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1	'''Basic Trope''': A person (usually a woman) wears specific clothing to show mourning.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice attends her late husband Bob's funeral or visits his grave while wearing a black dress and veil.
3	* '''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.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Alice wears a basic black dress to the funeral, but no veil, and returns to her regular wardrobe when the funeral is over.
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** The show is a PeriodPiece placed in Victorian society where it would be required to wear a mourning dress.
7	** Alice is recently widowed and doesn't want to appear "available" to new suitors.
8	* '''Inverted''': Special clothes for happy events. For example, Alice wears a white dress at the christening of Bob Jr.
9	* '''Gender Inverted''': Alice is the deceased. Bob wears a black suit or armband to mourn her.
10	* '''Subverted''': Alice states that she will not wear black.
11	* '''Double Subverted''': ...but she does, anyway.
12	* '''Parodied''':
13	** Alice is the deceased. [[WholesomeCrossdresser Bob]] wears a black ''dress and veil'' to mourn her.
14	** Someone protesting the election of a high official they don't approve of wears mourning for the death of the nation.
15	* '''Zig Zagged''': Multiple funerals take place. Traditional mourning is worn to some but not all of them.
16	* '''Averted''': The society has no particular color or style that indicates mourning.
17	* '''Enforced''': Victorian England is the setting of the story, where mourning would be required.
18	* '''Lampshaded''': Alice is shopping for the funeral clothes and tells the sales clerk it should be black for mourning.
19	* '''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.
20	* '''Exploited''': A funeral director designs a line of mourning clothes and profits from selling it.
21	* '''Defied''': Bob has left a last request that people are to wear bright, cheery clothes to his funeral.
22	* '''Discussed''':
23	** Alice wears a blue dress to Bob's funeral, and her sisters wonder why she didn't wear black.
24	** Alice wears a black dress to school or work. She is not mourning anyone, but her friends teasingly ask, "Who died?"
25	* '''Conversed''': Alice and Bob wonder how black became the traditional color of mourning, research the question, and compare notes.
26	* '''Played For Laughs:''' Bob is leaving on a dangerous mission. After 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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