1 | [[quoteright:304:[[Webcomic/DragonMango https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DragonMango_Diversion_5648.JPG]]]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:304:They have their uses.]] |
3 | |
4 | Tropes that cover things that distract or divert a character's attention, whether by accident or design, as well as the characters that plan or fall for them. |
5 | |
6 | For examples of things that might distract you, the reader, from something you really should be doing instead, see WikiWalk and JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife. |
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8 | !!Tropes: |
9 | [[index]] |
10 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: A character is easily distracted by the most trivial of things. |
11 | * BackseatChangingRoom: Changing in the backseat. |
12 | * CacophonyCoverUp: Covering up a loud noise with an equally or greater loud noise. |
13 | * CatsLoveLaserPointers: If your facing a giant feline beast it’s best to give them a red dot to chase. |
14 | * CaughtMonologuing: Taking action while your opponent is busy talking. |
15 | * CentipedesDilemma: When asked how they are able to do something, the character loses their ability due to being too focused on figuring out how it is so. |
16 | * ChasingAButterfly |
17 | * ConvenientDecoyCat |
18 | * ConvenientlyTimedDistraction: A distraction that wasn't planned happens at a critical moment. |
19 | * CoveringForTheNoise |
20 | * CrashingThroughTheHarem |
21 | * CutenessProximity: When a person sees someone or something adorable, their first instinct is to stop whatever they're doing and gush about how cute the cute person or thing is. |
22 | * DecoyConvoy |
23 | * DeliciousDistraction: Distracting someone with food (often a BigEater). |
24 | * DerailedTrainOfThought: Forgetting what you were talking about in favor of an unrelated topic. |
25 | * DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu |
26 | * DistractedByTheLuxury: Using luxuries, like jewelry, to distract ladies. |
27 | * DistractedByTheSexy: Someone gets distracted by an attractive person. |
28 | * DistractedByMyOwnSexy: Someone gets distracted by their own reflection. |
29 | * DistractingDisambiguation |
30 | * DrawAggro |
31 | * EasilyDistractedReferee |
32 | * EscortDistraction |
33 | * FakeOutMakeOut: Two people kiss to divert attention from others. |
34 | * FakinMacGuffin |
35 | * FlashMobCoverUp: Characters stage a flash mob as a distraction. |
36 | * FreudianSlipperySlope |
37 | * GirlsStareAtSceneryBoysStareAtGirls |
38 | * GoFetch: Distracting a dog by playing fetch with it. |
39 | * HeyCatch |
40 | * HitchhikersLeg |
41 | * InconvenientItch: Being distract by an itch at an inappropriate moment. |
42 | * InfractionDistraction |
43 | * InstitutionalAllegianceConcealment |
44 | * KissOfDistraction: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Kissing someone to distract them.]] |
45 | * LookBehindYou: You escape someone pursuing you by lying that something they'd be interested in seeing is behind them so that they'd temporarily turn away from you. |
46 | * NotDistractedByTheSexy: Someone is showing a lot of skin, but no one notices or cares. |
47 | * NotListeningToMeAreYou: Someone tries talking to a distracted person. |
48 | * OutfitDecoy |
49 | * ParalysisByAnalysis |
50 | * PrimpOfContempt: Being distracted from what’s going on in front of you because your nails need filing and your hair needs some fixing. |
51 | * PrivacyByDistraction: Distracting someone so you can have some privacy. |
52 | * PushedAtTheMonster: Someone deliberately trips up another to distract someone, usually a monster, chasing them. |
53 | * ShowSomeLeg |
54 | * SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: Someone gets distracted [[LiteralMinded thinking of the literal sense of an anology.]] |
55 | * SmokeOut: Someone activates a smoke bomb as a distraction to escape. |
56 | * SmokescreenCrime: Someone commits or stages a crime to obscure another one. |
57 | * ThrowingTheDistraction: Throwing something to distract a person. |
58 | * ATruceWhileWeGawk: A fight grinds to a halt as something catches the combatants' attention. |
59 | * WeNeedADistraction |
60 | * WildGooseChase: Sending someone on a fake mission to distract them. |
61 | [[/index]] |
62 | ---- |
63 | [-Wait, [[LookBehindYou what's that behind you]]?!-] |
64 | |
65 | ''[- ~Disappears~ -]'' |
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