Bi the Way/Playing With

Basic Trope: A bisexual character who isn't crazy or promiscuous.

Straight: Alice is bisexual.
Exaggerated: Everyone Is Bi
Justified: She just is that way.
Inverted: Alice is asexual.
Subverted: Alice is only bi-curious; when she gets into a relationship with Beth, it doesn't last long.
Double Subverted: The reason the relationship failed is because Beth cheated on her, or they simply had nothing in common. Soon after the breakup, Alice falls in love with Claire.
Parodied: She's the most generic and boring character of the cast.
Deconstructed: Alice is afraid to come out because she thinks everyone will assume she's looking for attention, that she's slutty, that she's greedy or indecisive, or worse.
Reconstructed: She comes out, and her True Companions accept her for who she is.
Zig Zagged: Alice seems asexual, but dates members of both genders, so she is believed to be bisexual, then it comes to light that she never had sex with any of them, abd never intends to do so, leaving people confused. She is biromantic.
Averted: No Bisexuals
Enforced: "There should be more sympathetic bisexual characters."
Lampshaded: "Why does everyone think it's such a big deal that I like guys and girls?"
Invoked: Alice's parents are supportive of different orientations and raise her to be responsible in her sex life whoever she may decide to be with.
Exploited: ???
Defied: Being bisexual makes Alice feel unique and she acts as crazy and promiscuous as she can to make others think that too.
Discussed: Bob: "Wait, what? Whoa! You've dated men and women?!" Alice: "Yeah, so what?"
Conversed: "Good to see a bisexual character who isn't depraved."

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