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** Alice is put in a witness protection program so incompetent that [[WitlessProtectionProgram it probably would be safer for her to take off on her own]].
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* '''Implied''': Anne Smith's birth certificate was issued by a hospital that didn't exist yet when she was born. [[note]]Could also be a case of it being a copy issued by a successor hospital to the original.[[/note]]
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice moves across the street and her new name is Alison, when she doesn't slip and give the old name. Nobody is fooled [[IdiotBall but the baddies.]]

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice moves across spends a few weeks being shuffled between motels under false names, until the street and her new name is Alison, when petty crime ring she doesn't slip and give the old name. Nobody witnessed against is fooled [[IdiotBall but the baddies.]]finally dismantled.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice goes into WP for doing something mildly embarrassing, like [[CuteClumsyGirl tripping on the stairs in front of everyone.]]

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Alice goes into WP for doing something mildly embarrassing, like [[CuteClumsyGirl tripping on the stairs in front of everyone.]]]]
** Alice's "new identity" is a PaperThinDisguise.



** "We have this character, let's give her a dramatic backstory or have her PutOnABus!"

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** "We The writers needed an excuse to have this character, let's give her a dramatic backstory or have her PutOnABus!"Alice PutOnABus.



* '''Defied''': Alice doesn't want to be put into a program that would force her to start all over again from scratch and decides to take her chances.

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Alice doesn't want to be put into a program that would force her to start all over again from scratch and decides to take her chances.chances.
** Alice's family members dissuade her from testifying against TheDon because they refuse to turn their lives upside-down just to ''maybe'' increase the chance of The Don being convicted.
** Everyone involved in TheMafia is caught, and then executed or jailed for life, so there's no one left to threaten Alice anyway.



* '''Played For Drama''': Alice's husband Bob and their children resent Alice because they were forced to turn their lives upside-down as a result of her decision to testify: Everyone had to cut off all of their old friends, and then abandon their beloved home for good. Bob had to give up a well-paying job he enjoyed to become a farmer, which he despises. Worse, it's AllForNothing, as TheDon only got a slap on the wrist (or even got OffOnATechnicality) anyway. In the end, Alice has ''no one'' from her old life left: Bob has divorced her, and her children left as soon as they turned 18.
* '''Played For Horror''': Bob is so upset about having to abandon his highly successful career and his entire social life that he cuts a deal with TheMafia to blow Alice's cover in exchange for leaving him alone when he returns to his old life.



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* '''Parodied''': Alice goes into WP for doing something mildly embarrassing, like [[{{Dojikko}} tripping on the stairs in front of everyone.]]

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* '''Parodied''': Alice goes into WP for doing something mildly embarrassing, like [[{{Dojikko}} [[CuteClumsyGirl tripping on the stairs in front of everyone.]]
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** Alternatively, Alice is put into the program, but [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou her husband and children are not allowed to go in with her]].
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Alice moves across the street and her new name is Alison, when she doesn't slip and give the old name. Nobody is fooled [[IdiotBall but the baddies.]]

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* '''Basic Trope''': A character is given a new home and a new identity as protection in exchange for testimony against an individual or an organization.
* '''Played Straight''': Alice Jones testifies against TheDon, and has her name changed to Anne Smith and is moved out with her husband and children to [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a small town]] [[FlyoverCountry in]] [[DownOnTheFarm farm]] [[LovecraftCountry country]].
* '''Exaggerated''': ''All'' of Alice's relatives and friends are put into the program, too.

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* '''Basic Trope''': A character is given a new home and a new identity as protection in exchange for testimony against an individual or an organization.
* '''Played Straight''': '''Straight''': Alice Jones testifies against TheDon, and has her name changed to Anne Smith and is moved out with her husband and children to [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a small town]] [[FlyoverCountry in]] [[DownOnTheFarm farm]] [[LovecraftCountry country]].
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''All'' of Alice's relatives and friends are put into the program, too.



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* '''Justified''': If members of TheMafia have a way of finding Alice and/or members of her immediate family, they could harm or kill her (and her husband and kids, too).



* '''Justified''': If members of TheMafia have a way of finding Alice and/or members of her immediate family, they could harm or kill her (and her husband and kids, too).



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice misses her family and friends, and worries if they might be in danger, too. And what if someone finds her?
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice does everything in her power to keep her identity secret and makes new friends, and starts a new life. She knows that contacting old family and friends could put herself and her family in danger.



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* '''Played For Laughs''': See Parodied
* '''Played For Drama''': Almost always is.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice misses her family and friends, and worries if they might be in danger, too. And what if someone finds her?
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice does everything in her power to keep her identity secret and makes new friends, and starts a new life. She knows that contacting old family and friends could put herself and her family in danger.
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** The government forces Alice to become the exact opposite of her old self, even making her get an EasySexChange.
* '''Inverted''': A criminal organization gives a criminal a new identity after they've committed a crime, to help them hide from the law.

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* '''Enforced''': RuleOfDrama

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