Cute and Psycho/Playing With

Basic Trope: A nice person (either genuinely, or not) with a dangerously unstable side.
 * Straight: Masako is a genuinely upbeat and kind-hearted girl... She also loves beating up the bullies that constantly harass her. And she does with a smile on her face. She also loves to make terrifying threats to Kenji.
 * Exaggerated: Most of time Masako acts like she was purity incarnated... But whenever she flips, she is so insane, that no one would even dare to go near her, not even the most detached Cloudcuckoolander.
 * Downplayed: Type B Tsundere, with her violent side exaggereated and played for laughs.
 * Justified:
 * Masako comes from a messed-up family with a Dark and Troubled Past.
 * Masako has a severe case of Bipolar disorder.
 * Inverted: Masako appears to be a completely deranged lunatic. However, she has a kind, sweet, and loving side to her personality as well.
 * Subverted: Masako may appear deranged, but she's acutally Obfuscating Insanity.
 * Double Subverted: ...Which is a facade, revealing her to be The Ophelia.
 * Parodied: Masako runs around, carrying large and dangerous weapons and uses them to relieve her frustrations upon Kenji in a slapstick way. Masako also pops up near Kenji with a Nightmare Face everytime, scaring the piss out of him.
 * Deconstructed:
 * Masako is Ax Crazy, because years of constant abuse from her family and friends has chipped away at her sanity and she can no longer bear the emotional pain.
 * Masako is a nice person, but the stress inside her boils and she finally snaps and decides to hurt her loved ones.
 * Reconstructed:
 * But her anger decides find her a new outlet to work out the stress and pain by going insane and physically and verbally lash out at her tormentors, justifying her actions.
 * Or, she manages to endure it and still manages to creep her friends and family out with her eerily calm behavior.
 * Zig Zagged: Masako keeps on pondering if she should kill or kiss and kill Kenji.
 * Averted:
 * Masako is actually nice and sweet.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko
 * Enforced: "Hey, let's keep fucking with her until she snaps! That would be awesome! Am I right?!"
 * Lampshaded: "Hi, Kenji. Would you like TO DIE?!"
 * Invoked: Kenji is a bastard who gets off on bullying and harassing people. He constantly abuses Masako, who is already losing her sanity. She finally snaps and decides to attack him.
 * Exploited: Masako pretends to be insane to drive away the bullies, so they won't bother her anymore.
 * Defied: Masako refuses to let insanity get the better of her and decides to endure her abuse and be strong.
 * Discussed: "Run for it! She's a deranged killer! Help! HEEEEEEEEEELP!"
 * Conversed: "Man, she's as crazy as a June bug in July!"

Go back to Cute and Psycho, or I'LL RIP OFF YOUR FACE!!!