Trope Launch Pad (Formerly YKTTW)
You have a trope that you have seen a million times. It just needs a snappy name. Discuss it here! This is also a good place to call for examples.
How this works: Cruise through the list looking for a title or synopsis (which we call the 'laconic version') that might interest you. View the draft description with attached discussion, then give the sponsor your feedback and maybe an example or two of where you have seen the trope in media.
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Character confuses similar-looking or sounding items before using them
Nothing seems to get a dog riled up quite like a squirrel.
Israeli pop singer with a One Woman Wail and was the singing voice of Yocheved, Moses' mother in The Prince Of Egypt
When the government creates a hero\'s legend through (and for) propaganda.
A huge alien battlefleet/extinction-level asteroid/Eldritch Abomination is on a direct course for Earth, and no one notices.
The process whereby a previously polite character becomes increasingly rude as social circumstances change.
The odd sensation of already having experienced the current moment
When a divine being casts judgment on a character.
Discovering three or more identity documents with the same person's face on all of them.
There are lots of afterlives. Which one you go to is determined by your belief system.
Knowing the cast list spoils The Reveal.
The astounding frequency with which falling characters happen to land on cars.
An old picture shows that bitter enemies have been close friends once.
A bug that doesn't break the game itself but might make you break the controller.
When beer is treated as a precious resource in a fantasy setting.
In fictionland Americans seem to feed exclusively on junk food.
A female caretaker of children is portrayed as cruel and abusive.
Someone tries to get an advantage in a competition or fight by starting before the signal to go
An object tears through a movie screen; if the movie is 3D, it is often mistaken as part of the movie.
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