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When a pair of fighters (or groups of fighters) stay within striking distance and trade attacks with no or little attempt to block, and definitely no attempt to dodge attacks. Kind of like playing Rochambeau. Perhaps in a video game this would be because dodging is difficult - by focusing on offense one can shorten a battle significantly rather than attempting to dodge, and ironically take less damage by doing so.
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A person is examining something through a magnifying glass. Another person attracts their attention. The first person then peers at the second person through the magnifier.
Examples:
The Doctor does this to Amy, near the start of the Doctor Who episode "The Beast Below". The Bookseller sort of does this at the start of the backwards bookshop sequence in the film Top Secret.
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Is there a trope for when a patient attempts to kill the medical professorial while he is being examined, usually because of an alien force controlling the patient? I have two examples, Stargate SG-1 season 1 episode "Enemey Within", Where Kawalsky kills the doctor while under the power of the Gou'ald and that Star Trek TNG episode where Crusher was attacked by Worf when he transforms into an early Klingon, cannot remember the episode name.
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Okay, I know we have a trope for this conversation, but I can't figure out if it's Kung-Fu Jesus, Stupid Jetpack Hitler, Historical Upgrade, or something else. The conversation goes like this: S: That's my favorite part, I like to think in this scene that I'm beating up Kung-fu Hitler. D; That would be an excellent subtitle to Dead to Rights, by the way. S: What "Beating up Kung Fu Hitler?" D: No, just "Dead to Rights: Kung-fu Hitler". S: I think we've got our thread title.
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What's it called when someone who is working for a villain (usually a scientist, engineer, computer whiz, etc) realizes the ethical ramifications or what the villain is asking them to do and refuses to continue, at which point the villain kills them? This usually happens right at the beginning of the show to establish the evilness of the villain. This happens all the time, so I feel like it has to be a trope already.
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Do we have a trope for when a single character is given credit for the collective success of a group of characters?
He/she doesn't have to do it deliberately (but might be doing so) and it doesn't matter whether the character deserves it or not, only that they receive sole credit for a group effort. Basically, sort of like an inverse of Mis-blamed.
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What's it called when a TV show has a special guest star actor/actress who doesn't appear in the first half of the show and it then becomes abundantly obvious to the audience that they play a vital role in the episode? Example: Michael Shanks in Burn Notice. The first episode he's introduced? He doesn't appear until the last minute. And I was totally expecting that.
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I'm looking for a trope I call "Circular Speech". That's when someone, usually a hero, is standind/sitting/lying on the floor in some room, while someone else (usually a villain, but in any case someone who in one way or another opposes the first person) walks in circle around him while doing a speech. It can be a "The Reason You Suck" Speech, a boast, or whatever, the key element is that there is someone speaking while circling around the person(s) being addressed.
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Is there an RPG trope for when a critical decision can cause a number of characters to leave your party? Examples I'm thinking of are Knights Of The Old Republic (turning to the Dark Side) and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (deciding whether or not to register, which divides your party regardless). Or would this just be a combination of Moral Event Horizon and Dwindling Party?
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Is there a trope for when a scene is shown from the perspective of a blind person, and it's all a featureless gray or black, except that objects perceived by other senses (sound, touch, smell) phase into view as they're detected? It's a way to convey how the blind person becomes aware of his or her surroundings only piecemeal, with much of the environment remaining a mystery.
For complicated reasons, a person ends appears in two (or more) places at once. Anyone knows?