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Basic Trope: A woman whose attire and/or dance style is similar to that used in belly dance.

• Played Straight: Alice is often seen with a bare midriff, a bra-like top, and a long skirt or harem pants.
• Exaggerated: Alice's outfit includes copper coins meant to express movement, a veil, and lots of bangle bracelets. And she wears this outfit all the time.
• Justified:
  • Alice is, in fact, a belly dancer.
  • The setting is a Qurac of the variety where this is common.
  • Alice has been taken into Go-Go Enslavement
• Inverted: Alice wears jeans and a turtleneck sweater, sweatpants and a hoodie, a nun's habit, etc.
• Subverted: Alice appears wearing a long coat.
• Double Subverted: But when she takes this off, she is has a bare midriff, a short top, and harem pants.
• Deconstructed:
  • Alice comes from a very conservative family, who don't approve of belly dancing. As a result, Alice has to take lessons in secret, all the while feeling a little guilty.
  • Alternatively, Alice's status as a belly dancer earns unwanted attention from some boys at school.
  • Alice's family is poor, and she has to help put bread on the table. Unfortunately, the venue she performs in attracts a rather seedy crowd. Alice has had many close calls with various perverts.
• Reconstructed: Alice's parents realize that they were being too strict on their daughter, and allow for Alice to continue her dancing, provided that she doesn't abuse her abilities.
• Parodied: Alice shimmies and hip-snaps everywhere she goes, rather than walking normally.
  • She even wears her outfit whilst pregnant.
• Lampshaded: ???
• Zig Zagged: Sometimes, she is seen wearing clothes like this, other times not.
• Averted: Alice does not wear anything comparable to belly dance attire.
• Enforced: Fan Service
• Invoked:
  • Alice takes belly dance lessons
  • Alice is taken by the Big Bad for Go-Go Enslavement
• Defied: Alice refuses to wear anything this revealing.
• Discussed: ???
• Conversed: ???
• Played For Laughs: The one dressed like this is Bob.
• Played For Drama: Alice has been taken into the harem of Emperor Evulz against her will and forced to dress like this and dance for him.

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