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openi want to make a characters section for "Animation / Arjun: The Warrior Prince " Film
is there a tutorial for how to write and create a page for characters in a movie or an anime with the lingo of tv tropes? that'd help thankyou. it's for the animated movie "arjun:the warrior prince"
openIs there a page for the "drop your knife and catch it" technique? Film
You know the one. The villain has one hand on the hero's knife-wielding hand and the other choking the life out of him, but the hero skillfully drops the knife, catches it with his free hand, and plunges it into the villain's stomach. Has someone already made a page for this? Because I have like 8 examples of this.
openshe sacrifices nothing Film
In many romantic comedies, two people in love or the main lover duo develop as individuals throughout the movie. In this trope, the woman is usually dating someone of often different social status and this clashes with her ability to maintain her current lifestyle which is often described as very successful especially compared to the man’s life. No matter what road they take to end up with each other, the conclusion is that the man has to make various and usually very significant sacrifices to be with the woman while the woman’s only sacrifice is being with this particular individual. In modern movies this trope never exists with the genders reversed. This trope is easy to spot, at the end of the movie make a lift of what each of the couple had to sacrifice to be with the other (e.g. the man had to leave his home town). If the woman’s column is empty or only lists that she is dating someone below her social or economic status, then you are seeing this trope. Examples of movies: Always be my Maybe, Crazy Rich Asians
openPrince John's eventual rise to kingdom Film
While Robin Hood ends with the hero saving the day and Prince John getting his just deserts, anybody who's studied history (or reads Shakespeare) knows that John went on to be the king of the land. Whats the trope for when a happy ending is ruined to people who know how it turned out in the end?
Edited by MichaelKatsuroopenPicking Up the Sword Again Film
Older badass who has retired from fighting must return to the life of violence they’d sworn they’d left behind in order to save someone they love. See: Thief (the Michael Mann movie), Unforgiven. It is as much about accessing the killer part of their personality they had hidden away than anything else.
openGossip Montage Film
A series of clip meant to portray the spread of a piece of gossip, typified by 1940's housewives on phones, or in Finding Nemo, with all the sea creatures sharing the story.
openPaper scissors rock Film
I was wondering if anyone can help me locate a specific Trope. The Trope i'm trying to find is similar to the 'Paper scissors rock' trope but more used in film. Example: In the show Gravity falls, the character, Mcgucket is immune to the mind eraser ray, however the same ray was used to defeat Bill Cipher, a powerful god like demon. One item is able to beat someone, but not someone else.
I've just been calling it the paper scissors rock trope. However looking though the tropes list, the Paper scissors rock trope is used more in video games then films, so I'm just trying to find the film equivalent. Thank you
Edited by HV397opensome sort of interrupting Film
person 1 is about to tell person 2 something important, maybe even that will affect person 2 negatively. just as person 1 is about to say it, person 2 interrupts with some seemingly unrelated statement, then tells person 1 to go ahead and finish what they were about to say. however, person 1 realizes that what person 2 has said now prevents them from saying what they originally wanted to say, so they make something up for the moment.
openThe Cowboy Kid (SOLVED) Film
Is there a trope for characters (usually in westerns) being called "X the Kid" or "The X Kid", where X is either a distinctive piece of clothing, location, family, weapon, personal trademark or skill?
Edited by PisthetairosopenIdentity Trope? It's my identity... no it's mine! Film
What trope fits this scenario?
In a future Marvel Cinematic Universe film, there are two versions of The Punisher. In one scene, the Jon Bernthal version from the Netflix series appears alongside the new Punisher, played by Jim Caviezel, and says "I'M FRANK CASTLE, I'M THE PUNISHER!!", but Jim Caviezel's version insists he's the real deal. The argument degenerates into comedy, becoming a Crowning Moment Of Funny.
Casting Gag obviously applies to bring back the Jon Bernthal version.
It can't be Alternate Self, since they don't look alike and it's not Acting for Two; Collective Identity could fit, but probably doesn't apply in this situation, so what would be the trope for arguing over who's the real thing about an identity?
open"Dece-pitation" Film
A portmanteau of deception and decapitation. I've seen this in several media, but most commonly in live-action films, especially in horror.
A character appears to be resting or sitting somewhere, when another character starts to speak with them, only to jostle them and realize they're dead once their head falls off. I particularly remember this in the film Bless the Child.
Edited by VercalosopenBusiness woman learns to love. Film
I could have sworn that this was a trope, generally from 80's-00's films. Where the love interest or female protagonist is a hard working, no non-sense executive who tends to be a workaholic, learns to love again because of the guy; who tends to be a slob, underperforming, slackster emotionally-cognizant type.
Is this a trope or a subversion/inversion of an existing trope? I think this has happened in movies like What Women Want and The Proposal, maybe Intolerable Cruelty and Pretty Woman might be adjacent to this kind of thing??? I think even Family Guy made a reference to it.
openBecause First Movie Film
Is there a trope for when a sequel does something that was in its predecessor just because it was in the previous film? I suppose it could apply to TV seasons too.
openIt smells your fear Film
Basically, when a creature, particularly a non-sentient one, hunts for someone, and is able to locate them specifically because they're afraid, whether it's by a sense of smell or sensing fearful thoughts psionically.
Off the top of my head After Earth features this, with all the creatures on the planet being able to smell pheromones produced by fear, and also the film Oblivion (1994), which has an arm-wrestling match with the added challenge of an alien animal that attacks when it senses fear.
Edited by VercalosopenArk Destroying Nazis Trope Film
Aside from Laser-Guided Karma, what's the trope that wipes the Nazis out all at once at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark? It's similar to Keystone Army, but it's not that.
[down]I meant when bad guys as destroyed all at once.
Edited by futuremoviewriteropenTwo Lesbian Universe Film
There are only two lesbians in the whole universe. Good thing they like each other right away! Often they help one another realize they are lesbians by falling in love and coming out together. It may end happily for the couple. If it ends badly, the more feminine lesbian will end up with a man, which means she's straight because there are No Bisexuals. The more butch lesbian will end up as a Psycho Lesbian. I have seen this in movies and books. Does it have an entry already?
openSimultaneous Takedown of Enemies Film
Which trope used by Phantom Menace, Marvel's The Avengers and Game of Thrones involved the destruction of a source of some kind which then took out all the enemies at once?
Is there a trope for shooting or attacking the camera, usually for a scene transition?
I seem to recall older spy films or something that would do this (or alternatively the camera would zoom into the gun barrel) but I'm having a hard time remembering actual names.