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openTerritorial About Their Role
We have Territorial Comic Relief, but do we have a supertrope for where a character is territorial about their role in the story.
openCreepy Cabin
A stock setting in horror. An isolated cabin in the middle of the forest where spooky stuff happens.
openAffliction causing violence
Is there a trope that specifically covers afflictions (e.g. curses and diseases) that make the victim violent/aggressive? One prime example is in Primal, where there's an episode titled "Plague of Madness" which is about a sauropod that gets infected with the eponymous disease and because of it becomes so violent and persistent in causing harm that it's legitimately terrifying. Another example I can think of is My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, where at one point the Sirens are shown putting a curse on a village of ponies that forces them into violence and harm so they can feed off it. There's even a real-life example in the form of rabies, which is a virus that increases its host's aggression to help it spread.
Now for the tropes I have considered. This wouldn't be Hate Plague because that one's about inflicting the feelings of hatred and rage rather than making the victim want to kill or otherwise cause harm. Apple of Discord is another trope I thought about, but it's specifically about someone or something leading to an argument breaking out between a group of friends. Psycho Serum and Mind Virus appear the closest, but don't seem quite there (Psycho Serum is something that's injected and encompasses multiple effects; Mind Virus seems very broad in its effects too and doesn't appear to cover other forms of affliction). Were there any other tropes I have missed that might fit?
openMagic Suitcase Western Animation
classic cartoon scene where a character opens a suitcase and pulls out luggage that is bigger than the suitcase itself (or even hides in the suitcase).
I know Toon Physics or Artistic License – Physics, but is there a more specific one?
openFriendly, in the face of trouble
Which one is it when a teacher is polite and friendly to a pupil they know is about to bring trouble, to wrong-foot them? Here are a couple of examples.
- Grange Hill: When the Students' Action Group storm the headmaster's office demanding the scrapping of compulsory uniform, the headmaster is very polite.
Jessica: (aggressively) We're here as an official delegation of the Students' Action...Headmaster: (politely) Jessica, I know who you are. Everyone in school knows who you are. So what can I do for you?Jessica: You can get rid of uniform.Headmaster: (still polite) Just like that? Why should I?
- The Worst Witch: The headmistress Miss Cackle is always polite and friendly to a pupil who comes to her office, which serves to embarrass Mildred, who is frequently sent there to confess to a terrible mistake or incident.
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openBlue protagonist, Orange friend and Pink girl
by chance there is a Trope about 3 trios where the latter have a blue color (usually the protagonist), orange (usually the protagonist's friend), and pink (usually the girl of the trio) is there a similar Trope? example bob the protagonist wears blue, henry the co protagonist wears orange and alice the girl of the trio wears pink?
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openImpossible promise
A character swearing or promising to do something they know they can't even in that moment.
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openEncouraged to do it anyway Western Animation
When someone tells someone not to do something, but, in a twist of irony, it encourages them to do it anyway. For example, in one episode of South Park, there is an anti-smoking presentation, but it is incredibly cringy. The people delivering it tell the kids that if they avoid smoking, they will grow up to be just like them. Not wanting that, the four main boys immediately start to try smoking. Is there a trope for this? Thank you!
openSeated dominance, to those standing
Is there one for where a dominant character makes a point of being seated, while their subordinates stand?
openA trope where the older villain is jealous of the younger protagonist's beauty and success
Hey there is one trope that I am curious about. I don't know if it's already there but what is the trope called where the older villain is jealous of how the young protagonist has achieved everything in their life they themselves never did in their younger years and blames and resents them for it?
Some of the examples are Pearl towards Maxine Minx in X trilogy and Park Min Geon (The Bishop) towards Kim Do-Ki in Taxi Driver (Korean Series)
openLint’s digging
So I noticed in Born of Bread that Lint can dig through mounds, would that count as Fast Tunnelling or some other digging trope (if there are any)?
openWhat’s this type of personality?
•Blind to innuendo and even insults.
•Tends to underestimate the worst in people.
•Child-like, kind, but naïve.
openWhat’s this type of personality?
•Blind to innuendo and even insults.
•Tends to underestimate the worst in people.
•Child-like, kind, but naïve.
openAdaptational Later Appearance
Something that was supposed to appear earlier is placed much later on in an adaptation.
Example: The house of Cindy Lou Who is the first house the Grinch robs in the original book and 2000 movie, but becomes the last house in the 2018 movie.
resolved Childhood Photo Credits Web Original
The final credits of of the show consist of photos of all main characters in their kindergarten years.
openBig meaningless battle / Hidden "real" battle Film
At the end of an eventful, epic adventure, thousands of good-guy soldiers meet thousands of bad-guy soldiers in a huge, epic battle that will invariably involve lots of rousing speeches, war cries, bravery, and a heroic sacrifice or two. It will feel like it should be the climax of the story, except . . . the outcome of this battle will have little or no effect on the war. Somewhere away from the action there is a smaller, hidden duel happening between the main hero and the main villain, and it is the outcome of THAT smaller fight — the REAL battle — that will determine the course of the story. The big showy battle doesn't really matter. In fact sometimes the good guys ultimately lose the big battle, but nevertheless everything is okay because the hero prevailed in the smaller fight.
Examples of this troupe include: Return of the Jedi, Willow, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
openacrobat fighter
Incorporating gratuitous amounts of gymnastics in a characters style of fighting
Mighty demon dog-thing
openVisible but unnoticed
When something isn't invisible, but for some reason can't be percieved
Would you call this an Acid-Trip Dimension or something else?
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