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Do we have a trope for
- 1. when something that isn't sad still gets a saddened reaction?
- 2. a character yells, "Get behind me!" in a dangerous situation? In Team Fortress 2, the Heavy will sometimes yell this to the Medic if both are getting shot at.
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Is there a trope for when two characters say the same thing at the same time? like in the link here at 2:12 to 2:25?
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I'm looking for a trope that seems to be Your Mileage May Vary, but not just to individuals or opinion camps, but entire markets. Can involve Bowdlerization on the publication side, or fundamental cultural difference in the perception of objectivity — tropes that might be subjective or unknown in other countries. It's apparently not quite Word of Dante (though seems to be related), and not quite Ascended Fanon either (probably due to Shrug of God or other cultures not accepting it). Basically, something no one even doubts or questions...within a particular culture — but audiences from a separate culture assume something else entirely, and this dissonance seems to run deep. I was bounced here from Values Dissonance, which apparently only deals with the hardest canon by locale and not the common wisdom of audiences by locale.
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Do we have this? A person is thrown into a Be Careful What You Wish For scenario where after the character makes the wish, they have it granted, but his/her memory of ever making the wish is wiped.
One example is the end of Tsubasa Chronicle regarding Watanuki, but I can't think of any other good ones. I'm sure this trope exists though.
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A cross between Talk to the Fist, a Pre Ass Kicking One Liner and a PreMortem One Liner but with a literal punch at the end that isn't fatal.
A: "Don't I get to speak?" B: "No." B punches A in the face, A is unconscious. B and everybody else go about their lives and leave A unconscious.
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Is there a category for deadpan badass. That is, when someone does something incredibly badass and accompanies it with a calm, casual remark to show how simple this is for them.
The example that brought this question to mind is from Sanderson's Mistborn: After their superdestructive fight and just before Kelsier chops of the inquisitor's head with an axe, he says simply, "I'm glad you talked me into this."
So, is there a name for this, should there be a name for this? It's not badass boast, and that's the closest category I've seen.
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I'm pretty sure we have this — a character is cutting/karate-chopping/sawing something on a table. No damage is done to the something, but after a while, the table collapses. Happens in The Incredibles, for instance.
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I've actually seen that one before, but couldn't find it again. It is when someone places away/lose an object/his home, or a person close to him/her dies or goes on his/her way, and then he/she realize it was so important the fact it's missing drives him/her to madness, or something like that. It's not We Want Our Jerk Back.
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Is there a trope about humor where someone confuses two things that are completely un-related other then a similar name? Like Uncyclopedia about Command And Conquer 4.
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Someone writes a song in 2001 that pretty much describes the unfolding of the decade from 2001-2010, when seen in retrospect.
Is the applicable trope Harsher in Hindsight, Fridge Horror, or something else entirely?
(is working on the Loudness page and wants to make note of the song "Bloody Doom" from Pandemonium.)
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There's a specific piece of equipment that has worked properly for years. Along comes someone, who convinces the operator of the equipment to try something new, and as a result the equipment works even better.
As an example, in one issue of Paperinik New Adventures the protagonist has using hi-tech equipment to make food (tasteless high-protein concentrates) for years since he was framed for terrorist acts and forced into hiding. Along comes a Bratty Half-Pint who convinces the protagonist to use the equipment... to make pizza. It's lampshaded when the protagonist mentions that there's no reason it shouldn't work, he simply hadn't thought of using the food generator that way.
What's this trope called?
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Looking for two tropes that are pretty similar:
1) Alice and Bob have a problem. Bob, usually the gadgeteer, mad scientist, or professor, reveals that he has thought of and implemented a solution. Alice asks about the consequences of this solution. There's usually a beat, followed by the consequences of that solution, and Alice and Bob launched into a worse problem. (e.g. "Don't worry, Ally my gal, I have planted an explosive charge that will go off in the cavemouth in fifteen seconds. We'll get out safely." "Oh, good — I assume you checked that the pillars were solid steel?" "The pillars?" "Yes, the ones in the cavemouth, holding this whole thing up." "...(cue landslide)")
2) Bob is showing off his latest invention. He sets it off, talking about all the wonderful features. Alice is impressed, then asks "How do you stop it?" or similar. Usually, there's either a Beat as the machine goes wild, or an awkward silence followed by "I knew I forgot something...".
If we don't have the latter, Forgot To Put The Brakes In or I Knew I Forgot Something could make a good trope name. Anyone?
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Not sure if this should fall under "The Chosen One", but I'm looking for the trope where the protagonist of a Mons series or tournament battle style show is usually a noob who somehow or other ends up receiving the most advanced or powerful creature/equipment/robot/top or whatever purely by coincidence or accident. I've seen this happen mostly in anime and not always a tournament style one.
People familiar with Medabots, Zoids: Chaotic Century, Rockman .EXE and pretty much any of those types of shows should know what I'm talking about.
Is there a trope for when you punish someone by giving them exactly what they wanted?