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openEffort-Based Rivalry Live Action TV
Alice has to work hard for a long time to reach a certain position, but when she gets there, she meets Bob, who got there through either raw natural talent, nepotism, or just sheer dumb luck, without any of the effort Alice put in. Alice hates him for this. (Think Frank Grimes v Homer Simpson.)
openDisrespectful Shoulder Shove
Two characters dislike each other. To show how much, one character takes to bumping their shoulder or elbow into the other when passing them, to show that disrespect. It's most often painless and just annoying, but is the thought that counts.
Edited by Bleazy02openI'm The Main Character, I Swear
Main character that is easily forgotten compare to other characters.
Edited by AndermannopenReference displacement
When a Shout-Out becomes so popular that people start referencing it directly and forgetting that it was already a reference itself. "Kick ass and Chew Bubblegum" is more likely referencing Duke Nukem 3D than They Live!, "I reject your reality and substitute my own" is more likely referencing Mythbusters than The Dungeonmaster, 11 being a "ridiculous and not even funny" number is more likely referencing Kingdom of Loathing than Negativland, that sort of thing.
I think we just don't have this one, but I wanted to make sure.
opentrope about legal mess
Is there a trope (possible trivia entry perhaps?) that is basically tells the show's copyright/legal ownership being a mumbo-jumbo?
openNever Runs Away
A character never runs away from a fight, for personal or professional reasons.
openJenga Joke
1. Present daunting task. 2. Overly long explanation = more daunting. 3. Simple solution undermines task. 4. Hilarity ensues.
openCharacter A scares B away by showing their true monstrous nature, to save B.
I really feel like I've seen this around somewhere, possibly in drama anime. But one character, A, is a monster of some kind and character B is a regular person. Character A becomes concerned that B isn't taking the whole 'monster' part seriously and orchestrates a way for them to 'accidentally' spy A doing something monstrous (like eating someone.)
Character A does this to try and scare away Character B for their own good.
It sounds like something straight out of Twilight or something. Can anyone help?
(Not that it doesn't even have to be a supernatural monster, can just be that Character A is a bad person with a soft spot for B.)
openAfter-images as body doubles Anime
There's this Pokémon move where the Pokémon moves so quickly back and forth between two spots that it leaves after-images that appear to be body doubles. And a guy in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders does the same with his Stand. The purpose is to make you hit the after image instead of the real deal. (Obviously, this wouldn't work for real, since you could just reach out your fist between the images and the fighter would run into it.)
Is this a trope?
Edited by MichaelKatsuroopenDialogue fight
A debate between two characters is treated as an intense fight (Like most of the dialogue in Death Note)
openLazy people who get others to do their work Videogame
Is there a trope for lazy people who manage to get out of doing whatever they need to do by charming/convincing someone else to do it?
openProximity-activated enemy Videogame
A video game enemy that is out in the open but will not move or attack until you get close. May be disguised as part of the scenery or just standing there for creepy effect.
openCensored in Other Countries
Do we have a trope where a scene in a TV show is allowed in its original country but censored in another country where the show airs?
openNo Title Videogame
In Final Fantasy XIV, an NPC casts Break in a cutscene. This spell was once accessible to players, but was removed — ironically, in the very same update which added this cutscene.
My first thought was that this is Gameplay and Story Segregation, but on reflection that doesn't seem quite correct; the NPC in question could just have access to resources the players don't (he also casts Vanish, which has never been player-accessible). Is there a trope for this situation?
openexit awkward situation
A situation has gotten awkward, so a character makes their exit.
openAre You Happy Now?
When a character asks a certain type of Armor-Piercing Question regarding if an action, seen as questionable or wrong by the one asking, has caused things to improve or, as the question suggests, has caused them to be happy. It would be similar to And Then What? with the main difference being that this would be said after a person performs said questionable or bad action as opposed to before.
Edited by aa1205openBoth Sides Were Wrong
- Both characters realizing that had they done their respective parts in preventing a situation, they wouldn't be here talking about it.
openSubtle Crossover
- A writer of two novel series', which shares the same universe, wants to do a crossover but he doesn't want it to be gimmicky. So, he subletly has a few characters from one series appear in the other series and lets the readers put two and two together.
Do we have a trope for a character who is the only straight one in a Cast Full of Gay (or at least a Cast Full of Ambiguously Gay)?