http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/changes.phpRecent changes to tropes entries.Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:26:10 Pacific Daylight Timetropechanges .50http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OneFroggyEveningThe real-world equivalent of the MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon is the Dialogue-free cartoon short or series. In these cartoons, only music and basic sound ...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:26:10 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SignificantAnagramWriters frequently give out names which have important anagrams, often as a way of hiding significant facts in plain sight or drawing clever (and plau...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:25:57 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SinisterShadesWhere ScaryShinyGlasses meets CoolShades. Examples are numerous, including {{MIB}}s, members of [[AncientConspiracy secret societies]], CIA workers, ...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:25:17 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DarkIsNotEvil-->''Tender lumplings everywhere\\ Life's no fun without a good scare\\ That's our job, but we're not mean\\ In this town of Halloween''\\ - '''This i...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:25:08 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LazyBackupIn {{RPG}}s with an ArbitraryHeadcountLimit, your traveling party may sometimes be too large for the game. However, when you fight with your arbitrari...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:25:04 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpaceJewshttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Watto.jpg [[caption-width:250:No we swear, it's just a coincidence...]] ''Everybody'' likes to generalize. Prob...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:25:04 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MistakenMessageAlice writes Bob an unsigned note, typically a secret admirer type message. Carol finds the note, misinterprets it and believes it was written by Davi...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:24:54 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustBugsMe/Vampires[[AC:Main/OurVampiresAreDifferent]] * For "One bite makes a victim a vampire" vampires, how the heck have they not completely vamped the entire world...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:24:50 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/XMeetsYA formulation primarily used to pitch a show or to quickly sum up the impression a show gives, as in "''StarTrek'' meets ''{{Gunsmoke}}''" to describe...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:24:44 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThatOneBossStrategyExamples*In the original ''AdvanceWars'', the final battle against Sturm is considered very difficult compared to the rest of the game, especially if you want...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:24:39 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBeastmaster[[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nanoha-carorulushe-50.jpg]] [[caption-width:349:Caro Ru Luche and her bonded dragon F...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:24:29 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChessmaster[[quoteright:220:''"It's like you're playing checkers... And I'm playing chess."''\\ - ''CryWolf''\\ \\ ''The Patrician disliked the word 'dictator.' ...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:24:22 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheStoic''"It take 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but it doesn't take anything to just sit there with a look of indifference on your face."'' ''"Missio...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:24:05 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TrickArrow-->''"And Black Canary said a buzz-saw arrow was self-indulgent."'' -->'''Green Arrow''', ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', "To Another Shore" -->''[[ThisI...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:23:45 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TroperTalesGot an exciting story about how life came to imitate art? Share it here! * TroperTales/AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil * TroperTales/AcceptableEthnicT...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:23:30 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UndisclosedFundsFor some reason, perhaps to avoid the show becoming dated by inflation, perhaps because people's definition of "a lot of money" varies, large sums of ...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:23:27 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TroperifficWhile some works love PlayingWithATrope and others are so lacking in self-awareness that they play everything painfully straight, there are some gems ...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:23:15 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FetishFuel/VideoGameshttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/etnaflonne.JPG [[caption-width:270: Would you like a side order of [[{{Lolicon}} Loli]] to go with your LevelGri...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:23:04 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/SchoolgirlLesbians* This troper and her best friend get mistaken for this all the time. Yes, we're tactile, yes, we're affectionate, and yes, we know it [[ShipTease dri...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:22:54 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/NightmareFuel/WesternAnimationTV[[TheBatman http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3923/batmanthevampirejoker1dg5.png]] ->''"Mmmmm... Is that fear you are feeling, Maximal? Mmmm, yesss.....Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:22:51 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WholesomeCrossdresser[[OtomeWaBokuNiKoishiteru http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_Otome_Wa_Boku_Ni_Koishiteru_-_mizuho_tries_on_swimsuits_-_those_can_not_be_FAKE.jp...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:22:28 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouKilledMyFather[[ThePrincessBride http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/inigo.jpg]] [[caption-width:275:I want my father back, you son of a bitch.]] ->'''Inigo Monto...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:22:06 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CreepyChild-->'''Marge:''' (looking out the window to the front lawn) ''There's just something about flying a kite at night that's so unwholesome.'' -->'''Bart:'...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:21:47 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustBugsMe/Twilight* What, exactly, is the point of Marcus? I get that Aro is the dangerously obsessive one, and Caius is the dangerously bloodthirsty one, but what is M...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:21:03 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MsFanservice[[{{Minami-ke}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wt_harukastrip.jpg]] [[caption-width:228:Haruka-neesama is ''amazing''.]] ->''"Hey, you can't b...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:20:25 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StayInTheKitchen-->Hammond: But you know, I should really be the one going.\\ Dr. Sattler: Why?\\ Hammond: Well, because you're a...I'm a...\\ Dr. Sattler: We can dis...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:17:32 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NeverTheSelvesShallMeet->'''Doc:''' Great Scott! Jennifer could conceivably encounter her future self! The consequences of that could be disastrous!\\ '''Marty:''' Doc, what...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:16:50 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RelationshipWritingFumbleHave you ever watched a show and figured out how all the relationships are supposed to fit together? Have you ever had to scrap your efforts and start...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:15:35 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AntiGrindingIn just about any RolePlayingGame that has a level system, players will try to make the game easier for themselves via LevelGrinding. Most games only ...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:15:19 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Citizen[[quoteright:80:[[CastleOfTheWinds http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dragon.gif]]]] * I wandered in here by accident one day, April 2007 or earlie...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:15:05 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/CrowningMoment/Film[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Moments like these]] are the main reason that the "rewind" and "slow motion" buttons exist on remote controls. That way, you...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:14:37 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TalesOfMU''"The way I heard it, the founders felt that being forced to kill random monsters would somehow give the students a valuable experience… you know, he...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:14:15 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/QuoteBin-->''I hate quotation. Tell me what ''you'' know.'' -->- Ralph Waldo Emerson A resource as much as a fun page, the QuoteBin is intended for amusing ...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:13:35 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GoldfishPoopGangA comedic version of the RecurringBoss, the GoldfishPoopGang are characters who keep popping up, requiring you to fight them multiple times through th...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:13:23 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TimeKeepsOnSlipping"Time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping... Into the future..." -->-"Fly Like an Eagle", Steve Miller Band A common trope in video games is the pa...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:12:50 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture[[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_verily_doth_this_look_shopped.jpg]] Despite any obvious or implied advances in co...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:12:14 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EscortMission--> ''"Ahh! Somethings trying to kill me! It's the best day ever!"'' -->- The Chief of Knothole Glade's Son, ''Fable.'' The EscortMission. The bane ...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:11:39 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MadeOfWin''This page is intended to allow our various tropers to single out lines, edits, and entries made by other tropers that they feel are excellent exampl...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:10:28 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VisibleInvisibility[[InvisibleMan Invisible characters]] present a tricky challenge in visual media- if the character is invisible, how can the audience follow what he's...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:10:02 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RiverCityRansom''BARF!'' ''River City Ransom'', released in Japan as ''Downtown [[HotBlooded Nekketsu]] Monogatari'' (part of the ''Kunio-kun'' series, which also ...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:09:21 Pacific Daylight Time