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** Alice likes keeping her past a secret and trolling others about it.

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** [[DarkAndTroubledPast Alice doesn't want to talk about her past]].

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** [[DarkAndTroubledPast Alice doesn't want to talk about her past]].past.]]



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** Alice has been famous for several decades, but all biographies of her start with several chapters' worth of blank pages -- the content only covers the last few years of her life.
** Her backstory is ([[TakeOurWordForIt implied to be]]) shown or told, but is always bleeped out, censored, or cut off by liberal use of {{Sound Effect Bleep}}s, {{Hard Cut}}s, and even KilledMidSentence.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???'''Zig-Zagged''': Alice starts with one SecretKeeper to whom she relates her full history, but only reveals whatever happens to be necessary at the time to whomever else she meets. She tries to give the others only isolated facts and hopes they don't meet and connect all the facts to the same person.



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* '''Exploited''': ???Alice becomes TheSpook: having no history for her enemies to draw upon, she can operate as secretively as possible.



* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???"Another mysterious friend, eh? Bob, you attract them like magnets."



* '''Played For Drama''': DarkAndTroubledPast.

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* '''Played For for Drama''': DarkAndTroubledPast.DarkAndTroubledPast.
* '''Implied''': Every member of Bob's team tells the others about their personal history when they all meet, except Alice.



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** [[DarkAndTroubledPast Alice doesn't want to talk about her past.]]

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** [[DarkAndTroubledPast Alice doesn't want to talk about her past.]]past]].



* '''Double Subverted''': ...But not the other characters or the audience.

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* '''Double Subverted''': ...But not the other characters or and/or the audience.
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**Alice has to keep her past a secret for some reason.

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* '''Straight''': Alice only occasionally mentions her past, mostly referring to NoodleIncidents.

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* '''Straight''': Alice only occasionally mentions her past, mostly referring to NoodleIncidents.{{Noodle Incident}}s.



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%%* '''Untwisted''': ???

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* '''Straight''': Bob only occasionally mentions his past, mostly referring to {{Noodle Incident}}s.

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* '''Straight''': Bob Alice only occasionally mentions his her past, mostly referring to {{Noodle Incident}}s.NoodleIncidents.



** Bob's past is not only mysterious, but also internally inconsistent as the writers {{retcon}} it in every episode.
** Bob never mentions anything about his past, not even cryptic NoodleIncident-related stories.
* '''Downplayed''': Some aspects of Bob's past are known, but he never mentions what his family was like.

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** Bob's Alice's past is not only mysterious, but also internally inconsistent as the writers {{retcon}} it in every episode.
** Bob Alice never mentions anything about his her past, not even cryptic NoodleIncident-related stories.
* '''Downplayed''': Some aspects of Bob's Alice's past are known, but he she never mentions what his her family was like.



** [[DarkAndTroubledPast Bob doesn't want to talk about his past.]]
** No one cares to ask Bob about his past.

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** [[DarkAndTroubledPast Bob Alice doesn't want to talk about his her past.]]
** No one cares to ask Bob Alice about his her past.



** Bob's past is described in great detail.
** In a setting involving predictions about the future, Bob's future is mysterious.
* '''Subverted''': Bob tells Alice about his past.

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** Bob's Alice's past is described in great detail.
** In a setting involving predictions about the future, Bob's Alice's future is mysterious.
* '''Subverted''': Bob Alice tells Alice Bob about his her past.



* '''Averted''': Nothing about Bob's past is mysterious.
* '''Enforced''': "We need Bob to be a dark and shady character. Whatever you do, don't give details about Bob's past."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Bob sure is shady. I wonder if he has a DarkAndTroubledPast?"
* '''Invoked''': Bob decides to keep his past a secret.

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* '''Averted''': Nothing about Bob's Alice's past is mysterious.
* '''Enforced''': "We need Bob Alice to be a dark and shady character. Whatever you do, don't give details about Bob's Alice's past."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Bob "Alice sure is shady. I wonder if he she has a DarkAndTroubledPast?"
* '''Invoked''': Bob Alice decides to keep his her past a secret.



* '''Defied''': Bob tells everyone about his past.

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* '''Defied''': Bob Alice tells everyone about his her past.



* '''Played For Drama''': DarkAndTroubledPast

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* '''Played For Drama''': DarkAndTroubledPastDarkAndTroubledPast.



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** Bob never mentions anything about his past, not even cryptic NoodleIncident-related phrases.

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** Bob never mentions anything about his past, not even cryptic NoodleIncident-related phrases.stories.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's past is not only mysterious, but also internally inconsistent as the writers {{retcon}} it in every episode.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Bob's past is not only mysterious, but also internally inconsistent as the writers {{retcon}} it in every episode.episode.
** Bob never mentions anything about his past, not even cryptic NoodleIncident-related phrases.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character's past is hinted at but never fully revealed.
* '''Straight''': Bob only occasionally mentions his past, mostly referring to {{Noodle Incident}}s.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's past is not only mysterious, but also internally inconsistent as the writers {{retcon}} it in every episode.
* '''Downplayed''': Some aspects of Bob's past are known, but he never mentions what his family was like.
* '''Justified''':
** [[DarkAndTroubledPast Bob doesn't want to talk about his past.]]
** No one cares to ask Bob about his past.
* '''Inverted''':
** Bob's past is described in great detail.
** In a setting involving predictions about the future, Bob's future is mysterious.
* '''Subverted''': Bob tells Alice about his past.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...But not the other characters or the audience.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Nothing about Bob's past is mysterious.
* '''Enforced''': "We need Bob to be a dark and shady character. Whatever you do, don't give details about Bob's past."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Bob sure is shady. I wonder if he has a DarkAndTroubledPast?"
* '''Invoked''': Bob decides to keep his past a secret.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Bob tells everyone about his past.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "Another mysterious character, huh? It's like there's one in every show."
* '''Played For Drama''': DarkAndTroubledPast
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