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openDeath prank Live Action TV
Looking for an episode of a show that was like the twilight zone or Creepshow, probably came out in the mid 90s. this episode was about someone pulling a prank on someone else by injecting them with something that made them think they were dead but they could still see and hear everything and at the end of the episode the guy wakes up to find out it was a prank but then dies of heart attack.
openThe Umbrella Academy Tropes Live Action TV
Hi! So this might be different sort of question than the ones I read below hehe. Basically, we were tasked to create an essay regarding anything in the world, and I chose The Umbrella Academy's Tropes. In my essay, I try to make a point that the show's tropes are unusual. That compared to other shows, their characters have this weird combination of tropes that wouldn't be possible for other characters in different shows. Now my question is, do YOU think their tropes are atypical? Especially since this site is the one I'll be referencing hehe. Please answer if you have the time :)) Sorry if my question seems to be unrelated or something to the Tropers :>
Edited by jiniinthebottleopenDino Fury Actors Live Action TV
Do Russell Curry, Kai Moya, Hunter Deno, Tessa Rao, and Chance Perez have pages?
openJAG series finale Live Action TV
I'd like to recreate the recap for the JAG series finale "Fair Winds and Following Seas." It is an example of Ambiguous Ending, Fanfic Fuel and Rank Up. I have a decent length summary that can be abbreviated if necessary.
openCan't edit a new page Live Action TV
I am trying to edit a new page that I want to create but there is no edit button. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I can solve it?
opendoes this entree fit the trope Live Action TV
hello, I'm new to your site and I don't know if these scenes would be classified as a balcony wooing scene https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BalconyWooingScene
or not under your site's rules. they are from the tv series How I Met Your Mother. I am arguing that not only are they balcony wooing scenes but that they are the best balcony wooing scene ever! I'm frankly kind of annoyed and amused they weren't already included as I feel they were a pivotal part of that series identity.
the first scene is from season one episode one "pilot" after the protagonist ted meets a girl named robin in his local bar he takes her out on a date at a restaurant the following day. after their date is interrupted by robin being called away for her job and ted feeling he may have messed the date up he discided to steal the blue french horn that robin commented on in the restaurant to use as a grand romantic gesture, he rings up to her apartment and she sticks her head out the window where upon ted offers it up to her as a grand romantic gesture.
here's the clip of the scene from youtube https://youtu.be/qUWoWAA8M3o you
can also search " How I Met Your Mother – Pilot clip6"
I would argue that this is a wooing scene as he brought the blue french horn as a grand romantic gesture. as mentioned in the description of balcony wooing scenes the Grand Romantic Gesture is a trope associated with balcony wooing scenes, they may have not shared any words like you would see in traditional balcony wooing scenes but the gesture was more than enough to convey teds message making talk meiningless IMO.
the second scene is from the season one finally (episode 22) "Come On" Ted shows up at his now ex-girlfriend Robin's apartment he calls out to her and she opens her window. they start a conversation and she then asks why he was there he replied "Because I made it rain!".
the reason why this is relevant is because he spent half a day performing a rain dance to make it rain so she would have to stay home and not go camping with a potential love rival after she rejected his first advance.
he goes up to her apartment and they embrace each other. after a cut scene ted narrates how that was how he and Robin got together.
here's the clip of the scene from youtube https://youtu.be/y8fTcd_ZeJk you
can also search "How I Met Your Mother - Ending of Season 1 Finale"here's an alternative version https://youtu.be/TIGU1GWy-pI you
can also search "Ted and Robin Getting back Together (How I Met Your Mother)"
I would argue that this was a balcony wooing scene because he called out to her and they had a conversation through the window ledge not to mention he offered the rain as a grand romantic gesture. all these are traits associated with balcony wooing scenes.
the third scene is from the final episode of How I Meet Your Mother series (season 9 episode 24) for context this takes place 25 years after the first two scenes. After being told by his kids and Ted realizing it for himself, that he is still in love with Robin. Ted decided to show up at Robin's apartment with the blue french horn that he gave to her after their first date leading to the mirroring of the events of the pilot episode.
here's the clip of the scene from youtube https://youtu.be/nW82fRNJc84 you
can also search "How I Met Your Mother - Ending Scene"
all I have to say is all these scenes individually would likely be dismissed as an insignificant homage to the balcony wooing scene because of their short time shown but combined it's irrefutable that they are significant enough to be included in the list of balcony wooing scenes.
I have gone ahead and posted them already in the style of the others around it. I had problems formating it so it's not properly displayed though. I would like to add the links to the videos showing the scenes but I don't know if that's allowed or really how to do it in the first place. I welcome you to edit/fix them if you wish but please don't delete them without explaining why here first. thank you.
openChristmas Episode question Live Action TV
I was going to add some Christmas Episode specials to Non-Serial Movie but am not quite sure whether to add them or not.
What I planned to add:
- Hetty Feather, a CBBC period piece from The BBC had its 2019 Christmas special in Series 5; although it's disputed if it's canon or not, even though it could fit into the series' timeline.
I added to that page about an example from The Next Step of a Christmas Episode that was treated as a special but of uncertain canonicity.
In general, when should a Christmas Episode be treated as a Non-Serial Movie if there's no Word of God on its canonicity but in general, there's things that make it seem like it's outside the series'timeline/out of continuity?
open''Series/TheLastShip Live Action TV
What I have is more of a general question about all tropes and not just The Last Ship but I had to put something in the category to submit a question. Are we allowed to copy and paste quotes from imdb?
openShould we change the title for Guardian (Chinese series)? Live Action TV
So there's this page for a chinese series an LA TV adaptation of webnovel, aired in 2018
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Guardian
The Series page are correct but there's also page for Web Animation for My Little Pony titled the same, and another page for Fanfic and Awesome related to a Dragon Ball fanfic with the same title.
Since Guardian is such a very not so rare name, how to changed the main page title to more specific name, and re linked the pages for My Little Pony and Dragon Ball properly to their own series?
openShow Bashing? Live Action TV
So maybe I'm just a sensitive snowflake, but the Recap.Glee pages have always bothered me. While the episode recaps are some of the most in-depth pages I've seen, they come across as... bashy at times. Snark is good, and the pages are full of it. I'm just wondering if they unnecessarily cross over into bashing territory. Thoughts?
Edited by HMSquaredopenSeries/ the Watch Live Action TV
Is it safe for the page for the Watch TV show to be recreated seeing as how there’s now a trailer and several episodes which have been aired?
open Power Rangers Dino Fury Live Action TV
We just got the release date for episodes 1 and 2. Can someone please restore the page?
openNo Title Live Action TV
Can you please make a Chinese drama series called Count Your Lucky Stars because we need for add the bathtub video clip in one scene
openEmpty pages Live Action TV
In the TV section
for dethroning moments, A Freaky Dude added new pages for X Factor and American Idol, but never put anything in them.
openPage Creation assistance requested. Live Action TV
Requesting help for the Creation of Franchise and series pages for Armor Hero and Battle Strike Team. Armor Hero series consist of: Armor Hero, Armor Hero XT, Armor Hero Lava, and Armor Hero Captor. Battle Strike Team series consist of: Giant Saver, Space Deleter, and Rescue Engine. Any takers?
openSci Fi movie Live Action TV
There was a TV show that I used to watch. Around 2011-2014. It was a group of people that were based in a castle like church in a city somewhere. They dealt with different powered individuals. They also had some kind of hairy (human-like) creature with them. One of their own, a girl, got captured and was transformed into a fighting machine that could teleport. She and a few others then attacked the castle / church. She and the others could teleport. One of those others that was with her teleported into a wall and died.
This is all I remember. Does anyone know the name of this show?
open tv show live action Live Action TV
Hello guys forgot a TV show I use to watch I don't remember the name but I still remember that this show is about superheroes saving the world from aliens all 5 were Asian .They had a robot hidden in forest which once controlled by the enemies by remote control.and I remember another scene when a dinosaur attacked the city next to a train .one of the Asian was reckless and bounty.i watched it around 2005-2007
openSpoilers Off Live Action TV
If a series has ended, and recaps for that series are written after it's concluded, are spoilers required?
openInside/Out Live Action TV
I want to make a page for the PBS TV show "Inside/Out" which is written with the slash. How can I write it so the slash is included in the heading, such as Series: Inside/Out?

I want to make a Drinking Game page for the sports competition show American Ninja Warrior... is there a way to do it?
Edited by AlexTropesFisher