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Does anyone know if there's a name for this one: When two characters are racing to get past a closing door, only it closes between them and they share a hopeless stare through the glass (if there's a window) or bang on the door, and it results in the trapped character's death. Examples: Stephen at the end of season 2 of Primeval; the last episode of Space Island One; I think it happened to Dominic Monaghan's character in Lost... Any assistance greatly appreciated ^_^
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Is there a trope for when an unremarkable monster, who in any other episode would be summarily curb-stomped by the heroes, is instead treated with horror and screaming terror so that the writers can introduce an unusual way of killing it? I am thinking of the halloween episode of Buffy with the Fear Demon; it's not that big or nasty-looking in the book, but the characters react as if it were completely unkillable, so they don't even try to fight it. At the end, it turns out the demon was the size of a grapefruit, so they can just step on it. Another example would be the Giant Frog in the 100th episode of Adventure Time. The secret way to kill it is to kiss it, so instead of fighting the frog our heroes turn tail and flee, never mind that in the past they have fought much larger and stronger foes without a problem.
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Does this trope exist here? Someone makes an observation or suggests a particular action, and the idiot companion parrots the first person. The idiot's parroting comes off as though the idea/suggestion just occurred to him, seemingly unaware that his friend JUST got through saying that. Charlie from Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia does this sometimes; Beavis from Beavis And Butthead does it more frequently.
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More of a YMMV than an actual trope. An important actor will appear in a certain work, and the script/character design/metafictional puns/etc is adjusted to fit him. However, for circumstances in the real world, the actor won't be working there (he resigned, he died, he retired, he had a better work somewhere else, he asked for too much money, etc.). But, as the creative process is in an advanced stage, they simply hire another actor, and leave all the details "made for someone else" in there anyway.
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Which is the trope when the Hopeless Suitor who is always Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places tries to touch the girl's "private parts", and the girl reacts with very explicit violence? Such as breaking his finger, twisting his arm, punch him to the ground in agony, and kick him while he's down (meaning, more than just a mere slap or a "stop it!" command). Is it a Kick the Dog?
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There is a couple that is not "official" yet. One of them (usually the girl) gets drunk and fall asleep, with the other... and she wakes up in the morning, next to the other one, and begins to question "what am I doing here? Oh, no, did I had sex with YOU?" etc etc.
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An epsiode that picks up at the end of a stock plot. But the events of such a plot are never shown, not on a previous episode, and not in a flashback.
The A-Team had a few episodes where we start with them defeating the villains, and then they spend the rest of the episode on the run from the MPs or someone else.
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I have seen at least two examples of this, but I wonder if it is a trope. It's a comedy scene where the villain is fuming about the hero's popularity, only to find one of their mooks (or even their right hand man) has succumbed to it. I'm thinking of a scene in Disney's Hercules where Hades is on fire (literally) about Hercules' success, only to find Pain wearing Air Hercs and Panic drinking Herc-aide. Or in the Leverage episode "The Boost Job" the corrupt car salesman is screaming about a rival salesman boosting sales by raffling off a racecar, only to find one his employees bought a raffle ticket. It seems to be trope, but I can't seem to find it.
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Most cop shows tend to show the protagonists drawing their guns and shooting trvialy at the vilains, killing goons by the handful. In real life, police forces very rarely discharge their firearms at offenders - and most law enforcement personel probably never will in their lifetime in the force - and when it happens it *IS* a big deal. Of course, for action oriented TV cop shows, this would be quite boring. Is there a trope to describe this - quite generic aspect ?
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Is there a trope for where after a bunch of shots are fired, one character puts their hand to their chest and it comes away covered in blood? This seems close to Mortal Wound Reveal, but it's not mortal; it often just leads to medical treatment. It's also a little bit of a Gory Discretion Shot because you don't see the wound. Sometimes comes as a surprise because there's been intervening action/dialogue after the gunfire and/or because the wounded person has been manfully hiding it. Example: Leverage, season 2 finale.
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This would be a character/relationship trope. Where one character is either a law enforcement officer or works closely with them, and they have a close family member who happens to be a criminal, specifically either a con man or thief.
Bones, NCIS, and Psych all have this trope/relationship and I was wondering if we have an exact trope for it yet.
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Is there a trope for how Doctor Who villains announce what they're doing as they do it? Such as "exterminate", "delete", and "information: kill". I'm not sure I've Seen It A Million Times; it might be unique to Doctor Who. Also, are there any parodies of it?
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Is there a trope for a dysfunctional family that is forced to act as if they were a "normal family"?
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Comedy trope. In short: characters briefly leave in the middle of a scene to have a loud argument nearby, which no one acknowledges afterward.
Three or more characters are doing/discussing something. Two of the characters excuse themselves to go to an adjoining room, where they proceed to have a very loud argument. The remaining character(s) wait(s) patiently. (They may be able to hear the whole argument, but in most cases it's indistinct except for a few key words, or unheard but witnessed through glass.) After a few moments, the two characters calmly return to the original room as if nothing has happened.
Edit: I suppose this could also happen with a single character having a private freak-out and then returning to normal. Like in The Simpsons when Lisa tells Homer the situation Bart has gotten into, and Homer zips himself into a radiation suit, swears profusely, takes the suit off, and then calmly returns to the conversation.
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Is there a trope for when someone "plays" the piano by banging on the keyboard? That Just Bugs Me.
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Is there a trope where when a character dies (or a kid friendly equivalent depending on the show/movie) and the character was fairly close to someone in the main cast (girlfriend, best friend, father figure) and then their death is never mentioned again in later episodes. Not necessarily Long Lost Uncle Aesop as the character is usually established for a number of the episodes and they tend to be set up to die for the angst factor of an episode.
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There's a married couple, the wife is keeping a secret from his husband. She has a best friend, who knows it and help her. The secret eventually gets known by more characters, and finally by the husband. The husband begins to accuse everybody from keeping that secret, including that best friend.
Her reaction is basically: "Yes, I kept that secret, so what? I'm her friend, not yours". Is there a trope for that?
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Which is the trope of the overprotective brother, who shoo out all the pretenders to his sister?
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Which is the trope for adults or elders who are "left behind" by technology, and have problems understanding things which are trivial for younger people, such as turning on the computer, checking e-mails, talking with a cell phone, etc.?

Is there a trope for when houses in TV shows are oversized, well beyond what the characters who live in said house should be able to afford even given the economy of the time?