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** Alice does not need to surrender the role of Amazing Girl.

** Angela does not become Amazing Girl, the writer instead creating a whole new superheroic identity for her.

* '''Enforced''': The story is written [[Dark Age|at a time]] when [[Darker and Edgier]] [[Anti-Hero|Anti Heroes]] are popular, and the producers want to replace [[The Cape|an old-fashioned hero]] with a newer, [[Nineties Anti Hero|more ruthless]] model in order to get a piece of the action.

* '''Enforced''': The story is written [[Dark Age|at a time]] when [[Darker and Edgier]] [[Anti-Hero|Anti Heroes]] are popular, and the producers want to replace [[The Cape|an old-fashioned hero]] with a newer, [[Nineties Anti-Hero|more ruthless]] model in order to get a piece of the action.

* '''Lampshaded''': "I'm your newer, darker replacement, Alice!"

* '''Invoked''': Angela challenges Alice to trial by combat in an attempt to steal her identity.

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** Angela's arrogance and ruthlessness antagonizes Alice's former allies, who make it clear that Angela is not Amazing Girl to them. Her arrogance leads to overconfidence, meaning that she is soon outmatched.

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