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openSupreme Negotiator
Do we have a trope for someone that is really good at negotiating?
Not a super-power (Compelling Voice) but is capable of it through mundane means?
Edited by bitemytailopenHappy insanity
So let's say Bob is ax crazy. The thing is though is that he's always so damn happy looking with a big smile on his face despite his violent actions. I want to differentiate it from him being laughing mad since he doesn't have to be laughing but just looks happy. Another thing is that smiles aren't being painted on his soul in this circumstance.
openWhat Measure Is A Dumbass?
Basically What Measure Is a Non-Badass? not in regards of awesome feats, but more like mental fortitude and decision making. As in, what makes a character viewed to 'lack common sense' or 'not knowing what is good for them'.
For instance, grieving character seems to get called as a dumbass in denial, because according to the audience, smart people get over denials easily... (In reality, denials are not overcame that easily, we have the Five Stages of Grief for a reason)
Is there a trope like that or such thing can overlap with What Measure Is a Non-Badass??
Edited by ChrisXopenReversal Live Action TV
Season 1 ends with A making a serious attempt on B's life. Season 2 ends with B making a serious attempt on A's life.
openA weird, incredibly specific question
If I made a soundtrack album for a roleplay on the TV Tropes forum and released it on Bandcamp or something, would I have to pay royalties to the site or anything?
I'm not planning to do this any time soon, but I have toyed with the idea and I figured I should as about it ahead of time.
openSpontaneous Proposal
A marriage proposal that wasn't immediately preceded by steady dating.
openchild friendly drunk
in a kids show or movie, they get one of the characters "drunk" without having them actually drink alcohol. they just behave the way that a drunk person would
examples: infected adora in she-ra, baymax on low battery in big hero six
openClone interrogations Western Animation
What's the trope called when someone is cloned and their friends have to ask questions to figure out which one is real?
openBat-Embargo
Long, long ago there was a time of great strife. Justice League Unlimited had just begun but there was something missing. There were no batman characters aside from Batman himself and the Joker. For, you see, DC had placed a Bat-Embargo [dramatic gasp].
Anyway, do we have a trope for that?
openBrute force/impact-absorbent character or creature
When playing Majora's Mask 3D, I soon learned that the Blob Monster Chuchu enemies were immune to Goron Link's punch attack, absorbing the blunt impact with their jelly bodies, while all weapons were able to pierce/pop them and defeat them. Is there a trope for this kind of dynamic? (I'm sure I've seen it in regard to fat characters as well.)
openYin Yang Union
When opposite elemental or cosmic forces are allies, or best fit paired together
openRadiation Is Green
When radiation is associated with the color green, usually a Sickly Green Glow
openMonster gender fakeout
I know there is a trope where human characters are thought to be one gender, but are the opposite. But is it the same for monsters. Here's an example (this one comes from Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid) dragon form◊ (looks male) human form (actual gender, female)
openAnti-shipping
Do we have a trope where the creator(s) highly discourage Shipping on fan works?
openUnnecessarily Creepy Clown
Monster Clown is when clowns are evil. But often they don't need to be evil to be scary, they just look pretty creepy
openNo Title
A character doesn't realize something bad happened until much later, when they notice something else that lets them deduce it.
I have it listed as In-Universe Fridge Horror, but I feel like that's wrong?
openHistorical settings trope? Live Action TV
Checking a trope is used correctly.
Comic-Book Time doesn't apply to settings, does it, for when it takes a long time for a location to progress over the years, i.e. In-Universe the story runs from 2003 to 2012 (a Time Skip from 2003 to 2008, then 2008 to 2012).
Aren't some examples of Comic-Book Time misused?
The trope is for characters who don't age over a long period, if not at all?
Isn't there another trope for that - Webcomic Time, or is that the wrong trope?
This is a general question.
Edited by Merseyuser1
Base Breaking Event... What trope is that?
Broken Base and Base-Breaking Character don't mention such a trope, but I need it to dewick Base Breaker from BrokenBase.The Loud House.