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openArtisticLicenseArchaeology ?
Do we have an Artistic License Archaeology page? In any movie either about archaeologists or featuring archaeologic work, anyone with a passing knowledge of archaeology will see things that will make them shake their heads. It's even lampshaded in Raiders of the Lost Ark, when one character tells the Nazis that they're so stupid they'd use a bulldozer to find a china cup, while in the background his own workers are flailing away at the ground with pickaxes, which is a good way to destroy a lot of what you're looking for... Some of the most important tools in a archaeologist's kit is a small trowel, for carefully scraping away sediment and soil to uncover items, and even smaller brushes and dustpans to also remove dirt. Dirt is also carefully removed with a small shovel, placed in a bucket, then poured onto a shaker screen (usually 1/4inch steel mesh) to uncover even smaller objects. Of course, it's quicker to film a bunch of sweaty workers getting busy with pickaxes like they're convicts on a prison chain gang...
Edited by M2MediumopenDescribe this living aphrodisiac race called cupids
•Eros doesn’t exist. Instead, Aphrodite created a race of white-winged humanoids she refers to as cupids with her magic.
•While they come in all shapes in sizes; they’re well known for their amber or milky-white eyes, white wings with red/pink accents that can compress themselves small, and their whole purpose is making couples fall in love.
•Cupids falling for mortals is isn’t exactly forbidden but highly discouraged due to the fact their fluids can not just outright influence you but can control you to love them. Of course, Aphrodite wouldn’t really care, she just wants to spread her love and lust everywhere.
•They can also teleport from place to place, leaving a trail of red and pink roses.
•Their bow and arrows range from gold to silver with heart-shaped tips. They can manifest it at anytime.
•Stop aging at 21. Can easily die.
Edited by Anchor173openTechno-organic world?
Is there a trope to describe settings like the planet in Transformers One, which has both Mechanical Lifeforms and organic life like plants?
openGlobal Monster Respawn Videogame
In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and its sequel, the Blood Moon respawns all of the monsters in Hyrule who have been slain (along with all of the resource nodes). In Sonic Frontiers, star showers respawn all of the enemies that were defeated.
Is there a trope for this?
openInterrupted Fanservice
A clear instance of Fanservice is about to happen, but it gets interrupted before it can play out.
For example, a normally shy, conservative-dressing girl borrows a Stripperiffic dress from her friend known for wearing more revealing clothes. Before she can try it on, however, her other friend realizes how skimpy it's going to be and talks her out of it, denying the audience a chance to see her in it.
Another similar situation I've seen is where a woman is changing clothes in the same room as a guy, either because she's an Innocent Fanservice Girl or the circumstances require haste, then someone else tells the guy to leave (like another woman), denying both him and the audience a chance to see her undress.
I looked through Fanservice and Partial Nudity Tropes but didn't see anything that quite covers this. I feel like I'm missing something obvious, any thoughts?
open"I don't want you to end up like me."
Alice has gone through very dark times, and it made her into a harsher, worse person overall. She sees Bob about to tread the same path she did, and makes a point of warning him not to do so. Is there a trope for that?
One specific example from Spider-Man: No Way Home: "Amazing" Peter tells MCU Peter that after he lost Gwen, he became "rageful" and "bitter", and he doesn't want MCU Peter, who just lost Aunt May to the Green Goblin, to end up like him.
openDepressing Facility Daycare Live Action TV
An evil government facility or private laboratory is performing experiments on children (or, if not so evil, keeping children who might be dangerous otherwise under control), and they'll have this sad underground daycare with a bureaucrat's idea of what makes kids feel happy and safe - old toys and puzzles, faded out painting on the walls, an artificial "outside" look with fake clouds, trees and grass...
Is that a trope?
openCalling Out Racism Live Action TV
Is there a trope for when a character of colour calls out a white character, usually a friend, for being oblivious to their white privilege and schools them on all the additional obstacles and difficulties they face in society?
openNOT Here Mac
When a character is chase, they wear sunglasses or some cheap disguise to fool a purser with and point in another direction. The chaser just obliged without looking closely.
openTrope Where a couple has two kids Western Animation
AND ONE KID LOOKS EXACTLYYY LIKE ONE PARENT AND THE OTHER KID LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THE OTHER ONE. LIKE SONIC AND SALLY'S KIDS. WHAT'S THE NAME OF THIS TROPE.
openHiding, about to be found but searcher called away
What is it called when one character is hiding, and another character is about to find them but is called away at the very last second by something else?
For example, say that Alice is hiding in Bob's closet as part of a Zany Scheme or something else that makes sense in context. Bob is very suspicious that someone else is there with him, and is about to open the closet door...
When Carol rings his doorbell and he leaves to go answer it, allowing Alice to remain undetected.
resolved Names Gives Boosts
In Lazy Dungeon Master, the very act of naming a monster grants them something. Even the lowliest rats become more intelligent upon receiving a name. More powerful monsters that have sapience to begin with are also excited to get a name as it makes them unique.
What trope is this?
openWords with Ambiguous Meaning
Words are used in a sentence that have a Double Meaning, but the character misunderstands which definition of the word is being used, a bit like Ambiguous Syntax, but for a single word rather than the whole sentence.
Edited by HipsterDog02openCharacter who doesn't do enough to be redeemed
Chloe in Don't Trust the B barely atones for screwing up June's plans so often. It feels like a lot of the resetbutton combined with a little load. The load is someone who's useless, though and I'm referring to someone who makes their fellow characters' lives worse.
openShady/Ominous Profession but nice guy?
When someone works or is something thats usually evil, but is actually an okay person
stuff like being a good necromancer/hitman/mad scientist/etc
openFake Affair
Alice and Bob (who's married to Carla) appear to be having an affair: they go to restaurants/movies/bars together, spend a lot of time at each other's apartments when Carla is out of town, Bob refuses to let Carla use his phone and makes sure all unexpected expenses are paid before she can find out about it, Alice sometimes shows up wearing Bob's shirt/Bob's shirts have lipstick marks the same shade as Alice's, Bob gets into unsolicited Suspiciously Specific Denial rants that there's anything between him and Alice, etc.
However, it later turns out this was all perfectly true: Alice and Bob (and sometimes even Carla) are all in on it and deliberately acted suspicious: As an Operation: Jealousy on Bob's part, Alice and Bob and Carla are trying to bait a blackmailer by going Undercover as Lovers, it was all a sociopsychological experiment on people's reactions to seeing infidelity in front of them, Carla is into open relationships and very complicated roleplay, etc.
- The French comic Litteul Kevin has Kevin's father fake an affair with the babysitter over several days, until he leaves for a hotel after a phone call, closely followed by Kevin's mother, furious that he'd do that to her on her own... (she opens the door to find a Surprise Birthday Party) birthday.
- The Parker Pyne series has several, usually as an Operation: Jealousy. In one case it backfires spectacularly with the husband falling madly in love with the "Alice".
- Evil Under The Sun has a husband actively cheat on his wife with a rich woman. In this case it's an act on the couple's part to get her money, the wife even plays up the "poor submissive woman brutally insulted by her husband in public and too terrified to fight back" aspect to lower suspicion.
openKill the runt
The smallest/weakest of a litter is put down at birth. Sometimes applies to humans.
openCharacter gasps/laughs at "Jaywalking" in A/M/J
Basically when a character does the "Arson, Murder and Jaywalking" listing, and the listener basically goes: "*gasp* Jaywalking?!" or "*gasp* Not Jaywalking!!!"
But alternatively, in a more humorous manner (and this is probably what I'm looking for more than the previous one) a character starts a list with a particularly normal thing, or even a couple of normal things, followed then by a few ridiculous things - the listener then starts laughing, the expectation is that it's over one of the ridiculous things, until they instead mention the least ridiculous thing listed, in disbelief.
an example of the latter is one I remember seeing in a Scott the Woz video... forgot which one.
This Trope Is That In Season 3 Of "The Epic Tales Of Captain Underpants" The Past Villains Were Halograms, But I'm Wondering If Theirs a Trope Were The Past Villains Are Real.