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openIn series shipper
A character who ships other characters in the series with each other.
openNarrator immortality Literature
The main protagonist is the first-person narrator of a anyone can die novel. Everyone assumes that said protagonist will survive by the end of the series because they are narrating the story: if they died, there would be no one to continue delivering the commentary to the events of the book from their perspective.
Of course there may be subversions to this but my question is, is there a trope for this?
openCharacter gets serious
Not when a comic relief character gets serious. Just a character that's maybe more laidback and calm, really happy and positive, or maybe even a bit goofy.
For example, Naruto. He's practically all of the above. He's a really positive, carefree guy who's kind of silly sometimes, but when things get dark or serious, he gets serious, too. No more playing around. Probably not even smiling anymore. Not necessarily angry, though. Just really serious.
openAudience reactions trope?
Do we have this one?
Is there an Audience Reactions trope for these scenarios:
- A series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is considered as The Scrappy of Live-Action TV series in the MCU amongst the fandom, for its Alternate Self take on Thor and Loki, but it continues despite the negative reaction.
- Dr. Eggman is disliked as a video game boss in a new installment of Sonic the Hedgehog is disliked for being too cheerful, but Word of God states that's who Dr. Eggman is and the villain they see in the game called Dr. Eggman is just an impostor.
- A new series set in the Arrowverse focusing on the Earth-3 version of The Flash, set in the 1990s, and deliberately made to look if it was produced in 1997, right down to the Closing Credits stating 1997, is seen as fans as being poorly-made and disliked due to aesthetics, even though Word of God has said it is Retraux, not actually produced in 1997.
openMoves around a lot in their sleep
A character that moves around a lot in their sleep. Probably falls out of bed a lot. Hazardous to anyone sleeping next to them or possibly even in the same room as them.
openPlayed for Heartwarming
Where a trope is played to be heartwarming? Sort of overlapping with Played for Drama at times.
Edited by Eevee123openDoesn't understand basic things
Perhaps this character was raised in the jungle or lived their whole life away from society. Whatever the reason may be, they don't understand simple things.
Examples: Rukia from Bleach doesn't know how to use a straw or what kissing someone is supposed to mean.
openHumble But Inflated Sense Of Importance
What would the trope be for a character who vastly overestimates their own importance to society, but isn't a narcissist or It's All About Me?
For example: Bob arrives at work on time every day, and panics if he's even a minute late because he thinks of all the coworkers he's letting down, the paperwork that's piling up because he's not there to process it, the bosses who see he's absent and decide they don't need someone with such disregard for company time... When in truth, there's absolutely nothing that depends on him, his coworkers spend the first fifteen minutes at the coffee machine, and his boss only comes in during the afternoons.
His attitude would be understandable if he was the CEO whose tiniest screwup causes billions of dollars lost and thousand of people laid off, but Bob is at the very bottom of the hierarchy and has nowhere near that kind of influence.
Similarly, Bob is in the military and feels as if his tiniest failure has essentially doomed the country to be invaded by enemy hordes, is a government scientist who sees every lab error he makes as wasting taxpayer's money, etc.
openWork continues in another medium and story arcs continue? Live Action TV
Do we have this one?
After 7 seasons, Supergirl (2015), the Live Action TV version finishes airing, but continues in comic format, with Ink-Suit Actor versions of the characters, and continuing the plot arcs of the series.
Is there a trope for where a work finishes in one medium, carries on in another?
Alternate Continuity was the only trope I could think of for this one, since it would be concurrent to any other Supergirl canons currently existing, but any other tropes?
open"Please don't ever change"
A character who requests another character not to change. The character who's doing the requesting has probably changed a lot over the years; might be somewhat self-loathing. The character they're talking to is probably very nice, caring, and strong-willed, which is probably why they're being told not to change.
openAre there tropes for these two things?
1. A character who embarrasses themselves all of the time.
2. A character that other characters love to embarrass.
openParental favoritism from the child
Parental favoritism is when a parent likes one child better than the other, but what about when the child likes one parent better than the other? Could that be an inverted trope or something?
openJoinable Factions and Guilds Videogame
Two flavors of this I suppose. The trope name for choosing a faction at character creations (Horde vs Alliance), and the trope for joinable in game groups (Bards, Wizards, Assassins, Thieves etc in Skyrim). Thank you, I just cannot seem to dig up the name.
openHug on sight
Every time Character 1 sees Character 2, they instantly hug them. That's practically their way of saying hello.
openFrom duel to battle
Is there a trope for when a small fight (such as a one-on-one duel) escalates into a much larger fight, possibly a Big Badass Battle Sequence? Kinda like what happened on Geonosis in Attack of the Clones.
openThe last to know, etc.
A character that is always the last to know, least important, etc.
Examples: Abby was the last to know that her brother Adam was alive between her two siblings, parents, and Adam's exes. Abby was the last to know Adam had been shot. Abby was never given a position in her father's business. Abby herself said "I know Dad loves all his children, just not equally." No one could deny it.
openFight=Breakup Live Action TV
In both Star Trek Deep Space Nine and Friends the romantic relationship-inexperienced guy (Chandler and Odo) believe that having a fight means that the relationship is over, and the wiser woman (Monica and Kira) have to explain that it was just a fight, you work through it. Does this happen anywhere else?
openOne-song concert Film
A concert is shown where the performer(s) only do(es) one song. It may or may not be made clear that the song we see comprises the entire show. Might appear in TV or musicals as well.
Examples that spring to mind immediately: Yo-Yo Ma playing Bach’s first suite for unaccompanied cello (actually just the first movement) on “The West Wing” (S 2 E 10, “Noël”); Lucy T. Slut singing “Special” in “Avenue Q”; Lili von Shtupp singing “I’m Tired” in “Blazing Saddles.”
Is there a name for this? Or is it a subset of something more general?
Edited by skiasaurusopenHoly Relic?
Main.Holy Relic is a redlink with 2 wicks.
Do we have a trope for it?
Edited by Malady
In-universe, a video game (usually an educational one, with a title like "Fun With Multiplication Tables") that a character thinks is lame and doesn't want to play.