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** Alice's weapon [[VisualPun is a dismembered polish man's arm]].

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** Alice's weapon [[VisualPun is a dismembered polish man's arm]].arm holding a Nokia 3310]].
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** Alice's weapon [[VisualPun is a dismembered polish man's arm]].
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* '''Justified''': Alice is superstrong, and is already formally trained in the SimpleStaff, so it’s just a matter of scaling up.

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* '''Justified''': Alice is superstrong, and is already formally trained in the SimpleStaff, MartialArtsStaff, so it’s just a matter of scaling up.

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* '''Double Subverted''': At the end of the fight, the pillar is caught by Alice, who uses it as part of her finishing move.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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At the end of the fight, the pillar is caught by Alice, who uses it as part of her finishing move.move.
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*** The pillar lands directly on the opponent. Throwing it into the sky was all part of the plan.
*** An airborne opponent was directly above Alice, even by miles. They get taken out instantly.



* '''Implied''': We see the aftermath of Alice’s fight, where a giant it impaled through the skull via a telephone pole.

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* '''Implied''': We see the aftermath of Alice’s fight, where a giant it is impaled through the skull via a telephone pole.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Baron Bloodthirst ripping a telephone pole out he ground signifies his status as an OutsideContextVillain, as no-one on the show was shown with that much physical strength before.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Baron Bloodthirst ripping a telephone pole out he ground signifies his status as an OutsideContextVillain, OutsideContextProblem, as no-one on the show was shown with that much physical strength before.
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** The polearm is very slow and telegraphed. [[MightyGlacier Alice can pulp anything she hits...IF it hits.]]

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** The polearm is very slow and telegraphed.[[{{Pun}} telegraphed]]. [[MightyGlacier Alice can pulp anything she hits...IF it hits.]]

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'''TelephonePolearm''': Pillar-sized object used as a weapon

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'''TelephonePolearm''': '''Basic Trope''': Pillar-sized object used as a weapon



* '''Parodied''': Alice is asked to pick a weapon from a pillar. Nonplussed, Alice chooses the pillar.
** A fight between Alice and Bob, where both of them have building-sized TelephonePolearms. Said weapons are so big they’re the only things visible on screen.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Alice is asked to pick a weapon from a pillar. Nonplussed, Alice chooses the pillar.
** A fight between Alice and Bob, where both of them have building-sized TelephonePolearms.Telephone Polearms. Said weapons are so big they’re the only things visible on screen.



* '''Exploited''': Bob snipes Alice while she’s busy ripping the pole out the ground.

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* '''Exploited''': '''Exploited''':
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Bob snipes Alice while she’s busy ripping the pole out the ground.



* '''Discussed''': “Compensating for something with that?”
** “Yes. The fact I can’t beat up an army with my crotch. If I could, I wouldn’t need this.”
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“Compensating for something with that?”
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“Yes. The fact I can’t beat up an army with my crotch. If I could, I wouldn’t need this.”
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* '''Deconstructed''': [[DestructiveSavior Alice causes a lot of property damage with how she’s constantly ripping pole-like objects out the ground, ]]to the point the town would be better off without her “heroism.”

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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[[DestructiveSavior Alice causes a lot of property damage with how she’s constantly ripping pole-like objects out the ground, ]]to the point the town would be better off without her “heroism.”



* '''Reconstructed''': So she has a staff custom-made for her instead.
** It may be slow, but it's reach and width is still enough to take out scores of lesser opponents when they have no room to move out the way: Bob is a higher class of warrior, which is why he escaped unscathed.

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* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
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So she has a staff custom-made for her instead.
** ** It may be slow, but it's reach and width is still enough to take out scores of lesser opponents when they have no room to move out the way: Bob is a higher class of warrior, which is why he escaped unscathed.






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** The polearm is very slow and telegraphed. [[MightyGlacier Alice can pulp anything she hits...IF it hits.]]



* '''Played For Laughs''': After beating he pulp out of her enemy, Alice uses the pole to take a phonecall.

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** It may be slow, but it's reach and width is still enough to take out scores of lesser opponents when they have no room to move out the way: Bob is a higher class of warrior, which is why he escaped unscathed.
* '''Played For Laughs''': After beating he the pulp out of her enemy, Alice uses the pole to take a phonecall.
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'''TelephonePolearm''': Pillar-sized object used as a weapon
* '''Straight''': Alice rips a street-light out of the ground to beat people with.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice’s weapon of choice is a massive pillar the size of the empire state building.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice tears up a small shrub to hit people with.
* '''Justified''': Alice is superstrong, and is already formally trained in the SimpleStaff, so it’s just a matter of scaling up.
* '''Inverted''': Alice uses a toothpick as her weapon of choice. Not even a BIG toothpick.
* '''Subverted''': Alice rips a telephone pole out of the ground… and then throws it into the sky.
* '''Double Subverted''': At the end of the fight, the pillar is caught by Alice, who uses it as part of her finishing move.
* '''Parodied''': Alice is asked to pick a weapon from a pillar. Nonplussed, Alice chooses the pillar.
** A fight between Alice and Bob, where both of them have building-sized TelephonePolearms. Said weapons are so big they’re the only things visible on screen.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice rips out a large redwood tree to use as a weapon, but it turns out it’s just to intimate Bob. Bob, nonplussed, rips out an even bigger tree and launches it at Alice, who is forced to block.
* '''Averted''': Nothing oversized and pillar-like is weaponized.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': “Alice, I don’t think that’s what Roosevelt meant by speaking softly and carrying a big stick. “
* '''Invoked''': Alice has a massive staff made so that she would have a reach advantage on all she encounters.
* '''Exploited''': Bob snipes Alice while she’s busy ripping the pole out the ground.
**Alice uses the pole against an enemy that can drain energy by touch, preventing her from being affected.
* '''Defied''': “That’s WAY too heavy! I’m not picking that up!”
* '''Discussed''': “Compensating for something with that?”
** “Yes. The fact I can’t beat up an army with my crotch. If I could, I wouldn’t need this.”
* '''Conversed''':
* '''Implied''': We see the aftermath of Alice’s fight, where a giant it impaled through the skull via a telephone pole.
* '''Deconstructed''': [[DestructiveSavior Alice causes a lot of property damage with how she’s constantly ripping pole-like objects out the ground, ]]to the point the town would be better off without her “heroism.”
* '''Reconstructed''': So she has a staff custom-made for her instead.
* '''Played For Laughs''': After beating he pulp out of her enemy, Alice uses the pole to take a phonecall.
* '''Played For Drama''': Baron Bloodthirst ripping a telephone pole out he ground signifies his status as an OutsideContextVillain, as no-one on the show was shown with that much physical strength before.

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