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openSlowly growing into the classic character
Is there a trope for when a character in an adaptation seems to have undergone Adaptation Deviation but over the course of the story they gradually start to more and more resemble the original incarnation of the character?
e.g. Alice is a character in a book who has a prosthetic arm, blonde hair, and a surly personality. The book is made into a movie, where Alice has both arms, brown hair, and is very outgoing and cheerful, but in the first act she loses her arm, in the second act she dyes her hair, and by the finale she's undergone a Cynicism Catalyst.
Is there a trope more specific than Adaptation Deviation subverted? I swear there was a trope for this at some point.
openConspicuously Absent
A character is missing from a scene, the reason which becomes important later on.
openArtistic license trope? Live Action TV
I don't know if there's an Artistic License – Law trope for this, but I've seen it on British Series like Emmerdale, where a trial seems to be done in weeks, with an instant verdict and judge with wig gavel-banging, rather than months, as compared to the Story Arc taking months In-Universe and Real Time.
Sort of like crime, instantly found guilty.
Also, is there an Artistic License trope for Supergirl (2015):
- Andrea Rojas/Acrata's VR technology that featured prominently in the Season 5 Story Arc is released to the public, and seemingly has had no beta testing etc. - it's just released as soon as made In-Universe. This is a Discussed Trope on one episode.
Finally, is this X-Pac Heat or not for YMMV.Supergirl 2015:
- Julie Gonzalo got almost the same reaction from some Supergirl fans as Anna Gunn who played Skyler in Breaking Bad and a bit of Actor/Role Confusion when it was really Mean Character, Nice Actor.
openKills the parents, adopt the orphan
Adopting the child whose parents you've just murdered
openLast Altruistic Thought Anime
Character does a Heroic Sacrifice to shield or push someone from mortal danger. Just as they're about to die, their last thought is "I'm glad X is okay" to remind us that their own safety is the last thing on their mind.
Seriously, I feel this pattern has a become a cliché at this point.
openPainful Splits
Is there a trope where someone does the splits and it ends up being painful, sometimes for laughs?
openA Fictional Organization That Has Striking Similarities to a Real Life Counterpart Videogame
In The Last of Us Part II, I noticed that the Washington Liberation Front had damning similarities to a real-life paramilitary separatist group called the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (aka the Tamil Tigers). I originally mentioned this in an example for Fantasy Counterpart Culture, but it was removed since the game doesn't have a fantasy setting.
I was thinking A Nazi by Any Other Name or Does This Remind You of Anything?, but there's got to be a trope where a fictional group/organization has striking similarities to a real-life counterpart without Fantasy or Nazis involved. Which trope should I use?
Edited by sanfranman91openNarrator killed in story told in first person
It’s as it says, I remember a lot of bad creepypastas doing this.
openStandard Subversion
Do we have a page that lists tropes where a particular subversion is so common that it gets its own page?
For instance, the most common subversion of It's a Wonderful Plot is where the entire world is objectively better off if the character wasn't there.
openKemonomimi Subtrope
A kemonomimi's species will, instead of them displaying actual animal body parts like animal ears or tails, will simply wear clothing to represent what animal they are.
openError in on-screen summary
I noticed a mistake in Comcast's summary of a tv episode. Would this go under Cowboy Bebop at his Computer, or is there a better section?
openPowerful Body Parts
That trope about someone specially powerful's corpse being split into parts and each part having a piece of his power. Like Vecna from DND and The Saint's Corpse in Jojo.
openGender Role Reverse Jab
Where the fictional work has a scene where the mother/wife is watching the football game while the father/husband is feeding their newborn a bottle. This was intentionally designed to a "gender roles reversed" jab at those who have a "women belong in the kitchen" mentality.
openWhere would THIS fall into? Western Animation
A gag of Totally Spies! has Alex saying, "You can say that again! (knocks an acorn out of her ear) No seriously, I didn't hear you, say that again!"
Would that fit into Literal Metaphor, or...?
openExorbiant fees
Hi there,
is there a trope in fiction where customers complaining about high fees?
Edited by NjeinopenTV network cameo appearance Live Action TV
Reposting because my previous question got kind of lost in the pile.
Is there a trope for the case when the network that airs a TV series/ made-for-TV movie is referenced, especially by showing characters watching the network's channel? Is this a form of Product Placement or something, or do we have an entirely different trope for this?
openShare The Pain
Like Share the Male Pain, but for injuries other than to the male groin.
For example, everyone wincing in unison when George Of The Jungle slams into a tugboat at high speed.
Edited by Chabal2openStop believing
Adults come to believe they just imagined their childhood fantasy adventures
openPerson claims they don't have a problem with some group, even though they obviously do
What trope would this be? For an (unfortunately extremely common nowadays) example: when a work has a minority as the protagonist (such as a black or gay person) you invariably get people complaining about that fact, and they almost always say something like "I don't have anything against black/gay people, but did they have to make the protagonist black/gay?" Which raises the obvious question: if they don't have anything against them, why does the inclusion of such a person bother them?
Edited by Bootlebat
Is there a trope for someone who seems to have a much higher-end lifestyle than what their income should be able to afford?
For example a part-time barista who can somehow afford to go on expensive vacation every weekend, despite not being from a rich family?