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openKnowledge trope?
Do we have this one?
In the DC Extended Universe, in a future movie, hypothetically, their version of The Flash makes a reference to Nora West-Allen fading from existence in The Flash (2014) episode "Legacy". However, he shouldn't have known about this happening, since it's an Alternate Continuity, where it didn't happen in that continuity. In-Universe no-one knows what the hell he's going on about or who Nora West-Allen is.
Is there a trope for where a character refers to something they shouldn't have known about or the reference In-Universe makes no sense?
Mythology Gag was the only out-of-universe one I could think of, but is there a trope for the above situation?
Edited by Merseyuser1openNo Title
Do we have a trope entry for when two people conspire to break up a couple (or at least express their disapproval of the couple, e.g. "they should have been *my* SO"), only to end up together instead? The closest I can find is "Relationship Sabotage," but that's only part of the trope.
openGood after all
Horrible Judge of Character is when Bob is clearly evil, but Alice thinks that he's a good guy. What about the other way: Bob is a good guy, Alice suspects that he has a hidden agenda, but it turns out that he is really a good guy? Is it the same trope, or something else?
openSeeking the trope for a Karnivool song lyric Music
In the song by Karnivool, 'Set Fire To The Hive', there is the line:
"I spit in the mouth of your god, who whispers in the minds of our children."
I thought this would be an example of "Did you just ... Cthulu", but I can't find one that works exactly. It's more than just a "flip off"; it's closer to a a punch, but not as extreme as a "punch out". Its close to "Rage against the heavens", but it has a physical element. There are a few others that don't really work because there is no followup to the action. It probably falls into "Spiteful Spit", but is it extra-special because it's against a god? In any case, thanks for your help.
openNo Title
Is there a trope for works that tesch about LGBTQ matters without being a Coming-Out Story? They're not a Gay Aesop because it isn't a Very Special Episode.
openFuture Full of Kids Western Animation
When a character fantasizes about the future, usually with a potential romantic interest, and said fantasy ends with the same scene: too many noisy kids running around the living room, dad lazing miserably on the sofa, and mom exhausted and exasperated. The main examples that come to mind come from My Life as A Teenage Robot (Sheldon's fantasy about QT-2), The Amazing World of Gumball (Gumball wonders about marrying Darwin), and the Beetlejuice animated series—while this last one was a vision of the future and not a fantasy, the main components remain (too many kids, lazy dad, overworked mom).
openTrigger ALL the death flags
A comedy trope where a Contractually Genre Blind character starts performing every cliché usually guaranteed to mark a character for sudden death, like mentioning he only has a few days left to go before quitting, then explaining that he's quitting so he can get married, then passing around a photo of his fiancée, etc.
openSand Predator
Is there a trope named for the kind of monsters that swins under the sands like a shark would do on water, and erupts from it to kill and/or eat the characters walking over it on the sands?
openMysterious distant land
A worldbuilding trope, where across the sea/just off the edge of the map there's a mysterious land that is only known to the audience through rumours or second-hand accounts. It's unlikely that much more detail about the place will be revealed by future installments, as this trope exists for the same reason Cryptic Background Reference does - to add a sense of wonder to the world by showing that it exists beyond the scope of the story. (or more cynically, to make a small world look bigger without having to do much actual worldbuilding.) Medieval European Fantasy works often base their mysterious distant land on East Asia, since that was the furthest away place that actual medieval Europeans knew about.
Examples:
- Akavir in The Elder Scrolls.
- The lands east of the Bone Mountains in Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire, but especially Asshai and the Grey Waste. (They're technically on the map, but very little beyond their geography is known.)
- Bism in the Narnia books, in a weird variant where the distance is not horizontal but vertical.
openThe Duelist Videogame
In a competitive game, a Duelist is a character who excel at one-on-one combat,they completely obliterate anyone in a duel, but is next to useless in a team fight,often the only way for them to contribute in a team fight is to take on the biggest nuisance on the other team and hope their teammates doesn't notice.
openFranchise Original Virtue?
Basically, if a Franchise Original Sin is, and I quote from the page: “a flaw that in earlier, good installments was kept under control to the point of not really being a flaw, but goes out of hand and becomes apparent in later installments”, then what about the opposite of that? What do we call something good that wasn’t that well done or noticable in earlier installments, but then became much better over time and eventually became an apparent, reoccurring good quality of later installments?
Edited by MisterOMopenI thought I was the only one who could do that
Is there an opposite to I Thought Everyone Could Do That, where a person thinks they are the only one who can do some mundane action. E.G the site Iusedtobelieve.com (a site about weird and/or funny thinks people thought as a kid) there is a whole section "I'm special" for this. For a specific example: one kid thought he was the only person in the world who could masturbate, and figured he'd be famous as a result someday.
openNo Title
I checked multiple times stuff like Adaptation First, Marth Debuted in "Smash Bros.", Out of Order and Sequel First, but we have a trope for when in foreign countries spin-off material that was originally released after a certain point in the main series is released earlier? For example the first volume of Dav Pilkey Dog Man was released in Italy when Captain Underpants was still at book 9, and the introduction by George and Harold makes references to the last book in that series, spoiling the finale. Is this any of the tropes mentioned above or is something completely different?
Edited by PhantomDusclops92openA character who has many kids?
Really Gets Around is about Promiscuity. Is there a Sister Trope that involves this character having an absurd ammount of kids? After all, not every person that likes the sex part has kids.
openActor / Character Love Dodecahedrons
A situation where actors playing roles are all in different relationships than the roles they play, further complicating Love Dodecahedrons already present.
e.g. Bob and Alice play the married couple Carl and Denise on a soap opera. Bob is married to Erica (who plays Denise's secretary), has a brother named George (who plays Carl's best friend Joe), and is secretly cheating on Erica with Helga (who plays the lunchlady). Much drama ensues as pairings come apart and reform, and some Enforced Method Acting / Not an Act comes up as the plot sometimes causes two actors to interact in ways influenced by their RL relationship (such as if Carl cheats on Denise with her secretary).
openEmbarrassing Trait
Is there a trope for when a character is ashamed of an specific part of their persona?
openAlternate universe extra member
When the alternate universe has a Sixth Ranger while the main verse hasn’t got one?
Edited by JTTWloveropenThe main character hears voices from his/her past that affected him/her.
A scene where the main character is in a quiet spot/has a moment to reflect and starts to hear/remember things people have told them that had an effect on them.
A great example of this is from RDR 2 where during the last mission Arthur hears voices from people he's helped/harmed throughout the games story, depending on honor and personal choice.
What is this trope called? I've seen it in other places, but I can't figure out what it's called.