Line #31 PlayingWith/HystericalWoman


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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