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openGreat Muppet Caper Baseball finale Film
I'm looking for a trope for the climax of the Great Muppet Caper, where the Muppets and thieves suddenly go into an impromptu game of baseball for a valuable diamond. Any ideas?
openCharacter Out of Place Film
(Spoilers for Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and Hot Fuzz)
I'm looking for a trope which describes a character (or characters) who is/are out of place; For example they have suddenly stumbled onto a conspiracy, like in Hot Fuzz and Dirk Gently's.
In Dirk Gently's, Todd just by chance is thrown into this mystery where everyone except him seems to know what is going on. In Hot Fuzz, Angel is a policeman officer transferred to serve in a small village in the country, but he us unknowingly thrust into a massive mystery in which most of the townsfolk are a part of.
This is more of an overall plot trope, rather than applying to a single scene, and there is a very specific "feeling" that this trope gives. It could also be applied to John Wick, and is often combined with the mystery genre.
A made up example that describes it best would be: A character from a science fiction setting is traveling in their ship, which is transported to another universe where they have not yet discovered electricity or the like, and the hero must figure out a way to get back.
openObject broken, put another one in its place Film
This is usually done as a gag, examples:
Stronghold dad in Sky High: angrily calls up the school and ends up breaking the phone with the strength of his fingers, that he opens a drawer that holds a bunch of multiple hosue phones and pulls one out
Captain America: punches a sandbag so hard it breaks from the chain and the sand goes everywhere...he puts another one up
Fatman: Mel Gibson is one the phone calling clients while squeezing a vice grip, gets so furious he ends up breaking it, he pulls another one out of his desk drawer and continues the calls
openCodename trope Film
For YMMV.James Bond, would Collective Identity fit, or is there another trope other than Fanon for the theory James Bond is a Code Name?
openSudden comical musical number (+ distraction) Film
This 2 minute clip is the scene in question. All of a sudden the 4 restaurant workers break into a musical number. This appears to be for laughs, but it's also to distract the customers while the secret agents get to their headquarters.
Also this scene is very heavy on its own culture references, the pouring of tea from one ascended cup into another lower one is often known in Malaysia as "teh tarik" and that circle of dough being spun in the air is "roti canai". Is there also a trope for culture references being so ingrained into the source material that international versions wouldn't change that much?
openAbsurd, one-note tv show within a tv show Film
Inside a fictional world, there’s a short clip of a dumb tv show based around a single, simple joke. It’s shown only for a few seconds, and it makes you wonder how there could be an entire tv show about this concept. Usually, it’s meant to satirize the vapid nature of modern media.
Examples: “Where Are My Pants?” -The Lego Movie, “I Got The Shit Kicked Out Of Me”- Sorry To Bother You, “Horse In A Bookcase”- Phineas And Ferb
Edited by BigBlueBackpackopenScreeching critters Film
When (sometimes oversized) arthropods, mollusks, annelids or other such animals produce high-pitched screeches and snake-like hisses while attacking or being attacked despite the fact that in real life these types of animals don't even posses vocal cords. Almost the rule for spiders in films and video games, but happens in other media and with other animals too.
openRandom Character Before Action Scene Event Film
Name for the shot often seen in action movies that sets up an ordinary extra’s life only moments later to have their food cart destroyed. Other examples include businessmen in meeting before seeing giant monster in background etc.
openWho is the actual bad guy? Film
This might be simply No Antagonist, which I did have a read through, I'm just wondering if other elements could alter things, but anyway.. Say this mayor makes the progression of his city his main priority, and he barely regards the consequences this would have on those who live in the slum areas. An individual from those victim of his endeavours lost everything to the demolition of a nearby building, and begins her path of getting revenge on those who wronged her people by any means necessary, but she goes too far.
Reading more into the mayor being the Hate Sink, this probably is just a case of No Antagonist, but would there be other other/related tropes to describe this type of conflict? Spoiler: This is from the movie for Ejen Ali
Edited by BlackFaithStaropenVillain with a cute pet Film
Most notable examples include Blofeld and his cat in the Bond movies, or the Nazi officer with the little pet monkey in Come and See. Basically, a villain whose evil is contrasted by a cute pet he is affectionally petting all the time. Just looked at the pet tropes page, and couldn't find anything, so was wondering if there is a trope for that?
openLet Me Show You My Secret Place Film
Mostly showing up in romantic stories, a guy (either brooding or popular jock) will take a girl to an outdoor nature space and tell her that this is his secret place where he can (be himself, think e.t.c.) the girl is enchanted by it, and the guy looks deep and introspective. It can be a tree tree, a pond, anything that has to do with nature
Does this trope exist already on here?
Edited by dandelion221openYou did, sir. Film
This usually appears in any medium, but usually movies. It's essentially where the big boss of something (usually quite inept at his job) tries to use something or ask about current plans. When the machine doesn't work or the boss is informed about some weird thing that causes his plans to fail, he usually asks "What idiot came up with that idea?!" or "What moron designed this thing?!" to which the underling responds "You did, sir."
openYou’re on fire! Film
A character has unknowingly somehow managed to ignite their clothing, hair, etc. on fire. Another character notes “you’re on fire” and the first character reacts with surprise, panic, or confusion. Ex: in Fantastic Four movie the Human Torch discovers his power while skiing. His partner looks over, sees the kindling flames and shouts “you’re on fire!” and he replies “thanks, you’re pretty good too!” In Little Women movie Jo meets a handsome man and doesn’t know her skirt has brushed the fire until he says “you’re on fire” and she hurriedly puts it out
openObject falls to show a character's peril Film
I KNOW we have this one, but I didn't see in the Falling Tropes index.
What is the trope for a situation where a character is at risk of falling from a cliff or some other high place and an object falls to illustrate what will happen if they slip? Usually it's a rock, and the camera will track it until it lands, but sometimes it's more 'visceral', like a piece of fruit or a bottle.
I don't think it's Plummet Perspective, since it's not so much the visual effect as the stomach-twisting "if Bob actually does fall" horror that the falling object is meant to inspire
openHockey games always end up in brawls Film
Hockey games always seem to end up in all-out brawls in films, but is there a specific trope dedicated to it, kinda like Rugby Is Slaughter?
Edited by Lyendithresolved Dousing something in gasoline and setting it alight Film
Where a bad guy douses a car (or person) in gasoline, then drops his cigarette or lighter on it to get rid of it - also done when he covers the target, walks away leaving a trail of gasoline, then lights the very end of the trail so he's further from the conflagration.
There is a trope that I would call "shuffling the past." When a show is set in the past, the creators will include incidentals designed to communicate that this is specific time period. For example, if I had a show set in the 1950s, I'd do some establishing shots of a girl with a hula hoop, a kid with a Davy Crockett hat, some teenagers listening to early rock and roll in a hot rod, etc. When they do this to excess, it's "filibustering the past."
But, this is the catch - all of those things (hula hoops, Davy Crockett hats, etc) weren't popular simultaneously. Think of it like this, in 2085 they make a show set in 2018 - but they show people listening to Uptown Funk, getting ready for the solar eclipse, playing "Flappy Bird," and wearing Corona masks. (BTW, masks are going to be the go-to thing to establish this era when they make historical films in the future.) This is what I call "shuffling the past," combining things popular in a general era into a single time period.
I'm sure there's a trope for this, but I can't wrap my head around how to find it here. It's probably called something totally obvious and I'm just being dumb.