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Basic Trope: The hero disguises himself as a ghost or monster for some reason or other.

  • Straight: Alice disguises herself as a goddess to become the city from evil.
  • Exaggerated: Alice disguise herself as a giant robot monster to protect Japan from evil.
  • Downplayed: Alice acts normal both in and out of disguise that it's confuse the living daylight out of Zayagak.
  • Justified: Alice is good actress with A+ horror movies.
  • Inverted: Queen Hades disguise herself as a evil goddess to scare the town.
  • Subverted: Alice turns down become a fake goddess because she has business somewhere else.....
  • Double Subverted: ....that to meet the true goddess to see her future — in which she will become a fake version of the true goddess.
  • Parodied: ???
  • Deconstructed: Alice is hired to fake a mermaid but they are few problems - 1) she's a bit overweight then a normal woman, 2) she sings horrible & 3) she can't swim. She's exposed in a few seconds by the villain.
  • Reconstructed: Alice is hired to fake a mermaid but they are few problems - 1) she's a bit overweight then a normal woman, 2) she sings horrible & 3) she can't swim. Lucky, they is a some guess that are willing to help out: a personal trainer to get over problem #1, a retired carton voice actress to get over problem number #2, and famous swimming coach to solve problem number #3. She fakes the mermaid so well, the villain gets the fear of body of water imprinted in this brain.
  • Zig Zagged:
  • Averted: Alice never disguises herself as a goddess or monster.
  • Enforced: "Alice is a harmless hero with brain power and acting skill — so use disguises for her, please or otherwise, I'm quitting the writing business."
  • Lampshaded: "Why did you dress up Savatora, Alice?" "It's a long story........"
  • Invoked: Bob calls Alice to ask her if she want to become a ghost of his old crazy aunt to protect his mansion from David
  • Exploited: Alice finds a female ghost costume while exploring a mansion and decide to use it from watching her Meddling Kids show, "Waterfall"
  • Defied: David tries to remove head of all monsters to see if they are just Alice or Bob in disguise.
  • Discussed: "I got a comment. Why do I feel like I'm in a kid mystery?" "You watch too much cartoon."
  • Conversed: "Hey, Waterfall, that mystery solving mermaid called. She want her plot back!"

Alice wants you go to "Scarecrow Solution" for your own safety.

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