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openBump, apologize, bump again
Alice and Bob do the same thing at the same time, apologize for inconveniencing the other, signal the other one to go first simultaneously, then do the thing again at the same time. This could be taking turns to go along a path or through a door, talking first in a discussion, etc.
- In this clip of Star Trek Deep Space Nine both Odo and Quark want to talk to Kira. They talk simultaneously, make a gesture to let the other go first, then talk simultaneously because both have "permission" to go first.
openLost Weekend Trope? Live Action TV
Is there such a trope for these examples:
For WhatCouldHaveBeen.Doctor Who:
- An episode of Doctor Who featuring the Thirteenth Doctor having a "Lost Weekend" a la John Lennon (which was a well-known event in his lifetime), but the Lost Weekend would last for years rather than months like John Lennon did, and it was meant to be a Deconstruction of the "Lost Weekend" idea. The idea was axed due to difficulty fitting it into the current Story Arc and Myth Arc.
openCommon trope seen in action movies...
A character lunges at another with a kick, only for the intended target to grab his/her foot and lift it, causing said kicker to fall over. Alternatvely, the target could grab the kicker's leg and stoop and trip the kicker's other foot.
Is there a trope name for this move? I've seen it being used in more than one action movie, but couldn't seem to find it on this website
openSelective Vandalism
A character decides to vandalize an office because he has an understandable grip with the department. However, though masked, he only trashes departmental property because he's only mad at the department. He only leaves personal property unscathed unless you are connected to why he's vandlizing the place to begin with.
Edited by JC96openReputation trope in fantasy setting? Live Action TV
I know we have Satan Is Good but is there another trope for this situation?
In a High Fantasy setting, during a meeting of a Grand Council, Satan shows up (and his true form is not the Big Red Devil but Ambiguously Human-type) and everyone expects him to be evil or a Complete Monster but he insists to the cosmic beings and gods:
- Satan: "I'm not actually as evil as you think, it's all myth. OK, so I've got bad points, but I won't Kick the Dog or go psycho."
openFood As Compensation
Bob offers Alice food to compensate for her loss or suffering. Have we a trope for this yet?
Edited by HelmetofSalvationopenChange of art direction for sequels Videogame
When a series goes for a brighter and more cartoony aesthetic, what is it called (and the inversion of that while we're at it)? Closest I can think of is Lighter and Softer (but a media can still have dark story elements while being cartoony looking), and Art Evolution (but the series changes artists every installment or so, so it is expected for the aesthetics to change)
openFriendship
You know how sometimes, Alice is friends with Bob, but one or both denies they're friends and even pretends to active dislike, but they're very clearly friends, voluntarily spending time together and helping each other out when in need? Do we have a trope for that?
openSpooky Wind
Wind used to create a sense of foreboding. Very common in horror and mystery genres.
Edited by MacronNotesopenSpeaking the name brings misfortune
Speak of the Devil is for a character will appear if their name gets spoken. Is there a similar trope for when saying someone's name aloud causes some sort of other nasty side effect, like bad luck or a Bolt of Divine Retribution to strike the speaker?
openWriter thinks something else would become good material
Is there a trope for a writer character tells one of their acquaintances that something happened to them is worthy of a book, news report, etc?
My particular case looks like this:
Alice is a writer. When she meets her old friend Bob, Bob tells her what's going on about his romantic life (readers already know exactly what happened in his story). When he finishes, Alice tells him, "Don't you know what you said just sounds like it comes straight out of a novel? Would you mind if I can interview you later as an inspiration of my new book?" Bob refused her invitation politely.
To the reader, the werk is clearly not written by Alice.
openImmortal character can only be killed if they are in one specific place
Whats the trope for when a creature is immortal (usually Resurrective Immortality, but sometimes straight up Complete Immortality) but can be Killed Off for Real in one specific location? Example, in most editions of Dungeons & Dragons gods can only die permenantly if they are killed on their home plane (or, in some cases, only in their godly realm.) Which kind of makes me wonder why they ever go there, but who knows.
Edited by BootlebatopenFake narrator
This trope is a trope that only works in sequential arts.
It is usually taken by readers that a work's narrator is the Alice, the protagonist, since the narration often have something only Alice would say.
However, as a one-time gag, we have the narration being abused like this: the narration is pretty long (it was a Previously on…), and for the most part of the narration it does sound like Alice is narrating. And then...
- Betty, holding the narration mic: [Something only Betty would say]Alice: Can you stop saying weird things?
I'm sure it's already breaking the fourth wall here, but are there any other tropes that would apply?
openSweetheart Trolling
This is when a couple, who are not usually Sickeningly Sweethearts, deliberately play up their lovey-doveyness in order to make someone else uncomfortable—sometimes as a tease to a friend, or sometimes done by parents to their children as a deliberate invoking of Parental Sexuality Squick. The example that comes to my mind immediately is in The Emperors New Groove when Pacha and his wife tell their kids "We're just gonna stay up talking about how much we wuv each other!" to get the kids to go to bed. Do we have this?
Edited by PeppermintTwistopenDoomedByCanon but it's the same work
A character is dead in chapter 1. He's alive in chapter 2, because it takes place earlier. Because of this, you know he's going to die. (A subversion of this trope would be if it turned out chapter 2 was an alternate universe in which the thing that killed the character never happened.)
openTotally a Made-up Story
Is there a trophy for a character telling another character a story where the characters clearly represent their relationship? Examples include Chakotay's "old legend" about a restless warrior and the female chieftain who he vowed to serve (Star Trek: Voyager) and Gru's bedtime story One Big Unicorn (Despicable Me).
Edited by HeroGal2347openSo much bad stuff happens the work becomes hard to believe.
Whats the trope for when such an improbable number of bad things occur it stretches the Willing Suspension of Disbelief? For example: as the Agony Booth review of Armageddon states at one point, due to the movie having No Antagonist the only way to create conflict is to have a lot of things go wrong, and further says that while this isn't inherently a bad thing, having literally almost every single thing go wrong both strains credibility and gets kind of repetitive after a while. It's almost like Darkness-Induced Audience Apathy but more like "darkness induced audience disbelief"
Edited by BootlebatopenShipping Shenanigans Web Original
This was under Ship Sinking in Sonic The Hedgehog Twitter. It obviously does not fit that, but it sounds like it does fit something, though I have no idea what.
- Takeover 3 had Eggman receive a file from Infinite called "Sonadow", which Sonic immediately yells at him not to open, and when Shadow was asked about it his response was a blunt "One word... No."
I THOUGHT that's what Exiled from Continuity was, but apparently it isn't.