I was surprised The Golden Compass (and subsequent books) didn't make the literature list. A kid and their magical pet is one of my favorite tropes and The Golden Compass is one of my favorite books. EDIT: Added it! I didn't know tvtropes could be edited. :)
Edited by the_maid-made_monsterI'm not sure if anyone's noticed yet, but the overwhelming majority of examples got nixed for being Zero Context Examples.
Does it really benefit us to enforce this rule so indiscriminately across all tropes? Examples for tropes like these are pretty self-explanatory — very little context is required to understand them. The essence of the trope is, literally, An X and their Y. I can't imagine how anyone could have any difficulty understanding examples written in that format.
Edited by UltimateJasper Sorry Hide / Show RepliesBecause simply "An X and their Y" is not really different from Non-Human Sidekick. Apparently the context in this case should be how the non-human companion changes the young person for the better and helps them mature.
This has seriously turned into "any series with sidekick or deuteragonist," which borders on People Sit On Chairs. Even the page quote doesn't fit the trope description (which specifies a Bildungsroman where the entry of something into the protagonist's life triggers growth and development to maturity).
Edited by 216.99.32.45 Hide / Show Repliesyes and I think its because there is an important aspect in almost all examples that is missing in the description:
The X is usually extremely powerful.
Also the X is often externally tied to the character (living in his pokeball, toothless cant fly without the boy, he is the terminators mission).
Also its often a love cripple in that it can pretty much only love others, has no bad feelings or is subject to a trope like Because You Were Nice to Me
I think these aspects are critical to the concept of most of the examples and what makes them work emotionally.
edit: I have since realized, that what I described there is probably more of a subtrope. What this article needs then is more actual subtropes and references to them.
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