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I would call this "Visiting Psychologist." It's similar to "Sensitivity Training."
A visiting psychologist talks to all the main characters who react in predictable or unpredictable ways. Some are scared that s/he will be found wanting. All the neuroses and tics come out. Some are defiant and belligerent, some study up to try to say the "right" thing, some refuse to even be interviewed and are badgered by the boss until they comply.
At the end, the psychologist decides everyone's okay.
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Homicide, Life on the Street: "See No Evil" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See_No_Evil_%28Homicide:_Life_on_the_Street%29
NCIS: "A Man Walks Into A Bar" http://www.ncisfanwiki.com/page/8.14+A+Man+Walks+Into+A+Bar...
I believe there was an episode of M*A*S*H where Alan Arkin played the visiting psych.
All episodes of The Sopranos.
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Character 1: "How have you not seen [New Character] before?"
Cut to clips of old episodes with new character inserted digitally.
Character 2: "Oh yea, him/her!"
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Do we have a trope for inadvertent destruction of props on-camera?
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Do we have a trope for when an actor or other show worker gets visibly tired and goes from being a "normal" actor to phoning it in? For instance, Richard Dawson as a panelist on Match Game went from a lovable joker to a laconic Jerkass who was clearly bored out of his gourd.
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Here's the setup: Bob gets amnesia. He can't remember anything about his family, friends, job, etc. So he has all sorts of wacky/exciting/terrifying adventures (depending on the genre) trying to piece his life together. At the end of the episode, because Status Quo Is God, Bob's amnesia is reversed. However, now he's forgotten everything that happened to him while his memory was gone.
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What's the trope for that "Voice Modulator" that KITT had in the [[Knight Rider]] series? Is there even one?
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I was watching one Buffy episode and at the beginning she is dressed exactly the same as Kim Possible, specifically the lime tank top and blue pants she sometimes wears. I don't think this is a Shout Out from KP creator Steve Loter, as it would be fairly obscure. I'm leaning towards Hilarious In Hindsight, given the similarity of the two shows, but I'm wondering if there's a better trope for it.
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"I admit that humanity has in the past been barbaric. Therefore I say test us. Test whether this is presently true of humanity."
I'm trying to think of what trope this would fall under. A little help?
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Alice and Bob are not in love. At all. They have no Unresolved Sexual Tension, really. They're also the main characters / two of the main characters in a TV show or movie, so if they *do* actually hook up, it has to be near teh end or else it's RUINED FOREVER!
Then they meet Carly and Dave. Carly and Dave are expys of Alice and Bob. Maybe they show up for one episode/a ministory-arc, or they come in the end of the film, either way. Alice and Bob won't notice the similarities, but everyone else will. If it's Played for Laughs than Alice and Bob won't notice anything and status quo is god. If they do, it's the realization they need to know they do love each other.
Does this ring any bells with anyone?
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In a space station, spaceship, factory, etc, a large number of characters are standing around spouting technobabble and long numbers, usually staring at screens in fierce concentration. "Five-six-eight-zeta-omega..." "Heading starboard at zero five nine degrees, correct alpha alpha three..." There will be flashing lights, beeps and mysterious cables. There's not usually any focus on what is actually happening, but the creators to give the impression that there's a lot of it — think ants with voices. Often used as a background for the real action or dialogue.
This is quite a common scene, I think — there must be a trope of it somewhere.
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Technically 2 here...totally unrelated as well.
1. Is there a trope that certain voices, no matter what the medium, are always going to gravitate toward a specific vocal performance...especially if said medium is outside the age range of the ORIGINAL version? For example, any nebbish in a children's Cartoon invariably sounds like varying degrees of EVERYONE's (usually bad) Woody Allen impersonation? TV Chefs before a certain time are generally either Variations on The Galloping Gourmet (if Male) or Julia Child (If Female) and after a certain time frame are generally parodies of Emeril or Paula Deen. Basically it's a quick visual/vocal parody that tells you the basic outline of the character based on everyone's stock impersonation of them.
2. The second is the phrase "You didn't think it'd be that easy did you?" It seems like it'd be it's own trope, but likely is a simple "Stock Villain Phrase"
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Okay, so I *know* this has got to be a trope. Somewhere.
...Right...?
Anywhooz you have one/small group of amateurs at something- mostly combat (ninjas!), but sometimes also a sport- and something happens to everyone who was more experienced then them, leaving the amatuers to save the day.
Not Ragtag Bunch of Misfits, as this is specifically about the fact that one/small group is an amateur, and the more experienced people have failed.
Thank you for your time tropers~
Buffy. Willow flaying Warran alive after he kills her girlfriend. In the show it's treated as a Moral Event Horizon. Now I'm sure a lot of fans would agree, were it me I wouldn't have stopped at the flaying. If someone had killed a character Amber Benson played I'd slaughter thousands.
What trope would something portrayed as bad be something that viewers agreed with? I thought Values Dissonance but it didn't seem to fit there.