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resolved driver doesn't watch the road Film
This is super dangerous, but happens all the time in films. Most of the time this is just an acting convention, but sometimes it does matter.
What is the trope for this ? That doesn't seem to be Blind Driving, so I am thinking of Drives Like Crazy.
openContinuity Error Film
A few days ago, I saw Ratatoing ('cause I like bad movies) and one of the rats says they've "never had any chocolate before" in their restaurant, but earlier in this "movie," chocolate was used as an indegrient for ice cream.
Have we a Trope for such continuity errors?
openSad Montage Scene Film
What's the name for the sequence in a film or show when the main character (or characters) mope over failure or an unfortunate plot point (usually accompanied by a sad song)?
openWhen a mystical creature transforms into the perfect woman Film
I can think of two examples of this: Stardust and The Last Unicorn. In Stardust, Yvaine is a star that falls to Earth and is takes the form of a beautiful woman that the hero falls in love with. In The Last Unicorn, the eponymous unicorn is transformed into a beautiful woman to hide her from the Red Bull, and the hero subsequently falls in love with her. I assume this is some variant of Manic Pixie Dream Girl, where the hero's ideal woman isn't really real at all, but it doesn't seem to quite fit that same trope.
openPredator dominance display Film
A pair (or more) of predators show up to threaten the protagonists. But before they attack, one of the predators turns to growl / roar / snap etc at its companions, in some sort of dominance display.
Example: in Jurassic Park, when the raptors enter the kitchen: https://youtu.be/TnWNyKqI3Bc?t=86
Since JP came out, this seems to be extremely common, particularly in anything featuring dinosaurs or other prehistoric creatures.
openStubborn 'yes, but can it be done?' Film
A conversation between a non-tech savvy person who's in charge and an engineer or some other expert. The guy-in-charge beliefs something is ultimately possible some way or another and keeps firing proposals of the idea while the engineer keeps coming up with reasons for why it would be impossible or otherwise (highly) unlikely. The guy-in-charge ultimately pushes through and behold they really do it, optionally with a 'told ya'. I tend to connect this to war movies, especially WW 2 like Kelly's Heroes (not saying that it occurs in that specific movie) where the plot often culminates in some hard-to-pull-of feat.
Also in a more conceptual sense for an unrealistic plot, like Space Cowboys (sending some old guys to space) where I would picture the same conversation, but instead at the side of the writers and not as part of the story itself. Basically the plot evolves around something a lay-person would picture as (fairly) possible but an expert would generally not, but not being that unrealistic that it would be (nearly) impossible and thus inherently (science-)fictional.
Edited by Harry_LimeopenJust Kidding Personal Relation Trope Film
What's this trope where two protagonists meet for the first time and at first act distant, hostile, or formal in the first minute and then it is revealed they're just kidding and have known each other forever?
openMundane Skill Trope Film
What's this trope where the protagonist finds himself in a world where he is vastly outqualified by superheroes, aliens, technology, highly trained agents, etc. But due to a very mundane skill that the audience can relate to (that happens to be curiously missing in the overpowered institution) ends up saving the day? For example, the protagonist doesn't know magic, or marshal arts, or high tech stuff, but is streetwise, or able to dance, or able to play baseball, or is just plain optimistic, or remembers something ordinary a parent taught him, or has some normal human sense that is apparently very impressive to the institution that he is in. The kid in Kingsman who is not a trained agent but just streetwise comes to mind, or Emmett in the LEGO Movie who isn't some godlike character as the prophecy foretold but he does have a mundane idea of a double decker couch that ends up saving the heroes. Or Mel Gibson in Signs that defeats high tech aliens by playing baseball. There are tons of examples.
openEscaped captivty victim experiences the real world Film
After seeing films like "Soldier" and "Unleashed"
I'm wondering whats the term for a story where a person escapes their harsh violent upbringing and experiences the normal world like a fish out of water story, while at the same time knowing their upbringing is gonna come back and get them somehow
openNo mask on movie posters Film
A trope where actors of comic book adaptions will often show their faces on movie posters while in the comics, the masks rarely come off
openThe closing window trope? Film
The good guys managed to hack their way into the bad guys system. They're IN! But the tech guy says 'But I can only keep them out for 4 minutes' Sometimes there's even a timer or status bar.
Good guys rarely know exactly how long they have before they lose access. However it adds drama. I see this one all the time! It could be the closing window or closing portal trope?
openCall-letter call? Film
Looking for a side-meme to alien first contact movies, where they talk to people by channel surfing. Like "have you ever wanted to" <fst> "visit" <fst> "act now"... Not sure why, maybe to signal they can't make human sounds or such. Don't see it under First Contact or Radio Tropes. Help?
openStill Singing Film
A catchy song number (often a villain song) in a musical is finished and one of the characters (usually a comic relief) is still singing off-key, met with a look of disapproval from his allies leading him to say, "What? You have to admit it was a catchy song"
openReboot Immunity Film
By definition, a film reboot typically means that all of the returning characters are recast with new actors. However, in a few rare cases, one (and seemingly only one) actor is brought back to reprise their role from the previous continuity.
Examples: Judi Dench (M to two different James Bond actors), James Earl Jones (Mufasa in The Lion King and the 2019 remake), and J.K. Simmons (J. Jonah Jameson for the Raimi films and now the MCU).
Edited by Doc_BrownopenScreens inside screens Film
I'm looking for movies (or any kind of audiovisual material) that superpose some part of the screen with a smaller screen. Of course, we have the Split Screen trope, which is a most basic use of this (superposing half of the screen most of the times). I'm looking specially for other uses. Do we have any other tropes related to that apart from Split Screen?
openRevelations Film
A scene in which character A. who is very close friends with character B. of the same gender witnesses two people they didn’t know were in homosexual relationship and realizes or questions their feelings towards character B.
Thought for sure there was a trope for this, since I’ve seen it quite a bit. Any ideas?
openBreaking up the couple in the sequel Film
What is the trope called when they Break up the romanitcs leads in the squeal, You know like in ghostbusters 2,Star wars the force awakens,Bridget jones's Baby
openRedistributing spoken lines Film
I just finished watching the latest movie version of Cymbeline. One thing I noticed was that a line that was spoken by Cymbeline in the original play was given to the Queen in this version. Is there a name for that?
I'm looking for a comedy trope where a character performing some mundane task is made to feel like a heroic triumph by playing some epic music (typically classical) on the background. Usually the film also goes to slow-motion to emphasize the "epicness" of the scene. Parodies of Fire is a subtrope of this, but I'm looking for the supertrope.