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openPlanned 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?
openTime 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 Merseyuser1openForced 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 Merseyuser1openVillainy / 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 Merseyuser1openAll 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.
openAssumed 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.
openAnime 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?
openPointy 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).
openFake-out death Anime
What would be an example of the fake out death, such as freeza’s multiple fake outs in dbz?
open"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.
opengrieving 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?
openBig 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?
openShocked lines radiating from face Anime
In manga (and manga-influenced anime), some panels will have a close up of a character's face with lines radiating in a circle around their face to emphasize how shocked they are. Related to Briffits and Squeans but it's not mentioned on there.
openYou have to take responsibility of me. Anime
A cliche line in anime. Because of something that someone did which caused another person's marriage prospects to be ruined, either that person can no longer get married or they will find it very difficult to get married.
So the person who caused this ruination has to "take responsibility" for it, the implication being that they have to marry them.
Is there a trope pertaining to this line? There is Honorable Marriage Proposal, but that is related to honor and reputation. In my situation, the person may end up being disowned by their family because of actions they undertook for someone else, which is why they asked them to "take responsibility" for them.
openAkira Bike Slide Anime
This is a very distinct motorcycle slide that was made famous by AKIRA where the rider slams on the brakes and the bike skids away from the camera until it stops. I've seen it parodied numerous times in anime, movies, and TV. Is this enough to be a trope all in itself?
openSeries stuck in limbo Anime
Is there a trivia trope for a series that's stuck in limbo? Like the series isn't complete and there hasn't been any news of it being discontinued, but there's also been no news of it being continued at all for really long time? I'm sure there is a trope for that, but I have no idea what the name could be.
Edited by OratelopenLiving on a mountain side. Anime
This popped up in head. I have no idea why but my friend and me are going crazy. There was anime short where a brother and sister escape like this prison thing and they had like matching special tats. They lived on a mountain side hiding away from them and the both of them never said a word. Both of them were mute. They lived high above the clouds and had this little hut thing that looked fururistc as well. The brother was trying really hard to protect his sister and it was really pretty looking ugh. Its stuck in my head but the picture of its stuck in my mind. They had orange outfits on and I think the girl had short black hair and other was older with a bit longer black hair.
Edited by MasterCrazyRJ
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