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3	''Alma's Not Normal'' is a BritCom (created by Creator/SophieWillan) about a woman called Alma and her dysfunctional family. The pilot initially aired in 2020, before the rest of the Series was made available on the [=BBC=] iPlayer.
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5	The show is about Alma, a woman with no qualifications, who decides to become an escort to achieve her dreams of leaving Bolton. Meanwhile, her mother battles an addiction to Heroin and her grandmother must cope with her daughter deciding to live with her.
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9	!!Tropes featured in this show:
10	* AbusiveParents: Her mother was neglectful enough that Alma was forced to look after herself and was eventually sent to foster care for it.
11	* AddledAddict: Alma's mother has an addiction to Heroin and was left not only being unable to take care of her child as a result, but eventually has to go to a Psych Ward.
12	* BaitAndSwitch: At the end of the pilot, it initially looks like Alma will be going for a Sandwich Artist job. It is then revealed that she is actually going to try for an escort job.
13	* BigBeautifulWoman: Leanne is plus-sized and can pick up anybody from dating apps, owing to her "raw sexual magnetism".
14	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The ending to Series 1. Alma and her Grandmother are unable to help Alma's mother with her problems. However, Alma is also able to move on from her abusive former boyfriend and is happier for it]].
15	* BritishBrevity: The first series is 6 episodes long.
16	* BurgerFool: Alma is so unqualified that the only jobs she can get are at fast food places such as [=SubNGo=], complete with a bright yellow tacky uniform.
17	* DatingServiceDisaster: Alma goes on a date with someone she met on Tinder. The date is awkward and at the end, she finds out that he went on a date with her grandmother.
18	* DisappearedDad: Alma’s father is absent from her life, having left her when she was just a baby.
19	* {{Flashback}}: Most episodes have them:
20	** Episode 4 opens with one of these to 1999, where Alma can be seen assisting her mum in getting away from the police and providing her with alcohol.
21	** Episode 6 has flashbacks to Joan getting pregnant with Lin and then to Lin getting pregnant with Alma.
22	* {{Foodfight}}: Alma and Leanne briefly fling food at each other in "The Richard Gere".
23	* FosterKid: Alma was moved around the care system a bit after her mother became incapable of caring for her.
24	* HonorThyAbuser:
25	** Played with. Alma feels she should honour Lin, but finally gets over it after Joan tells her.
26	** Played straight by Joan, who admits to not being
27	* {{Pyromaniac}}: Alma's mother has a tendency to put things on fire during her drug-induced psychoses.
28	* RaisedByGrandparents: Played with. Joan raised Alma sporadically in between being in foster care.
29	* ShoppingMontage: Occurs at the start of "The Richard Gere" when Alma decides to spend her new earned money by going clothes shopping with her best friend Leanne.
30	* TitleDrop: Alma says "I'm not normal, am I?" when [[spoiler:breaking up with Anthony.]]
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