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Unable to eat
Is there a trope for a character or species who is/are unable to eat regular foods? For Instance, the vampires in [What We Do In The Shadows] cannot digest solid food and can only drink blood. (If I'm remembering correctly. I haven't seen the show, so they may be able to drink other liquids.)
(Also hi this is my first post! Apologies for any formatting issues.)
Like a Brother to Me
Characters seeing other characters as a cool older sibling archetype, even though they're not related. (Not related to Like Brother and Sister.)
Hates everything
A character dislikes almost anything.
Multidimensional Video Game
So there's this pretty specific trope I've seen in a couple of horror video games recently. The main character plays a usually haunted video game, and the events in the game correspond to actions that take place in the real world. Sometimes the in-game map of the video game world matches with the map in real life, often with the video game characters doing actions in the game getting copied in the real world. For example the player makes the character jump in the game, and they hear a thud in their room, as though someone actually jumped. But it's just a game, right?
One such example is Janitor Bleeds
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It's sort of like The Game Come to Life, but maybe a bit more complex than that.
Edited by KingOfStickers
Malicious Alienation?
Is there a trope for someone driving a group or a community of people away (that they're a part of) in either a malicious way or they're like "I'm going to do what I want and if other people don't like it I really don't care". Probably like most associated w/ villains I would guess.
Person uses voice from a previous role for another one
A thread on another website had me wondering about this. Do we have a trope where a voice actor uses the same exact voice for one character for another character on a different show?
Quest keeps getting more convoluted
A character sets out to do a simple task, but it becomes more and more convoluted to succeed. For example:
Bob asks to borrow Alice's car. Alice will let him if he gives her his bike. The bike's tire breaks, so he asks Jim to fix it. Jim will only fix it if Bob lends him his suit. The suit is stained, and the cleaners will only wash it on such short notice if Bob yada yada, so on.
known for creative/fluent invective
Some make their point through sheer volume & repetition. (Cluster F-Bomb) Others save it all for a the moment of greatest impact, and trigger a Precision F-Strike.
This one... is artistic. Their cussing will be creative, non-repetitive, literary, and very much on point. Expect others to settle in to listen in awe.
Bonus points if they manage it without using any conventionally vulgar or offensive terms. (Thinking of a young woman who held out for nearly five minutes with "A string of... curses that were neither blasphemous nor prurient")
Is this just a flavor of Sir Swears-a-Lot? Or do we have something more specific?
Brought together by tragedy
Two people bond over a tragedy and become a couple
Foreign language dubs have language-specific terms that change context?
A specific case I have in mind is in Outbound Flight, where Thrawn introduces Thrass as his brother, and the Japanese translation specifies that Thrass is his younger brother (otouto) because there isn't an informal word for just "brother" in Japanese.
Edited by CommanderVisor
Blast from the past message
A character is contacted out of the blue by someone he hasn't talked to in years or decades, often someone who played a major role in his past.
Foreigners only named about their origin
A foreign character who is refered by the country/place they come from- like "The Australian", "The Indian", "The Norwegian".
Fight with a villain at a disadvantage
What I'm thinking of is when a bad guy has a fight, usually one on one, with the hero or a non-villainous adversary, and either the bad guy has a major, and often hidden, advantage against their opponent or their opponent is fighting with a serious disadvantage or handicap. The fight's often in public or has an audience, and the bad guy's goal is to make themself look good by defeating their opponent or mock their opponent if they lose. The examples I'm thinking of are:
- Wolverine #1, where a pirate gang's leader is fighting the captain of the ship his gang has captured. The captain's arms are tied behind his back, and the pirate leader is wielding a machete;
- The Transformers (can't remember the episode) Megatron fights Optimus one-on-one in what's supposed to be an honor duel, but Megatron has secretly buffed himself with the abilities of the other Decepticons;
- Dune: Feyd-Rautha's gladiatorial duel with a fighter who's had a hypnotic suggestion put on him that Feyd can use to cause him to freeze up;
- Gladiator: Commodus' show fight against Maximus at the end of the movie, where Commodus stabbed Maximus in the side just before they came out to the arena
Do we have this?
Edited by Willbyr
(Culture) loves their drama
- Completion of a hired task is accompanied by hammy protestations and demonstrations on the subject of "How hard I have worked to accomplish this thing"
- Bartering between merchants generally includes histrionic posturing about "taking the food out of my children's mouths!" There may be tearing of hair.
- Public exchanges of views get loud, and attract an (appreciative) audience.
- If someone sustains any (even mild) injury, expect many to enjoy a large panic because "He's dead! How will his family live?"
All of the above may be leaned on a bit to mess with the tourists, but if one plays the game back, they get culturally assimilated pretty quickly.
Is this a thing?
Collective Law, Single Target
A lawmaker passes a law that affects everyone but the real target is a single person, usually a personal enemy. Often leads to The Streisand Effect or the Forbidden Fruit effect.
- Something Positive has a city official get humiliated when his attempt to hijack Mike's Real Life Superhero persona for PR purposes backfires in public. When next seen he's trying to pass a law to ban those activities (and making no effort to disguise that it's solely to get back at Mike, calling it the "Who's laughing now, jerk" ordinance).
- After Harry Potter gives an interview to the Quibbler revealing Voldemort's return, Umbridge puts out a blanket ban on the magazine, ensuring that everyone will try to get their hands on it to know why it was banned.
Adopting an disparaging nickname is an ironic one
What's the trope when someone adopts a disparaging nickname for himself as an ironic nickname? Here an example (Warning, Attack on Titan spoilers): A Marleyan officer called the tea the Island Eldians offered him "pig's piss", so when Levi offered another bunch of Marleyan soldiers tea, he called it "pig's piss", too.
Edited by arisboch
Trope for Interquel/Sequel making the original worse?
I just recently finished Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth and wanted to know if there's a trope for when a sequel/interquel makes the original make less or no sense (when it comes to story). Idiot plot comes to mind, but I don't feel like it's specific enough. Is there a trope for when an interquel or a sequel breaks the original in terms or story/setting/characters?
Sonder
The realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.
status bars in non video games
A non-interactive medium shows status bars or other video game elements onscreen.
Is this Failed a Spot Check?
A character is so busy being focused on clothes shopping that they don't realize another character has joined them until they see the other character's hand on the clothing racks
Dismissing as a Dream
A devastated character starts to think they're just dreaming.
Pinch Me and That Was Not a Dream are not it. We don't have this, do we? I want to make sure before I bring this to TLP.
Edited by Momochi
Opposite of Hype Backlash
What is the opposite trope of Hype Backlash? Can someone tell me?
The "but" that never came
Do we have trope for when a character phrases a sentence as if they're about to make another point but just hold on the pause instead?
Example: (from Zero Punctuation) "Don't get me wrong, listener. The Last of Us Part 2 was a pretty miserable experience..."
Characters Who Made Bad Decisions Are More Likely To Be Hated?
Is there a trope, in a similar spirit of Jerks Are Worse Than Villains, that in a YMMV manner, explain that sometimes the fandom has no patience for 'good characters' who made bad decisions for whatever reasons? Especially if it becomes detrimental to the heroes' quest. I was thinking to probably try to launch a trope for it (with justifications that the audience more likely would relate to such stupid decisions and tried to assure themselves that that there's no way they're going to pull that bad decision given the situation, thus they Will Not Be a Victim or won't have something that they will never live down), but I'm not sure if there are already a similar trope or it's worthy to even get into the Trope Launch Pad...
Thanks!