1 | ->''"If at first you don't succeed, you fail."'' |
2 | -->-- '''[=GLaDOS=]''', ''VideoGame/Portal1'' |
3 | |
4 | There are a lot of tropes about failing. That should probably tell you something. |
5 | |
6 | Contrast IndexedForSuccess. |
7 | ---- |
8 | !!Tropes: |
9 | [[index]] |
10 | [floatboxright: |
11 | See also: |
12 | + ArtisticLicense |
13 | + FinaglesLaw |
14 | + FridgeLogic |
15 | + {{Hypocrite}} |
16 | + ICantFindMyIndex |
17 | + IndexBackfire |
18 | + IndexMyopia |
19 | + LogicalFallacies |
20 | + PoorCommunicationKills |
21 | + ThisIndexIsUseless |
22 | + WritingPitfallIndex |
23 | ] |
24 | [[/index]] |
25 | [[index]] |
26 | * AbileneParadox: Failure to manage consensus--when the majority decides to do something that the majority doesn't want. |
27 | * AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter: You fail to print something properly. |
28 | * AesopAmnesia: You fail to remember the moral you learned last episode. |
29 | * AIIsACrapshoot: You fail to make your sentient computer behave. |
30 | * TheAllegedCar: Your car is prone to failure. |
31 | * TheAllegedComputer: Your computer is prone to failure. |
32 | * TheAllegedExpert: You fail to do what you were supposedly trained to do. |
33 | * AmericansHateTingle: Your work fails to gain a large foreign audience. |
34 | * AmnesiaMissedASpot: Your attempt to wipe someone's mind doesn't work as well as you'd expected. |
35 | * AntiClimaxBoss: Your final opponent fails to put up much of a fight. |
36 | * AntiMentor: You fail to be a good teacher. |
37 | * {{Anvilicious}}: Your story fails to deliver its message in a manner that is subtle and doesn't piss off people who may disagree with the message. |
38 | * AssassinOutclassin: You fail at assassination. |
39 | * AssPull: You fail to foreshadow your plot twists. |
40 | * ATeamFiring: You fail to shoot a target. |
41 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: You fail to concentrate. |
42 | * AtrociousAlias: You fail to give yourself a good code name. |
43 | * AudienceAlienatingPremise: You fail to attract the audience's interest. |
44 | * AudienceParticipationFailure: You fail to get audience backup in your show or song. |
45 | * AutomaticDoorMalfunction: Automatic doors fail in some way. |
46 | * AwardSnub: You fail to receive an award and/or nomination for your work. |
47 | * AwesomeButImpractical: Your technique or equipment seems amazing, but using it is a bad idea. |
48 | * BadBadActing: You fail to give even a remotely good performance. |
49 | * BadLiar: You fail to tell a lie convincingly. |
50 | * BaseBreakingCharacter: Your character unintentionally fails to appeal to approximately half your audience. |
51 | * BlatantLies: You fail to tell that somebody else is lying. |
52 | * BleepDammit: The censorship fails to effectively censor the content in the work needing to be censored. |
53 | * BlindIdiotTranslation: You fail to translate something. |
54 | * BlunderCorrectingImpulse: Bob fails in such a way as to provoke Alice to demonstrate the correct way without thinking about the consequences. |
55 | * BonusFeatureFailure: You fail to provide good bonus content. |
56 | * BoomInTheHand: You fail to throw the bomb before it explodes. |
57 | * BoxOfficeBomb: Your movie fails to make enough money. |
58 | * BrokenAesop: You fail to convey your message because your characters don't obey it. Bonus points if it was meant to be {{Anvilicious}}. |
59 | * BuffySpeak: You fail to articulate a sentence. |
60 | * BungledSuicide: You fail to commit suicide. |
61 | * ButtDialingMordor: You fail to avoid detection by making unintentional contact with the enemy. |
62 | * ButWeUsedACondom: A condom fails to work effeciently. |
63 | * CaffeineFailure: Caffeine fails to keep you awake. |
64 | * CallingMeALogarithm: You fail to realize that you weren't just slurred. |
65 | * CannotKeepASecret: You fail to protect a secret. |
66 | * CannotSpitItOut: You fail to say something succinctly. |
67 | * CannotTellAJoke: You [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin fail to tell a joke.]] |
68 | * CantGetAwayWithNuthin: You fail to stay out of trouble. |
69 | * CantGetInTroubleForNuthin: You fail to get into trouble. |
70 | * CantHoldHisLiquor: Your self-control fails when you imbibe alcohol. |
71 | * CantUseStairs: Your locomotion fails to let you use stairs. |
72 | * CaptainObviousAesop: You fail to teach a lesson people don't already know. |
73 | * CaptainObviousReveal: You fail to make your [[TheReveal big revelation]] a surprise. |
74 | * CardboardPrison: Your prison fails to contain its prisoners. |
75 | * CassandraTruth: You tell the facts, but your recipients fail to accept them. |
76 | * CharacterDerailment: You fail to keep characters consistent. |
77 | * ChristmasLightChaos: You fail to rig up Christmas lights. |
78 | * ColorFailure: You fail to keep your color when you lose your cool. |
79 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: You fail to understand the point another person is trying to get across in a humorous manner. |
80 | * CompletelyOffTopicReport: You fail to write your assignment on a subject relevant to what was assigned. |
81 | * ConceptsAreCheap: You fail to offer intellectual depth for your idealistic rhetoric. |
82 | * ConfidenceSabotage: You are tricked into believing you're a failure. |
83 | * ConflictBall: You fail to set up character conflicts properly. |
84 | * CorrectionBait: You fail ''not'' to correct the mistake you've found. |
85 | * CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: You mess up information about a work that was obvious to anyone who is familiar with said work. |
86 | * CrapolaTech: Technology that fails even to be a good prototype. |
87 | * CreatorsPet: You fail to notice the audience's hatred for a character, continuing to endorse her/him. |
88 | * CriticalExistenceFailure: You fail to stay alive, even though you were fine one hit point ago. |
89 | * CriticalFailure: You fail to roll a two or higher, thus leading to more failure. |
90 | * CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure: You fail to psychoanalyze someone. |
91 | * CryonicsFailure: Your freezing system fails, usually with fatal consequences. |
92 | * DangerousKeyFumble: You fail to hold on to your keys. |
93 | * DangerouslyLoadedCargo: You failed to secure cargo. |
94 | * DeafComposer: You can't enjoy something you made because your ability to experience the necessary sense(s) has failed. |
95 | * DeathByGenreSavviness: Your knowledge of how things happen in works of fiction similar to the situation you are currently in fails to keep you alive. |
96 | * DefensiveFailure: You fail to remember the weapon in your hand. |
97 | * DelayedSafetyFeature: A safety feature fails to activate until after it would have been useful. |
98 | * DesignatedHero: You fail to create a good character. |
99 | * DesignatedVillain: You fail to create an evil character. |
100 | * DespairEventHorizon: Your hope has failed and is beyond hope of restoration past this point. |
101 | * DidntSeeThatComing: You fail to consider the consequences of your plan. |
102 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: You fail to plan thoroughly. |
103 | * DiedDuringProduction: You fail to finish your series before you die. |
104 | * DiggingYourselfDeeper: You fail monumentally to fix a faux pas. |
105 | * DisappointingHeritageReveal: Your ancestors fail to impress you. |
106 | * DisappointingLastLevel: The final stretch of a game fails to meet expectations. |
107 | * DisastrousDemonstration: Demonstration of a product or concept goes so horribly wrong that, whether it deserves to be or not, it's discredited. |
108 | * DistractedByTheSexy: You fail to concentrate in the presence of {{Fanservice}}. |
109 | * DIYDisaster: You fail at renovating your house. |
110 | * DontShootTheMessage: Not only do you fail at enlightening others because your delivery was fallacious, vicious, or both, but for like reason(s) you fail at appealing to those on your side. |
111 | * DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment: You fail to distinguish emotionally between someone you know and a clone/AlternateUniverse duplicate/zombie/shapeshifter that "is" or used to be them. |
112 | * DramaticallyMissingThePoint |
113 | * DreadfulMusician: You fail to make music. |
114 | * DrivesLikeCrazy: You fail to drive safely. |
115 | * DudeNotFunny: You fail to keep your comedy in good taste. |
116 | * DullSurprise: You fail to emote when, logically, you should be. |
117 | * EEqualsMCHammer: You fail to write convincing-looking mathematics. |
118 | * EightDeadlyWords: A FanSpeak phrase said when you fail to get people to be invested in your story. |
119 | * ElevatorFailure: Your elevator fails. |
120 | * EntendreFailure: You fail to make a double entendre. |
121 | * EntertaininglyWrong: Sound though your reasoning is, it nonetheless fails to lead you to an accurate conclusion. |
122 | * EpicFail: You fail ''spectacularly''. |
123 | * EscapedAnimalRampage: When people failed to keep animals locked in their cages. |
124 | * EveryCarIsAPinto: Cars catch on fire and/or explode when badly damaged. |
125 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: Villains fail due to their inability to see how virtue motivates their adversaries. |
126 | * EvilWillFail: You can pursue a life of evil if you wish, but there'll be severe consequences. |
127 | * ExactTimeToFailure: Initiating failure in three... two... one... |
128 | * ExplosiveResults: The failure of a device/concoction/spell results in a comical explosion, a cloud of smoke, and ash on someone's face. |
129 | * ExplosiveStupidity: You fail to handle a bomb correctly. |
130 | * FMinusMinus: You fail spectacularly at schoolwork. |
131 | * FacialCompositeFailure: You fail to draw an accurate Wanted poster. |
132 | * FailedASpotCheck: You fail to spot something two inches from your face. |
133 | * FailedAttemptAtDrama: You fail to make a dramatic moment. |
134 | * FailedAttemptAtScaring: You fail to scare someone. |
135 | * FailedAuditionPlot: You fail an audition for your dream career, but find a reason to keep trying. |
136 | * FailedDramaticExit: You fail to leave your setting promptly on the note you wanted. |
137 | * FailedExecutionNoSentence: After repeatedly failing to execute a criminal, the judge gives up and pardons the criminal. |
138 | * FailedFutureForecast: You fail to predict the future. |
139 | * FailingATaxi: You fail to hail a taxi. |
140 | * FailsafeFailure: You fail to make a failsafe. |
141 | * FailureGambit: You fail intentionally as part of a grander scheme. |
142 | * FailureHero: You fail to save the day. |
143 | * FailureInducedTransformation: Being defeated or failing in some way causes the loser to transform... |
144 | * FailureIsTheOnlyOption: You have no choice but to fail because success would end the story. |
145 | * FailureKnight: Your backstory revolves around some failure. |
146 | * FailureMontage: You are shown failing in various ways. |
147 | * FailuresOnIce: You fail to skate, especially on ice. |
148 | * FalloutShelterFail: You fail at riding out the apocalypse in safety. |
149 | * FemininityFailure: You fail to be ladylike. |
150 | * FetishRetardant: You fail at {{Fanservice}}. |
151 | * FightSceneFailure: You fail to direct an awesome fight scene. |
152 | * FlameBait: You fail to realize the intensity of the mutual ValuesDissonance between you and other people online. |
153 | * FlashbackFail: When someone tries to remember something, but is somehow unable to do so. |
154 | * FlawedPrototype: Something fails because it is an early model and not as good as the final product. |
155 | * FloorboardFailure: The floorboards have failed to support your weight. |
156 | * ForgotAboutHisPowers: You fail to remember that you have a power that can save you. |
157 | * FreudianSlipperySlope: You fail to prevent further {{Freudian Slip}}s. |
158 | * GaveUpTooSoon: You failed because you gave up at the last second when you were about to succeed. |
159 | * GeneralFailure: Your plans fail to prove you earned your rank as General. |
160 | * GiftGivingGaffe: You fail to get someone a suitable present. |
161 | * GlamourFailure: You fail to hide who you really are. |
162 | * AGlitchInTheMatrix: Your otherwise convincing illusion momentarily malfunctions. |
163 | * GoingHomeAgain: Making it to the big leagues, flunking, and returning home in shame or to clear the mind. |
164 | * GoneHorriblyRight: Your plan worked, but you fail to consider its consequences. |
165 | * GoneHorriblyWrong: Not only does your plan not work, it fails to work in disastrous ways. |
166 | * GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Heroes fail due to their inability to see how vice motivates their adversaries. |
167 | * GottaPassTheClass: You're failing at school, so you'd better hit the books. |
168 | * GroupCostumeFail: You fail to coordinate your costuming with others. |
169 | * TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The guards fail to do their jobs. |
170 | * HalfBakedNiceness: Your compliment fails to be what a compliment should be. |
171 | * HandWave: You fail to explain complicated plot points in great detail. |
172 | * HaplessSelfHelp: When teaching others how to help themselves, you fail to practice what you preach. |
173 | * HappilyFailedSuicide: You failed to commit suicide, and that's a good thing. |
174 | * HarmlessVillain: You fail to be a credible villain. |
175 | * HeroTrackingFailure: You fail to shoot a moving target with PlotArmor. |
176 | * HeroWithAnFInGood: You fail to be heroic. |
177 | * HeroicBSOD: Your brain fails at a crucial juncture as you are committing your good deeds. |
178 | * HeroicFatigue: A hero suffering the breaking point of being a hero. |
179 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: You bring your own failure directly upon yourself. |
180 | * HollywoodHeartAttack: Your heart dramatically fails to work. |
181 | * HolodeckMalfunction: Holograms glitch and become deadly. |
182 | * HorsingAround: You fail at getting the steed to do what you want it to. |
183 | * {{Hypocrite}}: You fail to practice what you preach. |
184 | * ICantDance: You admit that you are a failure at dancing. |
185 | * IdiotBall: Your brain temporarily fails to work properly. |
186 | * IgnorantAboutFire: You fail to prevent a fire from starting or spreading due to being too stupid, naive, or clumsy. |
187 | * IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: You fail to realize your own ineptitude. |
188 | * IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: You shoot someone due to [[RecklessGunUsage failing to handle a gun properly]]. |
189 | * ILetGwenStacyDie: You fail to save your loved ones. |
190 | * IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou: You fail ''epically'' at keeping a secret, even as you insist you'll succeed. |
191 | * ImmunityAttrition: Your immunity to something only protects you in the short run, but prolonged exposure cancels it out. |
192 | * ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Your entire army fails to shoot a moving target with PlotArmor. |
193 | * ImposterForgotOneDetail: You fail to convince others you are someone else. |
194 | * IncompetenceInc: Your business fails at everything. |
195 | * IncompetentGuardAnimal: An animal meant to guard, protect or chase away hilariously fails at its job. |
196 | * InconvenientDarkRoomIllumination: You fail to lock the dark room door, and someone barged in and let light ruin the photos you were developing. |
197 | * IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Your evil schemes fail so often that the audience feels sorry for you. |
198 | * INeverSaidItWasPoison: You fail because you demonstrated knowledge you shouldn't have had. |
199 | * INeverToldYouMyName: You fail to avoid mentioning a person's name when you're trying to convince them that they never met you before. |
200 | * IneptMage: You fail at magic. |
201 | * InformedAttribute: You fail to demonstrate that a character is what you say s/he is like. |
202 | * InopportuneImpersonationFailure: A character in disguise fails at the last second and is unmasked. |
203 | * InsecurityCamera: A security camera fails to be useful, which is good news for you, the intruder. |
204 | * InsultMisfire: You fail to offend your intended target. |
205 | * InUniverseFactoidFailure: You fail to get a fact right. |
206 | * IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat: You fail to realize everyone else's ineptitude compared to you. |
207 | * ItOnlyWorksOnce: Your previously successful technique fails when used again. |
208 | * ItsAWonderfulFailure: You see the repercussions of your failure before you see Game Over. |
209 | * IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: You failed, so your pal's got pain coming. |
210 | * JerkSue: You fail to create a JerkassWoobie. |
211 | * JumpRopeBlunders: You fail to skip rope. |
212 | * JustOneLittleMistake: You failed to get away with your crime because of one minor slip-up. |
213 | * KeyConfusion: You fail to find the correct key among a bunch of other keys. |
214 | * LameComeback: You fail to come up with a witty one-liner. |
215 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: Your memory fails you whenever it's convenient for somebody else. |
216 | * LastSecondPhotoFailure: You ''almost'' maintained order until the picture was taken, but you failed to prevent chaos at the last second. |
217 | * LazyAlias: You fail to come up with a convincing fake name. |
218 | * LethalChef: You fail at cooking. |
219 | * LiteralMinded: You fail to understand metaphors. |
220 | * LogicBomb: Your statement fails to maintain consistency with reality and possibility. |
221 | * LooseLips: You fail to prevent yourself from giving away information at your own and other people's peril. |
222 | * LosingHorns: Brass instruments or some other sound effects mock your failure. |
223 | * LostAesop: You fail to remember the message you were originally trying to send. |
224 | * MacGuffinBlindness: You fail to recognize the object you're looking for when it's right in front of you. |
225 | * MadeOutToBeAJerkass: You lose face when you stand up for yourself. |
226 | * MagicMisfire: You fail to cast your spell on your intended target. |
227 | * MajorInjuryUnderreaction: You fail to react to a serious injury. |
228 | * MakeoverFail: A makeover fails to make a person look better. |
229 | * MatchmakerFailure: Character tries and fails to set two people up together. |
230 | * MaternallyChallenged: A woman fails to be good with children. |
231 | * MayorPain: You fail as a city leader. |
232 | * MeaninglessMeaningfulWords: Your phrase with a "unique" meaning is anything but. |
233 | * MemeticLoser: You are famous for your many and/or spectacular failures. |
234 | * {{Metaphorgotten}}: You fail to convey a metaphor. |
235 | * MindYourStep: A staircase's structural integrity fails. |
236 | * MinionWithAnFInEvil: You fail to be villainous. |
237 | * MissConception: You fail to realize that you need to have sex to get pregnant. |
238 | * MissedTheRecital: You failed to arrive at a special event on time. |
239 | * MisspellingOutLoud: You fail to spell a word out loud. |
240 | * MistakesAreNotTheEndOfTheWorld: As long as you tried your best, it's OK to fail. |
241 | * MoneyIsNotPower: You fail to bribe your way out of facing the consequences of your actions. |
242 | * MookDepletion: You let yourself run out of {{Evil Minion}}s. |
243 | * MoralEventHorizon: You cross the line into villainy for good. |
244 | * MorphicResonance: Your shape-shifting fails to effectively hide your identity because of certain recognizable traits that stick no matter what form you assume. |
245 | * MortonsFork: You fail regardless of the choice you make. |
246 | * TheMountainsOfIllinois: You fail to provide proper geography when filming your show or movie. |
247 | * MuggingTheMonster: You fail to realize that the target of your crime is NotSoHarmless. |
248 | * MuggleBornOfMages: Special talent skips a generation. |
249 | * MyCarHatesMe: Your getaway car fails to start. |
250 | * MyGreatestFailure: You have never failed harder than this. |
251 | * MyGreatestSecondChance: Preventing a a failure of yours from happening again, to you or to others. |
252 | * MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: You fail to speak a foreign language. |
253 | * {{Narm}}: You fail to make a scene serious. |
254 | * NearMisses: The most tension/comedy is achieved by an event just barely not happening. |
255 | * NecessaryFail: You failed, but it's going to lead to greater things in the future. |
256 | * NetworkDeath: Your TV network fails to stay on the air. |
257 | * NeverBringAFriendToAnAudition: You fail at landing a role that you're auditioning for yourself; your friend got it instead. |
258 | * NeverMyFault: You fail to realize the responsibilities of your own actions. |
259 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Hero fails by trying to solve the problem. |
260 | * NiceJobBreakingItRivals: You and your enemy both fail because neither of you could bear the thought of the other winning. |
261 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: Villain fails by trying to cause a problem. |
262 | * NoAdequatePunishment: The law has no idea how to punish a specific crime. |
263 | * NoCanOpener: Hoarding canned items for emergencies but forgetting the can opener. |
264 | * NoDeadBodyPoops: You fail to brown your pants when you die. |
265 | * NoJustNoReaction: You reject something while failing to articulate why you refuse to accept it properly. |
266 | * NoListeningSkills: You fail to listen to anything anyone tells you. |
267 | * NonSequiturThud: You fail to say something meaningful after an injury. |
268 | * NoOSHACompliance: You fail to provide a safe workplace. |
269 | * NoSell: Your ploy that usually succeeds fails on this person. |
270 | * NoSocialSkills: You fail to carry on in a social setting. |
271 | * NotDistractedByTheSexy: {{Fanservice}} fails to throw you off your track. |
272 | * NotQuiteSavedEnough: You fail to keep yourself or someone you rescued safe from harm just as the dust clears. |
273 | * NurseWithGoodIntentions: Someone tries to care for their sick or injured friend, but causes more problems than success. |
274 | * ObliviouslyEvil: You fail to realize that you're a villain. |
275 | * ObliviousToHatred: You fail to realize someone else hates you. |
276 | * ObliviousToHints: You fail to take a hint. |
277 | * ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: You fail to realize that someone is talking about you. |
278 | * ObliviousToLove: You fail to realize that someone has romantic feelings for you. |
279 | * ObviousBeta: You fail to program a game. |
280 | * ObviousJudas: You fail to make your [[EvilAllAlong twist villain]] a surprise. |
281 | * ObviouslyEvil: Villains fail at subtlety. |
282 | * ObviousStuntDouble: The stunt double fails to pass as the actor. |
283 | * OfCourseISmoke: You fail to pretend to be a smoker. |
284 | * OffendingTheCreatorsOwn: You fail to appeal to viewers from your own background. |
285 | * OpenFlyGag: You fail to check and adjust your clothes below the waist before anyone else reminds you. |
286 | * OpenRelationshipFailure: A non-monogamous relationship has problems for reasons directly related to it being non-monogamous. |
287 | * OpenSecret: You tell that it is a secret, [[TemptingFate and then everyone goes to it and finds out]]. |
288 | * OtherworldlyCommunicationFailure: Supernatural being fails to communicate their message to a human either because they freak them out or because they physically can't interact or talk to non-supernatural beings. |
289 | * OutGambitted: Your plan fails when pitted against someone else's. |
290 | * OvershadowedByControversy: You fail to make your work remembered for its merits, and instead remembered for an uproar. |
291 | * OwnGoal: You fail to score a point in the opponent's goal, but succeed in scoring in your own team's goal. |
292 | * PaperThinDisguise: You fail to recognize someone who is barely concealing his/her identity. |
293 | * PassFail: You fail to be recognized as white, even if you're not. |
294 | * ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: You fail to create a good password. |
295 | * PersonalHorror: You fail to follow your own CodeOfHonor. |
296 | * ThePeterPrinciple: You succeeded at your old position, but fail at your new one. |
297 | * PhlebotinumBreakdown: Your fantastic technology or magical item fails right when you need it most. |
298 | * PlanBResolution: Plan A was thought to be the only real plan needed, and with its failure, an emergency Plan B is needed. |
299 | * PlotHole: You fail to maintain your story's internal logic while writing it. |
300 | * PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: The hero's friends [[ConflictBall suddenly and temporarily fail to be friends]] for the sole reason of adding more drama to the plot. |
301 | * PlumbersCrack: The plumber failed to check whether their pants or jeans wouldn't sag down to expose their butt crack when they bent over. |
302 | * PointyHairedBoss: You fail as a business leader. |
303 | * PokeThePoodle: Your attempt at an evil act fails to be evil. |
304 | * ThePoorlyChosenOne: TheChosenOne fails his job. |
305 | * PopculturalOsmosisFailure: You fail to recognize another demographic's pop-culture references. |
306 | * PottyFailure: You fail to keep your pants clean. |
307 | * PowerfulButIncompetent: A character that has great power or ability, but is too dumb to actually accomplish anything with it. |
308 | * PowerIncontinence: You fail to keep your power under control. |
309 | * ThePresentsWereNeverFromSanta: You fail to recognize the ''true'' source of all those useful things you got. |
310 | * RecognitionFailure: You fail to recognize someone. |
311 | * RecklessGunUsage: You fail to [[UsefulNotes/GunSafety handle a gun properly]]. |
312 | * RedemptionFailure: You fail to remain on the side of good. |
313 | * ReliablyUnreliableGuns: Your gun is poorly made, so it [[WheresTheKaboom fails to shoot when it's supposed to]] and/or [[FailsafeFailure shoots when it's not supposed to]]. |
314 | * ReminderFailure: You fail to remember why you set up your mnemonics. |
315 | * RepeatedRehearsalFailure: Your rehearsed message [[WordSaladHumor fails to stay coherent]] as you repeat it. |
316 | * RevealingCoverUp: You fail to hide something immoral or incriminating. |
317 | * RockBeatsLaser: Your state-of-the-art technology fails against more primitive weapons. |
318 | * RootingForTheEmpire: You fail to get your audience to root for the hero against the villain. |
319 | * RougeAnglesOfSatin: Yew fell two use wards car wrecked lee (You fail to use words correctly). |
320 | * RummageFail: You fail to find something in a bag of random items. |
321 | * RunningIntoTheWindow: You fail to prevent your collision with a window. |
322 | * SamaritanSyndrome: You fail to rescue everybody when you're try to save a bunch of people. |
323 | * SarcasmBlind: You fail to understand sarcasm. |
324 | * SarcasmFailure: You fail to express sarcasm. |
325 | * SayingTooMuch: You fail to avoid revealing confidential information. |
326 | * ScrappyMechanic: You fail at making a game mechanic fun. |
327 | * TheScrappy: Your character unintentionally fails to garner a {{Fandom}}, instead garnering a {{Hatedom}}. |
328 | * SeekingTheIntangible: You fail to realize that intangible/abstract things can't be sought for. |
329 | * SelfFulfillingProphecy: You failed to ScrewDestiny because you made it happen yourself. |
330 | * SelfOffense: You hurt your buddies because you failed to recognize they weren't your enemies. |
331 | * SelfPunishmentOverFailure: You punish yourself for failing at something. |
332 | * SenselessSacrifice: You fail to accomplish anything with your HeroicSacrifice. |
333 | * ShaggyDogStory: A story's buildup fails to have a payoff. |
334 | * ShallowCannotComprehendTrueLove: A superficial person fails to understand that not everyone else is shallow. |
335 | * ShapeshiftingFailure: Your {{shapeshifting}} is imperfect or falls apart quickly. |
336 | * ShoehornedAcronym: You fail to make an acronym well. |
337 | * ShootTheShaggyDogStory: A story's buildup fails to have a payoff, and the characters shall die for it. |
338 | * ShortLivedAerialEscape: The helicopter sent to rescue you fails to get away after you get on board. |
339 | * TheShowMustGoWrong: You fail to keep disaster from happening during your performance. |
340 | * SickCaptiveScam: A guard fails to realize a captive is faking illness[=/=]injury to get the drop on him. |
341 | * TheSimpleGestureWins: After several grand gestures fail, the one that works is the unimpressive one. |
342 | * SkepticismFailure: You fail to disprove the existence of the supernatural. |
343 | * SkewedPriorities: You fail to notice what is more important. |
344 | * SlipperySwimsuit: Your swimsuit fails to stay on your body. |
345 | * SoMuchForStealth: You managed to sneak this far, but now you've failed to maintain your stealth. |
346 | * SpannerInTheWorks: Your evil plan is thwarted because you failed to anticipate the involvement of the hero who thwarts the plan. |
347 | * SpecialEffectFailure: You failed to fund the SFX department properly. |
348 | * SpringtimeForHitler: A FailureGambit fails by becoming an unexpected, unwanted success. |
349 | * StaircaseTumble: You fail to keep your balance on a staircase, either because of [[MindYourStep a faulty staircase]] or [[CantUseStairs your own body.]] |
350 | * StillbornFranchise: Your work fails to start an intended franchise. |
351 | * StreisandEffect: You fail to suppress knowledge of something, and are making it more widely known, instead. |
352 | * StatusQuoGameShow: You failed to win a game show because StatusQuoIsGod. |
353 | * StockFootageFailure: You fail to realize that was a bad time to use StockFootage. |
354 | * StrawCharacter: You fail to present your opponents' actual arguments. |
355 | * StrawmanHasAPoint: You fail to make your opponents look irrational. |
356 | * SturgeonsLaw: You'll fail nine times out of ten. |
357 | * SucksAtDancing: You fail at dancing. |
358 | * SuckySchool: Your educational institution fails to function. |
359 | * SurveillanceStationSlacker: Whoever watches the security cameras fails to do their job. |
360 | * SuspectExistenceFailure: The suspects for a crime you're investigating fail to stay alive. This hints that you've probably failed to put the perpetrator on your suspect list. |
361 | * SuspectIsHatless: You're asked to describe a person, but fail to make your description specific enough to narrow down who the person could be. |
362 | * SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: You fail to avoid suspicion because you denied stuff the other person hasn't even accused you of. |
363 | * SwissCheeseSecurity: Your security fails to keep people out. |
364 | * SymbologyResearchFailure: You fail to remember that cool logo you saw the other day and put into your work actually has religious meanings. |
365 | * TeleporterAccident: You fail at teleportation. |
366 | * TestingRangeMishap: You fail at the testing range and possibly beyond it. |
367 | * ThinksOfSomethingSmartSaysSomethingStupid: You fail to say a smart thing despite thinking of one, and say a stupid thing instead. |
368 | * ThirdPartyDealBreaker: An agreement falls apart because somebody outside the deal interferes with it. |
369 | * ThoughtAversionFailure: You fail ''not'' to think about something when ordered not to. |
370 | * ThreadOfProphecySevered: A prophecy fails to come to pass due to something involved in it breaking. |
371 | * ThrowThePin: You fail to handle a grenade correctly. |
372 | * TimeForPlanB: Your first plan failed; on to the backup. |
373 | * TooBleakStoppedCaring: You fail to give your audience anything to like about your work's setting and characters. |
374 | * TooDumbToLive: Because you failed so badly to think things through, your body fails to keep working. |
375 | * TortureIsIneffective: You fail to torture information out of a prisoner. |
376 | * TotallyRadical: You fail at youth culture forever. |
377 | * ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: You failed because you just ''couldn't wait''. |
378 | * TranslationByVolume: You fail to communicate with foreigners. |
379 | * TranslationTrainWreck: You fail ''monumentally'' to translate something. |
380 | * TrapDoorFail: You fail to drop someone down through a trapdoor. |
381 | * TrappedByMountainLions: You fail to make the characters' stories relevant to the greater plotline. |
382 | * TrappedTheWrongTarget: A trap catches someone or something other than the intended target. |
383 | * TrustBuildingBlunder: An exercise meant to improve interpersonal trust increases tensions because someone intentionally or unintentionally messed it up. |
384 | * TutorialFailure: You fail to teach someone how to play a game properly. |
385 | * UnderlingWithAnFInPR: You don't care about the media fallout of your actions. |
386 | * UnexpectedlyRealMagic: You fail to realize what you're doing is magic until it's too late. |
387 | * UnfortunateCharacterDesign: You fail to notice that you designed the character in a way that they look unintentionally risque or offensive. |
388 | * UnfortunateImplications: You fail to notice an accidental {{stereotype}} or other offensive aspect in your work before making it public. |
389 | * UnfortunateItemSwap: You fail to tell those two important objects apart. |
390 | * UnintentionallySympathetic: You fail to create a proper HateSink. |
391 | * UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: You fail to create a likeable character. |
392 | * UnintentionallyUnwinnable: The programmer and/or game designer fails, or the player fails by trying too hard or messing around. |
393 | * UnintentionalPeriodPiece: You fail to make a timeless work. |
394 | * {{Unishment}}: You fail to make the punishee rue the consequences. |
395 | * TheUnsmile: You fail to smile properly. |
396 | * UnsuccessfulPetAdoption: You fail to own a pet, either because it runs away or is sent away. |
397 | * {{Unwinnable}}: The game can only end in failure, no matter how much you win. |
398 | * UnwinnableByDesign: The programmer intentionally designs a game that can only end in failure. |
399 | * UpsideDownBlueprints: An architect follows the blueprints they're reading... only to build the project upside down. |
400 | * UselessSecurityCamera: A security camera fails to be useful, which is bad news for you, the police. |
401 | * ValuesDissonance: Your work fails to connect with people outside the intellectual fashions of your time and place. |
402 | * VideoCallFail: A video call which goes off the rails, usually thanks to the user of it. |
403 | * ViewerNameConfusion: Audiences fail to get your name right. |
404 | * VillainousBreakdown: You lose your composure and/or sanity when your EvilPlan fails. |
405 | * VillainousPlanInertia: You defeated the villain, but that alone won't stop his plan. |
406 | * VirtualAssistantBlunder: Your smart device fails to understand what you just asked it. |
407 | * VoodooShark: You fail to cover your plot holes. |
408 | * WalkingTechbane: You fail to prevent your mere presence from causing machinery to fail. |
409 | * WardrobeMalfunction: Your clothes fail to cover you. |
410 | * WatchOutForThatTree: You fail to prevent your collision with a tree. |
411 | * WatchWhereYoureGoing: You fail to prevent your collision with someone else. |
412 | * WeAreStrugglingTogether: You fail to cooperate with someone who shares your objectives. |
413 | * WearingItAllWrong: You fail to put a garment on the right body part. |
414 | * WeaksauceWeakness: Your defences fail against a common and/or feeble attack. |
415 | * WhatDoesThisButtonDo: You fail to exercise restraint around buttons that you shouldn't be pressing. |
416 | * WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: You fail at martial arts. |
417 | * WheresTheKaboom: You fail to make something explode. |
418 | * WhereWhere: You fail to recognize that someone is referring to you. |
419 | * WimpFight: You and your opponent fail at fighting. |
420 | * WithCatlikeTread: Your attempt at stealth [[EpicFail has the complete opposite effect.]] |
421 | * WitlessProtectionProgram: WitnessProtection fails to prevent criminal retaliation. |
422 | * WorfHadTheFlu: You fail because of a temporary disadvantage. |
423 | * WorldLimitedToThePlot: You fail to build context for your story. |
424 | * WrongLineOfWork: Someone gets a job they lack the proper skills for. |
425 | * YouAnsweredYourOwnQuestion: You fail to see the obvious answer contained within your own question. |
426 | * YouAreTooLate: You fail to reach your destination on time. |
427 | * YouCantFightFate: Your attempts to ScrewDestiny will fail every time. |
428 | * YouCantThwartStageOne: You fail to stop a villain's plan even when you ''should'' have succeeded. |
429 | * YouHaveFailedMe: You fail to please your superior, and pay the price for it. |
430 | * YouJustRuinedTheShot: You interrupted the actors because you failed to distinguish acting from reality. |
431 | * YouJustToldMe: You fail to recognize that someone is tricking you into revealing the secret. |
432 | * YouKeepUsingThatWord: You fail to understand the actual definition of a word you use. |
433 | * YourCostumeNeedsWork: You, the genuine article, fail to be recognizable when compared to imitations. |
434 | * YouWereTryingTooHard: You failed because you had to do the job calmly. |
435 | [[/index]] |
436 | ---- |
437 | ''[[AC:Index shutting down…]]'' |
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