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openMurders but doesn't jaywalk
A character routinely commits major crimes like robbing banks and murdering people, but abstains from things like jaywalking or littering that are much less serious in comparison.
Which trope would best describe this strange behavior?
openFamily Guy possible BigNever trope Western Animation
Just asking this as I'm not sure, was watching this Youtube vid (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDCgU-VxqAM-VxqAM) of the mentioned subject above. At point (2:16) of the vid, Peter Griffin, despite the beating him & his friends (Joe & Quagmire) have taken by 3 tough guys at their favourite bar, refuses to give up their booth, arguing how important said booth is him. Having watch the vid of that point, should Peter's rant be included in the Big Never folder or not?
Here some of the quotes of the vid starting at point (2:10)
Tough Guy #2: Haven't you guys had enough?! Why don't you admit you're beat and get out of here?! Joe & Quagmire (badly beaten, in unison) Okay. Peter: (stands up defiantly) NO! Never! We will never stop fighting for this booth!
openAmbiguously Innocent of a Crime
A character is arrested for a crime. They insist they are innocent and the narrative seems to support that but it is never made clear if they are guilty or have been framed, even after they are possibly released. I thought it would be Ambiguous Innocence but that has more to do with a "naive" person who might not be naive and has a possible lack of morality. Does this crime trope exist?
openI'm (not really) a monster (but close)
A human version of "I'm a monster." A character suffering an affliction, usually mental or emotional, decides it would be better if he or she was left alone. Forever. Ususally done before You Are Better Than You Think You Are or You Are Not Alone.
Examples, two of which involve characters already in mental institutions:
In A Dangerous Method, after explaining how getting spanked by her father used to turn her on sexually, Sabina says to Jung, "There's no hope for me. I'm vile and filthy and corrupt. I must... I must never be let out of here."
On Six Feet Under, Billy is insitutionalized after attacking Brenda. He is guilt-ridden and ashamed for almost hurting her and thinking it was the right thing to do. He also lets Brenda off the hook. “You deserve to be happy,” he says to Brenda. “I don’t.”
On the ER episode "Sailing Away," Abby and Maggie talk about how Maggie pretended to be normal while suffering bipolar disorder. Abby says if Maggie took her medicine, she'd be like an ordinary person. "There's no one here to save," Maggie says.
Edited by starwolfopen"What might have been" inside work Web Original
I'm trying to find a trope that's similar to What Could Have Been, but it's stated in the narrative because someone decided to mess with destiny. The closest I've found is a Flash Sideways, but it doesn't fit.
The text is from The Pieces Lie Where They Fell. Spoiled due it being the last chapter: [...]It had delayed Night’s birth by twenty years so their future Loyalty would be of the same age as the rest of them at the cost the Blade family being unable to connect with each other. It had caused Rex to be chased out of his pack so he would meet the other Elements and away from his destiny to uniting the packs under a single leadership that would see the diamond dogs respected for the first time in years. Balance had caused Wind Breaker’s mother, who had managed to escape Equestria and the Hatchery system and return to the Griffish Isles, to lose her firstborn child as Wind Breaker was snatched away when he was born and brought to places that would eventually see his return to Canterlot and their Hatchery system, an action deemed necessary as the free born griffon would have never travelled to Canterlot and met the others, depriving them of Honesty.[...]
Edited by maddthesaneopenReusing character names
When the same character names show up in different works by the same creator that aren't in the same continuity. I'm not talking about common names like Bob or Taro, but somewhat unusual ones, like MacTavish or William Lloyd Floyd.
Edited by naturalironistopenStory Reset vs Soft Reboot, continuity tropes? Live Action TV
I know that Continuity Reboot is the partial or complete elimination of continuity from any and all previous works in a series, effectively starting with a clean slate.
What's the main difference between Story Reset and Soft Reboot?
Is renumbering of comic books and New First Comics an example of Story Reset or a Soft Reboot?
Is Story Reset "we didn't like what happened from Issues 25 to 40, so we'll go back to Issue 25, instead of the next issue being 41, we'll renumber it to 25, and treat everything that happened before Issue 25 as canon" snd a partial overlap with Continuity Reboot?
Since there's nothing on Canonical List of Subtle Trope Distinctions, what's the difference between Story Reset and Soft Reboot?
I would really appreciate if anyone could explain so I don't get confused.
Edited by Merseyuser1openShifting the Blame
Is there a trope for a situation where a person who has done something wrong/irritating either waits till someone else does something worse to tell about their own misdeed or is gleeful when someone else makes a mistake that's bigger for the same reason? An example occurs in one Cosby Show episode where Theo considers Denise making a big mistake to be good news because once Cliff and Claire hear about it, they'll completely forget something he did.
Edited by HeroGal2347openThesaurus Naming
A trope related to Palette Swap and Underground Monkey where similar enemies have names that are synonyms of each other or of their core concept.
For example, Golden Sun's bird-woman enemies are named Harpy, Harridan and Virago. All three terms are synonyms for a shrewish woman, with only "harpy" being an actual term for a monster.
openWhen a song is associated with a certain show or movie
Basically when a song is forever associated with the movie or show it was played in. The best example is All Star and Shrek. My friend had the idea for this trope and I was wondering if there was already something like it.
openTrailer has different content in different countries
Something that's part of a movie trailer in the US is different in another country because said thing is not that popular or known there. For example, a recent movie trailer has a character with a beard at one point, yet the beard is edited out in the Chinese trailer because beards apparently aren't popular in China.
openFanspeak Barrage
Bob is an enthusiastic practitioner of some activity (usually sports) or fan of a work. When talking to a non-fan, he forgets himself and starts using vocabulary linked to that activity in a long speech, leaving the other completely stunned or confused.
For example:
- A rugby player goes to Sherlock Holmes and explains why he desperately needs Holmes' help to find a a missing player:
"It’s awful, Mr. Holmes—simply awful I wonder my hair isn’t gray. Godfrey Staunton—you’ve heard of him, of course? He’s simply the hinge that the whole team turns on. I’d rather spare two from the pack, and have Godfrey for my three-quarter line. Whether it’s passing, or tackling, or dribbling, there’s no one to touch him, and then, he’s got the head, and can hold us all together. What am I to do? That’s what I ask you, Mr. Holmes. There’s Moorhouse, first reserve, but he is trained as a half, and he always edges right in on to the scrum instead of keeping out on the touchline. He’s a fine place-kick, it’s true, but then he has no judgment, and he can’t sprint for nuts. Why, Morton or Johnson, the Oxford fliers, could romp round him. Stevenson is fast enough, but he couldn’t drop from the twenty-five line, and a three-quarter who can’t either punt or drop isn’t worth a place for pace alone. No, Mr. Holmes, we are done unless you can help me to find Godfrey Staunton."
- Holmes' response is to look through his reference book for this Staunton, but the world of university rugby is completely unknown to him, something that leaves the rugby player astounded.
- There's a Midsomer Murders episode where a flyfishing enthusiast explains to Troy why she was perfectly justified in attacking someone else (it involved something that is Fandom Heresy to fly-fishers), leaving poor Troy slack-jawed as he tries to take down her statement.
openFell For The Fake
Bob falls in love with Alice's fake personality. When the reveal comes, Alice wants to continue the relationship, but since her real personality is no longer the one Bob fell in love with, Bob is no longer as attracted to her. Not Loving a Shadow, because that's when the personality is all in Bob's head: this is what Alice wants people to think of her.
For instance, if Alice had to play a defenseless Cute Clumsy Girl and Bob's protective instincts turned into love, he isn't going to feel the same way for the real Alice, an Action Girl who can throw around a wrestler twice her size. Conversely, Bob the Amazon Chaser stops trying to woo Alice The Lad-ette when it turns out she's a Tomboy with a Girly Streak.
openParrot Exposition? Immediate Dismissal!
A case of Parrot Exposition where the character repeats the statement only to immediately contradict it. "A manned mission to the moon's inner core? Preposterous!" "Cutter Nelson, a married man? Hardly!" And so on.
Can also take the form of one character saying something, the other person repeating back what they think the first character said, only for the original speaker to look bewildered, tell them no, that's wrong, and usually then go on to say what they actually meant. The "What? No!" response.
Edited by UnsungopenGroup Shock
A group of characters is fighting each other. A classic final battle. The hero and the big bad are fighting each other, the hero's friends are beating up the mooks, even the hero's animal companion is fighting ageinst the big bad's pet. However almost out of no where another character does something so unbelievable,so terrafying that it will cause everyone to just stop what they are doing and stare in shock at that character.
Is there anything similar to the scenario that i just described?
Edited by Omer1698openAsking this fone for a friend
Here's what my friend said
"What would be the trope name of a character who gets upset that someone likes them purely because they think they have no reason to like them?"
Hope this helps
openDifferently Powered Individual Whistle
There are people with powers. There are a lot of people without powers. The Muggles have the advantage because particular frequencies of sound will knock those with powers on their ass while the holy mundanes are unaffected.
openMemory voice echo thing
This is for when a person says something, then when a certain part of the phrase catches another person's attention, we hear the salient words echo in their head. In example is in the Arthur episode "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", when Mrs. Barnes says, "My little boy's growing up!". Binky was worried about being babyish and after she says that, we hear "little boy" echoing in his head.
Basically, this is like the title says. Someone gets possessed by something (a spirit, an A.I., a demon, whatever). However, the person who got possessed begins to 'infect' the possessing entity with some of their mind and personality, gradually making the possessing entity more like them over time.
The example that made me think of this is the most recent update for Order Of The Stick: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1130.html.