1 | '''Basic Trope''': [[AlwaysFemale A female character]] who is overly emotional. |
2 | * '''Straight''': [[TheHeart Alice]] is rather neurotic, always crying or worrying. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Alice does nothing the whole time but scream or having panic attacks whenever she has to do something. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Alice is not the only one to be visibly frightened or upset, it's just Alice's reactions are more notable then everyone else's. |
5 | * '''Justified''': |
6 | ** Alice has a ''diagnosed'' mental disorder. |
7 | ** The BigBad is trying to [[BreakTheCutie break her spirit]] through various methods of [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]] and rape, and [[DrivenToMadness it's]] [[DespairEventHorizon working]]. |
8 | ** Something really bad has just happened, is happening, or is about to happen. Alice is unable to do anything, or even communicate what's going on to someone who can help. |
9 | ** Alice has low EQ. |
10 | * '''Inverted''': |
11 | ** Alice [[EmotionlessGirl shows very little emotion]]. |
12 | ** Alice is [[WomenAreWiser generally more sensible than others]]. |
13 | * '''Gender Inverted''': Bob ScreamsLikeALittleGirl and cries pitifully. |
14 | * '''Subverted''': |
15 | ** Alice is actually an actress playing as a screaming heroine in a melodrama. |
16 | ** Alice and Bob are really a BattleCouple of {{Cold Sniper}}s. Alice screams to distract the bad guys while Bob is taking aim. |
17 | ** Alice is squealing with excitement because she just won the lottery. |
18 | ** Alice is just a DramaQueen and an AttentionWhore who acts hysterical and neurotic just to have people worry about her. |
19 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
20 | ** The director criticizes Alice's acting technique, and then she loses her cool for real. |
21 | ** But then [[LoveInterest Bob]] is killed, and Alice crosses the DespairEventHorizon. |
22 | ** She won $5 off a scratch ticket, not the millions or billions that would (to most people) be worth {{Squee}}ing over. |
23 | ** ...Except she'e also suffering from actual mental problems that make her act this way. |
24 | * '''Parodied''': |
25 | ** Alice screams bloody murder [[MinorInjuryOverreaction upon receiving a paper cut]]. |
26 | ** Alice is literally crying over spilled milk. |
27 | ** Bob hears Alice screaming, only to find she's not hurt, but he caught her mid-{{Squee}} |
28 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Sometimes Alice doesn't react at all, sometimes she reacts normally/realistically, and sometimes her reaction is so over-the-top as to be unbelievable, depending on [[ItMakesSenseInContext the situation]] or [[DependingOnTheWriter the writer]] |
29 | * '''Averted''': Alice usually remains calm and sane. |
30 | * '''Enforced''': AcceptableFeminineGoalsAndTraits |
31 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Oh Alice, you're getting hysterical again...Here." *slap!* *slap!* "Now [[GetAHoldofYourselfMan get a hold of yourself, woman!]]" |
32 | * '''Invoked''': [[BigBad Evil Elliott]] tortures Alice, hoping to either lure [[TheHero Bob]] to his lair, or get information from Alice. |
33 | * '''Exploited''': Charlie, a misogynistic business owner, gives Alice a job so he can prove that "women are too weak to be working". |
34 | * '''Defied''': Alice doesn't want to look weak or risk the team, so she keeps a stiff upper lip. |
35 | * '''Discussed''': "There goes Alice again, crying and screaming." "Yeah, what a {{womanchild}}." |
36 | * '''Conversed''': "Another crazy screaming woman character? What a ClicheStorm." "Well, this is a {{melodrama}}, what do you expect?" |
37 | * '''Implied''': Alice is TheGhost, and she is mentioned making these screams. |
38 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
39 | ** Alice suffers from actual mental and/or physical aliments which end up not diagnosed and treated, because [[CassandraTruth everyone thinks the symptoms are just "crazy woman" behavior,]] [[DramaQueen or that she's exaggerating]] [[AttentionWhore for attention]]. |
40 | ** It takes Alice ''years'' to get a proper diagnosis and treatment, because doctors just write her off as being overly dramatic, or write off her problems as "all in her head." |
41 | ** People dislike Alice not because she's a woman, but because her behaviour is [[{{Wangst}} wangsty]], hence annoying and off-putting. |
42 | * '''Reconstructed''': Bob takes Alice to the doctor just to "calm her down" and the doctor treats her actual mental problems. |
43 | * '''Played For Laughs''': |
44 | ** Alice's crying and laughing are all humorous and over-the-top funny, to the point where she becomes a MemeticMolester by fans. As always, HilarityEnsues. |
45 | ** One of Alice's friends carry a [[GooGooGetup pacifier]] and put it in her mouth whenever she gets slightly emotional. |
46 | * '''Played For Drama''': Alice is struggling with a serious mental disorder. |
47 | * '''Played For Horror''': The work is a PeriodPiece and Alice is diagnosed with hysteria, and given all sorts of ''horrific'' treatments: [[GoMadFromTheIsolation solitary confinement]], [[GroinAttack genital mutilation]], [[RapePortrayedAsRedemption rape]], {{Lobotomy}}, and being sent to a BedlamHouse. |
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49 | Slap the unabridged version [[HystericalWoman Here]] into rationality. |
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