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openNo Title Live Action TV
is there a trope or tropes for a good guy seemingly being forced to work for the bad guys maybe under threat of death but he later reveals to the other good guys he is the bad guy leader and lied about being forced so they wont expect him
Edited by BzrkfayzopenKill the person who reported you Live Action TV
A person is found murdered. It later turns out that he had reported an Abusive Parent to the authorities, and was probably murdered by that parent.
openWhen It Doesn't Make Sense That Someone Claims Not To Know Something Live Action TV
Someone says that something revealed before him is completely unknown to him and a complete surprise, and he isn't lying, despite the fact that he was around when that something occurred and it would be impossible for him to be ignorant about it.
openHide the horse's quality Live Action TV
A person embezzled 3 million dollars in order to buy a race horse. In order to hide this fact, he intentionally caused the horse to underperform for a while.
openConvicted because of this, but not for this Live Action TV
A healthy child dies of the flu. Investigation turns up that he and 18 others died because they got fake vaccines. The creator of these vaccines is ultimately tried for 16 of those 18, but not this child, and is convincted.
Edited by Someone1981openCeltic Second Sight Live Action TV
Is there a trope for characters getting premotions or visions of the future being particularly associated with Celtic culture e.g. a work set in Oireland featuring a wise old crone who claims to have "the second sight"?
openlets get married now Wedding trope Live Action TV
this must be a trope, when two characters that are engaged to eachother don't want to wait for their already planned wedding and decide to go down to city Hall now and get married. I've mostly seen it in sitcoms, I think the big bang theory had it with one of the pairs
openBaby Played By A Blanket Live Action TV
A baby (sometimes even a young toddler) is present in a scene but the script doesn't require them to do anything (except maybe cry, babble, or coo, but that can be added in post). Very commonly in those cases, and for good reasons, the baby is not played by an actual baby, but represented by a vaguely baby-shaped rolled-up blanket (often containing a doll). Because faces are hard, the baby is usually shown from behind or completely hidden by the blanket. Examples: most sitcomes, e.g. The Office, Big Band Theory. Also the second act of Into the Woods.
openWordplay on Gladiators Live Action TV
In the latest episode of Gladiators (2024), Apollo is introduced before the Powerball event with a caption that mentions that as a kid, he wanted to be a Power Ranger. Powerball and Power Rangers both have the word Power in them, so it seems to be wordplay. Is there a trope for that kind of reference?
openLarge Story, Large Suppression Live Action TV
So, something I've noticed lately is that this new 8-episode format a bunch of networks are applying to seasons of series they host is simply inefficient when it comes to lore-heavy and story-focused shows. In other words, the platform isn't providing enough episodes for a story to be fleshed out, forcing the show to skip over a bunch of worldbuilding and character development/growth, which tends to hurt the execution of the show's premise.
Is there a name for that? I thought about perhaps Absurdly Short Production Time, but that doesn't feel quite right.
This feels like a YMMV type of thing due to how much it varies whether or not a person's opinion of the show is affected, but when it's so easy for most viewers to notice, it feels more like a Trivia type of thing.
The best example I can think of is First Kill: The relationship between Cal and Juliette is very intimate, but in some viewers' eyes not developed enough for any chemistry to feel real. Tess, despite clearly being an important part of Cal's life, is removed from the show at the halfway point with nary a peep from Cal (we don't even know if Cal knows about Tess's parents by the end). And by the end of the season, it's still never hinted at how legacies can die (or if they're even immortal or they just live for several times longer than humans).
openPlease Don't Tell Me Live Action TV
When a character asks this question and the answer is not what he wants to hear.
Q: Please don't tell me you wrecked the car.
A: I wrecked the car.
openInteresting Background Object Live Action TV
There is a scene where an object is part of the background and is simply there, playing no part in the story, but is still an interesting item. At times it can be a Mythology Gag or a Call-Back, but sometimes it's just something notable.
openWhen a character comments on an aspect within the show he appears in Live Action TV
A show has four main characters and several recurring characters. One character goes missing. After a head count, it turns out the missing character is one of the main characters. One of the remaining characters comments "its one of the main four."
openWhen a character is not pregnant, but the actress is Live Action TV
An actress becomes pregnant, but the pregnancy isn't written into the show for her character, so it has to be hidden.
openPlant the evidence in the site of a terrorist attack Live Action TV
On September 10th 2001, a woman was murdered in Manhattan. The next day, the murderer severed her arm and put it in the area where the Twin Towers had stood.
openExplode the evidence Live Action TV
In order to prevent evidence at a crime scene from being used to track the perpetrator, he uses some method of explosion to destroy such evidence.
A person enters a house of worship (not of his own religion), picks up a holy book, and rips out the pages.