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** Since Alice is conveniently able to develop powers to help herself, nobody is able to exploit her since she'll just manifest some people to let her escape.

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** Since Alice is conveniently able to develop powers to help herself, nobody is able to exploit her since she'll just manifest some people new ability to let her escape.

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* '''Enforced''': The writer wrote himself into a corner and didn't have time to properly integrate the rest of the novel with the sudden reveal.

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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The writer wrote himself into a corner and didn't have time to properly integrate the rest of the novel with the sudden reveal.reveal.
** [[DubInducedPlothole This dub skipped the introductory episode of the new power]].

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* '''Subverted''': It would seem that Alice gained ResurrectiveImmortality, but it turns out she was just field-testing new and improved bulletproof jacket, which was mentioned many times before.

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It would seem that Alice gained ResurrectiveImmortality, but it turns out she was just field-testing new and improved bulletproof jacket, which was mentioned many times before.



* '''Parodied''': Alice keeps on gaining new superpowers, each stupider than the previous.

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Alice keeps on gaining new superpowers, each stupider than the previous.



* '''Averted''': Alice's superpowers are well-foreshadowed before they appear.

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Alice's superpowers are well-foreshadowed before they appear.
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** Alice didn't get a new powers, she's just creative with the ones she has.
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* '''Straight''': When Alice is struck down by Emperor Evulz, she suddenly gains ResurrectiveImmortality, despite being BadassNormal throughout all the story so far.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice suddenly displays nigh-omnipotent reality warping but never uses it again.

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* '''Straight''': When Alice is struck down by Emperor Evulz, she suddenly gains ResurrectiveImmortality, despite being a BadassNormal throughout all the story so far.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice suddenly displays nigh-omnipotent reality warping warping, but never uses it again.

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** Upon learning how badly the Author has broken the rules of storytelling, Alice goes on a quest to punish him for being a bad writer.



* '''Averted''':
** Alice's superpowers are well-foreshadowed before they appear.

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'''Averted''': Alice's superpowers are well-foreshadowed before they appear.


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**Alice only has one power for the entire story.
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** Alice gains a new power that is of little to no help in resolving the current situation.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice suddenly becomes God.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice suddenly becomes God.displays nigh-omnipotent reality warping but never uses it again.
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** Alice has an AdaptiveAbility that gives her whatever power she needs at any given moment.
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** Alice has to be bailed out by her comrades, and is mentioned in hindsight to have had a heretofore unrevealed power that could have easily gotten her out of the jam, which she forgot about.
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** When taken together, all of Alice's powers are RequiredSecondaryPowers to a single ability.
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** Alice's newly gained powers [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower seem useless at first, until she has a brilliant idea and uses them to cause a chain reaction.]]
** Alice's multiple powers put a [[PowerAtAPrice serious strain on her body/mind/soul]], to the point where having so many is physically killing her. She eventually develops a power to cope with this.

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** Alice's newly gained powers [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower seem useless at first, until she has a brilliant idea and uses them to cause kickstart a chain reaction.]]
** Alice's multiple powers put a [[PowerAtAPrice serious strain on her body/mind/soul]], to the point where having so many is physically killing her. She eventually ''Eventually'', she develops a power to cope with this.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice gets whatever powers are needed [[RuleOfFunny for a joke to work.]]


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* '''Played For Laughs''':
** Alice gets whatever powers are needed [[RuleOfFunny for a joke to work.]]
** Alice's newly gained powers [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower seem useless at first, until she has a brilliant idea and uses them to cause a chain reaction.]]
** Alice's multiple powers put a [[PowerAtAPrice serious strain on her body/mind/soul]], to the point where having so many is physically killing her. She eventually develops a power to cope with this.
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** The powers Alice gains are highly specialized for the situations she encounters. If she's trapped in a jail cell, she will gain key-shaped fingers and stretchy limbs. If she's up against a giant fly, she can turn into a giant flyswatter. If she's at sea and about to be thrown by pirates into shark-infested waters, she will emit [[Memes/{{Batman}} shark repellant]]. Never will she use these powers again unless she's thrown into similar circumstances.

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** Upon learning how badly the Author has broken the rules of storytelling, Alice goes on a quest to punish him for being a bad writer.



* '''Played For Laughs''': Upon learning how badly the Author has broken the rules of storytelling, Alice goes on a quest to punish him for being a bad writer.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Upon learning how badly the Author has broken the rules of storytelling, Alice goes on a quest to punish him gets whatever powers are needed [[RuleOfFunny for being a bad writer.joke to work.]]
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Alice wins her battle against Emperor Evulz, and the people she tells her story to all start to argue over whether she used abilities for the first time during the battle.

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** The new powers ended up causing new problems that will cause more harm than help.

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** The new powers ended end up causing new problems that will cause more harm than help.instead of solving them, because of PossessionImpliesMastery '''doesn't''' apply on this particular story/setting.



** However, it can be handled with enough training or having a new power to counteract this problem.

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** However, it can be handled with enough training or having a new power to counteract this these new problem.



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* '''Inverted''': When shot by Evulz, Alice suddenly loses her ResurrectiveImmortality.

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When shot by Evulz, Alice suddenly loses her ResurrectiveImmortality.ResurrectiveImmortality.
** ForgotAboutHisPowers

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* '''Deconstructed''': Developing new powers to solve her problems, Alice ends up enslaved by the same kingdom she was protecting when they realize they can force her to develops the powers required for ensuring their eternal domination over others.
* '''Reconstructed''': Since Alice is conveniently able to develop powers to help herself, nobody is able to exploit her since she'll just manifest some people to let her escape.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
** The new powers ended up causing new problems that will cause more harm than help.
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Developing new powers to solve her problems, Alice ends up enslaved by the same kingdom she was protecting when they realize they can force her to develops the powers required for ensuring their eternal domination over others.
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** However, it can be handled with enough training or having a new power to counteract this problem.
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Since Alice is conveniently able to develop powers to help herself, nobody is able to exploit her since she'll just manifest some people to let her escape.
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** Alice has had a wide variety of powers since long before the story began, and never had occasion to use or mention this particular power at any point in the story until now.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Developing new powers to solve her problems, Alice ends up enslaved by the same kingdom she was protecting when they realize they can force her to develops the powers required for ensuring their eternal domination over others.
* '''Reconstructed''': Since Alice is conveniently able to develop powers to help herself, nobody is able to exploit her since she'll just manifest some people to let her escape.



* '''Played For Drama''': With how convenient this new superpower is, Alice's KnightTemplar ally suspects she has made a DealWithTheDevil.
* '''Deconstructed''': Developing new powers to solve her problems, Alice ends up enslaved by the same kingdom she was protecting when they realize they can force her to develops the powers required for ensuring their eternal domination over others.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Drama''':
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With how convenient this new superpower is, Alice's KnightTemplar ally suspects she has made a DealWithTheDevil.
* '''Deconstructed''': Developing new powers to solve her problems, Alice ends up enslaved by the same kingdom she was protecting when they realize they can force her to develops the powers required for ensuring their eternal domination over others.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Since Alice is conveniently able to develop powers to help herself, nobody is able to exploit her since she'll just manifest some people to let her escape.
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** Alice's multiple powers put a [[PowerAtAPrice serious strain on her body/mind/soul]], to the point where having so many is physically killing her.


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** Alice's physiology reacts to events, developing new powers to protect her.


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* '''Deconstructed''': Developing new powers to solve her problems, Alice ends up enslaved by the same kingdom she was protecting when they realize they can force her to develops the powers required for ensuring their eternal domination over others.
* '''Reconstructed''': Since Alice is conveniently able to develop powers to help herself, nobody is able to exploit her since she'll just manifest some people to let her escape.

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* '''Discussed''': Bobby worries that Alice will die, but {{Cloudcoockoolander}} Carol believes that Alice will just spontaneously develop a superpower.

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* '''Discussed''': Bobby worries that Alice will die, but {{Cloudcoockoolander}} {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Carol believes that Alice will just spontaneously develop a superpower.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character gains a new power out of the blue when he needs it to solve the plot.
* '''Straight''': When Alice is struck down by Emperor Evulz, she suddenly gains ResurrectiveImmortality, despite being BadassNormal throughout all the story so far.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice suddenly becomes God.
* '''Downplayed''': When entering a dark cave, Alice turns out to have better night sight than it was previously established.
* '''Justified''':
** Alice's sudden discovery of her new powers is used to set up the story.
** The entire idea of show ''[=SuperAlice=]'' is that Alice gains new superpower in each episode.
** A God Alice is paladin of doesn't want her to die, so he gives her a new power as an act of DivineIntervention.
* '''Inverted''': When shot by Evulz, Alice suddenly loses her ResurrectiveImmortality.
* '''Subverted''': It would seem that Alice gained ResurrectiveImmortality, but it turns out she was just field-testing new and improved bulletproof jacket, which was mentioned many times before.
* '''Double Subverted''': To her shock, it turns out that the jacket ''was'' pierced and she did, in fact, gained ResurrectiveImmortality out of all sudden.
* '''Parodied''': Alice keeps on gaining new superpowers, each stupider than the previous.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** Alice's superpowers are well-foreshadowed before they appear.
** Alice gets no superpowers.
* '''Enforced''': The writer wrote himself into a corner and didn't have time to properly integrate the rest of the novel with the sudden reveal.
* '''Lampshaded''': Evulz notes that Alice gaining new powers just like that is cheating on her part.
* '''Invoked''': Alice, equipped with MediumAwareness, throws herself in front of Evulz's gun to get new and nifty superpowers from the Author.
* '''Exploited''': Alice, knowing that if she's close to losing, she'll just gain a new power, starts acting more freely, as she doesn't have to worry anymore.
* '''Defied''': Evulz pumps Alice full of AppliedPhlebotinum which stops any powers from manifesting before shooting her.
* '''Discussed''': Bobby worries that Alice will die, but {{Cloudcoockoolander}} Carol believes that Alice will just spontaneously develop a superpower.
* '''Conversed''': "Oh, come on, she can't survive ''that''!" "Are you kidding? There are still two seasons left and she's the main character! I bet writers just conveniently 'remembered' she has a superpower!"
* '''Implied''': Alice somehow survives being shot in her heart by Evulz, but [[ElephantInTheLivingRoom it's never mentioned or elaborated upon.]]
* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Played For Laughs''': Upon learning how badly the Author has broken the rules of storytelling, Alice goes on a quest to punish him for being a bad writer.
* '''Played For Drama''': With how convenient this new superpower is, Alice's KnightTemplar ally suspects she has made a DealWithTheDevil.
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