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Do we have this trope? Film
Is there a trope for when there's something scary that first appears in the background and then slowly gets closer and closer frame-by-frame? The effect is a gradual build up of tension until the final scene where the scary thing is suddenly RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU! It's almost like a slow motion jump scare even though you see it coming.
Internet Backdraft misuse report Film
I've remove following entry from YMMV.Gundam. Since it's YMMV, I think I should post it here for record keeping.
- Internet Backdraft: Zig-zagged; The announcement might have somehow ignited a furor on the fans, while the other side of the fandom had some hopes due to the film being made a joint-collaboration with Sunrise and Legendary Pictures.
I removed it on the ground that Internet Backdraft is highly controversial topic that bring it up would cause massive Flame War among fandom. If it's Zig-zagging, then the controversial isn't bad enough to qualify as one.
(the troper in question also added bad second indentation entry that has nothing to does with the movie at all, I sent a PM to them already)
Isn’t It Romantic Film
Since Isn’t It Romantic comes out in five months, can the page please be recreated? Thank you!
Edited by Fighteer
Could someone edit this locked page Film
The page for Film.Big Fat Liar has a red link that should be fixed. There's a link to a non-existent/misspelled My Dog Are My Homework when it should be A Dog Ate My Homework. Could someone please fix this?
Ballbusting Movie Request Film
Hello, I`ve searching a Movie with a special and funny Ballbust. The Scene involved a older Lady and a Old Guy (maybe a Doctor). She was lying on the End of the bed. I think she passed out for some Reason. The Older Guy took an "Reflex-Hammer" and hit her on her knee with that Hammer. After that her Foot comes up right into his Balls. The Movie was from the 80`s. Sadly I have never seen it again. I hope someone can help.
Best Greetings
Jens
Regarding novelizations Film
Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but if a novelization of a film explains something in detail that went missing, was only implied in the film or something else entirely, should that be added to the film page itself in some way?
Ralph Breaks the Internet Film
The page Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 specifies that the final title for the movie seems to be just Ralph Breaks the Internet.
Since the movie is yet to be shown in theaters, should the page be moved to the correct title before it gathers too much wicks?
To edit or not to edit? And where to find out if I should Film
I'm not sure if this should go in one of the resource portions, but anyway. There is a particular trope page in which an entry, I believe, might be in error. But I wanted to get some clarification from an experienced Troper about whether I should make a correction or not. Is there a page where I can ask about that, or do I just ask here?
What is the best Marvel movie that you ever have seen? Film
Last night I watched the last part of Avengers and I was shocked at the end of the movie. But in my opinion, the best movie about Marvel is The Thor. What is your favorite movie in this company?
Unnecessary subpages Film
PStriderFan devotes a lot of time to making subpages for Film.Avengers Infinity War even when they're not long enough to warrant one and/or covered on a Marvel Cinematic Universe subpage.
Examples: HolyShitQuotient.Avengers Infinity War, FanFicFuel.Avengers Infinity War, and Woobie.Avengers Infinity War, which was brought up in an ATT query before. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/query.php?parent_id=64355&type=att
Old cartoon with gold painted rocks and backscratcher Film
My sister and I are now in our 20s and this has been on both of our minds recently. When we were younger we either watch this TV show or this movie having to do with for sure animated bears and maybe multiple woodland creatures. The main details that we both remember our that someone broke into a room using a back scratcher, what the bad guy did is that they painted a bunch of rocks gold, and I think that they got caught because there is gold paint found on the back scratcher. My sister also remembers a canoe and the gold rocks being in the canoe in a bag. I remember the beginning of the show having to do with a younger girl entering a room with an older man and the old man had a pet owl and he said the owl is more afraid of you than you are of age. But that could totally be a different show I have no clue. PLEASE HELP US!!
Star Wars Shipping Film
I have to again call the trooper Apocrypha to attention. They are agressively promoting the Rey/Kylo ship on the Star Wars pages, deleting and rewriting entries to support it.
Keep Circulating the Tapes Film Page Film
Does anyone else find it unfair that only one of the major studios has its own folder? I don't even know if they seem infamous enough for one — several of the entries go, "Sure, Disney's released this movie again and again on home video, but this specific version hasn't been seen in years." Would anyone mind if I commented out the folder tabs, until if/when I can also give the other studios their own folders? Having one contain at least twice as much content as the other doesn't sound too helpful.
Commented-out red links in indexes Film
I've seen this in multiple indexes. Most recently I just noticed it in the Films of 2005-2009 index.
Go down the index, and you will notice several links for work pages that haven't been made yet. Those links have been commented out.
What is the point of this? Presumably red links are made to encourage someone to make a work page for the work in question. But if you make the work page invisible by commenting it out, no one will see it and no one will make an article for it. Why do this? Either leave the red links in the index, or delete them from the page.
Rogue One - Headscratchers Film
On the headscratchers page for Rogue One there is a section called "Sexist Rebel Alliance" and it, to me, reads like it is just someone's personal gripe about how there ought to be more women getting killed in the movie. I admit this might just be me being over sensitive though; can I ask if someone else could take a look at the section and see if it is a valid Headscratchers entry or just complaining, please?
Day time 90s programme Film
There was a series in the daytime in the 90s. Involved 2 brothers im sure one was nice and the other was a murderer. If i remember rightly 9ne brother kidnapped the other and kept him in a cave. The brothers were identical. Any ideas
How to Undo a Redirect Film
I cannot find this anywhere. Creating New Redirects, that's easy to find. Guidance on how to undo one, extremely elusive.
Movie or show involving cops or detectives Film
There’s this male cop/detective that gets into some kind of trouble with his superiors, so they assign him this female cop/detective to watch over him. She pretends to be from Alabama (later you find out she’s been lying) and she fakes a southern accent. Someone finds out she’s not who she says she is when someone else tells him something like “oh, she’s from Alabama? Tell her roll tide! She’ll appreciate it” so he does but she doesn’t respond “roll tide roll,” so it makes him suspicious and he realizes that she’s in on some crime. Also, I may be mixing movies but at some point, when she’s helping them find a serial killer, she realizes that the killer bonded his victims using silk ties, and that leads them to him.
This has been driving me crazy for days, please end my suffering.
Short films within anthologies Film
You watch a short film. The short film, as it happens, was released as a chapter in an Anthology Film. What do you do?
- Make a work page for the short film, under the title of that short film?
- Make a work page under the title of the Anthology Film, but only with tropes for the particular short that you saw?
- Do nothing, until such time as you've seen the whole Anthology Film.
?
Is there a Trope Film
Is there a collective Trope that covers: Hotwiring a car, Cauterizing a Wound, Hacking Computers and Picking Locks.
These actions now are just presented with little or no actual details to the audience and we either fill in the blanks or more often than not suspend our disbelief.
Character reaches under dash of car pulling out wires: They are hotwiring a car. Character heats up a knife/metal object: they are applying First Aid. Character grabs keyboard and precedes to thrash away on it: they are hacking a computer. Character has thin metal item/bobby pin: they are going to pick a lock.
needless to say none of those actions will work the audience just has to accept that it will.
What’s this show called? Film
I only saw the pilot. It’s a younger couple, and I think they had just gotten married. Then on the honeymoon, or shortly after, the new husband wakes up and his wife is gone. He finds a video in the freezer of her saying to not look for her, that there’s no money, etc. Then he’s freaking out to figure out why that happened. Then it cuts to his brother in an airport hitting on a hot girl, and then he finds discovers that it’s actually his brothers wife in a disguise.
WHATS THIS SHOW CALLED!
"Quit buggin' me!" said with a scary face Film
You know when there is a TV show or movie—comedy, usually—with a character who is either secretly supernatural or not very overtly magical, proooooobably evil, and are being irritated constantly—usually by a dog, barking because it senses evil—and so, when nobody is looking, they whip around and make a HIDEOUS monster face and roar, sending their antagonist fleeing... Then they turn immediately back to their human companion(s) as if nothing happened, and nobody noticed.
WTF is that particular trope called?
I thought it might've been "Nightmare Face" at firs, but the description doesn't fit...
Let the Right One in and Let Me In Film
Do the work pages for Let the Right One In and Let Me In absolutely have to be combined, or can they be separated out into two separate pages?