Basic Trope: An Establishing Character Moment is subverted part of the way through, showing that the character actually wasn't doing what they were expected to.
- Straight: Alice is introduced staring at Hiro intently after he trips and falls in front of everybody at school. Though Alice seems to be set up as an Alpha Bitch, it soon turns out that she's actually a Nice Girl and asks him if he's okay.
- Exaggerated:
- Every time a character is introduced, they're set up with a supposed Establishing Character Moment that soon reveals that they're not who they seem to be.
- Alice seems to be set up as a Hate Sink. However, she's soon revealed to actually be an All-Loving Hero.
- Downplayed: Alice is set up as simply an Alpha Bitch, but she's soon revealed to be a Lovable Alpha Bitch instead.
- Justified: Alice has a tendency to be Innocently Insensitive in spite of her genuine niceness.
- Inverted: ???
- Subverted: Alice asks Hiro if he's okay... and then shoves him down again.
- Double Subverted: She didn't mean to, and apologizes as she helps him back up.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted:
- Alice's Establishing Character Moment is played entirely straight.
- Alice isn't revealed to be a Nice Girl until much later in the story.
- Enforced: The writers are trying to subvert viewers' expectations.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Alice immediately makes it clear that she wants to help Hiro instead of just staring at him.
- Discussed: "When I saw Alice staring at me after I fell down, I thought she was gonna start laughing at me at first. I'm glad she didn't."
- Conversed: ???
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