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openPerson's reflection is different
A person looks into a mirror or a reflective surface and hallucinates that the reflection is actually someone else.
openCharacters have to outgrow their powers?
Examples:
- In Peter Pan, you can no longer fly when you're an adult. They claim it's because you "stop believing" (in spite of proof).
- In Arthur and one of the Mary Poppins stories, babies can talk to each other and animals and, in the case of Mary Poppins, the wind, but must outgrow it when they learn to speak English.
openWiping tears with your fists Live Action TV
You know how people in old pictures and comics tend to make fists with their hands when they cry? Like Rebecca does in the intro to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend? Even though nobody does that for real? Is that a trope?
Edited by MichaelKatsuroopenBully Magnet
The character who just can't catch a break from being bullied. Usually not the main protagonist but often a friend of there's who manages to be even less cool and popular than they are. I know we have tropes like All of the Other Reindeer and Bullying a Dragon, but this character could still have friends and is usually very physically weak (or at least the bullies don't know they're someone not to mess with).
openSubmitting to a Subordinate
I'm looking for a trope that's somewhere between A Father to His Men, and an inversion of Drill Sergeant Nasty. A soldier of some kind that isn't afraid to take orders from someone of a lower rank if their plan is better than his, or even letting the subordinate be the leader during that time if they know more about said tactic than their superior.
A justifiable example could be where an Army Colonel takes part in a Navy operation, and takes orders from a Master Chief Petty Officer (a much lower rank) due to not knowing a lot about Navy practices. And speaking of MCPOs The Master Chief himself could also qualify for this example, as he has earned every single medal he could possibly earn aside from the POW medal (he's literally too badass for that one), and knows more about his job than any ONI spook ever could, considering what happened to Del Rio. (Between you and me, I think the bastard deserved it.)
Another example is where a Sergeant allows a Corporal (both Army ranks) to lead an operation due to said Corporal's comparatively innate familiarity with the area.
Or the simplest example: A low-ranking soldier, regardless of rank or grade, or even a lowly civilian, suggests a plan out of the blue, knowing full well that he has no authority to even suggest it, and said plan is accepted due to being better than anything the higher-ups could think of.
Edited by GofastmikeopenHorribly misrepresented job Literature
Okay, do we have any tropes for jobs taken with a workload that is rather greater than advertised? Not necessarily a job you'd be embarrassed to have, like a Burger Fool.
The example I have is of someone taking a summer job advertised as lawn care of a small lawn, only to find out the lawn is massive, the mower is an iron monster he has to fight to move forward(let alone in a straight line), and "lawn care" apparently includes maintenance of the gutters and hedges. Add to that the client is willing to dock a day's wages if he doesn't see any progress. Obviously this isn't an embarrassing job to have, but clearly the job is much more involved than advertised.
openSmoking troll
A guy is smoking, and he makes so much smoke with it that the others can't stand it anymore. Of couse, he does not care at all, and keeps smoking.
openSuit with hidden properties
In Ultimate X Men the X-men wear leather suits, like those from the films. There is an in-story explanation: those suits allow them to cloak their mutant DNA and avoid detection from the Sentinels (killing machines that seek and kill mutants).
Is it a Shoe Phone or Gadget Watches?
openAnother Finding Trope Descriptions
This is for one of the pages that I made. Tenrou Sirius the Jaeger and here are the questions and descriptions:
1. Is there any trope for a person who practices or masters Kendo? As in this show, one character practices a kendo and it got pay off in Episode 5 when she fights against the Vampires self-defense.
2. While he's not a Mad Scientist by default, Dr. Hanada is trying to create a thing called Artificial Heart by using a living human heart. And once his research is finished, he promises to his daughter that he will hang out with her. Moreover, he was motivated to do this research because of his wife's death. I wonder what kind of type the scientist he is?
3. The maid that works for Dr. Hanada betrays him by telling the location of him and his research to the Vampires so that she could get more money. However, she got back-stabbed by one of the vampires and got killed offscreen.
4. The vampire who back-stabbed the maid said this line when the maid tries to grab the money she gave to her: "I hate cowards like you. No pride and no loyalty. Such a foolish and inferior human." while the maid cries for help before she killed off-screen.
5. I know this belongs to Parental Abandonment trope but is this the Averted, Subverted or Inverted version of it in your guys opinion:
"Dr. Hanada ignores his daughter, Saki, most of the time because he was trying to accomplish his research. However, as he completed his research, he then made a promise towards his daughter that he will spend much more time with her."
6. One of the Major in Japanese Army, Hideomi Iba, disguise himself as a reporter named Tada so that he could investigate so that he could investigate the shady things that the two companies (V-Shipping and Alma Company) has done.
7. In Episode 2, After Yuliy defeated one of the vampires, he is then attacked by a mysterious assailant.
8. In Episode 3, when Ryoko tries to approach Yuliy when he almost transform into a werewolf, he asks her to stay away and don't come near him. However, he also felt sorry that he almost attacks her.
9. In Episode 1, The prologue takes place in Shanghai. But most of the time, the real story takes place in Japan.
10. Both Vampires and the Jaegers tries to retrieve a legendary box/treasure known as the Sirius Ark that could change the world.
11. Major Iba doesn't like to be called as a major when he is on his casual clothes as he's pretty sensitive to his surroundings.
12. I know I made an entry for them in Nebulous Evil Organization. But in this show, there is an organization known as Hyakko Party in Japan who are essentially an anti-government organization who claims to recover the lost soul of a warrior and tries to bring salvation to the poor. However, in reality, they are just thieves going after the rich.
13. The setting of Tenrou Sirius the Jaeger takes places in 1930s.
14. Is there any tropes for Car-chase scenes? Because in the first episode, the Jaeger tried to chase the vampires by car in 1930s Tokyo.
So yeah, any answers for these descriptions as for now?
Edited by ElfenLiedFan90open"Qualifications" that have nothing to do with the job
Is there a trope for when someone's trying to get a job and lists qualifications that are completely irrelevant? Like if Captain America decided to run for New York mayor and lists his credentials as throwing his shield at supervillains or someone trying to get a job at a tech firm saying that they're a three-time Olympic gold medalist.
openHitler and sugar
Hitler Ate Sugar is for the argument "Sugar is bad, because Hitler ate sugar". Which is the trope for "Hitler ate sugar, and sugar is good, so Hitler couldn't be that bad as they say"? (of course, also a falacy)
Edited by GrigorIIopenMistakes in comic book art
Comic Book is a medium that relies in drawn art for its visual aspect. Usually, when fans complain about the mistakes it's about something from the plots (and so we have Continuity Snarl, Series Continuity Error and similar). But what about mistakes in just the art? Things like giving someone 6 fingers in a hand, or using a wrong color somewhere. I thought of Special Effect Failure, but I don't think that's the right one.
openShort-Lived Reunion
Two characters meet again after having been separated for years. Meaning, of course, that one of them is going to die very shortly (or get Put on a Bus at best).
Edited by Chabal2openImaginary Guilt Trip
A character mistakenly believes he's talking to someone who's not there (a statue, a locked room, a corpse, a videogame AI). He starts a conversation, and, getting no answer, assumes his interlocutor is giving him the Silent Treatment. He first acts defensively, admits his mistakes and undergoes Epiphany Therapy. Finally, he thanks the nonexistant person for helping him out.
openPerfect Tropes for these Descriptions Anime
Recently I made a page called Jujutsu Kaisen and needless to say, it needs a bit of Wiki Magic Love. However, I came here to ask some of the tropes that fits nicely with these descriptions for the page and here it is:
1. One of the student in Jujutsu Speciality Highschool is a talking panda unlike any other students who are mostly human.
2. One of the characters, a teacher called Goujou Satoru, used a blindfold all the time. However, it's because he was concealing his true power and he only opens his own blindfold to use said terrifying power in order to fight the cursed demons.
3. I might used the subverted trope of Please Spare Him, My Liege! but it can be replaced with the description that I will tell you: In chapter 2, Goujou-sensei spared Yuji even though that the latter was supposed to be executed by asking the higher ups of Jujutsu Exorcists after swallowing a cursed body part of the King of Cursed Monsters, Ryomen Sukuna. But it was revealed that Goujou-sensei and the rest of the higher ups will execute Yuji at a later future after Yuji swallow all of Ryomen Sukuna's body parts. (Keep in mind that Goujou-sensei/Goujou Satoru wasn't a villain and becomes Yuji's teacher in later chapters.)
4. One of the students of Jujutsu Speciality Highschool, Inumaki Toge, used only food ingredients as his only vocabulary to talk to people.
5. In chapter 13, Goujou-sensei trains Yuji by letting him watching movies along with a creepy cute doll which is revealed to be the cursed corpse that was implemented by the school's principal that will attack Yuji all the time if he doesn't emit the constant flow of magical power by controlling his own emotions.
6. The principal of the Jujutsu Speciality Highschool loves to make a creepy cute dolls. However, it was revealed that the cute dolls itself was actually a cursed stuff that was implemented by him which could resulted the dolls being aggressive. (Mind you, while the principal was antagonistic towards Yuji at first, he actually mellows a little bit after Yuji passed his test when asking him an Armour-Piercing Question.)
7. After Yuji is getting spared by Goujou-sensei and the higher ups of Jujutsu Exorcists, he now made his own goals: Helping more people that was surrounding him and lead them to a proper death. And also letting himself to be executed at a later future for his own proper death in order to liberate humans from curses.
8. One of the students from Kyoto Jujutsu Speciality Highschool asked Fushiguro about his favorite type of women in which the latter answered that his type of woman is a person who has a moral compass that isn't easily swayed. However, the student himself found Fushiguro to be a boring person. As his question regarding woman type could reflect everything about him and if someone has a boring taste in woman, these guys are boring themselves from his own perspective.
That's all for now. Will ask more tropes at a later time.
openUsing children's stories suggestively
Is there a trope specifically for using imagery from children's stories, fairy tales, or nursery rhymes to say something very suggestive? This would lead to a lot of Getting Crap Past the Radar and Unusual Euphemism.
I'm thinking of the Garth Brooks song, "It's Midnight, Cinderella," in which the singer 1.) Identifies himself as Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater. 2.) Questions Prince Charming's sexuality, complete with an Ass Shove. "By the way he's walking, I can guess where you're slipper's at." 3.) Offers to teach Cinderella how to bibitty-bobitty-boo.
Edited by BradyLadyopenNon-Profit Blackmailer / Defensive Blackmailer
Alice digs up some dirt on Bob. Rather than threaten to make the information public in exchange for money or services, she merely lets him know she has it because she likes watching him squirm (and only threatens to release it if he tries to have her silenced or steal the evidence).
Similarly, Alice has dirt on Bob but only uses it if Bob's actions threaten her directly, making no attempt to reveal Bo's crimes to the public until he tries to have her silenced.
openVillain for a day
As you all know, Wolverine is a hero (an anti-hero perhaps, but a hero in the end). In Ultimate X Men he was introduced as a super powered hitman, hired to kill Charles Xavier. He has a Heel–Face Turn, drops his hitman activities and joins the X-Men for real (not as an acting for the mission, as it was the initial case). All of it in the very first story arc, and remains a hero for good.
He has Adaptational Villainy listed as a trope, but is it an actual example?
Do we have a species-wide genetic compulsion trope?
Like:
Although, technically, both of those examples are only known for the "queens" of their species...
Edited by Malady