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openDesign and mechanic integration Videogame
Is there a trope for when a character design changes due to their mechanics?
For example:
- Linzer Cookie's skill has her gain deduction stacks instead of attacking. This is visually indicated by the number of scribbles that surround her.
- Buttermilk Cookie enters Hour of Reckoning state after using his special skill. While in that state, his halo becomes jagged and black.
openA particular trope I'm trying to find Literature
Is there a trope where a story focuses solely on a story arc for a dozen of chapters, while other story arcs are on hold?
openUnexpected pronunciation
Could be any medium. I was looking for a page with Real Life examples of place names not being pronounced as they're spelled. Louisville, Kentucky, for example, being pronounced LOO-a-vull by locals, rather than Looey-ville as they pronounce it everwhere else. I thought it was Pretentious Pronunciation, formerly Its Pronounced Tro Pay, but it isn't. Anybody know what trope this is?
resolved Texting Style Switch Webcomic
A character who sends text messages of some sort suddenly starts writing them in a different style to denote that something is wrong or has changed with their personality (i.e. a character who often uses emoticons stops using them and starts writing with perfect syntax).
(I used Webcomic as the medium because I first thought of Homestuck, but this can apply to multiple forms of media.)
Edited by ExusiaopenMinimal singleplayer mode Videogame
An inversion of Misbegotten Multiplayer Mode - a game that is by all means meant to be played in multiplayer mode, but has a halfhearted singleplayer option tacked on (in extreme cases it may not be more than an extended tutorial), so that it can't be accused of being online-exclusive.
Do we have this one?
openAutomatic Training Videogame
The game has an option that automatically trains/levels up the character for you. You can put the game down and check on it later (in a couple of hours or so) once enough time has passed and the character has gained some EXP.
Edited by SleepingStarAikunoopenConfused Game Overlap
When multiple characters are playing a game, usually a card game, and none of them are playing correctly instead using inconsistent rulesets from other games at once. Example: "Eighty five?" "Nope, go fish." "This is blackjack." "Oh, is it?" "I actually have no idea. Checkmate!"
openTruth Serum Backfire
Alice gives Bob a Truth Serum. It backfires in that while he is compelled to tell the truth, it's not the one she's asking for or wants to hear.
For instance, there's a Wonder Woman parody comic where a mook lassoed by Diana (and thus only able to speak truth) asks if she's gained weight recently, which makes her grumpy.
openDeleted Scene Added in the Adaptation
A scene filmed or drafted but cut from a movie for length is included in an adaptation that isn't as concerned with strict time limits.
For example, a couple of scenes cut from the main Star Wars movie were included in the Star Wars (Marvel 1977) adaptations that could space the narrative out over multiple issues, like a scene where Luke and Biggs Darklighter talk on Tatooine at the start of the first movie.
Local Odd Squad Connoisseur
openTrying to find two tropes to match these concepts
Having trouble figuring out which trope(s) these would fit under because I'm having a massive brain fart.
So for Odd Squad Gaming Unit, there are official YouTube Shorts uploaded that show snippets of new episodes. One of these Shorts includes characters that has yet to appear in episodes. Is there a trope(s) that would fit "character appears earlier than expected in a series" and "teaser reveals bits from an upcoming episode of a series, including spoilers such as new characters"?
openSilver Lining Side Effect Videogame
A status debuff or "negative" ability comes with a positive side effect.
openI don't know Western Animation
It was set in the desert and it was the lives of animals from the desert, there was no talking but I remember a lizard like creature being the main character I assume
openOversized Fish Tank
A character's personal room has a large over-sized fish tank as a decoration that stretches across the room.
resolved Can't Give Up The Hero
I remember this site having a trope where a game does not allow you to remove the protagonist from your party, but I can't find it anymore for some reason. I remember it using a Sonic the Hedgehog video game as the page image though.
resolved Malicious Interpreter
Alice and Bob need to talk about something important, but neither of them speak the same language. Charlie, who speaks both of their languages, is employed to bridge the gap. However, instead translating truthfully, he makes things up to turn Bob and Alice against each other, confuse them, and/or uses the opportunity to learn their plans.
openParents Cannot Be People
Ron the Death Eater but specifically for parents. In canon, it's Parents as People, but the fandom villainises a young character's parents into being abusive. And even in the case of Abusive Parents or Parental Neglect, the parent's abuse will get completely exaggerated. Like a parent who in canon is overly strict gets turned into a Sadist or even child molester in fan content.
There are many reasons for this. Sometimes it's that the parents, even if they're Good Parents, get in the way of the plot and whatever risky things the younger protagonist tries to accomplish. If the child is Draco in Leather Pants, the parents need to be vilified to make the child look better. Of course, a most common reason is that the parent characters will remind certain audience members of their own parents, who they're still unwilling, or find it hard to forgive or understand.
openOutfit Maker
This person is not The Fashionista. Instead, this person creates outfits for many other characters.
Is this a case of chairs or no?

One someone with the ability to treat/heal others is expected to do some for someone they hate, or simply don't want to. Creates conflict and tension, especially if they feel the injured had it coming.