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Nothing seems off in those at all. You're good
“My loathings are simple. stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music." -Vladimir Nabokov
For Date A Live main page.
- Psycho for Hires: Most, if not all of DEM Wizards are trained to become Wescott's loyal fanatics who voluntarily obey what he says, while money may or may not their secondary needs. Best examples are Jessica and Ellen.
edited 17th Aug '14 2:06:48 AM by Harukaze
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- The Ancient Circle of Mods — Whenever someone asks about new mod or becoming a mod, tropers will turn the query into some wild fantasy ritual. What ritual? It is difference each time, no same ritual is used twice consecutively, and the detail is often along the line of These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know.
''Series/CriminalMinds'': The [[VillainOfTheWeek Unsub]] of the "Strange Fruit" episode had his StartOfDarkness when six Klansmen [[spoiler: strung him up and castrated him because one of their sisters [[FalseRapeAccusation falsely accused him of rape]]. In 1978, he killed two of the men who had not yet died of natural causes and mutilated their genitals. In 2003, he did the same to two [[SinsOfOurFathers daughters of the Klansmen]] after one of them started dating his son.]]
The Tape Knew You Would Say That
The plot of ''Series/TheGoodwinGames'' revolves around a series of VideoWills left by Benjamin Goodwin that detail a number of [[GameBetweenHeirs challenges that decide who will inherit his fortune]]. Even though Benjamin had been estranged from his children for several years, the tapes respond to things like Jimmy [[StickyFingers stealing a pen]] and Henry fast forwarding through a long poem.
* ''Series/{{Fargo}}''
** In the "A Fox, a Rabbit, and a Cabbage" episode, Budge asks Pepper this riddle to pass the time while they are [[ReassignedToAntarctica assigned to the file room]]. Pepper gets hung up on the details and eventually provides a unique answer.
—> '''Pepper''': A Turducken.
'''Budge''': A what's that now?
'''Pepper''': He stuffs the cabbage in the rabbit and the rabbit in the fox, and he eats all of them.
''' Budge''': That's not the answer.
'''Pepper''': It's ''an'' answer.
** In the subsequent "Morton's Fork" episode, Budge asks Lester the riddle while driving him back to his home and he gets the correct answer right away.
edited 17th Aug '14 6:18:28 AM by jormis29
Villain Protagonist
@Harukaze
- Psycho for Hire: Most, if not all, (comma)
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@Kuruni
- The Ancient Circle of Mods — Whenever someone asks about new mod or becoming a mod, tropers will turn the query into some wild fantasy ritual. What ritual? It is
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Lord of the Blue Star
When I Was Your Age... Real Life
- Among various improvisational games, there is the game "Back in my day . . ." This game uses this trope as a joke. With a given category, and a certain amount of wordplay, improve actors consider a joke for that category. An example would be "Back in my day before . . . stairs." A person could come out and say, "Back in my day before stairs . . . people didn't look at me blankly when I made a bad joke."
Kansas City Shuffle: Changing the sentence
However, on route back to the Romulan homeworld, the Senator's ship explodes.
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However, on route back to the Romulan homeworld after a stopover to meet with the Dominion, the Senator's ship explodes.
- Double Standard: Averted in the season 4 episode "Roses & Truth" where Amy has a case of a high school student who slept with his teacher and got her pregnant. At first the boy was charged with rape as the teacher alleged he forced himself on her. The boy's defense, however, showed that the teacher was the sexual predator by bringing in another victim to discuss his relationship with the teacher. It was treated with the seriousness it deserved [[spoiler:and even the teacher's husband looked at her with disgust when he heard the second victim's claims]].
- Exact Words: In "Roses & Truth" the prosecution is objecting to a surprise witness the defense showed up with feeling they deliberately withheld the name to prevent possible discrediting. Amy gets the prosecution to agree that it was the act of possibly hiding the witness he didn't like rather than hearing from the witness that angers him, giving her no objection to hearing the witness on the stand.
edited 18th Aug '14 5:33:05 AM by isoycrazy
''Series/{{Fargo}}'' "Morton's Fork": [[spoiler: Lester sets a bear trap under some clothes in his home and tricks Malvo into stepping on it. He manages to escape before Lester finishes him off but is killed by Gus while resetting the mangled bone in his leg. Malvo considered himself an animal, a predator [[TheUnfettered outside of human morality]] so being injured by an animal trap and then put down by a man who worked in animal control was a KarmicDeath.]]
''Series/TheGoodwinGames'': Henry's fiancée, Kate exists but since she has yet to be seen by anyone in Granby ([[TheGhost and the audience]]), they assume he is making her up.
—> '''Keith''': Henry, is Kate, by any chance, Canadian?
'''Henry''': Are we really debating the existence of my fiancée?
''{{ComicBook/Northlanders}}'': In the two issue "The Shield Maidens" arc, three [[AmazonBrigade Viking women fight]] off an army of Saxons from inside an {{Ancient Rom|e}}an fortress that is only reachable at low tide via a sand bridge.
''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndThebold'': As part of the DeathMontage of the "Emperor Joker!" episode, Batman is StrippedToTheBone in a vat of acid.
edited 18th Aug '14 3:36:54 AM by jormis29
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*GenreBlindness: Harry cannot believe that [[spoiler:the White Council is actually talking about making peace with the Reds, led by Cristos' faction. The Merlin, however, isn't blind. He's invoking blindness. If the Reds want to lull them into thinking peace is at hand, then he and the other Senior Council members (save Cristos) will feign interest and appear to accept it, fully anticipating the knife in the back and be prepared to have an even larger knife to use themselves.]]
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Because [[spoiler:Wizard Cristos is entertaining peace talks with the Red Court and because the Merlin thinks this is a prelude to draw them into a false sense of complacency and wants the Reds to think the ruse is working, the Merlin orders Harry to not try and save the child]]. Harry ignores this order and does what he will anyway]].
* EvilDetectingDog: Mouse is still very active in this book. First he is aware of and uneasy about [[spoiler:the Leansidhe's presence in Harry's home]]. Later he growls when Susan's vampire side is becoming too much for her and she is almost out of control]].
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Half-vampires like Martin and Susan get the perks of the evil Red Court, including longevity, super strength, and other enhanced senses. The downside is a drive to drink human blood. The more they use their dark side the greater the urge for blood. [[spoiler:Lea notes they were using it more than they realized if they were passed out like were from her binding method]].
* TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget: Averted. [[spoiler: After Susan kills Martin and becomes a true Red Court monster without a soul, she retains enough of her humanity to allow Harry to sacrifice her to save her daughter]].
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* HeroicBSOD: For a short time after Harry got Susan't call, he was in this mode. He couldn't put the phone on the receiver and barely made it to Mac's. It was only because [[spoiler:Mac ''speaking'' to him with ''full grammar'']] did he start to move out of it, past his anger and into TranquilFury.
* INeedAFreakingDrink:
** Soon after Harry gets Susan's bombshell, he decides he needs one and goes to see Mac. He chooses whiskey. Whe Mac learns the reasons, he poured himself one too..
** The Wardens have the Worry Room. It is a well protected bar inside the HQ meant for one place: for old crust wardens to get drunk while being frustrated at the idealism and optimisim of the younger generations. In particular, the ones (like Harry) who are more forgiving of first time offenders and want leniency. It is a place for them to release their anger and frustrations. [[spoiler:After seeing Arianna in Edinburgh, Anastasia takes Harry there to cool down]].
* RightBehindMe: While in Edinburgh, Harry starts making a crack about the Merlin, who [[spoiler:appears from a secret passageway behind a picture]].
* CarryABigStick: Susan used the sturdy leg of a well-made metal table as one.
* ImprovisedWeapon: During [[spoiler:the Red Court's attack on the FBI HQ]] Susan, lacking any fire arms or blades, goes to a sturdy metal table and rips a leg off to make a nice club.
* ShaveAndAHaircut: Harry uses the first half as a signal [[spoiler:to Agent Tilly he isn't one of the attackers attacking the FBI HQ as the an might just shoot if Harry opens the door with just a simple knock]].
Grave Peril
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Harry faces a choice: [[spoiler:allow Susan to be taken away by Bianca, likely turned into a full monster, and walk away with peace and staying in the safety of the laws of the supernatural world or save his beloved and make one final act of violating Sacred Hospitality he previously violated and set off a war]]. Harry takes the later.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: When Harry told Luccio about Morgan hounding him and trying to push Harry into trying to kill him and then kill Harry in "self-defense" Luccio makes it clear not only didn't she know, but she is furious about this and believes Harry despite the little evidence he has.
* OnlytheChosenMayWield: A Warden's blade is made so only the Wizard it was crafted for could draw out its power. [[spoiler:For this reason, when Morgan sees Anastasia Luccio in the body of a 20-something woman wielding her blade and drawing on its power, he knows she is truly his Captain]].
* TemptingFate: In "The French Connection Job" when they have the mark's attention and focus, Nate says, "Barring any unforeseen circumstances, we're good to go." Cut to some people the mark angered about to enter the restaurant and cause trouble.
* ManBitesMan: Hardison bites a mook in "The French Connection Job." He even warns the guy he would.
edited 20th Aug '14 9:23:35 AM by isoycrazy
''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'': The shield of the Shard, the flagship of the Red Lanterns is made of red hexagons.
''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'' "Run Pig Run": While Peter is [[BalefulPolymorph transformed into]] the Spectacular Spider-''[[PigMan Ham]]'' and being pursued by the WildHunt, a one man band plays an unfortunate song about skewering pigs. It turns out to be Comicbook/{{Loki}} mocking him.
''Series/{{Bones}}'': The BodyOfTheWeek of "The Master In The Slop" episode was covered in chestnuts (to make it more appetizing) and dumped in the slop at a pig farm. Hodgins has to build a machine that filters out what is left of the corpse from the slop so that they actually have something to study.
''Series/{{Arrow}}'' "[[Recap/ArrowS2E8TheScientist The Scientist]]": It is bucketing down with rain as [[Series/TheFlash2014 Barry Allen]] arrives in Starling City and the taxis seem to ignore him. In a final misfortune, a random car sprays him as it drives past.
''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'': Xena has an uncanny ability to know when [[WarGod Ares]] is present even when he is {{invisible}}.
—> '''Xena''': Ares? I know you're here, 'cause my skin is crawling. Show yourself.
'''Ares''': You're the only mortal I know who can do that.
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Lord of the Blue Star
* LovedINotHonorMore: Michael loves his family deeply and would walk into Hell for their sake. However, when He calls on Michael, Michael will take the Mission first and have faith He won't forsake Michael's family.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Invoked when Harry tells the Merlin the Red Court has stolen a child and Harry wants to save her. The old, powerful wizard tells Harry to hold off as one life is not worth more than the uncounted ''billions'' now living and yet to be born that would be saved if they exterminate the Red Court all together. Harry gave the rebuttle, and inversion, stating that no life is worth ''less''.
* WhatTheHellHero: Martin rips into Harry's attitude towards Susan for her keeping Maggie secret and "safe" by describing the fate of the foster family Maggie lived with, [[spoiler:being ripped apart by vampires, pieces laid out that Susan and Martin had to slowly piece together]] and all the while [[spoiler:the smell of blood drove them mad with hunger and Susan facing the horribly unpleasant urge to drink ''what could be her own daughter's blood]].
FridgeBrilliance: To review a few facts. One, Mouse has undefined Holy Powers. Two, Anduriel is scared of Mouse' power and doesn't like to challenge him. Three, [[spoiler:a being of significant enough Power, like Queen Mab, can block Anduriel's spying powers]]. Now, back in changes Mouse [[spoiler:sat at the entrance to Mac's focusing on the threshold like Mab did here. It makes sense now that he was keeping Anduriel out of the area to help keep Harry safe and secrets secret.]]
* SecretKeeper: Harry tells [[spoiler:Mac about Maggie]].
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For Date A Live main page.
- Private Military Contractors: Although not stated directly, most of DEM Wizards operates like this, especially in Miku Truth arc. In addition of having more advanced equipment from their company, several DEM members (including Jessica) that transferred into AST also have privileges from higher ups (JGSDF) to act on their own without have to follow order from AST. However, when they are prepare for capture Tohka, they also intend to capture Shido as part of the "ceremony to greet their dearest enemy", so what they're doing aren't much different from the real-life Blackwater.
edited 21st Aug '14 10:35:49 AM by Harukaze
''Series/PersonOfInterest'' "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E10 The Devil's Share]]": John blinds the {{US Marshal}}s guarding [[spoiler: Quinn]] by detonating a pile of flares while they are wearing night vision goggles.
The Creator/JerryLewis film, ''Film/HookLineAndSinker'' starts with a group of medical staff insisting that the main character explain how his unusual predicament came about. It is not until the end of the film, when story returns to the operating room that the predicament is [[RevealShot revealed]] to be [[spoiler: a swordfish sticking out of his chest.]]
The city of D'ni from the ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' series is housed in a cavern somewhere below New Mexico.
Move Along, Nothing to See Here
''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'': Uncle Ruckus is made a police officer in the "The Block Is Hot" episode to avoid a lawsuit. The episode finishes him saying this as he wildly swings his baton and just after it FadesToBlack, he exclaims: "Oh, a {{Unicorn}}."
''Series/{{Fargo}}'': Of the [[ThoseTwoBadGuys two]] ProfessionalKillers sent in to investigate who killed Sam Hess, Mr. Wrench is deaf and only communicates in UsefulNotes/SignLanguage to Mr. Numbers.
''Series/BurnNotice'': While visiting him in prison in the "Hard Time" episode, Fiona slips Michael a lock pick via a big, sloppy kiss.
''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' "Growing Pains": After Peter accidently broke [[JerkJock Flash Thompson's]] hand by blocking one of his punches, his parents sue Aunt May and Uncle Ben for the medical costs.
''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'': In the "Wake Up Dreaming" arc, Al finds out that he abused Wanda before he died and went to {{Hell}}.
Torturing an enemy unit in the first two ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'' games has a chance of revealing part of the map.
''Series/WizardsVsAliens'' "The Cave of Menla-Gto": Moon mentions that the Great Fire was caused by a dragon who thought that there were actual puddings in Pudding Lane.
At the end of the Australia Vs New Zealand special of ''Series/SpicksAndSpecks'', Adam sung a song that was one long apology for the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underarm_bowling_incident_of_1981 Underarm Bowling Incident]] and ended it with a teasing "not."
''Series/{{Elementary}}'': In the "No Lack of Void" episode, a man gets funds to grow anthrax from a {{Right Wing Militia|Fanatic}} called the Sovereign Army. Instead of giving them the anthrax for their planned mail attacks, he gives them jars filled with baby powder and talc.
''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor investigates a series of cases of spontaneous combustion happening in VictorianLondon in the "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E1DeepBreath Deep Breath]]" episode. The latest victim was a {{T-Rex}} that [[ItMakesSenseInContext was running rampant in the Thames]].
''Series/BurnNotice'' While Michael is in prison in the "Hard Time" episode, the rest of the team dig up a coffin to retrieve a cache left by [[PsychoForHire Simon]]. Their task is made all the more harder because Simon {{Booby Trap}}ped the coffin to explode if opened.
—> '''Michael's Voiceover''': Old cemeteries are great hiding places, as long as you don't mind desecrating a grave. Bury your stash near an old, nondescript headstone and there's little chance anyone will uncover it, Unless they're meant to.
''Series/{{Dexter}}'' "Argentina": One of the reasons that Dexter is not exactly enthusiastic about his children staying with Debra is that her kitchen is only stocked with salsa and beer.
—> '''Debra''': I think there was some cheese when I moved in.
''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndThebold'': For a non-machine example, the Gibbles from the "Rise of the Blue Beetle!" episode look like [[MegaMicrobes waist-high amoebas]] and have a yellow segment that flashes when they speak instead of anything resembling a mouth.
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For Origami's character folder in Date A Live
- Attention Whore: Really undeniable. She willing to do anything to get closer with Shido. See also Shameless Fanservice Girl below.
edited 22nd Aug '14 7:21:06 PM by harukaze
''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': The [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=74231 AWOL]] card from the Unhinged card set has a milk carton with the face of the monster cut out from the main art. The monster shows up in the art for the [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=74345 Urza's Hot Tub]] card from the same set.
At the beginning of the ''Franchise/TheMuppets All-Star Comedy Gala'' in {{UsefulNotes/Montreal}}, Kermit called the city as "the greatest island-based French-speaking city of over 2 million people … in all of {{Usefulnotes/Quebec}}."
''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E3TreehouseOfHorrorXXII Treehouse of Horror XXII - In the Na'Vi]]": Bart tells Chalmers that there is something on his face while he is in a mecha like the ones from ''Film/{{Avatar}}''. Chalmers touches his cheek to check and the mech smashes itself in the cockpit by copying the action.
''ComicBook/RogueTrooper'': Rogue once came across a liveable region high in the Oxark Mountains, above the clouds of chemical weapons that poison the rest of [[DeathWorld Nu Earth]]. The tribe of Nort and Southerner deserters that settled there to escape the ForeverWar would not allow Rogue to leave and potentially reveal their location.
''Literature/LordDarcy'': The victim of the "The Ipswich Phial" story carves SSO into an earthen bluff before he dies. [[spoiler: No one realizes until later that he was hanging over the edge of the bluff and it would have been flipped around to his viewpoint. He actually wrote 055, the code number of the Polish spy who killed him.]]
''Series/WitchesOfEastEnd'': Joanna is {{curse}}d to watch her daughters die and then give birth to them again in an endless cycle. In a FlashBack in the "Pilot" episode, her [[http://io9.com/witches-of-east-end-gives-us-the-silliest-magical-pregn-1441918729 belly swells up like a balloon]] while looking over her daughter's graves.
In the original ''ComicBook/TheBooksOfMagic'' MiniSeries, The Trenchcoat Brigade fought a statue that throws flaming daggers. JohnConstantine took the opportunity to light one of his [[SmokingIsCool trademark cigarettes]] off one of the blades.
Phlebotinum Killed the Dinosaurs
''[[WebVideo/TheAnnoyingOrange The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange]]'' "The Day the Store Stood Still": The dinosaurs were wiped out the last time that the Earth stopped turning when the space hamster at the centre of the planet stopped running.
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* HolyHalo: Invoked. [[spoiler:When Bob helps guard Murphy from mental attacks of the Lords of the Outer Night, his essence spins about her head in this fashion]].
[=* BattleAura:
**[[spoiler:Mouse]] gives off faint blue-light when he is fighting with Lea about [[spoiler:turning Harry and the heroes back into human form]].
** [[spoiler:When Murphy draws ''Fidelacchius'', her body and clothes are bathed in white angelic light]].
* RingOfFire: Harry fights in one with Susan [[poiler:against the Red Court minions in the Erlking's personal hall]].
*TheNicknamer: Harry is at it again. He calls [[spoiler:the Erlking "Erl"]].
- Eldritch Location: Nevernever shows off its freakiness with rivers that run uphill, a realm of a huge sun with rays that can melt metal, deep cold ocean waters, and one can go from Chicago to where Maggie will be in just about 90 minutes. Going from a pitcher's mound in Aurora, Illinois one can walk up the uphill stream area and reach Giza (a 6000+ mile distance) in just a short walk. And [[spoiler:a Way
* LoopholeAbuse: After [[spoiler:Harry tells everyone about how Lea will drop them if she thinks they are a hindrance, she adds her help would happen as long as it is "quite convenient." Harry then promises to bring everyone home, dead or alive. However, it would be "more 'quite convenient'" if they were able to carry themselves out o their own feet. Lea accepts the argument and slight change of focus]].
* HopeBringer: Sanya brings hope to many. When he appears and will give Harry his help, even the old cynical, untrusting Martin feels a bit better about things.
Didn't See That Coming: When Harry opened a Way [[spoiler:in the FBI HQ, he landed in the dining hall of the Erlking. No one from Harry, to the Reds chasing him, to the Erlking himself saw it coming]].
- Harry even used the knife the Reds gave him.
*EvilDetectingDog: Mouse shows off his skills a few times, like when he checks to make sure things are safe after [[spoiler:the FBI raided Harry's apartment]], and later gets protective when [[spoiler:Susan and Thomas' demons are acting up]].
* HolyBurnsEvil: ** Harry's faith in Magic and the pentacle is still strong enough to hurt some older Red Court vampires. ** The Swords of the Cross are the banes of many Red Court vampires. [[spoiler:Karrin cut through the head of a Lord of the Outer Night, one of the eldest vampires, leaving the corpse to burn.
* YouOweMe: Though it wasn't scene, [[spoiler:Ebenezer [=McCoy was owed a a favor from the Kenku, a Tengu-like group of creatures. He figured helping Harry's assault would be a good time to call in the marker]]=].
*{{Tengu}}: The Kenku, either Tengu or some variant of them, are mentioned and seen in the book.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Every Kenku seen is wearing a katana on the side.
* HolyHandGrenade: The Swords of the Cross are Powerhouses still. [[spoiler:The fact that ''all three'' are brought to Harry's battle and empowered gives Harry and his friends an incredible boost of power]].
*ScrewThisImOutOfHere: [[spoiler:Estaban of the Eebs is known for running when things get bad. It's one reason he's still alive]].
* CallBack: Thomas notes he still has a scar from when he last met Lea in ''Grave Peril''.
* TheArchmage:
** Wizard McCoy spoiler:using the Blackstaff kills over 200 people with just two spell]].
** Lea is called an elder sorceress of the Winter Sidhe, second to Mab in the Queen's Court, [[spoiler:and is given free rein to do as she pleases when helping Harry]]. Molly, after meeting her, upgrades her from "spooky death Sidhe lady" to "spooky, ''crazy'' death Sidhe lady." Lea approves.
* ExactWords: Not for a contract, but a definition. Lea calls Susan Harry's concubine. Lea then explains that Susan is Harry's unwed lover and mother of his child. The term does fit.
* GRatedDrug: Sanya calls Harry paying Toot and his group with pizza, knowing how the love it and willingness to do anything for it. --> '''Sanya:''' You are a drug dealer. To tiny faeries. For shame.
*BalloonBelly; Toot, now 15 inches tall, eats a piece of large pizza. Harry watches as part of his belly does bulge out but quickly deflates.
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''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' "The Scarlett Getter": Stan meets [[TheGreys Roger]] while he is pretending to be a Nigerian medical student. Over coffee, Roger tries the scam on Stan but is cut off when [[TheOneThatGotAway Scarlett]] walks in.
Thomas from the "Bride and Groom" arc of the ''Comicbook/{{Nightwing}}'' series can see auras and can [[PeoplePuppets control people]] by manipulating them. He mostly uses his powers to find victims that are suitable for his beloved Violet to [[LifeDrinker drain the life force]] from.
When the {{Seer|s}} [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] from ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' uses her power to see into the future, her eyes turn [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090321053306/charmed/images/a/a7/Seer1.jpg white]].
The main foe of ''Series/ThePretender'' series is a shadowy organization known only as The Centre. Amongst other nefarious deeds, The Centre [[InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers kidnaps gifted children]] like Jarod to train them in running simulations of real-life situations and predicting the outcome.
''Series/{{Life}}'': The SerialKiller from the "Find Your Happy Place" episode killed his victims by leaving them to suffocate in steamer trunks. When plotted out on a map, the trunk locations make a smiley face.
The [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Skrulls]] [[AlienInvasion invade Earth]] in the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' CrisisCrossover because they need a new home for their people. Their previous homeworld, [[NumberedHomeworld Tarnax IV]] had been [[PlanetEater devoured]] by ComicBook/{{Galactus}} and most of the [[TheEmpire Skrull empire]] was destroyed by the [[Comicbook/{{Annihilation}} Annihilation Wave]]. A similar reason was used for the Skrull invasion in ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' (see the Western Animation folder).
* ''{{TabletopGame/Warhammer}}''
** The lands that would become [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong Kislev]] where once populated by the [[BornInTheSaddle Ungols]] and the Ropsmenn tribes. This changed when the Gospodars invaded from the [[GrimUpNorth Eastern Steppes]] around 1500 [[AlternativeCalendar (Imperial Calender)]], fleeing from the Chaos corruption that befouled the steppes. The Ungols were forced out of their homelands and, in turn, they invaded the territory of Ropsmenn.
** At times the [[{{Hellgate}} portal to the Realm of Chaos]] will expand and the [[{{Mordor}} Chaos Wastes]] become totally uninhabitable. The creatures and tribes that live there are driven south to invade the Old World in order to survive. These times are known as the Incursions of Chaos.
''Series/{{Arrow}}'' "[[Recap/ArrowS2E8TheScientist The Scientist]]": Taxis seem to avoid [[Series/TheFlash2014 Barry Allen]] after he arrives in Starling City even though it is bucketing down with rain.
''TabletopGame/{{Infernum}}'' has Hellgouts, formed when part of the mortal world and hell temporarily merge and bring giant chunks of the mortal world into hell.
One of the things that makes [[TheSneakyGuy Luger]] different from the other characters in the first ''VideoGame/{{Killzone}}'' game is that she has night vision goggles allowing her to make out enemies and mission objectives in the dark.
''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'': The "Ida's Dance" episode had the Saint Grotus's Day from TheOldCountry. Parts of the celebrations include making a giant and terrible tasting tart with layers corresponding to the groups of people that Grotus slaughtered and a particularly dangerous version of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinikling Tinikling]] that involves sharp blades.
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Lord of the Blue Star
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Harkness Agatha Harkness]], governess to [[Comicbook/FantasticFour Franklin Richards]] and magical tutor to the Comicbook/ScarletWitch, has a black cat called [[http://www.comicvine.com/ebony/4005-4326/ Ebony]] that can transform into a black panther.
* ''Series/{{Psych}}''
** In the "Let's Get Hairy" episode, Shawn grabs a book and Gus gets swept up by a revolving bookcase. It spins back around when Shawn puts the book back. Shawn never notices, Gus never says anything, and the [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment incident is never heard of again]].
** The owner of a bookstore that specialises in the mystery genre from the "Autopsy Turvy" episode hid the store's surveillance room and office behind a swinging bookcase. The doesn't seem to be anything stopping a random customer from accidently opening it while browsing the shelves.
''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain: Defiance'': The Cenobites of the {{cult}} [[ReligionOfEvil of Hash'ak'gik]] wear Greek-style tragedy masks.
''{{TabletopGame/Illuminati}}'': The art for the Backlash card shows a suited man standing at a podium after being pelted with rotten fruit (or possibly paint).
''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'': While searching through the titular company of the "[=DrugCo=]" episode, the gang come across a monkey and hippo hybrid dubbed a Monkapotamus.
''Series/{{Fargo}}'': [[ThoseTwoBadGuys The two]] ProfessionalKillers sent by the Fargo mob to investigate who killed Sam Hess are called Mr. Numbers and Mr. Wrench. It is doubtful that those are their real names.
''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'' "[[Recap/BewareTheBatmanS1E9Control Control]]": [[{{Adorkable}} Jason]] manages to impress [[{{ComicBook/Katana}} Tatsu]] by using the prototype Ion Cortex to control the lights on an adjacent skyscraper to make an image of her face.
''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[Characters/SCPFoundationSCPs1000AndBeyond SCP-1323]] [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1323 ("A County Fair")]] appears to be a carnival run by TheFairFolk and anyone who eats food there has a 17% chance of becoming a permanent employee.
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' "Secrets": Only the pure of heart can draw the [[CoolSword sword of]] Literature/{{Beowulf}} from its sheath and summon its power. The sword zaps {{Comicbook/Zatanna}} when she tries to grab it while the villainous [[ThirdPersonPerson Harm]] wields it with no problem.
—>'''Harm''': The legend said the heart must be pure--[[ExactWords it never said]] [[PureIsNotGood pure good]].
* ''Series/AlarmFuerCobra11'': At the beginning of the "Die Braut" episode, a drowsy driver crashes his truck in front of Semir's car and he is unable to stop before the impact of the trailer rips off the roof.
—>'''Semir''': My Car!
'''Ben''': You always wanted a convertible.
''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'': In the "Strange" episode, [[DreamWeaver Nightmare]] traps everyone in their worst nightmares. [[spoiler: It backfires when he causes Peter to relive [[MyGreatestFailure his greatest failure]], the night he let Uncle Ben die as Peter lives with it every day and motivates him to be to be a hero. Plus, it means he gets to see Uncle Ben again.]]
''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'' is an AnimatedAnthology film consisting of six-interlocked short episodes set between the ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' films of the ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga''.
The "Earl and Joy's Anniversary" episode of ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' is a WholeEpisodeFlashback to a time when a swarm of KillerBees descended on Camden. Darnell, Catalina, Kenny and Patty the daytime hooker take shelter in a phone booth. Faced with the chance of dying, they somehow manage to have a foursome in the tiny space and then [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain agree to never speak about it again.]]
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''Series/{{Dexter}}'' kisses Hannah under some mistletoe hanging in her garden in the "Do You See What I See?" episode. The kiss is a bittersweet one for Dex since he is there to [[spoiler: tell her that he handed proof of one her crimes to the police and she is about to be arrested.]]
''Series/{{JAG}}'': [[RogueAgent Clark Palmer]] captures Harm in the "[[Recap/JAGS03E20Imposter Imposter]]" episode and makes a mask of his face in Harm's kitchen in a plot to assassinate a man that Harm is prosecuting.
—>'''Harm''': [[YouWatchTooMuchX You've been watching too many]] ''Series/MissionImpossible'' reruns, Palmer.
The ''Comicbook/SpiderMan: Fever'' miniseries had "Albion Crawley", a turn of the century occultist whose journeys in to other dimensions led him and his assistant into a fateful contact with spider-demons called Arachnix.
''Series/{{Arrow}}'': When [[spoiler: [[{{Comicbook/Deathstroke}} Slade]]]] is shown in the present in the "[[Recap/ArrowS2E9ThreeGhosts Three Ghosts]]" episode rather than in the {{Flashback}}s, he is sporting an unexplained eye patch over his right eye. [[spoiler: The "[[Recap/ArrowS2E23Unthinkable Unthinkable]]" episode shows Oliver putting an arrow through his eye.]]
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Hello I wanted as maybe you can fix grammar in those pages Two Worlds , Two Worlds , The Call of the Wild, Night Of The Living Dead and The Call Of The Wild 2000 . I created all of those pages, but because I'm from Lithuanian, there can by grammar mistakes.
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"They played us like a DAMN FIDDLE!" — Kazuhira Miller, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
''Series/{{CSI}}'': Ray Langston is shown to have a room in the "Doctor Who" episode that has most of its walls and windows plastered with pictures and articles related to [[SerialKiller Dr Jekyll]] connected to maps with string as part of Ray's private investigation to his identity.
LaughingMad: One of Lord Naritsugu's men comes stumbling out of the slaughter, laughing as he takes a few wild swings at his fellow samurai before being put down. Naritsugu is delighted and announces that he will start an age of war once he is on the Shogun's council.
''Comicbook/UsagiYojimbo'': Sasuké the Demon Queller can summon things like giant frogs to battle {{Youkai}} and other supernatural threats.
While running from the police in the 2012 ''Film/TheThreestooges'' film, Moe rides on Larry using a stick and string to dangle a carrot that Larry futilely tries to chomp.
''Series/{{Castle}}'': The VictimOfTheWeek of "The Greater Good" episode was a share trader that was in involved in a shady deal that involved 25 mil being funnelled through an anonymous account at the Suisse Federal Bank.
Three of the four original factions for ''TabletopGame/IronKingdoms'' had weapons and spells based on the elemental trio. The Protectorate of Menoth uses fire as part of its BurnTheWitch[=/=]ChurchMilitant theme, Khador uses ice as part of being a FantasyCounterpartCulture to Russia and Cygar uses lightning since it is advanced enough to harness electricity. The other faction, Cryx favours acid.
The only way ghosts in ''Series/WitchesOfEastEnd'' can interact with the living world is by manipulating electricity such as causing static on screens, flickering lights or causing power surges because they are "PureEnergy". Otherwise they are intangible and only visible to witches.
''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'': In the "Field of Streams" episode, Cleveland goes to gas station toilet that is covered in human waste. What makes it even worse is that there isn't any toilet paper, forcing him to use his own socks to clean himself. [[spoiler: Later, Cleveland finds out that his old coach has been sleeping rough in disgusting toilets but he did find [[BrickJoke some socks]].]]
''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': In the "Honey, I'm Homeland" episode, Stan is in a rush and tells Klaus to "Get ready to flip me my car keys with your tail, like you do every morning", something he does in the opening credits.
Slings in ''TabletopGame/{{Mordheim}}'' have similar stats to short bows but with a special rule allowing them to be fired twice if the unit wielding it does not move in the same turn. A popular tactic for the [[RodentsOfUnusualSize Skaven]] warband is to arm a whole lot of cheap units with slings for a ZergRush.
''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'': [[ScaryScarecrows Scarecrow]] and his gang of escaped [[BedlamHouse Arkham]] inmates and CrazyHomelessPeople wield scythes and sickles in the "In Darkness Dwells" segment.
''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' "[=DreamReaver=] Part 1": Inverted with 3D Dave from 3D Dave's TV Store, Peaceville's most mentally stable home electronics store. The store where prices may seem crazy at first but actually results in a modest profit while still offering bargains.
—>'''3D Dave''': It's perfectly sane!
Notable References To TV Tropes
[[http://www.snopes.com/info/news/cookies.asp This article]] on ''Website/{{Snopes}}'' links to the StrawFeminist trope page in describing the sort of content of the tale that it is examining.
''Manga/ImoutoWaShishunki'': Kanami starts a [[http://mangafox.me/manga/imouto_wa_shishunki/v03/c028/6.html game with her kindergarten class]] and their teacher starts to say reezun (raisin) but then she realises that means she would lose and changes it mid-word to rezubian (lesbian). The other teacher is shocked but Kanami just cheerfully points out that she loses.
''Manga/ImoutoWaShishunki'': While playing the game, Manaka gets quite a few fish and attributes it to her [[http://mangafox.me/manga/imouto_wa_shishunki/v04/c043/3.html scoop not breaking because she is still a virgin]].
The [[OurVampiresAreDifferent culebras]] of ''Series/FromDuskTillDawn'' gain serpentine features when they attack. This includes their skin turning scaly and ridged, fangs folding out from their palate and their [[AnimalEyes eyes becoming like a reptiles]].
''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'': Bruce destroys the [[MissileLockOn missiles locked onto the Bat]] by deftly manoeuvring around Gotham, causing them to crash into [[ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding (hopefully unoccupied) buildings]] while [[MisguidedMissile guiding the last one into]] [[spoiler: one of the stolen tumblers.]]
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Kill It with Water
Western Animation/Steven Universe in the episode Ocean Gem Shows Lapis Lazuli created water duplicates of the gems and Steven and tries her hardest to attack the gems with this trope.
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Eye Beams
''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'': TheReveal of the [[spoiler: "Edward"]] episode is that the featured [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual abnormals]] can produce heat beams from their eyes.
Flaming Skulls
''Comicbook/{{BPRD}}'': The [[LegacyCharacter various people]] who have become the Black Flame have a skulls wreathed in [[TechnicolorFire blue or black flame]] for their heads. Landis Pope started off with just wearing a skull shaped helmet until the flames burnt the flesh from his bones.
Astrologer
One of the eight magic schools in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' is the Lore of Heavens, or [[{{Whatevermancy}} Astromancy]] that studies the movement of celestial objects and their effect on the [[ColorCodedWizardry blue wind of Azyr]] in order to divine the future.
''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Orikan was once the astrologer to the Triarch that ruled the [[Characters/Warhammer40000Necrons Necrons]] and the only one to [[TheCassandra foresee how badly biotransference would turn out]] for the Necrontyr.
Inescapable Net
The [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]] of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' have a [[KryptoniteFactor weakness]] to Sphinx hair. This leads to the various villains carrying around nets that the giant fire-breathing lizards cannot escape from because they are made of Sphinx hair.
Authentication by Newspaper
''Series/{{Crisis}}'': In the "If You Are Watching This, I Am Dead" episode, the kidnappers take a picture of Amber holding a newspaper with a story about the kidnapping on the front. The other captives get upset because they believe that since only Amber is photographed that the kidnappers are only negotiating with Amber's mom because she is the richest. [[spoiler: The photo is given to Meg and it contains a hidden GPS tracker that the kidnappers want to sneak into the FBI headquarters.]]
Girls Love Stuffed Animals
''WesternAnimation/{{Dogstar}}'': Dana may be [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Santino's]] ultra-serious bodyguard but when she is trapped in an [[LotusEaterMachine illusion of her fondest dream]], she sees herself atop giant pile of plush toys.
Flashed-Badge Hijack
''Series/WhiteCollar'': The B-plot of the "Quantico Closure" episode is about capturing a petty thief using a FBI badge to steal cars this way. [[spoiler: The agents are especially desperate to catch the thief since the badge might have belonged to Special Agent David Siegel and the thief might know who killed him.]]
Muse Abuse
''Series/JustShootMe'': Maya starts dating a man who works as a puppeteer on a TV show in the "Puppetmaster" episode. She is more than a little disturbed when he introduces a new puppet obviously based on her and uses it as a way to passive-aggressively criticise their relationship.