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* '''Invoked''': Alice meets Betty, and the two of them instantly hit it off as best friends. |
* '''Invoked''': Alice meets Betty, and the two of them instantly hit it off as best friends. |
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* '''Defied''': Alice wants nothing to do with Betty and vice versa. |
* '''Defied''': Alice wants nothing to do with Betty and vice versa. |
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* '''Exploited''': [[Black and Nerdy|Bob]] gets his friend Betty to set him up with [[Where Da White Women At|her best friend Alice]] |
* '''Exploited''': [[Black and Nerdy|Bob]] gets his friend Betty to set him up with [[Where Da White Women At?|her best friend Alice]] |
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* '''Discussed''': ??? |
* '''Discussed''': ??? |
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* '''Conversed''': ??? |
* '''Conversed''': ??? |
Latest revision as of 05:06, 9 January 2014
Basic Trope: A white character spends the majority of his/her time with a black character.
- Played Straight: Alice, the lead has a best friend named Betty who's always there when she needs someone to give her encouragement or discouragement.
- Exaggerated: Alice and Betty spend every waking moment together and yet you can forget that Betty's even there because of how the story is all about Alice.
- Justified: Betty is introduced as Alice's best friend because they have specific interests in common and like spending time together; race has nothing to do with it.
- Inverted:
- Alice and Betty can't stand one another. (This mutual dislike may or may not be racially motivated.)
- Alternatively, Betty is the protagonist, and Alice is just her sidekick.
- Subverted: Alice is good friends with Betty, but doesn't spend every waking moment with her.
- Double Subverted: However, Alice and Betty are very close friends.
- Deconstructed: This may be a case of Positive Discrimination, depending on how it's played out. (i.e. if Betty is a Mary Sue)
- Reconstructed: Betty isn't a Mary Sue type character; she is a normal human being. The same holds true for Alice.
- Parodied: After befriending Betty, Alice takes out a list named "Obligatorily Ethnic Acquaintances" and checks off the point labeled "Black Friend".
- Lampshaded: "And these are Alice and Betty, or as we affectionately call them, Salt and Pepper."
- Averted: Betty is not just Alice's friend. She has characterization and they are social equals.
- Enforced: An attempt to introduce diversity to the series or movie
- Invoked: Alice meets Betty, and the two of them instantly hit it off as best friends.
- Defied: Alice wants nothing to do with Betty and vice versa.
- Exploited: Bob gets his friend Betty to set him up with her best friend Alice
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Played For Laughs: Salt and Pepper
- Played For Drama: Alice and Betty's world is pretty racist, and people don't approve of their spending time together, which takes a toll on their friendship.
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