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'''Basic Trope''': A [[The Medic|healing specialist]] who is female and kind-hearted.

* '''Straight''': [[Mysterious Waif|Melody]] is a kind-hearted priestess and [[The Medic|healer]] who fights with a staff or bow and is contrasted with [[Black Magician Girl|black wizard]] [[Hot Witch|Marcy.]]

* '''Exaggerated''': Melody is a [[Actual Pacifist|complete pacifist]] who has no attacks at all, only healing spells.

* '''Justified''': [[Personality Powers]] are a rule of the universe.

** Melody is too weak or unskilled to wield anything heavy and too frail to fight but still wants to help others. She does this by studying healing magic and encouraging her team.

* '''Inverted''': The [[White Magician Girl]] is an outspoken, [[Hot-Blooded]] [[Tsundere]] who [[Hyperspace Mallet|whacks the hero with her staff]] when she's angry.

** [[Black Magician Girl]]

** Melody has [[White Magician Girl]] powers, but she's [[Ax Crazy]].

* '''Subverted''': Despite her gentle nature, Melody is a powerful [[Warrior Monk]] and kung-fu expert.

** Melody is a feminine healer who's the hero's [[Love Interest]]...but her gentle exterior hides a [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]] or even [[The Mole]].

** Melody's gentle and sweet...until [[Break the Cutie|something horrible happens to her and she snaps]]. The emotional turbulence makes her magic dangerous.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...and she also happens to be the [[Combat Medic|best healer]] anyway.

** She discovers that [[Good Feels Good]] and [[Becoming the Mask|decides to make the gentle exterior her interior]].

** She recovers from the [[Heroic BSOD]] with the [[Power of Love]] and [[The Power of Friendship|friendship.]]

* '''[[Gender Flip|Gender Flipped]]''': Melody, a [[Hot Chick with a Sword]], is accompanied by Christopher, a [[Non-Action Guy]] with [[Healing Hands]] who she allows to come because he can heal and she can't.

* '''Parodied''': The [[White Magician Girl]] is an [[Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan|obnoxious and petty person who constantly bludgeon people with her staff and then heal them just because they annoy her. And she's easily annoyed.]] But people fawn over her anyway, because she's an avatar of a goddess of healing. Who is ''also'' a jerk to other gods.

* '''Deconstructed''': To be a [[White Magician Girl]], one need to [[Training ~~From~~ Hell|endure a lot of both physical and mental training]]. It's not easy to act calm and heal people in the middle of battle. Few people endured this training, and those that do are almost always [[Stepford Smiler]].

* '''Deconstructed''': To be a [[White Magician Girl]], one need to [[Training from Hell|endure a lot of both physical and mental training]]. It's not easy to act calm and heal people in the middle of battle. Few people endured this training, and those that do are almost always [[Stepford Smiler]].

** Melody would much rather have taken a more [[Action Girl|physical role]], but because of her society's [[Stay in the Kitchen|limited roles for women]] [[White Magician Girl]] is the only way she's allowed to participate at all. She's bitter about this, and it interferes with the calm and compassion required for the job.

* '''Reconstructed''': But the [[White Magician Girl]] ''for your party'' is still an honestly gentle and caring person.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': When Melody first appear, she's a to-the-trope [[White Magician Girl]]. And then after a story event, she become a [[Black Magician Girl]] who spams [[Awesome but Impractical|Meteor Shower]]. But wait! Her healing spells are still the best amongst the party members, and [[Boring but Practical|using it is more practical to win battles than Meteor Shower]]. And then after another story event, her magic goes away and she is forced to fight physically just like anyone else... but then, she is still one of the better healer, and a kind person.

* '''Averted''': The sole healer in the party is Albrecht the [[Church Militant|Paladin]], who uses a sword and is [[Rated "M" for Manly|noticeably male]].

** Melody has healing powers... and is [[The Heroine|the main character]] who can be quite the [[Good Is Not Nice|rude and curse spewing]] [[Badass]].

* '''Enforced''': "Without someone who is dedicated to heal him, [[The Hero]] of this story won't stand a chance against those heavy-hitting monsters. While we're at it let's make her his [[Love Interest]] for the [[Periphery Demographic]]. "

* '''Lampshaded''': "No, please, have mercy on m...wait, you're a female, and you're carrying a big stick? False alarm, guys, she's just a healer. She's not gonna kill us!"

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