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- Presumably the farmers are unusually soft-hearted and the chef is either willing to scam his customers, is The Alleged Expert and is unaware of that research, wants to attract relatively eco-friendly customers, enjoys the challenge of cooking past that disadvantage, or is capable of offscreen Pet the Dog moments.
- Richie is stuck in a bear trap and Forced to Watch as his girlfriend burns alive, with her growing terror and agony being just as awful to watch as his.
- Clay has a sense of misery and guilt about how he abandoned Whitney to take care of their dying mother while she was a teenager, and now has to face the fact that Whitney may be dead too.
- It takes Wade several seconds to notice that Amanda is stripping for her boyfriend in front of him and wants him to leave so they can have privacy.
- Chewie has the grumpiest look on his face after having to die in the very back of the car and being let out when his friends stop for gas.
- Ascended Extra: She first appears as a minor witness in a genuine investigation and departs the episode after a couple of minutes, but in her second and so-far-final appearance, several seasons later, she is part of a club of Murdoch fans that drive the plot of that episode.
- The Pollyanna: She has a constantly cheerful and excited countenance that never disappears for very long.
- Stalker with a Crush: Downplayed and played sympathetically. She cheerfully admits to finding Murdoch handsome, devoutly follows reports of his cases, and takes part in her friends' plan to set up a fake mystery so they will be involved in a Murdoch case. However, she doesn't harbor any illusions about getting together with Murdoch, isn't the originator of the fake mystery plot, and cares about Murdoch's detective work rather than seeing him just as a Lust Object.
- Those Two Girls: In her second appearance, she shares most of her screentime with fellow fangirl Annie Cranston and their scenes are mostly used for humor.
@ Murdoch Mysteries S 11 E 9 The Talking Dead
Tropes:
- Asshole Victim:
- Of the three targeted victims the killer successfully kills, two have some pronounced Jerkass qualities and the third was a career criminal who is indirectly responsible for at least two deaths.
- Eddie Crawford, who is put through the most peril and anxiety out of the three surviving targets, is another longtime crook who manipulated the desperate Joe Thackery into losing his money in a rigged boxing match and then got him involved with a bank robbery that ended up getting Joe hanged (although he does claim to feel bad about that).
- Chekhov's Gunman: When Murdoch looks at the prematurely published obituary of the first victim, McAllister, four other obituaries on the same page are clearly shown for a few seconds. Three of them (Lenny Stoker, Agnes Swift, and Sister Anna Maria) belong to other still-living people who the police try to protect from the murderous obituary writer.
- Fake Cutie: Agnes seems like a sweet and innocent little girl but, while not entirely unsympathetic, is putting on a show while killing people she blames for the death of her father.
- Nun Too Holy: Downplayed with Sister Anna Maria, who is devout and law-abiding but turns out to be Hated by All and is viewed as a terrible nun by her peers due to being a complainer and tattletale who constantly gets people fired over little mistakes and once had a dog put down for lightly biting a man who was willing to let bygones be bygones.
- One Dialogue, Two Conversations: Murdoch and Watts spend almost a minute talking about the bizarreness of a case where the murderer anonymously submitted the victim's obituary to the paper the morning before killing him before realizing that they are talking about two different murder victims and that their killer has claimed more than one victim and may claim more.
- One of Our Own: Detective Watts is one of the people threatened with murder, to the alarm of his friends.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Seven people are being targeted by a murderer due to having played a part in a man named Joe Thackery ending up unemployed and penniless, turning to crime out of desperation, and then being captured and hanged for murder. One of those seven people is Thackery's daughter, who is only faking being in danger as a Wounded Gazelle Gambit and is the real culprit.
Prom Night III: The Last Kiss Prom Night III: The Last Kiss
- Adorkable: The nebbish Leonard can feel endearing to a lot of fans due to his rehearsed, overly formal request for Sarah to got to the prom with him and his silly dancing at the prom.
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- Informed Attribute: One of side material describe him as a "shy and lonely boy". While he does feel lonely due to his Parental Issues which affected him on socializing with the others, Koji never show to be a "secretly shy boy", he neither seen has any kind of social anxiety or difficulty to speak up his mind like Koichi. Proved during his argument with Takuya during Duskmon Arc, Koji has no problem to disagree with Takuya's idea to reuse the same plan to defeat Duskmon while the other like Zoe and J.P, while they do questioned Takuya, still follow his plan.
- Jerkass Ball: Koichi normally quiet and soft-spoken by default compare to Koji. When the kids trapped in the Moon and Metalkabuterimon offer Lowemon to explain his complicated formula about build the rocket, Lowemon quickly said "No Thanks!" to him as a refusal to hear his explanation since Lowemon actually can see that the first formula that Metalkabuterimon explained will not worked. Which is happened in next scene when testing on Agunimon.
For Delicate and Sickly Video Games Female Examples:
- Pachipara: Kanako Hirai from Pachipro Fuunroku 5 ~Youth Arc~ is the protagonist's classmate who was born with a genetic disease. She remains a first-grade high schooler and gets hospitalized for two years. The protagonist can befriend her and ultimately romance her if you choose the dialogue choices correctly. After she graduates from high school, you'll see Kanako escape from the hospital, the protagonist finds her at the park, and both of them watch the cherry blossoms at the park together until Kanako dies in a few moments. After that scene, you can react to the bed where Kanako used to be there and talk to the doctor, which confirms that she's dead for good. At least she's fulfilled in everything she wants: to graduate from high school and have someone staying by her side.
Kanako Hirai: The cherry blossoms… are beautiful…
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"No matter how bad the heroes can get or how bad the situation is, we're sure we can overcome it and get our happy endings..."@ AsrulGuza
- Informed Attribute: One item of side material describes him as a "shy and lonely boy". While he does feel lonely due to his Parental Issues which affected him when he was socializing with the others, Koji is never shown to be a "secretly shy boy", and has never been seen to have any kind of social anxiety or difficulty in speaking (superfluous word - cut) his mind like Koichi. This is proved during his argument with Takuya during the Duskmon arc, where Koji has no problem disagreeing with Takuya's idea to reuse the same plan to defeat Duskmon while the others like Zoe and J.P, while they do question Takuya, still follow his plan.
- Jerkass Ball: Koichi is normally quiet and soft-spoken by default compared to Koji. When the kids are trapped on the Moon and Metalkabuterimon offers (move text) to explain to Lowermon his complicated formula for building the rocket, Lowemon quickly says "No thanks!" to him, (comma) refusing to hear his explanation since Lowemon (superfluous word - cut) can see that the first formula that Metalkabuterimon explains will not work. (unnecessary detail - cut)
Edited by Clare on Jan 2nd 2024 at 3:08:10 PM
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While its Celtic folklore-inspired art style and animation were...the film's art style and animation, while still great, don't stick out as much as they did...
^ "art style and animation" are plural.
Ironically, despite the podcast being located in Japan and being about Japanese culture, it is...this, it primarily...with a strong emphasis...
Edited by Arivne on Jan 2nd 2024 at 8:19:01 AM
@Minorica
...Kanako used to be there and talk to the doctor, who confirms...
^ A doctor (an intelligent being) is a who, not a which.
^ For "which" would be correct, you would have to be talking about the conversation instead, like so:
^ ...be and have a conversation with the doctor, which confirms...
Edited by Arivne on Jan 2nd 2024 at 8:47:53 AM
@ Prom Night III: The Last Kiss
- He's Just Hiding: Given the way Sarah screams for several seconds after being impaled, her heart apparently wasn't hit, and she might have only passed out and survived.
- He's Just Hiding: It can be nice to hope that Ed only passes out from blood loss rather than actually bleeding to death and is then Left for Dead.
- Almost every relationship between Serge and the latest Girl of the Week (bar a few mutually toxic exceptions like his relationships with Molly, Sharon, and Rachael) has at least a couple of tender moments that go beyond mere lust, like when frequently mistreated stripper Story calls him the first person who ever moved a muscle to defend her honor.
- Both occasions where Serge learns he has a long lost half-brother, and they embrace the relationship, help each other out, and (in the former case) watch a movie together.
- Serge's many friendships with the condo dwellers in Mermaid Confidential and The Maltese Iguana (they even try to make him head of the condo board) and the retirement village whose residents he protects against exploiters in No Sunscreen for the Dead have a lot of warmth.
- Every scene where Serge hangs out with his grandfather's crew, whether in the present or in a flashback, has a lot of close-knit bonding.
- In Hammerhead Ranch Motel , after Country is humiliatingly fired from her retail job, her friend and coworker City quits on the spot to race after her and provide emotional support.
- The Heel–Face Turn of Corrupt Politician and unsuccessful draft dodger Marlon Conrad in Orange Crush begins when his men swipe a bottle of Leakey from him, and he gets talked into letting them keep it, and they end up sharing the bottle and swapping dirty stories around the campfire. Later, after most of the squad is killed in action, Conrad travels across Florida visiting their families to learn more about them.
- Serge's moments of being The Kindnapper to lonely Mock Millionaire Ambrose in Triggerfish Twist.
- The epilogue of The Stingray Shuffle gives the book club of struggling single moms an Earn Your Happy Ending where they get their hands on a briefcase of money and have their favorite author base characters off them.
- Serge takes the heat for a killer with split personalities who isn't responsible for his actions in Hurricane Punch.
- In Atomic Lobster, the ex-Steelers player living near Serge may be a substance user and adulterer, but he's also very nice to all of his fans, even Butt-Monkey Jim. Even Token Evil Teammate Rachael, who spends half her page time obsessively hoarding the drugs and booze she gets high on, likes the guy enough to bring him a drink.
- Most of the scenes where Serge takes care of his alleged son Mikey in Electric Barracuda have some cuteness (even if not all of them turn out well), like when he encourages Mikey to talk to a girl he likes.
- In When Elves Attack, Jim still working as an efficiency expert who gets people fired, but he also works to get them rehired in different positions afterward, even two guys who tried to kill him.
- In the same book, Bratty Teenage Daughter Nicole sides with her dad against her boyfriend when he physically assaults her dad during an argument, leaping on her boyfriend's back to try and wrestle him to the ground.
- In Coconut Cowboy, Peter gives the Butt-Monkey of the criminal gang a You Are Better Than You Think You Are speech, saves his life in a cave-in, and convinces him to apply for trade school.
- All-Loving Hero Man of the City Darby's positive influence on the community (on everyone to his protégé to Dirty Cops who eventually seek to avenge his death) in The Pope of Palm Beach provides for some of the warmest scenes in the series.
- In the same book, when Coleman mistakenly thinks that Serge is gay, he declares that "I'll totally support your lifestyle."
- The football coach's friendships with his first female student Chris and the Reasonable Authority Figure principal in Naked Came the Florida Man are nice throughout the book and lead to rewarding payoffs when Chris graduates in a position to do a lot for her old neighbors and the principal calls in favors to have the coach's record expunged so he won't be banned from teaching over a Miscarriage of Justice.
- Some of former Amoral Attorney Bobby Sparrow's first acts as The Atoner in Tropic of Stupid include confessing and apologizing to everyone he's ever wronged, including giving one woman a check for $100,000 that he cheated her out of. His change being largely brought about by fond memories of his Parental Substitute is also touching.
- The friendship between Affably Evil cartel members Mercado and Cinco in Mermaid Confidential is quite touching, with moments like Cinco talking about how he does the worst jobs so Mercado won't have to feel that guilt for himself and them talking about how nice it would be to play football together again like they did as boys. This also extends to the cordiality and protectiveness they extend toward hospice worker Julie and her charges.
@ * Limitless
- Chekhov's Gunman: Parodied in the pilot, where the opening montage of random moments for Brian being a slacker has him refer to a friend named Eli by name as he talks about how he and some friends once had a band, with captioning appearing to refer to Eli as someone who will be important later as he strums away at his instrument in the background.
- The first several scenes mention a previous Boddicker victim, Officer Fredericks, who is fighting for his life in the hospital, with both the news anchors and his fellow cops coping and rooting for him to pull through. This goes on just long enough for uninformed viewers to start wondering if Fredericks might survive to become Robocop before his death is abruptly revealed when Reed and his assistant walk into the locker room to solemnly clear out his locker and ask for donations to his family, as the other cops stare sadly.
- Cruel Twist Ending: One of the apparent victims of the killing tournament turns out to have been the abusive husband of the woman George loves, and George is arrested in the final scene under suspicion of killing the man.
- The Hunter Becomes the Hunted:
- The man who kills professional thug Archie McCann in the opening scene (and may have also killed Richards, the exterminator) as part of a Hunting the Most Dangerous Game competition with a cash prize for the winner turns up dead himself less than halfway into the episode.
- Murdoch's rigid investigation into the competition turns up how the "competitors" are using horse code names in a racing sheet to keep track of who is still in the game. The game's organizer is frightened enough of Murdoch to include him (as the horse "Artful Detective") in the next racing sheet, causing the remaining gladiators to go after Murdoch.
- Mad Scientist: One of the killers, Blechman, is a struggling inventor who uses a garroting device he invented as his weapon and has been unsuccessfully seeking funds to build a flying train powered by magnets. He uses the codename "Dares-to-Dream".
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Brackenreid is alarmed by Murdoch's choice to offer himself as bait against a Deadly Game contestant who calls himself "Big Game Hunter," correctly guessing that the owner of that moniker is a particularly bloodthirsty man with years of experience with deadly weapons.
- Trapped by Gambling Debts: At least three of the Deadly Game contestants, Edith Abernathy, Archie McCann, and Profesor Gideon Galbraith, have a series of serious gambling losses that help make them desperate (although since McCann works as an enforcer for his bookie, he has less to worry about than the others).
- Still Wearing the Old Colors: The competitor calling himself "Soldier Boy" is quickly identifiable by how he wears his old army jacket.
- The police detectives solve the case before Fletch and then show up to stop the killer from killing him.
- The Reveal at the end that Count de Grassi and Fletch faked the kidnapping as a Secret Test of Character.
- Chelsea nearly escapes from Jason by swimming halfway across the lake with a head wound and managing to stay composed while hiding from him under a dock.
- Break the Cutie: Jenna is a warm, selfless, happy person who is quick to protect her friends, but by her last couple of scenes, seeing Jason kill nearly everyone else has left her a nervous wreck.
- Adaptational Heroism: Bill Sikes is portrayed as more of a Bruiser with a Soft Center than the brutish Domestic Abuser he is in Oliver Twist, although whether this would have carried over after Series One remains unclear.
- Second Episode New Character: Inspector Bucket, arguably the main protagonist of the series, is introduced in the second episode of the BBC run (although this is averted in the streaming versions of the show, which combine every two episodes into a single episode).
- The combination of nervous vulnerability and cute ramblings that Ava Wilson displays in her first episode is just adorable, although by her second and final appearance, she is in full Corrupt the Cutie mode.
- A lot of the adoration and protective feelings Sarah Blake elicits from the fanbase in her two episodes has to do with her lovely smile, quiet but firm determination to help people, and the way she can combine concern and witty optimism in the same scene.
- Gentle Giant Sleepyhead Brewster only appears in The Case of the Midnight Rustler, but is still one of the best-liked dogs in the books for some fans.
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- Pet the Dog:
- When the rest of the pirates turn on Long John Silver, as opposed to running, Silver stays to buy time for Jim to escape.
- When Silver attempts his escape with the treasure and Jim refuses to join him, Silver is tempted to shoot Jim to keep him from telling anyone about his escape. Ultimately, he cannot bring himself to do it.
- Surrounded by Idiots: Long John Silver planned to simply let the ship reach the island, dig up the treasure, start a mutiny and steal the treasure. To his annoyance, the crew he assembled tries to steal the map and start the mutiny early. He has to remind them that it is more sensible to wait for the treasure to be found first, and by that point, the cover for his plan is blown thanks to them.
- Surrounded by Idiots: John Silver's plan at the start of the voyage is to wait until the treasure is found before stealing it. To his annoyance, his crew is prone to attempting murders that serve no practical purpose, and he has to start the mutiny before the treasure is found because they blow his cover.
Xiaolin Showdown The Apprentice
- Did You Actually Believe...?: Jack questions if Omi really trusted him when he said he turned good. Omi admits with no hesitation that he trusted Jack.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Jack is surprised when he learns that Omi did, in fact, trust him when he said he was trying to turn good.
- His Own Worst Enemy: As it turns out, Jack really did try to turn over a new leaf but went back to his evil ways because he feared he would fail at good just as he has failed at evil. His fear of failing means he will be stuck as a villain who fails over and over, on top of betraying Omi when he actually thought Jack had changed.
Tiamat
- Invincible Villain: Tiamat is so powerful that even Venger avoids fighting her, and she is instead often used to defeat him. When the Children do face her in the Dragon's Graveyard, where their weapons are more powerful than usual, they still cannot beat her.
- The Juggernaut: Tiamat is unstoppable in all of her appearances. Venger only survives against her by running, and the heroes survive because Tiamat isn't interested in killing them.
- No-Sell: Nothing in the show damages Tiamat. When Hank does use his bow with the intent of killing for once in "The Dragon's Graveyard," it does not affect her, even though it is implied the power from the eponymous location would have allowed his bow to kill Venger.
The Nameless One
- I Have Many Names: The Dungeon Master states this being goes by many names, though most simply know him as “Evil.”
- Intelligible Unintelligible: He speaks in a brief conversation with Venger. Venger can understand him, but the audience cannot.
- That One Boss: Magneto. In order to hit him, the player has to climb to one of the specific locations in the arena and do a lunge move to reach him and bring him down where he can be damaged. It is up to the player to figure out the right location to hit Magneto, and if he is floating over the molten steel, Wolverine will fall into and need to escape, taking more damage than he inflicts on Magneto. While the player tries to reach Magneto, they have to avoid the floating bits of metal as running into them deals heavy damage, the energy spheres Magneto throws at them, and he will hoist the player into the air, forcing them to mash the buttons to escape damage. At certain points, Magneto will attempt to break the Power Limiter restraining him. While he does come to the ground while doing this, making it easier to hit him, the player dies instantly if he breaks the Power Limiter.
- Brought Down to Badass: Magneto is restrained by a Power Limiter, but still leaves a trail of destruction after escaping prison.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!: The Wendigo gets back up after the boss fight with it and slams Wolverine through the wall of its cave. This happens to land Wolverine next to the complex he is trying to reach.
- Worf Had the Flu: Normally, Wolverine would have no chance against Magneto since Wolverine's metal skeleton leaves him helpless against Magneto's magnetic powers. In this game, Magneto is restricted by a Power Limiter, with the goal of chasing being to stop him from breaking it. His not being all full strength is the reason Wolverine has a chance of beating him.
Sumner
- The Ace: Sumner has maxed out stats, making him the best character the player can access.
- Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: In Dark Legacy, Sumner defeats Skorne after he is first summoned, at the cost of using up his strength and leaving him too weak to journey through the realms. Hence why he summons the other heroes.
- Large Ham: Sumner acts as the narrator for Legends and Dark Legacy. He is a Large-Ham Announcer whose every word is as dramatic as possible.
- Rank Scales with Asskicking: Sumner is a Benevolent Mage Ruler and the strongest character in the game. In Dark Legacy's version of events, Sumner defeated Skorne after he was summoned and forced him to flee the Desecrated Temple.
- Squishy Wizard: Nope, Sumner has maxed out stats, so he is more durable than the physical fighters.
Skorne
- Disc-One Final Boss: While he acts as the Big Bad in Dark Legacy, after Skorne is defeated, Garm takes what is left of his power to become the villain for the final leg of the game.
- Evil Is Not a Toy: As Garm found out the hard way, Skorne, a powerful demon prince, is not a being who can be controlled easily. In Legends, Garm's spell to control him fails because his satisfaction in summoning the demon causes him to let his guard down, and Skorne breaks free from his control. In Dark Legacy, Garm gets impatient and does not gather the thirteenth rune stone before summoning and cannot control him without it. This gets Garm killed and his soul Dragged Off to Hell for his troubles.
- Large Ham: Skorne will mock the player if they miss a runestone, and in Legends, after they defeat a boss, he will talk about the gruesome death he has planned for them. Like Sumner, he has NO INDOOR VOICE, on top of bookending his dialogue with an Evil Laugh.
Another new trope I found, Suddenly Obvious Fakery, with something I want to add to under Western Animation...
- The Ren & Stimpy Show: "Aloha Hoek" ends with Stimpy mourning his seemingly-deceased friend Ren, until his wristwatch suddenly buzzes. He drops Ren, and then they suddenly appear bulgy with visible zippers, mask lines on their necks, and empty eye sockets. A Dramatic Unmask follows, revealing they are actually Soviet communist spies vaguely resembling Russian caricatures of Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble. The normally slender "Ren"'s body even suddenly appears fatter after his mask comes off.
- The Simpsons:
- "The Springfield Files" has Homer see a man engulfed in green light that he assumes to be an alien, and eventually manages to convince the town to come to the same location another Friday night. The figure also appears to be completely bald, and with a small nose and mouth. Lisa and Smithers then reveal the alien to be Mr. Burns after getting special treatments every Friday and glowing green from the power plant's radiation. At this point, his green glow becomes much fainter so that it doesn't engulf his entire body and makes it clear that he is just Mr. Burns, he suddenly has his usual gray balding hair, pointy nose, and sharp teeth, and the flashback showing him getting his treatments follows suit.
- In "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes", Homer goes to what appears to be the Kwik-E-Mart, but it turns out to actually be a truck trailer disguised as the convenience store to kidnap Homer in. Despite the fairly obvious cutout standee of Apu behind the counter, the trailer appears to be the actual Kwik-E-Mart inside and out, and when the walls fold up to reveal the truck trailer, three-dimensional elements to the store's exterior like the pay phones and milk crates turn flat. Even the glass windows showing the store's interior turn out to be impossibly fake.
- One True Threesome: Some fans opt to ship Mario, Bowser, and Peach together as a polyamory ship as a way to resolve their decades-long LoveTriangle in a way that favors all parties. It helps that, pushing aside their shared crush on Peach, Mario and Bowser are often depicted as close frenemies in the games, with Bowser outright (accidentally) kissing Mario in Super Mario RPG.
Trivia.Expedition Everest:
- Genre Killer: Despite how successful the ride was, it would be the last Original Generation attraction at the American parks,note as Disney would shift their focus onto attractions based on their film IPs instead thanks to Bob Iger, who moved away from Michael Eisner's "Disney Difference" strategy and focused more on integrating Disney IPs into the parks as a form of synergy.
Edited by Tylerbear12 on Jan 3rd 2024 at 1:16:22 PM
- *Crack!* "Ow, My Back!": In the "All in the Hips" substory, as the Udon Shop owner is telling Ryoma how his technique for kneading udon noodles is "all in the hips," he cracks his back, which leads to Ryoma taking his place serving the customers, and unlocking the Udon Shop minigame.
Edited by kawaiineko333 on Jan 2nd 2024 at 10:05:46 AM
For Lighter and Softer Video Games:
- Pachipara: Downplayed. The Pachipro Fuunroku Hana series has more fantastic stories, the subplots are less melodramatically tragic and bleak than 5 and 6, and controversial elements such as same-sex dating and "Turn off the lights" dialogue choice to the protagonist's lover are replaced with more innocuous friendship. However, the story is more action-packed and still has some dark narratives like previous ones, even if ridiculous dialogue choices appear less often.
For Unwilling Roboticisation Video Games:
- Pachipara 3D DX Umi Monogatari: Subverted in Pachipro Fuunroku Hana 3 ~Competitors of the Unmanned Island~, Mayu Uzuki, who was previously coerced by Sarutaka, Hebikawa and Ushiwaka to push the Give Up button, and was thought to be eliminated by being brought by a giant eagle Pi-Chan. The climax reveals the Big Bad of this story, ARASHI, captured Mayu and others. It chooses Mayu to be mechanized as a cyborg to rule the world. However, it's revealed that Mayu accepts ARASHI's mechanization offer because she's lonely.
For Bittersweet Ending Video Games:
- Pachipara 3D DX Umi Monogatari: Much more sweet than bitter. In the True Ending of Pachipro Fuunroku Hana 3 ~Competitors of the Unmanned Island~, Sakura Noto defeats ARASHI to put an end to ARASHI's Deadly Game, everyone except Mayu Uzukinote and Torayamanote is revealed to be alive. They manage to escape from the island sunk by ARASHI. 6 months later, all survivors celebrate Kazuma and Yoko's happy marriage and Sakura for winning the World Pachinko Championship.
Edited by Minorica on Jan 4th 2024 at 11:30:02 PM
"No matter how bad the heroes can get or how bad the situation is, we're sure we can overcome it and get our happy endings..."YMMV Miraculous Ladybug :
- More Interesting as a Villain:
- Inverted in Chloé. Although most of her fans didn't expected her to be instant All-Loving Hero on her "redemption arc", majority of them like to make Chloé/Queen Bee as neutral Anti-Hero and Foil for Marinette/Ladybug in some Fanfiction AUs where she got proper redemption arc to balance the dynamic on Miraculous Team. Most of Chloé fans hate the exaggeration of Chloé bad attitude to cementing her villainy status as she never become interesting villain on her own in Season 4 and Season 5 since most of them feels this exaggeration only to hype Zoé as "true Bee Miraculous holder".
- Fans utterly disappointed over Félix sudden Heel–Face Turn despite committed many bad-things out-of-spite the protagonist such as betray Ladybug and take all Miraculouses to exchange Peacock miraculous from Gabriel, attempt to erase humanity to create his utopia, stalking and kidnapping Kagami. In spite his tragic past, he has done nothing to atone his wrong doing. Which make fans especially his fans would like to see him stay as an Anti-Villain on his own way without allying with neither protagonist or antagonist side.
- Unintentionally Unsympathetic: Nathalie Sancoeur's Heel–Face Turn in season 5 fell into this. We supposed to see her Heel Realization in "Evolution" and "Passion" as a regret of unable to stop Gabriel action to take Miraculouses for sake to respect Emilie's last wish and she supposed to be Adrien mother figure during her disappearance. Looking back in previous seasons, there is no moment where Nathalie tried to stop Gabriel as she willingly help him to the point risking her own life due to her one side love on him, and she always act cold and indifferent toward Adrien. Even before her condition getting worsen and succumb into deep sleep, Nathalie didn't do anything meaningful to stop Gabriel and Tomoe, not even when she try to stop Gabriel take Adrien to London. Making fans feel Nathalie's redemption comes to hollow and downright selfish since her reason to stop working with Gabriel because he fail to cure her not a regret helping Gabriel for terrorizing Parisian.
- Wangst:
- Many fans feel Nathalie's Heel–Face Turn is weak and hollow. Mostly because the only reason why she stop work as Gabriel The Dragon because is not fit for her own benefit not because she feel remorse of her action. Before her condition getting worsen due to side effect of using broken miraculous, Nathalie doing absolutely nothing meaningful aside criticizing Gabriel behavior and briefly command Adrien's amok. On-screen, Nathalie mostly seen weeping over Emilie's video of her being unable to do something to stop Gabriel.
- Many consider Félix's Dark and Troubled Past is weak and uninspiring since Miraculous already have character who has similar situation with him with some of them treat it by the narrative doesn't excuse the bad attitude due to their bad parents. To elaborate, this stems from two main issues: 1. Most of his backstory in "Representation" is comes from Félix perspective. While he seems honest to describe his father maliciousness, since Félix is good at twisting his words, making fans feels he is still Unreliable Narrator 2. Even if Colt indeed Abusive Parents, we still has no idea how vile he was since he already long dead. Making fans feel Colt existence is nothing more to excuse Gabriel behavior as justifiable to take full control on Adrien due to out-of-love instead see its as emotionally abusive and manipulative father.
- Fans also see André Bourgeois's confession in "Collusion" is this. His unwillingly to be Mayor and give-up his career on making a movie due to please his horrid wife and bratty daughter is being consider as a weak and pathetic Freudian Excuse and looks like a whiny Manchild. Him calling Chloé, his own biological daughter, as "heartless" even making André more unsympathetic due to his refusal to realize her worsen attitude is comes from his parenting since he is the one who solely raise Chloé into Spoiled Brat during Audrey absent.
Edited by AsrulGuza on Jan 4th 2024 at 4:10:42 AM
@Alpinist
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...a killer with split personalities who isn't <- no semi-colon responsible...
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In When Elves Attack, Jim <- no comma is still working as an efficiency expert...
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...saves his life in a cave-in, and...
Darby's positive influence on the community (on everyone from his protegé to Dirty Cops who eventually seek...
...Stupid include confessing and apologizing to everyone he's ever wronged, including giving one woman...
...how nice it would be to play football...
...he and some friends once had a band...as he strums away at his instrument in...
The first several scenes mention a previous Boddicker victim, Officer Fredericks, who is fighting...
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Chelsea nearly escapes from Jason...
The combination of nervous vulnerability and cute ramblings that Ava Wilson displays in her first episode is just adorable...
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...and if he is floating over the molten steel, Wolverine will fall into it and...they have to avoid the floating bits of metal (as running into them deals heavy damage) and the energy...
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Edited by Arivne on Jan 3rd 2024 at 1:51:08 AM
@Arivne got it, thanks.
- Pet the Dog:
- When the rest of the pirates turn on Long John Silver, as opposed to running, Silver stays to buy time for Jim to escape.
- When Silver attempts his escape with the treasure and Jim refuses to join him, Silver is tempted to shoot Jim to keep him from telling anyone about his escape. Ultimately, he cannot bring himself to do it.
- Surrounded by Idiots: Long John Silver planned to simply let the ship reach the island, dig up the treasure, start a mutiny and steal the treasure. To his annoyance, the crew he assembled tries to steal the map and start the mutiny early. He has to remind them that it is more sensible to wait for the treasure to be found first, and by that point, the cover for his plan is blown thanks to them.
- Surrounded by Idiots: John Silver's plan at the start of the voyage is to wait until the treasure is found before stealing it. To his annoyance, his crew is prone to attempting murders that serve no practical purpose, and he has to start the mutiny before the treasure is found because they blow his cover.
(John Silver in Treasure Planet doesn't have the "Long" in his name)
Xiaolin Showdown The Apprentice
- Did You Actually Believe...?: Jack questions if Omi really trusted him when he said he turned good. Omi admits with no hesitation that he trusted Jack.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Jack is surprised when he learns that Omi did, in fact, trust him when he said he was trying to turn good.
- His Own Worst Enemy: As it turns out, Jack really did try to turn over a new leaf, but went back to his evil ways because he feared he would fail at good just as he has failed at evil. His fear of failing means he will be stuck as a villain who fails over and over, on top of betraying Omi when he actually thought Jack had changed.
Tiamat
- Invincible Villain: Tiamat is so powerful that even Venger avoids fighting her, and she is instead often used to defeat him. When the Children do face her in the Dragon's Graveyard, where their weapons are more powerful than usual, they still cannot beat her.
- The Juggernaut: Tiamat is unstoppable in all of her appearances. Venger only survives against her by running, and the heroes survive because Tiamat isn't interested in killing them.
- No-Sell: Nothing in the show damages Tiamat. When Hank does use his bow with the intent of killing for once in "The Dragon's Graveyard," it does not affect her, even though it is implied the power from the eponymous location would have allowed his bow to kill Venger.
The Nameless One
- I Have Many Names: The Dungeon Master states this being goes by many names, though most simply know him as “Evil.”
- Intelligible Unintelligible: He speaks in a brief conversation with Venger. Venger can understand him, but the audience cannot.
- That One Boss: Magneto. In order to hit him, the player has to climb to one of the specific locations in the arena and do a lunge move to reach him and bring him down where he can be damaged. It is up to the player to figure out the right location to hit Magneto, and if he is floating over the molten steel, Wolverine will fall into it and need to escape, taking more damage than he inflicts on Magneto. While the player tries to reach Magneto, they have to avoid the floating bits of metal (as running into them deals heavy damage) and the energy spheres Magneto throws at them, and he will hoist the player into the air, forcing them to mash the buttons to escape damage. At certain points, Magneto will attempt to break the Power Limiter restraining him. While he does come to the ground while doing this, making it easier to hit him, the player dies instantly if he breaks the Power Limiter.
- Brought Down to Badass: Magneto is restrained by a Power Limiter, but still leaves a trail of destruction after escaping prison.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!: The Wendigo gets back up after the boss fight with it and slams Wolverine through the wall of its cave. This happens to land Wolverine next to the complex he is trying to reach.
- Worf Had the Flu: Normally, Wolverine would have no chance against Magneto, since Wolverine's metal skeleton leaves him helpless against Magneto's magnetic powers. In this game, Magneto is restricted by a Power Limiter, and the goal of chasing him is to stop him from breaking it. His not being at full strength is the reason Wolverine has a chance of beating him.
Sumner
- The Ace: Sumner has maxed out stats, making him the best character the player can access.
- Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: In Dark Legacy, Sumner defeats Skorne after he is first summoned, at the cost of using up his strength and leaving him too weak to journey through the realms. Hence why he summons the other heroes.
- Large Ham: Sumner acts as the narrator for Legends and Dark Legacy. He is a Large-Ham Announcer whose every word is as dramatic as possible.
- Rank Scales with Asskicking: Sumner is a Benevolent Mage Ruler and the strongest character in the game. In Dark Legacy's version of events, Sumner defeated Skorne after he was summoned and forced him to flee the Desecrated Temple.
- Squishy Wizard: Nope, Sumner has maxed out stats, so he is more durable than the physical fighters.
Skorne
- Disc-One Final Boss: While he acts as the Big Bad in Dark Legacy, after Skorne is defeated, Garm takes what is left of his power to become the villain for the final leg of the game.
- Evil Is Not a Toy: As Garm found out the hard way, Skorne, a powerful demon prince, is not a being who can be controlled easily. In Legends, Garm's spell to control him fails because his satisfaction in summoning the demon causes him to let his guard down, and Skorne breaks free from his control. In Dark Legacy, Garm gets impatient and does not gather the thirteenth rune stone before summoning, and cannot control him without it. This gets Garm killed and his soul Dragged Off to Hell for his troubles.
- Large Ham: Skorne will mock the player if they miss a runestone, and in Legends, after they defeat a boss, he will talk about the gruesome death he has planned for them. Like Sumner, he has NO INDOOR VOICE, on top of bookending his dialogue with an Evil Laugh.

One Piece: Paradise
Paradise is the first part of the Grand Line, a notoriously difficult sea route. Although it is considered less dangerous than the New World, it still has many islands that can be hazardous for sailors. The dangers include treacherous currents, monstrous sea creatures, and rival pirate crews. However, those brave and skilled enough to navigate this stretch of the Grand Line can reap great rewards.
One Piece: New World
The New World, also known as the second half of the Grand Line, is considered the "playground" of the Four Emperors. Compared to the first half, known as "[[Paradise]]," the challenges in this uncharted territory are significantly more daunting. The ultimate treasure, "One Piece," is said to be hidden somewhere in the New World, waiting for the next Pirate King to claim it and unravel its mysteries.
One Piece: Monkey D. Luffy
One Piece: Sir Crocodile
God of War Series – Kratos
Norse Saga
Edited by jahman on Jan 1st 2024 at 6:14:48 AM