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** AFoolAndHerNewMoneyAreSoonParted, and Alice ain't no fool.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs

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** Alice doesn't want to lose her benefits.
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** Alice donated all or most of her windfall to charity, rather than keeping it for herself.


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** Alice ''did'' win the lottery, but she didn't win the Gazillion-Dollar Jackpot. Instead, she won a few hundred or a few thousand: enough for a vacation (or to put towards one), but not enough to quit her job.


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** But the next time she plays, she hits the Gazillion-Dollar Jackpot, and decides to keep teaching.

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* '''Basic Trope''': A [[Fiction500 wealthy character]] works for a living, rather than just living it up.

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* '''Basic Trope''': A [[Fiction500 [[{{Fiction500}} wealthy character]] works for a living, rather than just living it up.



* '''Downplayed''': Alice keeps working, but cuts down to a part-time job rather than a full-time job.

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Alice keeps working, but cuts down to a part-time job rather than a full-time job.



* '''Justified''': Alice loves her job, and wants to keep doing it for the personal satisfaction it brings her.

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Alice loves her job, and wants to keep doing it for the personal satisfaction it brings her.



* '''Subverted''': Alice is seen enjoying herself on the beach, not working.

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Alice is seen enjoying herself on the beach, not working.



* '''Double Subverted''': Because it's summer vacation. She comes back in the fall. But at least she doesn't have to scramble to find a summer job like most other teachers do.

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Because it's summer vacation. She comes back in the fall. But at least she doesn't have to scramble to find a summer job like most other teachers do.



* '''Parodied''': WhatExactlyIsHisJob

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*'''Basic Trope''': A [[Fiction500 wealthy character]] works for a living, rather than just living it up.
*'''Straight''': Alice, a schoolteacher, wins millions of dollars in the lottery. Despite this, she does not give up teaching.
*'''Exaggerated''': Alice is the school janitor. She wins the lottery, but still continues to be a janitor.
*'''Downplayed''': Alice keeps working, but cuts down to a part-time job rather than a full-time job.
** Alice goes BackToSchool full time.
*'''Justified''': Alice loves her job, and wants to keep doing it for the personal satisfaction it brings her.
** Alice tries lounging around all day for a while, but eventually she finds that it gets boring and goes back to work.
** Alice wants to teach her kids AnAesop about the importance of hard work.
** Alice wants to keep her skills sharp, just in case the worst happens.
** Alice has a highly specialized and important job that not just anyone can do.
*'''Inverted''': As soon as she finds out she's won the lottery, Alice tells her boss to TakeThisJobAndShoveIt.
*'''Subverted''': Alice is seen enjoying herself on the beach, not working.
** Alice quits her job for this school district.
*'''Double Subverted''': Because it's summer vacation. She comes back in the fall. But at least she doesn't have to scramble to find a summer job like most other teachers do.
** Because she's moving to Hawaii, and eventually gets a job teaching there.
*'''Parodied''': WhatExactlyIsHisJob
** Alice wins the lottery, but she only wins a small amount, not millions or billions. People are still amazed that she continues to work.
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*'''Averted''': Alice does not win the lottery.
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*'''Lampshaded''': "I hear Alice is still teaching, even though she won the lottery."
*'''Invoked''': Alice wins the lottery, but she's got a job that she likes.
*'''Exploited''': Alice can use her extra money to have a OneHourWorkweek, or to buy things she wouldn't normally be able to buy on her teachers' salary.
*'''Defied''': Alice decides she's just going to live off her lottery winnings for the rest of her life, maybe investing so that the money doesn't run out.
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