1 | '''Basic Trope''': A figure associated with death or some creepy supernatural phenomena appears in white or pale clothing. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Clara is a ghost who accompanies the heroes. She is always seen in a shimmering white dress that blows in the wind. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': In addition to wearing a stark white dress, Clara has very pale skin and MysticalWhiteHair so she looks ''extra'' unsettling. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Clara can wear normal clothes to blend in, but she switches to white whenever she wants to look particularly ghostly. |
5 | * '''Justified''': |
6 | ** Ghosts can look however they want. Clara's favorite color is just white, so she wears it all the time. |
7 | ** Clara was wearing white at the time of her death. Part of the ethereal effect comes from how she haunts a swamp, and the fact that her clothes are never sullied causes an UncannyValley effect. |
8 | * '''Inverted''': |
9 | ** Clara is a ghost who dresses all in black. |
10 | ** Clare goes naked as a ghost, either due to being stuck in that way due to [[JacobMarleyApparel dying naked]] or choosing that form due to being a nudist. |
11 | * '''Subverted''': The heroes see a woman in white at a graveyard, and scream in terror...but it turns out Clara is just a completely normal person. |
12 | * '''Double Subverted''': Because they were distracted by Clara, they miss the ''actual'' white-clad ghost lurking at the edges of the graveyard. |
13 | * '''Parodied''': The afterlife is shown in the work. Every soul is fitted for a white outfit upon entry. |
14 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': ??? |
15 | * '''Averted''': Nobody wears white. If there is someone who does, they're not associated with death. |
16 | * '''Enforced''': Clara originally wore the pink dress she was wearing when she died, but the editor didn't think she looked ghostly enough. |
17 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Clara, your white dress makes you look ''really'' creepy." |
18 | * '''Invoked''': |
19 | ** When the heroes visit a graveyard, Clara wears white because it fits the mood. |
20 | ** Clara arranges to be wearing white at the time of her death so she can [[JacobMarleyApparel appear in it after she dies]]. |
21 | * '''Exploited''': An exorcist who wants to undermine the heroes knows which one is the ghost because of their white dress. |
22 | * '''Defied''': Clara wears every color besides white because she doesn't want to look ''too'' much like a creepy ghost. |
23 | * '''Discussed''': "Gotta say, Clara, whenever you wear white you look like a ghostly woman from some sort of story." |
24 | * '''Conversed''': "Ghosts in stories always wear white, no?" |
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28 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
29 | %% * '''Implied''': ??? |
30 | %% * '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
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32 | %% * '''Played for Laughs''': ??? |
33 | %% * '''Played for Drama''': ??? |
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