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For Ellen Mira Mathers character tropes.

• The Berserker: A downplayed variation. Even she rarely shows her anger, she's quite aggresive when against someone.

Death is the most worse punishment, but kept alive with a cruel mercy even worse than death.

Don't Look Under the Bed

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Frances realizes something is up with the boogeyman when he calls her "Frannie." [[spoiler:This was the nickname her old ImaginaryFriend Zoe called her before Frances forced herself to grow up]].

* ChekhovsGun: When Frances first meets Larry in his various disguises, such as a fireman, she says he's like one of Darwin's toys. [[spoiler:Very apt as Larry used to be Darwin's imaginary friend]].

Leprechaun (the trope not the series) Changing: * In an episode of ''JohnnyBravo'', Johnny tried desperately to kiss a leprechaun named Barney Stone because, due to a silly misunderstanding, he thought it would make him irresistible to chicks. After an extensive chase, Johnny caught Barney, who granted his wish in exchange for ''not'' being kissed... which led to Johnny being [[LiteralGenie swarmed by poultry]].

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* In an episode of ''JohnnyBravo'', Johnny tried desperately to kiss a leprechaun named Barney Stone because, due to a silly misunderstanding, he thought it would make him irresistible to chicks. After an extensive chase, Johnny caught Barney, who granted his wish in exchange for ''not'' being kissed... which led to Johnny being [[LiteralGenie swarmed by poultry]]. And even then, Barney didn't understand "chicks" was slang for "beautiful women" as he looked confused by Johnny's request.

For The Legend Of Korra Enemies: Unalaq

Change: * Reasonable Authority Figure: [[spoiler:Subverted. He tries to invoke this to stay on Korra's good side - which works for all of three-and-a-half episodes. See Manipulative Bastard and Broken Pedestal above.]]

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Reasonable Authority Figure:
**Subverted. He tries to invoke this to stay on Korra's good side - which works for all of three-and-a-half episodes. See ManipulativeBastard and BrokenPedestal above.]]

** Years ago when the Irregular Benders were causing trouble, he helped Avatar Aang and Zuko by creating the secret tailor prison for Pi Li and kept it a well-guarded secret so not even his children knew about it.

edited 27th Jun '14 7:46:13 PM by isoycrazy

Skin Game:

* CombatPragmatist: Harry discusses why he more often than not tries not to leave a trail of dead bodies with his enemies when given a choice. One reason is killing someone, even an evil person, could make him enemies of those who were friends or family with the dead man.

Villain Ball
** Harry and Grey stop Dierdre from grabbing it when they need to get a sample from Harvey. Upon discovering the man's office was in the same building as a bank both halt the original run-and-grab plan as there would be at least one armed policeman present with a police car patrolling very frequently. And while Dierdre had no qualms with killing dozens of policemen and bystanders who might be in the way, that doesn't keep things low key. Harry further notes Nicodemus not taking Harvey's schedule and who he might be meeting that day as part of the planning caused them to have to wait until lunch for a chance to take Harvey in a less secure area.

The Legend of Korra

Episode 1 horror reply to this:

• If Bumi had not suddenly gained Air Bending and used it MERE FEET above the ground while falling off the cliff, his poor family would have found his broken corpse at the bottom of that ravine. A terrible prospect.

== ** If Kya had noticed a change in his aura, then it is possible Bum-Ju sensed it too and knew he could airbend and would likely survive. Bum-Ju just acted like a mother bird pushing the babies out of the nest.

@ Juan:

Not an example of The Berserker. Not enough context to know what it would be an example of.

@ iso:

Film.Dont Look Under The Bed:

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Frances realizes something is up when the boogeyman calls her "Frannie." [[spoiler:This was the nickname her old ImaginaryFriend Zoe gave her before Frances forced herself to grow up]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Frances first meets Larry, she says he's like one of Darwin's toys. [[spoiler:Very appropriate, as Larry used to be Darwin's imaginary friend]].

Main.Leprechaun: Doesn't need to be changed. The addition is unnecessary.

Characters.The Legend Of Korra Enemies Unalaq under Reasonable Authority Figure:

** Years ago, when the Irregular Benders were causing trouble, he helped Zuko by creating the secret prison to hold P'Li. He even kept it a secret from everyone, including his own children.

Literature.Skin Game:

Not an example of Combat Pragmatist, discussed or otherwise.

Villain Ball:

** Upon discovering that Harvey's office is in the same building as a bank, Dierdre tries to continue with the original smash-and-grab plan. Harry and Grey both stop her, noting that it would cause far too much trouble, and opt for a stakeout instead. Harry notes that the problem could have been avoided if Nicodemus had grabbed Harvey's schedule earlier.

Fridge.The Legend Of Korra: Natter. Don't add it. Fridge pages don't get discussion any more than any other pages.

Korra: Tropes S to Z Shout-Out: ** Ghazan can turn rocks into a magma glaive, looking and acting just like the one in ''Film/{{Krull}}''

How to Train Your Dragon Films
Hiccup

* Pride: Hiccup's defining flaw. It leads to brash and rushed behavior several times.
** In the first film, his pride in his still-not-fully-working gagets led to him rushing out ill-prepared into a battle right at the start of the film.
** In the second, his belief in himself as a peacemaker after he got [[spoiler:Alvin and Stoic to become allies once more]] and not listening to the experience his father had with Drago led to him [[spoiler:deciding the best way to find this madman was being captured and rather than just aim to take Drago out sooner, his holding Toothless back from firing on the man led to his own father's death]].

edited 1st Jul '14 7:41:36 PM by isoycrazy

How to Train Your Dragon Films

Hiccup * TheHerosJourney: Hiccup's development over the course of the two movies mirrors this.
** In the first one, he is [[JumpedAtTheCall jumping for the call but generally ignored]] until he shoots down Toothless and lets him go. He crosses the threshold when he chose to try an actually befriend Toothless, with Toothless being the first guardian. He pursues his new path and brings himself to blows with Stoic's rigid ideals. He does gain atonement with his father when the father realized his own faults, culminating in Hiccup's "death" with losing his leg. When he returns to his home, he finds it irrevocably changed by the wisdom he gained and shared.
** In the sequel, Hiccup is refusing the call to be Chief while wishing to continue to explore the world and be a peacemaker. His pride in his abilities leads to his "death" with [[spoiler:Stoic's HeroicSacrifice for Hiccup]] and Hiccup's rebirth being his accepting [[spoiler:the full role of Chief and leading his friends to victory]].

edited 30th Jun '14 9:16:57 PM by isoycrazy

How to Train Your Dragon 2

* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:Stoic the Vast's body is cremated on a pyre boat set a lit by arrows fired first by his son, and then wife, Gobber, and others. Later at Berk a stone statue of his likeness is being carved]].

edited 1st Jul '14 6:37:15 AM by isoycrazy

Tense, dude. Examples should be written in present tense, not past tense.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

Trivia The Legendof Korra for Hey It's That voice:

** [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Beast Boy]] is Mako and Bolin's cousin.

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Nostalgia Critic Tropes H to N

Hypocritical Humor: ** In the ''Film/AfterEarth'' Malcolm!Will Smith notes he has two more kids to promote. The Critic looks off screen.
-->'''Critic:''' Nepotism.
'''[[TheCameo Rob]]:''' Right.

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Dead Beat

Adding Chekhov's Gun ** [[spoiler:Butter's act of saving Harry from a former Knight of the Blackened Denarius would help shape the man in ways he couldn't imagine]].

Changing Contrived Coincidence from * ContrivedCoincidence: Harry remembers this being the pseudo-superpower of the Knights of the Cross, and smiles in the face of ColdBloodedTorture knowing Michael or Sanya will show up to save him. [[spoiler: They don't, but [[AngelUnaware his dog Mouse]] does]].

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* ContrivedCoincidence: Harry remembers this being the pseudo-superpower of the Knights of the Cross, and smiles in the face of ColdBloodedTorture knowing Michael or Sanya will show up to save him. [[spoiler: Waldo Butters ends up saving Harry along with [[AngelUnaware Mouse]]]].

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Ghost Story

* AfterlifeExpress: Right at the start of the book, Harry narrowly misses the "southbound" train barreling at him. [[spoiler:When the Corpsetaker is destroyed by her own wraiths, her screams are drowned out the sound of the same train]].

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Skin Game Under Hope Bringer ** Nicodemus fears Michael's position as this because [[spoiler:he knew if Michael knew Nicodemus planned on sacrificing Dierdre, Michael would have talked with Dierdre and could have gotten her to change her mind in the final moments before the dagger struck]].

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Going Postal

BattleOfWits: As Moist is a conman and dislikes physically fighting someone, he fights his battles with his mind and manipulating others. Recognizing Reacher Glit as a dangerous conman means he must up his game if he wants to survive.

Under Chekhov's Gun:
** There is a small part of the book showing clack tower 181 where a young girl named Alice is learning the trade and is able to receive and send messages at an expert rate. One message comes in with no original sender listed and she is told about the concept of those who died on the towers' final messages being sent back home. [[spoiler:Moist's forged message at the end states it is this and Vetinari finds because of that the message is beyond repute and accusations must be investigated]].

Under Forged Message:

** [[spoiler:As part of the framing the executives, Moist has the GNU create a message from those who died working under the harsh conditions of the Trunk, proclaiming how and why they died with information implicating the executives]].

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Hope Spot Live-Action TV

Babylon 5

** In ''Intersections in Real Time'' a captured and tortured [[spoiler:John Sheridan]] refuses to be broken and is told he will now be sent to his execution. Tossed onto a gurney, he is wheeled down a hallway with a man of the cloth giving him Last Rites. When he gets to the room [[spoiler:he is set up in a chair as the whole torture is about to start over with a new interrogator saying the same thing as the previous one did on his introduction. Death is what was hoped for, but even that is denied in this place]].

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Star Trek Deep Space Nine S 03 E 16 Prophet Motive

*CallBack: Prophet!Sisko noted that Zek wanted to see how the game ended. "The game" was how Sisko described the concept linear time to the Prphets.

* ChekovsGun: When Quark moves in with Rom at the start of the episode, he finds his brother had been pilfering from Quark's bar. Later, Rom embezzles money from the Ferengi Benevolent Association.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: After Zek buys Quark's bar a round of drinks Maihar'du pours himself one and downs it.

edited 6th Jul '14 8:52:42 AM by isoycrazy

Prétear

The Faceless: The anime's second episode features a photograph of Mawata and her birth father. A light reflection prevents viewers from seeing his face.

Any mistakes?

edited 4th Jul '14 12:05:53 PM by luiz4200

The Mirror Shows Your True Self

''Anime/PerfectBlue'' has a non-supernatural version. As the victims of the SerialKiller start to pile up, Mima is believes that she may of developed a SplitPersonality who is killing everyone. This haunts her as delusions of a phantom version of herself from her old IdolSinger days. [[spoiler: When the real killer confronts her, she and the and the audience see the phantom Mima elegantly prancing after the real Mima but the store window reflections show that the murderer is really her slavering and pudgy manager stuffed into Mima's old idol costume.]]

''Comicbook/UsagiYojimbo'': In the short comic, "Hebi", Usagi is almost ambushed by the titular {{Youkai}} who disguises itself as an old woman offering him shelter. He sees her true form in the reflection of his katana and strikes her down.

''Film/{{REC}} 3: Génesis'': The reflections of [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]] are of [[spoiler: the emaciated [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristana_Medeiros Medeiros girl]], the original victim of the DemonicPossession and the original source of TheVirus.]]

Stockholm Syndrome

''Series/{{Vikings}}'': In season 1, Athelstan is taken as a slave from his monastery during a raid by Ragnar. Eventually he starts to develop sympathy for his captors and by season 2, he willingly joins him in raiding his homeland as a warrior.

Black Market Produce

''ComiBook/JudgeDredd'' "Koan": The judges hunt down a container that an entire Buddhist temple was slaughtered for and was then smuggled into Mega-City One. When the hired killer sees that the container holds a punnet of strawberries, he eats one even though he desperately clinging to the side of a building to escape the judges and he plunges to his death because of it.

Augmented Reality

''VideoGame/RememberMe'': Floating restaurant menus and warning signs are ubiquitous around [[NewNeoCity Neo-Paris]] as a side benefit of the [[TransferableMemory Sensen implant]]. The BossRoom for Kid X-Mas is an entire virtual arena overlayed on the open air battlefield, created for his audience.

New Neo City

In the backstory of ''VideoGame/RememberMe'', Usefulnotes/{{Paris}} was nearly abandoned and destroyed during the European Civil War. The [[MegaCorp Memorize Corporation]] was induced to locate its headquarters to what remained and the city of Neo-Paris was built on the ruins as financial prosperity and stability returned.

Crossword Puzzle

The plot of ''Series/{{Rubicon}}'' kicks off when Will notices a pattern in the crosswords of several newspapers. Turns out the crosswords are being used by TheConspiracy as a PublicSecretMessage that that give the go ahead for assassinations in revenge for terrorist attacks.

Four-Leaf Clover

''Series/{{Rubicon}}'': TheConspiracy uses the four leaf clover as its symbol. Not because of any association with luck but because it considers itself the fourth branch of the American government.

Smoldering Shoes

''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' "Shazam!": A pair of smoking boots is all that is left of [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Billy Batson]] after the transforming lightning bolt goes wrong.

I Got a Rock

''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' "Full Bars": On the kids first lone trick or treat, their neighbours seems to totally unprepared and gives out stuff they just had laying around. The kids get stuff like seaweed candy, oyster crackers, packets of hot sauce, cough drops and ''take-a-number tickets for the deli''. This convinces them to catch the ferry to Kingshead Island because all the rich people live there and they give out better candy.
—>This town is horrible at Halloween.

Donut Mess with a Cop

''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'': When testing out whether or not a moonshine fuelled car could out run a conventionally fuelled car, Kari and Tory play the part of cops chasing Grant in his moonshine powered car. While waiting for Grant, they stuff themselves with donuts.
—>'''Kari as a cop''': Why are we always eating donuts?

Eyepatch After Time Skip

''VideoGame/SuperTimeForce'': When [[MyFutureSelfAndMe Doctor Repeatski meets Commander Repeatski]], the commander has a ''second'' eyepatch.

Holy Ground

''Film/{{REC}} 3: Génesis'': Koldo and some others take refuge from the [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]] in a small chapel on the hotel grounds and the zombies seem unable to walk over the threshold. [[spoiler: Probably because they are made by a [[OurDemonssAreDifferent demon]].]] The zombies eventually just wander off, leaving the group to themselves.

Disability Immunity

''Film/{{REC}} 3: Génesis'': [[spoiler: The priest accidently finds out that the [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]] seize up when they hear him pray and uses the PA system to board cast it across the hotel grounds. All Clara and Koldo have to do to get to safety is walk past the paralysed zombies. Suddenly, Clara is bitten by the grandfather who [[ChekhovsGun was shown to be deaf at the beginning of the film]] and unable to hear the priest, turning it into a DownerEnding.]]

Never Trust a Hair Tonic

''WesternAnimation/TheSecretShow'': In "A Hairy Scary World", one of [[TheProfessor Professor]] [[RepetitiveName Professor's]] baldness cures [[GoneHorriblyRight works too well]] and they need to recover the baldy gene from his identical twin brother before the world [[RapidHairGrowth is overrun with hair]].

Loudspeaker Truck

''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' '[[Recap/FuturamaS4E8CrimesOfTheHot Crimes of the Hot]]'': A [[FlyingCar hover]] loudspeaker truck called the Civil Defense Van drives through the streets, announcing the GlobalWarming conference in Kyoto and inviting scientists to attend.

Haunted Fetter

''Series/ChuckFinn'': Carol Anne haunts her Toys/TeddyBear ever since she fell into a crevasse over a hundred years ago.

Brainless Beauty

''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' "[[Recap/SeinfeldS5E12TheStall The Stall]]": Elaine starts dating one such guy that Jerry calls a [[{{Portmanteau}} "mimbo" or male bimbo]]. Elaine swears her relationship is in no way superficial but when his face is damaged in a climbing accident, she breaks up with him.

Fearsome Critters of American Folklore

''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' "Where the Deer and the Mousealopes Play": Brain and Pinky put on fake antlers and pretend that they are the last "mousealopes" (a parody of the jackalope) in a scheme to take over UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}.

Railroad Baron

''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' "[[Recap/ArcherS3E6TheLimited The Limited]]": [[spoiler: Cheryl]] is revealed to be enormously wealthy from being the heir to the railroad baron, Cornelius Tunt.

Fox-Chicken-Grain Puzzle

''Series/DeathInParadise'': DI Goodman likens how the MysteryOfTheWeek of the "Old Times" episode was carried out to this puzzle. Fidel keeps trying to figure out the puzzle for the rest of the episode.

Magical Gesture

''Manga/{{Kekkaishi}}'' use a pointer and the middle finger together gesture to create and control their kekkai.

Hunting "Accident"

''Series/{{Intelligence}}'': In "Being Human", the team rush to stop an Iranian DeepCoverAgent before he can shoot a presidential candidate during a charity hunt and frame it as an accident.

False Flag Attack

''Series/{{Rubicon}}'' "Wayward Sons": A corporation called Atlas-McDowell orchestrated a terrorist attack on an oil tanker in Galveston Bay, a port critical for the transport of America's oil supply and makes it look like UsefulNotes/{{Iran}} was behind it. Atlas-McDowell did this so they could [[WarForFunAndProfit profit off the ensuring conflict]].

Hideous Hangover Cure

''Series/{{Intelligence}}'' "The Event Horizon": Gabriel's family recipe for dealing with hangovers consists of tomato juice, soy sauce, and some peanut butter. When Riley is understandably {{squick}}ed out, Gabriel starts comparing to hangover cures from other cultures.
—>Gabriel: What? The native Americans licked their own spit to cure a hangover. Sicilians eat dried bull penis.
Riley : Stop talking. Just get dressed, I'll wait outside.
Gabriel: The Germans -
Riley : [[TooMuchInformation I can't hear you.]]

Eating Contest

''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': The first VictimOfTheWeek of "[[Recap/SupernaturalS09E13ThePurge The Purge]]", "[[IronicNickname Slim]]" Jim Morgan just won a hot dog eating contest right before he was killed.

Brain Food

The [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]] of ''Series/InTheFlesh'' do [[EatingOptional not need to eat or drink]] and if they do, they vomit it up again. The exception is brains (including from animals) which has a [[AlienCatnip effect like ecstasy on them]].

The Ludovico Technique

''WesternAnimation/UglyAmericans'' "Better Off Undead": Randall joins the [[{{Cult}} New Paltz Zombieology Center]] to cure his depression from pining after his ex-girlfriend, Krystal. Part of the indoctrination is the Ludovico Technique with images of brains being cooked by a hibachi chef, scantily clad women humping a giant brain, a boxer punching his own brain and a foot stomping on a brain to teach him to be a "pure" zombie.

Troll Bridge

''WesternAnimation/UglyAmericans'': "Trolling for Terror" starts with a troll asking a riddle and getting ready to club the man when he cannot think of an answer when the RevealShot shows that they are at a toll box on the Brooklyn Bridge and the manager apologises, saying the troll is a diversity hire.

Adjective Animal Alehouse

''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'' has the Inn of the Giggling Donkey that harbours the scum of all Zaron (really Jimmy's house).

The Three Wise Men

''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' "A Star To Guide Them": [[SideKick Iolaus]], a thief and a father all get [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone prophetic dreams]] and a red mark on their hands. The dreams lead to them stopping [[DoesthisRemindyouOfanything a king from killing all the babies in his kingdom to stop a prophecy of one of them becoming the new king]]. At the end of the episode the three men follow a {{Star|OfBethlehem}} to a certain manger.

Tinfoil Hat

''Series/StarskyandHutch'' "Lady Blue": Commander Jim wears tin foil under his clothes and a foil head band to shield him from cosmic rays originating from [[UsefulNotes/LocalStars Alpha Centauri]] that he believes are [[MindControl making him do bad things]]. Since he is a SerialKiller, it does not seem to be very effective. He also wallpapered the entire interior of his apartment in foil and wraps the bodies of his victims in television antenna wire to protect them from the rays as well.

edited 19th Aug '14 1:08:21 AM by jormis29

Still no help for me. Should I give up?

Sorry Zl, we just don't have enough people on this thread providing help. I can do yours right now, though.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The C65 was a huge step forward, but it still had an only 8 bit CPU, although it outperformed many 16bit computer and console graphically. The parent company focused more on the Amiga systems and the IBM PC clones.
** The Commodore LCD, which never made it out of a few computer magazines and one or two trade shows.

Idiot Programming:

* VESA Local Bus. While it enabled high resolution SVGA graphics for the PC, the cards were very long and hard to insert due to the fact that they needed two ports: The standard ISA and an additional 32 bit bus hardwired to the 486 processor bus. The latter caused huge stability and compatibility issues, because the cards had to operate at various clock speeds (between 25MHz and 40MHz) depending on the actual bus clock. It was even worse if there were expansion cards for functions other than graphics plugged in next to it (especially IO cards). This usually resulted crashes during games that used SVGA graphics while trying to access the hard drive. All this led to the 486 bus-dependent VLB being replaced with the PCI in Pentium class computers and even on newer 486 boards.

Don't forget to make sure your Example Indentation is right.

edited 6th Jul '14 11:54:36 AM by Discar

Dresden Skin Game:

* AdvantageBall: As he is playing against Nicodemus, Harry seeks to grab this. [[spoiler:He does so by immediately contacting Kringle for advice and, following Kringle's wisdom, buys off Goodman Grey before Nicodemus hires him]].

* TheUnSmile: On the way to the aforementioned party, Ascher suggests Harry smile. He does so. She then asks for a more natural one and not this type.

Dead Beat

* GenreSavvy: Marva knows Harry pretty well. So [[spoiler:she set things up in the event he killed her during their meeting, the evidence she has on Murphy would be set out anyway]].

Doctor Who S31 E5 "Flesh and Stone"

* ExactWords: The Doctor tells River to "Get a grip" while he is chatting with the Angels. At first she thinks he is complaining about her not wanting him to sacrifice himself to save everyone. He gives a bit more information and repeats the line. River understands and, while helping Amy, grabs hold of part of the ship just as the gravity fails and they go vertical.

Small Favor:

* DebtDetester: Generally speaking many fae loath being in debt to a human. They will aim to pay the debt back quickly. [[spoiler:Part of Harry's argument to Eldest Gruff to fulfill the minor request Harry earned with his powerful boon is if Harry was killed by Summer before he could collect on what Summer owes him, then Summer could never fulfill the debt and it would be a black mark on the Summer Court and Titania herself]].

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Date A Live for Wescott's character folder:

• Arch-Enemy: He and Woodman hostile to each other ever since Woodman leave him and Ellen at some point. He's also formed this one to Shido during Volume 7 (episode 10 of season 2), though nowhere as intense with Woodman.

Baba Yaga

''TabletopGame/IronKingdoms'': Zevanna Agha, the Old Witch of [[GloriousMotherRussia Khador]] is a FantasyCounterpartCulture, SteamPunk version of Baba Yaga. It is hinted that she is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Khador and is said to have been around before [[CrystalDragonJesus Menoth]] created mankind.

''TabletopGame/LittleFears'': Baba Yaga is one of the Seven Kings of Closetland, representing the [[SevenDeadlySins sin of gluttony]] and her pantry is stocked with [[ImAHumanitarian the flesh of children]].

''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'': Baga Yaga is one of the few Slavic gods that was not displaced by the Soviet gods. She is responsible for the [[WeatherOfWar freezing-cold winter conditions that stymied the German advance on the eastern front]] in UsefulNotes/{{WWII}}.

''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'': Baga Yaga is a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent fourth generation vampire]] sired by Absimiliard and may be the progenitor of the [[LooksLikeOrlok Nosferatu]] clan. After she awoke from torpor in nineties, Baba wiped out the Brujah council that controlled Russia in only eight days. In "Nights of Prophecy - To Grandmother's House", Baba is killed by Vasilisa, a Nictuku that takes the form of a small girl, sent by Absimiliard for disobeying him.

The Paladin

I expanded the entry a little. My words are in parentheses.

* The three Knights of the Cross in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' are paladins, complete with holy swords into each of which has been incorporated one of the nails used during the crucifixion of Jesus. ( The Swords of the Cross are named ''Amoracchius'', the Sword of Love, ''Esperacchius'', the Sword of Hope, and Fidelacchius, the Sword of Faith.) Taking up one of the Swords of the Cross means accepting a MissionFromGod to go where they are most needed and help those who need to be saved. (Sometimes it is a life long mission. Others only wield the Sword for one mission and set the Sword down when the need is no longer present.) Michael Carpenter, the most often-seen Knight in the series, even wears plate armor (albeit reinforced with Kevlar, and other Knights such as Sanya are known to rely on more modern gear including a Kalashnikov automatic rifle). They're also notable for being one of the most positive portrayals of paladins in all of fiction, being good, honest, kind-hearted people who don't force their beliefs on others and help anyone who truly needs it[[note]]In fact, Michael is the only devout Christian of the three; Sanya is a FlatEarthAtheist, while Shiro was converted because he thought the offer to "meet the King" meant a chance to meet Music/ElvisPresley. ( [[spoiler:the latest Knight is Jewish]])[[/note]]. In fact, their primary mission when dealing with the Order of the Blackened Denarius - a group of up to thirty people possessed by {{Fallen Angel}}s - is not to execute them but to offer them redemption and save them from the path of darkness if at all possible. In the novel ''Literature/SkinGame'', [[spoiler:Michael even offers a chance at redemption to Nicodemus Archleon, the ''leader'' of the Order and a man who's cut a bloody swath across the planet for thousands of years. Obviously it doesn't work.]]

The Dresden Files – The Fae

In General:

* HumanWeapon: The Winter Knight is trained to fight and survive not with any weapon in particular, compared to Fix's powerful sword, but rather be the weapon to ensure survival.

For Fix

*ItWasAGift: Fix's sword that Lily melted was a gift to him from Queen Titania for being her Knight.

The Dresden Files – Harry's Household

For Harry

* HeroesPreferSwords: Averted. Save for his sword cane which was more useful in fencing, Harry won't be receiving any sword like Fix got from Mab.
--> '''Jim Butcher''': What’s he gonna do with a sword? He’ll cut himself. Honestly, if he had a sword he’d fall on it, you know he would. Somebody would take it away from him and hit him with it. That’s the kind of thing that happens.

* HumanWeapon: As the Winter Knight, Harry is expected to be his own most dangerous weapon, not needing to rely on magical trinkets and items to survive. That said, Mab has nothing against using them if it makes the job easier, just so long as they aren't a crutch.

Got the info on the fae and Harry with a sword parts here: http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,41204.0.html

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine S03E25 "Facets"

* BodySurf: The Guardian allows the personalities of Dax's previous hosts to move into different bodies.

* DidntSeeThatComing: Invoked. For the stress test, Nog was practicing in the shuttle. O'Brien brings up the test and he's in Ops with a different problem than he practiced for. It wouldn't test his response to stress if they gave him what he prepared for.

* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Quark would prefer Jadzia never tell anyone he was host to one of the female personalities and spent time just coming Jadzia's hair.

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Skin Game:

* ArcWords: Harry is told by Karrin and Molly, "If a Knight with a sword is meant to be here, one will be here." [[spoiler:While Sanya was detained, at the end of the book these words come true as Waldo Butters was present. He just didn't know he was capable of being a Knight]].


* IdiotBall
** The Winter Knight Mantle grabs this at times for its "act first, think about consequences never." Take when Harry saw Binder and it angered Harry, the Mantle wanted Harry to storm out and kill the man. Harry had to rationally dissuade this desire until the Mantle relented.


* {{Irony}}: The Cosmic kind. [[spoiler:In the books thus far, each time Nicodemus faced against the Sword of Faith, he lost. He lost to Shiro by his sacrifice switching with Harry and taking some of Deirdre's blood foiled his plot in ''Death Masks''. His coveting the idea of destroying the blade in ''Small Favor'' led to his defeat once more. and here, even when he shattered the blade, the Sword still beat him and by his own actions, Nicodemus allowed for the Sword to gain an even more powerful physical form]]. Simply put, [[spoiler:a simple faith in a power greater than the self overcame his dark pride each time]].

Dresden Dead Beat:

* GenreSavvy: One of Marcone's people was killed by the actions of the necromancers. So he wants revenge. Knowing the type of man Harry is, he is betting that Harry will move to stop them and so Marcone aids Harry in his quest.

*HumansAreSpecial: In a dark way, mortal magic has one thing no other magic can do. Mortal magic [[spoiler:can summon the worst of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, the Outsiders. The fact some showed up to aid the Red Court attack the Senior Council means there has to be a Council-level mage helping the Red Court]].

IJustWantToBeBadass: Waldo Butters, about 120lbs soaking wet, tried becoming part of the US military but washed out of boot camp. Same with the police. He failed both times but the push to be stronger is there. [[spoiler:This spark helped him push past his fear and control it to be able to help Harry at crucial moments]].

* KnowledgeBroker: [[spoiler:Mab, Queen of Air and Darkness,]] is a great collector of knowledge and there is little this person doesn't know. When Harry sought the person's wisdom [[spoiler:Mab freely gave only what Harry's godmother knows. This is because she was acting as Lea's proxy. The price for knowledge beyond what Lea knew, however, isn't free. The payment is Harry accepting the mantle of the Winter Knight. Harry refuses]].

* ThePromise: The fae have a firm belief in fulfilling promises and debts. Leaders are even obligated to fulfill the promises of subordinates if the subordinate is indisposed while on duty for the leader. For this reason [[spoiler:when Harry called his godmother, Mab is standing in for Lea, who tried some attempted coup and failed. Mab has detained her but not killed her as she is still useful]].\\ \\ [=* WalkOnWater: [[spoiler:Mab, Queen of Air and Darkness]] can manifest and stand on water.

The Dresden Files Unfazed Everymans And Badass Normals

Butters

IJustWantToBeBadass: Waldo Butters, about 120lbs soaking wet, tried becoming part of the US military but failed in boot camp. Same with the police. He failed each time but the push to be stronger is there. This push led him to ride on a zombie dinosaur to save the world and pursue other dangerous paths. This finally culminated in him [[spoiler:becoming a Knight of the Cross]].

edited 17th Jul '14 3:34:09 PM by isoycrazy

For The Dresden Files – The Fae and Cold Days

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Mab's relationship to Mac is such that [[spoiler:she willingly touched iron to remove it from his belly, and help him heal. She suffered, however briefly, for him]].

Popeye

• Intimidating Revenue Service:
  • In "Sea Hagracy", the Sea Hag has chests full of gold and chests full of emeralds she got after a year of piracy until a tax collector shows up to seize the gold as payment for emerald taxes and the emeralds as payment for gold taxes.
  • In one episode of the treasure seeking segment, Bluto gets the treasure but then a tax collector seizes it all and isn't satisfied.

Any mistakes?

You should be using the past tense, not the present tense. The events of the episodes aren't happening at the time the reader is reading the examples, after all.

(edit: see below)

edited 19th Jul '14 6:46:54 PM by KylerThatch

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...

That's incorrect. Always write in present tense unless the example is referring to things that happened previously.

• Alice chastises Bob for that thing he did in the previous episode.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

Gan Kon

* BerserkButton: Don't harm happy couples near Shinata. He will be very pissed and [[spoiler:attack even the enemy god, which is technically against the rules]].

* LoopholeAbuse: Technically, it is a major foul for the human agent to strike the opponent's god-partner in a battle. [[spoiler:Shinata got around this by "accidentally" hitting the enemy god while in a rage. He then repeated it several times over]].

Skin Game

* CorridorCubbyholeRun: [[spoiler:The Gate of Ice averts this. When Harry took a decent length of time to discern the minutes long interval and pattern of the safe spots, the final row, being too far for him to see clearly, didn't match up with the preceding one. With the way forward and back cut off, he takes a third option.]]
-->'''Harry:''' "Parkour!"

edited 21st Jul '14 5:57:46 AM by isoycrazy