Line #30 PlayingWith/LonelyDollGirl


1	'''Basic Trope''': A girl plays with her dolls because she has no friends.
2	* '''Straight''': Carol is lonely and has no friends, so she plays with her dolls.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Carol doesn't interact with anyone except for her massive doll collection.
4	* '''Downplayed''':
5	** Carol plays with her dolls when she feels lonely, but she isn't always lonely, she has friends at her side.
6	** While Carol has no problem interacting with her classmates at school, she opts not to hang out or eat lunch with them during her spare time, because she prefers to spend time with her dolls and she doesn't see anything wrong with that.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Carol comes from a rich and conceited family. Her snobbish mother Alice won't let her play with the neighbourhood kids as she considers them beneath her daughter, but can afford to buy her plenty of dolls.
9	** Carol is chronically shy but still craves human contact. Dolls are a substitute she finds easier to deal with than approaching real people.
10	** Carol chooses to spend time on her favourite hobby, playing with dolls, rather than [[HatesSmallTalk meaningless small talk]].
11	* '''Inverted''':
12	** Carol plays with her dolls when she hangs out with her friends.
13	** [[GenderInvertedTrope Carl]] is lonely and has no friends, so he plays with his dolls / toy robots.
14	* '''Subverted''': Carol plays with her dolls, but she feels fine, as she has friends at her side.
15	* '''Double Subverted''': ... But those friends are imaginary.
16	* '''Parodied''': Carol is a literal porcelain doll that is obsessed with her dolls.
17	* '''Zig Zagged''': Carol plays with her dolls and feels lonely, despite having friends, but those friends are imaginary, however, she isn't really lonely, she's just faking it to get sympathy from people, so she can make some friends.
18	* '''Averted''': Carol does not have any dolls.
19	* '''Enforced''':
20	** "Let's make Carol the lonely doll girl so she appeals to the audience with her {{Moe}} cuteness."
21	** "Dolls are creepy. LonersAreFreaks. Connect the dots, producer."
22	* '''Lampshaded''': "Carol is always cooping herself up with those dolls. Doesn't she have any real friends?"
23	* '''Invoked''': ???
24	* '''Exploited''': ???
25	* '''Defied''': Carol is never lonely, as her friends are always there for her.
26	* '''Discussed''': "Yep. That's Carol right there, playing with her dolls again..." "What a weirdo. Let's go somewhere else."
27	* '''Conversed''': "Why is the one with the dolls always female and lonely?" "This type of character appeals to a certain demographic, I guess."
28	* '''Deconstructed''': A [[SympatheticPOV Carol-centric chapter/episode]] comes out, revealing that Carol is, in fact, content with her life. She enjoys playing with dolls, and she has no friends because she doesn't actively seek companionship. Yet, Carol is shunned for being true to herself.
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34	%%* '''Implied''': ???
35	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
36	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

Context PlayingWith / LonelyDollGirl