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Hidden Conversation Double Meaning (SOLVED) Anime
Is there a trope for when a character is wearing a Hidden Wire (or a high-tech/magical equivalent), and attempting to have a conversation with someone in real life and on the other side of the wire at the same time?
For instance, Alice is hiding in a flower shop (and a cop is probably following her) while Bob is killing people for her and telling her about it through the hidden earpiece:
Bob: Yeah so I just killed one of the guys in New York. Alice (looking at a flower, talking into the wire): That's beautiful. I love it! But... I was hoping for something more European. Clerk: You mean you want a flower from Europe? Bob (at the same time, on the earpiece): You mean you want me to kill the italian guys too? Alice (to both): Yes, that would be perfect.
So, the cop following her assumes she's just shopping and not involved with the killings.
Edited by Pisthetairos
A Reunion Kinda trope? Anime
Do a trope exist for "It has been ages since Character A seems each other Character B. A is thinking about B lately, then boom, Character B appeared by chance then their reunion ensues."?
The title of a show is also the name of the fictional show in it Anime
Is there a trope where the title of a show is also the title of the in-universe show featured in it?
Endless sky area? Anime
Whats the name of the trope where theres an area that is just purely sky, and usually an endless ocean/ reflective floor? Its seen in stuff like: -Tekken 7 - Infinite Azure -Kingdom hearts 3 - before Yozora fight -Hunterx Hunter - ED 6
Embarrassment trope? Anime
Is there a trope for where the villain is a national embarrassment (not just to other villains) in their home country and leaves because of it (even though they're actually a competent threat), becoming The Big Bad in another kingdom and forming a Villain Team-Up of formerly independent villains in that kingdom?
Basically - the villain is actually scarily competent and a Knight of Cerebus but isn't seen as that by the heroes or people of his home country, but in order to be considered that, he has to emigrate?
From an out-of-universe perspective, the heroes/protagonist are from the country that the Big Bad character emigrates to, and the work is set there.
Edited by Merseyuser1
Making a Virus to Sell the Cure Anime
A party creates a virus (or another bad thing) so that they can profit off selling the only cure for it.
Nickname through the unusual use of honorifics? Anime
If, say, Alice usually refers to Bob using a Japanese Honorifics that no sane Japanese will use, and Bob doesn't seem to mind at all, is that a In-Series Nickname? In this case, let's say Alice usually call Bob, a male with no effeminate nor childish traits, Bob-chan. (This case, depending on context, may fall into Affectionate Nickname if it fits other criteria for In-Series Nickname.)
Edited by SamCurt
Incognito help trope? Anime
Is there a trope for where the villain's son or Mook helps the heroes under a Secret Identity, and goes against the wishes of their villain parent, by doing it in secret and the heroes just think it's a benevolent bystander? Any trope for where the heroes don't even know it's the villain's son or Mook doing it?
Edited by Merseyuser1
Future tropes? Anime
Is there such a trope as this:
The Arc Villain who's the Big Bad of the season (for example Dragon Ball Super) tells his son:
His son, however, decides to Screw Destiny and ensure the timeline comes out more positive, and in his favor, not how his dad predicted it. (As it is, the son isn't even evil, but would rather be on the heroes' side if not for who he was, and doesn't even do anything villainous; if anything, he helps the heroes under a Secret Identity and deliberately bungles his dad's schemes, and is helpful because he wants to be.).
Also, is there a trope for where someone associated with the villains helps the heroes under a Secret Identity but the protagonists have no idea at all that it's really a relative / Mook of the Big Bad?
Edited by Merseyuser1
Planned Premature Retirement Anime
I have a case in Asteroid in Love that I'm not sure about. Specifically, it involves a kind of position handover where the office holder deliberately retire from that position earlier than they are required to, so as to watch over their successor for a few months.
The case involves a Japanese School Club, a Club Stub at that. For background, in these organizations the club president is always a Twelfth grader, the Vice-President is always a Eleventh grader, and barring unusual circumstances, the Vice-president will take over the presidency when the President graduates.
So the case is: The vice-president is in that position simply because she's the sole eleventh grader in the club, but her personality isn't really fit for leadership (yet). So the president decided to retire from the presidency half an year early (but maintains as a normal member), mostly to train the vice-president for that role.
This is rather common in Real-Life Japan, and is, in some cases, the reason of some Man Behind the Man / Just the First Citizen arrangements. But does it appear frequent enough in fiction for a trope?
Audience reactions/canonicity trope? Anime
Is there a trope (looking for this to add to YMMV here) for this:
- Dragon Ball Z has a few Non-Serial Movie movies which are explicitly non-canon, such as Bardock: The Father of Goku and Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon, but fans consider them as canon, despite their status being officially non-canon.
Fanon was the only thing I could think of, there's no inverse trope of Fanon Discontinuity?
Edited by Merseyuser1
Time travel logic problem? Anime
At the end of the Future Trunks Saga in Dragon Ball Super, a Close-Enough Timeline was created with Future Trunks having to share the timeline with his previous self (two of him in the same timeline), even though, logically, Never the Selves Shall Meet should be a problem In-Universe.
Alternate Self may not quite fit the trope, and Never the Selves Shall Meet was probably averted.
I'm trying to find a trope before adding this to the recap page.
Is there a Logic Tropes or Time Travel Tropes trope for this when the logic of time travel just seems out of whack?
Edited by Merseyuser1
Forced out of the way trope? Anime
Is there a trope for this situation:
Bob, The Big Guy protagonist, is a Big Eater, so to force him Out of Focus for the duration of the episode, he gets a large amount of candy to eat, so it can be A Day in the Limelight for Jenny and Sarah, Magical Girl characters.
Do we have such a trope for using something to force a character Out of Focus ?
Edited by Merseyuser1
Villainy / actions of villain trope? Anime
Is there a trope for this?:
In Dragon Ball Super, a Filler Villain and his Chekhov's Hobby end up turning the filler episode into something more important when, later down the line, a Flashback is featured in an episode (Obviously, this didn't happen on the show itself.. just an example for the question).
Edited by Merseyuser1
All Isekai are Harems Anime
Exactly What It Says on the Tin Works that involve going into another world, tend to devolve into a Harem or, at the very least, have a Harem as a major focus. A Harem is used as a means to surround a man with exotic women, in other words. Methinks that due to so many Isekai having some sort of Harem aspect, it would be a Trope where the examples are notable exceptions to the trope.
Assumed Victory before the competition Anime
Would Assumed Win be the correct trope? Basically, before the match/battle/contest, one side, their associates, and outside observers think it is a Foregone Conclusion that they would win, and that the idea that the other side has a chance of winning is treated as a joke. And then... they lose. Either due to the match being closer or they think, or worse, they're the ones at the end of a Curb-Stomp Battle.
Anime villain trope? Anime
Do we have this sort of trope?
In a Non-Serial Movie, for example, Dragon Ball Z, the Big Bad Arc Villain gets a Super Mode, faster, and slightly cooler powers than he ever did as the Arc Villain. He's still strong and fast in his usual canon portrayal, but for the Non-Serial Movie he's bigger, faster, brighter-colored, even more super-powered without being a Story-Breaker Power and brought back only because the Big Bad was a fan favorite.
Is there this type of trope in anime Non-Serial Movie movies?
Pointy Nose Of Pride Anime
A manga pose where a character acts proud or smug about something, represented by their nose suddenly becoming a sharp point (usually sticking straight up).
Fake-out death Anime
What would be an example of the fake out death, such as freeza’s multiple fake outs in dbz?
"Smashed device, effect reversal" trope? Anime
Is there a trope for when the heroes smash the McGuffin-ey device and its effects completely reverse? It's sort of like the Destruction Equals Off-Switch, but that doesn't quite seem to work, as that's about the machine/device itself.
A generic example: a hypnosis machine that has hypnotised people into doing whatever. When it's destroyed, people are no longer hypnotised for some reason. A more specific example: I'm watching Beast Wars II, and there's a "Copy Machine" device which makes evil duplicates of the main characters. When the device is destroyed, the evil duplicates disappear. But when you destroy a photocopier (or printer or 3D printer), the things you copied with it don't vanish.
grieving over your once enemy Anime
a hero and a villain once hated each other, but then something happened (usually because the villain went through a redemption arc). now the villain is dying, and in contrast to how the hero were when he had just met them, he is sad to see them go. basically a "don't leave me" trope except it's with the one who used to be your enemy. the only time i can recall watching is in the ending of the anime Fullmetal alchemist-brotherhood, when greed gets taken by father. is there any official trope for that?
Big Bad tricked? Anime
Do we have this one?
Bob is a Fat Bastard and defeats the Arc Villain (who isn't fat, but is a Humanoid Alien) with his obesity (after 23 episodes of the Story Arc). Except Bob isn't fat, it's just a Holographic Disguise and the Arc Villain was 100% fooled.
Is there such a trope for this sort of defeating the villain with physical size and defeating the villain by fooling them?
Aborted Heroic Sacrifice Anime
Is there a trope that covers it?
Specifically: If the hero(ine) prepares to sacrifice themselves in a last ditch effort to stop the main antagonist, or to save their friends, etc., but their friends either stop them from going through with it, or their friends find a way to save them afterward.