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openBus numbers which don't match the settings Live Action TV
A particular TV series takes place in San Jose, California. This series has some references to bus number 4; however, the VTA—the local bus company in San Jose and its surrounding cities—doesn't use single-digit bus numbers.
openPotentially serious issue found early due to accident Live Action TV
A person goes fishing, and ends up in the hospital with a swordfish stuck in him. A tumor is found in him right at the insertion point.
openHe tried to kill me? Now that he's n9 risk to me, I don't care. I will help him anyway Live Action TV
A man attacked Dr. Murphy in a bar, and suddenly lost consciousness. Despite no longer being employed by the hospital, Dr. Murphy does his best to help the attacker, including attempting to inform others what his medical issue is (his failure Makes Sense in Context).
openYou're unwilling to stay if the worker under you who you fired comes back? I'm firing you to bring Live Action TV
Dr. Han, the new head of surgery, had fired Dr. Murphy from his department, sending him to the pathology department. Dr. Murphy wants to return to surgery. Dr. Andrews is the president of the hospital. Dr. Glassman had decided to put the issue of firing Dr. Murphy up to a vote at the board of directors.
...
Dr. Andrews: Dr. Glassman is right.
Dr. Han: You're going to propose this motion [to reinstate Dr. Murphy]?
(an unnamed character): Dt. Andrews, I don't think you have the votes to carry it.
Dr. Andrews: I agree. But I don't need the votes. Just as you have the power to fire someone under your supervision, so do I.
Dr. Han: You're going to fire me to save Dr. Murphy.
openCouple broken when hospital staff convince one parent to vaccinate child Live Action TV
Assuming the husband is telling the truth, and ignoring the controversial question of Artistic License – Medicine applying, are there any good tropes for the following?
A couple have refused to vaccinate their child because the husband's niece had serious side-effects from vaccination. Their child gets hospitalized due to what looks like it may be polio, but isn't. The doctors try to convince the parents to vaccinate their child; the mother asks them to do it, and when the father finds out that she did, he is angry at her and it's implied that the couple will.soon get divorced.
open"It's you" romantic quote? Live Action TV
In The Big Bang Theory, there's an episode where Penny tries to do something nice for Leonard and she buys him a first edition copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Leonard states that he already bought one and Penny gets sad. In an attempt to prove she does value Leonard, she brings out a box with stuff he gave her: a plane ticket to visit her family, a wilted rose he left on her windshield and an 11-page thank-you letter after they slept together for the first time. Leonard remarks "I can't believe you saved all this stuff", to which Penny simply replies "of course I did, it's you!". Are there any more examples of characters in TV (or other media) simply stating "it's you" as a romantic gesture? Like, no further explanation is needed, simply stating "it's you" is enough.
openWe love you, that's why we made decisions you don't like Live Action TV
Two examples in the same episode:
- A mountain climber who just turned 18 is hospitalized for am injury resulting from a fall. The doctors suggest 2 possible treatments, one of which is lower risk but would effectively end her mountain climbing days, the other more risky (but low enough that the staff is willing to suggest it) which would allow her to keep climbing. She chooses the second, but her parents get a court order to let them decide on the first.
- A single mother (after the father abandoned the family because he couldn't handle the child) with a child with Fragile X Syndrome. She ultimately decides to send him to an institution which specializes in kids with this disorder.
openDon't let the child know about the domestic abuse Live Action TV
A husband has been abusing his wife, but was—as the wife says—"a good father". Her behavior makes it clear that their son must not find out about the abuse.
openWeird Live Action TV
A girl has to complete a list of tasks set by her dead parents to show she has grown up.
openPatient's parents have concerns that the surgeon may have symptoms that could screw up surgery Live Action TV
Dr. Murphy is a surgeon, with some experience, who is autistic. An autistic child is hospitalized and needs surgery; his parents don't want Dr. Murphy on the team, since they're concerned that with symptoms like their son has, he would be too likely to screw up the surgery.
Note: While in theory there is some legitimacy to these concerns, not all autism symptoms are the same in all autistic people; and with Dr. Murphy having worked with the other members of the staff, they know what issues he personally has better than the parent. The fact that the hospital lets him do surgery says a lot about the parents' concerns.
Edited by Someone1981openParents try to keep secret from child, but he already knows Live Action TV
A doctor is told by the parents of a sick child that he shouldn't be told he has cancer; it later turns out he knows already.
openDeal/Bargaining trope Live Action TV
Asked this some time ago, but never got an answer, so let's try again:
In the second half of the miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream Berry Gordy, founder of Motown, is shown trying to convince Michael Jackson to participate in Motown's 25th anniversary telecast with his brothers. MJ, though tired of making TV appearances at that point, eventually agrees to join, but only if he was given a solo performance slot to perform "Billie Jean".
Now, exactly what bargaining/deal trope would this fall under? I've checked most of the bargaining tropes, but they don't seem to fit this situation. (For reference, here's the scene in question
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resolved "Obvious" evidence of editing an interview (for length/clarity) Live Action TV
For a specific case, there was an interview for a news show with a person, done through Video Call, and because of where the interviewee was located (they were 'in detention', read jail), there was an on-screen notification for "XX minutes left". The entire segment was only about 5 minutes, but the timer went from 18 minutes to about 7 minutes by the end; of course there were some jump cuts (which is expected, even for cases without an on-screen timer) back and forth between the interviewer asking the questions and the person being interviewed, with the timer being notably shorter after some of them.
Edited by CurledUpWithDakkaresolved Animated interlude in live-action work Live Action TV
A live-action work has a segment that's animated, often as part of a Dream Sequence or Art-ernate Universe.
openIn universe writer's character's obviously based on other characters Live Action TV
A character in a show is a writer, he writes a book, but the other characters notice the book characters are very similar to each other just with a few things changed
Like the shows character is named tom and is a heart doctor, the book characters is named tim and is a brain doctor
In the show Donald is dating kerry in the book Ronald is dating sherry
Edited by BzrkfayzopenConversing with your split personality Live Action TV
What is the trope for someone who has a split personality, but can converse with their alters?
In Moon Knight (2022), Marc and Stephen are able to converse with each other through their reflection in the mirror.
Also, in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, Doppio and Diavolo can talk with one another over "telephone" (ie. any object small enough that one could hold it up to their ear and pretend its a phone).
open"Innocent" lies to a doctor prevent proper diagnosis Live Action TV
A patient, or a member of his/her family, lies to some degree about the patient's background, believing this lie has nothing to do with the patient's diagnosis and treatment. However, it turns out to be a key to the correct diagnosis. Examples include:
- The patient's father claims that he never left the US. Turns out he left to a third-world country and picked up a disease which never got diagnosed in him, but he transferred it to his son.
- A father claims to own a construction company. Turns out he actually owns a junk yard, and the son got sick from a key chain made from material in that junk yard which turned out to be radioactive.
- A patient claims to be Jewish (Jews, including secular ones, don't eat pork; although this generalization is not as guaranteed as the episode in question implies), but got sick from eating improperly prepared pork.
- A patient claims that he doesn’t work on Saturday, but it turns out that the primary disease he has is from an infection caused by handling dead birds at his Saturday job.
resolved Alleyway blocked by fence Live Action TV
A chase scene in a dense urban environment. The characters run through an alleyway between tall buildings, and suddenly they come to an alley blocked by a metal grate or a chain link fence.
Is this a trope?
Are alleys blocked this way common in real life? I haven't spent much time in dense cities and I've never seen it. It doesn't seem safe in case of emergency, so is it something that is far more common in fiction than real life?

Is there any trope representing this rule? Note that it is Truth in Television for some communities, and a particular character in the fiction series I'm troping was born in such a community.