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openMystery Tropes Live Action TV
What is it called when the first non-reoccurring person the main characters meet in a murder mystery series is the guilty subject. Of course with the standard "there is no way it is the Janitor" style of avoiding suspicion.
This is called out in Craig of the Creek: The Final Book and Mystery 101: Pilot.
I am also curious about the self-poisoning poisoner. Similar context, the first person to get poisoned is the person who is poisoning everyone else.
openVindicated by a Child
Similar to Protected by a Child, this is where a person has just made a Heel–Face Turn (or was Not Evil, Just Misunderstood), and no matter what else happens, if a small child approaches the former of their own free will, maybe even hugging or petting them, that automatically proves that they're a good-guy, or at least not a bad-guy.
Edited by GofastmikeopenReward-seekers kill each other Western Animation
A character has a bounty on his head. Two or more bounty hunters go after him, and finding themselves aware of the competition, end up fighting each other for the priviledge of getting the kill. The end result is, the character comes out unscathed and the bounty hunters die (or get too damaged to continue.)
openCowardly Abomination
You encounter a monstrosity behind comprehension ... except instead of ending your pitiful existence, the abomination has a pathetic Freak Out the moment it sees you.
Is there a trope like this?
openPreemptive renewal
A series is renewed for a new season before the one before it even premieres.
openFeeding the rumor mill
A character deliberately starts/feeds rumors about themselves, usually to make themselves seem cooler.
openVillainous gardeners?
Sort of an inversion of Caring Gardener, where the person is portrayed as taking care of plants but intimidating, if not outright hostile, towards the main character. (e.g. Dr. Potter from Luigi's Mansion 3, or the Gardener from Batman) Does this have enough examples to be a trope, even?
Edited by carduinal-cynopenFace inwards
A character gets hit in the face so hard it pushes their face inwards. The result looks kind of like an anus. It is practically always Played for Laughs.
Edited by sohibilopenObvious lie - but not in-universe
Is there any particular trope for situations where a character is telling a lie and it's obvious to the audience that it's all complete bull, but characters in-universe take it at face value?
openHeroic Animal Hurting
Do we have a trope for when a hero fights animals with no qualms. But not just like wolves or snakes or other acceptable animals to fight, but cute things too like puppies and kittens.
openTrope for absorbed nations.
I need a trope to refer when a nation is absorbed by another following a war or event.
openThe Showman
Is there a trope which covers a character who always talks with a bit of flourish and showmanship?
Not necessarily The Barnum, but this trait can be found in those types of characters, too. Just basically, a character who always acts with flourish, showmanship, a bit of the ol' razzle dazzle?
Would this technically count as an example of Large Ham?
openName As Pronoun
A character is transgender, genderfluid, or for whatever reason has issues with pronouns, so are referred to by name instead of pronouns, as if they were an entirely separate gender. Sort of like Third-Person Person, except it's done by others to them instead of by themselves to themselves.
i.e. instead of "I called her, she said she's stuck in traffic" -> "I called Alex, Alex said Alex is stuck in traffic."
openLying about a parent's fate
A single parent tells their child that the missing parent died when they actually walked out, or vice versa. Like in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.
openMy Brother Is Dead...and Is Also Me Live Action TV
When a character dies, but they bring back one of their relatives who is played by the same person.
Notable examples include the late Ellis of Woolworth and his twin brother Phillip (Yonderland), That Frog Kurtis and his son That Bastard Kurtis the Frog (Black Dynamite cartoon), and Morgana, sister of Ursula (Little Mermaid II). In all of these cases, character A is killed somehow and the actor who portrayed them stays on as their sibling/child. Is there a trope for this?
openJerkass seems genuinely surprised why s/he doesn't have any friends.
In JumpStart Adventures 3rd Grade: Mystery Mountain, Botley mentions in a throwaway line that Polly bothers her classmates with spitballs yet she wonders why she doesn't have any friends.
Edited by HeyFellaopen"This won't ever happen again" motivation
A Well-Intentioned Extremist who got their motivation through previous suffering and now wants this to nobody happening again.
Is there a trope for when a song puts some obscure and hard to rhyme word in its lyrics, but still manages to rhyme it? An example would be "Nemesis" by Shriekback, which takes the word "parthenogenesis" (meaning asexual reproduction) and rhymes it with nemesis.