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openFor people reason and personal reason
Bob killing god for not only people wanting freedom, because he wants piss of the devout of that god
Edited by Baolen2445openCharacter monologue foreshadows the theme of the story
Is there a trope for when a character (usually the villain) goes on a monologue that actually foreshadows the theme of the whole narrative? For instance, a character going on a rant about how life is random and completely dependent on chance, and then throughout the rest of the story, the main character constantly goes through all these random and unpredictable events despite all the precautions and reductive measures they took.
openoverly secure door
is there a trope for a door that is comedically locked with chains/boards or other methods of keeping it closed? that are not necessarily a normal door lock
is there also a trope for a door that Does have an excessive amount of normal/high security door locks?
openis this even on here
I'm looking for the trope for when a video game character talks, sounds play along with the text. undertale is a really good example.
opensmoking/on fire kitchen
Is there a trope for when a character is so bad at cooking that upon attempting to do so the food they are cooking goes up in smoke or catches fire?
openSpending Time with the Villain
When a character (usually the Hero) ends up meeting/spending time with the villain, but though they are aware of who the other is, they either can't attack each other like they usually would or the Hero can't do anything against the Villain (or vice-versa). Unlike the "No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine" for example, this doesn't happen because the Hero is captured (though the Villain may have planned to "meet" them) and it can be an "accidental meeting" or a trap going wrong.
A few examples: ° The film Red Eye (a "threat" example, as Lisa can't denounce who Jack is because the moment she does, her father dies and she spends all her flight with him).
° The episode Entropy of Criminal Minds. Reid spends the whole episode in the company of hitwoman Cat, both engaged in a game of questions (besides that she has a gun pointed at him, the team doesn't want to risk her killing innocents).
Edited by Crimson_VegaopenOne thing that made them believe
A character doesn’t believe in something, until they see one thing that does make them do so.
openNever Mistaken Identity
Often seen in detective fiction, crime dramas, etc. Any time the Victim of the Week dies in a manner that suggests they might have been killed in place of someone else, it will turn out that, no, they were the intended target all along... after the detectives have wasted a lot of time investigating the possibility. For bonus points, the murderer might turn out to be the person they seem to have been mistaken for, trying to look like the intended target to deflect suspicion.
- Prime example is in Peril at End House by Agatha Christie, where the murderer kills her cousin in a scheme to inherit the cousin's deceased fiancé's money; as they have the same name, and the engagement was a secret, the cousin is the only person left who knows which girl is named in the will. Wearing mourning black allows her to set up both the fake relationship and the apparent mix-up.
- The series/Castle episode "A Dance With Death" features an odd example where the victim, who is pulling a Dead Person Impersonation, is killed, not because of who she's pretending to be, or because of who she is really, but because she isn't who she's pretending to be. Still counts though, as her killer is perfectly clear on who she is.
I've looked under Mistaken Identity but doesn't seem to fit. Not quite Recognition Failure either.
openPower starts at the brain
So there is this fanfic story, Wayward (RWBY), where some of the characters have special abilities. Everyone has there own ability, super strength, speed, teleportation, etc, but each of their powers starts at the brain. Their brains emits an unique neural energy that alters physics. One non power character even takes a drug that gives them a temporary power by altering their brain chemistry, painfully.
Would this be a case of Brain Critical Mass, 90% of Your Brain or is this something else entirely
Edited by Lord-JaricopenDeleted scene treated as canon
A scene is deleted from a work, but fans view the scene as still being canon.
openLate story main character Film
Character is one of the story leads, but they only get involved fairly late in the story, around the later third.
openOverpowered RPG Protagonist Videogame
Is there a trope for when the “leader” of your RPG party has some overpowered ability, or something that lets them break rules that the other party members have to follow to set them apart from the rest of the party?
For example: Joker in Persona 5 can equip multiple personas and “craft” better ones, allowing him a huge amount of versatility compared to all other party members who only get 1 persona.
Shulk in Xenoblade Chronicles has a full set of Arts he can use like everyone else, but his Monado also allows him to use another separate set of Arts with a wide variety of effects designed to best exploit the system of seeing enemy’s future attacks.
Rex in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is partnered up with his Blade, Mythra, who has a wide variety of incredibly powerful abilities, such as being able to completely negate the cooldown between using Driver Arts and being able to greatly increase the entire party’s evasion chance. She also has a unique element in Light, which almost no other Blades have. Later in the story, Rex himself can also use any one of his ally’s Blades, while everyone else can only use their own.
A non-example would be Octopath Traveler, where your chosen protagonist may be higher leveled than the other party members, but ultimately they receive no greater potential than anyone else in the party.
Edited by PTpirahnaopenBecause he can
The creator makes something really hard and complex, much more than what the genre really requires, simply because it was hard and he wanted to test himself.
openName the Descriptor
Where a character is named [name] the [descriptor]. I.e. Alexander the Great, Bran the Broken, Ivan the Terrible. Is this a trope?
openVideo game grading system Videogame
Is there a trope for when a game has a grading system similar to school? E.G most modern Sonic the Hedgehog games have a system like this, although there is also an "S" grade that's above an "A", and there's no "F", as presumably failing would mean you didn't get through the level at all.
openThat's a goal, not a plan.
"So what's you plan?"
"I'm going to beat the shit out of them."
"... Yeah, but what exactly is your strategy?"
"Punch them."
"Why do I even bother at this point?"
Edited by AndermannopenNo more concerts
As a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, musicians can not make live concerts like they used to. According to the place and the local policies to handle this, concerts have heavy social distancing enforcing, or were banned altogether.
However, coronavirus is just the cause. Do we have some trivia entry for musicians unable to held concerts?
Bob is a pathetic loser who can only achieve any form of success in his dreams... except we see his dreams, and he ends up an utter failure there as well.