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openI wish X happened to me instead!
Do we have this one? Where a character wished something bad that happened to another character (usually someone they love) happened to them instead? Regardless if they where involved in the situation?
openThe hero is part enemy-species Anime
A character has some of the enemy DNA, which makes him both stronger and a cause for concern. This appears in for example Bleach, where Ichigo is part Hollow, and Darling in the Franxx, where Zero Two has Klaxosaur DNA.
openComforting Mockery
When a character suffers an ordeal, and their friends, instead of the kid-glove treatment, continue messing with them as normal. Oddly enough, this actually makes them feel better, because if your friends are still willing to joke around with you then it can't be that bad.
openIs this the correct trope? Anime
When I was doing work on The Voynich Hotel, I added this example but later commented it out because I wasn't sure about it:
- Bowdlerize: Zig-zagged in the official translation. In the Fun T-Shirt scene with Helena, English scanlations usually have her shirt saying "FUCK ME", while the official translation uses the equally inappropriate but less vulgar "OPEN FOR BUSINESS". However, while the same scanlations give the female member of the Sleuth Brigade the code name "Vixen", the official translation calls her "Sexy" which is even more inappropriate given her age, although it highlights her failed Femme Fatale schtick even more.
Is Bowdlerize the correct trope?
Edited by WillbyropenWhen criminal bosses find out they've been working with a supervillian
When criminals (or corrupt officials) work with some shady person, providing this person with resources, money, or other help in exchange for anything they need, only to realise when it's already too late that this person is actually some suprevillain/omnicidal maniac/whatever, and now bad guys' greed has backfired on them.
openWhen the game introduces a new mechanic in its final area Videogame
It's not quite an Unexpected Gameplay Change since the gameplay still remains consistent with what came before it, but there's a new mechanic that hasn't been seen at all prior to the final area of the game. Something like a new status effect or a new power and such.
openEteral make-up
Is there any trope for make-up that stays around and is always perfect regardless of anything? I'm not talking about Wakeup Makeup (inly when waking up) nor Beauty Is Never Tarnished (barely even related with the subject of make-up itself), but just make-up that survives improbable things without being just washed away, worn out or even eaten away.
Edited by DratewkaopenSynonym censoring
When swear words are replaced with synonyms or descriptions. For example, "You motherfucker!" becomes "You [ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ᴡʜᴏ ᴇɴɢᴀɢᴇs ɪɴ sᴇxᴜᴀʟ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴄᴏᴜʀsᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɴᴀʟ ꜰɪɢᴜʀᴇ]!" Almost always Played for Laughs.
Edited by BreadBullopenCave Cross-Section Videogame
I've seen a few games with caves/secret passages/etc that look like regular walls until you enter, at which point the wall becomes transparent and reveals the path. Is there a trope for that?
openLife-Saving Work
A work that many viewers state to have helped them with their mental health. A common comment is "this [book, movie, etc.] saved my life."
Not sure we have anything for this, since any given work could potentially improve someone's mental health. If we have something, it's probably YMMV.
openUndoing tragic past Film
Undoing a terrible past in the sequel, character has a past trauma, or something bad about his species,, and is undone in the sequel by reveling a 'truth' about it.
Ex : Toothless in 'How to train your dragon 1' was the "Last Known Night Fury" the "last of his kind" In "how to train your dragon 2" there is more Night Fury.
Hiccup mother is 'dead' in HTDYD 1, but is alive in HTDYD 2.
In Maleficent, Maleficent is unique and alone. The only of her kind Maleficent 2, there is lots more of her kind.
Edited by tonytakitanyopenSupervillians don't interfer with each other
Like Superman Stays Out of Gotham, but for villains. Many times, a villain has an Evil Plan that other villains would be quite upset by, but they never do anything about it. Like Ultron is always trying to kill all organic life but Magneto, who's whole shtick is about protecting mutants, never bothers to say "haha, no" and disassemble him.
openTrumpy Bear Live Action TV
I came across this commercial about a week ago on TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9qv8RSreIM&t
I thought it was a joke, but it turns out to be 100% real. I think it would fall under Aluminum Christmas Trees but I'm not sure which section as it wasn't on a TV show but rather was an ad.
openCamp / sexuality trope? Live Action TV
Although Agent Peacock could apply to this example, what other trope fits:
Bob is a Badass who is a highly competent fighter, but dresses very effeminately, yet everyone suspects he's gay In-Universe, or maybe bi, but in canon, there is nothing to confirm his sexuality. In reality, he's just someone who enjoys dressing very camp in terms of fashion.
openReligion Based off of Fiction
Where fans start a church based off of a fictional work, such as Jediism.
openLimited Schedule
What trope describes when a TV station airs a very limited schedule of reruns, e.g. if there was a station that showed nothing but reruns of The Andy Griffith Show (as a humorous exaggeration)?
openSame VA, Same Voice
Is there a trope for voice actors who use the exact same voice for all of their roles?
Is there a trope for boss battles in which the boss is able to destroy or otherwise remove parts of the ground on which the Player Character stands? The idea here is that you need to defeat the boss before you run out of floor or get trapped.
Examples include Sonic the Hedgehog's Spring Yard boss, in which Eggman picks up floor tiles and destroys them; Petetronic in Epic Mickey, in which he flings gobs of Thinner to dissolve pieces of the floor, the final boss of Super Mario 64 in which Bowser removes the edges of the floating platform Mario is on to make it harder to throw him into the bombs outside, and the second boss battle against Zavok in Sonic Lost World, which is set on a Zavok's snake-like robot, of which segments get destroyed as the battle progresses.