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openFreeze-Frame Chaos Print Comic
A comics trope where a single huge panel has a large amount of different events happening on it, something like a bunch of Funny Background Events happening at once. Usually the individual events are seen separately and then culminate in the large panel so the whole thing makes sense in context.
For instance, this page from the Scrooge Mc Duck comics: a bull has a dinosaur skull stuck on its head and is running after two panicking natives, a bear is chasing the villains, Scrooge is tied on the back of a calf, two scared horses are trying to get away from the calf, and in the middle Theodore Roosevelt is trying to make sense of what's happening.
openThat was too easy? Live Action TV
Is there a trope for when someone is trying to wheedle / persuade / trick someone into doing something objectionable and is put off when it happens instantly? Specifically in I, Claudius where Aggripina repeatedly proposes something dreadful or unethical, thinking it will take a lot of careful manipulation for him to do it, only for him to agree right away.
Edited by eowynjediopenInexplicable crafting? Videogame
Is there a trope for where someone is able to make something despite seemingly lacking the tools/materials/skills/whatever to do so?
openPlushies sell for 1067 by player Videogame
Bob buys an item for 15 gold in shop, Sell price to the same shop: 5 gold Sell price (value of item) to another player: 1067
Edited by Baolen2445openDisappointment between ancestors and descendants
What's it called when either the ancestors are disappointed or even punitive in how they're descendants turned out or vice versa?
openPride In Servitude
A character takes pride in being a servant to something or someone, often contrasting with Happiness in Slavery because they chose to serve.
Usually seen in military/law enforcement characters or Old Retainer types, but also butlers and manservants.
openWhen somebody's name is used for emphasis
Is there a trope for using somebody's name to emphasise something important? "He's started making redundancies, David."
openLiterally see through someone
A character is half invisible and half visible. While they can be seen, the environment behind them can be seen through their body. The reasons for this appearance vary. Maybe the character is slowly becoming invisible or fading from existence. Maybe a lab experiment or magic spell went wrong. Maybe their a ghost. Maybe the character is a species with bizarre biology. But bottom line, you can see this person, but you can also literally see through them
Edited by godzillavkkopen(solved I suppose) A shapeshifting being born unable to do so Literature
When a being who's meant to shapeshift (in this example, a werewolf) was born unable to do so and is stuck in one form or the other. Like a case of Involuntary Shapeshifting but with the absence of shapeshifting.
Expect a few more queries here for this book :p
Edited by BlackFaithStaropenLate-Entry Smurfette
A female character is added to an established all-male group of protagonists. Examples include Venus de Milo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Arcee (Transformers), and Krystal (Star Fox).
openAwkward third person happens to be present at another couple's romantic scene
Something like what happened with Drax in Infinity War. Where a couple is having a personal and romantic interaction but another guy just happens to be there. Whether they forgot about him, or he just appeared. And he's not a love rival or anything, usually he's a friend. The couple realize he's there and things get really awkward.
resolved Secret-Knowing Pet Western Animation
A character is hiding a secret from everyone else (usually like a Secret Identity), but an animal or baby catches him all the time and gives him the stink eye. In exaggerated examples, the pet tries to verbalize his knowledge. If the secretive character is a villain, he might mistreat the pet, or pretend to be nice to it when there's people around.
openFalse Rescuer
What's it called with someone rescues someone from an attacker only to be another attacker themselves?
Like a guy rescues a guy from a murderer only to try to murder the victim himself.
Basically the false rescuer wants the victim for themselves.
openSnippet of the theme song
Do we have a trope for the way that some TV shows start a scene with a few notes from the theme song, or a short sorta riff on it? Like in Friends, The Simpsons or Family Guy, a scene will begin with the first few 5 to 14 notes.
openPointless Penance
Bob is punishing himself over something he did in the past. While it's better than if he openly gloated about it, the punishment isn't actually helping in any way.
In this case, Bob was part of a successful heist where everyone got away with more than a million dollars each. Bob, however, ended up so filled with remorse that he refused to touch the money, instead eking out a miserable, reclusive existence on the interest it gathers, his every waking moment filled with fear that he'll be found out. So while Bob's co-criminals spent it all on Hookers and Blow and died/went to prison unrepentant, Bob leads a tortured life but not enough to get him to return the money.
openPlanting a weapon
Officer Alice shoots petty criminal Bob for no good reason, then places a gun in his hand so it will look like she shot him in self-defense.
openStardust Crusaders episode 18 intro Anime
Unlike the other episodes of Stardust Crusaders, this episode opens with Jotaro and crew in the middle of the battle when they're fighting the stand, rather than in the prelude. Episode 18's actual prelude doesn't begin until after the opening.
Is this an example of How We Got Here, or?
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?