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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 16th 2023 at 5:37:57 PM

Clare Since: Aug, 2009
#33401: Feb 1st 2025 at 4:56:34 AM

@ Tycoonninja page 3336

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

Episode 2: The Parker Luck

  • Butane was hired by someone to burn down the abandoned building on 52nd Street, but when Spidey points out they're on 51st Street (superfluous word - cut) Butane realizes he's burning the wrong building.

Edited by Clare on Feb 1st 2025 at 4:57:16 AM

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#33402: Feb 1st 2025 at 9:01:06 AM

Page 1336 @Tylerbear 12

There is an inner-fandom one between fans of The Railway Series and fans of Thomas & Friends, particularly fans of seasons 5 and onward of the latter. RWS fans utterly despise the later seasons of Thomas & Friends for deviating...

Edited by Arivne on Feb 1st 2025 at 9:01:32 AM

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#33403: Feb 1st 2025 at 9:23:40 AM

Page 1336 @Alpinist

     Corrections 

...and even looks forward to getting to fight them, <- comma but...

...professional when asking his Nikto aide for an update at...

...use that knowledge to counter his every move, <- comma but...

...temporary arrest is a cold and ungrateful act, <- comma but...

He unwaveringly serves a monster, <- comma but...

...his men and is aware of and upset by the Siths' evil, <- comma but...

He is never the main character o la an issue featuring him...

^ "o la" isn't correct English.

...and should feel little respect for it despite being stuck in it.

He will never make a move without Fel's orders, <- comma but...

...people ready to join The Mutiny, after <missing text>.

^ After what?

...flaunting his own sense of accomplishment, <- comma but...to incite mutinies in his opponents...

...she is a deadly pilot and protests against risking a fight...

...being killed after a lost battle, <- comma but...rest of Joker Squadron before eventually deserting due to participating in too...

Alpinist Since: Jul, 2023
#33404: Feb 1st 2025 at 9:25:36 AM

N/A

Edited by Alpinist on Feb 1st 2025 at 10:08:08 AM

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#33405: Feb 1st 2025 at 9:26:56 AM

[up] @Snoketrope

The Prototype is even willing ...because Sawyer is useful to him.

The Prototype is one...where human beings are turned...

Alpinist Since: Jul, 2023
#33406: Feb 1st 2025 at 10:08:21 AM

Thanks @ Ensemble Legends

  • Darth Wredd's compelling past and simultaneously waging war against the heroes and his fellow Sith make him one of the best things to come out of Volume II.

@ Star Wars: Legacy – Galactic Alliance

  • Forgotten Fallen Friend: He is a notable hero who dies about a third of the way through the series but is barely mentioned by his friend Gar, his niece, or the resistance fighters on his planet during their many subsequent appearances.
  • Punny Name: He is an aquatic alien whose given name sounds like "gill."
  • Too Good for This Sinful Earth: He is the only Triumvr immune to even the slightest Straw Civilian moments in the flashback to before the GA's surrender, is a Cool Uncle to Monia, and spies and funnels supplies to La Résistance after the fall of his government while being prepared to accept full responsibility and die for the galactic good if he is caught. He is murdered in his second appearance at the start of the genocide against his race.

  • Straw Civilian: As Triumvr she insults the Jedi and blames them for the war Krayt started and then come so with many failed war plans but still feels confident enough to commit her entire military force to charge into an obvious trap due to a habit of going "for the quick fix."

  • Disowned Parent: Implied by his daughter stating that she no longer thinks of him after his death. She is a fleet officer and, despite good intentions and some tactical sense, he cast the deciding vote that sent their fleet into a trap and brought down the GA.

  • Boyish Short Hair: She is a soldier who cuts her hair to the point where barely any of it touches her neck.
  • Mauve Shirt: She appears several times throughout the last third of the series without dying or getting much characterization or importance beyond being a Bridge Bunny.

  • Ace Pilot: He considers himself the best pilot in the squadron and considers himself to have Ultimate Job Security despite his constant drinking and brawling.
  • Leeroy Jenkins: He is a Blood Knight when it comes to normal fights and needs his wingmate Monia to keep from being shot down, but seeing the people of Dac massacred makes him even more reckless than usual in charging to avenge the atrocity.
  • Uncertain Doom: He is shot down offscreen in the final battle and it's unclear if he bailed out or not.

  • Ace Pilot: He is a long-lived and accomplished Rogue Squadron pilot who is skilled with multiple types of aircraft and has a Badass Boast to Sigel Dare that "[If] you had wings, I could fly you."
  • Badass in Distress: He is an accomplished fighter on the ground and in the air, but spends a while in a prison camp after being shot down before being liberated.

@ Star Wars: Legacy – One Sith

  • Ax-Crazy: He is a mass murderer who is given some of the ugliest jobs Krayt wants done and does them with enthusiasm no matter how challenging they are.
  • I Fight for the Strongest Side!: He has no personal loyalty to Krayt except as the strongest Sith in the room, per their own philosophy, and stands by impassively as Wrylock prepares to duel Krayt.

  • Beard of Evil: Kruhl is a goateed career assassin who will casually kill a son in front of his father.

@ Star Wars: Legacy – New Empire

  • Wild Card: Who his actions seem helpful or loyal to can radically change between appearances and can have far-reaching consequences.

  • Break the Cutie: He goes from a Wide-Eyed Idealist New Meat trooper to a disgusted and shaken veteran fighter who no longer sees honor in the stormtrooper corps but still serves the Sith out of a Band of Brothers loyalty to his comrades in arms.
  • Tomboy with a Girly Streak: She is a high-ranking admiral whose shaved head, warrior tattoos, and stern features can make it hard to tell her gender, but she also has a nice set of dress robes and has manicured, painted fingernails
  • Undying Loyalty: She serves Fel with intense dedication and solemnly calls it an honor to die in his service during her Hold the Line Last Stand, asking him to remember her loyalty.

@ Star Wars: Legacy – Jedi Order

  • Badass Family: His wife, stepdaughter and adopted sons can fight alongside him when gangsters attack the homestead, and that is without even considering how his brother and nephew are legendary Jedi warriors, and their distant cousins the Fels are Imperial Knights.
  • Genius Bruiser: He is a brilliant mechanic (keeping the Mynock in repair, making his adopted son cybernetic legs, etc.) and a husky warrior.
  • Hero of Another Story: He mainly appears in relation to Cade, but between leaving the Jedi Order for mysterious reasons in the middle of a war, becoming a Family Man who rescues one of his sons from slavers, learning his nephew Cade survived the latest Jedi Purge and giving him an occasional safe harbor (strained by how he once chased the group off after Cade's buddy Syn tried to seduce Rawk's stepdaughter), his own backstory is enough to fill a book or two.
  • Stout Strength: His arms are pure muscle and he remains a good duelist while having a pronounced gut.

@ Star Wars: Knight Errant

  • Smug Smiler: Wayman usually looks upbeat and smiling, but has a cocky, condescending look on his lips and eyes.

@ Star Wars: Republic

  • Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: She takes going into a deadly mission against serious opponents with a casual comment that they'd better hurry up because she's needed elsewhere, and she is indeed more powerful than the average Jedi, but not as invincible as she thinks.
  • Red Baron: Her fire manipulation powers get her called "Fire Eater."

@ Star Wars: The Clone Wars S1E3 "Shadow of Malevolence"

  • Pursued Protagonist: The Malevolence is reintroduced in an early scene slaughtering a convoy of medical transports as the last undamaged ship frantically speeds for a hyperspace jump point and desperately readies their engines as Grievous fires his ion cannon. They are seconds too late to jump to safety and abandon ship as Grievous opens fire, only for him to order the life pods targeted as well.

@ Obi-Wan Kenobi

  • Broken-System Dogmatist: Obi-Wan is a constant advocate of obeying the Senate and often lectures Anakin for failing to do so even as he rather hypocritically rants in Episode II about his belief that every single senator is a corrupt Suit with Vested Interests to such an extent that he even extends that belief to honest and effectual senators like Padmé.

@ Star Wars Legends

  • Some fans of A'Sharad Hett from Star Wars: Republic really wish they could ignore his falling to the Dark Side after the end of that series and either imagine that Star Wars Legacy Big Bad Darth Krayt is a Stranger Behind the Mask or that no one ever assumed that title and funded the One Sith and that there were no Sith during the Legacy era to start another Galactic Civil War and put the cast of that series through so much suffering and misfortune. Slightly adding to this sentiment is how it is Dreaming of Things to Come about what Hett will do in the future that is the final straw behind Jacen Solo controversially becoming a Sith in Legacy of the Force, so Hett not becoming Krayt would make it easier for the many fans disregarding that storyline to find a point of divergence.

@ rise empire Jedi

    Treetower 

Treetower

Species:Ugnaught

Appears in: Clone Wars Adventures
An elderly master who seeks to help the innocent during the Clone Wars.
  • Cool Old Guy: He is quite old but is useful in a fight with proper support and shows a warm heart while rescuing child slaves.
  • Fragile Speedster: He is a quick and acrobatic jumper but also a small, frail being who is never even confirmed to own a lightsaber, with his solo rescue mission resulting in him helplessly dangling from a platform by his cloak, half-unconscious, and setting off a distress beacon.

The King Nobody Wanted

Possible ways Sandor will be introduced.
  • Hunting his brother to Essos to kill or take prisoner for a reward and to humiliate Gregor.
  • Joining and reconciling with his father.
  • Hiring himself to the merchants as they build a militia not built around knights.

@ Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Darth Maul: Death Sentence

  • Atop a Mountain of Corpses: When Judd goes to confront Maul, he finds Maul standing on the bodies of at least half a dozen clones as he finishes impaling the last member of their group.
  • Face Death with Dignity: Neither Judd nor Salmara makes it out of the mission alive, with the former being able to Go Out with a Smile and the latter repeatedly showing concern and encouragement to Dray while lying wounded.
  • Made of Iron: Dray faces Maul while having bandaged hands that were just cut off and surgically reattached without any signs of pain and also headbutts the horned Zabrak without showing any signs of injury from the horns afterward.
  • Sadistic Choice: When Maul tries to make Master Judd sloppy and vulnerable to the Dark Side through anger by gloating about how thousands of civilians are dying outside the mining facility, he is caught off guard when Judd runs outside to help them rather than fight him. While happy to have one less obstacle, Maul evokes this trope to mentally torture his opponent, telling Judd that, if he lets Maul go by rescuing those villagers, Maul will go on to kill the whole Jedi Order and thousands of others and take over the Galaxy because of Judd's decision. Judd is unfazed, saying that Maul is running on borrowed time due to having no chance against the Jedi and that saving innocents is always more important than stopping him.
  • Slasher Smile: His row of long, sharp teeth and sense of cockiness can make Master Judd a chilling sight when he smiles at his opponents.
  • When She Smiles: Judd normally has a focused, solemn, inquisitive, or mocking look on his face, and most of his smiles are of the slasher variety in the midst of combat. At the end of the story, when he finally makes a normal smile, while waiting to be burned by the heatwave he just saved thousands of clones and villagers from, he looks serene and kind.

@ The Loud House Season 1

  • Lincoln uses their pet's hamster ball to smuggle messages to the girls besides Lori to sneak into his room for a strategy meeting, with all of them doing so effectively, especially Lana and Luann using spy tricks to make it over, after which they overthrow Lori.
  • Lola is a surprisingly tough guard with a golf club.
  • When Lincoln is unable to maintain the peace himself, he goes to untie Lori, only to find she already freed herself with a nail file and is smuggling counting down to the deadline she predicted he'd need her by, after which she immediately resolves things with a mixture of a stern, harsh voice and cold logic about how they'll all be in trouble if their arriving parents see a mess.

@ The Loud House

  • Jenna and the other cheerleaders from "Cheer Pressure" won over a lot of fans with their Defeat Equals Friendship final interactions with Lynn, Paula, and Margo, and for helping give their Jerkass coach some Laser-Guided Karma, with several fans saying they wouldn’t mind seeing the cheerleaders recur as friends of Lynn.

Edited by Alpinist on Feb 2nd 2025 at 4:48:42 AM

KBoult Since: Jun, 2024
#33407: Feb 1st 2025 at 10:11:37 AM

Here are some more tropes for Another Apple Sleep Experiment.

• Again With Feeling: When Pinkie sees Applejack standing before her, the former is surprised to see her at first, but then she's excited. Pinkie: "Applejack?!" (Excited) "Applejack!"

• And This Is for...: A variation of this trope is when Applejack says to Rarity "I lost mah sister, so maybe you won't understand until you lose yours.", because Rarity didn't cure Applejack 7 years ago, which resulted in Apple Bloom getting partially paralyzed by Applejack.

• Convenient Coma: During an escape from Canterlot Prison, Applejack hits her head really hard in a fight with a prison guard while trying to save Apple Bloom from him, putting Applejack in a coma. She is still in a coma three weeks later and being taken care of by Apple Bloom at the Sweet Apple Acres farmhouse.

• Ransacked Room: When Twilight finds Applejack in her secret lab, she notices that there are empty potion bottles and books all over the floor.

° When Twilight enters Starlight's bedroom to save her from Applejack, she sees that the bed and other furniture are in pieces, the mirror is shattered all over the floor and clothing, and tapestries and childhood memorabilia are eviscerated.

Edited by KBoult on Mar 2nd 2025 at 11:10:20 AM

Rosieanders68 Since: Apr, 2022
#33408: Feb 2nd 2025 at 5:56:28 AM

@Arvine I understand you notice there is something missing in the 2 tropes that I am about to add for Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love so I improved them, but I need to know if there are no grammar errors.

Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love

  • Cessation of Existence: Tendou's fate, as he in the 2nd meteor, uses the Hyper Zecter to travel back seven years into the past and uses Hyper Zecter's Hyper Clock Up to send the 2nd meteor to the 1st meteor and smash it preventing the depletion of the Earth's water supply but causes its fragments to crash into the Shibuya district, resulting in a new timeline which will cause Tendou and his timeline to no longer exist.

  • Stealth Sequel: The whole movie turns out to be an alternate prequel to the series, where Kabuto, who ends up in the 2nd meteor uses the Hyper Zecter to travel back seven years in the past and using Hyper Zecter's Hyper Clock to force the 2nd meteor in order to smash the first meteor, preventing the depletion of the Earth's water supply, but its fragments have crashed into the Shibuya district, creating a different timeline and will likely cause Tendou along with his timeline to no longer exist, but not before he gives his belt to his younger self to give him encouragement to save Hiyori, leading to the events of the original series.

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#33409: Feb 2nd 2025 at 9:32:40 AM

[up] @Alpinist

     Corrections 

......while being prepared to...the galactic good if he is caught.

As Triumvr, <- comma she insults...started and then comes up with...

...to the point where barely any of it touches her neck.

He is an accomplished fighter on the ground and in the air, <- comma but...

...jobs...and does them with enthusiasm no matter how challenging they are.

...in relation to Cade, <- comma but...Family Man who rescues one...

Wayman usually looks upbeat and smiling, <- comma but has a cocky...

...deadly mission against serious opponents with a casual comment...

...as Grievous fires his ion cannon.

...hypocritically rants in Episode II about...Vested Interests in Episode II to...

...acrobatic jumper but also a small...with his solo reduce mission...

^ What is a "reduce mission"? A rescue mission?

His row of long, sharp teeth and sense of cockiness...

...they wouldn’t mind seeing the cheerleaders recur as friends of Lynn.

Edited by Arivne on Feb 2nd 2025 at 9:33:02 AM

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#33410: Feb 2nd 2025 at 9:36:47 AM

[up] @K Boult

...because Rarity didn't cure Applejack 7 years ago, <- comma which...

...floor and clothing, and tapestries and childhood memorabilia are eviscerated.

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#33411: Feb 2nd 2025 at 9:45:12 AM

[up] @Rosieanders 68

     Corrections 

Tendou's fate, as when he is in the 2nd meteor, he uses the...and uses the Hyper Zecter'...and smash it, <- comma preventing...

...in the 2nd meteor, <- comma uses the...seven years into the past and uses the Hyper...2nd meteor in order to smash...but its fragments crash into the...timeline which will likely cause Tendou (along with his timeline) to...

Tycoonninja Since: May, 2023
#33412: Feb 2nd 2025 at 9:48:14 AM

Kamen Rider Gavv

    Episode 21: An Overly Bitter Gavv 

  • The Gochizos playing leapfrog with the Cup Gochizos.

Edited by Tycoonninja on Feb 2nd 2025 at 9:48:33 AM

Ojandora from Obama, Fukui, Japan Since: Aug, 2016
#33413: Feb 2nd 2025 at 10:26:22 AM

Thanks, Arivne. I want to add an entry to meme page of Blue Archive. Let me know if this needs correction.

    Millennium 

Seminar

  • Clingy and soft mommy RioExplanation
    • Asayuki predicted the future/Asayuki possibly gaslighting the dev team into making Rio a clingly mommy gfExplanation

    Trinity 

Seia

Despite (or maybe because of) being featured less and less in any Trinity-related storyline after Eden Treaty, Seia ended up being the meme-dispensing machine on her own, usually at her expenses.
  • Seia's VoiceExplanation
    • Seia can only speak birds entry.
    • Seia can speak ChineseExplanation
  • EOS Seia Explanation (Minor Spoiler!)
  • Striker Seia Entry.
  • Sexy SeiaExplanation (NSFW Warning!)
  • Stealth master Seia/Seia is a Metal Gear protagonistExplanation
  • Seia is a Millennium student/Seia tagging along the Millennium banner to become playableExplanation
    • The Blue Archive savior of the past VS The Blue Archive savior of todayExplanation

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Alpinist Since: Jul, 2023
#33414: Feb 2nd 2025 at 12:47:02 PM

@ Gotta Kill Them All

  • Minor Nightwing villain Hella is a Fallen Hero cop whose family was killed during a bombing at a Photo Op with the Dog ceremony where she was the guest of honor. She spends years Wandering the Earth and getting more ruthless before returning home for revenge, but by that point, all of the criminals involved in killing her family or covering it up are dead, imprisoned, in witness protection, or in hiding, leaving her to vent out her frustration by instead going on a rampage against the surviving officials who organized the ceremony (plus the son of the mobster in witness protection) until she can get a window of opportunity to pursue the more consciously guilty.
  • True Blood: One season 5 subplot involves an Ifrit tracking down War on Terror vets who gunned down several villagers in a drunken fight, while offering to spare any one of them who kills one of the others.

@ Photo Op with the Dog

  • Minor Nightwing Fallen Hero Kate Riordan/Hella came from a family of cops who were among the few honest and decorated ones in the corrupt city and were thrown a special award ceremony by the police commissioner to make up for all the bad publicity about police corruption. The mob bombed the ceremony, killing several reporters and all of the Riordans besides Kate, and sending the commissioner and one of his aides to the hospital with missing limbs.

@ The Trials of Apollo

  • Apollo, Meg, Grover (using tricks he learned from Annabeth), and Coach Hedge (who weaponizes his gym whistle and does a martial arts trick that vexes Ares) fighting dozens of automatons in a war surplus store.

  • Reyna and Meg giving Apollo a What the Hell, Hero? speech about the many things messed up about what he did to Koronis and the ravens during his Jerkass Gods days.

@ The Trials of Apollo

  • Fanfic Fuel: Apollo wishing that the third Emperor was someone like Marcus Aurelius, Hadrian, or Tiberius can make it interesting to wonder if they (and some of the other Emperors) did in fact survive into the modern day and either have their own independent schemes or are living normal lives.

@ Dawn of the Jedi

  • The Big Guy: Madog is a serious, burly blacksmith who cuts down many in combat.
  • Perpetual Frowner: His average countenance is dour and in combat it usually only changes for the occasional aggressive expression.

  • Covered in Scars: He has dozens of old scars on his arm and a few more on his face.
  • Face of a Thug: He is a scarred, grim, man but works hard to serve society and keep his companions safe on missions.

  • Badass Teacher: He is a masterful combat teacher without being a Drill Sergeant Nasty and can use those skills himself in battle.
  • Dual Wielding: He fights with two sabers.
  • Reasonable Authority Figure: He is one of the Masters to most believe the Joirneymen and their warnings and assure them that their concerns are being considered.
  • Stealth Expert: His combined Noghri upbringing and ability to use the Force make it impossible to see him or even sense him with the Force when he wants to hide.
  • The Stoic: His face rarely changes, no matter what he discusses.

  • Be All My Sins Remembered: Lha-Mi decorates a wall of his spartan quarters with pictures of beings he has failed as a warning against arrogance.
  • Retired Badass: He is a legendary swordsman who is now a jolly old man who mostly leaves field work to others.

    Bel Zana 

Bel Zana

Species: Human

A tracker for the Order who often works with Jake Fenn, who loves her.
  • Badasses Wear Bandannas: She is a solitary manhunter for the Order who wears edgy Hell-Bent for Leather clothing and is confident she can take on Xesh and Lok at the same time (and she probably could, given how fast Lok is to cheat by conjuring a vision of fire, which she deeply fears) and has a neat orange headband.
  • Scarily Competent Tracker: She can use the Force to tell where anyone has been, although she relies mainly on Psychic Powers, she does seem to use her eyes to scan areas for signs too.
  • Ms. Fanservice: She wears a tight shirt with a plunging neckline and even tighter pants.
  • Not So Stoic: She is cool and collected except while cursing Lok and when a vision has her freaking out due to thinking she is on fire (her greatest fear).

  • Hell-Bent for Leather: She wears a few dark leather tops while on intense missions where she shows an independent streak and intense fighting skills.

@ The Loud House Season 6

    Snow Escape 
  • Lynn hurls snowballs powerful enough to pop tires, punch through garbage can lid shields, and split a tree Luna is hiding behind in half.

@ The Loud House Season 6

    Cheer Pressure 
  • Mr. Grouse and a couple of service professionals Lynn and her friends (or their temporary mentors Meryl and Cheryl) praise or hype up for All-Cheering All the Time practice enjoy the gesture.
  • Lynn and Paula working together to catch Margo is both heartwarming and awesome.
  • Constantly competitive Lynn is a surprisingly Graceful Loser after being out-cheered by the regular cheerleaders and admits they earned their victory and it was wrong of her to diss their athleticism. This leads to...
  • Despite her previous Alpha Bitch trappings, Jenna takes Lynn's apology well, then, as Lynn and her friends start to walk off, resigned to riding in the away game bus's trailer with the mascot, Jenna calls for them to wait and says they all deserve to ride in the bus, coming up with a Take a Third Option strategy that ends with the girls sitting next to each other and chatting happily.
@ Star Wars: Legacy – One Sith

He also tries to make an officer kill his own captive brother (an enemy soldier), murders him for refusing and almost attacks New Meat trooper Trask for interrupting his thinking by innocently asking for directions to his new barracks.

Eventually, he pushes his men too far and Sergeant Harkas and Privates Trask and Karr become infuriated enough to put him through an Unfriendly Fire fate even though two of those three still remain loyal to the Empire itself once he is gone.

Edited by Alpinist on Feb 3rd 2025 at 10:16:56 AM

KBoult Since: Jun, 2024
#33415: Feb 2nd 2025 at 1:08:24 PM

Here are some more tropes for Another Apple Sleep Experiment.

• Cruel Mercy: Even though she killed Twilight, Apple Bloom lets Pinkie, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Rainbow live, but they'll either end up in prison or institutionalised for killing ponies and, in Fluttershy's case, animals.

• There Are No Therapists: After crashing into the apple orchard and hearing Applejack's voice, Rainbow Dash mentions that Twilight insisted that she should see a therapist to talk about the trauma from being beaten up by Applejack but she refused time and time again, which she regrets now.

Edited by KBoult on Mar 2nd 2025 at 11:12:20 AM

Tylerbear12 What you see is what you get, just a guy. from The Green Hills. Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
What you see is what you get, just a guy.
#33416: Feb 2nd 2025 at 3:24:26 PM

World of Action Girls:

  • Little Witch Academia: Nearly every character is a witch capable of badass feats, from Sucy melting a minotaur, to Amanda winning a sword match, to Constanze building a Humongous Mecha, to Diana being The Ace, to Chariot using acrobats and magic to defeat the army of the Mad Scientist Croix. And of course there's Akko herself, an energetic go-getter who, despite being slightly dimwitted and an Inept Mage, is the Chosen One capable of incredible feats both with and without the Shiny Rod. Justified since the franchise takes place in an all-girls Wizarding School. While there are male characters, most of them tend to be regular muggles not directly involved with the main ongoings.

Trivia.The Railway Series:

  • What Could Have Been: Richard Awdry, the son of Christopher Awdry, had expressed an interest in continuing The Railway Series from Christopher (just as Christopher did from Wilbert Awdry) in the Thomas the Tank Engine Man radio documentary. While Richard was six years old at the time of the interview and he ultimately never picked up the mantle after Christopher ended the series, it could've been interesting to see how it would've fared under him if he had decided to continue it after Christopher retired.

WhatCouldHaveBeen.Thomas And Friends:

  • Disney was allegedly one of the bidders interested in buying Gullane when it was up for sale in 2002. The rights ultimately went to HiT Entertainment instead, but it would've been interesting to see how Disney would've tackled Thomas.
  • Sam Wilkenson had expressed a desire to reintroduce Duke into the CGI series in a 2015 interview with Thomas fansite Sodor Island. However, for unknown reasons, Duke never came back.

Edited by Tylerbear12 on Feb 3rd 2025 at 5:48:58 AM

MM_Crusader Since: Dec, 2016
#33417: Feb 2nd 2025 at 5:17:02 PM

Gate

  • Jerks Are Worse Than Villains: Prince Zorzal is a tyrannical warmonger responsible for numerous atrocities on both Earth and the Special Region, including attempted patricide, fratricide, slavery, rape, murder, and genocide. His actions, however, are not out of place in a medieval fantasy country where the Geneva Conventions don't apply. Although he serves as the Big Bad, audiences find it compelling to watch Zorzal and the Pro-War faction bite more than they can chew to fight the technologically superior JSDF, ultimately to no avail. Ironically, the person who poses the greatest challenge to Japan is Kuzunari Komurazaki, a self-proclaimed war journalist. Komurazaki seeks to tarnish the JSDF's reputation for personal gain, often misrepresenting their actions due to his lack of understanding of military protocols and the complexities of the war. For instance, he dismisses a group of paratroopers on standby as "lazy" and "irresponsible," and later criticizes the JSDF for allowing young women to be injured in combat, despite these women being soldiers from the Special Region who choose to fight. His reckless intrusion into perilous areas consistently places the soldiers accompanying him in jeopardy, and he displays no gratitude even after being rescued multiple times. An entitled hypocrite who is willing to disparage his own nation's military for the sake of his career, Komurazaki ends up even more despised by fans than the story's main villains.

Mortal Kombat: New Era Guest Fighters

Conan the Barbarian

  • Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To the T-800 from 11. Aside that both of them are Schwarzenegger's most iconic roles and voiced by Chris Cox in the video games, Conan, like the T-800, has the ability to resurrect himself. Also like the Terminator, many of his intros with the other kombatants reference other films featuring Schwarzenegger. Furthermore, their respective endings are narrated by different characters (Cassie Cage for the Terminator and Akiro the Wizard for Conan) rather than by the characters themselves.

Edited by MM_Crusader on Feb 2nd 2025 at 11:28:54 AM

brb1006 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#33418: Feb 2nd 2025 at 10:45:11 PM

For Disney Theme Parks

  • All Just a Dream: Between April till June 2024, Tokyo Disneyland held an event called "Donald's Quacky Duck City" as part of "Pal-Palooza" which honored Donald Duck's 90th Anniversary. The event involved Daisy alongside Mickey and his friends deciding to hold an event where Donald was the park's "Super Star". By the parade's conclusion, its revealed that the entire event took place in Donald's dream.

For Unico Characters

  • Violence Is Not an Option: Unico is not fond of behaving violent or the idea of killing. In all incarnations, Unico would reluctantly resort to violence when his peaceful tactics don't work out. His preferred method to resolving conflict is by simply "Talking it out" between sympathetic villains and minor antagonists.

  • Thou Shalt Not Kill: In the Japanese version of Unico in the Island of Magic, he empathizes with Kuruku's backstory by telling him that "He hates having to fight him" worrying that he might kill him in the process. After realizing how badly he hurt Kuruku, Unico's becomes worried for him and constantly apologizes for his actions. He decides to defeat him with kindness and love that Kuruku never experienced in his entire life.

Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Enid Sinclair
#33419: Feb 3rd 2025 at 3:13:23 AM

For Foe Yay Shipping:

  • Squid Game: A large portion of the fanbase ship Seong Gi-hun with the Front Man, aka Hwang In-ho, despite the Front Man being the leader of the games in Season 2. The chemistry and Ho Yay between them while Hwang In-ho pretended to be Oh Young-il and their obsession with each other are major reasons why.

Any corrections?

Fan-Preferred Couple cleanup thread
KBoult Since: Jun, 2024
#33420: Feb 3rd 2025 at 7:30:31 AM

Here are some more tropes for Another Apple Sleep Experiment.

• Combo Platter Powers: After drinking so many potions, Applejack is able to avoid magic attacks from Twilight with super-speed and heightened vision.

• Establishing Character Moment: The opening of chapter one helps establish what the main characters are doing for the memorial. Rarity is making tapestries of the victims, Fluttershy is getting bossed around while decorating, Starlight is creating an ice sculpture of the ponies who died, Twilight is preparing checklists for the event, Pinkie is preparing pastries for the guests and Rainbow Dash has been practicing a routine with the Wonderbolts for the memorial.

• Memorial for the Antagonist: The Commemoration Memorial is a fake version of this trope, as Twilight and her friends made ponies believe that Applejack was one of the victim of the massacre (she was the pony who killed the other ponies that the memorial is for) when, in actuality, Applejack is alive and in prison.

• Running Theme: Revenge is the motive of Apple Bloom, as she wants revenge on Twilight for giving her sister Applejack a potion that caused her to kill 13 ponies 7 years ago and partially paralyse Apple Bloom, and on Twilight's friends for abandoning Applejack and helping Twilight hide the fact that the Sleepless Potion exists and that it was the cause of Applejack's killing spree.

• Scars Are Forever: When she finds Applejack in her lab, Twilight notices a series of scars around Applejack's body.

• Uninvited to the Party: This trope is subverted as Apple Bloom chooses to not go to the Commemoration Memorial.

• Workaholic: Rarity counts as one, as she is willing work all night to finish the tapestries she's designing for the memorial.

° Pinkie Pie counts as this as well, as she's been baking pastries for three days and is still baking in the evening at Sugarcube Corner while the Cake family are sleeping.

Edited by KBoult on Mar 2nd 2025 at 11:13:40 AM

jlvs200s from The Netherlands (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: I miss my wife, Tails
#33421: Feb 3rd 2025 at 8:24:51 AM

For SiIvaGunner Spooktacular Halloween Horror Special

     Proto 
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/proto_shhs2.png
Click here to see him in The Cult of Proto
Leitmotif: The Protegent Rap
Voiced by: AJ Zeg
The mascot of the infamous Indian anti-virus software "Protegent". He first appears as in The SilvaGunner Spooktacular Halloween Horror Special: Part II, where he serves as an actor in Wood Man's horror film of the same name before accidentally being killed by Wood Man. Six years after his untimely demise, Proto is resurrected in The Cult of Proto by BonziBuddy and his cult through a ritual.
  • Accidental Murder: The AIRTH branch of the Susie ARG reveals that Proto's death during The SilvaGunner Spooktacular Halloween Horror Special: Part II was accidently caused by Wood Man as the 8-Bit Beast, who would later deny any connection to Proto's death, while the latter was filming his movie in the AI Universe.
  • Came Back Wrong: Due to BonziBuddy and his cult reviving him through the dark arts, he is reborn as a Humanoid Abomination who immediately kills the cultists who revived him, alongside later attempting kill Takane and the H.M.S. Vargskelethor's captain in his quest to rid to world of viruses. However, this ends up being subverted when he reverts to his original personality after removing malware from the H.M.S. Vargskelethor's computer.
  • Humanoid Abomination: Thanks to BonziBuddy's ritual, Proto is resurrected as a gigantic, monstrous humanoid with a spiky jaw, sharp claws, demonic wings and blood-red, pupil-less eyes, which are surrounded by orange colored skin resembling an orange mask.
For SiIvaGunner:
  • Villain Protagonist: He serves as the main protagonist of the Mr Rental: The Video Game series, which depicts him as a Serial Killer and terrorist who murders several characters related to mashups and other low-effort memes in his crusade against them.
For SiIvaGunner Christmas Comeback Crisis:
  • Ascended Meme: They are based on an in-joke from the official SiIvaGunner Discord server, which began when one of the puzzles for the "PAINT" branch of the Susie ARG was put through LUMA AI. "Noaka" then became a term to describe Red Herrings within the ARG, which eventually resulted in the creation of the ARG's NOAKA branch and the canonization of Noaka within the channel's Lore.

Thanks in advance!

"The time has come for every last Shoppe... No! The time has come for the DREAM KINGDOM to bow down to me! Gotcha ! Hee-hee!" | He/Him
deerhornsaresopretty Since: Jun, 2023
#33422: Feb 3rd 2025 at 8:31:31 AM

YMMV for Bishoujo Kamen Poitrine

  • Values Dissonance:
    • A minor case in the sixth episode. Yuko and Shinsuke come upon a man who is suffering from a compulsion to cut things and is clearly mentally ill. Instead of getting him help, the episode is resolved with Poitrine cursing him with long hair and laughing at him. Japan does not have a sympathetic view of mental illness, even in the modern day where it is slightly less stigmatized.
    • In Episode 12, Poitrine is tasked with keeping an eye on a Manchild who constantly pokes her butt. The joke is that there's no lustful intent and the guy is mentally slow, but that doesn't make a teenage girl being touched inappropriately any less funny.

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#33423: Feb 3rd 2025 at 9:07:16 AM

[up] @Tycoonninja

There's nothing incorrect about the English in that example.

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#33424: Feb 3rd 2025 at 9:12:49 AM

[up] @Ojandora

     Corrections 

A general nickname given to Rio by her fanbase, as they often ignored the fact that for most of her appearances before the CODE:BOX event, she was cold and antagonistic towards the player, and even in Volume F where she's no longer a villain, she's still reluctant and cold when assisting Sensei's company. Because of it, her fanbase tends to portray her as a clingy and affectionate young lady who yearns for Sensei's affection and is willing to do her best to earn it, a complete 180 of what she was. Even those who acknowledge her wrongdoings still portray her this way with a healthy dose of The Atoner added into the mix. When she was released as an Anniversary unit, her fanbase got the last laugh as her quotes and relationship event show her softer and clingy side towards Sensei, <- comma not unlike as her fanbase portrayed her, though nowhere as extreme.

Asayuki 101 is one of the artists who is often credited for popularizing the trend of leather-pantsing Rio to this reputation, where he portrayed Rio as being clingy and lovey-dovey towards Sensei in his works, ranging from generally safe to outright pornographic. After her character release, many swore that he somehow predicted the future <- no comma or jokingly claimed that his works ended up influencing the dev team's decision to cave in and portray her character as such.

Seia ended up being the meme-dispensing machine on her own, usually at her own expense.

Despite of her getting voiced, it doesn't stop the playerbase from still making fun of her.

Seia can only speak birds entry.

^ This isn't correct English.

For some reason, the Chinese version of the game has a voice line for the main story dialogues, specifically the Eden Treaty storyline, dubbed in Chinese by the character's respective voice actress...Mandarin didn't lost with the fans.

^ "didn't lost with the fans." isn't correct English.

This is usually portrayed with the picture of Seia dying in the hospital bed as seen in the PV 4 of the game, which portrays the bad future where Phrenapates and Shiroko*Terror originated from. <- period

Because the weird choice of fashion consisting of a backless outfit and a barely there sideboob-revealing shirt not unlike Ako's, the fanbase gave her the nickname "Sexy Seia" and portrayed her as a pervert who often exposes herself by showing her armpits and other risque parts of her body as a way to gain favor from Sensei and/or other characters, or just one of her many ways to coerce the dev team to give her a voice. This Sexy Seia persona is often portrayed by fan artists as wearing a risque belly dancer outfit, that even her official artist kokosando can't help but participate <missing text>. <- period

^ "can't help but participate" what?

CODE:BOX features an exploration gamemode where Seia can explore the Millennium schoolgrounds not unlike the Basking in The Brilliance of Their Serenade event, which also features a minigame where Seia must sneak by the Helmet Gang undetected, even including a cardboard box which you can hide inside like Yuzu before her. Comparisons to Solid Snake and other playable characters in the Metal Gear series aren't lost on the fandom, where the only thing she has yet to be portrayed as is the overly long ladder climbing scene.

Despite technically being a Trinity student and being the primary focus for V 3 C 4, players started to notice that she was mostly absent in events involving Tea Party (and by extension the Trinity in general), rarely getting an appearance compared to her fellow Tea Party hosts. They also noticed that despite being a mere guest in CODE:BOX, she was more involved in the primarily Millennium event and gets to shine after being made playable. Because of this, fans jokingly assume that Seia is secretly a Millennium student who previously transferred to Trinity in the past, or calling Seia's inclusion in the mostly Millennium event and banner [[strikw:as]] a way to become playable and get her voice.

Both Seia and Rio's announcements as a playable characters were not only met with thunderous applause by the playerbase, but also bolstered the player numbers and merchandise sales of Blue Archive sky high after the previous year's divisive and lackluster outing, cementing their reputation as the "saviors" of Blue Archive, at least financially. Comparisons were made with the Bunny Girl variant of C&C girls (specifically Asuna and Karin), where their massive popularity ended up bringing the game back from the brink of dying.

Edited by Arivne on Feb 3rd 2025 at 9:29:28 AM

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#33425: Feb 3rd 2025 at 9:47:12 AM

[up] @Alpinist

     Corrections 

...but <- no comma by that point, all of the criminals involved in killing her family or covering it up are dead, imprisoned, in witness protection, or in hiding, leaving her to vent out her frustration by instead going on a rampage against the surviving officials who organized the ceremony (plus the son of the mobster in witness protection) until she can get a window of opportunity to pursue the more consciously guilty.

...(who weaponizes his gym whistle and does a martial arts trick that vexes Ares) fighting dozens of automatons in a war surplus store.

...the many things messed up about what he did to Koronis and the ravens during his Jerkass Gods days.

He has dozens of old scars on his arm and a few more on his face.

He is a scarred, grim man, <- comma but...

He is one of the Masters to most believe the Joirneymen and their warnings and assure them that their concerns are being considered.

His face rarely changes, <- comma no matter what he discusses.

Badasses Wear Bandanas: She is a solitary manhunter for the Order who wears edgy Hell-Bent for Leather clothing and is confident she can take on Xesh and Lok at the same time (and she probably could, <- comma given how fast Lok is to cheat by conjuring a vision of fire, which she deeply fears) and has a neat orange headband.

...although she relies mainly on Psychic Powers and does seem to use her eyes to scan areas for signs too.

She wears a tight shirt with a plunging neckline and pants.

Constantly competitive Lynn is a surprisingly Graceful Loser after being out-cheered by the regular cheerleaders and admits they earned their victory and it was wrong of her to diss their athleticism. This leads to...

...coming up with a Take a Third Option strategy that ends with the girls sitting next to each other and chatting happily.

He also tries to make an officer kill his own captive brother (an enemy soldier), <- comma and murders him for refusing and almost attacks New Meat trooper Trask for interrupting his thinking by innocently asking for directions to his new barracks.

Edited by Arivne on Feb 3rd 2025 at 9:48:07 AM


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