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resolved People Know What the Author Knows (SOLVED!) Print Comic
I remember a trope in this wiki about authors (especially amateur ones, like Fan Fiction writers) assuming, either consciously or subconsciously, that the characters know the same things they do - the examples listed were how random characters assumed Supergirl was Superman's cousin, even though that wasn't common knowledge - she might be a sister, friend or even just a fan. Another example was the old Star Wars expanded universe, wherein characters somehow "knew" Darth Vader was Luke's father after the fall of the empire, despite Luke never going public - and nobody knowing Vader's real name and background to begin with.
Edited by Mac_Rresolved The Cultist Always Dies Web Original
A worshipper performs a ritual to summon the devil or a dark god. When the creature shows up, either because the ritual worked, or by coincidence, it kills (or eats) the cultist.
resolved "Purple People" Eater (SOLVED) Music
Is there a trope about the joke format wherein an adjective doesn't refer to what the viewer thinks it does? Like, a Great White Hunter is just someone who hunts great whites, a man who shot an elephant in his pyjamas wasn't wearing pyjamas (the elephant was) and so on
Edited by Mac_Rresolved Your enemy is also my enemy
Villain sides with the heroes for pragmatic reasons, not Heel-Face Turn
resolved Stupidity is the real danger (SOLVED) Western Animation
Is there a trope for when a character/thing is considered very dangerous, but is actually harmless and/or unaware, and people are just getting themselves killed or wonded by their own idiocy - often by being so scared and cautious that they end up getting hurt.
For instance, the Fake Ultimate Hero is rumored to have killed a thousand people. He threatens a bad guy, the bad guy gets scared, runs off, trips and falls off a cliff. Then in the next episode, the hero is rumored to have killed a thousand and one people...
Edited by Mac_Rresolved Character was conceived and raised solely to have their magical power harvested
But this would imply on their death. Is it living battery or is there a more appropriate trope? It is more like Walking Transplant but with magical power instead of organs.
resolved Conveniently (to the plot) Illegible
When a character finds an old document with important information, but most of it is Illegible due to damage to the paper. Bad for the character, convenient for the plot.
resolved Shadow/Silhouette of an important character not yet fully revealed.
An character appears multiple times in a work, but the viewer sees only his silhouette/shadow/small part of his body, because it's not yet the occasion for the big reveal. I'm looking for it to add to a visual novel's page, but a similar example I can think of is L by the start of Death Note. The visual novel's character in question is the villain, only his completely black sprite is shown.
resolved New, worse villain
The heroes have a villain threatening them, a great villain that will be difficult to defeat, but there is hope. Suddenly, before that villain is even dealt with, another villain surprisingly comes up, one even worse that they have no chance against.
resolved Offending the wrong person
It's something like that: Alice is a good friend to Bob and Claire, but Bob and Claire hate each other. While on a fight, Claire says that Bob has a "ridiculous hair color", while on Alice's presence... and Alice has the same hair color.
resolved "But I never said SPECIFICALLY this"
Alice wishes to buy an exotic, super rare and illegal pet. She knows that Bob owns one, and, seeing that he takes a cage covered with a blanket everywhere, goes to him and asks to buy it, offering an unholy amount of money for it. Bob accepts, and, after the transaction is complete, says that she "may have the contents of the cage"... which turns out to be a rock.
Edited by Linfiaresolved Child is the Password
Do we have trope where the password is the name of a kid of whoever set it up? Something used to show how important the kid is to them.
resolved Detective (or layperson playing detective) monologues about the conclusion they came to?
Hypothetical example:
resolved Preemptive Refusal
Do we have any tropes about preemptive refusal?
Situation:
During important discussion, Bob wanted to suggest something (with expected suggestion being "X"), only for Alice to interrupt him with "If you want to say "X", then answer is no". Wether Bob actually meant to say "X" is irrelevant. "X" in question can be anything situation-appropriate.
Tried, but failed to find anything fitting.
resolved When Someone in Love Lists All the Details They Know About Their Crush
I don't know if we have this one yet, but is there a trope for a person giving out a laundry list of details about their loved one? Like, either general trivia or stating all of their flaws and peculiarities, but it's a clear indication that they love the person enough to pay attention to all of their actions big and small.
resolved Non-Indicative Beginning [SOLVED]
I've seen this on the wiki a few weeks ago, but I can't remember what it's called, and I noticed it was full of ZCEs so I want to clean it up.. I searched indexes and tropes related to Halfway Plot Switch.
The work begins with a scene that's different in animation or tone than the rest of the film: for example, a movie starts with an 8-bit animation that's soon revealed to be just a character playing a video game.
Edited by Grotadmorvresolved Non-Indicative Beginning
I've seen this on the wiki a few weeks ago, but I can't remember what it's called, and I noticed it was full of ZCEs so I want to clean it up.. I searched indexes and tropes related to Halfway Plot Switch.
The work begins with a scene that's different in animation or tone than the rest of the film: for example, a movie starts with an 8-bit animation that's soon revealed to be just a character playing a video game.
resolved Cure Your Asexuals
There's trope about "curing" gays "back into straightness", Cure Your Gays, but what to do with similar situations regarding asexuality (i.e. "if he/she isn't interested in sex, you never tried hard enough")?
Alice's plan to seduced Bob (it didn't go as intended, if that matters, due to Bob making wrong conclusions): 1) Pretend to be asexual; 2) Bob falls for her, and tries to "cure" her; 3) Alice plays along; 4) They are dating.
A character goes to legal or illegal casino. He starts out winning some money, gets a lot of chips, wins a fortune, but keeps gambling and gambling in hopes of getting more, until he starts losing, and ends up losing everything. Had he said he had enough, he'd go out a rich man.