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resolved Meaningful Name for TV Episodes? Web Original
Meaningful Name (and its clones) but applied to episodes of television series. It isn’t Idiosyncratic Episode Naming (since it only applies to one episode).
For example, in the series One there is an episode called “Scatterbrain”, named after the Radiohead song. I feel like I’ve seen a trope that applies to it, but can’t remember the name.
openComplains about not being told something important despite efforts to the contrary Web Original
A person is frustrated that someone else didn't tell them something important. The twist is that the other person did, multiple times. The first person either wasn't paying attention, ignoring it, or rejected it as it doesn't go with how their beliefs/mindset.
resolved Object version of Deathbringer the Adorable Web Original
Basically an item with a gruesome name and/or horrific origin to its conception, but its use is very cute or mundane.
An example from You Tube skit channel Wizards With Guns': https://youtu.be/KYxuJ9ujAYo?si=2ngpEfJI5jeBN-Nj&t=169
openDisproportionate Solution (and its subversion) Web Original
Over-the-top solution for a mundane problem, such as Bob using a gun to shoot a cork out of a bottle. Then subverted it as Bob completely shattered the bottle but the cork is still wedged in the intact lid.
Is this just Violation of Common Sense?
openExpy, Shout Out, or something else? Web Original
It seems that the Little Misters from the SCP Foundation are a reference to the Mr. Men and Little Misses. (Heck, one of the Little Misters (SCP-909) shares the same name with an existing Mr. Men! (Both are called Mr. Forgetful.)) If a whole group of characters are a reference to another work / that work's characters, does that count as Expy, Shout-Out, or something else?
Edited by moxedenopenPeople Screaming Are Funny! Web Original
Some works (especially Web Videos) often have the actors screaming or making very weird, loud, noise as a joke. Joke screaming could be distinguished from normal screaming because it's disporpotionately loud compared to what caused it, goes on way longer than normal, is accompanied by some unusual action, and some other permutations.
I've seen it a lot in Filthy Frank, Caddicarus, and Scott The Woz.
Do we already have a trope that covers this?
openVillain's priority target Web Original
I'm currently reading Hoops, String, and Other Placebos, a Hollow Knight fanfic in which it soon becomes apparent that any creature zombified by The Radiance will specifically target the protagonist the moment they sight her (a conscious choice on Radiance's part, due to the protagonist hampering her plans). Not sure where I should put this.
At some point, an infected character manages to snarl "She will make me a god if I kill you!" before turning feral.
Edited by MedinocopenStolen Fanart Web Original
Stolen Fanart when someone copies a fanart without the permission of the copyright holder
resolved Space Whale Karma Web Original
A character gets punished by his evil actions, but not in a way that makes sense (which I guess it's kind of what some people believe karma is in real life, but that's not the point) - meaning, rather than someone getting revenge on the character, it's just a coincidence that he ends up eating shit.
For instance, say Bob murdered Alice:
- In Laser-Guided Karma, Alice's family finds out, and kills Bob in revenge.
- In this case, Bob gets struck by lightning and dies.
Is there a trope for that?
openBlesses and curses Web Original
During my overhaul of anachronauts page I hit a bit of a snag. In the Characters page, Emily has Blessed with Suck listed, while Gilbert has Cursed with Awesome - but that's not right.
Emily's blessing (it's referred as such throughout) is really a blessing - it keeps her from With Great Power Comes Great Insanity that comes with using her powers (so - Required Secondary Powers?). There is a sucky part to it, but the net outcome is positive to Emily. Blessed with Suck page defines it: One way or the other, something you think is going to be useful turns out to be worthless. So it doesn't seem to fit. Emily herself only considers it bad until learning about the insanity problem. It causes Had to Be Sharp, true, but thanks to it she is sharp.
Likewise, Gilbert's awesome is considered awesome by everyone, and he's the first to consider it awesome, but it has a great cost - Cast from Lifespan and an occasional Heroic RRoD. Cursed with Awesome is required to be considered bad by the cursee: A character has some "terrible" curse placed on them (if they weren't born with it) that is actually pretty awesome. Often, such characters will bemoan their fate and go to great lengths to be rid of the "curse" instead of taking advantage of whatever cool side effects the curse may have.
To sum it up - I don't think Blessed with Suck and Cursed with Awesome are the right tropes here. Any suggestions?
resolved Enforcement of Non-Indicative Name using quotation marks? Web Original
On the Wizards With Guns channel, there is a recurring villain character named Magius the "Honorable" Wizard that robs, blackmail, and shoot people with no hesitation. In a later skit (most recent at the time of this post), there is an easter egg formally referring to Magius's full title with quotation marks around the word "Honorable".
Does this count as enforcing the trope?
openA profession form of Fish out of Water? Web Original
As seen in this skit
, what is the trope of someone unqualified being put into a situation against their will?
What other tropes apply in this skit?
resolved proper trope for a quote Web Original
I wanted to add a quote from a Spanish-speaking video essayist, but I'm torn to include it under Blamed for Being Railroaded, Crime of Self-Defense, Violence Is the Only Option or perhaps a more fitting one that I'm not aware of. Please let me know what you all think.
- Druckman bragged about how it would make you feel bad for your actions, that people would scream out the names of their friends after you kill them, and that they are going to beg for their lives, so you see the brutality of your actions. But what good is this if, when you are holding a gun to an enemy's head, and he begs for his life, as you put the gun down to let him go because you have mercy, he is going to get up as if nothing happened and try to kill you again?
openWhat trope says "the best option is to not play at all?" Web Original
This was in SsethTzeentach's episode for League of Legends where he says "win or lose, the best victory is choosing not to play" and shows a picture of clicking the Uninstall button.
openPlot problem is exploited repeatedly until the end Web Original
I found a correlation between two examples, found in several SuperMarioLogan videos, but I'm not sure if such a trope fitting the description even exists here:
- Jeffy's Whistle! and Don't Wake Jeffy!: A character is sleeping and the other housemates try to keep quiet, only for a series of very loud noises to occur in succession. This continues on loop throughout the entire video, but the sleeping character fails to wake up throughout all of it, and by the end of the video the only thing that really manages to wake them up is a sneeze.
- Bowser Junior Gets Jinxed!: The titular character is jinxed and cannot talk until someone else says his name. He then tries to get people to say his name but fails every single time (and on top of that, he is teased for failing to do activities that require speaking); only at the very end of the video does his friend actually say it by accident.
General outline based on the above examples would be as follows:
- Let's say that the plot of a TV or web episode devolves around a problem, which the character(s) would normally easily know how to deal with.
- This is then followed by several gags or skits all intending to exploit or make fun of said problem for the sake of the plot, leaving it unresolved until the very ending, which involves a workaround (or failure thereof) happening by chance.
This might be too specific to be classified as merely a Running Gag, for instance, as it is more or less directly connected to the plot.
Edited by MeerkatMarioopenCharacter influences actor Web Original
What is the trope for when an actor imitates their character outside of filming?
Example: In A Loud House Christmas, Brian Patrick Wade portrayed Rip Hardcore, a wilderness survival expert. Inspired by his character, he created his own set of survival skills for the film's set, which were documented in the fourth episode of A Loud House Christmas: Behind the Scenes, a web-based documentary series that showcases the production of the film.
openHumor of an Unannounced Number? Web Original
From PITCH MEETINGS (Incredible Hulk):
Writer: "He just gives pizza to two different guys and that solves all his problems."
Studio Head: "Using pizza for stealth purposes is my third favorite way to use pizza."
The humor of leaving a number unsaid — the moment where you're like ... wait a minute, if eating's number one, then what's his number two way?
That seems like a trope. Any idea what it would be named?
openLooking for cult/army/lifestyle trope work - Please help!! Web Original
I remember a couple of years back, seeing a work, describing an individual (Legion???) as a”lifestyle, army, cult and corporation”.
Any idea what work this is from and/or the trope page where this is mentioned please…?

Is there a trope for when an author frequently uses the wrong word in place of another? In this specific example, the author of the work in question frequently calls two countries kingdoms despite them explicitly not being ruled by a king or queen.