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- Jakeem wishes for two bullies to become nicer after they demand his and Mike's lunch money. Literal Genie Thunderbolt granting that wish merely makes the bullies ask Mike and Jakeem to "please" hand over their money so they won't have to beat up the younger boys.
- Beth has the cutest Oh, Crap! reaction when putting on the Dr. Mid-nite goggles in class to help her friends accidentally causes her to cheat on a math test.
- He's Just Hiding
- Felicia Carmen from Pineapple Grenade is shot in front of Serge and later reported dead on the news, but that kind of death can be faked with some makeup, and she is a spy with the resources and motivation to drop out of sight.
- In The Pope of Palm Beach, Evil Genius Salenca is last seen being placed in one of Serge’s Death Traps, but, unlike many characters who undergo similar fates, he neither dies onscreen nor has a later scene showing the discovery of his body. This makes it conceivable he could come back injured but alive.
- Unintentionally Sympathetic: A few of the Asshole Victims Serge kills after a single meeting don't inspire pure Catharsis Factor feelings with their fates due to the truly painful ways Serge tends to kill them. This is especially true of the few who get minor Pet the Dog moments before dying, such as seagull-poisoner Clyde from Naked Came the Florida Man, who has a Papa Wolf moment when he thinks Serge is a pedophile who is harassing Clyde's nephews.
- Unintentionally Unsympathetic:
- Even some people who love Serge throughout the series as a whole and/or dislike rude and self-centered Girl of the Week Rachael from Atomic Lobster admit that Serge's treatment of Rachael can get very creepy and unpleasant. Shortly after meeting her, Serge unilaterally announces that they're going to have sex because she is dancing erotically and he is such a Chick Magnet. He twists Rachael’s arm when she initially ignores him to keep dancing (although a Gilligan Cut makes it possible that she did consent before the actual sex), and “thrust[s] violently” to deliberately hurt her when she annoys him as they copulate (something which he repeats during a later scene). While Rachael ultimately turns out to enjoy having sex with Serge, being hurt in the middle of sex and hurting Serge back, many fans still find Serge's actions throughout that subplot to be worse than plenty of things Serge has killed Asshole Victims over. It doesn't help that Serge is openly happy at finally having an excuse to kill Rachael in the climax after she turns out to be the sister of his old accomplice turned victim Sharon and tries to kill him and Coleman. In the very next book, Serge assumes his new Girl of the Week will have sex with him again because they did the previous night, but drops the issue when she refutes this notion, but whether this mitigates his previous actions or makes their wrongness more pronounced is debatable.
- In The Stingray Shuffle, entertainment troupe members Andy, Frankie, Dave, Jeff, Saul, and Spider are portrayed as downtrodden, amiable underdogs who get a happy change in circumstances in the "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue. This is in spite of how (unlike one or two of their friends) they are completely indifferent toward their hypnotist Preston's penchant for using his craft to subject women and teenaged girls to a Bed Trick ploy (although Spider has the excuse of being under hypnosis himself, causing him to fixate on other stuff throughout most of his page time).
- Nice Guy Kadeem is lost in the Storm Realm and presumed dead after Vert narrowly fails to save him. The third movie shows that he survived…when he turns up as a prisoner of the Racing Drones, who subject him to Cold-Blooded Torture, Unwilling Roboticization, and Death of Personality.
- In the penultimate scene of Breaking Point, everyone watches helplessly as the clock counts down to signal that one of their number (who most of them had Parting-Words Regret with but don't truly hate) will be trapped inside the Junk Realm.
- Alas, Poor Scrappy: Commissioner (later Mayor) Tolliver spends both stories being a stiff-necked Glory Hound, but there's little satisfying about watching him quake in terror after being kidnapped and vainly beg LeRoi not to kill dozens of Tolliver's citizens before being killed himself.
- AM/FM Characterization:
- In Hammerhead Ranch Motel, City and Country happily dance to "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" by The Hollies, a rock and pop band from the same era as many of Serge’s favorite artists, but one that doesn't have an overlapping fanbase with many of them. This may reference how they can mingle with Serge without the same kind of hostility he had with his previous girlfriend, Sharon, but still have personality conflicts with him.
- As part of Bunny-Ears Lawyer stoner Ziggy Blades' Establishing Character Moment in Shark Skin Suite, his radio is blaring "Lawyers, Guns, and Money," a loud, angry song about living on the edge.
- Kyle Lovitt from Naked Came the Florida Man is a Type I Eagleland kind of guy who proudly plays "This Land is Your Land" in the face of a Politically Incorrect Villain.
- Maggie Crenshaw, who is briefly neighbors with Serge in Mermaid Confidential, fondly listens to jazz music by the Tijuana Brass and has a mellow, easygoing attitude that is reminiscent of their music.
- Awesome by Analysis:
- In Coconut Cowboy, colege student Matt Pugliese finds a website Serge sets up that convinces him that Serge and his endless flow of trivia will be a boon for Matt's thesis about the decline of the American Dream. He looks at Serge's posts, calculates the next place Serge will likely go to talk about his current subject, and is waiting when Serge gets there. As a wanted fugitive (unknown to Matt), Serge is shocked that a civilian was able to predict his movements that way when the authorities couldn't.
- Data-mining firm analyst Benmont Pinch from No Sunscreen for the Dead identifies a criminal who stole several DVDs (among other things) by checking rentals of the sequels to any of the stolen films. Benmont also notices how other clients seeking to find out Social Security information are up to no good based on the content of the information they want and compares the Social Security numbers those people are seeking with those of recent murder victims to confirm that the data is being used for some kind of target list.
@ Similarly Named Works M to P.
- The Phantom of Wolf Creek from the Bret King Mysteries came out in the 1960s, while The Phantom Outlaw of Wolf Creek is an installment in another young readers mystery series from about thirty years later, Accidental Detectives.
Edited by Alpinist on Aug 3rd 2023 at 9:35:31 AM
For Complete Monster
- Mirai Robo Daltanious: The Commander of Zaar Reconaissance Fleet is Earth’s first taste of the brutality of Zaar Interstellar Empire. He leads his fleet into a bloody campaing of conquest across Japan which orphans Kento and his friends. Commander plans to continue razing Earth’s cities and destroying any military resistance that get in his way until whole planet submits to the Zaar Empire. When newly awoken Daltanious destroys one of his giant robots, Commander mobilises his entire fleet to destroy doctor Earl’s base and personally destroy Daltanonius.
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Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures (2022) is Star Wars comic book limited series published by Dark Horse Comics. It is writen by Daniel José Older as part of second phase of The High Republic multimedia project.
it follows young Sav Malagan as she decides tot are break from Kedi order and join Maz Kanada’s group of pirates while they come in conflict with a group of Dark Side users called Dank Graks.
Tropes in this comic include:
- Chekhov's Gunman: When first infiltrating Dank Graks, Maz has a brief flashback to Master Tera Sinube’s lesson and expresses with that he was her master. In last issue he is revelated to have impersonet Lavalox and takes on the role as Sav’s master as her actual master decides to take break from the Order.
- Formerly Fit: Subverted. Dexter Jexster is seemingly in better shape than we see him in attack of clones. However third issues shows that he is vearing suit that makes him look thiner than he really is.
- Impersonation-Exclusive Character: Last issue reveals that Lavalox Verzen we see is actually Jedi Master Tera Sinube in disguise. According to him he has put real Lavalox, who is a woman, in mental institution and decided to spy on Dank Graks.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Sav plan to infiltrate Dank Graks involves using random piece of junk as a hat, going by name “Bazrip Ratht” and claiming that her lightsabers are from Jedi she killed. Naturaly they don’t fall for it, though apperently only Saya Keem realises she is not a boy.
- Simultaneous Arcs: Second half of comic takes place at same time as The Battle of Jedha audio drama and main phase two High Republic comic and has Maz’s pirates and Dank Graks principate an Battle of Jedha.
- Sweet Polly Oliver: Unintentionally, but when Sav infiltrates Dank Graks, they (except Saya) mistake her for a boy. Even when it is revelated that they knew she was a Jedi from start, their leader Arkik still thinks she is a boy.
@fateslay56
Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: <- space More like contrasting prequel antagonists, <- comma but Aida and Michiru are this to their chronological successors, <- comma to Archbishop Maximillion and Higashiyama.
^ "are this" = Zero-Context Example.
From The Prequel series <- no comma Zoumotsujima (Offal Island) introduces two antagonists: <- colon Aida, a photographer, who was the ex-lover of Alice and cared more about his career and art <- no comma before being mutated into a monster obsessed with power, <- space and Michiru, <- comma who was a young boy who was Mari's childhood crush and First Love <- no comma before her father turned him into a large monster who fights based on Mari's commands. Both of them died as minor villains who served the family thanks to Alice being possessed by an Eldritch Abomination.
From the main series, <- comma Archbishop Maximillion was the leader of the Vatican who was once Mariko's boss and came to the island to collect the Antichrist and already had his powers, <- comma and Higashiyama also came to the island to give birth to the Antichrist, manipulating his classmates. <- period Thanks to the Apocrypha, <- comma he later gained powers over the course of part one, <- comma forming a Big Bad Ensemble with the family. By Part 2, <- comma the Archbishop serves as The Dragon for Higashiyama, <- comma with them opposing the family as major villains.
Edited by Arivne on Aug 3rd 2023 at 8:43:54 AM
@Alpinist
...nor has a later scene showing the discovery of his body.
...being hurt in the middle of sex <- no comma and hurting Serge back...plenty of things he has killed Asshole Victims over...In the very next book, Serge assumes his Girl of the Week Story will...
...causing him to fixate on other stuff <- no comma throughout most of his page time).
Commissioner (later Mayor) Tolliver...
...fondly listens to jazz music by the Tijuana Brass and...
Edited by Arivne on Aug 3rd 2023 at 8:55:36 AM
The Commander of the Zaar Reconnaissance Fleet is Earth’s first taste of the brutality of the Zaar Interstellar Empire. He leads his fleet into a bloody campaign of conquest across Japan which orphans Kento and his friends. The Commander plans to continue razing Earth’s cities and destroying any military resistance that gets in his way until the whole planet submits to the Zaar Empire. When newly awoken, <- comma Daltanious destroys one of his giant robots <- no comma and the Commander mobilises his entire fleet to destroy Doctor Earl’s base and personally destroy Daltanonius.
...is a Star Wars comic book limited series published by Dark Horse Comics. It is written by Daniel José Older as part of the second phase of The High Republic multimedia project.
It follows young Sav Malagan as she decides to break from The Jedi Order and join Maz Kanada’s group of pirates when they come into conflict with a group of Dark Side users called Dank Graks.
While first infiltrating the Dank Graks, Maz has a brief flashback to Master Tera Sinube’s lesson and expresses with that he was her master. In the last issue he is revealed to have impersonated Lavalox and takes on the role as Sav’s master as her actual master decides to take a break from the Order.
...than we see him in Attack of the Clones. However, <- comma the third issue shows that he is wearing a suit that makes him look thinner than he really is.
The last issue reveals that the Lavalox Verzen we see is actually Jedi Master Tera Sinube in disguise. According to him, <- comma he has put the real Lavalox, who is a woman, in a mental institution and decided to spy on the Dank Graks.
Sav's plan to infiltrate the Dank Graks involves using a random piece of junk as a hat, going by the name “Bazrip Ratht” and claiming that her lightsabers are from Jedi she killed. Naturally they don’t fall for it, though apparently only Saya Keem realises she is not a boy.
The second half of the comic takes place at the same time as The Battle of Jedha audio drama and main phase two High Republic comic and has Maz’s pirates and Dank Graks participate in the Battle of Jedha.
Unintentionally, but when Sav infiltrates the Dank Graks, they (except Saya) mistake her for a boy. Even when it is revealed that they knew she was a Jedi from the start, their leader Arkik still thinks she is a boy.
Edited by Arivne on Aug 3rd 2023 at 9:15:53 AM
To add to Scrappy Mechanic in Mordheim: City of the Damned:
- At the later stages of the game, when you start to find enchanted loot, seeling your after-mission haul will become incredibly irksome, because unless they are of the same quality and possess the same enchantement (or lack of), all the loot you find will need to be sold one at a time, clicking on that same window popping up asking if you want to sell X number of that loot (even when that number is one and you don't have any other of that exact same sort) again and again.
- Due to the Dead: After the dead of this mentor Brom, and in spite of being pursued by the soldiers of The Empire, Eragon took time to bury him by using his magic, and Saphira then used her own powers to give Brom a tomb out of diamond.
- Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil: Saphira expresses her hatred of slavery, telling the protagonist that the only reason why she didn't pursue further a band of slavers is because they have to save Arya first.
Thanks for what you have done for me so far.
- Outside-Context Problem: The Straw Hat Pirates, led by Luffy, are known for being an unexpected and unprecedented force in the ongoing conflict between pirates and the Marines. The world has been in a political deadlock for several decades, (if not centuries) and most people follow certain rules without considering other possibilities. Therefore, when the Straw Hats arrive with their own goals and no regard for the status quo, it catches people off guard. The Marines are unsure of how to handle a crew that is not afraid of destructive attacks like Buster Calls or the power of The Government, especially considering the Straw Hats are relatively altruistic. Similarly, other pirate crews are surprised by the Straw Hats' fearlessness and willingness to take a personal stake in conflicts that existed before them, as they are not intimidated or bribed. Even the most chaotic and individualistic pirate crews are unprepared for the unexpected actions of the Straw Hats.
Pokémon S10E3 "When Pokémon Worlds Collide!"
- Wake-Up Call Boss: In the climax of the episode, Ash and Paul had their first 3v3 battle which ultimately ended in a draw. Although Ash believed he lost due to Pikachu being the first to fall, it was a clear indication that the journey toward the Sinnoh League would not be an easy one.
Edited by jahman on Aug 3rd 2023 at 2:51:45 AM
@ JujuP
- Due to the Dead: After the death of his mentor Brom, and in spite of being pursued by the soldiers of The Empire, Eragon takes time to bury him by using his magic, and Saphira then uses her own powers to give Brom a tomb made out of diamond.
- Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil: Saphira expresses her hatred of slavery, telling Eragon that the only reason why she didn't pursue further a band of slavers is because they have to save Arya first.
The men who buy and sell other humans deserve every misfortune that befalls them. If we weren't committed to helping Arya, I would hunt down every slaver and tear them apart!
Thank you Arivne.
- When Pat thinks that Sylvester insulted him just to Shoo the Dog, he is determined to back him up even though his mech is disabled, stripping off one of S.T.R.I.P.E's wrist flamethrowers to carry as a weapon.
- He's Just Hiding:
- Many fans are convinced that Henry King Jr. either was only wounded after being crushed by a pile of rubble or that his consciousness escaped the death of his physical body due to his telepathy.
- Some fans have wondered whether Joey Zarick might have somehow inherited some of his dad's magical power and unconsciously used it to transfer his soul into the family cat and thus has the potential to be fully resurrected one day.
- Jerkass Woobie: Henry King Jr. is a Jerk Jock with some harsh Kick the Dog moments, but it is next to impossible not to feel a deep sense of sadness and investment on his behalf sooner or later. His frightened reactions to the coldness of his father are followed by his devastation when his father is in a coma. Then, once he finally develops telepathy, he is exposed to many of the nastiest thoughts or deepest pains (including his ex-girlfriend Yolanda's misery, which she makes it very clear that he is responsible for) of everyone around him and has to deal with the discovery that the ISA killed his mother years ago and that his dad was the one to do the dirty work.
@ Banshee
Of course, those who think this of season 2 might also consider disregarding the scenes where Neo-Nazis murder the Yawners’ and Rebecca helps Proctor escape prosecution.
- Seasonal Rot: While the action, acting, and writing remain constant, a recurring criticism of the show is that each season drifts further away from the initial premise of Lucas being a criminal posing as a cop and the Acceptable Breaks from Reality (Proctor becoming mayor in the final season after his previous criminal activities were so widely known, a few particularly unrealistic Major Injury Underreaction scenes, etc.) become more strained.
- They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: Nola Longshadow is a Noble Demon Dark Action Girl who can kick serious ass, has some chemistry with Hood, and eventually develops a vendetta against Small-Town Tyrant Proctor. However, she only appears in less than 1/3rd of the episodes, never for more than half the episodes in a season, and only has minor roles in several of her appearances.
- Cool Shades: Recurring Femme Fatale Sharon often wears opaque sunglasses.
- Crime of Self-Defense: A nonfatal version occurs in the backstory of Naked Came the Florida Man. College football player Lamar Calhoun reflexively punched an abusive coach while trying to get free after about a minute of being strangled by the man. Calhoun was promptly arrested for battery (although he was let out of jail without serving any time in exchange for his silence), kicked off the team, and blackballed from the NFL and a career in P.E. (until he eventually lied on a job application) to cover up the coach's actions.
- Foreshadowing: In The Stingray Shuffle, Sam, Rebecca, and their friends meet in a dorm for single mothers at the University of Florida and have a Commonality Connection that they give the Let Us Never Speak of This Again treatment. A later scene mentions that Preston moved halfway across the country to attend the University of Nevada several months after getting a classmate named Becky pregnant. Becky is a common nickname for Rebecca, Florida is across the country from Nevada, and sure enough, everyone in Sam's group of friends is someone who Preston got pregnant with a Bed Trick.
Tropes specific to the TV adaptation
- Adaptational Badass: Wacey, The Heavy, has elements of a Paper Tiger in the first book (ambushing Ote Keely and his friends while they are sleeping). In season 1, he faces and defeats four men in a relatively fair gunfight and, after running out of bullets, shoots a fleeing Ote in the back with a bow while they are both riding galloping horses.
- Adaptational Early Appearance: Nate, Merle, the Brothers Grim, the Scarlet Family, Luke Brueggman, Klamath Moore, Shenandoah, Bud Longbrake, Buck Lothar, Alisha Whiteplume, Randy Pope, Dave Farkus, the governor, and several other characters from books 3-10 debut in the first two seasons.
Edited by Alpinist on Aug 4th 2023 at 11:02:09 AM
For Live-Action TV:
- Good Omens (2019): David Tennant and Michael Sheen, who play the main characters Crowley and Aziraphale, are often shipped together by the fandom due to their on-screen chemistry and being close friends in real life. It doesn't hurt that Sheen is very approving of the "Ineffable Husbands" (Crowley/Aziraphale).
Any corrections?
Fan-Preferred Couple cleanup thread
@jahman
The world has been in a political deadlock for several decades <- no comma (if not centuries), <- comma and...
In the climax of the episode, Ash and Paul had their first 3v3 battle, <- comma which ultimately ended in a draw.
^ The way you wrote this, you were saying that they had previously fought 3x3 battles which did not end in a draw.
^ If that was what you meant to write, it should be changed to:
In the climax of the episode, Ash and Paul had their first 3v3 battle which ultimately ended in a draw.
@Alpinist
Many fans are convinced that Henry King Jr. either was only wounded after being crushed by a pile of rubble or that his consciousness escaped...
...his soul into the family cat <- no comma and thushas the potential...
His frightened reactions to the coldness of his father are followed...mother years ago <- no comma and that his dad was the one to do the dirty work.
Thank you Arivne.
- They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot:
- Dee could have been a voice of reason to Nicole and a more pronounced Foil to their False Friend Alicia, but she and Nicole are mostly The Friends Who Never Hang.
- Star athlete Brad's romance with Kathy, a Pom-Pom Girl from a rival school, has the makings of a minor yet potentially powerful Star-Crossed Lovers subplot, but the two are easily broken up through some subtle manipulation.
Specifically, he is a Flying Brick with limited shapeshifting abilities, and, when the brothers don't merge into Captain Triumph, Michael's ghost also has limited hypnosis abilities. None of this is even mentioned.
- Adaptational Villainy:
- In Open Season, after Ote Keely threatens Joe at gunpoint over a poaching citation, he hands over the gun, content at having made his threat, but in the show, he seems to be considering actually killing Joe before Joe snatches the gun back. He, Kyle, and Calvin also take a job to kill the endangered Miller’s Weasels in order to keep the valuable land they live on from being made a nature preserve, and Ote cruelly sings "Pop Goes the Weasel" while dropping a bomb down one of their holes. In the book, Ote, Kyle, and Calvin weren't involved in the slaughter and merely stumbled across some surviving weasels afterward.
- Hank Scarlet can be shady and coarse throughout In Plain Sight, but he ultimately shows himself to be an honorable man who is furious about a False Friend’s violent actions against both the Pickett Family and a herd of elk. In the show, he is complicit in the cover-up of Wacey killing endangered animals, kills the beloved stock of two emu farmers to try and force them off their land, leads a group of Serial Rapists, and is more than willing to kill the Picketts to cover up his crimes.
- Julie Scarlett is a Lovable Alpha Bitch in the book In Plain Sight but a straight-up Alpha Bitch in the show, especially in season 1. To be fair, a combination of an Age Lift, an Adaptational Early Appearance, and the Adaptational Villainy of her older relatives gives her an excuse for being less mature than her literary counterpart.
- Downplayed with the murder victims from season 2, which adapts the events of Blood Trail and makes some already bad people even worse. While they are guilty of gang-raping Shenandoah in both versions, in the book they acted while drunk and tried to forget about what happened afterward, with Shenandoah feeling that some of them are less guilty than others. In the show, the whole group always planned to drug and rape her and continue raping girls for the next decade.
- Downplayed with Sheriff Barnum. In the books, he engaged in sexual relationships of an extremely Questionable Consent variety (albeit as Off Stage Villainy), helped cover up the rape of Shenandoah Yellowcalf, and is engaged in lots of other dishonest behavior that doesn't get adapted. However, he never went as far as to shoot a teenager who was threatening to expose his crimes, unlike in the show.
- And Your Little Dog, Too!: In season 2, when John Nemeck sends his assassins after Nate and the others who quit his black ops unit, he also includes Nate’s friend Joe Pickett and girlfriend Cricket on his literal hit list.
- But for Me, It Was Tuesday: When Shenandoah describes how she first began killing her former rapists after ten years (during which time they raped many other girls), one thing that upsets her is how Dan Garrett, the first one she killed, didn't see the danger coming because he didn't recognize her.
- Family Theme Naming: In Mermaid Confidential, Vixen (aka Vix) and her brothers Prancer, Comet, and Cupid were named after Santa’s reindeer by their Christmas-obsessed parents. This resulted in Vix having a childhood full of teasing and beatings that led to her becoming a Christmas-hating, Ax-Crazy thief, murderer, and drug addict who will attack anyone who inquires about her name.
- Historical Character's Fictional Relative: In Electric Barracuda, Molly's supposed son with Serge was really fathered by real-life Florida photographer Lucky Cole.
- Southern-Fried Genius:
- Story Long from Nuclear Jellyfish is a stripper from Jacksonville who enjoys drinking cold beer, wearing cutoff jeans, and in-depth discussions of Supreme Court rulings, Senate filibusters, Florida history, and the Code of Hammurabi.
- Jasper from Clownfish Blues is an Apalachicola fisherman who digs up his own bait and whose appearance prompts a Deliverance joke, only for Jasper to reveal that, unlike most people Serge knows, he's read the original book by James Dickey, along with the works of James Joyce and William Faulkner
Jasper: Dad-gum right I know Dickey, Southern literary lion, and poet loreee-ate. - Train Job: The climax of The Stingray Shuffle begins when Ivan and Zigzag learn that a briefcase is on a mystery theater train and borrow some horses from a racetrack to catch up to the moving train (the passengers think their pursuit is All Part of the Show), board it, and try to take the money at gunpoint.
- The Watson: A large part of Coleman's role is to be someone Serge can talk to about the workings of his Death Traps, his travel plans, and his opinions about societal events or other people.
- You Go, Girl!: The main subplot of Naked Came the Florida Man is Academic Athlete Chris, who has always been a faster runner than her male classmates but hasn't gotten much respect for it, joining her school's football team with the help of Team Dad Coach Calhoun.
@ Sisu
- Clothing-Concealed Injury: Schultze never removes his tanker's helmet except for one Hats Off to the Dead scene, and this may be because taking it off reveals some ugly third-degree burns on the side of his head and a missing ear.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: The minefield that gives the Nazis so much trouble is one they recently laid themselves.
- Offhand Backhand: In the novel, she barely looks up from her magazine while defeating a group of new-breed metahumans who get into a fight on her subway train.
- I Own This Town: The novelization elaborates that, after being publicly exposed as Batman, Bruce Wayne begins openly exerting influence over his home city in order to protect it from crime. He is still a Fiction 500 billionaire, has armies of robots patrolling the streets, and his endorsement controls who becomes mayor or police commissioner. While Superman is disturbed by how heavy-handed his old friend is, Gotham City is one of the safest places in the country, and Bruce is still acting selflessly.
- Apologetic Attacker: In Convergence, she is happy to meet her alternate universe father and technical half-brother, tries not to be too rough on them as they fight, and apologizes to them more than once.
- Muggles Do It Better: Discussed in the Novelization, where Wyrmwood criticizes Superman for building a hi-tech containment facility for all of the world's dangerous metahumans, even one built by Gadgeteer Genius Mr. Miracle and guarded by Flying Brick Captain Comet. Wyrmwood says that if the decision had been left to him, he would have scattered captured metahumans throughout different maximum security prisons (of which his home state Montana has many). That way, even if one of them did somehow escape, there wouldn't be hundreds of others on hand ready to join in the escape and make it impossible to recapture them all without the kind of violence and danger that does indeed occur in the climactic Gulag battle.
- Unfit for Greatness: The novelization describes him as a former junior senator from Montana whose greatest prior accomplishment was spending four years on the Senate Agriculture Committee and who only became Secretary General because no one more qualified wanted the job given the Crapsack World nature of society. Wyrmwood has ample opportunities to understand why they felt that way.
- Adaptational Nationality:
- Katar/Hawkman is normally Egyptian or a Caucasian American, but here he is half-Cheyenne.
- Diana Prince seems to be American (from the town of Paradise) rather than an Amazon from Paradise Island.
- Foreshadowing: A bunch of green smoke in Blue Beetle's workshop illuminates a lantern several scenes before Guy Gardner appears.
- Jumped at the Call: Booster Gold offers to join Diana's posse the moment he hears her discuss her mission. When she turns him down after Kid Flash outdraws him, he sets out to buy a Gatling gun that will make the heroes reconsider turning him away.
- Token Evil Teammate: Guy Gardner is an Only in It for the Money Pinkerton Detective who only helps the heroes because he is tracking wanted party member Wally West, and it would hurt his cherished reputation to stand by and let someone else kill his quarry.
Edited by Alpinist on Aug 5th 2023 at 2:38:58 AM
Tetsuo Daishinji/Kamen Rider Slash
Tropes that apply to him in general
Large Ham: Becomes this upon activating Bremen no Rock Band, which gives him a hyper attitude akin to a rock band musician with holding his Seiken Suzune in ILY sign style.
Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Slash
Split Personality: When using Bremen no Rock Band, his personality changes from a serious, calm warrior to a Rocker who throws out tons of sound-based English for some reason.
Edited by 55975964 on Aug 4th 2023 at 9:46:46 AM
Harley Quinn 2019 S 4 E 4 Business Conference Without Chlamydia
- Ass Shove: While Lex and Talia are watching a sex show, Talia tells the woman to flip the man over and "play with his ass." In this case, shoving a vibrator in it.
- Clark Kenting: Clark Kent infiltrates the villain convention, acting like the "beta cuck" Lex Luthor expects him to be by acting like a wimp in Lex's presence.
- Golf Clubbing: At the end of the episode, one of the attendees bashes Elon Musk to death with a golf club so she can get into an escape pod.
- Title Drop: Nora says the episode's title during the Cold Open.
Nora: Oh, so you'll be the first person to come back from a business conference without chlamydia? Okay."
For My Ideal Academia.
- Hormone-Addled Teenager: Implied. Shirou muses if he had picked up the call from Yu questioning him if he had sex before in the booth where his classmates were, it would be utter chaos. His teenage classmates would toss everything out of the window to discuss it.
- Armor-Piercing Question: Played for Laughs. After Archer reveals that Shirou had sex before, Yu thinks about it throughout her shift and then decides to call Shirou to ask if it's true. Hearing his adopted mother's question makes the usually calm Shirou wince and silently curse his alternate older self for spilling it.
- Armor-Piercing Response: In their conversation about Shirou after Shirou's match, Archer gives Yu two armor-piercing responses:
- Archer notes that someone dislikes any adverse developments surrounding Shirou. Horrified by that information, Yu angrily asks what kind of person has taken an interest in her son, worrying that Shirou is in danger. Noticing her worries, Archer diminishingly says he is sorry, but she took it the wrong way, and it's pleasing that the fool (Shirou) has someone that cares about him. Having enough of Archer's demeanors, especially calling her son a fool, Yu tries to punch him. Archer blocks it and says that the only danger her son is in is the danger her son puts himself in. His response makes Yu flinch because of how right he is.
- Played for Laughs. Afterward, Archer tries to calm Yu down by saying that this person has no malicious thoughts for Shirou, but before explaining even further, Archer stops and wickedly smiles. Yu asks what's so funny. Archer then explains:
Archer: Well, it might not be funny for you. However, the relationship this person of interest has between your son is... more intimate. (smirks) After all, they've shared a bed together."
...
Yu: (blinks) "What."
What.
What.
What.
What?
- Secret-Keeper: Although Shirou reveals his origin and secrets to Yu, he doesn't disclose Archer's true identity, claiming it's Archer's secret to tell. However, the actual reason is Shirou doesn't want to inform Yu that Archer is his alternate future self.
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- Audience-Alienating Premise: Despite initial promise, many felt this show was doomed from the start, as the show's The Office-like workplace mockumentary premise, the more cynical and grounded tone, and the edgier humor wound up being a poor fit for the usually over-the-top, family-friendly, heartfelt, and optimistic Muppets, with Muppet fans being turned off by the adult and cynical humor, and those into adult workplace mockumentaries showing no interest in one featuring The Muppets. While the show would attempt to address most of the criticisms via a later retool, it wasn't enough to save it, and the show was ultimately canceled by ABC after 15 episodes due to poor ratings.
Characters.DCAU Batman (Beyond era)
- Composite Character: While he is an elderly Bruce Wayne, his decision to retire the cowl due to a crippling incident and his role as Mission Control to Batman is very reminiscent of Barbara Gordon from the mainline comics, who retired from the Batgirl mantle and became the Bat Family's Mission Control as Oracle after The Joker shot and paralyzed her in The Killing Joke (though she retired the Batgirl mantle before the incident with Joker happened and Bruce is still able to walk in Beyond).
VideoGame.The Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild:
- Ambiguous Situation: Is Zelda's "sacred power" the Triforce? On the one hand, the Triforce symbol does appear on her hand when she uses her power during the Great Calamity and against Dark Beast Ganon, which has been the traditional indicator of a Triforce user since Ocarina of Time. On the other hand, however, the Triforce isn't mentioned at all in the game, and her power is just referred to as a "Sacred Power", which makes it unclear if the sacred object is the source of her power or not.
YMMV.Rebuild Of Evangelion
- Ship Mates: It didn't take long for Shinji x Kaworu shippers to befriend the Mari x Asuka shippers and form an alliance after 2.0, since they're the most prominent gay ships and Mari and Kaworu are noted to have some similarities. If you come across any post-Rebuid KawoShin or AsuMari fanfics, chances are they'll likely feature both pairings in some form.
YMMV.Batman
- Broken Base: Fans are rather divided over how Batman should be drawn in the comics.
- Should the cape and cowl be blue or black? Some fans find the blue more striking than black, while others find black to be cooler and more fitting for a Dark Knight. Generally speaking, this tends to boil down to which version of Batman one prefers, with fans of the more classical Batman depictions from the 1940s-to-70s tending to go for blue, while more modern fans lean towards black.
- Which is the better emblem for Batman? The black bat emblem or the yellow oval Bat-insignia (also called the yellow oval by fans)? Some prefer the yellow oval for being more striking and distinguishable than a simple black bat, while others find it dumb that Batman would incorporate such an obvious target unto his suit (though, in some comics, like Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, that's the whole point of the symbol, as it was made so shooters would target the symbol instead of the rest of his body) and prefer just the black bat for being cool looking.
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From Kichikujima/Freak Island horror manga series:
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