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* '''Exaggerated''': All of the characters are described as resembling celebrities: Alice's lover Bob is described as looking like Creator/BradPitt, her goofy best friend Claire is described as looking like Creator/KateWinslet, BigBad Devious Danny looks like Creator/PeterLorre, and RomanticFalseLead Ethan is described like Creator/GeorgeClooney.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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All of the characters are described as resembling celebrities: Alice's lover Bob is described as looking like Creator/BradPitt, her goofy best friend Claire is described as looking like Creator/KateWinslet, BigBad Devious Danny looks like Creator/PeterLorre, and RomanticFalseLead Ethan is described like Creator/GeorgeClooney.Creator/GeorgeClooney.
** Not only Alice resembles as Anne Hathaway, [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed she also sounds and acts like a copycat version of Anne Hathaway.]]

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* '''Justified''': The book is a novelization of a film in which Hathaway played Alice.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Hathaway popularized/originated the eponymous Hathaway-style hairdo Alice is known for.
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The book is a novelization of a film in which Hathaway played Alice.

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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Alice is mentioned as styling herself to look less like Anne Hathaway.



* '''Reconstructed''': Anne Hathaway does not win, and the court case ends up giving the book much additional publicity.



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* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???
The book is a novelization of a film in which Hathaway played Alice.
* '''Inverted''': ???Anne Hathaway looks like Alice.



* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???Alice mentions that she is styling her hair to look like Anne Hathaway.

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* '''Straight Trope''': Alice is described as resembling a young Creator/AnneHathaway in her introduction.

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* '''Straight Trope''': '''Straight''': Alice is described as resembling a young Creator/AnneHathaway in her introduction.



* '''Justified''': The writer wants Hathaway to star in a flim adaptation based on her book.
* '''Subverted''': The narrator says "Alice, in the early morning light, looked like a young Anne Hathaway... No, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon... No, Creator/ChristinaApplegate... No, come to think of it, Alice didn't look like anyone besides her little old self.

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* '''Justified''': The writer wants Hathaway to star in a flim adaptation based on her book.
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* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': The narrator says "Alice, in the early morning light, looked like a young Anne Hathaway... No, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon... No, Creator/ChristinaApplegate... No, come to think of it, Alice didn't look like anyone besides her little old self.self".



* '''Zigzagged''': In chapter 1, Alice is described as looking like Anne Hathaway, but later in chapter 23 is described as looking like Creator/AnnaKendrick, and then in chapter 45 as Creator/NataliePortman.

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* '''Zigzagged''': '''Zig Zagged''': In chapter 1, Alice is described as looking like Anne Hathaway, but later in chapter 23 is described as looking like Creator/AnnaKendrick, and then in chapter 45 as Creator/NataliePortman. Creator/NataliePortman.



* '''Enforced''': See justified.
* '''Invoked''': See downplayed.

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* '''Enforced''': See justified.
* '''Invoked''': See downplayed.
The writer wants Hathaway to star in a flim adaptation based on her book.



* '''Exploited''': ?
* '''Defied''': See subverted.
* '''Discussed''': ?
* '''Conversed''': ?
* '''Deconstructed''': Out of universe, Anne Hathaway sues for defamation for the use of her image.

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* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ?
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* '''Defied''': See subverted.
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* '''Discussed''': ?
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* '''Conversed''': ?
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* '''Deconstructed''': Out of universe, Anne Hathaway sues for defamation for the use of her image.image.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "My name is MarySue and I look like Anne Hathaway and Music/TaylorSwift [[AmbiguouslyBrown and]] Music/{{Beyoncé}} and Creator/SandraBullock [[Fanfic/MyImmortal and Amy]] [[Music/{{Evanescence}} Lee!]] Aren't I special!"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "My name is MarySue and I look like Anne Hathaway and Music/TaylorSwift [[AmbiguouslyBrown and]] Music/{{Beyoncé}} Music/{{Beyonce}} and Creator/SandraBullock [[Fanfic/MyImmortal and Amy]] [[Music/{{Evanescence}} Lee!]] Aren't I special!"
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* '''Subverted''': The narrator says "Alice, in the early morning light, looked like a young Anne Hathaway... No, Creator/ReeceWitherspoon... No, Creator/CristinaApplegate... No, come to think of it, Alice didn't look like anyone besides her little old self.

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* '''Subverted''': The narrator says "Alice, in the early morning light, looked like a young Anne Hathaway... No, Creator/ReeceWitherspoon... Creator/ReeseWitherspoon... No, Creator/CristinaApplegate...Creator/ChristinaApplegate... No, come to think of it, Alice didn't look like anyone besides her little old self.
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* '''Justified''': The writer wants Hathaway to star in a flim adaptation based on her book.

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* '''Justified''': The writer wants Hathaway to star in a flim adaptation based on her book.book.
* '''Subverted''': The narrator says "Alice, in the early morning light, looked like a young Anne Hathaway... No, Creator/ReeceWitherspoon... No, Creator/CristinaApplegate... No, come to think of it, Alice didn't look like anyone besides her little old self.
* '''Double Subverted''': "Wait - she kinda really did look like Anne Hathaway."
* '''Parodied''': "As Alice walked down the street, [[DirtyOldMan Old Man Martins]] called out 'You look like Louise Brooks today, little lady!' 'Who the hell is Louise Brooks?' Alice yelled back."
* '''Zigzagged''': In chapter 1, Alice is described as looking like Anne Hathaway, but later in chapter 23 is described as looking like Creator/AnnaKendrick, and then in chapter 45 as Creator/NataliePortman.
* '''Averted''': Never is Alice compared to any celebrity, past or present.
* '''Enforced''': See justified.
* '''Invoked''': See downplayed.
* '''Lampshaded''': "My name is MarySue and I look like Anne Hathaway and Music/TaylorSwift [[AmbiguouslyBrown and]] Music/{{Beyoncé}} and Creator/SandraBullock [[Fanfic/MyImmortal and Amy]] [[Music/{{Evanescence}} Lee!]] Aren't I special!"
* '''Exploited''': ?
* '''Defied''': See subverted.
* '''Discussed''': ?
* '''Conversed''': ?
* '''Deconstructed''': Out of universe, Anne Hathaway sues for defamation for the use of her image.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character is described by the narrator as resembling a celebrity.
* '''Straight Trope''': Alice is described as resembling a young Creator/AnneHathaway in her introduction.
* '''Exaggerated''': All of the characters are described as resembling celebrities: Alice's lover Bob is described as looking like Creator/BradPitt, her goofy best friend Claire is described as looking like Creator/KateWinslet, BigBad Devious Danny looks like Creator/PeterLorre, and RomanticFalseLead Ethan is described like Creator/GeorgeClooney.
* '''Downplayed''': The narrator notes how Alice tried to make her hair look like Anne Hathaway's.
* '''Justified''': The writer wants Hathaway to star in a flim adaptation based on her book.

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