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openTrope for returning Director/Composer/Developer? Film
Apparently, the tropes Role Reprisal or The Original Darrin are for returning actors only? Is there a trope for when the original director/Composer/Developer etc returns for a film/tv show/game that they worked on after several years?
Edited by LordAraghastopenWhat example is this?
This character is often seen with a beard or something less like a goatee. However, one day, the character decides to shave all of his facial hair and everyone around him notices the absence because they've grown accustomed to him with facial hair.
openBeing Popular Sucks
I've watched the ESPN documentary The Last Dance, which detailed Michael Jordan and his team Chicago Bulls as they won six championships during the 90's. Where the trope in question comes into play is how Michael Jordan was a popular basketball player and a global ambassador to the sport itself. However, due to this, he would get hounded by fans asking for autographs. He can't go out in peace. Also, he had to fulfill a role of being the "good guy", which was then undermined by personal vices such as gambling. He even acknowledges the trope itself, saying he'd rather not be a role model if he could do it all over again.
openCringe Karma
A character gets karmic payback in a way that's not meant to be a moral victory.
For example:
- Alice is an Alpha Bitch who makes no secret that she's going to use her connections to get the Hollywood job the main character wants. She does... and once she starts it turns out she's the only woman working there and expected to shut up and look pretty at best by her bosses, sexually harassed every day by them at worst. So it's a form of Laser-Guided Karma, but not one that the audience should enjoy.
- Bob uses deliberate Brutal Honesty (and jerkassery disguised as such) whenever he speaks. He moves to a new school but doesn't change his ways, and this gets him the nickname of "the Aspie" in a clearly derogatory way (and gets treated as though he's genuinely mentally challenged). So Bob's behavior doesn't go unpunished, but also makes it clear it's given by intolerant people using Asperger syndrome as an insult, who the audience isn't supposed to agree with.
openQuiet Apocalypse
Instead of humanity and/or life on earth going about with a big impactful event, it just quietly gets snuffed out without much fanfare. Maybe pollutants just reached a tipping point and people dropped dead on the street, mass Brain Uploading became widely available and everyone moved on to digital paradises, or half the population dissolved into dust; either way, civilization goes out with a whimper and not a bang.
openWe're fine / We're not fine Film
A specific type of juxtaposition where it cuts between one character saying that things are fine, and another character saying that things are going disastrously wrong. For example, in Spider-Man: Homecoming:
Elevator operator: Our safety systems are online. Karen: The safety systems are completely offline. Elevator operator: We are all safe. Karen: The passengers are in imminent mortal danger.
openGood Hero, Bad Parent
There's a weird trend of heroic characters in fiction being portrayed as bad or struggling parents, often being unable to connect with their children or being too overly protective or what not. For example, Harry in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is portrayed as a well-meaning but poor father to Al, leading to Al's resentment; similarly, Aang apparently played favorites and was bad at parenting for that reason, and Simba was strict to and not very understanding to Kiara in the second film.
Anything for this phenomenon?
openFake Nationality exposed
A spy or something faking their nationality get exposed when they accidentally do something typical of their culture.
openYes I called her ___, so?
When Character A names another character, which didn't have a name until that moment.
openTropes for playable character frequency Videogame
Sorry for the garbage title, I legit couldn't think of anything better. I'm trying to come up with a trope to describe a character who isn't a major playable but still has a few roles. (I'll call him Character A)
Character A is playable in the short intro level at the beginning of the game, but then takes a backseat to Characters B, C and D, who are the playables for most of the game. Intro level aside, the only other times Character A is playable are a brief mini level if any of the 3 main playables die, during the bad ending, and in the final boss battle in the best ending.
Character A is barely playable at all, but I don't want to use Outof Focus since he is still very important to the plot, and often appears in cutscenes with the villians and occasionally the main characters. Any suggestions?
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Actually as a side question, are there any unique tropes for fully fledged levels that only play when you fail a normal level, and that you have to beat to get another crack at the main level? (The breif mini level mentioned above involves Character A recovering a floating orb in 40-50 seconds to give the dead character another chance). I already have Timed Mission, but I'm wondering if there's anything more specific.
Edited by TheMageofRacismopenStrict But Fair
A character in a story (usually an adult) might be strict and overprotective to their close ones or those around him, but they ultimately mean well and want what's best for them.
Edited by SpaceProtagonistopenDumb psychic
Characters with psychic powers are typically presented as being supremely intelligent. Is there a trope where a character has psychic powers but is shown to be rather dumb or even mentally handicapped?
Examples:
- Orks in Warhammer 40,000 are incredibly dull-witted and believe that louder guns are stronger and red vehicles are faster, but thanks to their latent psychic powers, this is actually true for them.
- Krushauer in Incredibles 2 doesn't seem to understand the complete potential of his powerful telekinesis for anything besides crushing things, and is even baffled by the concept of "un-crushing" something, saying it's like asking someone to "un-punch" something.
- Chiaotzu in Dragon Ball can move objects with his mind without looking at them, and is able to communicate telepathically with his friend, Tien, but he can't even do simple math without counting his fingers.
- The Twilight Zone (1985): The Toys of Caliban featured a severely mentally handicapped young man who still acts like a 4-year old, and therefore has no restraint over his power to "bring" anything he wants.
openStepping Stone Relationship
I don't know if this exists already, so here goes:
Alice is one day approached by Bob, who is very friendly and flirtatious towards Alice. She is flattered by the attention and she and Bob become friends and she starts thinking they might date...only for it to turn out that Bob was only talking to her in hopes of getting close to Alice's hot sister instead. Is there a name for this - when a character befriends/romances another to get closer to their true object of their admiration/desire?
openBattle Royal fight
Do we have a trope for when it's more than three sides all fighting against each other (frequently on the same battlefield)? I first thought it was Mêlée à Trois, but the trope makes it clear that's only for three people. I can think of plenty of examples, so I think it's worthy of a trope.
Edited by LermisopenDoor Hitting People
You know that trope where a person is behind a door, someone comes barging in, thus injuring the one behind the door, sometimes flattening them or getting stuck to the door if it's a cartoon.
Is there a trope for that?
openInversion of Not So Above It All
I've been adding tropes to the page for Curfew and I was going to add Not So Above It All for Joker Jones and Team Awesome. Then I checked the trope's page and discovered that it was exactly the opposite of their situation.
NSAIA: A serious character in a work filled with wackiness gives into the wackiness of everyone else. Joker Jones: The character applies wackiness to a serious situation and later takes it as seriously as everyone else.
If I were to add this, is there a trope that inverts Not So Above It All or should I just use Not So Above It All and say he's an inversion?
Edited by BKelly95
The main character relives traumatic events in a virtual simulation for therapeutic reasons. The events that happen inside are almost always horrific, and things usually go wrong, unless the wrong things are part of the simulation.
Trauma Conga Line and fragmented memories (that the patient has to piece back together) are the most common tropes for this.
Example: The Accelerated World from Accel World.
Edited by KingOfStickers