1 | You can't generalize on how people will behave. Even [[TooDumbToLive basic survival instincts]] are frequently [[CrossesTheLineTwice (and humorously!)]] [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in RealLife; and HiddenDepths or a MysteriousPast mean characters have a lot of [[OutOfCharacterMoment leeway]] to act OutOfCharacter. However... there are many things people are still ''unlikely'' to do, especially when previous characterization has given them [[InformedAbility some measure of an attribute]] in contradiction to their new behaviour. |
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3 | Below are a list of tropes relating the different ways characters break WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief by pulling a 180 and doing really weird, nonsensical and/or stupid things. Why does this happen? Two reasons: the author sucks, and [[RuleOfDrama drama requires them to.]] |
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6 | !!Tropes |
7 | [floatboxright:Related Indexes |
8 | + BallIndex |
9 | + ContrivedStupidityTropes |
10 | + {{Immaturity Tropes}} |
11 | + PoorCommunicationKills |
12 | ] |
13 | [[index]] |
14 | * AllIsWellThatEndsWell: Something bad happens, but it all works out. Because of it all working out, the character who the bad thing happened to isn't annoyed. |
15 | * AngstWhatAngst: A character doesn't seem sad or suffer psychological trauma despite the bad things they've been through. |
16 | * ArtificialAtmosphericActions: Background characters doing things in video games that are supposed to look realistic but instead look unrealistic. |
17 | * CharacterCheck: A character starts to act out-of-character but then does something which signifies they're back to normal. |
18 | * CharacterDerailment: A character suddenly and inexplicably changes personality. |
19 | * CharacterisationClickMoment: A character shows the starting points of gradual personality change that would later define them. |
20 | * CompressedVice: A character suddenly gets the (usually '''very''' exaggerated) flaw out of nowhere which dissapears without a trace after the end of act or story. |
21 | * ConflictBall: A character starts a conflict for weak or out-of-character reasons. |
22 | * ConformingOOCMoment: A character behaves unlike their usual personality in a group action. |
23 | * CyberneticsEatYourSoul: A person loses their morality when they become a {{cyborg}}. |
24 | * DistressBall: A plot resolves around a character ending up [[DamselInDistress in]] [[DistressedDude danger]] and needing rescuing, but the character gets in trouble in the first place by doing something [[IdiotBall dumb]] and/or [[OutOfCharacterMoment out-of-character]]. |
25 | * EasilyForgiven: Someone forgives another person, even when what the person being forgiven did was very evil. |
26 | * EverybodyDoTheEndlessLoop: A cartoon character dances in a stilted way due to being repetitive and/or not fitting the music. |
27 | * GoingForTheBigScoop: A reporter willingly goes right into danger to get a news story. |
28 | * HeroBall: A hero who is shown not to be [[IdiotHero dumb]] or [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny absent]] or [[BookDumb uneducated]] but [[IdiotBall makes a bad or dumb-seeming decision anyway.]] |
29 | * IdiotBall: A character does something stupid or foolish even though they're not [[TheDitz dumb]] and they have the information necessary for them to know it's a bad idea. |
30 | * IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou: A villain says that they would never reveal information, all the while revealing it (like "I'd never say that the answer is X") |
31 | * LittleProfessorDialog: Children using big words. |
32 | * OtakuSurrogate: In a work with an ImprobablyFemaleCast, a woman acts like a stereotypical fan of shows similar to the show she's in. |
33 | * OutOfCharacterMoment: A character does something that goes against their usual personality. |
34 | * PainMistakenForSex: Someone screams or moans in pain and another person thinks the screamer is having an orgasm. |
35 | * SchoolOfNoStudying: A work is set in a school but the characters are hardly ever seen studying. |
36 | * SmartBall: A character suddenly appears much smarter or more knowledgeable than their usual selves. |
37 | * ThinksOfSomethingSmartSaysSomethingStupid: A character says something stupid, even though they came up with something better to say. |
38 | * UndercoverWhenAlone: An undercover character keeps acting even when they're by themselves. |
39 | * VillainBall: A villain does something [[ForTheEvulz just to be evil]] which ends up [[IdiotBall being foolish]] and defeating them. |
40 | * ViolationOfCommonSense: Doing something idiotic and suicidal that no sane person would do and be rewarded for it. |
41 | * WelcomeBackTraitor: Someone betrays another character but is [[EasilyForgiven welcomed back instantly]]. |
42 | * DarthWiki/WhatAnIdiot: A YMMV page where viewers call a character an "idiot" for doing something perceived by them as foolish. |
43 | [[/index]] |
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