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openThematic Evildoing
The evildoing (or what other act) is done multiple times, but said actions follow a specific theme (like colors, the Greek Alphabet, etc)
Example involving my character in GET THAT PIZZA!:
Libre's methods to obtain the Pizza during [insert forum pages] involve him invoking the Fears from The Magnus Archives:
- He immobilises Mad with the word "cheese" that has been empowered by the Vast to be overly long, loud, and bold.
- He sends out Technoblade and Hoshimachi Suisei to kill a bunch of people to use as a roadblock for Superjohn's tank, then chop Superjohn and his tank into pieces with the corpses, thematically invoking the Slaughter.
- (Libre performs action, invoking/involving a Fear, this goes on 13 more times)
openBenevolent dictator
The ruler has 100% power, but it's presented as fine because they're well-intentioned
openEven the author hates them
This characters are The Scrappy but not even their creator likes them.
openSpy story naming convention Live Action TV
I feel like there's a Naming Convention trope in spy / espionage / thriller novels, but don't know how to find examples of it.
In the video game Hitman (2016) there are special missions called Escalations that have this convention: The Eccleston Illumination, The Gladwyn Simulacrum, The Scarlatti Covenant, The Scorpio Directive, The Zunino Disintegration, etc.
There's a Bourne series on USA called Treadstone whose episodes have the same naming convention: The Cicada Protocol, The Kwon Conspiracy, The Berlin Proposal, The Kentucky Contract, The Hades Awakening, etc.
Where does this come from?
I know of British spy novelist named Len Deighton who's first novel—a hugely successful novel, at that—was titled The Ipcress File....
But it's not like the rest of his books have that convention.
The Ipcress File (1962)
Horse Under Water (1962)
Funeral in Berlin (1964) ...and so on.
Edit: It's Robert Ludlum! His books are all named like this: The Scarlatti Inheritance (1971) The Osterman Weekend (1972) The Matlock Paper (1973) The Rhinemann Exchange (1974) The Gemini Contenders (1976) The Chancellor Manuscript (1977) The Holcroft Covenant (1978) The Matarese Circle (1979) The Bourne Identity (1980)
Edited by DoommunkyopenFrom Superstar to Nobody
A character starts off as being famous, popular or incredibly talented at whatever their skill is, them they lose it all for whatever reasons.
openIn-Universe Heterophobia
Currently Het Is Ew is limited to fandom heterophobia, and with good reason. But do we have a trope that describes in-universe heterophobia?
openVice Rewarded Aesop
What would this go under (from Revolting Rhymes):
It's not a Hard Truth Aesop because "winning at gambling by supernatural means" isn't really a "truth", it's not a Broken Aesop because characters follow it and are rewarded.
openhole in 4th wall avatar
an Player Character usually silent just a side kick who knows no combat can anyone talking to them they talking to the player
Edited by Baolen2445openHidden Fatspace
A character looks fit, maybe even thin when say, perhaps wearing certain clothes. But when they take it off they suddenly look like they gained tons of pounds and become, well, fat.
Could be explained by the character being magic or it could also just be plain Cartoon Physics.
openWays to enter another world
How would I find a list of all the ways to enter another world like the Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland etc? Thanks.
openUtility vs Aesthetics
Does Technician vs. Performer cover situations where the opposing sides have different priorities when producing something, one preferring to focus on its efficiency/utility, one preferring to focus on the aesthetics/beauty?
openConfused Grandma Demographic
A joke often seen in conjunction with The Moral Substitute or Shoddy Knockoff Product, the idea that the manufacturers are counting on tech-illiterate grandparents to buy their products for their grandchildren, since as far as the grandparents can tell, one video game is just the same as another, and little Johnny will be just as happy with $2 shovelware as with the latest $60 AAA title.
Do we have a trope for that?
openEarly Later Installment Weirdness
Say a Long Runner game series has a mechanic that was only introduced in the third game of the series, but it behaved much differently in that game than it did in the subsequent fourth, fifth, and sixth installments. Would Tropes Are Flexible allow Early-Installment Weirdness to describe the initial appearance of that mechanic in the third game, even though it's not an "early installment" in the strictest sense of the word?
openUncool kids' table
The lunch table where the kids with no friend group end up sitting. Like the Friend Zone from Little (2019) or the greatest people you will ever meet from Mean Girls.
openQuestions
Hi, I wanted to know if there are tropes for these situations.
The first is when a character wants to vent by doing something that others do not know he or she does, and has to put up with the urge to do it.
The second is when a character talks on the phone with another character and for example the other person comes to live with the first character without having asked permission before and is already settled in the house of the first character.
The third is when a character is mentioned on certain occasions, but never appears in person.
What is the Trope for substance overdose for suicide? I can't seem to find a trope about overdoses with the intent of suicide. I just wanted to add an example on a potential trope.
Edited by Mr-ex777