Line #17 Main/DistractionTropes


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2	[[caption-width-right:304:They have their uses.]]
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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.
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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]]
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63	[-Wait, [[LookBehindYou what's that behind you]]?!-]
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