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Edited by MacronNotes on Feb 27th 2022 at 1:49:11 PM
Seems like a Like Father, Unlike Son subtrope?
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Looking for an hilarious comic that turned out sad through many pages (The example existed Its on Unintentionally Sympathetic) I realized we DONT have a trope for unintended sadness or drama out of humurous stuff. We have Na Rm for drama that fails to land and becomes humorous, we have Springtime for Hitler for stuff that succeeds when INTENDING to fail (God that's confusing.) Bathos for mixes of drama and comedy, same for dramedy but NOT this.
Edited by AegisP on Apr 7th 2023 at 5:44:51 AM
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I meant more especifically that was truly intended to be hilarious but comes across as really sad instead. It is not Mood Whiplash because that is a jarring turn between the two moods and can also be intentional.
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Skimming Unexpected Reactions to This Index, I don't see anything like that either.
BTW, you can link single-word pages by putting double braces around them.
{{Narm}} becomes Narm
That REALLY needs to be added to the Markup Help list.
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You mean the one on the "add post" page? It's there:
God, Twiddler you are always on a roll of being awesome. You certainly earned being a mod!
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Big Bad-s apparently can be inanimate objects, would that be a useful split to make, since I don't remember seeing any uses of it that weren't a person?
- could be an omnipresent situation, such as a comet heading towards the Earth.
Noticing a trend about the Darkness element: Darkness Is Vampiric / Life Eater:
- Chantelise: Darkness Crystal is used for Life Drain effects.
- Ruphand: An Apothecary's Adventure: The Dark Blade has Life Drain attacks.
Edited by Malady on Apr 7th 2023 at 8:14:06 AM
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Commander
I was thinking about adding a trope about visual openings like the ones we see in anime or JRP Gs and V Ns, I noticed many fanfiction writers trying to write a visual opening in some of their works or even in support of other works.
Though I honestly don’t have the experience to write the draft sadly so I hope this idea gains traction.
Edited by Comet9 on Apr 8th 2023 at 9:54:36 AM
What do you mean Visual Opening? Like a movie that plays when you start a new game?
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Trans Siberian Anarchestra (it/they)
Library of Ruina has an animated Artistic Title sequence which resembles an anime opening, including vocal theme song.
...Artistic Title appears not to have any video game or visual novel examples.
The Revolution Will Not Be Tropeable
Would "Logical Advantage" work as a counterpart trope to Logical Weakness?
- My Hero Academia: Mirio is at an advantage when fighting against Overhaul, because his Quirk lets him become intangible and Overhaul's Quirk requires him to touch a person to kill them.
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind: Ghiaccio's White Album can produce ice and turn the surrounding temperature cold, which gives Giorno trouble fighting him because his Gold Experience's power is to create living things, so he can't produce anything that could survive such extreme cold.
- Pokémon: Numerous examples — Water is strong against Fire because water puts out fire, Grass is strong against Water because grass absorbs water, etc.
Those sound like Logical Weakness examples that are just worded differently
We don't have Fandom-Specific Plot but for Real Life cultures as the "fandom", right? Because I know there's a pattern of Japanese works caring about their declining birthrate
Edited by Malady on Apr 9th 2023 at 10:30:41 AM
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Buzz
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You can't escape this monster
What's going on?
I'm mainly a fan of underrated media.
The Draftsman of Doom
Is there a trope that could apply to people being sexually abused on camera, whether on an organizational or individual basis?
It isn't a Snuff Film unless they die.
Rawr.
I've heard Snuff Film being used to describe sexual assault being filmed. If we are going to make a separate trope, I have two examples:
- Dexter: Dexter's kill of the week in the pilot is Jamie Jaworski, a valet who likes to film himself raping women before killing them.
- Law & Order: The episode Performance involves the discovery of a film that depicts a teenaged girl being raped. While it's initially assumed to be a Snuff Film, the detectives learn that the girl in the video is still alive. The investigation uncovers a club of jocks who have a competition to see who can have sex with the most girls, with the rapist being a member of the group.
Wait about that earlier discussion about "evil job" tropes, there is also Battleaxe Nurse and Orderlies are Creeps.
Sun God has one wick, and we don't have a God Of The Sun to match God of the Moon.
We do have God of Light?
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The Fool
Nothing came back in Trope Finder after a day so I'm going to ask this here too.
And I add this now:
Sometimes the flashback may remind the character's of a skill learnt long ago, thus literally making the character stronger, not just more motivated.
Example:
- Samurai Jack: In "Jack and the Three Blind Archers", Jack remembers fighting against his training buddies in a blindfold, and his master telling him that "A great warrior must be in tune with all of his senses". He later uses this tactic, successfully, to dodge the blind archers' arrows.
Edit: nvm
Edited by SharkToast on Apr 12th 2023 at 1:34:44 AM
Asked this in Trope Finder and got an answer but figured I would get confirmation here.
Is there a case that can be made for when a character cries, but then immediately turns happy when being asked or told something by another character, with their tears, red eyes, etc. completely gone like nothing ever happened?
Seen It a Million Times as a comedic gag. Mood-Swinger is close (it's the answer TF gave me), but from what I understand, that's a trope used to define a character's personality. This is more of a one-time thing from a character who isn't really prone to mood swings.
Edited by ilovewildkratts1 on Apr 13th 2023 at 11:47:09 AM
Kaito is an alien and he is kinda spacey, coming from the universe to party and go crazy!
I may have suggested ideas on this thread before, but for once I have 3 examples that I could start a draft with but I've yet to ever do so.
Might not get to this immediately but I'm sharing for feedback.
Genius Parent, Book Dumb Child
Past TF queryPretty much what it says on the tin; a student whose academic performance is below average is often pointed out for the fact in contrast to their parent who is known for their intelligence, often by a teacher.
Examples I can think of:
Edited by BlackFaithStar on Apr 7th 2023 at 6:44:01 PM
Creepypasta cleanup got two major pages for JTK and Slender