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Scorpion451
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eroock
Since: Sep, 2012
6th Apr, 2016 02:29:28 PM
May also come as a Repeat What You Just Said.
There is one trope that I've always run into, but can't find the name, and even when searching the shows/movies I see them in, still can't figure it out. Typically it's a situation where everything is doom & gloom, where everyone's kinda accepted their fate, and small talk begins, and someone says something that sparks the magical solution to their problem...
I will give an example from the TV show Rick & Morty;
- People are trapped in what seems to be their death, and Rick is one of the ones not in danger*
Jerry: *walks into room Rick is in* "Well, it seems you're my most sane relative now." Rick: "That's it! Relative, Relative size!"Another example is in Family guy, where Stewie, Brian, and two secret agents were too late to stop a missle launch, then their small talk leads to them having an idea.
tl;dr = Doom & Gloom, small talk accidently has a double entendre or word that inspires a solution, and everything is well again.