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Free Page Reparation Agent
A music coming from music franchise later reinserted as a reference.
Well, this could be a Company Cross Reference, but the thing is, a work (or several) have their opening, ending or otherwise used song in the work is coming from the same company that had several original music from their music franchise. Though this might be not a trope, if so please specify it and why it is not a trope, let alone a Trivia entry.
For example, Creator/Bushiroad's music franchise BanG Dream! has several of its songs used for other Bushiroad works. Roselia's "Legendary" and "Heroic Advent" has been used in Cardfight!! Vanguard as an opening and ending theme respectively. Likewise, Poppin' Party's, "Excellent (Hey, Let's Go!)" is used in Future Card Buddyfight.
Edited by JustNormalMusicLover
Pixel Art enthusiast
Last unlockable doesn't match the rest
The last character/skin you unlock in a videogame deviates from the "norm" set by the previous unlockables (i.e. a pixel art character when the other characters are polygonal)
Someone burns a part of their body, so they plunge it into something cold to soothe it.
May be simply done under a tap or, in a winter setting, the victim could run outside and plunge the offending area into the snow.
Person can't remember if something was a dream or really happened
Is there a trope for this? Usually, it's because the thing in question was really weird, so it being a dream is not all that implausible. I can't think of a fictional example off-hand, but I've had it happen to me in real life before.
Seagulls
Any tropes about seagulls?
the Retromancer
Resentment Walk
A scene of someone walking though a new area and everyone present at the village/bar will quickly turn the other way, close door or spit in their direction.
Look it up
What trope is where the character gets needed info from either a book or online?
They/Them
Extreme Carnivore
A character who eats a lot of meat and will always eat it more than other types of food. They might only eat meat like a carnivorous animal. A subtrope to Trademark Favorite Food. Monkey D. Luffy is probably the most iconic example, as he always begs for meat whenever he’s hungry, and he even says that his ideal meal would only be meat. I know we have Real Men Eat Meat, but that mainly deals with how meat is seen as “manly.” What if a woman really likes meat? For example, Timerra, who frequently talks about how much she loves meat, and even sings about it from time to time. Is there a trope for this? Thank you!
Edited by cwallace135
Writer Favoritism
Hey, anyone know of a trope where a writer favors one character over another and they're shown more than the other one?😶
Edited by shyguy128
Fear me
Informed Nationality
A character is stated to be from a certain country. However, they display next to no traits (not necessarily stereotypical ones) of that nationality: They don't have the typical accent/are never heard speaking the language, have a name that could be from anywhere, are never heard comparing things to their country of origin or discussing events there, etc.
Space Gal
An object is mistaken for a person
Someone finds an object and thinks it's a person before being told otherwise.
They/Them
Camp Gay, but not canonically gay
As far as I’m concerned, Camp Gay only refers to when a character is canonically gay. What is the character is Camp Gay in every way, shape, and form, but they are never canonically confirmed to be gay in canon. Same with Manly Gay. Someone who fills in all of the stereotypes, but is never confirmed to be gay. It’s not Camp Straight either, since they have to be confirmed to be straight. Would it just be Ambiguously Gay, or is there another trope for that?
Uknown man as a Protagonist
Situation where in related works, specifically prequels, midquels or spinoffs, we have protagonist that wasn't even mentioned in the original work, yet he's the main character here.
Tiger Mom of Red Panda Daughter
Preemptive Strike in RPGs Videogame
In turn-based RPGs such as Mario & Luigi and Save the Light, you can hit the enemy in the overworld to damage them before the battle begins. If the enemy hits you instead, you get a small penalty in battle: you get stunned in the former game or start the battle with less Star Points in the latter.
Continuing to eat even after finding out what you're eating
A character continues eating or drinking something gross even after being told what's in it or what it is. Possible subversion of I Ate WHAT?!. Two examples from The Simpsons:
- Homer licking a "sticky sweet spot" on the shop floor even after being told it's a mixture of blood and vapor rub.
- Chief Wiggum continuing to drink his slushie even after discovering that a murder victim was stuffed into the slushie machine.
Forgetting the servants are there
A rich/aristocratic/powerful character gets in trouble by forgetting the servants are there (and can hear them, and act on or at least gossip about what they know), e.g. discussing their dastardly plots/love affairs/other compromising material right in front of them.
Could be analogized to forgetting about stagehands, sentient robots, or any other "underlings" quietly doing tasks nearby.
Big Brain Literature
Intelligence is represented in media by the size of a person's brain.
Example: Alice's brain is big because she is smart, and Bob's brain is small because he is dumb.