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Axelmania
Since: Jun, 2017
16th Aug, 2017 11:49:19 AM
What about actually hit by one? Recall this in Time After Time when prot travels forward in time.
eroock
Since: Sep, 2012
17th Aug, 2017 10:22:46 PM
We had a similar request before for when a time traveller in an unfamiliar environment is awestruck and almost run over by a car/carriage as they try to cross a street (like here
at 00:25). To my knowledge it is not yet troped.
My husband and I were discussing when movies introduce the protagonist, usually as new to this world and awestruck, by having them nearly hit by a vehicle. For instance, Raleigh in Pacific Rim when he arrives at the base for the first time after leaving Alaska or in Avatar when Jake is first walking around as a Naavi. My husband called it New Road Kill and I haven't found any trope that fits the description... is it already a trope?