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openWage slave with delusions of grandeur
A character in a low-end job complains that he was meant for a much better version of his job, such as a fast-food worker wanting to be a three-star chef, an office drone wanting to be CEO.
The character usually displays the same level of unwarranted arrogance as a Classically-Trained Extra by bemoaning that they're stuck in a low-end job when their lack of talent is clearly the problem (e.g. the Cordon Bleugh Chef in The Emperors New Groove complaining that his talents are wasted on people who don't appreciate his artistic genius, when all he's capable of producing is a Mess on a Plate).
openForgot to say the important bit
A character forgets to mention a specific detail about something that radically alters the context of what's going on, potentially causing a lot of trouble that could have been avoided if they hadn't or that's avoided early on when someone remembers to bring it up.
openUtopia Is Boring
Very common, but, weirdly, I can't find an article to this extent (was mentioned in 2015, might have been deleted since). Utopia is boring because there's no challenge, no drive to self-fulfillment, no new events are happening. It's not necessarily a [[False Utopia]] thing, it might still be a true utopia but some people can't stand living in there. Also frequent is the "heaven is boring" variant.
openLooking for a trope about characters who are little more than lists of powers Anime
I saw the page several days ago. Probably has something to do with Mary Sue tropes. I only remember one quote about how one entry is an entire page of lots of powers and abilities. It was probably from the bleach Fanfiction Wiki and had something to do with naruto.
openActor confuses themselves for a character they played [Answered]
Do we have a trope for an actor who starts confusing a character they've played with themselves. Like thinking that they've been a badass Cowboy Cop who gunned down an entire gang of drug dealers, or that they seduced a bunch of women who were just the random love interests in a spy thriller, or that they're a skilled surgeon?
Edited by BattleMasteropenSelf projection as God
What trope would best describe Self projection as god? I'm thinking maybe a downplayed A God Am I, possibly combined with an unintentional Blasphemous Boast (as assuming God necessarily agrees with you on everything certainly seems like blasphemy.)
openSacred Numerology
Numbers and numerology have a notable role in fictional and actual religions
openSealed in a Womb
Sealed Inside a Person-Shaped Can, but the "person-shaped can" is pregnant, and the sealed being is whatever they are giving birth to.
openIreland Is Still British
Basically, this is a weird crossover of Mexico Called; They Want Texas Back and Canada Does Not Exist, where media set after 1922 depicts the Republic of Ireland, its people, locations in it, et cetera, as British.
(The Inspiration for this was the Artemis Fowl movie adaptation, where Mulch is interrogated by the MI 6 instead of the Gardai - even though it's seemingly set in the not-Norn Iron parts of Ireland)
Edited by Glide08openUnintentional Badass
Is there a specific trope, YMMV or otherwise, where the author makes a character or a faction with the purpose of them being pathetic, but the audience finds themselves impressed by the character instead? A form of Misaimed Fandom and Alternative Character Interpretation, but I wonder if there's anything more specific.
openNot Actually Brooding
I swear I've seen this archetype before, where a brooding "cool" type character turns out to be anything BUT; generally they're either just awkward to the point of being stiff, or just somewhat drowsy, and either way that lack of openness makes people think "Wow, so cool!". I know Beneath the Mask covers it (kind of - generally they're not actively trying to cultivate their "cool" image) but I SWEAR there's a more specific trope for this.
openNo Title
Boss which play different sound when played EX:X Play Mr. Fanservice Theme As A Boss Theme When Played As A Character Play The Protagonist Theme
openMonster activity rising
Didn't we have a trope about how at the start of many a fantasy adventure, there's people noting that the nearby "monsters" (including low-level mooks) are growing restless and bolder?
openStable Events Loop
Sort of like Stable Time Loop, but involves the same events that keep happening while moving forward in time.
Something like this: Bob slowly comes to, feeling a huge bump on the top of his head. He sees a hundred dollar bill in front of him, leaps for joy, hits his head against a low ceiling beam, and collapses. Five minutes later, he slowly comes to, feels a huge bump on the top of his head, sees a hundred dollar bill in front of him, leaps for joy, hits his head against a low ceiling beam, and collapses. Five minutes later, he slowly comes to, etc.
Edited by Chabal2openSelling a prized possession
Sort of a one-sided Gift of the Magi Plot. Basically, someone sells an important possession (jewelry, heirloom, etc) because they need money.
openMore realistic adaptation
When a fan work or adaptation takes a realistic approach to something that had Artistic License in canon. For example, a character with ADHD is reduced to Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny! in canon, but in a fanfiction or adaptation is fleshed out to better represent other symptoms of ADHD. Or when a film that messed up aspects of a certain culture gets an adaptation that tries to aim for more cultural accuracy.
1. Alice commits an In-Universe Factoid Failure and Bob corrects her. Alice refuses to accept the correction and insists that Bob is an idiot.
2. Alice (a character) commits an In-Universe Factoid Failure that gets pointed out (probably by Bob). Charlie (a reader) thinks that Dave (the writer) committed a Critical Research Failure.