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Basic Trope: A Curse which acts as Laser-Guided Karma, usually cast by a wise woman of some sort.

Straight: Bob gets a Gender Bender Curse for dissing women around Alice of the Arcana.
Exaggerated: Bob gets a Gender Bender curse for telling one sexist joke at a rowdy party with a lot of political incorrectness going around. Alice just happened to hear him specifically.
Downplayed:
- Bob gets turned into a girl for a day.
- The curse will break when Bob learns his lesson.
Justified:
Inverted:
- Bob is overheard by Alice calling Charlie out on his sexist joke. Bob scores with a Magical Girlfriend that night, implicitly thanks to Alice's magic, and the Casanova Wannabe Charlie gets nothing.
- Alice of the Arcana overhears Bob making sexist comments... so she turns herself into a man to see if being male really is that much better.
Subverted: Alice threatens Bob with a Gender Bender Curse, then casts a spell which... makes a flashy lightshow. Bob is unaffected.
Double Subverted: Bob wakes up a girl the next day.
Parodied:
Deconstructed: Bob calls What the Hell, Hero? on Alice, and challenges her on her own morality for the Disproportionate Retribution. Violence may also ensue.
Reconstructed: Alice reveals her Blue and Orange Morality, and fades away into the shadows before Bob can turn his wrath on her.
Zig Zagged: Bob insults women around Alice, who threatens him with a Gender Bender Curse and casts a spell on him. It does nothing. Bob wakes up female the next day. After Hilarity Ensues, he seems to learn his lesson, and the Curse reverses itself. Bob then gets a case of Aesop Amnesia, and makes another insulting sexist comment to Claire. *Poof* - he turns into a girl again.
Averted: Nobody gets cursed.
Enforced: The writers want to teach An Aesop.
Lampshaded: *poof* "Oh, don't tell me, she was a gypsy." Bob checks his chest. "DAMMIT!"
Invoked: Alice wants to test her new Laser-Guided Karma spell, so she uses it on the first person she sees doing something "wrong", no matter how minor.
Defied: Bob minds his manners around Alice of the Arcana, knowing her reputation.
Exploited: Bob tricks Charlie into saying something rude around Alice, so that she curses him.
Discussed:
Conversed:
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 {{trope}}
-'''Basic Trope''': A [[Curse]] which acts as [[Laser Guided Karma]], usually cast by a wise woman of some sort.
+'''Basic Trope''': A [[Curse]] which acts as [[Laser-Guided Karma]], usually cast by a wise woman of some sort.
 * '''Straight''': Bob gets a [[Gender Bender]] [[Curse]] for dissing women around Alice of the Arcana.
 * '''Exaggerated''': Bob gets a [[Gender Bender]] curse for telling one sexist joke at a rowdy party with a lot of political incorrectness going around. Alice just happened to hear him specifically.
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 * '''Double Subverted''': Bob [[Just Woke Up That Way|wakes up]] [[Gender Bender|a girl]] the next day.
 * '''Parodied''':
-* '''Deconstructed''': Bob calls [[What the Hell Hero]] on Alice, and challenges her on her own morality for the [[Disproportionate Retribution]]. Violence may also ensue.
+* '''Deconstructed''': Bob calls [[What the Hell, Hero?]] on Alice, and challenges her on her own morality for the [[Disproportionate Retribution]]. Violence may also ensue.
 * '''Reconstructed''': Alice reveals her [[Blue and Orange Morality]], and fades away into the shadows before Bob can turn his wrath on her.
 * '''Zig Zagged''': Bob insults women around Alice, who threatens him with a [[Gender Bender]] [[Curse]] and casts a spell on him. It does nothing. Bob wakes up female the next day. After [[Hilarity Ensues]], he seems to learn his lesson, and the [[Curse]] reverses itself. Bob then gets a case of [[Aesop Amnesia]], and makes another insulting sexist comment to Claire. *Poof* - he turns into a girl again.
 * '''Averted''': Nobody gets cursed.
 * '''Enforced''': The writers want to teach [[An Aesop]].
-* '''Lampshaded''': *poof* "Oh, don't tell me, she was a gypsy." [[Man I Feel Like a Woman|Bob checks his chest.]] "DAMMIT!"
+* '''Lampshaded''': *poof* "Oh, don't tell me, she was a gypsy." [[Man, I Feel Like a Woman|Bob checks his chest.]] "DAMMIT!"
-* '''Invoked''': Alice wants to test her new [[Laser Guided Karma]] spell, so she uses it on the first person she sees doing something "wrong", no matter how minor.
+* '''Invoked''': Alice wants to test her new [[Laser-Guided Karma]] spell, so she uses it on the first person she sees doing something "wrong", no matter how minor.
 * '''Defied''': Bob minds his manners around Alice of the Arcana, knowing her reputation.
 * '''Exploited''': Bob tricks Charlie into saying something rude around Alice, so that she curses him.