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openHated by everything living Web Original
So I was reading The Wandering Inn, its wiki & trope page, about Crelers (https://thewanderinginn.fandom.com/wiki/Crelers)
, and I noticed that there was an important aspect of them that wasn't mentioned at all ; that they are hated by every single thing that is alive or even undead, as the wiki said : 'Crelers are considered the worst and most universally detested monsters, and are instinctively targeted by all forms of life that can fight them.' and the story mentioned that even rabbits will eat/destroy creler eggs if they see any.
Yet when I looked for a trope that described that, I didn't find any that fitted, with the closest being 'Enemy Mine' (For the 'Everything hate crelers), despite 'Enemy to All Living Things' having a more appropriate title (Because that trope is about someone having an Aura of Death).
So is there a trope that I missed that is like that or should I go to the Trope Launch Pad ?
resolved Fake Foreign-Sounding Name is Insult in Work's Language (SOLVED) Web Original
Is there a trope for when a foreign character has a (foreign-sounding) name that's an insult (dirty or mild) in the work's original language? For instance, a korean character in an american story being named "Suk Mah Dik", or an arab called "Fa'atass Assuholi"?
Edited by Mac_RopenAlternate History trope? Web Original
I'm trying to find a trope for the Website.Alternate History Dot Com page for this:
- An important historical figure exists in an Alternate History but has no Real Life counterpart. They're not a Historical Domain Character or a fictional relative of them but they have no counterpart in real-life.
I'm talking more about works that are Type 1 or Type 2 on Sliding Scale of Alternate History Plausibility
It's not Canon Foreigner is it, or am I wrong here??
Edited by Merseyuser1resolved The Cultist Always Dies Web Original
A worshipper performs a ritual to summon the devil or a dark god. When the creature shows up, either because the ritual worked, or by coincidence, it kills (or eats) the cultist.
openTeens with powers Web Original
The start of the show is about kids that hears static then suddenly faint and wake up in a castle like school and all of them has special abilities and they try to figure out why are they all in this school.
openSorry wrong page Web Original
Just ignore this page I was talking about something in ask the troopers. But i was in the wrong page.
Edited by BubblepigopenActor playing all the characters Web Original
This is common in a lot of online videos, where clones of them are playing all the characters, with different shots for all the different characters they're playing.
openWhat trope would this be under? Web Original
For example, suppose you've got a character that tells some big news, for example, like "Super-Special Awesome Anime Film!" Then other characters, out of shock, excitement, boredom, etc. will repeat that same line, "Super-Special Awesome Anime Film!". Lemme show you what I mean by dialogue:
Bob: Super-Special Awesome Anime Film! Alice: James, did you hear that? Super-Special Awesome Anime Film! James: Super-Special Awesome Anime Film! Aaron: Super-Special Awesome Anime Film!
Aaaand repeat.
For a video example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnJcen4Fohw
open"OOC is Serious Business" but in reverse Web Original
a lot of Virutal YouTubers often have a fixed character and setting, but the voice actor isn't contractually obliged to follow that to the letter and are more of a suggestion than anything. usually, if someone's setting is ever brought up, it gets followed by "oh yeah, i forgot you were supposed to be that", or the very act of bringing up the setting is used solely for comedic purposes.
openShipping Shenanigans Web Original
This was under Ship Sinking in Sonic The Hedgehog Twitter. It obviously does not fit that, but it sounds like it does fit something, though I have no idea what.
- Takeover 3 had Eggman receive a file from Infinite called "Sonadow", which Sonic immediately yells at him not to open, and when Shadow was asked about it his response was a blunt "One word... No."
openBringing your own entrance music Web Original
In the first part of this video
in Ghost's background lore, Cardinal Copia enters the scene with music playing, but it's coming from the boombox he's carrying, which he turns off before speaking to the other characters. When he leaves, he turns the music back on.
I think there's at least a couple of different tropes happening here but my searches haven't turned up anything.
openA canon-divergent fanfic folds back into canon Web Original
Since it's the first time I use this, not sure if the category should be this or "Anime" because it's a My Hero Academia fanfic.
Anyway: said fanfic, recently concluded, is set after the School Festival arc and from there, it takes place over several weeks. However, by the last two chapters it's made clear that some pivotal canon events will still play out eventually, with just a few differences (for example, Endeavor has not received the big scar on his face); not surprisingly by the end the various OCs, while very important during the story itself, are either dead, imprisoned, or gone to places where they aren't expected to influence future events. Basically, the story has replaced the Pro Hero and Joint Training arcs but has not created a completely new timeline.
Does some trope applicable to it exist? Also not being a big reader of fanfics in general, I don't know how many do something similar. The closest I can think of is something akin to replacing some of The Stations of the Canon.
Edited by GendoIkariopenSorting hat was wrong trope? Web Original
I've seen this described as a cliche more than I've actually heard of it in the wild.
Basically, the protagonist thinks they are [X magic], but they are actually [Y magic].
Here was what made me think of it, a Reddit thread on /writingcirclejerk: "Young Katniss thinks her acceptance to Hogwarts School of Jedi Training will enable her to use the school's TARDIS to destroy the One Ring. But things get complicated when she's accidentally sorted into House Lannister instead of Stark".
Is this a trope?
resolved The narrator doesn't know something the audience does (SOLVED) Web Original
Suppose there's a novel that ends with the twist that the cavemen are actually people from Post-Apocalyptic earth. Through the novel, the narrator mentions the cavemen finding strange objects they've never seen before, shiny and angular, which they assumed to be magic. It's obvious to the reader who knows the twist that these are old high-tech devices, but the story doesn't say it because the characters don't know it.
Is there a trope for the euphemisms used to describe a technology that readers know about, but characters (including First-Person Narrators) don't?
Edited by Mac_RopenDiffering Mobile Layout Web Original
A website looks different between desktop and mobile.
open...I don't know how to phrase this. Multiple tropes perhaps Web Original
A D&D campaign featuring a polymorphing Team Pet dog; the dog can morph into more or less anything (unless doing so would make it drown/suffocate) from anything - so won't always revert into a dog - but won't gain any abilities to speak or improved intelligence etc. That's just one part of this.
Group is joined by a player who imports a Chaotic Neutral Warlock character from previous games. At some point, Warlock is staying in the party camp - avoiding the town because he's a wanted man - alongside the Kobold cleric and discovers the party pet, Shoggy, is a polymorph when Shoggy morphs into a naked elf.
Party waits for questions like "wait WHAT dog can morph"... instead what they get is the player saying "I fuck the elf". Elf emergency transforms into a porcupine and inflicts Groin Attack to the Warlock. After getting a heal and a lecture on morality from the Cleric, Warlock's player, in real life, gets up, calls the players "dog fucking f-ggots" and leaves.
...TLDR I am looking for tropes for: polymorphing pet, bestiality I suppose? This is a weird part of the campaign.
openLooking for tropes in the Story of "SD Gundam Ultimate Battle" Web Original
Alright, here goes nothing...after having a chat to check
, I'm gonna share a Story someone shared with me to help improve a page I'm working on.
For the sake of context, last year I asked my friend to give me a Story Synopsis for SD Gundam Ultimate Battle so that I could start a page for it, and instead she gave me the whole tale. I've been working on a Sandbox page for SD Gundam Ultimate Battle and I think it's good so far, but I want to add more tropes, particularly of the non-spoiler variety, before I feel that the page is ready to be uploaded. So I wanted to ask if I could share the Story my friend shared with me here to see if we could find anymore tropes?
Here's the story (Warning: Unmarked Spoilers);
"Ultimate Battle takes place after the Legendary Giant incident. In the kingdom of Lacroa, several warriors from unknown time periods appear and begin to fight. During this, Knight Gundam tries to stop them when he notices that Black Dragon has resurrected. He is protected from an attack by Knight Unicorn. Unicorn's attack turns Black Dragon into a card, to the surprise of Knight Gundam. In order to combat the warriors (lead by Shikou Musha Sinanju), Unicorn summons more warriors from cards and an all-out battle happens. Knight Gundam feels this is wrong because they are all Gundams, and we meet Crown Knight III (at this time, more of that spoiled prince that looks down on others) who saves him and gives him a few degrading words. Knight Gundam protects him from an attack and Unicorn gives Knight Gundam a card to stop this battle, the three treasures of flame. Knight beats Sinanju, who turns into a card. Suddenly, Knight himself turns into a card. It is then revealed that this whole incident was caused by Knight Unicorn, who reveals his true form (the red-pink psychoframe version of Unicorn, "The age of a new god has begun!!"). Unicorn uses his power to brainwash some of the warriors and continue the endless battle. Then, Tenkai Bujin Matsuri Musha Mikoshimaru appears from the heavens to stop Unicorn, who had gained power from the Full Armor. Mikoshimaru summons Summoner X, who summons more warriors and causes the battle to continue. Knight V2 notices that the Armor seems to be controlling Unicorn ("He's an enemy and must be defeated.") and an all-out attack is commanded to break the armor. Red Majin Shamblo appears from the armor and defeats the warriors with a mouth laser. The last ones standing from the attack are shown to be Knight Unicorn and Mikoshimaru. Mikoshimaru gives Knight Unicorn a card to seal Red Majin ("If you are Unicorn, you'd know how to use this, right? Now, you are not Red Majin. Use your "true heart!"" "My...true heart...") Unicorn finds his resolve, uses Saint Sword Excaliber R and with the power of the 16 Worlds formed to one successfully seal Red Majin Shamblo. Everything goes back to normal, happily ever after."
So far in terms of tropes I've already got Adaptational Villainy, Big Bad Wannabe, Brainwashed and Crazy, Canon Foreigner, Composite Character, Crisis Crossover, "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight, Man Behind the Man, and Spotlight-Stealing Crossover.
If anybody wants me to edit the story so that it's divided by sentence to make it easier to read, I'd be willing to do that.
openPrequel Chaos Web Original
What if a prequel makes hints on chronologically future events, but not until halfway through?
open"Lucky Guess" Trope? Web Original
I'm looking for a trope to fit a particular entry and, I confess, I'm not 100% sure this is the right place to ask.
I initially tried a play on Entertainingly Wrong, but it doesn't really fit there as it's not really "wrong". The closest I can think of is I Was Just Joking, but not sure if it fits either. I'm not sure if this merits the Is This an Example thread, but I might try there if this isn't the right place. It's not really Achievements in Ignorance either. The name fits, but there's nothing really impossible happening.
What I suppose I'm looking for is some kind of "Lucky Guess" trope.
If it helps, the entry in mind:
- Kingdom Smarts: The premise of the podcast is Kingdom Hearts fangirl Shannon explaining the series to KH-ignorant Jake. During the prologue of Kingdom Hearts II, which introduces Roxas, Jake has just enough context from what Shannon has told him of the first Kingdom Hearts and Chain of Memories to ask the question "Is Roxas Sora's Nobody?" but does not, by his own admission, have enough context to know what that question actually means. Despite this, Jake's question proves to be a correct guess of reveals to come.

Do we have such a trope for this scenario:
- A Web Original work (perhaps a YouTube series that's fact-based) starts out relatively realistic in February 2014, but as time goes on it relies on Kayfabe as a way to keep the series going and attempt to avoid Seasonal Rot.
Edited by Merseyuser1