1 | '''Basic Trope''': The crazy leader of the party decides to continue down the path despite everyone else thinking they should stop and save themselves. |
2 | * '''Straight''': [[TheHero Hiro]] insists on continuing his expedition into the jungle, despite the fact that his party members are exhausted, sick, or dying. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Hiro insists on continuing his expedition into EldritchAbomination's lair, even though almost everyone in the party is on the brink of dying. |
5 | ** Hiro would rather kill off his injured crewmen so they don't get in the way rather than go back get some help. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': Hiro is suffering from [=PTSD=] and their raft has some problems over rapids, but neither affect the outcome of the events too much. |
7 | * '''Justified''': |
8 | ** Whatever the party is after, or needs to do, will prevent the world from being destroyed. |
9 | ** After being ChasedByAngryNatives, Hiro and co. are forced into using a randomly picked raft and go upstream, where the natives won't dare to follow. Leaving a few people behind had its toll on Hiro's mind. |
10 | * '''Inverted''': Hiro's party members want to continue the expedition, but Hiro thinks it's a horrible idea. |
11 | * '''Subverted''': Hiro's crew keeps going on despite their injuries, until one member falls unconscious from his injuries. Hiro then decides to go back... |
12 | * '''Double Subverted''': ... to leave the unconscious person in a safer place. Then he goes deeper in the jungle. |
13 | * '''Parodied''': Hiro drags his party down into a patch of wilderness covered in danger signs, stating that there's nothing to worry about, even as half the expedition party is being attacked by {{eldritch abomination}}s. |
14 | * '''Zig Zagged''': While Hiro is clearly out of his mind, his expedition fares well and without casualities, so his men follow him regardless. |
15 | * '''Averted''': The party is well-prepared for their journey, have rested enough, they use a well-built boat and their leader Hiro is perfectly sane. Nothing goes wrong for the whole journey. |
16 | * '''Enforced''': ??? |
17 | * '''Lampshaded''': "I've got a bad feeling about this..." |
18 | * '''Invoked''': "So what now? We take the boat upstream and wait till you go mad?" |
19 | * '''Exploited''': |
20 | * '''Defied''': Hiro calls off the expedition when his party members are in no condition to carry on any longer. |
21 | * '''Discussed''': ??? |
22 | * '''Conversed''': ??? |
23 | * '''Deconstructed''': Hiro's actions causes his party to desert him, as he obviously does not care for their welfare. |
24 | * '''Reconstructed''': Hiro's former allies manage to return to civilisation and get treatment, while Hiro knows enough about the area that he can identify that he is close to his objective. After a short walk and a few more scrapes with death, Hiro finally completes the expedition by himself. |
25 | ---- |
26 | Back to RiverOfInsanity |
27 | ---- |
28 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
29 | %% |
30 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
31 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
32 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/context.php
FollowingContext PlayingWith / RiverOfInsanity
Go To
- Show Spoilers
- Night Vision
- Sticky Header
- Wide Load