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openThrone in the middle of nowhere Film
Is there a trope that describes when a high-ranking character (usually evil) is sitting on a throne, but said throne is out in the middle of nowhere, with not even any castle ruins around him?
openSomething isn't right here
Got a scenario here
A couple characters are suspicious of their current situation. They've been chased down by people who they think are trying to kill them. They think they could have easily done so through a drone strike but instead they are driven off the road and then get forced further into the woods on foot. As they are running through the woods they can hear gunfire all around them and a distant explosion but none of it is being directed at them. Leading to wonder just what the hell is going on.
openBeat the developers? Videogame
Is there a trope for performing a task that a game's developer was unable to beat or just outright beating said developer? Examples would be 20/20/20/20 mode in Five Nights at Freddy's Developer times in games like Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled Or Ultra Nightmare difficulty in Doom 2016
openCross-Something
During Imagination Movers, specifically during the episode "Imagination Movers in Concert," scenes from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Special Agent Oso, and Handy Manny can be seen during a phone montage. I think these are clearly Company Cross References, but I also think it's a Crossover. It's clearly visible, not on a TV screen.
Edited by NamethatisnotinuseopenImmortals Do Historical Work
Is there a trope for the tendency of immortals (or at least very long-lived characters), when they have a day job in modern times, for said job to be very past-oriented (historian, museum curator, history teacher, antiques dealer, etc.)?
openArtillery Barrage Rescue
A group of people in danger are rescued when all their attackers are killed by a massive explosion, but there's no rescuer present (the attacks came from offscreen/miles away, and killing the attackers might not even have been intentional).
Is that still Big Damn Heroes?
Edited by Chabal2openInterdimensional Invader
An enemy originating from somewhere with no spatial relationship to here — they come from a different universe, an alternate dimension, or some other plane of existence.
openNo, because you are a jerk
A character who is not well liked by the people surrounding them thinks this is because their gender, ethnicity, sexuality, profession, etc., but the truth is: They are just an asshole.
openHeroic Jacket
In a lot of movies and comics, especially adaptations, heroes (usually in their teens) tend to wear jackets. Not, like, Badass Longcoats. Just regular jackets you might wear on a brisk day. Zip up hoodies and denim jackets and that kind of thing. For example just look at the poster for the movie version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Edited by BackSet1openRules for writing
When the creators of a work set rules for themselves about how something is written, in order to keep characterization or setting consistent.
openBrains And Smarter Brawn
A variation on a Brains and Brawn duo where the "dumb" one is shown to actually be the smarter of the two.
For example, The Lion King's Timon (meerkat) and Puumba (warthog): Timon is the one who does the thinking, but says stars are fireflies stuck to the big black thing that appears at night, while Puumba thinks they're balls of gas burning very far away.
Edited by Chabal2open"Don't do X" episode
An episode where any number of characters are told by another number of characters to not do a certain thing or else. Chances are, it's unknown whether it will be fulfilled or not. Other times it is not fulfilled but the characters spend the rest of the episode trying to fix it.
openMany actors leaving a work
Do we have a trope for when many characters are written out of a work to the point where very few of the original cast remains?
openExpy or Subspiciously Similar Substitute for an Alternate Continuity?
if a new show in the same series takes place in an Alternate Continuity and features characters similar to ones from the old continuity, would that be Expy or Suspiciously Similar Substitute? i lean to expy since it's less that a character is being "substituted" i.e. written out and then replaced by a new one, and more that the new continuity has a character who was "exported" from the previous one, but i know usually suspiciously similar substitute is used for entries within the same series. the example i'm thinking of is Pretty Cure, which has a new continuity in every season and generally features fairly similar characters in each, but they're all distinct individuals who co-exist and aren't just replacements of one another. the page currently lists that as expy, but would suspiciously similar substitute be more appropriate or is it fine to leave it there?
openDramatic Dishwashing Scenes?
Do we have something for when an important conversation happens while two characters are washing dishes together?
Now that Darkness Induced Audience Apathy has been renamed to So Bleak, It's Boring (which seems to specify the audience has to be bored of the darkness), is there a similar trope where the audience simply thinks a work is too dark and hates it, but rather than boring, they either find it too sad and depressing or scary and horrifying, neither of which are the same thing as boredom?
Edited by PatrickD95