1 | '''Basic Trope''': Reporters who stoop disgustingly low in pursuit of a story. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Heather is a self-proclaimed IntrepidReporter who's perfectly willing to invade people's privacy to get a good story. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Heather follows her victims around, invades their privacy, and flagrantly breaks laws while trying to scrape together enough material to piece together a [[MaliciousSlander sleazy, slanderous smear piece]]. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': ??? |
5 | * '''Justified''': Nobody's willing to answer Heather's questions, so she resorts to whatever tactics necessary to get her job done. |
6 | * '''Inverted''': Heather, an upstanding and respectful reporter, gets harassed by a [[SmallNameBigEgo self-proclaimed celebrity]] who thinks she ''should'' pay more attention to his greatness. |
7 | * '''Subverted''': Heather is pleasant, polite and patient, knowing that she can earn more interviews by being respectful and honest than by trying to ambush and harass her subjects. |
8 | * '''Double Subverted''': However, she's actually a [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bitch In Sheep's Clothing]] who merely ''presents'' herself as respectful while secretly plotting the best way to get the worst stories possible. |
9 | * '''Parodied''': To help her find stories, Heather [[McNinja becomes a ninja]]. |
10 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Depending on the situation, Heather can be a respectful and professional interviewer, an IntrepidReporter exposing corruption, or a shameless GloryHound paparazzi who thinks [[SmallNameBigEgo her past victories and major scoops somehow entitle her]] to bend and break the rules at will. |
11 | * '''Averted''': Heather has the opportunity to take embarrassing photos of a celebrity, but opts not to as that would invade the celebrity's right to privacy. |
12 | * '''Enforced''': "Media dogs like them are acceptable to mock, so let's write somebody like that in for our heroes to humiliate! It'll be great!" |
13 | * '''Lampshaded''': Bob, a celebrity undergoing a personal scandal, literally cannot open a door or look out a window without coming fact to face with Heather's camera and/or microphone. |
14 | * '''Invoked''': [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Valeria]] keeps an eye out for ambitious reporters like Heather that she can point towards her enemies. |
15 | * '''Exploited''': ??? |
16 | * '''Defied''': |
17 | ** Heather's editor, who believes that [[SexSells sleazy photos will boost circulation]], urges her to pursue a top film star relentlessly and snap some. Heather, not wishing to squander her journalistic integrity, passes up the opportunity in favor of chasing down a lead about the star's upcoming directorial debut. |
18 | ** Heather gets some sleazy photos of a celebrity and shows them to her editor, but the editor refuses to endorse such a gross violation of privacy laws and fires her. |
19 | * '''Discussed''': ??? |
20 | * '''Conversed''': ??? |
21 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
22 | ** Heather started out as an IntrepidReporter, but crossed the line so many times while GoingForTheBigScoop that people became less willing to deal with her, triggering a ViciousCycle as she's had to stoop lower and lower in order to keep her job. |
23 | ** Heather's obsession with gossip and selling papers leads her to out a celebrity as gay. The celebrity's family disowns him, and he commits suicide. |
24 | * '''Reconstructed''': Eventually, Heather's amoral tactics allow her to uncover a deep dark secret and very important story that couldn't have been exposed any other way. |
25 | * '''Played For Laughs''': Heather is a complete ButtMonkey who hounds everyone for answers to absolutely pointless/trivial questions like what they had for breakfast or their favorite numbers, and is ''constantly'' [[TakeThatScrappy shoved around, abused]] or given patently absurd answers. |
26 | * '''Played For Drama''': Heather's current target is [[ActionGirl Allison]], who's desperately trying to uphold a {{Masquerade}} because TheWorldIsNotReady to [[AwfulTruth learn the truth]]. Allison has to find some way to deal with her before she [[BrokenMasquerade exposes the truth]] or [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade gets killed]]. |
27 | * '''Implied''': When a celebrity hears that Heather is in town, they immediate call their {{Body Double}}s to prevent her from tracking their movements. |
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