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openKnowledge but bad teacher Literature
Is there a trope for a teacher who's knowledgeable about the subject matter but bad at teaching it? Snape and Hagrid from Harry Potter come to mind, as do a lot of college professors whose primary job is research.
Edited by rjd1922openVideogame narrative in alternate media Literature
A story told as it was a video game. (ex: The characters loots in defeated villains as if they were bosses, there are levels instead of chapters, etc.)
openNo Title Literature
There are many children in a family, most/all of them red-haired, with some twins among them.
openLiterature as a Video Game Literature
Reading the first book in the Percy Jackson series, I had the distinct impression that the narrative was like a video game plot. The protagonist wins or safely escapes every battle in order to progress the plot, he's constantly confronted by Mini Boss Fights, he gets Power Ups and items to help him complete his quest, etc. Is there a trope to describe a book that reads like a video game story?
Edited by Namor21openFirst Line of A Book Referenced in another medium. Literature
Trying to find a Trope to reference for a page I'm working on.
In the film about a writer, he's shown writing the opening lines to a famous book of his. I'm sure there's a trope for this, but I can't for the life of me remember what it's called.
openPackrat? Literature
What is the trope for a person who is a packrat? Not a hoarder, just a packrat. Like Greer Gilman said, "I clink, therefore I am".
openSpontaneous metamorphosis from drone to queen Literature
In the Aliens (Steve Perry Trilogy), the basic Alien drone has the ability to "hormone storm" and become a Queen if necessary to propagate a new hive. Is there a trope that covers that kind of metamorphosis?
openImmortality only in the realm of the villain Literature
Do we have something for when a villain is immortal and all powerful when in there home dimension but can be killed outside of it.
Like say the heroes fighting him in another world outside of his.
openFractal Series [FOUND] Literature
Is there a trope/trivia for a (book) series that gets increasingly more detailed and multi-threaded as it approaches the ending, with the end result that each new installment covers half of the in-story time that the previous one in the same volume of text?
Edited by KoverasopenDepraved supernatural club Literature
Do we have something for depraved superntural clubs. In essence in some fantasy works, you'll get places wherein people will go to get there often depraved sexual fetihses which invlove superntural elements. These can be everything from the vampire clubs of Guild Hunter where people pay to be bitten and drained for sexual pleasure to the demons club of Nightside where people will pay for demons to torture them
openForced cannibalsim Literature
Do we have something for when a villain forces somone to consume human blood or flesh ?
openPower of blood Literature
In October Daye, the heroine Toby has the power to increase her focus and gain a kinda boost when she consumees blood (mostly her own)
She also has the ability to discover a person's memories from tasting there blood.
Any ideas on a trope for this?
openEvil individual with shadow powers Literature
Smoke and Shadows features the "Shadowlord", an Evil Sorceror whose literally composed off, empowered off and uses shadows to do his bidding.
Any ideas on what trope this is?
Edited by miraculousopenShoutOut or VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory? Literature
Asking another question about Chance And Choices Adventures.
In the fifth book there's a scene where the characters are passing through a dangerous swamp at night. A local Bandit Clan tries to ambush them, but is frightened away by phantom soldiers that only they (the bandits) are able to see.
I know for a fact this idea comes from a fairly well known sermon, telling the story of a group of missionaries in Africa who are saved from a tribal raid in the same manner.
I'm not sure what this should be listed as.
I want to say Very Loosely Based on a True Story, but it's just one tiny element of the story that gets carried over, so I'm not sure it counts. (Also the veracity of the sermon is highly debated, with many people believing it's just a parable, but I don't think this would count as Based on a Great Big Lie because I think that requires intent.)
I was thinking it could be Shout-Out, but can you do a Shout-Out to a sermon?
EDIT: I also have Very Loosely Based on a True Story listed for the fact that a lot of the locations in the series are real - for example, the main characters' hometown of Harmony, Arkansas is a real place and is even in the same spot it's at in real life, however all of the characters and events are fictional. Is this proper usage of that trope, or should it be something else?
Edited by Mimic1990openNot A ShoutOut Literature
I'm working on a page for Chance And Choices Adventures novel series. As of the second book (of five, so far) a major element is the characters traveling the country in wagons, and there are numerous scenes of the characters having to go through river crossings, sometimes with disastrous results.
It reminds me a LOT of Oregon Trail, so much so that I originally listed it under Shout-Out... but I don't think it counts because I'm fairly certain it's unintended. I feel like this would be some form of Audience Reactions, but I have no idea what it might be. It might even be Not A Trope...
Anyone have any idea?
openSpecific type of prequel (answered) Literature
In this novel series I'm editing, the third book is a Prequel to the previous two books featuring completely different characters that are only mentioned (or had a brief cameo) in the previous novels. The following books pic from where the second left off. Is this Origins Episode or something else?
Edited by Lermis
Do we have a trope for how every suspect in a whodunnit mystery is perfect at not acting nervous or suspicious? In real life, criminals often get found out because they're acting weird, even though they're trying to act innocent. But in murder mysteries, the murderer alawys manages to act completely natural and convincing.