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openVillain's main goal in life is to have everyone fear them.
openPrevious villain mentoring current hero Videogame
A scenario where, at the end of the game, the Big Bad pulls a Heel–Face Turn and becomes a good guy. Come the next game, the former antagonist is now in charge of training that game's protagonist. Because, hey, who's a better person to train them in defeating the Army of Ultimate Evil than the person who previously led said army. Bonus points if the setting is magic-based, and their area of expertise is dark magic.
Edited by GofastmikeopenNewer characters' design are more advanced than old ones
Do we have a trope where in a work with Loads And Loads Of Characters where the design of the newer characters have more complex and experimental designs compared to the older characters? It's not Art Evolution as that applies to the artwork in general or Early Installment Character-Design Difference as it could apply to older characters' or a solo character's design changing over time. It's mainly a comparison of newer characters compared to the older ones. A bit prominent in MOB As and Mons category.
If not, I could take it to Launchpad and call it Character Design Creep. I got this idea from a certain video where a graphic designer noticed this siutation in League of Legends where newer champions have noticeable design differences that leave the classics looking underwhelming or off. Well, until the old champions have their character design reworked to be on par with the new ones.
Edited by WarioGuyopenTrue love, delayed by a generation
Two people are in love, yet end up marrying other people. Their children or grandchildren eventually fall in love and get married.
openI Had Something Prepared...
Preparing a big speech for some kind of ceremony, but at the last minute discarding it and deciding to speak from the heart
openGame gives you a super obvious hint/tip Videogame
Such as "if you lose all your Hit Points you will die" or "shoot enemies to kill them". Would this fall under Viewers Are Morons?
open Poisoned by Draining
I just saw this TLP and it got me wondering - do we have a trope where a vampire is poisoned or otherwise negatively affected by something in their victim's blood? I immediately thought of when Lestat fed on the boys who had been killed by overdoses of laudanum in Interview with the Vampire and it essentially paralyses him, allowing Claudia to attack him.
Edited by WillbyropenTV shows/Sitcoms where a character suddenly has a skill/hobby that’s only in that episode
I’ve noticed it especially in sitcoms and Disney Channel-type shows. There’s already an established story with characters etc. For one episode only, Bob is suddenly very interested in painting and the episode is about his attempt to get his painting into the local gallery, despite never mentioning an interest in painting before or since. Or a kid is suddenly massively into hockey, and the episode is about him wanting to score the winning goal. These hobbies that the characters are apparently so passionate about are never mentioned again and are only relevant for that episode.
There’s another type where it’s a behaviour a character has, like suddenly being indecisive, or suddenly being nervous, if that makes sense. There’s an episode in Friends where Rachel is shown as being a pushover, but she’s not actually that much of a pushover in any other episode, in my opinion anyway. But it was relevant in THAT episode.
openRevealing that dark and/or dreaded character was nice in the past
Looking for a trope for when a character or characters discover (via learning or travelling back in time) that a villian, or anti-hero that appears to be quite dark, frigthening, or at least is looked upon as such, used to be a nice and likeable person in the past. And specifically the trope for the same reveal, when hero or heroes travel back in time to kill a villain before he becomes a danger, but are unable to do that once they meet him because of the reasons above.
openOn Fantastic Racism
If a character is racist towards a person from a Fantasy Counterpart Culture, is it still Fantastic Racism or just racism? There's just much "fantastic" about making fun of someone for their skin tone, except that they're in a fantasy setting and it's not a real country.
openGrade Switch
Seen this in school settings, where two students (one a genius, the other...not a genius) get their test grades or report cards switched, either by a faculty error or the underperforming student deliberately pulling the switcheroo on the genius. This usually leads to the genius getting punished for bad grades that aren't actually his and his protests being treated as Cassandra Truth — at least, until the mix-up gets sorted out.
openNo-one knows what the character is? Live Action TV
Trying to find a trope for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. character page, mainly for Serge and Snowflake in the current series.
What trope is it for when no-one knows what the character is, other than Nothing Is Scarier. I know that The Spook is for no-one knows who the character is.
The characters look human, but clearly aren't, yet no-one In-Universe knows what they are and it's a source of speculation. Is there a trope for this?
This is a physical appearance trope, I guess.
I don't think A Form You Are Comfortable With fits this, but I'm not sure if there's another trope.
I'd much appreciate the help!
openPutting someone in danger to pay off a debt or something similar
Not sure how to describe what I'm thinking of...basically it's when someone in a position of authority has a subordinate placed into a dangerous situation and ordered to compromise themselves in some way, either through physical injury or damage to their psychological health, in order to achieve a certain goal.
The founding example is this: A manager at a supermarket has a backroom meeting with an employee, telling him that he'll be reassigned into the meat packing department, specifically in charge of operating a large slicer. The manager then tells the employee that the store's insurance policy will pay a certain amount of money if someone lost a finger while using the slicer, broadly speaks of the employee owing a large sum of money to the store's owner, and drops a very blatant hint that the employee should basically chop his hands to pieces and use the insurance money to pay off his debt. When the employee asks what he would do afterward, the manager says he doesn't care and leaves.
This feels different from Uriah Gambit as that is all about having someone actually killed whereas this doesn't need to go that far and might not even require the person to be physically harmed.
EDIT: Maybe what this needs to be is something about when a person is made or encouraged to do something extreme in order to pay off a debt...that might be more easily tropeable or connected to something else.
Edited by WillbyropenFan-made sequel, but not "fan fiction"
I'm trying to find the trope for when a fan continues an existing work, and is able to professionally publish their work. The fan may have been warned about Legal action, but either the original creator didn't follow through on the threat or the courts dismissed (or found in favour of the defendant, it doesn't matter), the point is; the fan-work is legally considered distinct from the original-work.
Despite being legally distinct, fans still consider it a part of The 'Verse. This can technically happen in any medium, but I'm looking at an example in Literature. I've gone over Derivative Works, but the closest I can find, Spiritual Successor, says that production is related to the original creator.
What is the trope for "a fan created this professional work that is intended to be seen as a sequel to a property that they couldn't use for copyright reasons"?
openCross Eyed
Am I daft? "X" eyes are an universal cartoon/comic indicator that a character is pining for the fjords. Still, I was not able to find it either under Eye or Death tropes.
openSubsequent lover hates their predecessor
Bob broke up with Alice. Bob is now dating Carol. Regardless of whether or not Alice and Bob are Amicable Exes (usually this is the case), Carol doesn't like Alice or avoids talking about them, usually because: 1) She believes Alice is a bad person because Bob is surely a wonderful person who can do no wrong, so Alice must've ruined the relationship, 2) She doesn't like being thought of as Bob's "second choice" and otherwise wouldn't have been with him, and/or 3) She's jealous that she didn't get to be with Bob first. At the very least, she acts awkwardly around her.
I've heard this be referred to as "the other woman"?
Examples:
The Age of Adaline: Adaline and Harrison Ford's character used to be lovers, but they got separated due to circumstances and Adaline got eternal youth. Decades later, they reunite through Ford's character's son (who Adaline is now dating) and Adaline means Ford's character's wife. Adaline (under a new identity) introduces herself as Adaline's daughter or something and Ford's character reminisces about Adaline. His wife is otherwise a Nice Girl, but pulls him aside and says that she feels uncomfortable about him reminiscing about Adaline because she doesn't want to feel like he was her second choice.
Miraculous Ladybug: Variation in that no one in this is an official couple yet. Adrien/Chat Noir asks Ladybug to be his girlfriend and she lightly rejects him because she loves someone else (Adrien, they don't know each other's identities). Adrien talks about this to Kagami and the two grow closer romantically. However, Kagami is led to believe that Marinette (Ladybug) is the girl that rejected Adrien and comes to believe she is a bad person that knowingly toys with Adrien's feelings. As a result, Kagami makes bolder moves to win Adrien's heart and starts acting coldly to Marinette, including telling her that she'll have to catch up if she really wants a chance at winning Adrien.