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openThe villain asks for a duel rather than an execution Print Comic
I've just been looking through the various duel and Just Shoot Him tropes, but can't find an obvious one for this:
The villain is at gunpoint and the hero's about to execute him. Then the villain claims that would be unfair and try to persuade the hero to duel to the death instead.
Where does that fall?
Edited by Mrph1openExoskeleton armoured fishes. Print Comic
In Sonic the Comic there is a race of alien fish called the Drakons, that developed humanoid robot exoskeletons in order to operate on land.
What trope would best fit about the Drakons using exoskeletons because they don't try to look human or Mobian.
openRob Liefeld's well endowed Captain America Print Comic
What trope article was this? It's like when an artist draws a character with an impossible placement of limbs, or a contorted spine, or stretched out body parts.
openOppressed trying to be accepted by the oppressor Print Comic
A little context: in Radiant, there’s this group of Sorcerers ("Infected" people) who fight on the side of the Inquisition (who normally hunts them down) in exchange for a special treatment, with their powers partially restrained. One of them called Adriel thinks that by doing this he can improve the image of Infected people and help them get accepted by "normal" people rather than feared.
What’s the trope for that?
Edited by LyendithopenSequel title that adds a word to the original title. Print Comic
Do we have a trope for a sequel title that simply adds an extra word to the work the sequel follows up on?
Like this example, for instance:
- The second main issue of The Loud House adds the word "More" to the first issue's title (There Will Be Chaos), with the resulting title being There Will Be More Chaos.
openAbrupt anatomical changes Print Comic
Is there a trope to describe a sudden biologically absurd change in character appearance within comic? Like one that happens here with Garfield's teeth: https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1989/12/08
resolved Costume Pattern Echo (SOLVED) Print Comic
So, in some sillier superhero stories, as well as in fan-art, a character's civilian outfits will relate to their superhero costumes, even if the civilian identity is secret. A big example is how Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers characters would often wear clothes matching their costume colors, with Tommy even changing his wardrobe when his costume changed. In fanart, it's so readers can recognize the charactr in a different style without having the costume on, or in the case of a High School AU, so the alternate version of the character has a similar color scheme as the original.
One example I have in mind that's harder to pin down since stands aren't really superhero costumes is how in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Kira's tie has the same cat skull pattern his stand wears as buckles.
Edited by Mac_RopenAnti-Consumerism Aesop Print Comic
The moral of a story is it's bad to spend your money (or your parents' money) on expensive products, you are being fooled by advertisers into buying stuff you don't need and won't make you happy. Except, of course, the book/movie/game that's telling you that.
Also comes in the form of an ad: Buy our product, and you'll be free from the consumerist lifestyle of having other people asking you to buy their product.
open"He's sure to win because he's the main character!" Print Comic
I'm making the page for the crossover comic between BoBoiBoy Galaxy and Lawak Kampus, there may be more than one query for this work.
Aditas says that Vanness is sure to win the football game because the latter is the main character of Lawak Kampus. I wouldn't think this to be Plot Armor, which is for (typically) main characters being most likely to have their life preserved.
If nothing goes for this, good old Breaking the Fourth Wall will do it.
openRecognition Right Before Death Print Comic
When a character who is brainwashed recognizes the character right before death. An example of this that I remember is Link's Dragon in the Ocarina of Time manga.
openTropes about metaphycial seperation? Print Comic
Fantastic Four (2022): Reed Richards had plunged the Baxter Building (which the FF were not in, but their kids were) and the surrounding area a single year into the future. Much of the story afterwards dealing with the Richards family grappling with the fact that they are unable to see their kids until the building returns.
Fire Emblem Heroes: the eponymous goddess of the antagonistic Embla empire has the ability to seal away areas into nothingness.
Want to ask if there is an umbrella concept for these disparate cases specially around the idea of separation or severance.
open"Kill them now or never!" Print Comic
This is when the villian is captured or weakened and the side characters beg the hero to kill the villain.
Happened in One-Punch Man Webcomic
And in the Invincible #60, where his brother begged to kill a villain too.
The hero usually either refuses to do so or really thinks about it.
openNo Stacked Buffs Print Comic
By slamming their power rings together TNT and Dan the Dyna-mite can create a small explosion which gives them superpowers for a brief time.
They cannot slam their rings together over and over to get more powerful, nor can they slam their rings together more than once a day.
Therefore they cannot slam a stack, unless it's of Pringles.
openThe hero gets beaten up on their first crimefighting outing Print Comic
A trope where the hero goes after a gang of criminals or evildoers for the first time, and ends up getting severely beaten up due to their inexperience. Like Hank's first time as the Golden Man of Bravery in The Shadow Hero, where he tries to save who he perceives to be a helpless, innocent woman from a gang of thugs, but ends up getting stomped and has to be rescued by the woman he thought he was saving.
openMusic Notes of Calmness Print Comic
Music notes used around a character to denote that they're calm, happy, or relaxed. Primarily a comic strip trope — for example, in Garfield: His 9 Lives, in the prehistoric chapter, Garfield is shown with music notes around him before the caveman attempts to tame him, to indicate that he's relaxed.
Edited by EthanLacopenThe funnies pages Print Comic
A style of golden era comic (usually revolving around small, cute cartoon animals) where it complies a bunch of comedy one shot comics into one book. Keyword is "funnies".
openMarvel Silver Age Title Parody/Homage Print Comic
The often boisterous and grandiose titles used for superhero comics issues (and parodies thereof), usually associated with copy by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, who were famous for advertising their comics as epic sagas (including by the very use of the word "saga"). For instance:
- The Menace of (Supervillain)!
- Enter... (Supervillain)!
- The Coming of (Supervillain)!
- Lo, There Shall be a(n) X!
- The Merciless (Supervillain)!
- A (Supervillain) Rises!
- A (Supervillain) Walks Among Us!
- The Mysterious (Supervillain)!
- Man or (Superhero name)?
- The Dreaded (Supervillain)!
- Behold! A (mysterious object or creature)!
- In the Clutches of (Supervillain)!
- Beware the (Supervillain)!
- The Coming of (Supervillain)!
- The (Startling) Saga of (Superhero)!
- When Strikes the (Supervillain)!
- Where Strikes the (Supervillain)!
- This Man... This (creature the superhero is based on)!
- Where Lurks the (Supervillain)?
- His Mission: X!
- Be This the End of (Superhero)?
- (Superhero) No More!
- At the Mercy of (Supervillain)!
- (Superhero), X! (Where X is killer, slave, villain, monster, et cetera)
- The Power of...(Supervillain)!
- The Man Called...(Supervillain)!
- Lo, this (Supervillain)!
- If this be/Be This X?
And so on...
resolved Likes smart/dumb women Print Comic
Is there a trope for male characters who are exclusively attracted to intelligent women, even having the opinion that looks don't matter?
Or, is there a trope for which this would be an Inversion? A character who only likes dumb women - a Jerkass whose misogyny manifests itself by only being interested in Brainless Beauties, presumably because they're easier to manipulate and make him feel superior.

Is there a trope name for when characters in a story are unable to piece together a heroes secret identity in spite of any logical evidence pointing to that person? Even if you can accept the fact Superman can hide behind a pair of glasses, there may still be circumstantial evidence pointing to Clark Kent being Superman.
One example would be, Peter Parker is the only photographer who can get any photos of Spiderman and most of the time they are taken from impossible angles. Yet even when characters or villains bring up this connection Peter has to Spiderman, no one reasons that maybe they are one in the same. They either ignore this conclusion or come to a totally inaccurate one(e.g like the Joker does in the Lego Batman movie, though is played for comedic effect).
Is it just an extension of Paper Thin Disguise? Or is there another trope name for this type of occurrence in comics?