1 | '''Basic Trope''': Someone undergoes a transformation, but doesn't see it until they look at their reflection. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice [[{{Animorphism}} turns into a penguin]]. [[ObliviousTransformation She's unaware of this]] until Bob shows her a mirror. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Alice can shapeshift; she's constantly unaware of it until she sees her reflection. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Alice knew that she turned into a penguin, or at least was aware that she shapeshifted. She just didn't know what she looked like until she saw her reflection. |
5 | * '''Justified''': |
6 | ** Alice couldn't feel the transformation at all, and nothing else seemed too out of the ordinary for her. |
7 | ** Alice could tell that something was different, so she decided to see if she looked any different. |
8 | * '''Inverted''': Alice thinks she's been transformed into a penguin, and doesn't realize that she hasn't changed at all until she looks in the mirror. |
9 | * '''Subverted''': Alice gasps...and [[ComicallyMissingThePoint squees at the cuteness of the new penguin-themed camera filter Bob is showing her]]. |
10 | * '''Double Subverted''': But when Bob tells her she's looking in a ''mirror'', she realizes the truth. |
11 | * '''Parodied''': ??? |
12 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': ??? |
13 | * '''Averted''': Alice doesn't look in the mirror after transforming. |
14 | * '''Enforced''': Alice's transformation into a penguin is also shown in POVCam, so this could be a way for the audience (and Alice) to see what happened. |
15 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Oh my gosh, I'm a penguin? How was I unaware of this until now?" |
16 | * '''Invoked''': ??? |
17 | * '''Exploited''': ??? |
18 | * '''Defied''': Alice ignores Bob's attempts to show her the mirror. |
19 | * '''Discussed''': ??? |
20 | * '''Conversed''': ??? |
21 | * '''Played for Laughs''': [[TheDitz Alice isn't too bright]] and asks Bob why he's showing her a picture of a penguin. |
22 | * '''Played for Drama''': Alice is [[WhatHaveIBecome horrified]] and [[RageAgainstTheReflection attacks the mirror]]. |
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24 | Back to MirrorReveal |
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26 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
27 | %% * '''Implied''': ??? |
28 | %% * '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
29 | %% * '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
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