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openMistaken for mating call
A character produces a strange sound (Dreadful Musician, operating a Rube Goldberg device, Non Sequitur, *Thud*, etc.). A wild animal appears, clearly thinking whatever sound was made was the mating call of its species.
openRejected Obvious Fantastic Explanation
A character rejects a fantastic explanation despite it being increasingly obvious that it's the real one, and despite being the one person who'd be expected to support the fantastic explanation.
Bob goes hunting in the Himalayas and bags a pair of big, hairy, bipedal mammals. Everyone and their mother can tell that they're yetis, but Bob not only laughs off the idea but doesn't seem to get why anyone would think that. Bob persists in explaining that these are obviously a subspecies of bear with flat faces, no claws and opposable thumbs, even to actual scientists who tell him they're yetis.
Similarly, Bob goes on vacation to Loch Ness and shows everyone the pictures he took of the long-necked giant salamander he saw. Bob is sincerely congratulated for having found Nessie, but he's just confused that anyone would think Nessie is real, as his pictures only show a salamander with a long neck the size of a bus.
Edited by Chabal2openRapid-Fire Button Press
Someone rapidly spams a button in panic, perhaps trying to hurry an elevator to escape.
openNaturally-Occurring Undead
Do we have a trope for things usually considered undead (ghosts, zombies, mummies, skeletons, vampires, etc.) that aren't undead in-universe? One example that comes to mind is Sans and Papyrus from Undertale: they're walking skeletons, but they're treated as being no less "alive" than any other monster.
openOptimistic and pessimistic at the same time.
Sentences like "At least it can't get any worse" or "At least the sun isn't going nova".
openWhen A could do X to kill B but does Y instead
Like the "you should have gone for the head" scene in Avengers: Infinity War.
Is there a trope for that?
Edited by calil_bfropenInvasion of / rampaging in another world.
Since the Trapped in Another World is so overused and parodied that it begins to lose any interesting points I wonder if there is a counterpart trope where a fantasy world is either being outright invaded by some technological civilization (doesn't necessarily have to be from Earth) or a single character who intruded the fantasy world to effortlessly wreak havoc, Pillage And Burn instead of struggling to adapt themselves to it.
openThe Loser Deals With Him
A character learns that he's the object of a bet or game (cards, coin toss, etc.) and is flattered that people are fighting over him. Then he learns (or doesn't learn, but the audience does) that he's actually the second prize and that he goes with the loser of the contest.
open[Resolved] Hyper-Protective Sidekick
The scene starts with "you are in the presence of Great X", the Great X asks something the other side, and the mooks unsatisfied with what they hear feel obliged to scream and throw hands, and Great X has to "politely" ask them to not do that after they've already done it.
Take a drink every time the leader has a conversation with someone outside their group, the minion yells "how dare you" at the guest and ready to pull weapons or some other stupidest stunt for the slighltest hint of insult. Even when 1. the master literally asked for a honest opinion 2. the guest is an enemy and has no obligation to show respect 3. the guest is master's equal or superior. I swear I hardly ever see this scene not go uninterrupted, and the minion is rarely punished or commented on for speaking out of their turn.
Usually the master is someone of real authority and the minions are nameless extras. Not always a villain's trope, as the hero or lancer often feel the need to protect someone's (each other's) honor and has to be stopped "before they make the situation worse".
Can overlap with subtropes from Undying Loyalty page in very specific cases, but they or Undying Loyalty don't sound like what I'm refering to.
Edited by AmonimusopenI'm not sure how to call this
So, in a fanfic i'm currently reading there is a scene where protagonist tells Big Bad that due to the fact that BB can't form bonds, befriend people and help unconditionally, he is extremely pathetic and a massive loser, Harry Potter-style. Except said protagonist is a Villain Protagonist, and he himself doesn't believe his own BS. The only reason he's saying this is to taunt and enrage Big Bad, due to situation being Evil vs Evil. So, what trope or combination is this?
openOpposite of Forever War
Do we have a trope for wars that are notably short as an inversion of Forever War?
openJust Drop It Already
A character is upset about something and has been going on and on about it length, or at regular intervals. One or more other characters, either because they don't perceive it as that big a deal or they're just really tired of hearing about it finally tells them to put a sock in it. "Alright, we get it. You're upset, you're not gonna take it anymore, but do we really have to hear about it 24 hours a day?"
openShows for adults starring children
Shows for adults where the main protagonists are children.
openExceptionally detailed, incorrect anatomy
Exceptionally detailed, incorrect anatomy, say for example our protagonists are being chased by some absolutely ripped lizard monster that has inexplicably mammalian anatomy, or there's an octopus or other boneless creature which is depicted—in great anatomical detail—as though it has bones in its limbs.
openCreepy Buddha Statues
Mostly in Japanese media, there seems to be a trope where Buddha statues, especially in dimly-lit places like temples at night, are placed to add tension. I didn't realize it until recently, but now I was playing a certain game where a criminal carves a lot of Buddha statues in his cell (Gyakuten Kenji 2, AKA Ace Attorney Investigations 2), and I noticed that for some reason this Buddha statues+Wicked men correlation is present. Why is it and is it a trope on the site yet?
Is there a trope for when coral, sea anemone, and barnacles are depicted as plants rather than animals?