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1	'''Basic Trope''': A character expresses joy in a flat voice.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice says "yay" in a monotone.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Alice does a happy speech all in a monotone.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Alice does only a very slightly enthusiastic "yay!"
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** Alice is autistic or has another condition that causes her to have a flat affect.
7	** Alice is being insincere.
8	** Alice is an alien who can ''only'' speak in a monotone.
9	** Alice is TheStoic
10	** Alice is only slightly happy.
11	** Alice is quoting Bob.
12	** Alice is acting, and is a bad actress.
13	** Alice is a robot trying to be happy.
14	** Alice is exhausted from the heat; that's as happy as she can be.
15	** Bob just said "[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail And there was much rejoicing]]" and Alice is providing the follow-up line.
16	* '''Inverted''':
17	** Alice expresses sadness in a monotone, or she expresses something mundane in a joyful voice.
18	** TranquilFury (Flat Anger).
19	* '''Subverted''':
20	** Alice says "Yay.... YAY! WHOOPEE! HOORAY!"
21	** Alice says "Yay hruthi sprithol, Dergan." which means (approx.) "That will do, Dergan."
22	** Alice says "Yay, interjection: denotes joy."
23	* '''Double Subverted''': and then goes back to a monotone "Sorry about that, um, yay?"
24	* '''Parodied''': Alice is ThePollyanna, but with a CreepyMonotone.
25	* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice is happy and flips between using a monotone and using a very happy voice.
26	* '''Averted''': Everyone in the show expresses emotions normally, or nobody in the set ''has'' emotions.
27	* '''Enforced''': The writers want to show TheStoic Alice be happy or else she'd seem unsympathetic, but they did not want her to be out of character.
28	* '''Lampshaded''': "That didn't sound very enthusiastic."
29	* '''Invoked''': Bob does something TheStoic Alice really likes.
30	* '''Exploited''': HappinessIsMandatory and someone who dislikes Alice makes her tendency to do this known, to make her look bad.
31	* '''Defied''': Alice ''always'' makes sure to express herself sincerely and fully.
32	* '''Discussed''': "It's so hard to tell if Alice is happy. She never ''sounds'' happy."
33	* '''Conversed''': "Some characters just don't sound happy."
34	* '''Implied''': Alice claps her hands slowly or smiles slightly.
35	* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice is TheComicallySerious.
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