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I'm not sure if this is a thing, but hear me out.
In Punisher 2099, a Para-Psychologist is concerned about how policeman Jake Gallows is coping with the death of his family. More precisely, she's concerned about how despite showing no outward signs of distress he doesn't seem to be coping at all.
She says that according to his profile, she would expect him to become morbid and obsessed with punishment, to develop a complex system to give meaning to his family's death. Using antique notions of morality and justice, he'd see all crime as a personal attack on him that needed retribution. Instead, she sees Mr. Nice Guy, everybody's friend - a man who isn't well-adjusted, but over-adjusted.
So my question is twofold.
1. The parapsych described Jake's secret life as the Punisher exactly, despite never having met him before, based solely on his profile. Is that something or related to something?
2. Jake's status as "over-adjusted" being taken as an indication that he's hiding something sounds like some kind of deception trope. Any ideas?
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Do we have a trope for when a character claims that their friend, relative or lover has changed, personality-wise, beyond recognition? The typical Stock Phrases (not listed in this wiki) are "I don't know who you are/who (s)he is anymore," or "What happened to the X I used to know?"
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Is there a trope about how works involving school life tend to either throw the main character into Class X-A/Class X-1 (X being the year), and/or have the said class be the weirdest one in the school?
Off of the top of my head, I've seen this happen in Negima (Classes 2-A and 3-A), Megaman Battle Network (Classes 5-A and 6-A), Megaman Star Force (Class 5-A), and Rosario + Vampire (Class 2-1), so I was wondering if there was a trope for it or not.
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Do we have a trope that covers when a sudden power surge results in objects around it being levitated off the ground because of it?
A few examples:
- Chrono Trigger: When Lavos awakens, you see chunks of the earth floating in the air from the sheer amount of energy erupting from the ground. Those objects eventually go flying off but for a couple seconds are seen just floating.
- Apollo Justice Ace Attorney: Kristoph Gavin shows a sudden surge of power during his Villainous Breakdown that momentarily levitates the dinner plates and a lobster that was left behind from when a previous witness had passed out.
The closest I can find is Mind over Matter, where someone has telekinetic powers that let them actively move objects, but I don't think it counts for those two examples.
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Many media franchises have entire and exclusive wikis (wikias) dedicated to them which often do enough research to get you a ph.d on the subject, often having information seldom seen anywhere else. Plenty of fuel available for finding out all sorts of tropes An an example the Star wars wiki...now what would you call this phenomenon ?
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I know this trope is here somewhere, but I cannot remember what it is called. The trope is when a hero has someone in their life who doesn't consider them heroic because the person knew the hero back before the hero became heroic, or because the hero did something to royally screw the other guy when they were both younger, and thus rather than a hero the other guy just sees someone who screwed him over.
For example, the guy who grew up with Kirk, and thus to him, Kirk will always be the runty, zit-covered teenager running around the Iowa cornfields he remembers from his childhood.
Can anyone help me with the name of this trope?
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1. A character attempts to justify owning a gun or aiming it at someone he shouldn't with the phrase "But it's not loaded!"
2. A character is hiding, then revealed to be in an extremely small, cramped space. Example: Bob has somehow managed to cram himself in a small urn. (Usually when they're told to get out of there, there get out with relative ease...despite there being no logical way for them to have even gotten in there in the first place.)
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I've got three:
- Character A makes an unexpected confession under the influence of the situation (such as Character B moving to a different place, their lives being in danger, etc)? You know, like two friends being about to die in the clutches of some monster and one of them going "I always wanted to tell you...", "I want you to know..."?
- Character A appears to be approaching Character B, but in reality is moving towards something/someone directly behind Character B?
- Character A throws forks/knives/some sharp objects at Character B who is leaning on a wall, but none of them hit the target, instead, they make a perfect outline of Character B?
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Is there a trope for when The Starscream is a good guy, and is attempting to overthrow the villain for that reason?
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Is there a trope for the following scenario: Adam and Dave are having a conversation. Adam is telling Dave about either something wrong he did or a big decision he has to make. Actually, it should be a conversation from the way Adam is speaking, but Dave isn't actually saying anything. It might go something like- Adam: So, I should take the job, right? Dave: Well- Adam: I know, I know, it's completely against all my ethics, but I need the money, ya know? Dave: I- Adam: You're right! Money shouldn't matter if I'm just selling myself out! Dave: *Blank stare* Adam: Thanks for the advice, buddy. I knew I could count on you.
(Sometimes it also works with Adam acting like Dave is attacking or accusing him with what he's (not) saying.)
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There a trope for when the fanbase thinks something's an obvious homage but it turns out the creators were referencing something else?
ex. The dog named Walt in "Monkey Island" (in a Pirates of the Caribbean homage) is not named after Walt Disney but someone's actual dog on the team.
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I know we have this one... we have to. What's the one where a guy suggests an incredibly risky plan, then asks who would be foolish enough to do it... only for everyone to look at him expectantly.
I was thinking Whats Everybody Looking At, but alas, no...
EDIT: Nevermind, I found it... wasn't looking for the correct keyword...
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I stumbled on the pages for Anthony Winkler and his novels and whoever wrote them used the term Fantastic Racism to refer to real-life racial conflicts. Thus, I had to delete a bunch of examples, but I wondered if there were any tropes dealing with race that might allow some of the example to be added back in under the correct trope.
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I get the feeling this trope should be in the wiki, but if there's a defined name for it then I don't know what it is.
Alice and Bob are separating for the last time. The cause can vary from a Heroic Sacrifice to simply a break up, it doesn't really matter - the point is that they're leaving each other and they probably won't see one another again (or at least, that's how it's played out for the audience). They both probably have tons of things to say, but instead of giving a Final Speech, one (or both) of them just say, "Goodbye." In other words, it's a final goodbye.
A possible subversion I've also seen is that the characters replace "goodbye" with "thank you," because saying "goodbye" gives the scene a feeling of finality that neither wants to acknowledge.
It isn't quite the same as Famous Last Words, since that usually involves at least one sentence and is spoken before someone dies. Death isn't a requirement in this case.
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You know how, whenever a character is being really passionate about something or wants to drive home a point, a spotlight focuses on them and some sort of angel choir starts singing (or some other cherubic imagery ensues)? Do we have a trope for that? Sorry for the inconvenience.