A thread discussing similar tropes. If thread participants agree that two (or more) tropes really don't seem distinct enough to be separate, one can start a thread in the Trope Repair Shop for further discussion.
Before asking "What's the difference between these tropes?", check the Canonical List of Subtle Trope Distinctions and Laconical List of Subtle Trope Distinctions lists. They may contain the answer. Feel free to contribute to them, too.
I've decided to start a new cleanup thread dealing with trope similarities. This thread is for discussing tropes that appear to be a duplicate of another trope, and if it's agreed upon that the two tropes talked about are similar enough, one should start a thread about it in the Trope Repair Shop.
I'll start with my issue...
Asian Hooker Stereotype and Mighty Whitey and Mellow Yellow are pretty much the same trope—they both involve a white man and an Asian woman.
Edited by Tabs on Nov 1st 2022 at 10:57:37 AM
Neverending Terror focuses more on the person who feels it. Inescapable Horror focuses on the horror itself.
That which is inescapable isn't necessarily neverending.
We can never truly eradicate the coronavirus, but we can suppress its threat like influenza
What's the major difference between Close-Enough Timeline and Rubber-Band History?
Is Close-Enough Timeline a Sub-Trope of Alternate Timeline, or Not Quite Back to Normal?
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- Close-Enough Timeline means that the characters settle on a timeline.
- Rubber-Band History is about the mechanics of historical alteration, and how it seem effects aren't making the large impacts they expected, due to strange coincidences that work to reduce the effects of changes on the timeline?
What's the difference of Fatal Forced March and Death March?
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^ - "Are you a captive / being forced?"
Edited by Malady on Apr 1st 2020 at 6:54:30 AM
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It says "Death March is the involuntary penal variation of Fatal Forced March". I think the "forced" part in Fatal Forced March has to be understood as forced onto the character by circumstances and not by other humans. Death March is for prisoners.
Edited by eroock on Apr 1st 2020 at 4:30:54 AM
the names don't make them clear, though.
Well, mr. ~Another Epic Fail? Should I bring the 2 tropes to TLP Crash Rescue?
Edited by 4tell0life4 on Apr 1st 2020 at 7:55:09 AM
We can never truly eradicate the coronavirus, but we can suppress its threat like influenza
Before I add anything to Series.Better Call Saul, what's the difference between these three tropes:
I can't decide what to classify it as, but don't want to make a mistake on the article page itself.
Edited by Merseyuser1 on Apr 2nd 2020 at 6:07:48 PM
I'm helping!
A Period Piece is set in a particular time in the past.
20 Minutes into the Past is a subtrope of Period Piece in which it takes place in the very recent past at the time of the work's production.
Present-Day Past is when a work that takes place in the past uses pop culture from the present.
Trouble Cube continues to be a general-purpose forum for those who desire such a thing.
Thank you. So something like Stranger Things and Better Call Saul are both Period Piece and 20 Minutes into the Past then?
The TRS
for Wall Crawl / Wall Run just got Morgued, and was suggested I bring things here. Ok.
But the former says:
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However it's done, characters with this ability can scale cliffs as easily as crossing the road.
Wall Run describes itself as:
... Sounds totally encompassed by Wall Crawl's description?
Also, Wall Crawl's first example of the trope is wall-walking, not crawling at all.
Is / should there be a difference between Wall Crawl and Wall Run? Or should they be merged?
The latter might be Le Parkour only?
I had some thoughts that the Crawl / Run split isn't a good one, instead wanting a Temporary Dash / Permanent Hang split...
Other thoughts were that Run is Rule of Cool, and Crawl, I guess is the General?
My main issue was with the descriptions, so maybe if that were tightened, it'd be fine?
Edited by Malady on Apr 2nd 2020 at 5:10:34 AM
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My 2ct:
- Wall Run: A character is so speedy that they can use that momentum to run up a wall
- Wall Crawl: A character uses some kind of stickiness technique to scale a wall
^Similar, for me Wall Run is to show how fast your speedster is, while Wall Crawl is to show animalistic abilities (eg. stickiness or strength).
How is Cuteness Proximity different from Cuteness Overload? If I am understanding it correctly, Cuteness Proximity is about someone getting Cuteness Overload when in close proximity to something cute... which seems like a really weak distinction, IMO.
Cuteness Overload is the reaction itself, while Cuteness Proximity is a character pattern about that kind of reaction. The latter has to happen repeatedly.
At least that's what I think? It's still kind of a weak distinction.
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I mean, I know that Playing With pages aren't always the most reliable summary of the trope, but it is a bad sign when it defines Cuteness Proximity as: "A character undergoes Cuteness Overload when close to a Ridiculously Cute Critter."—which kinda makes it The Same, but More Specific, but without any added specificity?
How is Mocking the Mourner any different from Relative Button or Would You Like to Hear How They Died?
We can never truly eradicate the coronavirus, but we can suppress its threat like influenza
^ Can you call in the creator Tropers.Sky Cat 32?
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
Mocking the Mourner isn't about the murderer mocking the victim like those other tropes are. It's just someone being an asshole to someone in grief.
Very Spooky
Are Room 101 and Maximum Fun Chamber too similar? Although the former is played for drama and the latter for laughs, their base concepts are the same: a method of torture, usually associated with a location, so horrible that little is known and said about it.
back lol
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Should Domestic Abuse feature examples of Abusive Parents?
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
I mean, Abusive Parents would be a subtrope, wouldn't it? Domestic Abuse is more reserved for things like beating spouses, not beating children, anyway.
Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
^ - I'd put that in the description, if it isn't already.
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What's the difference between Neverending Terror and Inescapable Horror?
Edited by eroock on Mar 24th 2020 at 3:13:47 AM