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4tell0life4 Since: Mar, 2018
16th Sep, 2019 12:01:16 AM

There was a trope when a military-like group in training session gets attacked and it becomes a real battle, but I forgot the name

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MiinU Since: Jun, 2011
Scorpion451 (Edited uphill both ways)
16th Sep, 2019 08:13:52 AM

If you mean that it goes from being fun to being the sort of thing that breaks up friendships, that would be tropes like Berserk Button, Trauma Button, and Dude, Not Funny!.

See also UsefulNotes.Trigger for the real-world concept in psychology, which are not something to joke about.

Edited by Scorpion451
Ivann Since: Jan, 2019
molokai198 Since: Oct, 2012
16th Sep, 2019 04:17:57 PM

4tell0life4 is thinking of Things Get Real

Edited by molokai198
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