1 | [[quoteright:188:[[Webcomic/{{sinfest}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Sinfest_Ignored_2607.JPG]]]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:188:[-Being a LiteralMetaphor for this is no fun at all.-] ]] |
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4 | Don't bother looking at these tropes...they're not all that important. |
5 | |
6 | See also ApathyIndex, RejectionIndex, MoreThanMeetsTheEye, ObviousIndex, TheSecretIndex, and '''WOW!''' are those '''DistractionTropes!?''' |
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8 | ---- |
9 | !!Tropes: |
10 | [[folder:Isn't there something better to do?]] |
11 | [[index]] |
12 | * BelatedInjuryRealization: An injury, often major, goes unnoticed. |
13 | * BeneathNotice: Someone disguises themselves as a commoner to drive suspicion away from them. |
14 | * BeneathSuspicion: Someone who looks innocent at first glance turns out to have been the culprit the whole time. |
15 | * BigLippedAlligatorMoment: A bizarre scene not relevant to the story's plot that is never brought up again after it occurs. |
16 | * BystanderSyndrome: They ''could'' help if they wanted to, but this doesn't really concern them. |
17 | * CassandraTruth: Some people just can't see the truth, even when it's right in front of them. |
18 | * DevilInPlainSight: Everyone ignores the obvious signs that this bad person can't be trusted. |
19 | * DiscouragingConcealment: Hiding something in a place that no one wants to search. |
20 | * ElephantInTheLivingRoom: An obvious problem that everyone is going out of their way to avoid acknowledging. |
21 | * EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: Players believe the story of the game is more important than the gameplay. Contrast PlayTheGameSkipTheStory. |
22 | * FailedASpotCheck: Someone fails to notice something they should've before it is too late. |
23 | * FanonDiscontinuity: Fans choose to ignore episodes or installments of the series that they dislike. |
24 | * HandshakeRefusal: Someone refuses to shake someone's hand, for one reason or another. |
25 | * HiddenInPlainSight: Something/someone is hidden in the most obvious spot possible, yet no one pays it any mind. |
26 | * HighFiveLeftHanging: A character tries to get another person to high five them, but the other person just leaves them hanging. |
27 | * IgnoredConfession: Someone makes a confession, but no one cares to pay any attention to them or to take the claim seriously. |
28 | * IgnoredEnemy: The villain, the character who should be at the heroes' throats the most, gets ignored by the heroes arguing amongst themselves. |
29 | * IgnoredEpiphany: The villain considers redeeming themselves, but brushes off the thought and continues being bad. |
30 | * IgnoredExpert: The smart guy's strict warnings about something are blown off by the other characters. |
31 | * IgnoredRaisedHand: Someone asks for a volunteer, and they pick anyone ''but'' the one who's eagerly raising their hand the whole time. |
32 | * IgnoredVitalNewsReports: What? Someone on the news said the government spotted [=UFOs=] in the sky? Yeah, ignore it, that's ''obviously'' not true... |
33 | * IgnoreTheDisability: Someone's warnings to not insult someone with a physical disabilty (or otherwise peculiar trait) eventually go unheeded. |
34 | * IgnoreTheFanservice: Someone's attempts to seduce someone else goes totally unnoticed. |
35 | * IgnoringBySinging: A character covers their ears and sings to try and ignore a statement they don't like or don't want to hear. |
36 | * IHaveNoSon: Parents disown their child because they are ashamed of them or do not approve of the decisions they've made. |
37 | * IllPretendIDidntHearThat: Someone pretends not to hear something so the other person won't get in trouble. |
38 | * InTheDreamingStageOfGrief: Devastated character copes by convincing themselves it is/was just a bad dream. |
39 | * InvisibleToNormals: A fantastical creature of some kind who can't be seen by normal people. |
40 | * ItSeemedTrivial: Someone withholds important information from another character, but doesn't mention that it's actually ''important''. |
41 | * ItsProbablyNothing: No matter how much evidence there is to back up an ominous suspicion, someone continuously ignores it until it's too late. |
42 | * IWarnedYou: Something terrible has happened, and all that the character who warned everyone else that it was gonna happen can do is say, "I warned you." |
43 | * IWasNeverHere: Somebody tries to ignore that something bad or weird occured by saying it never happened. |
44 | * JediMindTrick: Someone uses mind powers to make others do something that they normally wouldn't. |
45 | * JustIgnoreIt: Sometimes just ignoring the problem will make it go away. |
46 | * KansasCityShuffle: A con-man fools their victim into thinking they're falling for an ordinary scam, but then they pull the rug under them and unveil a ''totally new'' scam instead. |
47 | * MacGuffinBlindness: Everyone doesn't know where/what the MacGuffin is, even though it's right in their faces. |
48 | * MetallicarSyndrome: The more inconspicuous your car looks, the more likely you are to be seen as a bad guy. |
49 | * MoveAlongNothingToSeeHere: A StockPhrase most often used by police officers to divert attention away from something suspicious. |
50 | * NoMercyForMurderers: The killer had a reason for his murder? No one cares. |
51 | * TheNondescript: A character who comes off as a little bit ''too'' average, to the point where other characters often forget who they are. |
52 | * NotNowKiddo: Ignoring children when they're trying to warn you about something important. |
53 | * PerceptionFilter: Someone hides their identity by making others around them perceive that they're not really there. |
54 | * PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: Players often pay no attention to the story and believe the gameplay is more important. Contrast EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame. |
55 | * RefusalOfTheCall: The CallToAdventure is (at first) explicitly turned down. |
56 | * RefusalOfTheSecondCall: The hero refuses to take up the CallToAdventure again after saving the world the last time, for whatever reason. |
57 | * RightUnderTheirNoses: Someone hides in the place where nobody would ever consider looking. |
58 | * SelectiveObliviousness: Someone is perfectly fine with acknowledging anything else but that one specific thing, even though everyone else knows it's true. |
59 | * SilentTreatment: When you refuse to speak to someone else to show your disapproval. |
60 | * TellHimImNotSpeakingToHim: Someone bypasses the SilentTreatment by asking someone to relay a message back to someone else. |
61 | * ThatDidntHappen: A romantic pair negates their relationship by pretending that it never even happened. |
62 | * TheoryTunnelvision: Someone still chooses to hold on to their opinions or beliefs, despite all evidence to the contrary. |
63 | * TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: A villain who looks too unassuming and innocent to actually ''be'' one...and yet they are. |
64 | * TooImportantToRememberYou: Someone of a high authority constantly forgets about the people who are of a lesser status than them. |
65 | * UnderappreciatedWomensWork: The contributions of mom-type people go unappreciated by those around them. |
66 | * UnknownRival: Someone has a rival who is after the same goals as them, but they're unaware that they even ''have'' a rival at all. |
67 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Characters fail to notice or care about something that should be seen as unusual or weird. |
68 | * VisibleToBelievers: Someone or something only reveals itself to people who choose to believe in it. |
69 | * WeirdnessCensor: There's a whole bunch of strange stuff going around, but no one seems to notice. |
70 | * WithinParameters: A group of scientists are running tests on something, and one of them brushes it off when they start receiving abnormal signals. |
71 | * YouDidntSeeThat: Somebody tells someone else to forget that they ever saw something. |
72 | [[/index]] |
73 | [[/folder]] |
74 | ---- |
75 | What, expecting a witty stinger or something? There's nothing to see here. Scram! |
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