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openReal World Plot
Characters from a well-established franchise go through an event that brings them to the real world.
Examples: Sonic X, The Smurfs
Unjustly accused of painful accuracy
resolved Scenery pointers Videogame
What's the trope for the scenery pointing you towards progression or secrets of the game?
Like Follow the Money but not with 'coins' (or stars or bananas or or or)
E.g. A pattern of stars in the background forms a crude arrow pointing to a passable wall, or willows hanging to the side you are supposed to go in a labyrinth
Edited by perotinus1983
openGenre Gag
Like Mythology Gag, but for when a work makes a references to classic works in its genre. Like a Spy thriller referencing James Bond or horror novel referencing Stephen King.
resolved Same scene and elements in 2 juxtaposed perspectives Music
I'm unsure which trope would fit for this music video as it's not entirely clear what's happening (as if which of the perspectives are real) but here goes.
- Twin Tribes: In "Monolith"'s music video
, a woman in a white dress is corrupted by Ominous Obsidian Ooze, tainting the room she's in. A contrasting view reintroduces the same room and lady in white as untainted, with pink lighting and petals on the floor, and she looks much happier. The scene alternates between the inky lady thrashing in agony and her smiling counterpart dancing gracefully, with the musical duo and the titular monolith appearing in either view as clean and smiling (in the brighter view) or tainted with ink (in the darker view).
The closest thing I think would fit is Once More, with Clarity but, again, I'm not sure. So I'd appreciate the help, thanks.
Edited by BlackFaithStar
openNo Title
A characters doesnt take things serious and doesnt use his full power, he doesnt care about being the most powerful but then something serious happens and he unleashes his full power and quickly defeats the villains that were giving the others a tough time
openMotivated Reasoning
characters who's believe they are motivated by principles, but in practice bend and twist to justify to themselves doing whatever selfishly benefits themselves. The core here is strained self-denial and being unable to admit what they really want. With everything else just being excuses and rationalization.
These people's actions constantly contradict themselves because they don't actually understand what really is motivating them.
a type of Knight Templar.
Example I have in mind is Viren from The Dragon Prince.
Edited by IronAnimation
the Retromancer
openNon-Converging Writing
When a work doesn't have what can be called the main plot. Instead of one quest, it keeps showing more and more smaller stories for the sake of Worldbuilding, either with Rotating Protagonist, The Big Bad Shuffle or repeated And the Adventure Continues.
Not having a central conflict or goal means the author can keep going indefinitely until they run out of ideas.
Not sure if weekly cartoons with Negative Continuity fit in.
Edited by Amonimus
pragmatic scientist
openPhaser / layer shifter
Is there a trope for a character or being which is capable of "shifting" or "phasing" their presence to a different layer of space? They may become temporarily invisible as a result or be able to pass through solid matter like a ghost.
In Series/Andromeda there was this species of aliens which were strongly implied to do this. Unfortunately I don't remember much bout them.
openSomething created for a good purpose is misused
What is the trope for when a device created for a good purpose is misused by someone for a bad purpose?
openGleeful Snarker
I see reference to Deadpan Snarker all the time, but it seems to me a lot of the snarkers I see are far from deadpan about it. Is there a trope for snarkers who are clearly enjoying themselves with their snark, and don't try to downplay or be subtle or chill about it?
Darkness Fairy Princess Alexi Daybreak
openWho Did This To You?
Overprotective character finds their soulmate injured, and they ask, "Who did this to you?" I can't find it on here.
open"Did X happen?" "No, it was Y... OF COURSE it was X!"
Some awful event occurs. When Alice asks Bob how this happened, Bob enters Sarcasm Mode and suggests an unlikely or random reason before spitting out the obvious answer. The format goes like this:
Alice: What happened? Did X cause this?
Bob: (sarcastically) No, it was Y. Of course it was X!
Edited by casualsister
openUndeserved Pedestal
Someone is put on a pedestal for undeserved reasons.
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openCoincidental similar fiction and real life occurence
An event that happens in a work of fiction turns out to be a reference of an event that happened to their voice actor.
openA friendly boss reminded people he is the boss
In a workplace comedy theres a character that is nice, and is more of a friend then a boss, he does something to be like "listen i may be nice, but i am still your boss"
openBeat a challenge, your prize is a new challenge
Exactly what it sounds like — win a competition or mini-game of some kind, receive another challenge or mini-game you can compete in as a prize. For example:
- Kingdom Hearts: In the various tournaments at Olympus Coliseum, on top of the standard weapon/item/ability rewards, beating the original run-through will unlock the option to enter the tournament with Sora alone. Winning that will unlock a "Time Trial" challenge, and completing that will unlock the ability to compete in individual fights. Completing the base Hades Cup will also unlock the Gold Match, which pits Sora alone against the Ice Titan.
Until next time...
Anon e Mouse Jr.
openNo Title
Alone in bed
openBlindness blackout surroundings
Blindness/blindfolded perspective being visually shown by the character being in lit up in color, but everything around them being black.
Happens in - Samurai Jack - Young Justice - Teen Titans
Marsh Artino:
•The strong silent type.
•A shameless skirt-chaser; if any woman throws themselves at him, regardless of his one eye, he’ll gladly take them.
•Likes reading dirty magazines and spending quality time with Irving.
•His relationship with Nixie is neutral at best, meaning while he’s decent toward her, he’s not overly chummy and when ordered to do something, he’ll do it without questioning.
•Doesn’t talk, instead uses grunts or sign language.