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openStory arc trope? Live Action TV
Do we have this one?
A Continuity Reboot or Soft Reboot of The Flash (2014) has a rather janky beginning for the first three episodes that feels off when compared to the rest of the season and the Myth Arc in general.
What trope would fit the Story Arc?
Also, what's the trope for this one:
Within the same show, whenever Killer Frost appears, slower paced music is used, but if Barry and Iris are together doing things as a couple, faster-paced Ibiza-sounding music is used.
At first I thought it was Leitmotif but is that the trope if different songs are used?
openComical quick clipping
When two scenes are clipping back and forth with each other. One is calm, usually no speech, and probably has happy or peaceful music playing in the background. The other is intense, probably has a lot of screaming, and is usually playing either heavy metal type of music or no music at all just so you can hear all of the destruction and explosions.
openCombination Defense
Is Combination Attack strictly for attacks, or is the trope a misnomer?
Would a combined defense (like several characters working together to erect a more powerful Deflector Shield) be covered by this trope, or another?
openAbstract Mechanics
Fictional universe are presented in an abstract manner and how the world "actually" works or looks like is left to the judgement of the viewer. For example, Homestuck. Homestuck is largely presented as an abstract world that looks like and runs on video-game logic, complete with video-game physics and constructs. The people inside of the Homestuck universe have access to Player Inventory, which doubles as Hammerspace. Many players like to imagine the fetch modii as physical cards, but since it's an abstract webcomic, we only get to see the actual cards themselves a few times. Note also that most of the characters have a form of Medium Awareness and can interact with the "borders" of the webcomic.
The world of Undertale is also always abstract, save for the cutscenes. It's hard to tell what goes on in any given fight, so whenever one tries to draw or animate a fight scene they tend to have different ideas from other artists, since how the world looks like from the eyes of a character is left up to interpenetration.
Edited by KingOfStickersopenAlternates already married
When Alice and Bob have Belligerent Sexual Tension in universe A but in universe B they are already married.
Edited by JTTWloveropenAdvanced future humans, savage future humans
I can't find that trope where humans evolve into two completely different species: One that is advanced, clean, and utopian, and another that is savage, dirty, and Axe-Crazy.
openHands on their head Anime
What do you call that again when anime characters walk putting their hands on the top of their head?
openAnimation dump
The opposite of animation bump, when a single episode or sequence loses the budget lottery.
openDo we have a trope for when an abandoned nest is used for horror?
I was thinking about making a TLP for this, but decided to check here first. Do we have a trope for abandoned nests, or eggs being used for Rule of Scary?
An example would be Alien.
openYou could've done better/much more with that thing
Someone has special powers (or occasionally a tool/weapon/etc). Thing is, either:
- that power is lame.
- that power is good, but he only uses it for normal everyday life/doing mundane jobs.
- that power is good and he's an asskicker (good or evil), but he only uses it in a certain way.
Then someone else comes to him and says that his abilities have more potentials than he can think of. This other person either is just pointing it out, or actually intends to teach the powered guy.
Do we have this?
openKids these days and their imaginations...
When a young character blurts out a fact of the masquerade and the older character says this phrase or a variation.
openEverythings in X
I've noticed a similar joke being used in two different shows and was wondering if it's a trope.
In Spongebob there's the episode "Dying for pie" where Spongebob lists all the fun stuff he wants to do and the best is written in red. Squidward says it's all written in red.
A similar joke is done in Hazbin Hotel's pilot. Charlie says the best parts of her list is highlighted and Vaggie says it's all highlighted.
open"You're better than that" [...] "I'm not."
Alice has good reason to want to kill/beat the crap out of Bob (and the audience would very much like to see this happen). Charlie goes along with her during the confrontation, and slowly manages to convince her not to do so (pointing out that revenge won't undo Bob's actions, that Bob is Not Worth Killing, that it might feel good right right then but not in the long run, that she risks prison charges, etc.).
Alice leaves (taunting by Bob optional), but once she's out of earshot, Charlie delivers a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown on Bob, usually after some Oh, Crap!-inducing comment like "She can't afford to throw her life away by beating some asshole half to death with a lead pipe. I can.".
There can even be a fourth person giving the beatdown, all characters involved can be of any gender, but the end result is that Alice has chosen the moral high ground, but the audience still gets to witness Bob being deservedly punished.
There was a Deadpool comic where the Girl of the Week convinces Deadpool not to kill her abusive ex-boyfriend. Deadpool and the girl leave... and then Taskmaster shows up, pointing out to the boyfriend he made no such promise. Implied beatdown ensues.
openDoesn't Know How to Say "No"
A character tends to always go with what someone is telling them to do- even when they don't want to.
An example would be an episode in The Amazing World of Gumball, where Gumball has a hard time saying no to Carrie when she keeps on asking if she can borrow his body. he always ends up regretting it, but he eventually learns to say no
Edited by KingOfStickersopenArtificial Superbeing
A powerful entity, anywhere between superman to godhood, that was purpose-built or -grown to possess that power. Often to emulate the power of another being that already exists.
Deity of Human Origin deals with humans who ascend to godhood, but there could be some overlap based on how they ascend. This deals primarily with a god built from scratch.
Edited by ObservanceopenReality is Relative
Is there a trope for a character claims to control reality by controlling people's perception of it? Or just questions the existence of objective reality in general?
openCrying with no lines
A character looks at the other character,after a while he cries,the other character responds by also crying and after that they hug without both of them saying anything the whole scene.what do you call that trope?
openMultiple questions
A) The archetypal "mysterious savior": Someone who saves people without having their identity/name known. They become a mystery, and probably hope, for the people around them. Not necessarily a superhero.
Example I'm thinking of
- Honkai Impact3rd: In ch. 13, Kiana has been going around in Arc City for some time, fighting invasions of Honkai Beasts that threaten the city. Nobody in the city get to know her or see her clearly, making her a mystery.
B) Something/some happenstance causes a character to split into multiple "versions" of themselves; they tend to have differing characteristics from each other.
Example I'm thinking of
- Honkai Impact3rd:
- In the Odd Drifter event, it's revealed later that there are 2 of the same Captains; the first one you follow is an amnesiac, somewhat abrasive guy, while the second one has his memories and is more considerate. The two later merge with each other, and the whole Captain later discovers why he was split (long story).
- In the Stygian Blooms event, when Seele pulled Bronya and Kiana (among others) into her inner world, it caused the two to split into 2 versions each. One Bronya seems to be stuck in the past (and wears the outfit seen in a flashback), while the other forgets her past (but could at least remember recent events). In case of Kiana, she was split into her normal self and her Superpowered Evil Side.
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What tropes that can be inferred from it?