Basic Trope: Mice are good guys.
- Straight: Melanie the Mouse is The Hero.
- Exaggerated:
- Melanie is an All-Loving Hero.
- All mice are good guys.
- Downplayed: Melanie is a bit of a Jerk with a Heart of Gold, but still on the side of good.
- Justified: Melanie has a good upbringing.
- Inverted:
- Subverted: Melanie is revealed to be Evil All Along.
- Double Subverted: She later makes a Heel–Face Turn.
- Parodied: Melanie is a computer mouse.
- Zig-Zagged: Some mice are good, and some aren't.
- Averted: There are no mice.
- Enforced: "We want our hero to be cute and small. How about we make her a mouse?"
- Lampshaded: "Of course you can trust me! I’m a cartoon mouse!"
- Invoked: A wise old warrior selects a young mouse to train as a hero.
- Exploited:
- A conman steals from Melanie, taking advantage of her naïveté.
- Melanie takes advantage of her reputation as a cute, harmless mouse to commit crimes without being suspected.
- Defied: Despite being seen as cute and friendly, Melanie refuses to pursue a noble career, and instead becomes a petty thief.
- Discussed: "Of course people think you’re good. You’re a mouse. Cute creatures have it easy."
- Conversed: "She’s a cute mouse in a cartoon world, of course she’s a good guy."
- Deconstructed: With a tyrannical villain threatening to destroy their habitat, wise old rat warrior seeks a purehearted mouse to train as a hero. But he finds that the seemingly humble and harmless mice are much more corrupt than the world believed them to be. The mice act much like their real-world counterparts — dirty, territorial, quick to bite, and even willing to cannibalize the weak.
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