Comic-book movie trope? Film

Is there such a trope for this:

In a movie from Sony's Universe of Marvel Characters, one character (not a protagonist), suddenly makes a reference to an event from Avengers: Endgame (which probably hasn't happened in this continuity), and no-one In-Universe has any idea who the hell Thanos is, let alone "The Snap". Out-of-universe, it gets the reaction of "What the hell?".

Is there a trope for something like this?

Must be here but dont know what it'd be called Film

Gist is: acknowledged happiness or contentment is a guarantee of it being taken away. (Exclusion being if it's right at the close of the story)

Eg. Go T where jaime rescues his daughter, she admits knowing of her true parentage and they share a heartfelt moment. This of course being Go T (before plot armor) her death was a certainty. Eg 2. Clash of the titans (remake) Perseus on the boat with adoptive family says he is happy/has all he could want, signing their death sentence.

It's a fairly common plot device to convey the loss the character is about to face, though telegraphs it quite heavily since it's used a LOT.

Much obliged for any help finding this one. Mostly interested in others thoughts on the device and other stories it exists in.

Tilted Camera Film

So is there a trope for when the scene appears to be tilted (for example, a listing ship) but it is obvious that the only tilt involved is with the camera?

Cultural Osmosis Failure? Film

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood takes place in late 60s Hollywood and features Charles Manson's cult (no movie spoilers).

As I understand it, the Manson murders are notorious in the US, so everyone has a big Oh, Crap! moment when one of the heroes visits Spahn ranch. However, the events (and Manson's cult) aren't so well-known (or well-remembered, I'm not sure which) overseas, resulting in confusion (who are these people, why are we following one of the main characters' neighbors during her daily routine, who's the creepy shaggy-haired dude, etc).

Is there a trope for when part of the audience is perplexed because they don't know the RL events the movie is based on?

Same characters, different films? Film

This might be a bit too rare to have a trope, but;

Characters from the movie If..., show up in O Lucky Man and Britannia Hospital, with the same name, played by the same actors, and behaving similarly. The movies, however, are not sequels since there are irreconciliable differences between each one - characters' lives change way too much between the movies for them to be sequels.

What do we call them, then? Is there a trope for it?

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Individual battles Film

The heroes are spread out in a battle. At first they make it look easy. Then they struggle a little. The camera shows them one by one getting knocked down, pinned, about to get crushed or fall. Then the lead or a surprise characters gains strength and frees their friends.

final scene echoes first scene Film

I am looking for a trope about echo as a storytelling pattern. Many works feature very similar start and end. For example, same person sitting beside a tree, but things happened and he is deeply changed. Or this guy woke up and went to work, but he is a different man. Or a film starts someone building a thing, finally he died in it.

When doing good, it has a very sublime feeling.

I am thinking about a big pattern in story at macro level, not repeating stuff in mere conversation (micro level).

Please help, thanks! I love this site.

Cured by secret identity? Film

Is there such a trope for this?

Bob is a superhero (who is human), a Composite Character Expy of Superman, Steven Universe and Venom. In his civilian identity, a criminal sets Bob on fire with gasoline. Bob turns into his superhero identity temporarily, while still on fire, then when he's back to Bob, he's as normal again, when if he wasn't a superhero, he'd have died or got serious burns.

Is there such a trope for using a superhero identity to cure yourself of something that would kill you in human form?

*Record Scratch* *Freeze Frame* Yep, that's me Film

The "name" of the trope show in the title comes from a internet meme involving a extremely common 70's/80's movie cliche where the movie would start at the end of the end/middle of the plot and the action would suddenly freeze with a record scratch being played at the background, and the main character would start giving a snark narration while telling the viewers that they are probably thinking about how they got into that situation and them the movie suddenly rewinds to the start of the plot.

The question i have, is there a trope for this? I couldn't find anything similar anywhere even though it was practically the norm amongst the movies from these decades, specially comedy-oriented ones.

Cover identity trope? Film

Not sure if we have this one (other than Mock Millionaire):

Alice is a spy and her cover identity is a millionairess. However, she wins the lottery a few days later (under her cover identity) and actually does become a millionaire.

It's not Becoming the Mask is it, for this, or is it another trope?

Someone is not sexually active or involved Film

I think this may be two different tropes. One, simply someone who's not had sex for some time. Two, someone else wanting to get them involved with someone else, or at least having sex. I don't know about the first, but I'm sure I've seen the first before but can't remember the name for it. On the first-I'm not saying they're asexual either.

Temporarily Getting Rid of a Character Film

Are there any tropes that involve getting rid of a character temporarily from a story until their presence is needed? For example: They are present at the beginning of the story, something happens towards the beginning of the 2nd act (called away somewhere and/or injured) where that character ends up absent during a good chunk of the story, and then they return towards the end. Does anyone have any good examples? The medium doesn't have to just be film.

Super Happy Ending Film

I think of an ending like Monsters Inc. that ends on an extremely and unambiguous happy note. Is there a trope like that?

Trying to Find a Specific Exposition Trope Film

Is there a trope in Live-Action Film and/or TV where a character goes "Guys...who's that?" and one of the characters in that group explains just who exactly that person is?

He finally said it ! Film

Is there a trope for when, around the end of a story, a character says his or another character's motivation or interior truth out loud, which the viewer has known on some level since the beginning, but was never explicitly said, usually because it's too horrible to accept. This brings huge satisfaction and catharsis to the viewer, who finally hears the words he has been waiting for. Example [spoilers] :

-Breaking Bad : "I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it..."

-the World's end : (after taking nothing seriously during the whole movie) "it never got better than that night ! That was supposed to be the beginning of my life! All that promise and fucking optimism, That feeling like we could take on the whole universe: it was a big lie! Nothing happened!

-the Big Short: "they knew... They knew the tax payers would bail tell out. They weren't being stupid. They just didn't care!"

Villain Who Wants Revenge on Someone Who Is Already Dead Film

These tropes that I'm looking for can also apply to Live-Action TV as well. Which tropes would fit a villain who wants revenge on someone who's already dead for the death of his own child (son or daughter)? Any tropes that any of you could point me into the direction to?

Trope for engulfing whiteness of bright light Film

Indoor/cave setting, a long stretch of hallway, cavern or tunnel, leading into an area so contrastingly bright that it appears as pure whiteness. Any character that goes into it will be completely engulfed by the whiteness, until the camera follows them and readjusts the light exposure for a dramatic reveal. If the camera decides to not follow them then it's walking into the sunset but without the sunset. Trope also used when a character goes through a door dramatically, and during that dramatic shot the character is seemingly walking into complete whiteness, even though the other room may have similar lighting.

rest in a camp before final battle Film

Yesterday I was told about tropes and I would like to ask community about the thing I noticed years ago. Adventure (or road) movie, the day was hard and the heroes are taking rest in a camp (or friendly village with riots). Tomorrow there will be a final battle in a castle, but now is a calm moment: fire, food, may be folk music and dances (if we have a friendly village). The main hero looking at the fire or stars and silently thinking about live alone. His/her friend starts a little conversation. They say important philosophic words about their live. Tomorrow will be a final battle... This scenes was in many films like Robin Hood, Star wars, Dragonheart etc... Is there the name for these scenes? (sorry for my English)

Threaten to Slap but Don't Film

I can think of two movies where someone raises their hand like they're going to hit someone just to threaten them into behaving, without actually hitting them or perhaps even intending to.

One is The Princess Bride, where the Man in Black raises his hand as if he's going to hit Buttercup when she says something that makes him mad, but then tells her it was a warning.

The other is Shrek, where the old lady is going to sell Donkey to the soldiers, and he keeps talking, so she raises her hand like she's going to backhand slap him, so he just stops talking. Then she does it again when he won't talk when she wants him to.

I'd imagine there are more, that's just what I can think of right now.

Is this a trope or at least part of some larger trope?

EDIT: Thought of a third example. In Disney's Aladdin, Jafar raises his hand like he's going to slap Jasmine when she rejects him, but then he changes his mind and tries to wish the Genie will make her love him instead.

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Hero Kills Accidentally Film

I remember there was a trope for when a hero kills entirely by accident, or due to circumstance (i.e. a child hero, or a hero with a 'no kill' rule, etc.).

The specific example I'm thinking of is from The Babysitter. Cole is a 12-year old kid, who ends up having to defend himself from a Satanic cult, but he kills two of them purely by accident, without meaning to (edit: the third one accidentally killed himself). The only one deliberately sets out to kill is the cult leader, except she's the only one who doesn't die.

One-song concert Film

A concert is shown where the performer(s) only do(es) one song. It may or may not be made clear that the song we see comprises the entire show. Might appear in TV or musicals as well.

Examples that spring to mind immediately: Yo-Yo Ma playing Bach’s first suite for unaccompanied cello (actually just the first movement) on “The West Wing” (S 2 E 10, “Noël”); Lucy T. Slut singing “Special” in “Avenue Q”; Lili von Shtupp singing “I’m Tired” in “Blazing Saddles.”

Is there a name for this? Or is it a subset of something more general?

Undoing tragic past Film

Undoing a terrible past in the sequel, character has a past trauma, or something bad about his species,, and is undone in the sequel by reveling a 'truth' about it.

Ex : Toothless in 'How to train your dragon 1' was the "Last Known Night Fury" the "last of his kind" In "how to train your dragon 2" there is more Night Fury.

Hiccup mother is 'dead' in HTDYD 1, but is alive in HTDYD 2.

In Maleficent, Maleficent is unique and alone. The only of her kind Maleficent 2, there is lots more of her kind.

Multiple views of one character over time in one scene Film

I'm sure this one is done already- just can't find it. One character and you see them doing all their daily activities in one space, so for instance ten Atomic Blondes; one is drinking shots, one is shooting, one is buffing her nails, one is throwing darts, one is eating popcorn, one is tossing her hair, etc and it all takes place in the same room at the same time to indicate what she did that day, or week ... This is kind of like having a team of clones.