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* '''Reconstructed''': The mob expects Alice to support them, hence they approach her with open ears.



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** Alice talks the people in her town into ganging up on Bob and chasing him away.

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** RabbleRouser - Alice talks the people in her town into ganging up on Bob and chasing him away.
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** Alice is the one who stages the mob scene [[EngineeredHeroics to earn his trust]]].

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** Alice is the one who stages staged the mob scene [[EngineeredHeroics to earn his trust]]].trust]].

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** Rather then directly confront the mob Alice hides Bob in her house and leads them in the wrong direction/.

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** Rather then directly confront the mob Alice hides Bob in her house and leads them in the wrong direction/.direction.



* '''Defied''': Alice is shot before she has chance to speak.

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Alice is shot before she has chance to speak.speak.
** Alice deduces that these fuckers won't liston to reason, knuckles up, and starts beating them down.

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* '''Averted''': People in his town accept Bob and who he is.

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People in his town accept Bob and who he is.is.
** Rather then directly confront the mob Alice hides Bob in her house and leads them in the wrong direction/.



** Alice is the one who stages the mob scene to earn his trust.

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** Alice is the one who stages the mob scene [[EngineeredHeroics to earn his trust.trust]]].


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* '''Played For Horror''': Turns out Bob is not a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire. After [[UngratefulBastard Alice helps out Bob]] she becomes the latest blood-drained corpse.

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* '''Invoked''': Bob stages the mob chase so that Alice can do something and feel important.

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* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
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Bob stages the mob chase so that Alice can do something and feel important.important.
** Alice is the one who stages the mob scene to earn his trust.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Alice and the mob go back and forth [[ShamedByAMob shaming each other]].
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** The mob might not even ''notice'' Alice in the noise and chaos. She ends up trampled by the mob.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice tries to shame the mob, but peer pressure makes her ShamedByAMob and she joins the chase.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Alice tries to shame the mob, but peer pressure makes her ShamedByAMob and she joins the chase.chase.
** The mob is too blinded with rage to take Alice's words to heart. Instead, they take it as a personal attack and start chasing ''her''.
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** Alice interrupting the Nurenburg Rally convinced the entirety of The Nazi Party [[HeelFaceTurn (Hitler Included)]] to adopt pacifism, democracy, and racial equality as their platforms.

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** Alice interrupting the Nurenburg Rally convinced the entirety of The Nazi Party [[HeelFaceTurn (Hitler Included)]] included)]] to adopt pacifism, democracy, and racial equality as their platforms.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice's speech works so well that the crowd all volunteers to become vampires themselves.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Alice's speech works so well that the crowd all volunteers to become vampires themselves.themselves.
** Alice interrupting the Nurenburg Rally convinced the entirety of The Nazi Party [[HeelFaceTurn (Hitler Included)]] to adopt pacifism, democracy, and racial equality as their platforms.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character calls out the mob and the mob feels guilty and leaves.
* '''Straight''': TorchesAndPitchforks crowd is chasing FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Bob. Alice stands in their way and shames them into letting Bob go.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice's speech works so well that the crowd all volunteers to become vampires themselves.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice shames a few people who are chasing Bob.
* '''Justified''': Alice has a CompellingVoice, enabling her to calm the mob down without much difficulty.
* '''Inverted''':
** ShamedByAMob - Bob the vampire is shamed by the mob into leaving their town.
** Alice talks the people in her town into ganging up on Bob and chasing him away.
* '''Subverted''': It seems Alice manages to calm the mob... but then somebody screams and they start chasing Bob again.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** ...but Alice's speech convinced OneManArmy Charlie, who stops the crowd himself.
** ...but it turns out they were running to help him.
* '''Parodied''': Alice shames the mob who tries to get to the last bar of chocolate in the entire shop.
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* '''Averted''': People in his town accept Bob and who he is.
* '''Enforced''': Producers want to show that Alice is a strong character despite being no fighter, so they have her save Bob by talking.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Wow, Alice, you sure ''are'' convincing."
* '''Invoked''': Bob stages the mob chase so that Alice can do something and feel important.
* '''Exploited''': Later, vampire hunter David uses this situation to prove that Alice is collaborating with vampires and thus is a bad guy.
* '''Defied''': Alice is shot before she has chance to speak.
* '''Discussed''': "Why couldn't somebody stop them?"
* '''Conversed''': "And then Alice came in front of the crown and shamed them into leaving and dear my, what a cool shot it was."
* '''Implied''': We see Bob running away from the mob, and then we cut to mob going home and Bob thanking Alice for her help.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice tries to shame the mob, but peer pressure makes her ShamedByAMob and she joins the chase.
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