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** Alice is the deceased. Bob wears a black ''dress and veil'' to mourn her.

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** Alice is the deceased. Bob [[WholesomeCrossdresser Bob]] wears a black ''dress and veil'' to mourn her.
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'''Basic Trope''': A person (usually a woman) wears certain clothing to show mourning.

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'''Basic Trope''': A person (usually a woman) wears certain specific clothing to show mourning.

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* '''Justified''': Victorian society used to require mourning dress.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** The show is a PeriodPiece placed in
Victorian society used where it would be required to require wear a mourning dress.dress.
** Alice is recently widowed and doesn't want to appear "available" to new suitors.
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* '''Straight''': Alice attends Bob's funeral or visits his grave while wearing a black dress and veil.

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* '''Straight''': Alice attends her late husband Bob's funeral or visits his grave while wearing a black dress and veil.
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* '''Played For Laughs:''' Bob is leaving on a dangerous mission. After assuring Alice he will be careful, there is a GilliganCut to her in a black dress and veil. It becomes a RunningGag with Charlie, David, Edward, Frank....

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* '''Played For Laughs:''' Bob is leaving on a dangerous mission. After assuring he assures Alice he will be careful, there is a GilliganCut to her in a black dress and veil. It becomes a RunningGag with Charlie, David, Edward, Frank....
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* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???Alice and Bob wonder how black became the traditional color of mourning, research the question, and compare notes.

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

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* '''Invoked''': ???
Bob is leaving on a dangerous mission. To lighten the mood, he jokingly assures Alice he'll be careful, because she doesn't look good in black.
* '''Exploited''': ???A funeral director designs a line of mourning clothes and profits from selling it.


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* '''Played For Laughs:''' Bob is leaving on a dangerous mission. After assuring Alice he will be careful, there is a GilliganCut to her in a black dress and veil. It becomes a RunningGag with Charlie, David, Edward, Frank....
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* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???Special clothes for happy events. For example, Alice wears a white dress at the christening of Bob Jr.
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** Someone protesting the election of a high official they don't approve of will wear mourning to signify the death of the nation.

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** Someone protesting the election of a high official they don't approve of will wear wears mourning to signify for the death of the nation.



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???Victorian England is the setting of the story, where mourning would be required.

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* '''Implied''': Alice wears a black dress to school or work. She is not mourning anyone, but her friends teasingly ask, "Who died?"



* '''Discussed''': Alice wears a blue dress to Bob's funeral, and her sisters wonder why she didn't wear black.

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* '''Discussed''': '''Discussed''':
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Alice wears a blue dress to Bob's funeral, and her sisters wonder why she didn't wear black.black.
** Alice wears a black dress to school or work. She is not mourning anyone, but her friends teasingly ask, "Who died?"


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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Multiple funerals take place. Traditional mourning is worn to some but not all of them.



* '''Implied''': Alice wears a black dress to school or work. She is not mourning anyone, but her friends teasingly ask, "Who died?"



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Basic Trope: A person (usually a woman) wears certain clothing to show mourning.

Played Straight: Alice attends Bob's funeral or visits his grave while wearing a black dress and veil.

Exaggerated: Forever in mourning, every article of clothing Alice wears from then on is solid black. So is all of the decor in her home--furniture, curtains, carpets, etc.

Downplayed: Alice wears a basic black dress to the funeral, but no veil, and returns to her regular wardrobe when the funeral is over.

Justified: Victorian society used to require mourning dress.

Gender Inverted: Alice is the deceased. Bob wears a black suit or armband to mourn her.

Subverted: Alice states that she will not wear black...

Double Subverted: ...but she does.

Parodied:
* Alice is the deceased. Bob wears a black ''dress and veil'' to mourn her.
* Someone protesting the election of a high official they don't approve of will wear mourning to signify the death of the nation.

Averted: The society has no particular color or style that indicates mourning.

Lampshaded: Alice is shopping for the funeral clothes and tells the sales clerk it should be black for mourning.

Defied: Bob has left a last request that people are to wear bright, cheery clothes to his funeral.

Discussed: Alice wears a blue dress to Bob's funeral, and her sisters wonder why she didn't wear black.

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Basic Trope: '''Basic Trope''': A person (usually a woman) wears certain clothing to show mourning.

Played Straight:
mourning.
* '''Straight''':
Alice attends Bob's funeral or visits his grave while wearing a black dress and veil.

Exaggerated:
veil.
* '''Exaggerated''':
Forever in mourning, every article of clothing Alice wears from then on is solid black. So is all of the decor in her home--furniture, curtains, carpets, etc.

Downplayed:
etc.
* '''Downplayed''':
Alice wears a basic black dress to the funeral, but no veil, and returns to her regular wardrobe when the funeral is over.

Justified:
over.
* '''Justified''':
Victorian society used to require mourning dress.

Gender Inverted:
dress.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Gender Inverted''':
Alice is the deceased. Bob wears a black suit or armband to mourn her.

Subverted:
her.
* '''Subverted''':
Alice states that she will not wear black...

Double Subverted: ...
black.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...
but she does.

Parodied:
does, anyway.
* '''Parodied''':
**
Alice is the deceased. Bob wears a black ''dress and veil'' to mourn her.
* ** Someone protesting the election of a high official they don't approve of will wear mourning to signify the death of the nation.

Averted:
nation.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
The society has no particular color or style that indicates mourning.

Lampshaded:
mourning.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''':
Alice is shopping for the funeral clothes and tells the sales clerk it should be black for mourning.

Defied:
mourning.
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''':
Bob has left a last request that people are to wear bright, cheery clothes to his funeral.

Discussed:
funeral.
* '''Discussed''':
Alice wears a blue dress to Bob's funeral, and her sisters wonder why she didn't wear black.black.
* '''Conversed''': ???
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%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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Straight: Alice attends Bob's funeral or visits his grave while wearing a black dress and veil.
Exaggerated: Forever in mourning, every article of clothing Alice wears from then on is solid black.

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Played
Straight: Alice attends Bob's funeral or visits his grave while wearing a black dress and veil.
veil.

Exaggerated: Forever in mourning, every article of clothing Alice wears from then on is solid black. So is all of the decor in her home--furniture, curtains, carpets, etc.


















Averted: No one wears mourning, and no one is expected to.

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Averted: No one wears mourning, and The society has no one is expected to.
particular color or style that indicates mourning.



Defied: Bob has left a last request that people are to wear bright clothes to his funeral, and be cheerful.

Discussed: Genre Savvy characters talk about the trope in a situation where it is likely to happen (but it doesn't).
Conversed: Genre Savvy characters talk about the trope in a Show Within a Show.
Implied: The trope isn't shown, but the audience is indirectly led to believe that it happened off-screen.
Deconstructed: The trope is played in such a way to show various logical and moral problems with the trope as normally played.
Reconstructed: The trope is played straight, but with the problems brought up by the Deconstruction dealt with or addressed.
Plotted A Good Waste: The normally unintentional trope is used quite intentionally.
Played For Laughs: The trope is played in a comedic way (but is not necessarily Parodied).
Played For Drama: The trope is played in a melodramatic or serious way.
Untwisted: A Subversion is expected, but the trope is Played Straight instead.

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Defied: Bob has left a last request that people are to wear bright bright, cheery clothes to his funeral.

Discussed: Alice wears a blue dress to Bob's
funeral, and be cheerful.

Discussed: Genre Savvy characters talk about the trope in a situation where it is likely to happen (but it doesn't).
Conversed: Genre Savvy characters talk about the trope in a Show Within a Show.
Implied: The trope isn't shown, but the audience is indirectly led to believe that it happened off-screen.
Deconstructed: The trope is played in such a way to show various logical and moral problems with the trope as normally played.
Reconstructed: The trope is played straight, but with the problems brought up by the Deconstruction dealt with or addressed.
Plotted A Good Waste: The normally unintentional trope is used quite intentionally.
Played For Laughs: The trope is played in a comedic way (but is not necessarily Parodied).
Played For Drama: The trope is played in a melodramatic or serious way.
Untwisted: A Subversion is expected, but the trope is Played Straight instead.
her sisters wonder why she didn't wear black.
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Basic Trope: A person (usually a woman) wears certain clothing to show mourning.
Straight: Alice attends Bob's funeral or visits his grave while wearing a black dress and veil.
Exaggerated: Forever in mourning, every article of clothing Alice wears from then on is solid black.
Downplayed: Alice wears a basic black dress to the funeral, but no veil, and returns to her regular wardrobe when the funeral is over.
Justified: Victorian society used to require mourning dress.
Gender Inverted: Alice is the deceased. Bob wears a black suit or armband to mourn her.
Subverted: Alice states that she will not wear black...
Double Subverted: ...but she does.
Parodied:
* Alice is the deceased. Bob wears a black ''dress and veil'' to mourn her.
* Someone protesting the election of a high official they don't approve of will wear mourning to signify the death of the nation.
Averted: No one wears mourning, and no one is expected to.

Lampshaded: Alice is shopping for the funeral clothes and tells the sales clerk it should be black for mourning.

Defied: Bob has left a last request that people are to wear bright clothes to his funeral, and be cheerful.

Discussed: Genre Savvy characters talk about the trope in a situation where it is likely to happen (but it doesn't).
Conversed: Genre Savvy characters talk about the trope in a Show Within a Show.
Implied: The trope isn't shown, but the audience is indirectly led to believe that it happened off-screen.
Deconstructed: The trope is played in such a way to show various logical and moral problems with the trope as normally played.
Reconstructed: The trope is played straight, but with the problems brought up by the Deconstruction dealt with or addressed.
Plotted A Good Waste: The normally unintentional trope is used quite intentionally.
Played For Laughs: The trope is played in a comedic way (but is not necessarily Parodied).
Played For Drama: The trope is played in a melodramatic or serious way.
Untwisted: A Subversion is expected, but the trope is Played Straight instead.

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