Line #88 Main/ImpliedTrope


1	They didn't show it happening -- nowhere in the dialogue or narration was it explicitly stated that it happened -- but the evidence that it ''did'' happen (though indirect) is pretty clear just the same.
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3	Maybe it happened before the story proper, in the backstory. Maybe it happened in the interim between sequels (or even scenes). Maybe it was going on in the background just out of the audience's sight.
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5	An Implied Trope is where the author leaves a trail of clues to hint that a trope happened without actually showing it; the clues are taken from {{Subtext}}. This can be done by showing the build up to a trope, by showing the after-effects, or both. It is something between playing a trope straight and subverting it. As with a SubvertedTrope, an Implied Trope assumes the audience is familiar enough with the trope that they'll be able to understand what's being suggested, but rather than defying those expectations, the work uses them to create the same effect as the trope while leaving the details up to the audience's imagination.
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7	However, an Implied Trope can create an effect akin to dominoes. If A implies B, then C implies D, which implies E, which implies F, which... [[AndTheRest Yeah.]] Tropers can sometimes take things too far and [[Administrivia/SpeculativeTroping infer more details than they should.]]
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9	When something is implied because the publishers object to it, that's GettingCrapPastTheRadar. When multiple tropes can be inferred, but they can't ''all'' have happened together, you have an AmbiguousSituation. Not to be confused with an InvokedTrope.
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11	Commonly overlaps with PlayedForDrama, especially when used with DeathTropes.
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13	!!Examples:
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18	* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'':
19	** It implies that [[Characters/{{Berserk}} Griffith, a.k.a. Femto]] uses BeautyEqualsGoodness to win people over.
20	** Griffith is also implied to have suffered FacialHorror during his torture.
21	** [[Characters/{{Berserk}} Casca]] showed some signs of [[TheInsomniac sleep deprivation]] after the Eclipse, namely [[ExhaustedEyeBags the dark bags under her eyes]], which tell us just how severe her trauma was.
22	** GlowingEyesOfDoom is implied for [[Characters/BerserkOther The Beast of Darkness]], thanks to the [=PS2=] game giving it some malevolent-looking, glowing [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]].
23	** [[Characters/BerserkOther Flora]] is implied to be [[OlderThanTheyLook older than she looks]]. She looks like she's aged gracefully into her late 50s to early 60s, but it's implied she's [[Really700YearsOld several centuries old]].
24	** It's implied that Charlotte [[FriendlessBackground never really]] [[LonelyRichKid had any friends]].
25	** It is implied that Jill had become a PluckyGirl at the end.
26	* ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' implies that [[spoiler:Canti [[IChooseToStay chose to stay]] with Naota's family rather than coming along with Haruko at the end of Episode 6.]]
27	* ''Manga/IsItMyFaultThatIGotBullied'' implies HiddenDisdainReveal. Shinji Suzuki is a successful banker and is popular with his boss and coworkers because he is ruthless and handles cases where a normal banker would be sympathetic towards the client. The end of the story is the final chapters, where when Shinji's mistress and former victim revealed him to be a cheater and a bully to his boss and coworkers, they were all horrified and disgusted. Shinji Boss denied him the promotion he wanted and demoted him. His coworkers started to ignore him, refuse to talk to him, and be threatened by him. But some of the coworker's words, like one of them saying that they don’t have to suck up to him anymore and stating he didn’t get his former job on merit, hinted that his coworkers had a disliking for him before to revealed. It’s heavily implied that even though his coworkers and boss previously admired Shinji for how much money he was making the bank and his ruthless personality, they also slightly disliked him for some of his cruelty and how bossy he could be towards his coworkers. When his boss and coworkers saw firsthand what a monster he was and lost respect for him, that dislike for him rose to the surface and became hatred because of how much of a monster he was.
28	* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'' implies NotHimself. Nozomu Okaya still acts like the same remorseless sociopath two years after Kiritaka's death, but during Kowase's breakdown as he tries to drown Yajima, he has Okaya in mind when demanding her to go back how she was. It may hint that although Okaya's demeanor may look the same, Kowase notices that his boss has changed in some way he doesn't seem to favor.
29	* Rei in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' lives and breathes this trope, from seeming scared that Shinji is getting too close to the truth and has great reservations about the Evas to the idea that if she was just a little more bloodthirsty and proficient she would be utterly brutal.
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33	* ''Art/AphroditeOfMenophantos'': Part of the reason why Aphrodite is rushing to cover herself up is that she a human has stumbled upon her while she was taking a bath. Mortals suffer nasty {{Karmic Misfire}}s for seeing a naked goddess, even if it's by accident, so she's trying to prevent that.
34	* ''Art/{{David}}'': The only thing Creator/{{Michelangelo}} {{sculpt\|ures}}ed here is David himself, but the king's ready weapon and decisive stare pretty clearly indicate the presence of TheAntagonist, the mighty Goliath, off on the horizon of David's view.
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38	* ''ComicBook/AVoiceInTheDark'' Implies VillainousRescue. When Zoey is exploring the layout of the Lambda Theta Kappa house she is caught [[spoiler: and Brock attempts to rape her. The unnamed hockey-mask-wearing party-goer rescues her by knocking Brock out. It is implied that he is actually the SerialKiller that has been murdering female students at Blair, but more issues will be needed to confirm if he is or is not]].
39	* ''ComicBook/BatmanZeroYear'' Implied AdaptationOriginConnection with Batman and [[spoiler:ComicBook/TheJoker]] in the last part of "Secret City." In the third chapter of the arc, the Red Hood Gang leader tells Bruce how [[spoiler: it was the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne, and the terror that the deaths of these prominent citizens to a random mugging sparked in the minds of most Gothamites, that inspired him to turn to a life of crime and similarly terrorize Gotham]]. The Red Hood Gang leader is implied to be [[spoiler:the future [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]]]], resulting in this trope.
40	* ''ComicBook/BlackCanary'' Implied MomentOfWeakness. During the ''Cry for Justice'' & ''Rise and Fall'' storylines, Dinah abandons her husband Oliver and her adopted son Speedy I/Arsenal/Red Arrow I (Roy Harper). She left the both of them because Oliver murders Prometheus for destroying Star City and causing the death of his adopted granddaughter Lian, while Roy goes back to using heroin after the pain in his right arm becomes too unbearable because of the infection and the horrible prosthetic Cyborg made, with Dinah officially considering him a lost cause. However, it is hinted that Dinah was traumatized because of the events of the story and was lashing out at them. It is also hinted that Dinah was subconsciously looking for an excuse to abandon them and leave the painful tragedy behind her. In ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'', it is revealed Dinah harbors a huge amount of guilt for her actions and regrets abandoning them when they needed her the most.
41	* ''ComicBook/BlackMagick'' Implies SigilSpam. The organization which hunts witches uses a hammer as its symbol, and its mark on the lighter used in the first issue is what makes Rowan realize that this is not an isolated case of insanity.
42	* ''ComicBook/DuckTales'' Implies TripleShifter. Launchpad continually drops references to his other life in St. Canard while he's with Scrooge and his family, which seemingly indicates that the pilot skips back and forth between the two cities to keep up with both of his "families." How he manages to do this without collapsing in exhaustion (or being absent very often from either Duckburg or St. Canard) is never explained.
43	* ''ComicBook/Dynamo5'' Implied DaddysGirl. According to Chrysalis, Captain Dynamo/William Warner was close to Cynthia and told her that flying with her was one of the happiest times of his life. Cynthia outright questions if Dynamo 5 is worthy of inheriting their father's name and points out that she was the one he raised.
44	* ''ComicBook/EvilEmpire'' Implied TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction. In issue 5, when a SerialKiller named Ace Partner goes to a bar to search for a new victim, he is shocked to see a group of 5 woman with a men tied to a table. The woman are bragging that the man wishes that he was spending another night at that brothel instead of the bachelorette party, implying the women were having a bachelorette party and hired a male stripper they planned to murder.
45	* ''Franchise/TheFlash'' Implied DivorceIsTemporary. Ashley and Hunter Zolomon's marriage ended on the worst of terms. Hunter predicted that a suspect wouldn't have a gun, and thus urged his team to make the arrest without waiting for backup. He turned out to be wrong, and the killer shot him in the knee, crippling him, before gunning down his father-in-law; in response, Ashley filed for divorce and he was let go from the FBI. When Ashley later learns of Hunter's transformation into Zoom, she doesn't hesitate to leave her entire career at the FBI behind to come to Keystone City to take over his former spot as the local metahuman profiler to help reform him. She make it clear that she still loves him and feels guilty for not being there for him, feeling that he would never have become Zoom had she not left him. Though not stated, it's implied that she plans to get back together with Hunter once she reforms him.
46	* ''ComicBook/HackSlash'' Implied CruelAndUnusualDeath. We don’t see Lisa Elsten or Chris Krank body’s, due to them being under the covers, but they were killed by [[TortureTechnician Doctor Gross]], and there’s copious amounts of blood.
47	* ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' Implies LoserDeity. God [[TheGhost stays offscreen]], but is arguably insane, CantTakeCriticism, and created the First of the Fallen as a conscience he could beat up for backtalking. However, this is [[UnreliableNarrator according to the First himself]]; later appearances with different writers portray him closer to a BigGood.
48	* ''ComicBook/ThePunisherBorn'' Implies NiceJobBreakingItHero. Despite the fact that Valley Forge is isolated in the middle of enemy territory and that he can count on only one platoon of Marines due to the total collapse of the morale of the firebase’s garrison, Frank Castle is very successful in his attacks against the NVA’s supply convoys, inflicting significant casualties on the enemy. It is implied (and made explicit in a later story arc of Comicbook/ThePunisherMAX) that [[spoiler: this is the reason why the NVA decides to wipe out the marines once and for all as soon as the rainy season impairs American air power, leaving the firebase without any air support]].
49	* ''ComicBook/{{White Tiger\|MarvelComics}}'' Implied BrokenBird. Soledad Ayala intended to file for divorce immediately after her husband White Tiger (Hector Ayala) was wrongfully arrested for murder, because Hector had promised her he'd give up being a superhero. Matt Murdock convinces her to hold off divorcing him until after the trial because if she divorces him right now that would just send the message that he's guilty. She agrees to hold off the divorce, admitting both that she knows he's not guilty and that she still loves Hector. But during the trial, when the prosecuter questions their marriage, she can't stand the pressure and leaves the courthouse. Soon after, Hector is convicted despite the efforts of his lawyer, Murdock. Hector is shot dead trying to escape, shortly before evidence emerges that belatedly proves his innocence. In Soledad's last appearance in ''White Tiger'' #6, according to Hector's sister Awilda, Ayala hasn't been right in the head ever since Hector's death, implying that the death and the guilt she has for leaving the trial has destroyed her. She takes the appearance of someone as a new White Tiger as a sign from God that Hector forgives her.
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53	* ''[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon]]'' fanfic ''FanFic/AshesOfThePast'' implies BringMyBrownPants happens to Damian, the guy who Ash's Charizard used to belong to and abandoned him.
54	* PsychologicalProjection is implied in ''Fanfic/DekiruTheFusionHero'' with regard to Shoto Todoroki towards Izuku's [[FusionDance Fusion quirk, or specifically his human fusions]]. There are various hints pointing out that Shoto sees Human Fusion no different than the Quirk Marriage his father forced his mother into, especially as Human Fusion combines and enhance other quirks like his own Half-Cold and Half-Hot. Notably, during the Sports Festival arc, he only brings up Izuku's past fusions with Ochako and Momo and leaves out his fusion with Katsuki.
55	* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainVoyageOfWisteria'' Implied ToughLove. Sara Diktaylis's foster parents made her watch the news about Mrs. Turner attempting to kill her former classmates before Chloe, the girl she bullied, stopped her. Seeing this and her former classmates' interviews does not help Sara's mental state and guilt, especially since the girl who became the hero is the same girl she despised and bullied. She has a breakdown and starts screaming until her foster mother comforts her. When Sara asked why her foster mother took her in, she reveals that she was just like Sara. It's implied that she and her husband forced Sara to watch the news, so she understands the harm she caused and hopes to help her grow into a better person.
56	* PositiveFriendInfluence is implied in ''Fanfic/MiraculousTalesOfScarletBeetleAndIkatiBlack'' in regards to Marinette and Kim, [[AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul who have been]] ChildhoodFriends [[AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul for years alongside Nino and Max]]. In the first few chapters, Marinette is much more confident and assertive, especially against [[AlphaBitch Chloé ]], than she was at the start of the canon OriginsEpisode. Kim is also less of a JerkJock than he was in canon, as seen when he regrets that his teasing of Ivan ended up hurting the latter's feelings and leading him to get akumatized, and apologizes to Ivan after the latter is turned back from Stoneheart
57	* DisabilityImmunity is implied in the ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Objective}}'', where the bad guy needs to make eye contact with his victim and say, "[[TitleDrop Objective]]" to make them follow an order at any cost, as he does with Kotetsu. Both the First-League Heroes and [[VigilanteExecution Lunatic]] avoid falling under the villain's control with either sunglasses, masks, or similar obstructions to their vision.
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61	* ''Animation/NextGen'' Implies PosthumousCharacter. Matthew is shown leaving in the opening credits and Mai and Molly are shown attending a funeral in an image, implying he died not long after leaving the house due to his' and Molly's argument.
62	* ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'' Implies JerkassRealization. When Norman lashes out and yells at his friends (out of frustration) to get out when searching for Agatha's records. He rants about how Courtney never listens to him and no one else listens to him, and how everyone thinks he's a freak. While she did leave, after seeing him endanger himself she becomes more kind and supporting to Norman, implying she realizes how much pain he is in when he was a outcast and now she wants to help him.
63	* ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'' Implies CurbStompBattle at the beginning. Benedict's goons are apparently so well-trained that they manage to [[MilitariesAreUseless destroy security at a military base within the course of 30 seconds]]. If one listens closely when the two technicians inside the base attempt to secure the tractor beam, they can hear the sounds of terrified guards screaming as the goons plow their way through.
64	* ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'' Implies AcquaintedWithEmergencyServices. Jim Hawkins has apparently violated a particular law about hoverboarding often enough that, when the robotic constables who are bringing him home forget what number the law has attached to it, he is able to finish the number from memory.
65	* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' Implies BigEater. One of Mei's family photos seen in the opening depicts her about to eat an entire table full of food, and Ming later makes a dinner consisting of all of Mei's favorite foods which also fills the entire table.
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69	* ButYouWereThereAndYouAndYou in Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010''. We know that Alice dismisses her first visit to Wonderland as a dream. At the garden party, she meets an old woman who has traits of the Red Queen, and twins (the Chataway sisters) who behave like Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.
70	* ThePeepingTom is implied in ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' where a telescope is present in SerialKiller Patrick Bateman's apartment but is never seen used.
71	* ''Film/{{The Avengers\|2012}}'' implies that Black Widow [[CapturedOnPurpose deliberately let herself get captured]] by the Russian officer early in the film in order to trick him into confessing what he was intending to do, before she was forced to abort the operation thanks in part to Loki's arrival.
72	* DomesticAbuse in ''Film/BrightBurn''. Noah berates his wife when she told him that giving a rifle to Brandon is not the smartest birthday gift, and leaves her when he's attacked by Brandon. It's hard to tell if the latter is just him not thinking straight, saving Brandon, actually leaving his wife, or all three.
73	* DrivingIntoATruck is implied to have happened in ''Film/TheCannonballRun''. When the police set up a roadblock specifically to catch and arrest the Cannonballers, JJ spots a semi with an empty flatbed. Cut to a shot of the semi & flatbed with a suspiciously shaped object -- which looks like JJ and Victor's car -- under a tarp. They sneak by the roadblock under there.
74	* ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' implies that it was [[spoiler: Ra's Al Ghul]]'s BodyDouble who died, not him.
75	** TakingYouWithMe is implied when Gambol attempts to have The Joker killed before settling on a bounty.
76	** It's implied that Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb's answer to people making death threats is DrinkingOnDuty.
77	** Detective Gerard Stephens is implied to be TheLancer for Gordon.
78	** Detective John Blake is implied to go on to be a VigilanteMan, due to his frustrations with police procedure throughout the film.
79	** The Chechen is implied to have been [[HoistByHisOwnPetard fed to his own dogs]].
80	** Jen is implied to be a HookerWithAHeartOfGold.
81	** In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', HeroicSacrifice is implied with the nuclear flash, mushroom cloud, and the characters mourning [[spoiler:at Bruce's grave. Later subverted.]]
82	* PopulationControl is implied in ''Film/DemolitionMan'', in which pregnancy is illegal without a license, and fluids are cleaned and transferred by authorized medical personnel.
83	* UnreliableNarrator in ''Film/{{Detour}}''. Main character Al Roberts describes a series of events where a person dies, and Roberts ends up hiding the body and taking their belongings and identity for perfectly innocent reasons. The narration points out that no one would ever believe it.
84	* ''Film/TheDraughtsmansContract'':
85	** TheLoinsSleepTonight is implied by the Talmanns' inability to conceive and a few choice remarks from Mrs. Talmann.
86	** MurderInTheFamily is implied, though it is not quite clear whether [[spoiler:[[TilMurderDoUsPart Mrs. Herbert]] and/or [[{{Patricide}} Mrs. Talmann]] killed Mr. Herbert]].
87	* MurderTheHypotenuse in Creator/SergioLeone's ''Film/AFistfulOfDynamite''. [[spoiler:John kills his former best friend Nolan after the latter betrays him, but a later flashback shows the two of them kissing the same woman, leaving the true motivation behind John's actions ambiguous.]]
88	* PunchClockVillain is implied to be common in the ''Film/GetSmart'' movie. For instance, Dalip, TheBrute working for KAOS, is implied to have a [[ObnoxiousInLaws sister-in-law]] who's constantly undermining his relationship with his wife and trying to break them up, which causes him endless grief at home.
89	* BrotherSisterIncest in ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'', with Commodus quite clearly lusting after Lucilla (though he is never shown to act upon those impulses). Becomes a bit less hidden between the lines when he threatens the life of Lucius (her son and his nephew) so that she'll acquiesce to providing him with an heir.
90	* GloveSnap is implied in a scene in ''Film/KungPowEnterTheFist'':
91	-->'''Master Tang:''' Prepare... the long rubber glove. ''[sound of latex snapping]'' Eeny... meeny... miney... ''moe...'' I wonder where... ''my glove will go...''
92	* ''Film/MenInBlack'':
93	** The first film implies that Frank the Pug (then known as Agent Eff) attempted a GroinAttack when he was laughed at by a fellow agent.
94	** The sequel implies that [[spoiler:Agent K]] is Laura/The Light of Zartha's [[LukeIMightBeYourFather birth-father]].
95	* ''Film/MurderInTheFirst'''s closing narration says Henry Young was found dead in his cell with a note saying he was free, indicating he had [[NeverGoingBackToPrison killed himself to escape]].
96	* ''Film/SafetyNotGuaranteed'' implies YouAlreadyChangedThePast. Mark says he's going back in time to save his first girlfriend from being killed by a drunk driver. [[spoiler: Except that she's alive, they were never together, and ''he'' was the driver.]]
97	* HeroicSuicide in ''Film/TheThing1982''. [[spoiler: Fuchs]] is found as a charred corpse. There was no reason for the Thing to kill him off instead of assimilating him, so it's safe to assume that he did it to himself in order to avoid being assimilated and thus being used to assimilate the rest.
98	* LukeIAmYourFather in ''Film/{{Warcraft}}''. Garona, a half-orc, talks about her orc mother dying shortly after giving birth to her. Later, the human Medivh talks to Garona about love and drops some heavy hints that he fell in love with her mother and is her father.
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102	* ''{{Literature/Carrie}}'' implies MomentOfWeakness. According to Rita Desjardin, Sue Snell is not a bully by nature and therefore joining her classmates in gleefully taunting Carrie and pelting her with tampons was very out of character. It is implied that Sue only acted under peer pressure, being one of Chris Hargensen's cronies. Sue was actually disgusted with herself; she unfriended Chris, and tried to make up with Carrie by having her boyfriend take her to prom.
103	* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica is implied in ''Literature/{{Illuminatus}}'', and would naturally come up in any work of fiction where TheIlluminati (or a similar AncientConspiracy) are the ones ''really'' running the country.
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107	* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame in ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Jorah Mormont explains to the exiled former prince Viserys that the death sentence he fled was for selling poachers to a slaver, something that's left Jorah with a lasting sense of shame. Viserys replies that under his reign Jorah wouldn't be punished for "such nonsense." Jorah's expression implies that he'd rather face the punishment than live in the kingdom Viserys would build.
108	* In ''Series/{{Grimm}}'', Monroe is implied to be [[TheAtoner atoning]] for his previous Big Bad Wolf days.
109	** MagicalSecurityCam is implied in the episode 'Beeware' when Nick asks if they can "do anything" (answer: "no, the camera's stationary") with recorded footage of a [[FlashMobCoverup flash mob murder]].
110	** RetiredMonster is implied with many of the Wesen. In the second episode, when one of the Jägerbärs is told that his family is performing the traditional manhood ritual (which involves hunting down and killing someone), the first words out of his mouth are, "What? No one does that anymore." It also explains why Blutbaden, whose hungry urges are triggered by the color red, haven't eaten everyone. For other Wesen like Spinnetods, they're rare enough that either they're retired like Charlotte or dead because of the particular demands of their biology aren't compatible with a normal life. There's even a MonstersAnonymous program that Monroe participated in.
111	* ''Series/MakoMermaidsAnH2OAdventure'' implies BizarreAlienReproduction is the case for mermaids. They refer to children as "hatchlings", implying they lay eggs, but the truly bizarre part comes when one realizes they have zero contact with any males. The Mako pod hadn't seen a merman in centuries before the show began, and it's mentioned that contact with humans (the MermaidProblem is nonexistent, as any mermaid can enchant herself to have legs when she's dry) is forbidden-- the one mermaid who got herself a human boyfriend was banished from the pod. Whether they engage in [[TrulySingleParent asexual]] or HomosexualReproduction is unknown, but magic is definitely involved.
112	* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': In "My Princess", Dr. Cox tells about his day at the hospital to his son [[SerialNumbersFiledOff in the form of]] a bedtime story. In the story, a maiden being terrorized by a monster is saved in time and lives HappilyEverAfter, while in reality, it's a fatal disease and JD and Elliot are able to diagnose the patient. When Jordan asks if the story really had a happy ending, he replies "that's the way I'm telling it", implying that [[YouAreTooLate she didn't survive.]]
113	* In the series finale of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', Susan's parents are seen purchasing a handgun during the trial, implying that they intend to carry out a VigilanteExecution on George as retribution for Susan's death if the gang is found not guilty.
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117	* An ArchaeologicalArmsRace is implied in ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}''. Several countries are gearing up for war and there are a great deal of powerful magical artifacts to uncover. Whether the trope is played straight is up to the DM, of course.
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121	* RageAgainstTheReflection in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''. One of the characters you meet, Boone, is a ShellShockedVeteran [[spoiler:plagued by [[SympatheticMurderBackstory guilt over innocents he's had to kill]]]]. The bathroom mirror in his hotel room is broken, and there's a small bloodstain underneath.
122	** BestialityIsDepraved: In the same game, you get Cook-Cook, flamethrower wielding psychopathic rapist, who goes berserk when you kill his pet brahmin (mutated cow), and who really stinks.
123	** DrivenToSuicide or DeathByDespair: In one of the many motels you can visit in the game, you may stumble across a room with a briefcase full of pre-War money and clothes. When you investigate the bathroom, you'll find a skeleton in the bathtub, surrounded by untouched doses of Jet and Med-X and some empty syringes. It's hard to determine whether or not the drug overdose was deliberate, but it's almost certainly what ended his life, and given the state the world was left in after the War, it's not surprising some people would try to seek some form of refuge from reality in one way or another.
124	* ''Videogame/GrandTheftAutoV'': Implied EmasculatedCuckold, RapeAsDrama, and CruelAndUnusualDeath. During the middle segment of the game, Trevor forces his way into the home of his assistant's cousin, Floyd. Floyd is home alone because his fiancee Debra is out of town on business trips, and during this time, the player will often switch to Trevor's POV and find him sleeping next to a traumatized Floyd, to whom Trevor gives an "affectionate" pat on the butt. This sidestory is capped off with an irate Debra returning and demanding that both Trevor ''and'' Floyd leave, stating that "Robert was right" about Floyd, to which Floyd replies "Who the fuck is Robert?!". The scene ends with Trevor leaving the apartment covered in blood, and a news report later announces that a man and woman were found dead in the area.
125	* ''VideoGame/MarkOfTheNinja'' implies an IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight at the very end.
126	* The Special Forces and Vigoorian Military in the UpdatedRerelease of ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' are implied to be [[PunchClockVillain Punch Clock Villains]].
127	* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals is implied in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2''. "Frustration" is a move you can teach to your '{{Mons}} that becomes stronger the more said Pokemon hates its trainer. The BigBad Ghetsis owns a Hydregion 'Mon that knows Frustration, and it is at the maximum strength the move can possibly have. Not hard to figure out what's going on.
128	* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica is implied in ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''. One of Pravin Lal's quotes references a painful lesson about the importance of [[HarsherInHindsight free flow of information]] learned by Americans in Earth's [[JustBeforeTheEnd final century]].
129	* The first episode of ''VideoGame/HectorBadgeOfCarnage'' implies ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish regarding [[spoiler:the passcode to Exotico's back room]]: we never actually find out what it ''is'', but when Hector learns it, he remarks that he [[Film/{{Spaceballs}} has the same combination on his luggage]], and when he uses it he comments that he should've been able to guess it.
130	* The ''VideoGame/{{X}}-Universe'' series doesn't list the sizes of their ships specifically, but the jumpgates are known to be about a kilometer in diameter and travel speeds are given in meters per second. Thus a modder was able to prove that just about everything of frigate size and up in the series was a MileLongShip.
131	* ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' implies Zote is a WellDoneSonGuy via one of his Dream Nail text excerpts.
132	-->'''Zote:''' ''I'll kill a thousand more... Will that be enough, father?''
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136	* In ''Webcomic/TheDragonDoctors'', the [[http://dragondoctors.dhscomix.com/archives/comic/ch-2-page-6 Chapter 2]] and [[http://dragondoctors.dhscomix.com/archives/comic/ch-3-page-23 Chapter 3]] strips about [[spoiler:Lulu]] seem to imply that the MeaningfulRename in [[http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Dragon_Doctors/5339648/ Chapter 13]] is that character's ''second'' one.
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140	* In ''WebVideo/TronDestiny'', Liz's text to David insists he use a landline to call her, implying that BigBrotherIsWatching.
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144	* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
145	** Implied ChildByRape. Zuko and Azula are almost certainly the result of their father's MaritalRapeLicense, due to Ozai's DomesticAbuse habits and ControlFreak behavior. [[spoiler: In the comics, Zuko is temporarily led to believe that Ozai ''isn't'' his father, and that he's actually the son of Ikem, Ursa's one true love and Zuko's stepfather. Unfortunately, it turns out that Ozai ''is'' indeed Zuko's real father, meaning this trope is in full effect.]]
146	** Implied RapeAsBackstory. It is, unsurprisingly, never explicitly shown or stated, but given Ozai's and Ursa's marriage was unhappily arranged and Ozai's controlling nature, it isn't hard to guess that neither Zuko nor Azula were willingly conceived.
147	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'':
148	** When Barbara tries to confess to her father that she is Comicbook/{{Batgirl}} his dialogue heavily implies that [[SecretSecretKeeper he already knows]].
149	** In "Harley & Ivy", the morning after Harley stays at Ivy's place, they are walking around just in shirts, in a manner similar to SexyShirtSwitch. (Confirmed by WordOfGod).
150	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' Implies SerialKiller. When [[StalkerWithACrush Patrick "Ratboy" Poundstone]] reveal that [[DamselInDistress Dana]] was not the first person he kidnapped and his comment on how the other don’t laugh at him anymore, it is clear what happened to the previous people that he kidnapped (with the implication that his victims were [[FedToTheBeast fed to his pet]] [[RodentsOfUnusualSize giant rats]]).
151	* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Implies FreudianExcuse.
152	** It's unknown why Cree Lincoln turned against the Kids Next Door, only that she got older and changed. However, "Operation: M.A.U.R.I.C.E." gives a big hint on a possible reason, when her sister Abby just gives up and says that there was no point in fighting that her sister and her friend Maurice since they're teens, and she's practically a teen now herself. At first Cree is shocked, but then gets happy and hugs Abby, saying she was waiting for her to say that, implying that she went though the same thing, but unlike Abby, Cree did not have someone to bring her up and give her hope.
153	** In the comic "Operation F.O.R.G.E.T.". After known boy hater Numbuh Eighty Six/Fanny Fulbright accidentally gets decommissioned, she's shown to be a boy-loving maniac. This hints that her StrawFeminist attitude was caused by a particular NoodleIncident.
154	* ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls2019'' Implies SelfMadeMan. Judging by Lex Luthor's parents' clothing style and mannerism, they are country farmers. So Lex may have created his company out of nothing, a rather impressive feat for someone who is ''still'' a teenager.
155	* ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince''
156	** Implies AbortedDeclarationOfLove. While Rayla tries to get Callum to stay with her during his dark magic-induced fever, she comes close to telling him something. However, when he finally opens his eyes they both scream and she aborts with whatever she was about to confess.
157	** Implies InferioritySuperiorityComplex. While he acts smug, when [[Characters/TheDragonPrinceViren Viren]] is having difficulty figuring out the secrets of his magic mirror, the way the scene is framed makes it look like he's talking about himself. Bonus points for his use of a Truth-revealing serum on his eyes in the operation: the truth which it reveals might not have been about the mirror at any moment.
158	* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': Implies ILoveTheDead. Immediately after meeting Sheryl and becoming smitten with her, Clarence Polkawitz asked her what the prison guards were going to do with her body after her execution. He was also shown to have skinned corpses but it was never revealed what he does to the bodies that have been skinned. He showed a perverted look at the corpse of Melanie [=DeWinter=] moments before throwing it out a window and into a dumpster for his past self to collect.
159	* ''WesternAnimation/GlitchTechs'' Implies FriendlessBackground. As Miko sees a little of herself in Mike Simms and while he gloats in her face after defeating her in ''Rock'em Sock'em'', he nerviously ask her if they can play again someday.
160	* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': Implies FriendlessBackground. Olga Pataki seems to be perfect with many achievements and rewards and her family's favorite. Despite this, in her focus episodes "Olga Gets Engaged," "Big Sis," and "Student Teacher," she's never seen with friends or interacting with people her own age. That could be understandable because Olga is a college student, and most of her episodes are about Olga returning home and interacting with her family. But still with not so much of a mention of her friends or social life implies that despite how "perfect" Olga is, she has little to no actual friends (her own age, at least), probably because of her childish and whiny personality.
161	* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' Implies ExpendableClone. After discovering her denizen form, Hazel worries that Simon will wheel her just as he did with Tuba. Coupled with the reveal that she's a ''failed'' clone of Alrick, and Amelia doesn't seem to like her, it's pretty easy to connect the dots.
162	* ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' Implies IJustWantToBeBadass. Ben Pincus's too afraid to move when Yaz is threatened by Toro, and she has to be saved by Darius, something that clearly upsets him. Later when they're on the monorail and pternadons attack, he decides to go out to reroute the train despite the clear danger when he sees Darius discount him for the job. [[spoiler:Sadly, it gets him thrown off the monorail and nearly killed]].
163	* ''WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts'' Implies HeelRealization. While the Timbercats take him away, Scarlemagne looks so shocked and sad after realizing that Kipo, instead of running away and save herself, was willing to give up her own humanity for the Mute’s sake, included himself, the one who endangered her loved ones and her people.
164	* ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheDragon'' Implies DrunkOnTheDarkSide. The first scene we get with Ling after accepting the Shadow Dragon band is to appear to Ang and try to recruit to TakeOverTheWorld !!. She keeps behaving like a psychopath through the whole fight. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness By the second episode onward]], while still villainous, she's completely sane again revealing the madness is just transitory. Given what we learn about the Emperor and the inner workings of the verse, it's likely it was just overexposure to the Emperor's BlackMagic.
165	* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' Implies AlwaysLawfulGood. It is mentioned that the Miraculouses were created with the express purpose of empowering heroes as a means of influencing the world around them. [[GoodPowersBadPeople Using them for anything other than selfless reasons]] would be an aberration. Sadly, [[ForcedIntoEvil kwamis don't seem to have any real say in the matter]]. Trixx, Duusu, Xuppu and Mullo lean more chaotic, though.
166	* ''WesternAnimation/OkKoLetsBeHeroes'' Implies FantasticRacism. It appears that Foxtail considers people without powers useless. She thinks taking away a hero's power makes them useless, and there's also how she treats Greyman and Carol. She fires Greyman on the spot when he calls her out on her actions, remarking that Greyman's powerlessness means he has no place in POINT anymore. However, it appears she's still respectful to Carol; when Carol goes on her mission and has to bring K.O. with her, Foxtail goes along with Carol in pretending it's a scavenger hunt.
167	* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''
168	** Implies AllOfTheOtherReindeer. The first episode establishes that [[Characters/TheOwlHouseLuzNoceda Luz Noceda]] is a weird girl that unintentionally causes trouble in her school with her wild imagination, weird behavior, and antics disturbing her classmates. Luz's mother points out that her behavior is why she does not have any friends. It was unknown how Luz's classmates treated her at first, but in season 2, two episodes implied that Luz was ostracized by her classmates and was bullied severely.
169	*** "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E8KnockKnockKnockinOnHootysDoor Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door]]" implied that Luz was made fun of in the past for being cheesy; that episode also heavily implied that she had other crushes but was rejected.
170	*** In "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E10YesterdaysLie Yesterday's Lie]]", when Luz discovers that [[spoiler:Vee was impersonating her, and she's shocked to discover Vee had her own group of friends she made in camp. It is heavily implied that Luz suffers from a social anxiety disorder because of all the bullying she suffered from her peers. Luz gives Vee advice on approaching a group of teenagers she assumes to be bullies and almost has a panic attack when Vee goes over to them (not knowing that they are Vee's friends). It also indicated that outside of her mother, she does not miss her old life on Earth and would be more than willing just to let Vee continue to live it in her place indefinitely.]]
171	** Implies HighSchoolSweethearts. While it's not stated if Alador & Odalia Blight were already dating, Lilith's flashback to [[spoiler:her duel with Eda]] shows that they at the very least knew each other during their time at Hexside.
172	** Implies SoProudOfYou. When Amity goes into battle against the Abomi-Ton 2.0, Alador Blight looks very concerned for his daughter but shifts to an intrigued and delighted smile when she and Luz prove capable of handling it.
173	** Implies StartOfDarkness. [[spoiler:What's been seen of his backstory indicates that [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Philip Wittebane]] was deeply influenced by the [[DeliberateValuesDissonance normal views of his time period]] into seeing witches as beings to be feared and hated, leading to him being [[FantasticRacism naturally antagonistic]] towards the denizens of the Boiling Isles. A closer look into his memory portraits reveal he used to have an older brother named Caleb whom he was very close to until the day a witch entered into Caleb's life. The episode "Thanks to Them" reveals that Caleb had went with the witch to the Demon Realm and fell in love, while Philip had went on after his brother to find and retrieved him. Finding out that they eloped angered Philip due to his anti-witch beliefs and the two brothers fought which led to Caleb's death. This incident is implied to be the driving force for Belos' genocidial plans and the Grimwalkers, as he's still haunted by that memory in spite of his sociopathic attitude in present day.]]
174	* ''WesternAnimation/Patrol03'': Implies FallenHero with Pamela Bondani. A BadBoss as she might be, it is obvious that the police force respects her, as well as the city's population, and despite her misdeeds and evil intentions, it is never stated she did not earn her job as police chief in the first place.
175	* ''WesternAnimation/Primal2019''
176	** Implies MadeOfEvil. At one point Fang appears to get a bite out of the Night Feeder and the blood covering her face causes her to start reeling. The blood also seems to be ''black''.
177	** Implies OurWerebeastsAreDifferent. It’s hinted (though never confirmed) that the Night Feeder is the transformed version of a small bug-eating theropod Fang and Spear see at a river – possibly eating the flies drawn in by its rampages at night.
178	* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' Implies FallenHero to be what happened to [[Characters/RickAndMortyRickSanchez Rick Sanchez]] in the past. When talking to Beth (or a clone of Beth?), Rick states that he had a 'hero phase' that he grew out of.
179	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rupert}}'' Implies ChildhoodFriendRomance. In episode "Rupert and the Mulp Gulper", where Rupert's father Mr. Bear reminisces on how he tested his skills at the carnival games to impress a girlfriend when he was younger and Mrs. Bear replies by saying that she certainly was impressed and cuddles her husband affectionately.
180	* PartingWordsRegret in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. When [[spoiler:Mona Simpson]] is KilledOffForReal, Homer tries to apologize to her for a fight they had before he notices she died.
181	* ''WesternAnimation/SolarOpposites'' Implies BlackComedyRape. Yumyulack and Jesse are threatened with military school if they get expelled, and the bullies raping them (or fucking them, as the show describes it) is named as one of the negatives. This gets no reaction from them.
182	* ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' Implies MutuallyUnequalRelation. Eddie Felson met Daisy Watkins at science summer camp. She was the only person at the camp that was kind to him, so he developed a crush on her, which turned into an unhealthy obsession, with him stalking her and stealing luxury items to give to her. However, Daisy's reaction to meeting him again calls into question whether she was ever kind. While she does not hate him, Daisy was not happy to see Eddie again, and unhappy when she mentions she thinks she's seeing him again because he has a crush on her. And this was before she knew he was stalking her and stealing items to give to her. It should be noted that when Eddie revealed his powers to Daisy and mentions that she was the only one in camp that was kind to him, she did not deny that. However, it's possible she was only nice to him out of pity. Either way, it shows that Daisy does not truly like Eddie, and was glad he was defeated and out of her life for good.
183	* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' Implies HalfHumanHybrid. Ensign Barnes has a human-sounding surname, and her spots seem less prominent than those of normal Trills.
184	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E20ZeroHourPartII "Zero Hour"]] Implies WithMyHandsTied, as [[spoiler:Kallus]] is escorted into an elevator by two guards with his hands cuffed behind his back, and when the elevator door opens at its destination, he's just finishing taking the cuffs off with the guards unconscious behind him.
185	* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventuresHowISpentMyVacation'' Implies DisgustingPublicToilet. The Pigs pull up to a rest stop and put on hazmat type suits so they can clean the public restrooms.
186	* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''
187	** Implies DeadSparks with [[Characters/TotalDramaDuncan Duncan]] and Gwen relationship. Although their relationship did not deteriorate like it did with Duncan's relationship with Courtney, they're shown to lack chemistry and affection at the start of All-Stars. With them being moved to different teams, Gwen's attempts to make up with Courtney combined with Duncan's attempts to get Courtney's attention eventually causes Gwen to break up with Duncan. It's telling that Duncan's more confused than heartbroken regarding the break-up.
188	** Implies WeUsedToBeFriends with it vaguely implied that Bridgette and Geoff's friendships with Gwen broke apart during ''Action'''s Aftermaths as a result of Gwen's breakup with Trent.
189	*** During ''Island'', Bridgette and Gwen were close friends, but Bridgette turned against Gwen during ''Action'', blaming her for breaking up with Trent. While Bridgette does not outright end their friendship, she makes it clear through her words and actions that she disapproves of how Gwen broke up with Trent and she was not on her side. Bridgette even told her that Lindsay and Beth are ticked at her because they found out that Trent threw their team's challenges for her. And while Bridgette disapproves of Geoff's treatment of Gwen and tries to protect her from his torture, the two girls are never seen making up or interacting again for the rest of the series (although this is partly due to Bridgette falling OutOfFocus as an early elimination on ''World Tour'' while Gwen continued to receive focus as part of a LoveTriangle with Duncan and Courtney).
190	*** Geoff and Gwen became friends during ''Island'', but after he TookALevelInJerkass during the Aftermath segments in ''Action'', their friendship deteriorates. While he does not outright end his friendship with Gwen, Geoff guilt trips her over her breakup with Trent, nearly drops an anvil on her, and tries to throw her in a dunk tank full of piranhas. When Gwen points out that they are friends, he responds that his new gig "trumps" the times that he and Gwen made s'mores. He also tells her that she did not leave many friends behind in the game. They never made up and do not interact for the the rest of the series (although this is partly due to Geoff falling heavily OutOfFocus and not competing at all in ''World Tour'').
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