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* '''Downplayed''': Alice is merely resistant to the symptoms, or shows them later than normal.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Alice is merely resistant to the symptoms, or shows them later than normal.



** The plague works on one's Y chromosome, which Alice [[labelnote:*]] being an XX-female[[/labelnote]] doesn't have.

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** The plague works on one's Y chromosome, which Alice [[labelnote:*]] being Alice[[labelnote:*]]being an XX-female[[/labelnote]] doesn't have.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice is an asymptomatic carrier... for [[GratuitousDiscoSequence the Disco Fever!]]

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Alice is an asymptomatic carrier... for [[GratuitousDiscoSequence the Disco Fever!]]Fever!]]
** The carrier is literally known as Typhoid Mary but is still treated normally.




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* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice carries a disease that makes people fart constantly but has no other symptoms.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice ends up killing most people she encounters.
* '''Played For Horror''': Alice carries a zombie virus that spreads via air.



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* '''Justified''': Alice was genetically engineered to be immune to the symptoms of ThePlague as part of a bioterrorism plot.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Alice was genetically engineered to be immune to the symptoms of ThePlague as part of a bioterrorism plot.


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** The plague works on one's Y chromosome, which Alice [[labelnote:*]] being an XX-female[[/labelnote]] doesn't have.

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** Alice has an unusual reaction to ThePlague which makes her appear to be infected with something completely different.



* '''Inverted''': Alice shows all the symptoms, and indeed believes herself to be sick, but she's just hypochondriac and doesn't really have ThePlague.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Alice shows all the symptoms, and indeed believes herself to be sick, but she's just hypochondriac and doesn't really have ThePlague.



** Alice is suspected of carrying the plague. It turns out she is [[RoboticReveal an android and not only unable to be infected but also made of materials kill which kill off any microbes on her in seconds]].

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** Alice is suspected of carrying the plague. It turns out she is [[RoboticReveal an android and not only unable to be infected but also made of materials kill which kill off any microbes on her in seconds]].
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** Alice appears sick with the plague but she is actually sick from a wish for a cure [[JerkassGenie having her lungs changed to constantly produce plague eating phages]]. She is a walking plague to the plague itself. [[OldBeggarTest Any who show compassion and don't turn her away]] will [[KarmicJackpot be cured if infected and protected from the plague]].

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** Alice's [[IdealIllnessImmunity immune system is just strong enough to never affect her]] but [[BlessedWithSuck cannot wipe out virulent ones meaning she becomes a reservoir for every deadly disease she was infected with]].



** Alice [[BlessedWithSuck looks visibly sick, feelis it but isn't contagious]]. Not that [[CassandraTruth anyone would believe the obvious plague-bearer isn't contagious.]] Thus she is a sick outcast when she is a danger to nobody.

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** Alice [[BlessedWithSuck looks visibly sick, feelis it sick and feels it, but isn't contagious]]. Not that [[CassandraTruth anyone would believe the obvious plague-bearer isn't contagious.]] Thus she is a sick outcast when she is a danger to nobody.


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** Alice is suspected of carrying the plague. It turns out she is [[RoboticReveal an android and not only unable to be infected but also made of materials kill which kill off any microbes on her in seconds]].
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* '''Reconstructed''': This was part of the bioterrorists' plan [[XanatosGambit to develop a stronger plague by letting the vaccine get created as part of their research.]]

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** Alice doesn't seem to be sick, yet many people get sick after being around her.



* '''Implied''': Alice doesn't seem to be sick, yet many people get sick after being around her.

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* '''Implied''': Alice doesn't seem to be sick, yet many people get sick after being around her.



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* '''Deconstructed''': Bioterrorists attempt to use this to spread the plague. Heroic scientists are able to analyze the carriers. [[NiceJobFixingItVillains Thus their plan accidentally causes a previously incurable plague to gain a 'vaccine' of sorts.]]

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* '''Deconstructed''': Bioterrorists attempt to use this to spread the plague. Heroic scientists are able to analyze the carriers. [[NiceJobFixingItVillains [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Thus their plan accidentally causes a previously incurable plague to gain a 'vaccine' of sorts.]]

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

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* '''Invoked''': ???[[MadScientist Dr. Evulz]] designs ThePlague this way to make it easier to spread.



* '''Implied''': Alice doesn't seem to be sick, yet many people get sick after being around her.



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** Alice [[BlessedWithSuck looks visibly sick, feelis it but isn't contagious]]. Not that [[CassandraTruth anyone would believe the obvious plague-bearer isn't contagious.]] Thus she is a sick outcast when she is a danger to nobody.


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* '''Implied''': Alice has spent her whole life trying to eradicate the plague despite never being affected directly. Wherever she goes she finds it even in places that really shouldn't have it.


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* '''Deconstructed''': Bioterrorists attempt to use this to spread the plague. Heroic scientists are able to analyze the carriers. [[NiceJobFixingItVillains Thus their plan accidentally causes a previously incurable plague to gain a 'vaccine' of sorts.]]

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* '''Straight''': Alice shows no symptoms of ThePlague, but can still infect others. But since she doesn't seem to be infected, she doesn't believe she is.\\
'''Exaggerated''': Even going ''near'' Alice is enough to get one infected by ThePlague. Despite everyone she meets swiftly sickening ''right in front of her'', Alice refuses to believe that she's a carrier.\\
'''Downplayed''': Alice is merely resistant to the symptoms, or shows them later than normal.\\
'''Justified''': Alice was genetically engineered to be immune to the symptoms of ThePlague as part of a bioterrorism plot.\\
'''Inverted''': Alice shows all the symptoms, and indeed believes herself to be sick, but she's just hypochondriac and doesn't really have ThePlague.\\
'''Subverted''': Alice realizes that she has ThePlague and undergoes treatment before anyone else can get sick.\\
'''Double Subverted''': The treatment doesn't work. Alice still has ThePlague, but now she doesn't believe it, since she's already gotten treated for it.\\
'''Parodied''': Alice is an asymptomatic carrier... for the common cold.\\
'''Zig Zagged''': Alice doesn't show symptoms at first, but they come out in full later... only those symptoms are psychosomatic. Throughout the whole ordeal, Alice is infected with ThePlague.\\
'''Averted''': Alice gets sick just like anyone else infected with ThePlague.\\
'''Enforced''': "We need a plausible way to spread an outbreak. An asymptomatic carrier would be a good way to sneak the disease in unnoticed."\\
'''Lampshaded''': "Alice, remember Typhoid Mary? You're like her: you don't show the symptoms but you really are sick."\\
'''Exploited''': The Big Bad does his best to let Alice go everywhere among the heroes, knowing that she'll spread ThePlague wherever she goes.\\
'''Defied''': Alice realizes that she's a carrier and agrees to take the necessary steps to prevent infection of others.\\
'''Discussed''': "With ThePlague running rampant, I'm sure there will be some infectees who don't show symptoms and don't believe they're sick. We'll need to be careful about that."\\
'''Conversed''': "Given that ThePlague is everywhere, you'd think these characters would take asymptomatic carriers into account."\\
'''Deconstructed''': ???\\
'''Reconstructed''': ???\\

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* '''Straight''': Alice shows no symptoms of ThePlague, but can still infect others. But since she doesn't seem to be infected, she doesn't believe she is.\\
'''Exaggerated''':
is.
* '''Exaggerated''':
Even going ''near'' Alice is enough to get one infected by ThePlague. Despite everyone she meets swiftly sickening ''right in front of her'', Alice refuses to believe that she's a carrier.\\
carrier.
*
'''Downplayed''': Alice is merely resistant to the symptoms, or shows them later than normal.\\
normal.
*
'''Justified''': Alice was genetically engineered to be immune to the symptoms of ThePlague as part of a bioterrorism plot.\\
plot.
*
'''Inverted''': Alice shows all the symptoms, and indeed believes herself to be sick, but she's just hypochondriac and doesn't really have ThePlague.\\
ThePlague.
*
'''Subverted''': Alice realizes that she has ThePlague and undergoes treatment before anyone else can get sick.\\
sick.
*
'''Double Subverted''': The treatment doesn't work. Alice still has ThePlague, but now she doesn't believe it, since she's already gotten treated for it.\\
it.
*
'''Parodied''': Alice is an asymptomatic carrier... for [[GratuitousDiscoSequence the common cold.\\
Disco Fever!]]
*
'''Zig Zagged''': Alice doesn't show symptoms at first, but they come out in full later... only those symptoms are psychosomatic. Throughout the whole ordeal, Alice is infected with ThePlague.\\
ThePlague.
*
'''Averted''': Alice gets sick just like anyone else infected with ThePlague.\\
ThePlague.
*
'''Enforced''': "We need a plausible way to spread an outbreak. An asymptomatic carrier would be a good way to sneak the disease in unnoticed."\\
"
*
'''Lampshaded''': "Alice, remember Typhoid Mary? You're like her: you don't show the symptoms but you really are sick."\\
"
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'''Exploited''': The Big Bad does his best to let Alice go everywhere among the heroes, knowing that she'll spread ThePlague wherever she goes.\\
goes.
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'''Defied''': Alice realizes that she's a carrier and agrees to take the necessary steps to prevent infection of others.\\
others.
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'''Discussed''': "With ThePlague running rampant, I'm sure there will be some infectees who don't show symptoms and don't believe they're sick. We'll need to be careful about that."\\
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'''Conversed''': "Given that ThePlague is everywhere, you'd think these characters would take asymptomatic carriers into account."\\
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'''Straight''': Alice shows no symptoms of ThePlague, but can still infect others. But since she doesn't seem to be infected, she doesn't believe she is.
'''Exaggerated''': Even going ''near'' Alice is enough to get one infected by ThePlague. Despite everyone she meets swiftly sickening ''right in front of her'', Alice refuses to believe that she's a carrier.
'''Downplayed''': Alice is merely resistant to the symptoms, or shows them later than normal.
'''Justified''': Alice was genetically engineered to be immune to the symptoms of ThePlague as part of a bioterrorism plot.
'''Inverted''': Alice shows all the symptoms, and indeed believes herself to be sick, but she's just hypochondriac and doesn't really have ThePlague.
'''Subverted''': Alice realizes that she has ThePlague and undergoes treatment before anyone else can get sick.
'''Double Subverted''': The treatment doesn't work. Alice still has ThePlague, but now she doesn't believe it, since she's already gotten treated for it.
'''Parodied''': Alice is an asymptomatic carrier... for the common cold.
'''Zig Zagged''': Alice doesn't show symptoms at first, but they come out in full later... only those symptoms are psychosomatic. Throughout the whole ordeal, Alice is infected with ThePlague.
'''Averted''': Alice gets sick just like anyone else infected with ThePlague.
'''Enforced''': "We need a plausible way to spread an outbreak. An asymptomatic carrier would be a good way to sneak the disease in unnoticed."
'''Lampshaded''': "Alice, remember Typhoid Mary? You're like her: you don't show the symptoms but you really are sick."
'''Exploited''': The Big Bad does his best to let Alice go everywhere among the heroes, knowing that she'll spread ThePlague wherever she goes.
'''Defied''': Alice realizes that she's a carrier and agrees to take the necessary steps to prevent infection of others.
'''Discussed''': "With ThePlague running rampant, I'm sure there will be some infectees who don't show symptoms and don't believe they're sick. We'll need to be careful about that."
'''Conversed''': "Given that ThePlague is everywhere, you'd think these characters would take asymptomatic carriers into account."
'''Deconstructed''': ???
'''Reconstructed: ???

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'''Straight''': '''Basic Trope''': A person carries the disease, but shows no symptoms. Usually, they don't even believe they have it.
*'''Straight''':
Alice shows no symptoms of ThePlague, but can still infect others. But since she doesn't seem to be infected, she doesn't believe she is.
is.\\
'''Exaggerated''': Even going ''near'' Alice is enough to get one infected by ThePlague. Despite everyone she meets swiftly sickening ''right in front of her'', Alice refuses to believe that she's a carrier.
carrier.\\
'''Downplayed''': Alice is merely resistant to the symptoms, or shows them later than normal.
normal.\\
'''Justified''': Alice was genetically engineered to be immune to the symptoms of ThePlague as part of a bioterrorism plot.
plot.\\
'''Inverted''': Alice shows all the symptoms, and indeed believes herself to be sick, but she's just hypochondriac and doesn't really have ThePlague.
ThePlague.\\
'''Subverted''': Alice realizes that she has ThePlague and undergoes treatment before anyone else can get sick.
sick.\\
'''Double Subverted''': The treatment doesn't work. Alice still has ThePlague, but now she doesn't believe it, since she's already gotten treated for it.
it.\\
'''Parodied''': Alice is an asymptomatic carrier... for the common cold.
cold.\\
'''Zig Zagged''': Alice doesn't show symptoms at first, but they come out in full later... only those symptoms are psychosomatic. Throughout the whole ordeal, Alice is infected with ThePlague. \n\\
'''Averted''': Alice gets sick just like anyone else infected with ThePlague.
ThePlague.\\
'''Enforced''': "We need a plausible way to spread an outbreak. An asymptomatic carrier would be a good way to sneak the disease in unnoticed."
"\\
'''Lampshaded''': "Alice, remember Typhoid Mary? You're like her: you don't show the symptoms but you really are sick."
"\\
'''Exploited''': The Big Bad does his best to let Alice go everywhere among the heroes, knowing that she'll spread ThePlague wherever she goes.
goes.\\
'''Defied''': Alice realizes that she's a carrier and agrees to take the necessary steps to prevent infection of others.
others.\\
'''Discussed''': "With ThePlague running rampant, I'm sure there will be some infectees who don't show symptoms and don't believe they're sick. We'll need to be careful about that."
"\\
'''Conversed''': "Given that ThePlague is everywhere, you'd think these characters would take asymptomatic carriers into account."
"\\
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'''Reconstructed''': ???\\
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'''Straight''': Alice shows no symptoms of ThePlague, but can still infect others. But since she doesn't seem to be infected, she doesn't believe she is.
'''Exaggerated''': Even going ''near'' Alice is enough to get one infected by ThePlague. Despite everyone she meets swiftly sickening ''right in front of her'', Alice refuses to believe that she's a carrier.
'''Downplayed''': Alice is merely resistant to the symptoms, or shows them later than normal.
'''Justified''': Alice was genetically engineered to be immune to the symptoms of ThePlague as part of a bioterrorism plot.
'''Inverted''': Alice shows all the symptoms, and indeed believes herself to be sick, but she's just hypochondriac and doesn't really have ThePlague.
'''Subverted''': Alice realizes that she has ThePlague and undergoes treatment before anyone else can get sick.
'''Double Subverted''': The treatment doesn't work. Alice still has ThePlague, but now she doesn't believe it, since she's already gotten treated for it.
'''Parodied''': Alice is an asymptomatic carrier... for the common cold.
'''Zig Zagged''': Alice doesn't show symptoms at first, but they come out in full later... only those symptoms are psychosomatic. Throughout the whole ordeal, Alice is infected with ThePlague.
'''Averted''': Alice gets sick just like anyone else infected with ThePlague.
'''Enforced''': "We need a plausible way to spread an outbreak. An asymptomatic carrier would be a good way to sneak the disease in unnoticed."
'''Lampshaded''': "Alice, remember Typhoid Mary? You're like her: you don't show the symptoms but you really are sick."
'''Exploited''': The Big Bad does his best to let Alice go everywhere among the heroes, knowing that she'll spread ThePlague wherever she goes.
'''Defied''': Alice realizes that she's a carrier and agrees to take the necessary steps to prevent infection of others.
'''Discussed''': "With ThePlague running rampant, I'm sure there will be some infectees who don't show symptoms and don't believe they're sick. We'll need to be careful about that."
'''Conversed''': "Given that ThePlague is everywhere, you'd think these characters would take asymptomatic carriers into account."
'''Deconstructed''': ???
'''Reconstructed: ???

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