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From page 642 @ElJuaco

I want to find that trope, but I'm currently suspended, so I can't search for it. Perhaps can you search it on my behalf? I will really thank you.

^ I'm sorry, but it is generally forbidden for any troper to make a post for a suspended troper. If I were to do so, I would be suspended too.

^ The only exception is this thread, but it's only for posting edits that have had their spelling corrected.

In addition to lying to gain sympathy from her peers...

Eventually, her teammates grow annoyed at her and vote her off...

Edited by Arivne on Nov 23rd 2021 at 8:20:45 AM

From page 642 @Bullman

...due to how briefly the...and how the current...shy like there rather...

...rumors about Lizzie, which prevented...the fact that, <- comma by all accounts, <- comma Lizzie...

They like to portray him as a Jerkass <- no comma while...When No humanity Hope forces him to tag along with her...His all because of a crush that is only hinted at existing.

^ "When No humanity Hope" and "His all because of a crush" are not correct, but I can't tell what you meant to write.

...ignoring Lizzie's legit...painting her as abusive...Hope/Landon shippers, <- comma portraying...influence for Lizzie...

Edited by Arivne on Nov 23rd 2021 at 8:12:27 AM

From page 642 @kawaiineko333

You didn't correct the Demon!Pinky Characterization Tags problem Crossover-Enthusiast pointed out here.

Aside from the...game's time is from the moment...

"Cut of your Jib," which refers to one of Brad's potential deaths...

From page 642 @Melinda

...colony on top of of empty oil tanks in just a few minutes' time and...

In "Ham Sandwich", <- comma a Hero of Another Story character...

...the boy spun around on his front wheel <- no comma and gave them two fingers up!

...hostage <- no comma and pull off a Nic little Batman Gambit to lure him...

^ "pull off a Nic little Batman Gambit" is not correct. Did you mean "nice little"?

...when he sneezes, causing him to quickly ad-lib "On my mother's side."

...solely to distract the heroes from investigating The Light...

He dates Brennan for most of season 5, but...

Upon hearing that Booth's latest case involves an Egyptian mummy, <- comma he comments...

...anger at Jesper's incompetence...sending Jesper to Smeerensburg.

From page 642 @Quagsire Lover

This Love Of Ours is a The Simpsons fanfic...

^ How to Write an Example - Italicize "Long" Work Names.

...the Mafia, but...the Mafia boss...romance, during which <- no comma Skinner ends up becoming Fat Tony's consigliere.

The story of This fanfic <- no comma focuses mostly on Skinner's ...joining to the Mafia (and how... lifestyle) <- parentheses and it also focuses on other...

!!This work contains examples of:

• Adaptational Gender Identity: Some examples:
  • While In the show, <- comma we never see anything regarding his sexual identity. In this AU, Jack Lassen is transgender.
  • Ditto with Ironfist Burns, who is transgender in this AU.

^ "Some examples:" violates Word Cruft - This Example Is an Example. You do this multiple times below as well.

^ Saying "Ditto with'' violates How to Write an Example - Don't Refer to Other Items on the Page. You need to write it out, the same as the first example. You do this again below in the O.C. Stand-in example.

In the show, Jerry is a guard who can be quite a jerk, <- comma but despite being quite corrupt, he has his...all. <- period He's going...

^ The last sentence was a run-on sentence connected together by a comma splice.

^ Every time after this I use a period to split up a sentence into two sentences, it's for this reason.

In the show, Principal...character. <- period Here, he's...mainly on his life and how it is...

^ This example violates Example Indentation in Trope Lists, which forbids putting an example with the trope name if there are other examples at the second level of example indentation (two asterisks). The example next to the trope title should be moved down to the second level of indentation along with the rest. Several other examples below have this problem too.

...this AU, <- comma and...show. <- period In this...

...DiMaggio <- no comma is...characters. <- period He's as much of important...

...is given as much...and is as important...guys. <- period Here it's justified...

Ascended Extra

• Jack Lassen is another main character in the chapters focused in the Springfield Penitentiary.

^ Zero-Context Example. How and where was he an extra?

...among others who return in this AU!

...who is named Dennis in this AU.

...since the fanfic focuses on Skinner and the Mafia.

Evil vs. Evil: Jerry vs. Mr. Black.

^ Zero-Context Example. How are they evil?

"Donnie Fatso" is not canon in this AU....who aren't canon...FBI agent in from "Donnie Fatso"...speak Italian and has a PhD.

...which is canon in this AU.

^ This violates Example Indentation in Trope Lists in another way, as it's a single example at the 2nd level of indentation (two asterisks). Again, the first example should be moved down with the second.

In Spite of a Nail:Some examples:

Despite "The Principal And The Pauper" being canon here, Skinner still is the same as canon.

^ Zero-Context Example. How is he in canon and how is he here?

Although "Donnie Fatso" is not canon, Fat Tony still plays the...

Karma Houdini Warranty: Several, we have to split in different sections:

Louie ("Midnight Towboy") <- no comma is...having kidnapped Homer and several other towboys...several towboys and he doesn't seem to be having a good time.

^ What are "towboys"?

Mr. Black ("Kamp Krusty") <- no comma is...and abuse of children...camp in his episode...he has already been arrested...

...head, <- comma Russ Cargill...also reset to a more nicer one.

O.C. Stand-in: In this AU we have several!

The New Jersey Guys <- no comma are...only appear as...

Floyd is one of the mobsters who appear...

...focused on the jail...("Pokey-Mom" <- no comma and "American History X-cellent", just to name a few). <- period In this AU...

In "Black Widower", Dennis is a...even have lines...end up becoming into Bob's consigliere.

Armando is a clerk who appears...scene. <- period In this...of the two...

In "The PTA Disbands", Harry...even have a name. In this AU, he's also another...name in this AU.

Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated: Some examples:]

...he crashed against a tree <- no comma and is still...

Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: In this AU we have some examples:

Dan Gillick ("Penny-Wiseguys") <- no comma was...the Mafia and...in a stand in the mall piercing women's ears at...it's revealed that he...letting him go...let you go. <- period The only way you...organization is death, as Dan found out in...

Russ Cargil ("The Simpsons Movie") <- no comma is a pariah to everyone ...befriending Mike Wegman, <- comma who...Of course, <- comma if...citizens to be...defenseless. Also Another reason...kind to him <- no comma is that while...under it. <- period As a result, <- comma he...

Jacques ("Life On The Fast Lane") <- no comma starts to act flirtatious and seductive toward Dan. <- period Dan is not...making him uncomfortable. <- period Wayne...When Dan is told to leave, he decides...Wayne <- no comma since...him uncomfortable.

...remember him at all, including his name, <- comma and is fine with him.

Edited by Arivne on Nov 23rd 2021 at 10:00:31 AM

Arinve: "No humanity Hope" should be "Hope, with no humanity,". The other should be ", all because of his crush" and was meant to be part of the last sentence.

Thanks.

Edited by Bullman on Nov 23rd 2021 at 12:42:03 PM

Hi fellas. It's me again. Let's have another try.

Some character tropes for Despair Island:

• Adaptation Personality Change: Though kindhearted and skilled like in canon, she is also incredibly shy and scared.

P.S.: Don't worry, Arivne, at the end, I already had the trope I was searching for. :)

Okay, I just saw the Character Tag entry. Let's try this again.

Animaniacs 2020 Episode 22

@Mouse Madness

• Eldritch Abomination: Brain ends up in an alternate timeline where he's taken over the world. Unknown to him, in this timeline Pinky is an interdimensional tentacled horror. Startled by his appearance, Brain drops the time traveling remote. Demon Pinky grabs it and Brain and is about to eat them just as time portals appear. Demon Pinky tells Brain "The void can't hold me!" as he's sucked into one. At the end of the episode, a brief appearance of the Demon bulging out of Pinky's head for a second shows he meant it.

Man of Medan

• Extremely Short Timespan: Aside from the 1947 prologue, the story takes place within 24 hours. The bulk of the game's time is from the moment Olson's crew hijacks the Duke of Milan at 11 pm up to the next morning.
• Stealth Pun: "Cut of your Jib," which refers to one of Brad's potential deaths, references the jib, the forward triangular sail, along with someone liking the cut of your jib.

@ Young Justice

• While Slobo might be The Scrappy to many, his introduction is hilarious. Just when it looks like everyone has been successfully re-aged, Slobo appears on his bike, ranting about finding whoever it is that turned the "main man" into the "Top tot."
• Cissie's angry rant about how her former teammates picked her to be on a baseball team deciding the fate of the world due to pure nostalgia rather than getting someone who still wants to be a hero and has actual superpowers.
• Conner refuses to join Bart on patrol so he can watch a cheerleading tournament that his favorite actress and Lust Object is at. Bart then proceeds to get into a series of humorous Unwanted Rescues (e.g., he sees a Mustache Twirling Villain tying a Damsel in Distress to Railroad Tracks of Doom and overpowers the guy, only to realize that it's a silent film tribute festival). Then, he finds a real hostage situation...at the cheerleading competition. Bart defeats the bad guys, and the cheerleaders and actresses all swoon over him as a jealous Conner watches on TV.

• Crime Spree: A mob boss who is bound and gagged by burglars manages to dial one of his enforcers to rescue him. The man mistakes his muffled exclamations for sex noises that a woman is making and starts to masturbate before making out enough words to figure out who’s really calling him.

• The Bait-and-Switch moment when Major Baxter seems to join the mutiny against Hummel, only to turn and start shooting at the mutineers.

The Mc Kenzie Break is a 1970 World War II movie about an Allied intelligence officer who discovers that the inhabitants of a German POW camp are planning a mass escape. He plans to capture the submarine that will pick up the escapees, only to run into complications when he underestimates the ruthlessness and resourcefulness of the plot's mastermind. The film is based on a 1968 novel, The Bowmanville Break, which shed its original title for reprintings due to the success of the movie. Both are Based on a True Story but take some historical liberties, especially with the climax (the film moreso than the book).

Tropes:

• Adaptational Alternate Ending: In the book, the escape tunnel collapses prematurely, and only one Nazi escapes (plus the two who escaped earlier to do advance work). When they make it to the coast where two U-boats are waiting, they are captured immediately, and nearby Allied ships and planes sink one of the U-boats while the other narrowly escapes. In the film, there is only one U-boat, which escapes, but O'Connor forces it to abandon Schluter and three others by strafing the area from a plane.
• Adaptation Distillation: Less attention is paid to the intricacies behind the escape of Schmidt and Hochbaeur (who set things up outside to facilitate the upcoming mass escape) than in the book.
• Adaptational Karma: In the book (where he has far less blood on his hands), Willi remains in the camp, and there is no way to prove his involvement in the plot. In the film he does escape, but is recaptured after having done enough that he will likely be executed by one side or the other, due to killing many of his own fellow POWs.
• Adaptational Sexuality: Pariah Prisoner Berger is a suspected homosexual, while his book counterpart is an accused defeatist and enemy sympathizer.
• Adaptational Villainy: Schluter's book counterpart is willing to cruelly order the deaths of fellow prisoners, but he's far less enthusiastic about it and has a far lower bodycount than his film counterpart, who kills many people personally. The last act of the book also reveals that he is contemptuous of Hitler, while the film indicates that he is a diehard Nazi.
• Battle of Wits: The story centers on the Nazi prisoners each trying to stay one step ahead of O'Connor and Colonel Perry throughout the escape plot (smuggling coded messages, figuring out ways to get around the discovery of the tunnel etc.). They start to fail around the halfway point in the book, but do better in the movie.
• Bittersweet Ending: The murderous, Politically Incorrect Villain Schluter is captured before he can make his final escape and faces possible execution for his crimes, but most of his fellow Nazis get away and the operation fails to capture the German spies in Canada or sink the submarine that was picking him up, both of which may torpedo O'Connor's career.
  O'Connor: Willi, looks like we're both in the shit house.
• Great Escape: 28 U-boat officers plan to escape from captivity and flee back to Nazi Germany.
• Polite Villains, Rude Heroes: Conniving Nazi Willi Schluter is a Faux Affably Evil professional military man, while his opponent O'Connor is a gruff, boorish alcoholic.
• Death by Adaptation:
  • In the film, Schluter kills dozens of fellow prisoners by collapsing a barracks. In the book, no such incident occurs.
  • In the film, a potential German informer is murdered, but in the book, he survives and provides information to his captors.
  • In the film, Schluter's predecessor as senior POW officer (an Africa Korps general) died mysteriously after cooperating with the guards in some minor ways. In the book, he's merely transferred to another camp.
• Inter-Service Rivalry: The Luftwaffe fliers and U-boat men in the camp don't get along well (although the fliers help keep the escape plan a secret). Schluter refuses to let any of the airmen escape out the tunnel and thinks little of killing several of them to provide a distraction.
• Politically Incorrect Villain:
  • In the film, several of the Nazis display homophobic sentiment on multiple occasions.
  • In the book, two Nazi escapees display anti-Semitic distaste about being served by a Jewish diner employee.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Colonel Perry doesn't get along well with Captain O'Connor and he makes some bad decision, but he's able to logically explain why he makes those decisions and does help O'Connor at times. Furthermore, in the film but not the book, Perry is absolutely right when it comes to his biggest argument with O'Connor (whether or not to stop the prisoners before they escape, regardless of the intelligence loss), and O'Connor eventually admits it.
• Sickbed Slaying: The prisoners kill Berger, who O'Connor is questioning about the escape plan, while he's in the hospital.

• Creature-Hunter Organization: Played for Laughs when President Orion has to bribe Dollar to tell a lie about her arena, and her price is that he establish a zombie-fighting branch of the Peacekeepers even though there aren't any actual zombies outside of Dollar's arena.
• Disability Immunity: Teff's deafness keeps her from being hypnotized and lured to her death by the song of a siren mutation.
• Heroic Sacrifice: There is one instance of a tribute besides a victor surviving and escaping, when an avvox he befriends goes into the arena disguised as him while the tribute escapes.
• The Prankster: One of the first things Rhyder does after his victory is putting a bucket of water on top of Snow's office door.
• Shoe Slap: Taken Up To Eleven for Black Comedy. Pasture beats half the tributes in her arena to death using her shoes as blunt instruments.
• Trampled Underfoot: A weaponized version occurs when Stallion kills his opponents by knocking them down and running over their chests, crushing their vital organs.
• Trap Master: Crazy Survivalist Dollar rigs her train cabin with lots of snares and other traps.
• Wins by Doing Absolutely Nothing:
  • Plinny sleeps through training and most of the games, and her one kill is a Mercy Kill. When the trumpets sound for her victory, she's utterly shocked and confused. The Capitol audiences loathe her, but there's nothing they can do about it.
  • Downplayed with Chassis. He does knife a Career tribute during a fight at the Cornucopia, but he wins by making a Dismissive Kick that accidentally destroys a support beam (the arena is a giant mine) and causes a cave-in that kills everyone but him.

Edited by Melinda on Nov 24th 2021 at 6:29:14 AM

For Bestiality Is Depraved and Rape and Revenge Anime and Manga:

• The manga and anime Dog Nigga is about the titular Half-Human Hybrid, who was born after a drunken old man raped a female dog and it died after giving birth. The half-dog human attempts to perform a Karmic Rape on his father for revenge after he's rejected by society.

Edited by Minorica on Nov 28th 2021 at 3:12:10 AM

@ElJuaco

I don't see anything incorrect in the English of that sentence.

So I got an entry to add to Characters/ManOfMedan.

@Danny

• Sole Survivor: In the worst possible ending where everyone dies, he'll be the only named character remaining. The player can also make this happen by getting Junior to kill himself with the gun, since Olson dies regardless if he's fought by the survivors or dies by heart attack from the Manchurian Gold.

Edited by kawaiineko333 on Nov 24th 2021 at 11:02:46 AM

@Melinda

...jealous Conner watches on the TV.

...movie about an Allied intelligence officer...Both are Based on a True Story <- no comma but...

...(plus the two who escaped earlier to do advanced work) <- close parenthesis. ...In the film, there is only one U-boat...

In the book (where he also has far less blood on his hands), <- comma Willi...plot. <- period In the film <- no comma he does escape, <- comma but...other, <- comma such as killing...

^ This was a run-on sentence connected together with a comma splice.

...but he's far less enthusiastic about it and has a far lower bodycount than his...

...ahead of O'Connor and Colonel Perry...They start to fail around the halfway point...

...Nazis get away <- no comma and...Canada <- no comma or sink the...

28 U-boat officers plan to escape from captivity...

In the film, <- comma Schluter kills dozens...

...senior POW officer died (an Africa Korps general) died mysteriously...

In the film, several of the Nazis display...

[[spoiler:Berger, who O'Connor is questioning about the escape plan]], <- square bracket, while...

Teff's deafness keeps her from being hypnotized...

...goes into the arena disguised as him <- no comma while the tribute escapes.

Pasture beats half the tributes in her arena to death using her shoes.

^ Was she wearing the shoes when she did this? If so, it should be "stomps" or "kicks" instead of "beats".

A weaponized version occurs when Stallion kills...

Plinny sleeps through training <- no comma and most of the games...

Edited by Arivne on Nov 24th 2021 at 8:32:05 AM

Thanks @ Cheating Death Those Who Lived new page.

• He's Just Hiding: Even though Word of God says that Dollar, Ron, Jack, and Stallion did in fact die in the Victors Purge, some fans like to hope that one or more of them might have survived, especially Dollar, due to her survivalist skills and how she dies in a way that doesn't leave behind an identifiable body.

Edited by Melinda on Nov 24th 2021 at 10:32:06 AM

^ @Minorica

The infamously trending manga and anime Dog Nigga is about the titular Half-Human Hybrid, <- comma who was born after a drunken old man rapes a female dog and it died...So The half-dog...rejected by the society.

^ Deleted "infamously trending" because it (a) doesn't have anything to do with the trope and (b) violates Complaining About Shows You Don't Like and How to Write an Example - Don't Comment on a Work's Popularity (or Lack Thereof).

^ In the first sentence, the verbs "was", "rapes" and "died" have conflicting tenses. If they occurred in the work's Backstory (before the work begins), they should be past tense. If they are shown in the work, they should be present tense. This is as per How to Write an Example - Write in Historical Present Tense.

Edited by Arivne on Nov 24th 2021 at 8:50:59 AM

@kawaiineko333

...Olson dies regardless of whether he's...or has a heart attack caused by the Manchurian Gold.

@Melinda

...Word of God says that Dollar, Ron, Jack, Ron, and Stallion...like to hope that...

Thanks for the help. I think I should mention that I'm on this thread because I was told I needed to become unsuspended, so do I just keep providing examples until I think my writing skills are up to snuff then head back over to the Edit Ban thread and to and prove it?

Also some more stuff for KSBD

@Kill Six Billion Demons Throne

Devils:

Always Chaotic Evil: Owing to their nature as spawn of the Hot Black Flame, Devils are instinctively driven to corrupt and destroy. Among the many shown in the comic so far, only Cio can be called anything close to good.

Edited by TheWalkingDude on Nov 24th 2021 at 1:22:41 PM

Characters/ManOfMedan.

@Conrad

• Ear Ache: During the first confrontation with the pirates on the Duke of Milan, if Conrad is antagonistic to them, Olson cuts a piece of his ear off.
• Gory Discretion Shot: In "Flooded," Olson slams his hammer down on Conrad's head if Alex in Shared Play or Curator's Cut doesn't pull the door switch to squish him in time. After Olson kills Conrad and runs off, his body is only shown from the head down.

@Julia

• Dropped a Bridge on Him: On the Duke of Milan, if Conrad attacks Junior only to get pinned down by Olson and Alex has Danny at knifepoint, a belligerent Conrad can urge Alex to tackle Olson, making him shoot Julia in the chaos.

@Danny

• Sole Survivor: In the worst possible ending where everyone dies, he'll be the only named character remaining. The player can also make this happen by getting Junior to kill himself with the gun, since Olson dies regardless of whether he's fought by the survivors or has a heart attack caused by the Manchurian Gold.

Edited by kawaiineko333 on Nov 24th 2021 at 10:43:25 AM

Thanks. Pasture takes off the shoes and uses them as blunt instruments.

Edited by Melinda on Nov 24th 2021 at 10:39:07 AM

Hi fellas. It's me again. Let's have another try.

Some character tropes for Despair Island:

• Comfort the Dying: He, alongside LeShawna, comforts Harold as he dies from his gunshot wound, even crediting Harold for "having the balls" to rebel against Chris.

Edited by ElJuaco on Nov 24th 2021 at 11:51:53 AM

@ Cheating Death: Those That Lived

• Attention Whore: Tabbock, District 9's last victor, relishes the spotlight. This is most evident in his magic show and how he directly addresses the audience during his Games. He even enjoys being publicly whipped as a child for misbehaving, because it means people are watching him.
• Break the Haughty: Chaff starts out as a aloof perfectionist and Teacher's Pet (although he has some Pet the Dog moments early on, like freeing the bugs at the edible insects station). He drives everyone crazy by doing things like being a Grammar Nazi to President Snow, lecturing his District partner for not using silverware, lecturing the training center staff for leaving a single piece of trash on the ground, and complaining about his training score. One Hunger Games later, and Chaff is a jaded alcoholic and new rebel recruit.
• Friend to All Children: Mercy Gregor of District 2 is very affectionate to younger kids and loves spending time with them. Consequently, she's devastated to be sent into a games where twenty twelve-year-olds are deliberately selected as tributes. This gives her a Heel Realization and causes her to try and protect the twelve-year-olds in the arena and avoid killing anyone. She narrowly fails in both respects, and ends up caring for orphans later in life.
• Girl Posse: Three popular girls in District 9 trick a disfigured classmate into volunteering for the Hunger Games by acting like they're all going to raise their hands to, and find the whole thing hilarious.
• Heel–Face Turn: Augustus Braun starts out as a cocky, selfish, and unrepentant Career tribute who killed a 12-year-old in the arena. After eight years of mentoring, he's disillusioned and broken by the deaths of his tributes, the 3rd Quarter Quell twist, and gradual feelings of empathy for his fellow mentors and their tributes. The Second Rebellion catches him completely off guard, but as the rebel mentors run for it and plan to fight the Capitol, Augustus asks to come with them.
• Human Shield: While fleeing from the Capitol during the Rebellion, Ron ties loyalist victor Anchor to his back as a human shield, with Anchor being hit by dozens of shots that were meant for Ron.
• Hunter of Monsters: Skinner Alceto spends his life hunting dangerous mutations that threaten the people of District 10, and enjoys both the thrill of the hunt and the sense of satisfaction in keeping District 10 safe. He kills tens of thousands of Mutts during his lifetime, many of them in the 69th Hunger Games. He largely avoids fighting and killing his fellow tributes in both his original games and the 3rd Quarter Quell. In the later arena, he's actually delighted to be pitted against a grotesque Mutt that's considered to be invincible, and which he wounded but failed to kill during the 69th Hunger Games.
  Skinner: If this is how it has to end...If this is the final hunt I'll be taking part in...I can't think of a better conclusion to it all, old friend.
• Hunter Trapper: Lammy and her dad hunt and trap to feed themselves and make money before she's reaped for the 40th Hunger Games, and she wins using Trap Master strategies.
• Imaginary Friend: Arendellian Spinner III is schizophrenic and has long, heartfelt conversations with her nonexistent friend, Aaron.
• Literal-Minded: Woof Casino has a learning disorder that makes him feel unable to act without receiving orders. Once he gets orders, though, he takes them to the extreme. He volunteers when his disabled younger brother is reaped, not so much out of love and affection, but because he interprets the pleas to "save me" as a command. When his mentor orders him to "learn everything," he goes to every training station in the gymnasium, picking up the skills to earn a training score of 11. This takes a darker turn when his last opponent in the arena mutters, "Aw, fuck me." Then, after his victory, Duke Saint Rose tells Woof to "Stop obeying everybody's damn orders" and he does that without a second's pause.
• Mistaken for Badass:
  • When Arendellian III is forced to wear a straight jacket in the arena, Dragon thinks that she's deliberately and willingly trying to win the Games without using her hands and praises her as the ultimate badass.
  • Chaff's Fearless Fool, Neat Freak tendencies make him clean up the blood in an area where a tribute died. Everyone who sees him leaves him alone due to feeling he can't possibly be that stupid and must have a cunning trap nearby.
• Mutual Kill:
  • Logger's erstwhile allies and last two opponents, the female Career tributes from Districts 1 and 2, stab each other through the heart as they fight while Logger lies wounded nearby.
  • During the 75th Hunger Games, Skinner Alceto and the mutt known as "The Beast" kill each other.
• One-Steve Limit: Chaff is selected as tribute by mistake. There are five Chaff Mitchells of reaping age in District 11, but he's the first to step forward and isn't permitted to protest when he notices the others making themselves scarce. To add insult to injury, it turns out that the name on the reaping slip was really Chuff Mitchell, and the escort read it wrong.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Boulder Atherston might be the shortest Career tribute in history, but he's nowhere near the weakest.
• Prone to Tears: Crimson Flanders spends most of her time crying after winning the 29th Hunger Games. Very few people know the story behind this, namely that she is the first victim of the victor Sex Slave system.
• Run or Die: Dollar has this reaction to seeing Claudia inject herself with the G virus in the zombie arena. She does face the mutation that used to be Claudia later on, but only after getting a really powerful weapon
  Dollar: She just injected herself with the G Virus! Attacking is futile right now, run for your life!
• Screams Like a Little Girl: Dirty Coward Barlow emits "the most high pitched scream in the past eight years of the Games" while fleeing from the bloodbath.
• Sticky Fingers: Jack Tylos revels in being a "master thief." His skills range from picking pockets to robbing banks, and he's never caught after reaching adulthood. It starts as a way for him to keep himself fed on the streets of District 7, and then to win the Hunger Games when he smuggles a stolen taser into the arena. Later in life, he hides stolen weapons around victor hangouts for them to use against the Capitol when the Rebellion comes. When one of the children of his fellow victor Snag is reaped, the largest bank in the Capitol is robbed by a mysterious figure who makes a clean getaway, with Snag realizing that Jack did it to get sponsor money for his daughter.
• Victory by Endurance: Seeder wins by running for about an hour until the two Career tributes chasing her both get their wounds infected from all of the dirt in the arena and die while Seeder lies a few feet away from one of them, too tired to move.
• Wham Line:
  • In the 17th Hunger Games, Career tribute Rook Valiant takes some supplies, wanders away from his pack, and walks toward the girl from District 3. His mentor, Olga, thinks he's about to make a kill, only to get a very rude awakening about just how much her tribute cares for the Career Alliance, as he made a secret alliance with that girl.
  Rook: I got the stuff. They suspect nothing. Any wounds at all?
  • When Gwenith Rosebud is tricked into volunteering for the 13th Hunger Games and freaks out, most people stare at her awkwardly, but one person, her mentor, feels something very different, something that makes him put all of his effort into saving her.
  He stares in wonder because she just saved his sister from being thrown into the arena.
• Wins by Doing Absolutely Nothing: Cupid, the victor of the Capitol Games, doesn't kill or injure a single other tribute. He wins by dodging when his last opponent lunges at him, and the guy ends up Impaled with Extreme Prejudice, completely by accident.

Edited by Melinda on Nov 25th 2021 at 8:48:51 AM

Thanks Arivne.

Animaniacs 2020 Episode 24

The Prisoner's Dilemma

• Acoustic License: Brain tries to accuse Phoenicia Leatherpants of offing her fellow supervillains while her plane is idling. She can't hear his accusation over the propeller, averting this trope.

@The Walking Dude

"...do I just keep providing examples until I think my writing skills are up to snuff then head back over to the Edit Ban thread and to and prove it?"

^ If you can repeatedly post examples which are proofread and determined to have no errors, then you can go back and ask.

Owing to their nature as spawn of the Hot Black Flame, devils are...

^ According to the Kill Six Billion Demons Throne character page and the work page (Kill Six Billion Demons), "devils" is a common noun and is therefore not capitalized.