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Empathic Powers. Sort of like Empathic Weapon, except mixed with Powers as Programs. In short, it's the actual powers themselves that are sentient (such as The Phoenix Force in X Men or Demonic Possession).
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Is there a name for a trope where some sort of crisis forces a Love Epiphany? (ie, Alice and Bob have been friends or even enemies for a while, but then Bob's seriously injured in a car crash, and Alice realizes that she just can't imagine life without him). I can't think of any specific examples at the moment, but it definitely happens.
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This has to be here, but I read Robot Wants Series and it didn't see what I was looking for.
A video game convention where there are obstacles that can only be passed after certain upgrades are found.
For an example, in Robot Wants Ice Cream, you are limited to a pretty small portion of the map until you get the first double-jump upgrade. And there is another very large area of the map that is inaccessible until you have some strong flying ability.
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What exactly is the whole "exclamation point" style of denoting duplicate/alternate characters called? Some examples I've seen are 1985!Biff, or Puppet!Angel.
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In a space station, spaceship, factory, etc, a large number of characters are standing around spouting technobabble and long numbers, usually staring at screens in fierce concentration. "Five-six-eight-zeta-omega..." "Heading starboard at zero five nine degrees, correct alpha alpha three..." There will be flashing lights, beeps and mysterious cables. There's not usually any focus on what is actually happening, but the creators to give the impression that there's a lot of it — think ants with voices. Often used as a background for the real action or dialogue.
This is quite a common scene, I think — there must be a trope of it somewhere.
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Is there a trope for shows/works in which the end of the world threatens on a regular basis, typically by different means? (E.g. the Buffy The Vampire Slayer "plural of apocalypse" thing)
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The other day I was positive I saw a trope about how the kids of single parents will try to find Love Interests for their parents, but I can't seem to find it again. I remember it was relatively wordy, but that's about it.
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Do we have a trope for items and/or spells in RP Gs which lower the amount of Random Encounters you come across?
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Bob is a superhero who has consistently had success against his opponents, but finally suffers a crushing defeat. He becomes obsessed with replaying the battle over and over again, trying to figure out what he could have done differently to win, and everything about him changes for the worse. This sounds like Broken Ace, but is there another trope that goes along with this - specifically, the behavior?
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There's a kind of story wherein a new sheriff (or other law enforcer) comes to town and cleans it up not by kicking butt and taking names, but simply by doing his job the way he's supposed to—turning down bribes, enforcing regulations, and so on. Examples would be, say, On Basilisk Station from the Honor Harrington series. And Captain Carrot from the first few City Guards books of Discworld.
Is there a name for this, and what are some other good examples?
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De we have a trope for a myth or fanciful story explaining why something is?
Examples of what I'm talking about:
According to Melody Time, coyotes howl at the moon out of sympathy for a man who lost his love.
And the somewhat racist Peter Pan song "What Made The Red Man Red". Red man are red because one of them blushed when he was kissed, and they all have been red sense then.
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Is there a trope about signature tropes of authors? The closest thing I've found is Author Catchphrase, but there must be a broad trope about easily identifiable ideas, concepts, lines, plot devices and such.
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Looking for two tropes. One is a character who plays a significant role in a story behind the scenes but goes mostly unnoticed. An example might be HUNK from Resident Evil.
The next is the trope where you realize something simple later that's not immediately pointed out to you. It's different from Fridge Logic. Reading through the page once I remember people rambling things like "This troper just realized that Batman doesn't use a gun because of his stance against killing as opposed to being traumatized by his parent's death." Or "This troper just noticed that Barney looks like an older counterpart to Nelson." I can't think of any specific examples from the page. Those are just made up.
Do we have a trope for characters who do not qualify as Sleepy Head who fall asleep in class? I'm thinking more for characters falling asleep due to grueling training, being worn out the day before, etc. as opposed to characters who are just sleepy in general.