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Is there a trope for when the side at the disadvantage in an Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors duel wins the fight? For example if fire beat water or rock beat paper?
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I'm inquiring for a trope suggesting that "everything is trying to be something". For example when I was in high school it felt that the school was just striving to be the concept of what high school is through media. It was as if they (students/staff) had freshly watched American Pie and were trying to live it in real life. It feels as if a similar concept exists with celebrities. They all are trying to be a spitting image of who they are the most derivative from.
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Do we have a trope for 'Throw/Grab Move'? it's explained there what is, it has long since crept into action games where you can go to an enemy and press the grab button to initiate a throw attack, which may make use of Action Commands.
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When someone hides from an attacker/bad guy and begins to think they are safe, only to be discovered at the last second. Often used as a jump-scare. Typically the character is hiding somewhere somewhat open (where the camera can film their faces) like underneath a bed.
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Do we have a trope for the concept of Proxy Battles? basically a fighting style using, say, an Attack Animal or Mons. kinda like Persona, where they fight using their Guardian Entity.
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Is there a trope for an episode that looks back on other episodes, becoming a sort of "Highlights" episode? Like the yearbook picture episode on That 70's Show?
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Is the a trope for when somebody is the victim of Baleful Polymorph and the transformation also causes them to become brainwashed? For example, Alice is turned into a dragon by Bob and Bob also now has control over her mind.
It's happened multiple times in Cave Story and twice in Golden Sun. I'm sure there are more examples but I can't think of any off the top of my head.
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People only remember the significance of a work for the reasons that aren't really what makes it great, but provides fuel to self sustain longevity.
Examples:
Neon Genesis Evangelion - It seems that the last 10 or so episodes (gradually more so up until the end), are why it's considered great, but I come across a lot of people saying how much they enjoy the actiony segments with the more Angel combat - which are nonetheless innovative (on some level), but not what's truely fueling it's status quo, only reinforcing it.
The Beatles - The first time I noticed this. I'm not exactly sure just how innovative their albums before Rubber Soul were, but they seem to be much more popular on a mass scale (however, not on music forums/review sites i.e www.rateyourmusic.com).
Guns N' Roses - The Appetite for Destruction singles vs Use Your Illusion (Don't Cry)
I'm under the iteration that very few people actually shape the spectrum of the status of the artistic outlet and end up cultivating the reactions of countless others due to the basic fundamentals of psychology. If all someone does is watch anime, or listen to music (while not always wise) we are more biased to be influenced by them (and for constructive reasons - for the most part)
Scenario - A few anime fanatics go on and on about the story about NGE, which in return makes people want to be associated with their "empirical" decision, as it will as a result cause people to believe they are sophisticated on and emotional level.
xxx Reading/anime serve the same potentiality as artistic outlets, but reading is commonly more associated with "smart" people. Ergo, if one is reading in a social environment, in contrast to "watching cartoons" they gain a level of survival value (evolutionary psychology). Essentially the same in a box as a celebrity wearing a brand, then everybody else buying it. The fans vessel'd in the submissive, supporting position won't be able to verbalize and differentiate their enjoyment for NGE as their mind tricks them into thinking they like it, as this would increase survival potential in a prehistoric environment more congruently aligned to our emotions. It is frequented by quick statements which cannot be denounced ("Art is preference/subjective"), which while it is, exhibits patterns which are is a clear testament to ones understanding/perception (Sturgeon's Law projected from innovative material).
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Is there a trope regarding the mention that some relatively mundane items are found nowhere else in the known universe but Earth? This comes up frequently in sci-fi. For example, in Doctor Who, chips (ahem, British for fries) and "edible ball bearings" (round, silver candy) are mentioned by the Doctor as being unique to Earth. Another example, but with less comedic impact, water in 80's series V is said to be incredibly rare (hence a very interesting resource for the aliens to tap on a planet where there is so much).
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Is there a trope for a character who fails to show proper awe in the face of majesty?
I.E. Four heroes arrive at a giant ancient castle. Three of them gape in awe, gazing up at the ancient stone spikes, overgrown with vines, unseen by human eyes for five centuries. The fourth shouts "Cool!" and runs in and starts poking things.
Could also be a villainous trope, for example a villain is more concerned about the gold in an Aztec temple than the Aztec temple itself.
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I don't know if there is actual trope for this, but it's a thing where someone has a curse placed on them, but it's not really all that bad— They're not Cursed with Awesome or Blessed with Suck, they're just... Mildly inconvenienced by the curse.
Anyone?
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Perhaps, this is obvious, but I cannot find an answer to this. I am searching for a trope where there is a character who is disapproved strongly by a majority, if not everyone, of the cast, perhaps not by the audience, someone with an 0% approval rating, but has done nothing to deserve such bitter treatment. It is not a Designated Villain, because the character is technically a villain, though they have not done anything that villainous, or is it a Hate Sink (they were designed to be hated) or the Scrappy (they are usually a jerk). Can anyone please help? Thanks.
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Do we have a trope that describes a common move in fight scenes where one character will push or blast something such as a table, chair, or cart towards his opponent in a pragmatic effort to stop him or her? It's sort of like tropes that discuss using the environment in a fight or being a pragmatic fighter. If there's not a specific trope for this move, what trope would these examples be filed under?
Anime trope for the "best friend" character that is in many harems. The guy who sometimes shows up for like 5 seconds maybe, only to be angry at the main character (even though they're supposed to be friends), say dumb and perverted things, and is even more of a punching bag than the MC. Usually wears glasses and/or has a shorter hairstyle.