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What's the trope for that old and simple joke that basically goes like this:
- Bob: Now call me crazy—Alice: You're crazy.
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I was looking at phone tropes https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PhoneTropes and "Single Sided Phone Call" wasn't there.
What do we call that over here? I know it has to be here. Everyone has it. Every show does it at some point.
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What's the trope used for single lens glasses (Space Monocles?) which occur almost entirely in sci-fi, which have computers integrated into them? An example from Homestuck is here: and here: , but I've seen them elsewhere, and the US Army had a research programme called Land Warrior which tried to develop an IRL equivalent.
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Does anyone know the trope where a character is trying to get a hold of an item, but said item keeps getting kicked around in all the commotion surrounding him? An example of this would be in the beginning of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom when Indy's trying to get his hands on the antidote he needs.
It's not quite Hot Potato, because that involves a group of people trying to get the item, and this is just one person.
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I'm wondering if there is a trope for this scenario that I often see in investigative shows: It's an arbitrary connection between a smell and a suspect.
Investigator arrives at the scene. Assistant: I like that cologne/perfume you're wearing. Investigator: I'm not wearing any cologne/perfume. (Later, in interrogation, the Investigator says with a dawning look of realization) I recognize the cologne/ perfume you are wearing, YOU killed so-and-so!
I've seen it played three different ways: 1. A character complements the cologne an investigator is NOT wearing at the scene of the crime. 2. A character is sensitive/allergic to a certain key smell, which turns out to be the smoking gun if the suspect has it on him/her. 3. A main or side character suddenly has the same condition as the suspect, leading the investigators to determine who the suspect is. ex: Character A: I recognise that fruity smell... Character B: Oh, yeah. I'm suddenly diabetic, that smell is me being diabetic. At no other time in the episode or series will I continue to be diabetic, this will never be mentioned again. Ever. Character A: (look of realization) The suspect must be diabetic!
It drives me nuts, and I've seen it in everything from Monk to NCIS.
Never once do the characters consider that more than a single bottle of a cologne brand is made, and more than one person could be wearing said brand, or the fact that the suspect no longer wears said brand (it's probably been weeks since crime scene discovery and interrogation).
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What is the name of the trope describing a scene where a bunch of people are after an item of some sort (usually the MacGuffin, sometimes just a gun) and the item just keeps getting kicked around, tossed around back and forth like a football, slips through people's fingers, etc. but no one can quite get a hold of it?
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As an Older Than Print story is adapted over time, important characters are left out and gradually forgotten, to the point that their existance conflicts with current canon. Is there a character-specific trope for this?
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You know how in certain anime and manga, when introducing two new characters, likely an evil duo, there will be one serving as the brute (the taller member), and one serving as the brains (the shorter member). However, when pressed, it seems that the shorter one is the far more powerful/skilled one.
So far I can recall three examples:
1) Dragon Ball: Vegeta and Nappa 2) Naruto: Itachi and Kisame 3) Prince of Tennis: Atobe and that guy whose name escapes me at the moment
Does anyone have a trope name?
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Rahan and Tarzan bring up a problem for linguistics in say 30.000 BC which Conan and Lord of the Rings for their part have solved.
In Lord of the Rings, everyone speaks Westron because the continent is colonised from Numenor. In Conan everyone speaks whatever they speak because the continent is colonised from Atlanteans. Same idea actually. But not very absurd.
The absurd idea is one which comes into play for Tarzan and Rahan, where on general evolutionist lines the stone age is supposed to have been diverse small populations. I am not sure about Cave Bear series, I think they do include linguistic problems.
Can I name the trope:
If You Are Stone Age, You Speak Pal Ul Don?
Btw, how do I name a trope?
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I could have sworn there was a subtrope for "Never Found the Body"/"Bolivian Army Ending" where something is left behind to imply the death. I recall the trope page having a picture of a hat floating on water, which makes me believe that it was titled something along the lines of "Only His Hat Remained" or maybe just "Floating Hat." Even so, the various searches I have run did not turn it up.
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Is there an unisex version of the Slumber Party trope? The Slumber Party trope is virtually girl stuff, so it feels awkward mentioning events that involves guys or both guys and girls.
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Do we have a character trope that would cover Disc Jockeys that are too intelligent to fall under Dumbass DJ?
Is there a trope that relates to animistic religions, such as Shintosim and Native American religions?