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openInversion of Prenatal Possessions
I was listening to the classic novelty song The Thing, and the penultimate verse about the narrator being forced by St. Peter to take the box with him to Hell has me wondering if there is a trope covering an inversion of Prenatal Possessions, where instead of an unborn baby somehow having material objects in the womb, a deceased person somehow brings material objects with them to the afterlife.
openVillain in a tower of monitors
In both Cowboy Bebop (Brain Scratch) and at the climax of Angel Beats!, a villain who is or inhabits a computer system addresses a hero through a room full and/or stack of computer monitors that obviously makes no practical sense. I'm fairly sure that I've seen something similar in live action as well, but I don't recall where. This is obviously related to computer equals monitor and monitor as camera, but I feel like those don't quite capture it. It seems to be used as a way to give a "virtual" character an uncanny "body" to interact with and shoot at.
openPolar Bear in a Blizzard
A visual joke: a blank image is shown (sometimes with a single dot visible). There actually is something there, but it turns out it's completely white, and thus seems invisible.
- Arthur: In the intro to "The Blizzard", a white image has two eyes and a nose visible. Arthur asks the viewers to guess what it is, then reveals that it's "a polar bear eating a marshmallow in a snowstorm."
- Calvin and Hobbes: The title panel for one Sunday comic has a blank background with a single black nose visible. Calvin tells Hobbes that it's "a polar bear blinking in a blizzard." Hobbes isn't amused.
- Paper Mario: The Origami King: If Mario interacts with a blank frame in the museum, the curator tells him not to confuse it with their "White Rabbits in Snowfall" collection.
openSequel retcons facts from original work
What's the trope for when the director of a sequel series states things that just weren't true in the original work? Is it simply a Retcon or does it have a more specific name when it's not said in the show, but the director/writers themselves are saying it that just leaves fans going "Did they even watch the original show??"
Edited by Lancelot07openKilled the dictator, kept his ideas
So I'm looking for a trope I glanced at wherein the heroes have managed to depose the evil overlord who conquered whatever nation they're trying to save, but even as they're setting up a better government have decided to keep a few of the bad guy's tamer beauracratic ideas. Anyone know which one I'm talking about?
An example being Campion from Watership Down keeping Woundwart's wide patrols going even after he's gone because they make sense as a way to keep the warren safe.
Edited by AsherTyeopenThe Natural
A character who is naturally talented at something (i.e. singing, sports, advanced mathematics) without having to train or practice.
openSevens sins look-a-like
Hello.
I am looking for some trope that might fit for some kind of Seven Deadly Sins parallels, specifically something that covers a fictional version. There are seven sins or vices but they are not the traditional lineup. Is there a trope for it?
Also, is there a trope for a villain that is eventually revealed to have never existed? They became notorious either through lies, rumors or stories to the point that they were believed to be real only to be revealed to have all been fiction where the stories took on a life of their own.
Edited by mattesteopenAppeal to digust
What's the trope for this: X is gross, therefore X is wrong/evil? This often gets used by Moral Guardians, though sometimes shows up in more subtle ways (like having some really gross creatures be treated as Always Chaotic Evil, even if we never see them actually do any evil acts.)
openBeing bad at business
Someone thinks they are good businessman until they are placed at the head position. And aren’t as skilled as they are.
openLate mastery of a formula
Is there any particular trope dealing with a series (books, movies, whatever else) where only after few installments the formula for it is fully destilled? I know there is an Early-Installment Weirdness for situations that are contradictionary with later established lore, but that's not the same (not to mention wrong direction of things). Meanwhile, My Real Daddy covers situations when the head creator changed and thus took the series into new direction.
But what if it is the same person behind a series and simply nailing the familiar format after few installments
Edited by Osiem-SetnyopenLiving monster maker Live Action TV
I was thinking do we have a trope for a creature which is able to spawn clones/Minions of itself ?
I was thinking of examples like Kazi demons in Charmed (1998) which the head demon can create clones from himself. Or Magnus from Morganville Vampires who is able to spawn non sapient clone minions.
openCreated on Commission
Is there a trope, Trivia, YMMV, or otherwise, for when a work is created on commission for someone else (i.e. someone is directly paying the writer/actor/game designer) to create something? The closest I can think of is Money, Dear Boy.
openI Want My Beloved to be Happy...With Me!
So here's the scenario; Alex is in love with Jackie. They were soulmates but something happened to where they were separated and Alex thought Jackie was dead. This caused Alex to move on and find someone else but Jackie was alive and was still searching for Alex. Eventually, after some time, Jackie finds Alex but sees that Alex has moved on but accepts it for what it is, taking on a "I Want My Beloved to be Happy" mindset, and Alex still wants Jackie to be a part of his life even though they're no longer together romantically and Jackie sticks around as a friend. Eventually Jackie finds someone else and moves on as well, but Alex isn't thrilled about this. Alex isn't willing to accept Jackie's new relationship like how Jackie accepted his. In truth, Alex was hoping that there could be some work around to his current relationship and his old one to where he could have both of them at the same time as he does genuinely love his current partner but also doesn't want to lose Jackie again which is why he's so adamant to keep Jackie close as a friend in hopes that eventually Jackie can be incorporated back into Alex's life as a partner again. Alex wants to have his cake and eat it too and is willing to sabotage Jackie's relationship if it means he can hold on to Jackie as a possible mate again.
I've been trying to find a trope that fits this situation well and I came across "If I Can't Have You..." but I'm not sure if that would work all that well because even though Alex is being selfish, that trope is more geared towards a villain who's trying to kill their love interest so that no one else can have them. Alex doesn't want to kill Jackie so no one else can have Jackie, he just wants to keep Jackie to himself and will actively get in the way of Jackie's relationship to make that happen. If that's the most accurate trope then just let me know but if anyone has any other ideas I'd love your input.
openStalking your brother
The Human Torch and the Invisible Woman, from the Fantastic Four, are siblings. It has been revealed recently that the Invisible Woman (the older one of them) has always been spying on his brother's romantic life, and every time he thought he was having a private moment with the current girlfriend the Insible Woman was there, invisible, checking on her little brother, because she was worried for him.
openThe racially diverse romantic stepping-stone
Is there a trope for this already? Often a protagonist will date outside their race/ethnicity before getting with their One True Love, who just so happens to be white. It happens enough to count as a trope
On Thank You for Smoking, there's this entry:
- Cold Turkey: Nick's doctor says he can never smoke a cigarette again because all the nicotine patches nearly killed him and he's in frail health. This doesn't help Nick's mood towards the end of the movie.
Opening the red link leads to a disambiguation between a Film and a Trivia namespace. No indication that the link used to be a trope at all that has been cut at some point. Could someone identify it?