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* '''Inverted''': Alice travels to the future, and for some reason they find it weird that Alice's ankles aren't visible.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Alice travels to the future, and for some reason they find it weird that Alice's ankles aren't visible.visible.
** Alice travels to the future where everyone walks around naked and find it weird that she is clothed.
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* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???
All of the women's costumes are designed to go to the floor.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
"You wear ONE outfit with a hemline that's a little too high, and everyone loses their minds!"
* '''Invoked''': ???Alice is [[CostumeTestMontage deciding what to wear to a dinner party]]. She sees one that shows her ankles, but shakes her head and puts it back, saying "Definitely not!"
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* '''Double Subverted''': After changing into more fashionable shoes, everyone is still shocked because of the exposed ankles.

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* '''Double Subverted''': After changing Alice changes into more fashionable shoes, everyone is still shocked because of the exposed ankles.
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* '''Subverted''': Alice wears an outfit that shows her ankles, and everybody is shocked and offended when they see her... because her shoes don't match the rest of her outfit.
* '''Double Subverted''': After changing into shoes that match the outfit, everyone is still shocked because of the exposed ankles.

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* '''Subverted''': Alice wears an outfit that shows her ankles, and everybody is shocked and offended when they see her... [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes because her shoes don't match the rest of her outfit.
are so garish and ugly]].
* '''Double Subverted''': After changing into shoes that match the outfit, more fashionable shoes, everyone is still shocked because of the exposed ankles.
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* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
Alice wears an outfit that shows her ankles, and everybody is shocked and offended when they see her... because her shoes don't match the rest of her outfit.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???After changing into shoes that match the outfit, everyone is still shocked because of the exposed ankles.



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Alice needs to seduce a man to get information. She does this by showing him her ankles.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Everyone reacts as if Alice were completely naked.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Everyone reacts as if Alice were completely naked.naked.
** The furniture of Alice's home is tablecloths and covers that reach the floor.
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'''Basic Trope''': In works set in old-fashioned times, visible ankles will usually be considered much more risque than they are today.
* '''Straight''': In the 1800s, Alice wears an outfit that shows her ankles, and everyone finds it shocking and offensive.
* '''Exaggerated''': Everyone reacts as if Alice were completely naked.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice gets some weird looks for having her ankles visible, but that's about it.
* '''Justified''': Alice is a FishOutOfTemporalWater who didn't realize that 1800s' nudity taboo is more extreme.
* '''Inverted''': Alice travels to the future, and for some reason they find it weird that Alice's ankles aren't visible.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': A Victorian-era person has a PornStash that consists entirely of pictures of peoples' ankles.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': No references are made to visible ankles being considered dirty in old-fashioned times.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Alice time travels to the 1800s-early 1900s, and explicitly decides not to wear anything that leaves ankles visible.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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