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* '''Played For Horror''': Alice's belief that she stops being evil when she punchs out on the clock is demonstrated to be a delusion and she is FauxAffablyEvil as a result.

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* '''Played For Horror''': Horror''':
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Alice's belief that she stops being evil when she punchs out on the clock is demonstrated to be a delusion and she is FauxAffablyEvil as a result.result.
** Alice seriously thinks she can just clock out and be friends with the people she terrorized from 9 to 5. The people who are shell-shocked and [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness constantly seeing]] (and showing the audience through [[BlipVert split-second stroboscopic juxtaposition]] a la ''Film/TheShining'') the things Alice committed as she stands there smiling.
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** The apparent detached professionalism is little more than a veneer to hide TheSociopath Alice truly is, with the job-oriented persona hinting at her lack of any actual loyalty to the Empire and her lack of actual hate towards whatever the Empire is rallying against. Alice's atrocities are incidental to her lust for power, with any justifications being little more than lip-service. Her lack of dedication outside working hours is the mask coming off in private.
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** Alice is a VisionaryVillain

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** Alice is a VisionaryVillainVisionaryVillain.
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** Alice is a VisionaryVillain
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** Alice is a soldier fighting for Country A who is fighting Country B. The other side's soldiers are also serving their country and are no different rom Alice.

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** Alice is a soldier fighting for Country A who is fighting Country B. The other side's soldiers are also serving their country and are no different rom from Alice.



** Just because Alice has an evil job doesn't mean she ''wants'' to be evil. She's gotta pay the bills somehow, but for some reason, puppy-kicking is the only job she can get. This causes her no small amount of angst, especially given what [[WhatMeasureIsAMook tends to happento people in her line of work.]]

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** Just because Alice has an evil job doesn't mean she ''wants'' to be evil. She's gotta pay the bills somehow, but for some reason, puppy-kicking is the only job she can get. This causes her no small amount of angst, especially given what [[WhatMeasureIsAMook tends to happento happen to people in her line of work.]]
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** Alice is a soldier fighting for Country A who is fighting Country B. The other side's soldiers are also serving their country and are NotSoDifferent from Alice.

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** Alice is a soldier fighting for Country A who is fighting Country B. The other side's soldiers are also serving their country and are NotSoDifferent from no different rom Alice.
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** Alice is an enforcer for the cruel and fascist [[TheEmpire Empire]] but holds no particular ill will towards the ones the Empire crushes under their heel. The populace is still legitimately furious because Alice is complicit in atrocities that have very real consequences and caused great suffering.
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** Alice is a soldier fighting for Country A who is fighting Country B. The other side's soldiers are also serving their country and are NotSoDifferent from Alice.
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** [[TheChick Charles]] and Alice start dating and fall in love with each other, only to later find out they're on opposite sides of the war, having to decide if their duty is more important than love.

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** [[TheChick [[TheHeart Charles]] and Alice start dating and fall in love with each other, only to later find out they're on opposite sides of the war, having to decide if their duty is more important than love.
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** Alice works for a VillainWithGoodPublicity and buys into it.

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** Alice works for a VillainWithGoodPublicity and [[ObliviouslyEvil buys into it.it]].
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** Alice is a punch-clock antagonist who isn't doing anything evil ''at all''. Only her unwittingly working for an evil employer makes her an obstacle to the heroes.

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** Alice is a punch-clock antagonist who isn't doing anything evil ''at all''. Only her unwittingly working for an a secretly evil employer employer, in a perfectly blameless capacity, makes her an obstacle to the heroes.
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** Alice is a punch-clock antagonist who isn't doing anything evil ''at all''. Only her unwittingly working for an evil employer makes her an obstacle to the heroes.
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** Alice is a punch-clock DesignatedVillain, for example: the work of the IRS isn't liked by many, but [[SomeoneHasToDoIt it's necessary to keep the nation afloat]].

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** Alice is a punch-clock DesignatedVillain, for example: the work of the IRS isn't liked by many, but [[SomeoneHasToDoIt it's necessary to keep the nation afloat]].afloat.

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* '''Subverted''': Alice's actually ''more'' evil when she's off the clock.

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Alice's actually ''more'' evil when she's off the clock.clock.
** Alice is a punch-clock DesignatedVillain, for example: the work of the IRS isn't liked by many, but [[SomeoneHasToDoIt it's necessary to keep the nation afloat]].
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** As a small variation on the above, historians don't really ''care'' that Alice needed to pay her bills; they'll still rightly label her as an irredeemable monster for her deeds when on duty, banality of evil be damned.
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** Just because Alice has an evil job doesn't mean she ''wants'' to be evil. She's gotta pay the bills somehow, but for some reason, puppy-kicking is the only job she can get. This causes her no small amount of angst, especially given [[MookHorrorShow what]] [[WhatMeasureIsAMook tends]] [[KilledOffForReal to]] [[FinalDeath happen]] to people [[{{Mooks}} in her line of work.]]

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** Just because Alice has an evil job doesn't mean she ''wants'' to be evil. She's gotta pay the bills somehow, but for some reason, puppy-kicking is the only job she can get. This causes her no small amount of angst, especially given [[MookHorrorShow what]] given what [[WhatMeasureIsAMook tends]] [[KilledOffForReal to]] [[FinalDeath happen]] tends to happento people [[{{Mooks}} in her line of work.]]
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** As a basically decent person, the guilt that comes with her evil job builds up over time and eventually causes Alice to snap under the pressure.
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** Alice refuses to rob a bank because she’s on break.
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* '''Played For Horror''': Alice's belief that she stops being evil when she punchs out on the clock is demonstrated to be a delusion and she is FauxAffablyEvil as a result.
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* '''Straight''': Alice robs banks for a crime boss, but is not really a bad girl out of work.

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* '''Straight''': VillainProtagonist Alice robs banks for a crime boss, but is not really a bad girl out of work.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice commits mass murderer and ColdBloodedTorture when her employer gives the order, but outside she's practically a saint.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice's job limits mostly to PokeThePoodle.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice commits mass murderer murder and ColdBloodedTorture when her employer gives the order, but outside she's practically a saint.
* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Alice's job limits mostly to PokeThePoodle.PokeThePoodle.
** Alice is AffablyEvil.
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** On the clock PragmaticVillainy; Off the clock kicks puppies for TheEvulz.

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** On the clock PragmaticVillainy; Off the clock kicks puppies for TheEvulz.ForTheEvulz.

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