Is there a trope for a relatively easy and nonthreatening area near the middle of the game, sort of like a cross between Disc One Final Dungeon and Green Hill Zone (Red Hill Zone? Disc Two Ghibli Hills? I don't know...)? It wouldn't necessarily have to be a Breather Level, just something with a fairly bright and cheery atmosphere that's easier than the rest of the game but still harder than what came before. I'm thinking something like, say, World 4 in the original Super Mario Bros. and Yoshi's Island, possibly World 3 in SMB 2, and possibly Bumpsy Plains in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (though that one might be a bit too early on to qualify properly). World 4 in YI would probably be the best example here.

Is there a trope for where a puzzle in a video game has multiple ways to solve it?

Is there a trope for when two characters are discussing something secret rather quietly, and then one of them says something unrelated really loudly to make it appear to others that they're having a normal conversation?

Is there a trope where someone is afraid to try something or otherwise unable to do it, when suddenly circumstances force them to try it and it works? (Some examples I'm thinking of include a paralyzed character jumping up and running in order to save someone's life, and a dragon character being afraid of flight until his friend is falling).

A trope so common, I just *know* there had to be a page for it somewhere...

When we're introduced to our main cop character for the first time, he always seems to be in some state of undress in a woman's bedroom. His phone rings, and she tells him not to take it, but he *has to*.

Cop Hero: Yeah? ...What? When? ...I'm on my way.

And he runs out.

I feel like 1 in every 3 procedural TV shows and movies begin with this kind of character introduction.

I'm looking for something where a character carries something with them on their adventure for its symbolic significance.

I am sure that there is a trope for this because it is so common in anime and hero stories (comics/movies).

What is the trope called where a character has essentially Super Toughness or Nigh Invulnerability, but then will be damaged or knocked unconscious by a much, much weaker attack. This is usually either played for comedy when it is a significant other that hits them or it is done for a plot need.

For example, the hero gets into a fight with another powerful foe. He is thrown through brick walls, driven into the earth hard enough to leave a crater, and still keeps on fighting. However, a few scenes later he says something stupid and his girlfriend (who doesn't have the same power as the foe) hits him once and knocks him out.

Do we have a trope for the idea of someone being treated as effectively dead (or something that would bring it about being considered the same as killing them)? e.g. Having their personality rewritten/memory erased, being lobotomised or otherwise ceasing to exist without actually dying.

The nearest I can think of is That Man Is Dead, but that's not an example all the time.

Is there a trope for when something in any form of media looks Bowdlerised in oversea countries, but it is actually unedited and came from the original version of its home country?

Is there a trope for how guys prefer to date bimbos?

Playing with question: An example of Fantastic Religious Weirdness in the Star Carrier book series' backstory.

In the wake of World War III, sparked in large part by radical Islam, every faith was required to ratify a pledge called the White Covenant that outlawed many religious practices. It took the "your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins" approach: all adherents of all faiths could believe as they wished so long as that belief did not harm others. Proselytizing, most missionary work, and conversion by threat or force were now violations of basic human rights. Naturally this didn't go over well, with some, such as the ancestors of the Muslim colonists on Mufrid, choosing to GTFO rather than ratify.

My question is, would this be a straight use, Played For Drama, Deconstructed Trope, or some other variation?

Is there a trope for when protagonist A, following the trail of Protagonist B, travels through the same locations and meets the same people at different times? I'm specifically thinking of cases where this takes up a substantial portion of the story in question, where we get to see both protagonists interact with the same groups of characters (and perhaps deal with the aftermath of Protagonist B's passing through). Usually told in alternating chapters or series of chapters. I guess it'd be a subtype of Switching POV or Rotating Protagonist.

Book-length examples of this setup include Vonda N. Mc Intyre's "Dreamsnake" and Tanith Lee's "Vazkor, Son of Vazkor" and "Castle of Dark".

Is there a trope for when too many minorities in a show is somehow considered "unrealistic" by the Fan Dumb?

Is there a trope name for when someone who's just undergone a traumatic experience has a blanket wrapped around them, regardless of the temperature? I see this all the time on TV, frequently while the person in question is being questioned by the authorities about what happened to them.

Is there a trope for when adult characters are unable (or believe they're unable) to learn anything else or if they do learn anything else their brain will forget something in order to make room?

Is there a trope for the rare ocurrence when it is similar to Internet Backdraft, exept real life gets into the mix and the occasional Internet Counterrattack sometimes happens? I came up with this but want to make sure that it does not already exist. I like to call it Universal Backdraft.

Do we have one for the cheap gag of having one of the patients at a psychiatric hospital appear dressed like a doctor or nurse, and maintain that pretense with visitors until the real physician arrives to send them away?

I'm blanking on it but is there a reverse Cerebus Syndrome trope? IE a fairly serious work becomes progressively sillier and more jokey as time goes on?

Anyone know the trope for when something is cut from a script and leads to a related scene feeling bizarre with no context?

A character keeps quoting... himself. He always says something, and remarks "and I said that at my book, [insert name here]". Of course, the character and the book are fictional, in fact he writes and quotes a new book each week.

Is there a trope/audience reaction where a fan follows the canon, only the canon, and nothing but the canon, essentially ignoring everything that has been established by the fanon as correct?

Septimus Heap on Ask The Tropers said I should ask this here instead of there.

In a Little Rascals short, Froggy is making a speech on the radio and blows out two microphones within the first couple of words because they can't handle his low, froglike voice. He goes to a third and speaks in an aritifically high voice, and that one doesn't break.

What trope would this go under? It doesn't quite match Glass Shattering Sound, Make Me Wanna Shout, or Gale Force Sound. Kind of like Mirror Cracking Ugly, but for a voice.

What would the trope be when someone who hasn't seen their fantasy-forbidden father for years sees them and discovers a scrapbook with their accomplishments in it. EG Burton's Charlie and the chocolate factory

Is there a trope for how cryptids are virtually always portrayed as dangerous to people in fiction, even if the reported sightings of such creatures don't offer any indication of hostility or aggression on their part? For instance, it's very common to depict Bigfoot as a ferocious, territorial carnivore, even though the known ape species it's often alleged to be related to are mostly vegetarians and are quite shy about humans.

Is there a trope for when a character is chased by a monster of some kind and when the monster prepares to bite the hero, the hero grabs hold of the monster's tail and shoves it into the monster's mouth as the monster bites down on it? I've seen this done in The Rescuers Down Under and Kung Fu Panda.

Is there a trope for when someone who's skilled at something refuses to do it, so another person tries to do it instead but they're so terrible at it that the first person does it anyways?

Like, Alice asks Bob to do something she knows for he fact he's great at, but Bob refuses. Alice tries to do it herself, and she's so awful at it that Bob can't stand to watch her anymore and decides to do it himself.

Or maybe Alice tries to force Bob to do it by choosing someone she knows will completely botch it because she knows Bob would never let them/doesn't trust them.

Maybe two characters are stealing things in one scene in a montage, or maybe it's the end credits of a movie. Whatever the case, characters will either be stylized silhouettes, or look like animated paper cut-outs, and will have jazz music playing in the background.

I saw this recently in Donkey Kong Country Returns, in a sunset level everything in the foreground, including the characters, are black silhouettes, with Donkey Kong's tie and Diddy Kong's hat and vest red. It looked like something out of an i-pod commercial. I've also seen this on the end credits of The Incredibles, with the cut-out style and a jazz version of the main theme.

I know I've seen this somewhere else before though, maybe Ed Edd and Eddy but I'm not sure and can't find it. Does anyone know where else I could have seen this?

Mainly film, but might also be TV. Is there a trope for this situation. A film, or film series, is made, sometimes with the added thrill of it having a supernatural dimension, and shortly afterwards, a series of (most probably) coincidental tragedies and disasters start afflicting the cast and production crew? I can think of two examples of "cursed" productions: the Exorcist series, where news coverage and popular legend points to inexplicable deaths, tragedies, and ill-fortune coming to people associated with the production. (The Aesop might be - don't tempt the Devil or call his name or he'll surely come). And the Superman movie series - think Christopher Reeve's personal tragedy, of falling off his horse and becoming paraplegic; or the actress who played Lois Lane going completely insane the way she did. Tragedies happen, and I'm not presuming a causal link or actual curse. But popular imagination attributes a "curse" and makes it a trope...

Do we have a basic trope to describe that someone is a wanted fugitive on the run, has a bounty placed on them, or anything like that? Or would such a basic description count as People Sit In Chairs?

I feel like there may be some missing criminal justice tropes detailing that someone is a wanted fugitive on the run from the law, but I haven't been able to properly search too many indexes yet.

Do we have a trope for when villains team up, but wind up breaking off their alliance due to mutual distrust, potential backstabbing, and possibly seeds of discord sown by the main characters? We Are Struggling Together seems to be the closest, but I'm not sure. Mainly I'm thinking of bickering villains, or those team-ups where you always see one of the participants thinking about how he doesn't trust the other and vice versa.

Also, do we have a trope for unpopular characters in-universe? Not universally hated to the point of The Scrappy, not put through enough physical suffering to be the Butt Monkey, just that no one has a good word to put in for them. At worst, annoyance, at best, pity.

Is there a a trope page for situations where a piece of media's creators promise an upcoming radical redesign to a character, either to quell fandom rage, create hype, or avoid controversy, and then, upon unveiling the "new and improved" version of the character, it's actually almost exactly the same as the original version?

I have a few variations on this in mind, but the trope I'm thinking of is basically "A radical change is promised, and turns out to not be much of a change at all." This could be either a real-life or an in-story event.

Is there a trope for the very limited set of occupations in (romantic) comedies?

If it's "respectable" and something you won't give up in the duration of a movie, you're something nurturing like a doctor or a teacher. Alternatively, you're in a profession with creative leanings (or are still in a Waiting For A Break situation, just about to Pursue The Dream Job), like work in media, PR, restaurant biz, or maybe own a quirky shop.

Is there a trope for when a character has a radically different appearance in early promotional materials like test footage and posters than they do in the final product? It wouldn't be Never Trust A Trailer since I'm talking about design changes that occurred between the time the promos were released and the product was finished, rather than an intentional attempt to mislead the consumers.

I remember there being a trope/trivia item about creators who keep switching between different works or series, named something like Creator Attention Deficit Disorder. Does this page still exist, and if so, what's it actually called?

Is there a trope for when an adaptation (especially of a Long Runner source like comic books) takes two previously unrelated characters or concepts, and intrinsically ties them together? Something like Greg Weisman making Bumblebee into The Atom's sidekick in Young Justice or the Chitauri being Thanos's Mooks in The Avengers?

I initially thought something like Arc Welding might work, but for characters.

I'm looking for a trope which describes a character having to deal with a person or situation which mirrors how others previously have had to deal with the character, giving the reader (and maybe the character) increased insight in how she looks from the other side of the fence.

• It can be bratty child having to babysit a younger brat
• It can be a superhero being chased by a vigilante
• It can be a thief being robbed
• It can be an alpha bitch being an outcast in another social circle

It is similar to Swapped Roles, but does not require an actual swap. The point of the trope is putting the protagonist in a new situation, preferably in the shoes of another character.

Example: In Dresden files book Blood Rites, one of the villains Harry has to deal with is self absorbed, self righteous and far too stupid to realize just how dangerous the power she ignorantly flings around is to herself and everyone around her. This echos how Harry is seen by most of his seniors and how they have dealt with him.

Do we have a trope for thin, rectangular eyes that slant upwards (suggesting a triangle pointing up) to indicate someone is indifferent, callous, detached? I'm thinking of vespa/guitar girl from FLCL and the head of the cyborgs in Towa No Quon.

How about a trope where turning out the light indicates the end of an episode of a TV show or a movie?

Is there a reversal of Fluffy The Terrible where a pet is small, cute, cuddly, and harmless but has a monstrous name, akin to naming a chihuahua Killer?

This sounds like Running Gag, but I don't think it's deliberate so much as lazy writing. In Charmed, as the seasons went on, the San Francisco PD would, anytime the Halliwells and Co. were under suspicion, cite "We have X many years worth of files on them", X being however many years the show was on at that point. Now, the SFPD veered willy-nilly between Police Are Useless and Obstructive Bureaucrat status, but it makes sense in RL terms that cops would note repeat inquiries. Show-wise, though, it could get tiresome, and again, this was never lampshaded outside of the start of the current inquiry, the last of which ended with a Too Dumb To Live obsessed inspector entering where she should have known better. I guess my question is, what might you call it when something leaves Running Gag territory and just goes to tiresome fallback? (I guess Inuyasha's "Naraku's behind everything always" falls under this too)

What's the trope when a character says, that the world started to end when something unusual happens?

I have the feeling I hear the music Lux Aeterna quite often (though I never quite remember where), to the point it almost sounds like a musical trope in itself… would it deserve its own page like, say, Toccata And Fugue In D Minor?

Do we have a trope for something like unsung heroes in fiction? Where a character defers taking any credit in favor of someone else, or simply when they choose not to let anyone know they've done something good? We have Dude Wheres My Respect, but this is for unfair examples. There's also What You Are In The Dark, but this is more about moral choices and what not. What happens for characters that just do their heroics and return home quietly, a la Samwise Gamgee or the Three Good Fairies from Sleeping Beauty?

Is there a trope for the Four Heavenly Kings or the Big Four (a team of four people). They don't necessarily have to be evil.

• The Maruhage Heavenly Kings - Bobobo-boBo-bobo
• The Elite Four - Pokemon
• The Dark Masters - Digimon Adventure
• The Sovereigns - Digimon Tamers
• The Four Heavenly Kings - Toriko
• The Sanzo Party - Saiyuki
• The Four Kings of The Volts - Get Backers
• The Brotherhood of Evil - Teen Titans
• The Four Saint Beast - Yu Yu Hakusho

Do we have a trope where the hero (or whoever else) simply can't understand why the Politically Incorrect Villain is so racist/sexist/whatever-ist? I guess it'd kinda be like "Good Cannot Comprehend Evil".

Another variation would be the hero asking the Omnicidal Maniac or the guy who wants to rule the world by destroying everyone on it why he's doing this: "How do you plan on ruling the world if there's no world to rule?"

This can be Fanfiction trope: What is it called when the author gives the main character in the story(who are actually canon from the source material not Mary Sues) The power or the sheer luck to solve every single obstacle the come up against with little to no difficulty. This creates a story with no suspense or interest as everything will just fall into place in the character's lap. I would call it a Wack-Fic as the author is giving their favorite characters everything on a silver platter.

Is there a Distaff Counterpart version of Parenting The Husband?

Is there a thing/trope for when you're painfully aware of stuff in remakes and edits and stuff?

I'm not talking about when they censor something and do a bad job of it, it's not necessarily about noticing censorship, or that the editing job is bad.

A hypothetical example, say you were watching some HD remake of a show, and you notice the protagonist's shirt used to be purple, but they changed it to orange. If you hadn't seen the original, you wouldn't have minded or even noticed this, but you did, and so you know they changed it, and so you can't get drawn into the show like you used to because every time you see the protagonist you keep thinking about how they changed his shirt.

Another hypothetical example, say you were watching an HD remake, and you notice they changed a bunch of voices and pronunciations in re-recording. If this had been the first and only one you watched, you wouldn't have been aware of the difference because you wouldn't have seen it. But you did, and so you can't get drawn into the remake like you did with the original because you're so painfully aware that it's changed and you keep remembering what it was like before.

It's not necessarily They Changed It Now It Sucks. You don't necessarily hate the changes, and unlike in TCI, NIS the changes aren't broad or anything, like in, say, a book-to-movie adaptation. You just can't watch it as seamlessly as you did the first time you watched the non-remake due to being aware that it's a "remake". But if this trope existed, it might be somewhere under Audience Reactions, although I can't find it.

EDIT: It can also apply if you've watched the remake first, but then watch the original and are painfully aware of the differences the original has to the remake. Not that the remake is bad, in fact it's more that you're used to the remake, and the original is awkward to watch due to the differences you're noticing.

EDIT 2: Or maybe you're watching the original, but know of the remake and know of all the stuff the remake has that you're missing from the original, and so, it feels, like, lacking, maybe? Like maybe you're watching the original version of a show, but then later you're aware that there's a newer, more complete version available (AKA a remaster) and suddenly every time you watch the original you keep thinking that, in the remaster, they probably say different things and have different content? But if you were to suddenly start watching the remaster, you'd be aware of all the points and events in the show that they changed for the remaster?

Is that too different? I mean to say that these all fall under the same umbrella.

EDIT 3: I'm clearly having trouble putting it into words, as is per usual with trope identification. But I guess basically it's that feeling of "But I know they say something else in the remaster" or "But I'm painfully aware that that's not the same voice actor" or "But I know the edit has missing content that the original doesn't have".

EDIT 4: Another hypothetical example is being aware of the real reason a change was made to something. Like, say, Jynx, the Pokémon? Let's say you saw episodes of the show where Jynx was black. And then you watch some remasters. And Jynx is purple. People who'd watched the remaster first probably wouldn't be aware of the difference. Or maybe they are, but chalk up the new purple color to the high definition of the remasters. But you're pretty sure you know that the real reason Jynx is purple is to avoid controversy, and you're aware of this every time you see Jynx.

Or maybe you watched the remasters first and saw purple Jynx first, and then later on you watch the originals and see that Jynx is black, and THAT'S awkward for you to watch due to noticing a specific difference between the two versions.

I know Uncle Tom Foolery is a trope, but do we have a page for the more classic meaning of Uncle Tom? IE a character (usually a minority) accusing a member of his or her race of turning their back on them? Or any of those instances you see on TV and movies where a black character accuses another black character of turning their back on "the hood" or "the streets" or something?

Is there a trope for having a garden tool, i.e. a shovel or hoe as a Weapon Of Choice? If there isn't I'm YKKTWing it.