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

Alpinist Since: Jul, 2023
#33626: Feb 19th 2025 at 8:37:59 AM

@ Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Enemy Within

@ Bears Are Bad News
  • The Haymeadow: John and the collies struggle to fight off a bear that repeatedly attacks the grazing sheep.

@ Inadequate Inheritor

  • The Haymeadow: The first Barron to come West is locally famous for building a majestic ranch and his son is equally famous for losing enough money that he had to sell it and reduce the family to caretakers right after inheriting the property. Subverted with the reveal that he never had the inheritance and would have probably never squandered it either: his mother inherited it instead, sold the ranch, and donated the proceeds to the church to make up for the Self-Made Lie crimes of her husband, but the family never wanted that story getting around and let the other one stand.

@ New Old West

  • The Haymeadow is set in the 1990s but follows a young rancher spending a summer protecting a herd in an isolated meadow besieged by threats (albeit only animal ones) away from any trace of technology or civilization.

@ Old Retainer

  • The Haymeadow: Young John Barron regrets not ever talking to elderly cowboy Tinker (who is in the hospital with cancer) about his time on the ranch after reflecting how Tinker started working at the ranch when he was a youth himself and it was still owned by John's great-grandfather.

@ The Haymeadow

  • The Haymeadow is a 1994 Gary Paulsen darker Kids' Wilderness Epic about John Barron, a 14-year-old ranch boy who is unexpectedly forced to fill in for a sick cowboy and spend the summer alone in a sheep pasture with just four dogs, two horses, and a rifle, protecting 6,000 sheep from predators and floodwaters. Even in success, the task is a frightening, lonely one that takes a toll on him and that his father is troubled about putting him through.

@ Family Business

  • Harriet Crumpley and her nephews, cousins and uncle make up the board of a cereal company in The Strongest Man in the World, and the board members of their rival also have a Strong Family Resemblance and it was founded by the great-grandfather of the present chairman.
  • John Putnam Thatcher does this frequently, sometimes with a positive portrayal, other times to provide a motive for murder or showcase waste and corruption.
    • In Banking on Death, the Schneider cousins own and in some cases actively operate a mill together and have for generations.
    • Two cousins were brokerage partners in Death Shall Overcome, although one recently died and his successor being the potential first black member of the Stock Exchange provokes racism and death threats.
    • Dr. Wittke has his two sons run a clinic for him whom he divides half his time with a hospital in A Stitch in Time.
    • In Murder to Go, Southeastern Insurance has been the personal fiefdom of the Ogilvie family for a long time, with current boss Morgan Ogilvie having an uncle and nephew in the company and wanting his son to follow his footsteps.
    • Dick Unger is the junior partner of his realtor father in Ashes to Ashes.
    • Harry Zimmerman, his sister, and his brother-in-law are involved in the garment industry together in The Longer the Thread.
    • Paul Parajian and two of his three children run the rug empire Paul started with his brother as a young man.
    • The Vandams from 'Green Grow the Dollars'' have owned a profitable agricultural empire for close to a century and, while most have moved on to other things and they have since sold the business, the CEO, his nephew, a stubborn cousin who is grudgingly allowed to be a minor consultant, and a few distant relatives negotiated continuing positions in the company.
    • In Right on the Money, self-made household products inventor-turned-tycoon Conrad Ecker distributes major roles in his company to his son, son-in-law (who keeps his job and esteem with the family even after his Humble Parent, Spoiled Kids wife divorces him), nephew, and niece by marriage, and ultimately his wife when she starts working on a cookbook. When his son has to retire due to a serious heart condition, he decides to sell the company rather than pass it on to a different relative, provoking some ill-feeling.
  • Season 3 of The Beverly Hillbillies begins at a movie studio where the studio boss employs hundreds of his relatives (siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and at least one son) in every role from movie producer to actor to security guard. While some of them are competent at their jobs, this severe Nepotism has the studio in the red and Mr. Drysdale eager to demolish it after buying a controlling interest in it for the Clampetts. Unfortunately for him, they like the studio, its projects, and employees, and it continues occasionally appearing throughout the show.

@ Brother Cadfael

  • The Wrongfully Accused Engelard refuses an opportunity to run until he can make prolonged passionate and logical arguments in his defense and, when that fails, he still breaks his way through the large crowd to escape. The pursuing Brother John keeps pace with him for a good distance while wearing sandals, only to further his escape by blocking the only other fast pursuer rather than seize Engelard.

@ Brother Cadfael

  • The Unishment: After being confined to house arrest for helping a prisoner escape in the first book, Brother John (who is already considering leaving the clergy) is starting to prepare for his own escape when he learns the house in question is where a girl he likes works and he dutifully lets himself be led away to this horrible fate.

@ Highlander

@ Highlander

  • The deleted scene of Yung Dol Kim dueling the Kurgan has him show skill almost equal to Ramirez before only dying when he chooses to give up and end the Game on his own terms.
@ Snow Way Out Loud House

  • Dwindling Party: Of the eight Loud children who try to make the run for the school while being stalked by a snowball-throwing Lynn, only four make it.
  • Ignored Epiphany: Lynn apologizes for how ruthless she was after everything was over, only to decide she wants to do it all over again the next day after hearing it's another packing day for snow conditions. The others get the last laugh because it's winter break and they can stay inside and let her shiver outside while waiting in vain for them.
  • Simple Solution Won't Work: Done repeatedly when it comes to escaping Lynn and her snowball-throwing. Staying inside the whole day is unappealing due to all of the snacks being brought for the last day of school before Winter Break. They can't just drive to school because Lynn disables Vanzilla and the school bus driver is afraid to come near Lynn's house during snowball weather. Finally, going to school armed with metal shields and in a military formation so everyone can protect each other fails when Lynn's snowballs are strong enough to break their shields, making everyone run for it.

@ Awesome loud house season 2

    Fools Paradise 
  • Luna proposes escaping April Fools' Day by using bad online reviews to drive Luan's prank supplier out of business, but it turns out she already stockpiled her supplies elsewhere and mentioned this in a threat.
  • Lana deduces Luan boobytrapped a room and breaks down the door in case the handle is rigged. Too bad the floor is missing.
  • Luan getting hit with a rapid series of the same pranks she put her family through.

@ Mighty Med Its short run and colorful worldbuilding leave many Mighty Med stories or anecdotes that are only used briefly and feel like they could have been used more.


  • Solar Flare being a Legacy Character could have been an interesting recurring story to flesh out superhero mentorship and the origins of a colorful but minor character, but is only the subject of a brief joke about "passing the torch" in one episode.
  • Clyde and Wallace attending a Monsters Anonymous group with colorful ex-villains like the Exterminator has some good humorous and touching moments, but is only in one episode.
  • Seeing some of the other many heroes Annihilator stole his powers from bond over this with Skylar and struggle to cope in their own ways could have been interesting, but they only show up in cameos, laying around in hospital beds and being wordlessly Brainwashed and Crazy whenever any of them get their powers back.
  • The existence of a Superhero Secret Service Division where un-costumed people with powers track down supervillains more like cops is only briefly mentioned in one or two episodes.

@ ymmv solo

  • The less close and trusting circumstances behind Han and Landon coming to know each other (as Teeth-Clenched Teamwork heist mates rather than Lando being a Good Samaritan saving Han from Boba Fett and then befriending him) and their mutually beloved ship changing hands (after their first job together rather than years of Han admiring it) can be one point of silent but special mourning for certain fans of The Han Solo Trilogy.

Edited by Alpinist on Feb 20th 2025 at 1:45:31 AM

KBoult Since: Jun, 2024
#33627: Feb 19th 2025 at 9:05:01 AM

Here are some more tropes for Another Apple Sleep Experiment.

• Bleed 'Em and Weep: Every time Twilight and her friends kill somepony or, in Fluttershy's case, animals, in the most gruesome ways (with them believing that Applejack killed those ponies and Angel Bunny), they all cry.

• Chekhov's Gunman: Rarity mentions that Spike is no longer Twilight's assistant, as he left a year ago. It is later revealed that he left after finding out from Apple Bloom that Applejack was alive and while visiting Applejack in prison, Spike finds out from Applejack that Twilight gave her a potion that caused Applejack to kill ponies.

° When Applejack visits Rarity, Applejack asks what happened to Apple Bloom because Rarity didn't cure Applejack sooner, but Rarity just says "Apple Bloom wasn't my fault!". In the final chapter, it is revealed that Apple Bloom is still alive, but is partially paralyzed.

• Locked Room Mystery: A variation of this trope is when Twilight finds Applejack in her lab, the former wonders how the latter got in, saying that the lock for the door is magical, but yet Applejack is somehow able to break it.

• Would You Like to Hear How They Died?: A variation of this trope is Apple Bloom explaining to Twilight how it was the latter and her friends who killed those ponies, not Applejack.

Edited by KBoult on Mar 2nd 2025 at 12:05:14 PM

KBoult Since: Jun, 2024
#33628: Feb 19th 2025 at 2:42:41 PM

Here are some more tropes for Another Apple Sleep Experiment.

• Hammerspace Hair: While Pinkie Pie is baking desserts for the memorial, she pulls a rolling pin from out of her mane.

• Meaningless Villain Victory: Apple Bloom may have gotten her revenge on Twilight for giving Applejack a potion that caused her to not only kill ponies, but also partially paralyzed Apple Bloom, by exposing the Alicorn and her friends to the same potion, causing them to kill ponies as well. Then Apple Bloom kills Twilight, but Applejack is in a coma that she has been in for three weeks after hitting her head really hard in a fight with a prison guard and hasn't woken up since.

Edited by KBoult on Mar 2nd 2025 at 12:06:35 PM

brb1006 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#33629: Feb 19th 2025 at 4:06:27 PM

For Lackadaisy

  • The Big Damn Kiss: In "Liaison", Ivy takes Calvin inside an pig truck to have a moment of privacy together. She decides to prepare Calvin for their "first proper kiss" as good luck to him. After teaching him how to kiss, Calvin's goofy expression causes her to giggle. Ivy finds his amusingly bad attempt of behaving romantic cute and quickly kisses Calvin's lips.

MM_Crusader Since: Dec, 2016
MM_Crusader Since: Dec, 2016
#33631: Feb 19th 2025 at 4:21:12 PM

Rhea Ripley

  • Create Your Own Villain: Seems to be a recurring trend for Rhea.
    • In 2019, by using the wrong words to Dakota Kai after she fails to earn a spot on her WarGames team, Rhea sows the seeds for Dakota's eventual betrayal and Face–Heel Turn.

  • Never My Fault: Rhea seems to have a knack for refusing to take responsibility or even apologize to people whom she wronged.
    • After Dakota Kai failed to win a match to qualify to be on Team Ripley for the 2019 WarGames match, Rhea tells an already depressed Dakota that "she didn't make the cut". Dakota will eventually betray Team Ripley by attacking Mia Yim and Tegan Nox before abandoning the match. Until the year end, Rhea will make Dakota's life a living hell, even though she's the one who used the wrong choice of words to Dakota.
    • Liv Morgan's Revenge Tour in 2024 begins because Rhea injured Liv six months prior, in addition of lingering feelings of when Rhea betrayed Liv in 2022. When Rhea suffered a similar injury at the hands of Liv and is forced to relinquish her Women's Championship, she calls Liv a coward among other things.
    • When she and Dominik were a couple, Rhea never gives him an ounce of respect and repeatedly abuses him. After Dominik betrays her in favor of Liv, she looks surprised, never even thinking of all the abuses she put him through.

Rhea Ripley

  • Designated Hero: When NXT General Manager, William Regal, announces that WarGames 2019 will feature the first-ever women's WarGames match, Rhea Ripley is named the leader of the babyface team. She immediately selects Candice LeRae and Tegan Nox as her teammates. However, for Dakota Kai, Tegan’s tag team partner, to secure a spot on the team, she is required to defeat the leader of the heel team and reigning NXT Women’s Champion, Shayna Baszler, whom she has never beaten before. Dakota lost to Baszler that night for the fourth time and had to be saved by the rest of Team Ripley, along with Mia Yim. Following the match, Rhea chooses Mia as the final member of her team and bluntly told Dakota that she “didn’t make the cut.” Fast-forward to WarGames, Dakota viciously attacks Mia before the match, taking her spot on the team. Later, she turned on Tegan as well before abandoning the match, leaving Team Ripley at a two-on-four disadvantage (which they still win). While Dakota is portrayed as a treacherous villain, the storyline never acknowledged how unfairly she was treated—being forced into a near-unwinnable match against an Invincible Villain just to prove herself, only to have her spot handed to someone else who didn’t have to go through the same ordeal. The fact that Rhea never properly apologized to Dakota or took responsibility for the injuries suffered by Mia and Tegan only made Dakota’s rage feel even more justified.

Edited by MM_Crusader on Feb 19th 2025 at 4:33:55 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.
#33632: Feb 19th 2025 at 11:06:59 PM

YMMV.Little Witch Academia:

  • Die for Our Ship: While not anywhere as vitriolic as Andrew, Frank also got a fair amount of backlash for his Ship Tease with Lotte, whom fans prefer to pair with either Sucy or Barbara, despite Lotte preferring to be Just Friends with him. He also briefly got on fans' nerves for hitting on Diana, whom they ship with Akko, but that didn't last, especially since it was quickly dropped and Diana doesn't reciprocate or notice Frank.

Edited by Tylerbear12 on Feb 20th 2025 at 11:26:55 AM

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#33633: Feb 20th 2025 at 8:29:51 AM

[up] @Alpinist

     Corrections 

John and the collies struggle...

...and the board members of their rival...and it was founded by...

^ "it" refers to the rival company, so it's singular.

The Vandams from 'Green Grow the Dollars'' <- no comma have owned...

...Conrad Ecker distributes major roles...to retire due to a heart condition...

...and Mr. Drysdale eager to...the studio, <- comma and its projects...

...passionate and logical tap arguments...large crowd to escape. <- period The pursuing Brother...

^ "tap" isn't correct English, but I can't tell what you meant to write.

^ Split up a run-on sentence connected by a comma splice.

...and/or scaring to...a lynch mob tried to inform <missing text> how...

^ "scaring to" isn't correct English, but I can't tell what you meant to write.

^ Lynch mob tried to inform who?

Fan-Preferred Cut Content

...humorous and touching moments, <- comma but is only in one episode.

...some of the other many heroes...and struggle to cope...cameos, lying around...

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#33634: Feb 20th 2025 at 8:35:54 AM

[up] @K Boult

...gruesome ways <- space (with them...Angel Bunny), <- space they...

...who killed those ponies, <- comma not Applejack.

...kill ponies as well. <- period and Then Apple...

^ Split up a really long sentewnce.

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#33635: Feb 20th 2025 at 8:37:02 AM

[up] @ brb1006

Ivy finds his amusingly bad attempt at behaving romantic cute...

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#33636: Feb 20th 2025 at 8:45:14 AM

[up] @MM_Crusader

     Corrections 

...in addition to lingering feelings from when Rhea...When Rhea suffers a similar injury...she calls Liv a coward, <- comma among other things.

When she and Dominik are a couple, Rhea never gives him...

When NXT General Manager <- no comma William Regal <- no comma announces...Dakota loses to Baszler that night for the fourth time and has to be saved...and bluntly tells Dakota that...Later, she turns on Tegan...the storyline never acknowledges how unfairly...only make Dakota’s rage feel even more justified.

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#33637: Feb 20th 2025 at 8:46:29 AM

[up] @Tylerbear 12

I can't find any English errors in that example.

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.
#33638: Feb 20th 2025 at 10:12:23 AM

YMMV.Little Witch Academia:

  • Fandom-Enraging Misconception: Accusing LWA of being a anime rip-off of Harry Potter is a good way to tick fans off. While both works do take place in a Wizarding School in the UK and share some surface level similarities (the main cast being a Power Trio, blonde stuffy rival, etc), thematically and narratively speaking, LWA has nothing in common with Harry Potter. According to creator Yoh Yoshinari at TRIGGER Night Vol. 11, the series was inspired by The Worst Witch (which predates Harry Potter by two decades), and in a Reddit AMA with Masahiko Otsuka, he confirms that Yoshinari had never read or watched Harry Potter when making the 2013 short film.

  • Breakout Character: Diana was not meant to be more than a snooty rival figure to Akko and wasn't a hugely important character in the films or manga (aside from the first film, where she was the main antagonist), but her popularity amongst fans and the crew would cause her to get a larger role in the TV series, particularly in the show's second half, which focuses heavily on her backstory and Character Development over the rest of Akko's friends.

YMMV.Cars 1

  • First Installment Wins: While Cars is divisive on its own, most can agree it is far better than its poorly received sequel, Cars 2, which is blamed for kickstarting Pixar's Audience-Alienating Era. While Cars 3 ended up providing some stiff competition, with some considering that film to be the best one due to its Darker and Edgier tone, it largely remains in second place to the first film.

Edited by Tylerbear12 on Feb 21st 2025 at 3:49:59 AM

Alpinist Since: Jul, 2023
#33640: Feb 20th 2025 at 7:12:09 PM

Thanks Arivne

@ Star Wars: Visionaries

  • High-Class Glass: The artist can afford to operate out of a castle and wears a monocle.
  • Death Notification: An impromptu version occurs when General Madine comes to summon Mon Mothma for a briefing but has recently heard of Jobin's death and sorrowfully tells his mother upon realizing she doesn't know yet.
  • The Ghost: Jobin's father and sister are mentioned but unseen.
  • I Will Only Slow You Down: The survivors of Jobin's squad want to stop and drag him after them once he's wounded, but he orders them to keep running.
@ An American Tail
  • On his first night in the sweatshop, memories of his father talking about Rapunzel inspire Fievel to make a Bedsheet Ladder. Even better, as other captive mice start joining him and Tony, it's implied the entire slave labor force escapes right after him, giving the awful Moe some sweet Off Screen Karma.
  • When a New York cat swallows Fievel, he manages to use the pieces of food coming down the throat after him as stepping stones to leap back up and escape.

  • Tiger's tail is strong enough for him to use it to lift up his entire body while lying on his back.
@ Awesome Fievel goes west
  • Tony and Bridget's first cameo has them keeping a roller skate in their apartment that they and their baby dive into as soon as a cat appears at the window, taking them down to the safety of a sewer grate ten times faster than any of their neighbors.

  • Chula using his extra arms to cheat at poker and his webbing to yank in pots is both funny and awesome.
  • Cat R. Waul's Manipulative Bastard New Era Speech to the mice after they first arrive in Green River, effectively setting himself up as a Villain with Good Publicity.
  • The Wham Shot revealing the moving buffalo skeleton has an army of mice manipulating the joints.
  • The sequence of the native mice launching their fiery projectiles at the hawk about to eat Fievel.

@ An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster

@ The Loud House

  • A lot of the stuff Luan has the stunt doubles of her family do in "April Fools Rules" is hurtful but limited in scope, but having the Rita imposter turn in her novel for publication before Rita could write the twist ending she wanted and humiliating Lisa in front of her colleagues by having her act more like a normal four-year-old makes it easy to feel their devastation.

Edited by Alpinist on Feb 21st 2025 at 9:57:53 AM

MM_Crusader Since: Dec, 2016
#33641: Feb 20th 2025 at 10:31:44 PM

Liv Morgan

  • Then Let Me Be Evil: After being booed by the fans for enacting the same thing Rhea did to her the previous year (for which they had hypocritically applauded Rhea), another part for Liv's Face–Heel Turn in 2024 is because of how often she falls short in getting another opportunity for the Women's title (she came in second for the 2023 and 2024 Royal Rumble matches and the 2024 Elimination Chamber match). After coming in second again in a Battle Royal for the vacant Women's World Championship on the April 22nd episode of Raw to Becky Lynch, a jaded Liv refuses to be interviewed backstage and pushes the camera away. It isn't long Liv turns heel by capturing the Women's World Title with the help of Dominik Mysterio and she is willing to use every method in the heel book to ensure she stays as champion for as long as possible.

Liv Morgan

  • After six months out of action to recover from a shoulder injury, Liv returns to the 2024 Royal Rumble as the 30th entrant. She makes it to the final two for the second year in the row, eliminating Zoey Starks and the debuting Jade Cargill, the latter who was undefeated in AEW for two and a half years and has already eliminated the likes of Nia Jax, Becky Lynch, and Naomi. Unfortunately, luck isn't by Liv's side as she is immediately eliminated by Bayley after eliminating Jade, ironically the same way last year (staying on the apron too long).
  • Controversy aside, Liv finally ended Rhea's one-year reign as Women's World Champion by attacking her backstage and forcing her to drop the title. This is in retribution for what Rhea did to her the previous year that sidelined her for six months, in addition for Rhea's betrayal two years prior. Liv continues to put Rhea in her place by not only beating her at SummerSlam but also ending Rhea's undefeated streak in singles matches. The last person to pin Rhea was Liv herself in 2022.
  • Being one of few people to defeat Nia Jax more than once since the latter's return. On their second bout at Crown Jewel 2024, Liv also wins the WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship.
  • Liv proves to her detractors that she can win a match cleanly by beating Io Sky, who has been called one of the best women's wrestlers in the world, at Saturday Night's Main Event.

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#33642: Feb 21st 2025 at 9:00:10 AM

[up] @Tylerbear 12

I don't see any English problems in those examples.

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#33643: Feb 21st 2025 at 9:05:38 AM

[up] @Alpinist

The artist can afford countless paint <missing text> and...

^ Can afford countless paint what?

Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#33644: Feb 21st 2025 at 9:11:14 AM

[up] @MM_Crusader

...for the women's title (she...in second again to Becky Lynch in a Battle Royal...It isn't long before Liv turns heel...of Dominik Mysterio, <- comma and...

KBoult Since: Jun, 2024
#33645: Feb 21st 2025 at 9:39:13 AM

Here are some more tropes for Another Apple Sleep Experiment.

• Eye Motifs: In the intros of the audio readings, you can see flashes of the eyes of the main characters.

• Hates Being Alone: A variation of this trope is that Apple Bloom is angry that her brother and two friends Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo abandoned her because she is paralyzed in her back legs.

• Screaming Woman: When Twilight is trying to get out of her lab to stop Applejack from doing something bad, she hears Starlight screaming.

Edited by KBoult on Mar 2nd 2025 at 12:08:13 PM

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.
#33646: Feb 21st 2025 at 9:45:50 AM

VideoGame.Sonic Racing Cross Worlds:

  • Damn You, Muscle Memory!: The game's controls differ greatly from Sonic and All Stars Racing duology and Team Sonic Racing, which can cause some whiplash when going into this game from the former three.
    • Accelerate is on the X/A/B button instead of the right trigger (which is used for items), making it more akin to the Mario Kart series than previous entries. Fortunately, there is an option on the character select screen to change the layout to Team Sonic Racing's instead.
    • The boats don't drift like they do in All Stars Racing Transformed, instead doing a charge jump when holding the drift button. This has caused many a player to try and drift on the boat while making a corner, only to run into a wall instead.
  • In Name Only: Not unlike Sky Road in Team Sonic Racing (which has nothing in common with the zone from Sonic Lost World), Water Palace takes its name from the zone in Sonic Rush, but outside of sharing the name and a general water ruins aesthetic, it is an original course unrelated to the Rush zone.
  • Mythology Gag: One of Sonic's in-game lines is "You're too slow!" which is what he says when doing his side-taunt in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.note 

Edited by Tylerbear12 on Feb 22nd 2025 at 4:21:28 AM

Alpinist Since: Jul, 2023
#33647: Feb 21st 2025 at 3:11:48 PM

Thanks.

This came out to about five pages and 2, 200 words on my word document so this might be another time for you to stop early. @ Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika

Written by Mike Kennedy and with art by Carlos Meglia, Star Wars: Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika is a five-issue Star Wars Legends comic miniseries that acts as an Interquel to The Han Solo Trilogy, taking place during the Time Skip between the climax and the last few chapters. In the aftermath of being scammed by the Rebel Alliance, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Lando Calrissian reluctantly work together again as one of three teams on a Hutt-sponsored treasure hunt for a famous statuette called the Yavin Vassilika. The contest is meant to prove who has the best management strategy between Jabba and his relatives Malta and Embra, but someone is pulling their strings to get the statuette for far more important reasons.

Tropes in the Comic:

  • Beleaguered Assistant: Jozzel and Farquin feel constant disgust and annoyance at having to work for their respective Hutt masters and long to get the money for better lives, far away from the Hutts. Their fellow majordomo Bib Fortuna acts more respectfully, but Tales from Jabba's Palace establishes him as being even more put-upon than them.
  • Benevolent Boss: Embra the Hutt's management strategy is giving his contractors all of the resources they need and being honest with them about the entire situation upfront and also offering them snacks. There is some Pragmatic Villainy involved, though, and his own personal handmaiden is far less loyal than the various mercenaries he hires.
  • Dropped a Bridge on Him: Jozzel drives much of the plot but then is abruptly shot in the back and falls to the ground with smoke coming from the wound after a fairly non-violent story, presumably dead.
  • Every Man Has His Price: Zuckuss of Embra's team gets IG-88 of Malta's team to turn on his teammates by posting a bounty on them that's just bigger than IG-88's share of the team split.
  • Evil Minions: Tusken Bounty Hunter Sardu Sallowe employs several Jawas to run errands for him, expand his search for the vassilika, and spy on the other teams.
  • Femme Fatale: Jozzel Moffet tends to wear a Sexy Backless Outfit or a tight scuba suit, manipulates her bosses into following an agenda that will make her rich, and flirts with Han and Lando while getting them to work with her, although she is fairly honest to them about her goals and would be fine with getting her payoff without hurting anyone.
  • The Man Behind the Man: Jozzel Moffet is the one who feeds the whole idea of the treasure hunt competition to the Hutts but is following the agenda of some unseen handlers and paymasters, who turn out to be General Dodanna and Bria Tharen of the Rebel Alliance, out to get a key to the Great Temple of Yavin that was hidden inside the vassilika.
  • There's No Kill like Overkill: Malta the Hutt favors massive violence to quickly resolve a situation over securing any additional profit and says he would have destroyed the Ylesian operation by finding a suicidal zealot to drop in with a nuke from orbit.

@ General Grievous

General Grievous is a 2004 four-issue Star Wars Legends Dark Horse Comics miniseries written by Chuck Dixon. As General Grievous's toll of Jedi victims rises, three Jedi set out on an unsanctioned plan to bring a faster end to the war and avenge personal wrongs done to them by assassinating him. Meanwhile, Grievous has kidnapped a band of Jedi younglings who are determined to escape before they fall victim to an Unwilling Roboticisation fate.

Tropes in the comic:

  • Men of Sherwood: The Banvhar Combine Asteroid Miners supply the Jedi with manpower to avenge a massacre the miners barely survived and, while only Steelskard and Rini are named, the whole group is competent, prove to be tough, helpful soldiers who only take one or two casualties while holding off a horde of battle droids and waiting for their surviving companions to make it back to the evacuation ship.
  • Mouth of Sauron: Separatist officer Vulpus comes to inspect Grievous's operations for Count Dooku. Grievous nearly kills him to keep him from submitting a bad report, and Vulpus is nervous but composed, getting Grievous to back down with just a few cold words about how an attack on him is an attack on Dooku's authority that Dooku will punish if Grievous takes that swing.
  • Secretly Selfish: Flynn and B'dard seem to genuinely believe that killing Grievous is an important strategic decision, and they are far from the only ones, but the fact that Grievous killed Flynn's master and B'dard's last Padawan and left B'dard Two-Faced and with a missing arm also has revenge play a bigger role in their actions than they like to discuss.
  • The Smart Guy: Rini controls the probe droids the heroes use to try and assassinate Grievous and hacks into the Separatist communications channels to set things up.
  • The Un-Reveal: One of the Jedi Council told B'dard Tone and Codi Ty about Flynn's proposal to assassinate Grievous. Only Mace Windu and Yoda express open moral disapproval of the plan, at least one Council member (who looks like a Palette Swapped Chiss) supports it, and the Chiss and a Gran on the Council are both never seen before or after this story, but it is never revealed who set up Flynn and B'dard's meeting to push the conspiracy forward.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: The Ugnaught survivors of the city briefly help the younglings fight Grievous, then flee in the other direction as he pursues the Jedi, and it's never revealed if they manage to escape again before Grievous comes back for them, assuming he wasn't too distracted to do so after the assassination attempt.

@ Star Wars – Boba Fett Star Wars: Boba Fett is a six-book long Star Wars Legends middle-grade series published from 2002-2004 and written by Terry Bisson (two books) and Elizabeth Hand (four books). In the aftermath of his father's death, young Boba Fett finds himself on the run from Darth Tyrannus, whose dual identity as Count Dooku Boba is aware of and hopes to use at the right time, while also seeking to get his start as a bounty hunter under Jabba the Hutt, interacting with Jedi throughout the war as he hopes to get close to Mace Windu and avenge his father's death, and also has some harrowing encounters with veteran bounty hunters Aurra Sing and Durge.

Tropes in the Series:

  • Affectionate Pickpocket: Jovial pickpocket Aia is a friend and helper to Boba, but also uses their goodbye hug to rob him blind after an unprofitable heist.
  • Bizarre Alien Sexes: Garr, Boba's first friend his age, belongs to a species that is genderless until the age of thirteen, then settles into male or female through random chance. This gets Garr bullied for being unable to conform to what other kids see as normal, something Boba finds stupid.
  • Dramatic Irony: Boba mourns his Parental Substitute Zam Wesell, but never learns his father was the one who killed her to keep her from talking (which Jango seems to view as Dirty Business).
  • Enemy Mine: Boba teams up with the Jedi on Xagoboah to break into a Genius Loci fortress and try to capture Wat Tambor.
  • The Fagin: Villain of the Week Gilramos Libkath is a particularly nasty example of the trope, as Ygabba and the other street urchins under his "care" are fitted with Explosive Leashes so they can't run away, he sells the ones who fail him as slaves, and he forces them to steal from Jabba the Hutt and risk brutal retaliation.
  • Honest John's Dealership: The being actually called Honest Gjon runs what is officially a starship repair center but really a place for him to steal ships that get brought in and sell them for scrap. He tries it on Boba and narrowly fails, but Boba accepts it was Nothing Personal and befriends him.
  • Hope Spot: Boba is poised to end the war by revealing that Dooku is playing both sides. Unfortunately, he is sent to talk directly to Palpatine, who already knows and bribes Boba into silence.
  • Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: Gilramos Libkath can shoot lightning from his hands, but whether he is a Force-Sensitive or a con man with lightning gauntlets like Trioculus is unclear.
  • The Perils of Being the Best: Gab'borah Hise was an independent cantina chef who ended up being kidnapped and enslaved as a palace chef for Jabba the Hutt (which a few Tales from Jabba's Palace stories emphasize is a terrifying, degrading job) because of it.
  • Verbal Tic: Aia ends his sentences with the word "yes," turning them into questions.

@ Rise empire Jedi

    Ulu Ulix 

Ulu Ulix

Species: Unknown

The Padawan of Glynn-Beti.
  • Negated Moment of Awesome: When he sees a drone kamikaze vessel launch from Wat Tambor's fortress, he speeds to intercept it on a swoop bike and keep it from harming their vessels while also diverting it back to the fortress so he can get through their defenses with the drone. He gets shot down before he can achieve this goal and only survives because of Boba.
  • Nice Guy: The care he provides for the war orphans his ship is transporting makes him a rare Jedi Boba doesn’t hate because of Mace killing Jango, and he even considers Ulu a friend of sorts.
  • Rubber-Forehead Aliens: He has horns and three eyes but a humanoid body.
@ The Loud House Season 2
  • Highlights of the flashbacks to crushes forming include Skippy giving Lana a wrench as they repair bikes together, Winston giving Lola a 10 while judging her pageant (and her showing him one later on), Luan and Benny moving closer together while doing mime acts, and David helping Lisa clean her glasses.
  • The montage of the siblings making their first moves on their crushes and trading smiles.
@ Batman rogues S through Z
  • Hunter of Their Own Kind: He turns into a werewolf, but becomes infamous for killing protected timber wolves while not transformed.
  • Practically Different Generations: His mother implies his sister Angela was born not long before his mother reached menopause, when Anthony was already grown.

@ ymmve strange new worlds

@ Ensemble @ The Han Solo Adventures
  • Fanfic Fuel: The respective past adventures of Odumin and Gallandro are probably just as interesting as anything Han does in these books.

@ Reacher

    Season 3 

Persuader

  • Elliot's chagrined reaction to them testing blood squabs.
  • Reacher snarking about the quality of Villanueva's record collection, which the older cop volunteers as a prop for the sting.

Truckin'

  • When Duffy wonders how Reacher is stalling his road trip with Angel Doll, it cuts to a bewildered truck stop counterman watching Reacher stand still holding a pot of coffee for several seconds and making no move to pour it until Angel Doll steps in.

Number 2 with a Bullet

  • Reacher thinks he has been caught betraying Beck when really he is just being told not to track mud into the kitchen.
@ An American Tale
  • Bigotry Exception: In the second movie, Cat R. Waul's entire gang views mice as delicious lesser creatures they can eat without guilt, but every one of them is entranced by Tanya's singing voice, enjoys her presence, and sometimes even sings along with her.
  • Ungrateful Bastard: Noodles is one of the workers in Moe's sweatshop who escaped with Fievel's Bedsheet Ladder but still treats Fievel like dirt when they meet again in Orphan Alley.
@ Adolf Hitlarious
  • The Hogan's Heroes fanfic The Key to Berchtesgaden features various Resistance fighters disguising themselves as over-the-top versions of Hitler to try and steal the keys to his eponymous estate and doing such a good job that they fool other underground members. One ends up kidnapped and sent to London to be a forced attendee at a peace conference, where he gets so fed up with the Cassandra Truth situation about his identity that he briefly pretends he really is Hitler. The real Hitler appears in the epilogue and, upon hearing scattered reports about sightings of him in an area he never visited, shrilly accuses the speaker of being drunk.
@ The Shadow

The Condor

Appears in: The Condor
  • Affably Evil: He is a cold-blooded killer who commits crimes largely For the Evulz but can be encouraging and congratulatory to men he considers loyal and trustworthy.
  • Animal Motifs: He has a wiry body, talon-like fingers, beady eyes, and predatory instincts like a bird of prey.
  • Diabolical Mastermind: He has spent years issuing invitations to other crooks to use the proceeds of a series of major heists to buy into what he dreams will be an international criminal empire, and his mountain hideaway is full of weapons, siege positions, and escape routes for him and his men.

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The Dragon

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Naruto - Team 7 Members

Kakashi Hatake

  • It Can't Be Helped: Kakashi often feels guilty and holds himself responsible for the misfortunes that affect those around him. However, instead of processing his emotions, he allows his guilt to overwhelm him, trapping it inside without any means of release. He doesn't attempt to change the world or himself; instead, he apathetically stagnates. When faced with grief and loss, Kakashi shuts down and suppresses his feelings, disconnecting from any strong emotions.
  • The Fatalist: Kakashi fulfills his duties because they are expected of him, but he derives little pleasure from life. He has become a cog in the system, merely going through the motions without any real direction or desire to move forward. Ultimately, he feels trapped in a rut and lacks the motivation or ambition to escape it.

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023)

Maris Morlak

  • Villainous Legacy: Although Maris had a brief tenure as the Season 1 Final Boss, his actions significantly disrupt the status quo for the remainder of the series.
    • Maris sets the portal to maximum power before being pulled in, forcing Lunella to let herself be absorbed by the portal to shut down the machine, which sets the stage for her conflict with Molecule Man.

Molecule Man

  • Arch-Enemy: In her first battle, Lunella is horrifyingly outmatched by Molecule Man, to the point where she spends most of the encounter running for her life. He tosses her around like a rag doll, and she would have been killed if the Beyonder hadn't intervened by swiping his wand. This experience leaves Lunella traumatized. Besides being distressed at the idea of a Puny earthling child challenging him to the extent of brutalizing her, she also becomes a target for Molecule Man's revenge once he gains new powers fueled by his intense anger and can no longer find the Beyonder. In "The Molecular Level," Molecule Man sets up an even greater threat as he puts Lunella's family in danger. He arrives at her home on the other side of the Multiverse, intent on making her suffer just as she reveals to her family that she is Moon Girl. After subduing him, Lunella successfully talks him down, and her compassion reaches him, allowing them to make amends.

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023) S2E14 "The Molecular Level"

  • Heroic Rematch: Lunella is fully equipped with her Moon Girl gear to face Molecule Man in his Clipped-Wing Angel form, and the episode's climax concludes with Lunella managing to subdue and redeem him.
  • Oh, Crap!: Lunella is understandably horrified when she discovers that the assailant who just smashed a hole in the apartment is none other than Molecule Man, the living otherworldly nightmare that nearly killed her at the beginning of the season. He is now even stronger and more unstable, filled with rage like never before.
  • What the Hell, Hero?: Adria and James were not too thrilled to overhear Mimi's mention of having to let once Lunella pass through an inter-dimensional portal while being confronted by Molecule Man.

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#33650: Feb 22nd 2025 at 8:39:12 AM

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In the intros of the audio readings...flashes of the eyes...


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