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openRising engine/power hum? Film
There's a distinctive sound effect that is used all over the place in live TV and movies, some animation, and probably other places too: a rising hum used to indicate something powering up. One example of it is the ending sequence in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull — see this clip
, starting at about 3:32.
Is there a specific trope that covers this? If not, should there be? It seems like it should get more than just an entry on the Stock Sound Effects page.
openDon't know Film
Two male roommates, separated and put with other people and purposefully try to annoy those roommates to be with each other again. Them and their group of friends steal another schools mascot
openThe moment the buddies meet in a buddy comedy Film
In romcoms, when the boy and girl first meet, that's a "meet-cute" - but is there a similar trope for when the buddies in a buddy comedy first meet? I'm thinking when Riggs first meets Murtaugh in lethal Weapon, for example.
openBrand New Awesome Material... That Isn't That Great? Film
In the Captain America: Brave New World, there's the talk behind the adamantium being even better than vibranium. The adamantium was never brought up in MCU before, what's the trope?
And also, what if such brand new thing/material just... Doesn't cut it? In one of the Disney Duckverse stories, I think the american/English one, that was selled as two-parter in magazines, the brand new metal was introduced from some small country in Europe, later showing it's not stable and is disegrating chains on ducks... And also Scrooge's big money house vault.
It doesn't even have to be a material, but just some thing, that is supposed to surpass the new one with the ending and events before showing that "if it ain't broke don't fix it" works into play.
openThey're not Wanted here Film
This is a trope I've seen in Westerns. I tried looking at Wild West Tropes but I didn't see what I'm looking for.
A dangerous man arrives in a frontier settlement. The heroes, typically law enforcement, go over a list of areas where the dangerous man is Wanted, or a list of crimes he is Wanted for. But the newcomer is allowed to go free and isn't arrested, because "they aren't Wanted here" or "they haven't committed any crimes here."
This trope is used to establish the newcomer as a criminal and a dangerous man, although I've also seen where the character is a charming rogue and ends up doing something heroic, so not always a villain.
openTrope in which a character refuses to join a group unless so does their friend Film
Often, though not necessarily, this friend will have undesirable qualities.
'to ease typing this, Adam refuses to go without Bob.
the friend nobody likes - Bob is this.
the page has some reasons why either Adam or the group overall keeps Bob around.
some other possibly relevant pages I found while looking.
cloudcuckoolander's minder - if Adam is tasked with looking after Bob, and thus Bob must come along.
Adam is often obligated. "I have to babysit my little brother Bob" for example.
arranged friendship - Adam is often causing an arranged friendship between Bob and the rest of the group,
cool kid and loser friendship - If the group is popular and doesn't want to include Bob for status reasons.
tagalong kid - an often unwanted or unhelpful character who often manages to 'tag along' with the main group.
The Load - a character who's strictly a detriment to the group.
the champion - if Adam is always kind, looking out for, and taking care of Bob, Adam might be Bob's champion'.
Some help. A name for it could be 'package deal', though I am unsure if there is another.
openIs there a trope about errors in dub that leads to ruin a scene? Film
In the Past Lives film, there is a scene were Nora and Hae Sung are speaking in Korean, then Nora leaves, Hae Sung speaks with Arthur in English. In the european Spanish dub all three characters speaks in Spanish, despite the fact that Arthur should not be understanding what Nora and Hae are talking actually. Is there a trope for that?
openWhat they say is always correct even in broken English Film
What they say is always correct even in broken English
openTv show Film
Watched a TV show many years ago and cannot remember the name. I have been looking g for years online and cannot find. Can anyone help me out possibly? Hard to remember clearly but i remember the series was about a young teenager brown skinned girl was found dead in the woods. Lead female detective and male. They later came to find she was bullied by other teenagers and locked up in the woods when she got out she made a pact with a male friend to commit suicide she jumped into river in the woods committing suicide and her friend didn't. Does anyone know the name please?
openRunning around at Night with a bunch of neon signs coming in and out of frame. Film
You know that thing, I think the first time I've seen this was in the simpsons, someone's trying not to drink but they're bombarded by neon signs of bars. Interested to know if this visual trope has a name or an origin.
Edited by YeetTheBeetopenPrevious installment gets more positive attention after a bad sequel? Film
So with Sequelitis becoming a pandemic, I'm seeing a lot of people claiming that previous installments, which maybe weren't so warmly received on release, are better than the newer stuff. You see it with the Star Wars sequel trilogy being called worse than the Prequels, you see it with the newer Marvel stuff being compared unfavorably to drastically mid films like Thor: the Dark World, and a lot of people (including Yours Truly) are of the opinion that Monster Hunter Wilds is inferior to Rise... is is just Vindicated by History?
openMurder porn massacre Film
When a movie has a pointless massacre unrelated/unnecessary to the plot, the target usually being a group of people that are almost unanimously seen as vile such as pedophile Nazis or cannibalistic rapists. The group is, well, TOTALLY MASSACRED! by the protagonist or sympathetic character(s).
openRich Party Animal Film
Is there a trope that is specifically about a character who’s extremely rich, dumb and loves partying? Basically a character, could be main or whatever, probably physically attractive, but not necessarily, kind of an airhead but they’re rich and spend all their nights at clubs or balls. An example would be Kalim from Twisted Wonderland, he’s one of the richest characters in the game, called out for being oblivious multiple times and loves to throw parties like crazy.
openRacecar Shaped Beds Film
Well, they're beds that are racecar shaped. Usually young kids (always boys) are shown to have one. Yeah that's about it, but I've seen many shows do this for some reason.

I.e. the main plot point of the 2003 drama film Magnifico whose child protagonist prepares for his grandmother's (presumably) impending death by making a coffin for her, only for the child himself to pass away and be buried in his own coffin.