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openFight as a distraction
The villain is cornered by the heroes. In response, they summon some monster/minion/etc. to fight the heroes, thus letting the villain escape.
openConvenient Paper hitting face
A newspaper/flyer/poster that happens to have critical information that's important to a character just happens to be blown by the wind and ends up landing on their face so they can see it.
openShape group motifs
Each member of a certain group is associated with a specific shape—circles, squares, triangles, hearts, stars, you name it.
openSparring Equals Sex?
I've heard it's a common trope for couples to have sex after sparring, but I can't find it for anything. Do we even have this one? Not to be confused with Interplay of Sex and Violence.
openPagan-Christian Conflict
Trope where Christian beliefs come in conflict with Pagan Beliefs, or the suppression of Pagan beliefs during/as a part of the spread of Christianity.
The most prominent examples I can think of are Andrei Rublev and Pentiment. Although the trope is not always European or strictly Medieval in nature: an example from Christianity's early rise to power in Rome is Songs for Pierre Chuvin by the Mountain Goats, and a more modern example is Purple Hibiscus which takes place in Nigeria, most likely during the 90s.
Edited by yellowvansopenCorporate Cartoonification
A Sub-Trope of Anthropomorphic Typography where a form of representation (such as a country flag or a brand logo) is given human attributes such as arms and legs, the ability to speak, and other characteristics.
Examples:
- Days Inn and Cold Stone, two recurring characters from my own YouTube channel, as featured in GTW's Halloween Bash are anthropomorphized versions of the logos for the Days Inn hotel chain and the Cold Stone Creamery ice cream shop chain, respectively. They also have several other anthro-logos as friends.
- Parker, the mascot for the Kennywood amusement park, who is an anthropomorphic version of the Kennywood logo. As Defunctland put it best, "YOU CAN MEET, THE SIGN!"
- A commercial for Firefox depicted three anthropomorphized versions of the logos for Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, and Safari pestering the Firefox before he barks back at them with a Big "SHUT UP!".
- Some Google Doodles depict the letters in the Google logo as having arms and legs, being able to walk around and act as humans would. Doubles as Anthropomorphic Typography.
- Polandball: Aside from the main character, every other character is an anthropomorphized ball version of a country's flag.
- NBC's Peacock logo has been known to come to life in some fashion, such as the sort-of-famous "Sneezing Peacock" where it sneezes and causes its tail feathers to fly away.
openspecial dangerous training to unlock an ability that'd take years to master Anime
in bleach, to develop a Bankai usually takes about a decade of hard work. ichigo cant be bothered, so he undergoes a special risky method to do it in three days. i know this is a thing in lots of anime but i cant rememeber other examples.
openDoesn't know how to use everyday items
When a character, often an extraterrestrial alien, tries and fails to use an item that the audience takes for granted.
- In Disney's The Little Mermaid (1989), Ariel the mermaid doesn't know what a fork or a tobacco pipe is. Her friend gives her false information, telling her a fork is for combing the hair. Later in the movie, Ariel confidently uses the fork to groom her hair, getting weird looks from the humans in her company.
- In one episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the alien Weyoun has a slice of pepperoni pizza on a plate. He is attempting to eat it with chopsticks, but he jabs the tip of the stick fiercely into the pizza which only skewers a single pepperoni slice. He then raises it to his mouth and eats it casually, showing the audience that he is completely unfamiliar with eating this way. He does it so casually that it looks like he thinks that is the intended way to use chopsticks with pizza.
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.
openAstral or Inner Form
Is there a trope, and if so, what is the name of the trope where people have a mystical appearance, that can only be seen through magic or other supernatural effect, or when you enter the Spiritual Plane ?
Like in Ennui Go, Max constantly sees the Astral Form of people.
Edited by PassionFloweropen"Let Me Think About It... Nah"
Character A suggests an idea to Character B, and the latter (often arrogantly) turns it down with a Hope Spot-like "Let me think..... nope!"
B may even feign actually pondering the idea for a little while before disregarding it.
Edited by FaithfulMacabreopenRestricted For A Reason
Bob is forbidden from doing something. He does it anyway, and finds out those restrictions were for a very good reason, often too late.
For instance, sneaking his way onto a roller coaster he's too short to ride, only to realize the restraints are too loose and he falls to his death.
openDisability Isn't Your Fault, Not Seeking Treatment Is
Bob is known to have a mental disorder (depression, anxiety etc.). Alice is particularly hard on him (almost to the point of Bullying the Disabled), yet she's perfectly kind and understanding towards other people with similar problems.
When questioned, it turns out that Alice is perfectly aware that having such disorders makes life difficult, but she can't stand people who don't do anything about it (i.e. Carla also has depression but is seeing a therapist, Daniel takes anti-anxiety medication, etc.). To her, Bob not doing anything to treat his depression means he's taking advantage of it to gain sympathy. She compares it to someone with a missing leg she knows who decided to live off disability checks instead of looking for a job that doesn't require walking.
Edited by Chabal2openNerdy No Longer
This happens in a lot of high school stuff where a nerdy character becomes less of a nerd by the end of the movie. In Sydney White and the Seven Dorks, one of the dorks is more socially awkward than all the rest and spends all his time doing science experiments. At the end of the movie, he's driving an expensive car, wearing a nice suit, and has two hot girls with him. He explains that he invented something and now he's rich.
openUncensored Dub, Censored Dub
Basically this is a trope where a dubbed work has an uncensored version that's faithful to the original, and a censored version that censors certain elements of the original.
openDub Elements Made Canon
Basically this is a trope where elements of a dubbed/translated version of a work are incorporated into the original work. An example of this is how in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, Eggman was the character's actual name in Japan, while in the dub it's just a nickname and his real name is Ivo Robotnik. Later, that aspect of the dub was carried over in canon.
openFire him or I go away with my huge donation Live Action TV
A person donates millions of dollars to a hospital. Then, when one particular doctor is forced to give a speech regarding the donor's product (It Makes Sense in Context), the doctor makes a negative one. The donor then tells the hospital board that if they refuse to fire the doctor, he will go away with his money.
openHe reminds me too much of my dead child Live Action TV
A woman leaves her husband because he reminds her too much of their dead child.

This might just fall under "Go Through Me", but it also seems distinctly different. I'm looking for where a crowd acts in unison and gets in between the thing being threatened and the ones doing the threatening.