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Basic Trope: Someone whose mood changes abruptly.

  • Straight: Alice goes from being happy to being angry at the drop of a hat.
  • Exaggerated:
  • Downplayed: Alice briefly gets angry, and does take some time to cool down, but takes less time than it would usually take for a person to cool down from anger in reality.
  • Justified:
    • Alice is going through puberty, having her period, or is pregnant, which can all cause mood swings due to hormone changes.
    • Alice has a mental illness, such as bipolar or borderline personality disorder, which can also cause mood swings.
    • Alice was abruptly possessed or mind-controlled into feeling a certain way.
    • Something happened that set off Alice's Berserk Button.
  • Inverted: Alice is always feeling one emotion and cannot switch how she feels at any time.
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  • Averted: Alice doesn't rapidly change moods.
  • Enforced:
    • The series is an edutainment show that's trying to focus on different emotions; Alice is being used to show the differences in how people can feel.
    • The person who plays Alice wanted to show off her versatility by showing how quickly she can change emotions.
  • Lampshaded: "You know, I can't help but notice you seem a little at war with yourself here..."
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