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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 16th 2023 at 5:37:57 PM
Want to add this to Columbo (Their are other entries of this trope on the page, so I'm slotting this one into the tree.. Hence the indentation).
- Affably Evil:
- Max Barsini from "Murder, a Self-Portrait" is a painter and murderer who has his wife drowned after she might expose him for his previous murder of his business partner. He's also genuinely charming and polite and even takes his arrest by Columbo fairly well even being impressed at him solving his case.
Edited by miraculous on Mar 27th 2021 at 10:37:41 AM
"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."Falcon And Winter Soldier Fridge Horror
- Walker's credentials of receiving 4 Medals of Honor may look like a case of inflated ego. But in Real life, the Medal of Honor is mainly received Posthumously with only 6 known living recipients to date and only one of them in active service. Just what kind of close death situations Walker had been in to receive the medals and still be in service to the military?
From page 422 @Minorica
Some Japanese pornographic works <- no comma (also known as hentai) <- parentheses are...and Nausea Fuel, and all of the above for titillation. And then there's a real life incident in Indonesia <- no comma where a man <- no comma who is suspected to be drunk rapes a dying woman after getting crushed by a truck in the street...
^ This guy rapes a dying woman after he's crushed by a truck? A neat trick.
^ "...rapes a dying woman after she is crushed by a truck in the street.
...the anime (and the original light novel) only show Kayal/Keyaru raping and torturing his sex slaves and his allies, both of which are all female, <- comma while the latter are brainwashed by him. Must be seen to be believed.
Edited by Arivne on Mar 27th 2021 at 12:12:55 PM
x 4 @No Names Ever
Walker's claiming to have received 4 Medals of Honor...But in real life, the Medal of Honor is mainly received posthumously, <- comma with only 6...Just what kind of near death situations had Walker...be in military service?
Edited by Arivne on Mar 27th 2021 at 12:22:43 PM
Hi guys. It's me once again. Let's have another try.
For a potential Headscratchers page of La rosa de Guadalupe. Here's one for the episode "La edad de Lulú":
- When the principal expels Lulú for trying to incriminate her swimming teacher Lucas of trying to rape her by filming herself naked along with him at the school's showers and pleading him to not force her, the principal tells her that if it hadn't been for a fellow classmate who recorded her blackmailing Lucas, they would have believed Lulú's manipulated video. But why they would have believed Lulú's video? There are no security cameras at the showers so it would be so obvious that she put her cellphone there to record the whole thing, but if Lucas had tried to rape her, he would have likely not allowed her to record the act so he could get away with it...
- Why neither the principal or Lucas pressed charges against Lulu for sexual harassment after expelling her from the school? What guaranteed that she wasn't going to do the same thing if she was enrolled at another school?
- At the end, is it suggested that Lucas is dating Lulú or what? Even if he forgave her for her past actions, Lucas is still a grown-up and Lulú is still a minor, so such a relationship would not be legal.
When the principal expels Lulú for trying to falsely accuse her swimming teacher Lucas of raping her by filming herself naked along with him at the school's showers and pleading with him not to force her, the principal tells her that if it hadn't been for a fellow classmate who recorded her blackmailing Lucas, they would have believed Lulú's manipulated video. But why would they have believed Lulú's video? There are no security cameras at the showers so it would be so obvious that she put her cellphone there to record the whole thing, but if Lucas had tried to rape her, he would most likely not have allowed her to record the act so he could get away with it.
Why don't neither the principal or Lucas press charges against Lulu for sexual harassment after expelling her from the school? What guarantees that she isn't going to do the same thing if she is enrolled at another school?
At the end, is it suggested that Lucas is dating Lulú? Even if he forgave her for her past actions, Lucas is still a grown-up and Lulú is still a minor, so such a relationship would not be legal.
(Are you sure it's not legal? Sure, sex might be illegal, but simply having a chaste romantic relationship would probably be legal, morals aside.)
You need to try to stop using the wrong word order, BTW. You keep saying, for instance, "Why he is at the beach?" when it should be "Why is he at the beach?"
For the Magnificent Bastard thread. A candidate I recently got approved:
- "The Book Job": Neil Gaiman, the King of Fantasy Books, is a con man who regularly heists his way to the top. Overhearing the main crew coming up with their book idea, Gaiman decides to steal it for himself, and integrates himself into the group. Pretending to be a fool, Gaiman secretly strikes a deal with Moe the Bartender. When the publishing company changes their book to be about vampires, Gaiman plays on their pride of authorship, costing them their millions, and convinces them to swap the company's flash drive with one holding their original book. While Lisa is successful in swapping the flash drives, it is revealed that Gaiman had replaced theirs with one that gave him the credit, before escaping to Shelbyville and double-crossing Moe by poisoning him. Hammy, snarky, and smarter than he at first appears, Neil Gaiman is able to heist his way onto the bestseller list once again, despite not even being able to read.
Any suggestions?
Edited by Bullman on Mar 27th 2021 at 11:43:04 AM
Fan-Preferred Couple cleanup threadArivne, I mean, the woman was hit by a truck and then the man, who was in a drunk condition, drags a dying woman into an abandoned shack and rapes her. But, thank you, anyway...
Edited by Minorica on Mar 27th 2021 at 8:33:07 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..."- After stealing the Spear of Destiny for Grodd, Luthor asks if Grodd intends to sell it to the highest bidder or use it for world domination. Grodd says that actually, he's going to use it to decorate his office. Luthor is left speechless at having risked his life just for that, before admitting that it's Actually Pretty Funny.
- Funny Moments: Luthor's Break the Haughty arc in the final act is pretty amusing. He's so thoroughly curb-stomped by Brainiac that he lets out a weak "Yay" when Superman shows up. Then, after Brainiac is defeated, he tries to get credit for helping fight Brainiac, only to have his role in rebuilding the evil robot exposed. All he can do is order Mercy to call his lawyers. All of Them.
- One-Scene Wonder: The first reporter to accuse Luthor of rebuilding Brainiac is only onscreen for about fifteen seconds, but is the instigator of one of Luthor's funniest lines in the movie.
- In "The Love Cruise," Jake's classmate Joshua is left heartbroken and confused when his girlfriend Trisha abruptly dumps him (due to being hit by one of Cupid's Arrows) when they'd been so happy together. Fortunately, they soon reconcile.
- Honest Corporate Executive: A TV network executive who finds out that he was tricked into selling airtime to the Joker immediately stops the broadcast before Joker can go on the air. Unfortunately, Joker bought airtime on all of the other networks as well.
- Oh, Crap!: A network executive who sold airtime to Gwynplaine Entertainment is terrified to find out that Gwynplaine Entertainment is a front for the Joker.
- Punch-Clock Villain: The camera crew the Joker hires to help him carry out their employment contract without either hesitation or malice.
- Troubled Fetal Position: Ace spends a lot of time in "Wild Cards" curled into a fetal position, with a quivering lip and a Thousand-Yard Stare.
- Security Blanket: In her first scene, Ace carries a doll in several scenes, clinging to it for comfort.
- Ambiguously Related: It's possible, although unconfirmed, that Queen, Jack, or King is a parent/grandparent of the family who don the Royal Flush Gang costumes in Batman Beyond.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: The members of the Joker's Royal Flush Gang act as his henchmen largely because he sprung them from the government institute experimenting on them.
- Leotard of Power: Queen wears a tight leather leotard with a prominent Cleavage Window.
- Smug Super: Both King and Queen are pretty smug and boastful about their superpowers.
- Who Wears Short Shorts: Queen wears short shorts in her origin flashback.
- Bingham, the man Black Stache threw overboard to trigger Aster's Chronic Hero Syndrome, helps try to throw the trunk overboard, even though doing so could trigger Black Stache's wrath once they're back on his ship.
- Fighting Prawn does a Sherlock Scan of some castaways working for The Others and realizes that they're lying about how long they were stranded at sea and how they survived.
- Gattaca: Detective Hugo is a Deadpan Snarker in a Badass Longcoat, and his partner is a more sociable Sharp-Dressed Man who's over 30 years younger than Hugo. Interestingly, while the younger detective is the one to have a couple of accurate insights that help solve the case, Hugo is the one who ultimately follows up on them while the younger one is distracted by something else.
Tyler (Charles Martin Smith) is a biologist sent into the Canadian Arctic to prove that wolves are depleting caribou herds. Instead, he develops a connection with wolves while viewing humanity as a threat to both wolves and caribou. The story is based on the well-known autobiography by Farley Mowatt.
Tropes:
- Alcohol Is Gasoline: Rosie mixes beer and ethanol into a substance called "Moose Juice." He gets Tyler drunk on it and convinces him to spend the rest of his money buying more of it.
- Anti-Villain: Tyler's closing narration describes the story as having no real heroes or villains, but some people border on being villains.
- Rosie the bush pilot somewhat callously leaves Tyler out in the middle of nowhere without knowing how to find him again and brings out hunters and real estate developers who are detrimental to the tundra. Still, he's a somewhat friendly man who offers to bring Tyler back home when he stumbles across him again.
- Ooetok's son Mike admits to hunting wolves to combat his poverty even as he has a sense of respect and awe for them and can see that they don't deserve it. He's pretty nice to Tyler throughout the movie. He also apparently kills the wolf parents Tyler's been studying, even after becoming close friends with Tyler and seeing how it would hurt him, and is fairly unapologetic about it. Still, it;s not hard to sympathize with his desire to buy a bridge of false teeth, given his description of the bad impact his missing teeth have on him.
- Cool Old Guy: Aging First Nations member Ooetok respects the wolves and saves Tyler's life during a blizzard.
- Minimalist Cast: Only eight humans appear in the movie, four of whom only have a minute or two of screen time.
- Mr. Fanservice: Tyler spends a pretty long scene wearing nothing but his glasses and boots, and there are some full-body shots of him with no Scenery Censor at play.
- Noble Wolf: The wolf pack members prey mainly on rodents, show a sense of respect for the protagonist's space when he marks his territory as an experiment and are friendly towards each other.
- Smart People Wear Glasses: Tyler is an insightful and open-minded scientist who wears glasses.
- Suspicious Spending: After two wolves from the pack Tyler's studying are apparently killed, Mike is wearing an expensive new jacket and has a new set of false teeth.
Edited by Melinda on Mar 28th 2021 at 12:41:46 PM
For The End... Or Is It? Video Games:
- In Namco's classic Shoot 'em Up Dangerous Seed, after you destroy the alien colony and finish the game, The Stinger reveals that the actual Big Bad is still out there, and that the peace will not last long. It ends with the words "To Be Continued".
- MGCM has a few female players, although that game is aimed for the Seinen demographic and has lots of Fanservice and Visual Innuendo, and there's an alternate NSFW version called MGCM DX. Many female players are focused on the player protagonist Tobio Hakari, who is a Nice Guy and cares about his heroines, especially when he is an Executor and he's the best in comparison to his alternate selves. The female players also like the game's adorable and attractive heroines.
Edited by Minorica on Mar 28th 2021 at 10:58:45 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..."In Namco's classic Shoot 'em Up Dangerous Seed, after you destroy the alien colony and finish the game, The Stinger reveals that the actual Big Bad is still out there, and [WHAT SAYS THIS? THE Big Bad OR SOME SPEAKERLESS TEXT?] says that the peace will not last long and there's "To Be Continued" on the bottom right of the screen.
MGCM has a few female players, although that game is aimed for the Seinen demographic and has lots of fanservice and visual innuendo, and there's an alternate NSFW version called MGCM DX. Many female players are focused on the player protagonist Tobio Hakari, who is a Nice Guy and cares about his heroines, especially when he is an Executor and he's the best in comparison to his alternate selves. The female players also like the game's adorable and attractive heroines.
Michael Katsuro, it’s a speakerless text from the narration.
"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..."In Namco's classic Shoot 'em Up Dangerous Seed, after you destroy the alien colony and finish the game, The Stinger reveals that the actual Big Bad is still out there, and that the peace will not last long. It ends with the words "To Be Continued".
For Characters.MGCM Hanabi Tamaki:
- From the Mouths of Babes: Downplayed. According to Kamisaman's loading screen information, when Hanabi is in the 1st grade of elementary school, she answers "Kane"(金)or "Money" when her teacher asks her what her favorite kanji letter is, implying she had a desire for money since childhood. Even Kamisaman thinks she's a scary elementary schoolgirl.
Edited by Minorica on Mar 29th 2021 at 12:03:31 AM
"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..."Hi guys. It's me once again. Let's have another try.
For a potential Headscratchers page of La rosa de Guadalupe. Here's one for the episode "El grito":
- Every time Martín was framed by Mark for whatever thing, why didn't Martin never try to ask the school's security to check on the security cameras? Some of the places where Mark harassed him, like the school's entrance, are places where security cameras would definitely be placed. And why he also never thought on bringing his friend Darío as a witness to testify on his behalf, given that Darío was threatened by Mark as well?
- After posting his death threats on Facebook, how was Martín able to enter into the school if all had been notified of his plans by that point? Some of the students did choose to stay at home that day because the school surprisingly opted to not cancel classes, but shouldn't have the school's security guards been warned to not let Martín enter?
- When Martín holds Mark at gunpoint, why doesn't Martin force him to list all the times Mark tormented him to ensure he gets expelled? Mark did admit to have stolen his cellphone and posted the poem to Allison and many students heard him saying that, but Martín could have used the opportunity to expose him as the bully he is.
- Every time Martín was framed by Mark for something, why did Martin never try to ask the school's security guards to check the security cameras? Some of the places where Mark harassed him, like the school entrance, are places where security cameras would definitely be placed. And also, why did he never think of bringing his friend Darío as a witness to testify on his behalf, given that Darío was threatened by Mark as well?
("Where security cameras would definitely be placed" sounds speculative. Have the viewers actually seen any cameras in the school?)
- "After posting his death threats on Facebook, how was Martín able to enter into the school if everybody had been notified of his plans by that point? Some of the students did choose to stay at home that day because the school surprisingly opted not to cancel classes, but shouldn't the school's security guards have been warned to not let Martín enter?"
- When Martín holds Mark at gunpoint, why doesn't Martin force him to list all the times Mark tormented him to ensure he would get expelled? Mark did admit to have stolen his cellphone and posted the poem to Allison and many students heard him saying that, but Martín could have used the opportunity to expose him as the bully he is.
(Remember, it's not "And why he also never thought," it's "And why did he also never think".)
@Arivne: Thanks. Like this?
- "The Book Job": Neil Gaiman, the King of Fantasy Books, is a con man who regularly heists his way to the top. Overhearing the main crew coming up with their book idea, Gaiman decides to steal it for himself and integrates himself into the group. Pretending to be a fool, Gaiman secretly strikes a deal with Moe the Bartender. When the publishing company changes their book to be about vampires, Gaiman plays on their pride of authorship, costing them their millions, and convinces them to swap the company's flash drive with one holding their original book. While Lisa is successful in swapping the flash drives, it is revealed that Gaiman had replaced theirs with one that gave him the credit, before escaping to Shelbyville and double-crossing Moe by poisoning him. Hammy, snarky, and smarter than he at first appears, Neil Gaiman is able to heist his way onto the bestseller list once again, despite not even being able to read.
Edited by Bullman on Mar 28th 2021 at 1:46:22 PM
Fan-Preferred Couple cleanup thread^ x 9 @Melinda
Then, <- comma after Brainiac is defeated, he tries to get credit...
...is only onscreen for about fifteen seconds, <- comma but...
The camera crew the Joker hires to help him carries out their employment contract...
In her first scene, Ace carries a doll in several scenes, clinging to it for comfort.
The members of Joker's Royal Flush Gang act as his henchmen largely because...
Queen wears a tight leather leotard with a prominent Cleavage Window.
...even though doing so could trigger Black Stache's wrath once they're back on his ship.
...lying about how long they were stranded at sea and how they could have survived.
Detective Hugo is a Deadpan Snarker in a Badass Longcoat, and his partner is a more...
He gets Tyler drunk on it and convinces him to spend the rest of his money buying more of it.
Tyler's closing narration describes the story as having no real heroes or villains...
He also apparently kills the wolf parents Tyler's been studying, <- comma even after becoming close friends with Tyler and seeing how it would hurt him, <- comma and... Still, it's not hard to sympathize with his desire to buy a bridge of false teeth, <- comma given...
The wolf pack members prey mainly on rodents...
Edited by Arivne on Mar 28th 2021 at 11:59:43 AM

Ok. Thank you very much Michael Katsuro.
"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..."