehow allergic to ''himself''.
* '''Downplayed''': Steve has a mild intolerance for nuts, despite enjoying many varieties of nuts.
* '''Justified''':
** Steve became a baker before he found out that he had a nut allergy.
** Steve developed a nut allergy later in life.
** Catherine the cat is lactose intolerant, despite milk being a part of cats' StockAnimalDiet. However, this is actually TruthInTelevision -- many adult mammals really ''are'' lactose intolerant.
* '''Inverted''': Steve is allergic to [[DoesNotLikeSpam his least favorite food]].
* '''Subverted''':
** It turns out that Steve doesn't really have a nut allergy -- he just [[DoesNotLikeSpam dislikes nuts]] and claims he's allergic so he doesn't have to eat them.
** Steve claims he has a nut allergy... but then he's seen eating peanuts.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** But then Steve develops a nut allergy later in his life.
** Steve really ''does'' have a nut allergy. However, he can still eat peanuts, because peanuts aren't actually true nuts, but legumes.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Steve is only allergic to some kinds of nuts.
* '''Averted''':
** Steve doesn't have any allergies.
** None of Steve's allergies contradict him.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''':
** Upon finding out that he's allergic to nuts, Steve stops eating them and quits his job as a baker.
** Steve undergoes medical treatment in order to prevent him from having an allergic reaction.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''':
** "Steve the squirrel from that one cartoon is allergic to nuts... how does that poor guy live?" "Squirrels are omnivores, maybe he mostly eats seeds."
** "If Steve is allergic to nuts... [[FridgeLogic how come he works in a job where he has to make nut products]]?!" "Maybe he found out he was allergic sometime ''after'' getting the job, or he developed the allergy later in life."
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