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A argument I heard a few times in regards to people portraying the government, the church, corporations, ect as the Ultimate Evil is along the lines of, "If they're half as bad as you claim why haven't they sent assassins to silence you?"
Something of a If You're So Evil, Eat This Kitten! except it's more If They're So Evil They'll Kill You. It might be a Logical Fallacy but comes across as more a gambit against such fallacies. What trope if any would this fall under?
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Do we have a dialogue trope for when a character rehearses what they want to say before going to talk to someone, but then messes it up immediately out of nervousness (e.g. their voice cracks, they say the wrong thing, they combine two innocent remarks into an accidental insult, etc.)?
Example from Peep Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDHqiZZm7n0
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So I'm doing a character sheet and it asks for (5) tropes and I'm having trouble figuring out which ones my character is, especially because he has a bit of a specific thing going on that makes it harder to choose which trope he might be. Anyways:
His dad was an elf, and his mom was a human, but to keep him safe his dad was asked to leave so his son (technically a half-elf) wouldn't be inclined to work for the elves once he grew up for reasons that would take to long to explain. He grows up with a great deal of respect toward his mom, but comes to hate his father (and his fathers race, of which he also is) and, when his mom died, he becomes very avoidant and travels around a lot. He comes to loathe the elves as he has this fear of befriending one that could be like his father - who he thinks abandoned them - and even deconstructs himself so he appears more human (speech, walk, likes, dislikes, etc.) but in reality he's still very much an elf (innate racial abilities, etc.) He usually spends most time hunting in the woods and being generally grumpy and nostalgic, but when he needs money or comes across a new place he tends to work there (usually crap jobs but he doesn't do anything that is illegal or immoral). He finds most people to be annoying, obnoxious and is easily irritated and frustrated with them, so he avoids them most of the time. Despite he's very passive and much of his frustration comes about from being bossed around but not being able to get even (which is a hobby of his when he knows he won't get in serious trouble) so he has issue's with authority. I wouldn't say he's not emotional though, he just doesn't know how to articulate them and much of the time he doesn't see the point in making an effort to. Romance and worrying over looks, cash and material wealth are probably the farthest thing from his mind and he can be really dense in the face of someone being attracted to him. He's smart, quick-witted and could be a good leader if he cared enough to lead anyone, but he also has a tendency to not do things he recognizes as right (such as not helping someone being arrested for a crime they didn't commit, not helping a family rescue their burning home, etc.) out of spite or fear of failure. In contrast he's VERY, very loyal and loving to the few who hold his heart, and this can even lead him to become self-sacrificing or carry THEIR burdens as well as his own without the same give and take.
Man, sorry this is so long Dx; But if anyone could help me choose the tropes you think he is that would be incredibly helpful to me in developing and understanding his character more and what I could be doing to improve him and make him more realistic.
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Is there a trope or name for ferris bueller-ing? I know we have decoy protagonist, but that's not what I mean, I mean when the "main" character or protagonist is the ace and has almost no character arc/development, and their friend/ally/maybe even enemy is the one who actually has personal development and growth. (I.e. Cameron in Ferris Bueller's day off)
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I was looking at Humanity Ensues and there didn't seem to be anything for what happens after when these newly transformed have to deal with having a human body. Do we have anything like that?
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What's the difference between The War Sequence and Big Badass Battle Sequence?
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I'd like to find tropes below: The Protagonist has unusual strong power (or skills) that can corrupt something, and The Antagonist chases him/her to make him/her be a Super-Soldier or Human Weapon. This is not a superhero trope because the protagonist does not have will to save the world. And the protagonist is not so strong as Apocalypse Maiden, so it's not extreme as Sekaikei Genre.
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This is usually a fanfiction trope, but sometimes there are official "book of the movie" titles?
It's a lot like MST and sporking, but it is not meant to be funny. Take the script of your medium, and then insert in-character thoughts or insights that are lost just by watching it played out.
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Is there a trope for the power/wisdom/courage trio? Usually the courageous one is the hero, the wise one is their mentor, and the powerful one has the opposite alignment of the hero's (lawful/chaotic or good/evil).
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Is there a trope for a hero imprisoning someone in a closet to keep them from getting in the way?
Uhura does this to a cadet "Mr. Adventure" in The Search For Spock.
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Is there a platonic version of Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places? Like a Nice Guy who keeps coming across awful people who abuse him?
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I've seen a common joke involving Truth Serums where the perp starts talking about everything but what the interrogator wants to hear (the interrogator is usually a woman, and so gets things like "have you gained weight recently?" or graphic descriptions of what the perp would do to her). Would it fit better on Awful Truth or Too Much Information?
And on a related note, is there anything like an absolute lie detector that detects falsehoods despite the interrogated person genuinely thinking it the truth (and the awkward moment that follows)? i.e., asking an atheist and a priest if God exists and they both give the same answer, or a person who never knew he was adopted finding out due to being asked about his "real" parents.
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Is there a trope for the following scenario:
In a Simpsons comic (I forgot which one) Bart got accused of burning down almost all of the Springfield elementary building, and here is the dialogue in question (mainly Homer's line):
Skinner: Well Simpson, you son Bart burned down half the school.
Homer: Boy, what did I tell you about finishing what you start.
What is the trope for when a Funny Background Event is about to involve the foreground, but miraculously manages to avoid such involvement?
examples would be any fight going on behind an oblivious civilian, or someone minds their own business while the event is happening, then when he turns around, it's out of his view, but then when he turns back the event comes back into an area where he could've seen it.
an example of the first one is in The Amazing Spider Man when Spidey and Lizard are fighting in the school library while a civilian in the room is listening to music with a pair of headphones.
the second one basically happens at the end of every Phineas And Ferb episode (except the coming back part)
And then an example of both used at once is in the Ressha Sentai Tokkyuger vs. Kamen Rider Gaim special, when Takatora is told about the fight between the Lion Inves and Tokkyu-Oh (and ironically, after looking away and sitting back down, he asks "is everyone losing it?".)
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