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Is there a specific name for when a final scene seemingly has nothing to do with the rest of the story? e.g. The last scene of Sneakers is a news broadcast, but the dialogue suggests that the team members got their requests granted (so, not Ambiguous Ending, because it's somewhat clear what happened).
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Where is that trope where AI's are not a crapshoot, and are actually friendly/moral/not crazy? Not some Robot Girl, but AI's of any kind just being GOOD or at least "normal", instead of "genocide waiting to happen" or "just plain crazy".
Some examples off the top of my head...the Halo series, Mass Effect's Geth, EDI, and more, Knight Rider probably has it, too...
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Is there a trope for or similar to "it's all just a myth"?
I.E. - there's a discussion of a myth or legend, and there's at least one character who denies any of it could possibly be true...but then it turns out to be painfully true. Could tie in with Cassandra Truth if someone's trying to make it obvious that the legend is true.
Examples of it I can think of:
- Umineko no Naku Koro ni, when the family is discussing Beatrice's legend in EP 1, and Battler first denies it as just being a silly story. And of course Beatrice is a main character in the later arcs. (Anti-Fantasy being ignored, of course, this is just for the trope itself)
- The initial skepticism of the existence of angels (Dean compares them to the myth of unicorns at one point) in Supernatural in the first episode of season four, and oops they're perfectly real.
- Ever stereotypical slasher movie ever, where there's a "campfire" scene about a killer or something, and the killer goes after them later on.
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Is there a trope where police vehicles escort the character to their destination? It's definitely Truth in Television, I just saw one yesterday. It is frequently used like when someone has to go to the airport quickly before the plane takes off. There's a Wikipedia entry on it listed as 'Police escort'.
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I'd see it being a trope of a romance-centered work or at least a serious romantic plotline within the work. It would be where the main character's attraction or relationship falls apart for some reason, and then they attain a new one (maybe not immediately, but at some point or another). Really it's just about a lack of "One True Love"—characters will have more than one serious romantic interest throughout the work.
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Is there a general trope for giving someone a "mad on?" Which is to say, Bob needs to hit a home run for his team, but he's not confident in his abilities, so Alice intentionally chews him out, makes fun of him, calls him names, etc. before he goes up to bat. This makes Bob very angry, and that anger gives him the adrenaline boost he needs to hit the big home run and save the Rec Center from the evil banker. Note that Alice and Bob are on the same team here, and this is a conscious strategy by Alice. Bob may or (ideally) may not be aware of what she's planning.
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Do we have a trope for "strobe shots" in comics (I've heard them called that, but googling doesn't seem to turn up many references to the term and I can't find what it's normally called). Basically when the artist shows someone moving by drawing a large scene and drawing "ghost" images of the person as they moved across it.
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Is there a trope for when a universe's particular applied phlebotinum is used for an impractical purpose?
For example, in Power Quest there are remote controlled robots capable of shooting energy blasts out of their hands. What are they used for? Children's toys of course!
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Is there a trope for when someone hates something despite being in the "intended demographic"(based on age, gender and such)(and SPECIFICALLY about being in the intended demographic, not just plain Hatedom), in other words not Periphery Hatedom? They dislike it even though it's what others think will appeal to "people like them", but they think it's bad, and possibly an insult to what people like them like. Not quite Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch since that means they don't know anything about said thing(in my example they might or might not, doesn't matter) either. It also doesn't matter whether the thing in question is generally considered "bad" or not, just that they don't like it. Is this even tropable?
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Do we have a trope about characters being paranoid? Not Properly Paranoid, just paranoia in general?
Is there a trope that describes how the longer a series (either film or TV) goes on, the more likely it is that there will be an episode/movie that revolves around time travel? MIB 3 is probably the most recent example of this, but there's also Shrek, Phineas and Ferb, the next Sly Cooper game (whenever that comes out), Madoka, and even Harry Potter.
I've checked the Time Travel Tropes page, but I couldn't find anything that was quite what I was looking for. Thoughts?