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I noticed that in almost all anime the characters can hear eachother no matter how far away they are, just as long as the person they're speaking to is in sight. A guy stands on top of a skyscraper a half a mile away? No problem just say hi he'll hear you. No need to scream either.
Anyways is there a trope for that?
A zig-zag of sorts for this can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tH60cNil1g#t=3m40s
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Alright, consider this situation:
For some reason or another, Alice and Bob pretend to be a couple (perhaps it's part of a disguise, or one of them lied to someone about having a significant other, etc.). However, over the course of pretending to be a couple, they eventually fall in love and become a couple for real.
My question is this: Does this fall under Fake–Real Turn, or is there a more specialized form of that trope that deals with relationships?
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I'm thinking of starting up a YKTTW, but I figured I'd check to be sure it doesn't already exist. Specifically, I'm thinking about a variance of Legacy Character in which the person who takes up the Legacy is far more well known than the person who started it. Examples would be something like the Human Torch—everyone remembers Johnny Storm, but few actually know that the original Torch was a Golden Age android named Jim Hammmond. Another example would be Steel. Most people think of John Henry Irons, the black engineer who became a superhero after Superman's death, but few people outside of comics (or even those inside) remember Henry Heywood, who came long before that.
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Last one, I promise!
Something of vial importance is going down, and it's happening now. RIGHT NOW. However, all of this depends on an excruciatingly slow process. Under any normal circumstance, this (possibly everyday) process wouldn't seem slow, but now that your life depends on it, well...
(Possible spoilers, ahoy!) I was playing a level near the end of Dead Space 2 where you are under constant pressure kindly provided by a rather... terrifying... necromorph. As it was bearing down on me in a narrow hallway (accompanied with a hoard of others), I was greeted by a pair of elevator doors. Cue me frantically hammering the call button and screaming obscenities as the darn thing took its sweet time to arrive. That's what made me think of this.
A loading bar is commonly associated with this "trope".
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I'm fairly certain a trope exists for this, but I can't find it with a search.
The characters have their back to the camera. Suddenly, a shadowy someone or something dashes across the screen (often accompanied by an ominous noise). The characters then turn around, only for the ominous blur to dash between two objects behind them. This might continue as the characters are slowly picked off/disappear.
Playing against stalkers in Dead Space 2 reminded me of this (whist absolutely terrifying me), so I searched to see if they were listed as an example. Couldn't find anything.
There's also the bank robbing scene in Hancock, amongst others. I've seen it in so many shows/movies, it's hard to believe there might not be a trope...
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I'm thinking of reviving the YKTTW for the trope that used to be Nerds Are Sexy, but I thought we might already have it:
Is there a trope for when a character, when faced with multiple romantic possibilities, picks one that is less conventionally attractive than at least one other for any reason?
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Typical of many stories & movies this troper has seen. The end of the story. The Big Bad is defeated, all other hurdles overcome. Its time for the happy ending the big hug or the kiss. The hero & heroine are about to do so but just as they come together...Either the movie ends at that point, or a door closes or the camera zooms away and the closing credits roll...
It is implied...but not actually shown. I know that could be a deleted scene, but in this particular context of an averted explicit ending, what could this be?
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A trope for throwable spears or other stuff with ropes, such as Scorpion's one? Normally used for getting victims close to the user. I know about Weapon Of Choice, but this isn't what I was searching for.
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So we have Alice and Bob. Bob gets together with Alice, usually for ulterior motives, but somewhere along the way he falls in love with her. When he's found out, there's general outrage, tears, and "I never want to see you again!". And then this line is spoken/paraphrased:
- "Maybe it started out like that, but then... then I fell in love with you!"
Examples can be found in The Fast and the Furious and Avatar. Sometimes, but not often, Alice will do this to Bob. What's it called?
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Do we have a trope for when an actor or other show worker gets visibly tired and goes from being a "normal" actor to phoning it in? For instance, Richard Dawson as a panelist on Match Game went from a lovable joker to a laconic Jerkass who was clearly bored out of his gourd.
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Is there a trope for the ninjas in this video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dcmDscwEcI
The main character is so good that he/she is loved by everyone in the cast and eventually even enemies end up becoming friends? What sort of a trope is used here?