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openReturn to hometown Live Action TV
Is there a trope for a plot that starts off with the protagonist returning home to the small town they moved away from? Usually if it’s a TV series this works as a justification for exposition since the character has to get up to speed on everything that’s happened while they’ve been away.
opentranslation line thing Live Action TV
I checked the translation tropes and couldn't find it. It's a part in a scene where a character can't speak another language, so they have to bring in a bilingual character to create a translation telephone game. Sometimes more than one character is brought in depending on the situation.
Here's an example from I Love Lucy, where Lucy accidentally gets counterfeit money on her tripe to France, and is almost arrested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xle3I-5nfpI
openWhen villains use Alexa/Siri-type devices Live Action TV
I've seen this in a couple things (off the top of my head, the newest Tick TV series and the new Toxic Avenger movie): a character, usually a villain, is using a version of a real-life voice-activated device like Siri or Amazon Alexa for comedic effect in what would ordinarily be a very dramatic, foreboding situation. The humour mainly comes from the incongruity of the device's cheerful voice and/or the character's villainy contrasting with the mundanity of the device.
openGrippy Gecko Live Action TV
More of a general media trope, but do we have a trope for Geckos having the ability to stick onto walls? Such as for example some continuities of TMNT having Mondo Gecko doing it, Gex being able to climb on walls, or those Sticky Gecko toys.
openIdk Live Action TV
Girl with giant bunny real or imaginary moves in with mean rich family. The older sister is mean to her and it's dubbed and I think it's European watched it on Netflix.
openOvermedicating oneself into hospitalization Live Action TV
A man is hospitalized. It turns out that the cause is using leftover medications lying around the house for various symptoms.
openDispute on what constitutes abuse Live Action TV
Quinn, a transgender girl, was put on puberty blockers with her parents' consent. When her grandmother finds out (Quinn was hospitalized, and the grandmother found out as a result), the grandmother reoprts the parents for child abuse over this.
openCan't tell truth to doctors due to a third party presence Live Action TV
Quinn, a transgender girl, is hospitalized. The doctors have just said that Quinn has osteopenia (low bone density). Her parents are away, and she is being babysat by her grandmother.
doctor: That's the likely cause of the osteopenia. Are you on [names of 2 specific medications]?
Quinn: I've been on [one of them] for nine months.
different doctor: Why didn't you say anything earlier?
Quinn: Because my parents didn't want my grandmother to know.
openImplied answer by refusal Live Action TV
There is reason to suspect a hospitalized man of Domestic Abuse. When the wife is asked about it directly, she simply says that he is a "good father". Obviously, had the answer simply been "no", she would have said that.
openAttempt to kill one parent to save the other Live Action TV
A man is a "good father" but an abusive husband. The son, realizing the latter, attempts to murder him by Medication Tampering.
openFaked emotional trauma Live Action TV
A teenager sees his father collapse unconscious; he calls 911 and—as far as anyone can see—is obviously in emotional trauma. However, we find out at the end of the episode that the reason for the father's current medical problem is intentional Medication Tampering by the son.
openParent realizes what the child has done Live Action TV
A man who abused his wife but was a "good father" ends up in the hospital. The hospital staff conclude that he hadn't been taking his medication, which they believe could only be because of Medication Tampering—someone had emptied the medicine capsules and filled them with sugar or salt. When the wife is accused of this, she explicitly denies it; when they suggest that her son knows more than she thinks, she suddenly realized that he had tampered with her husband's medication.
openInstantly-identified autism Live Action TV
A teenager is brought into the hospital, struggling against people who are holding him down. The people claim the kid is psychotic, but Shaun—an autistic surgeon—instantly recognizes him as being autistic. (Later, when the kid's parents show up, this is confirmed; the episode makes it clear that the kid and Shaun don't know each other.) The reason for the apparent psychotic behavior is that the kid Hates Being Touched, fairly common among those with autism.
Edited by Someone1981openSmart people do this dumb people do this Live Action TV
This could be two different tropes, when a smart person goes up to a piano they will play Für Elise. When a dumb person goes up to a piano they will play chopsticks.
openA character asks a question, camera focuses on the answer Live Action TV
In his backstory, Shaun—who is autistic—was abused by his father because he couldn't be "normal" while his mother stood around and did nothing; the only help he got was from his little brother Steve, who would eventually be Promoted to Parent.
In this episode, a bride and groom were on the way to their wedding when the bus they were on had an accident. The groom's parents and the bride disagree on the best treatment. The hospital lawyer has a temporary injunction against treatment, and has a judge come in to make a decision.
openThe overruled doctor was correct Live Action TV
A doctor believes a specific patient needs more tests before being sent home from the hospital (to be fair, not for the first time—and the previous times he was wrong), but is overruled and he must send her home. However, some samples he had already taken are subsequently tested, and prove she's in need of urgent, life-saving surgery. (He is subsequently proved to be correct in this case.)
Edited by Someone1981openSingle episode cross-plot character name/plot event connection Live Action TV
The episode runs 2 parallel plots.
Plot A: a kid is showered with broken glass; Dr. Murphy saves the kid's life.
Plot B: Dr. Glassman tries to convince the board of directors that hiring Dr. Murphy was the right choice.
openDr. Google Live Action TV
Someone finds out on line—correctly—what disease he has by searching for the symptoms
openMust get the truth based on someone who misheard Live Action TV
Dr. Shaun Murphy, standing in a patient's room, says that the patient needs urgent treatment and names the condition (it's completely obviousin context that he's almost certainly correct). Unfortunately, Shaun loses conscienceness immediately afterwards, and no one heard him except the patient who has no medical knowledge. The patient can only say that it sounded to him like "trampoline".

Where something is named inconsistently in different episodes, possibly due to lack of collaboration between different production teams and/or no established standards.
My primary example is from The Jetsons. The machine in the Jetsons' kitchen that automatically (and instantly!) prepares meals is called a "food a racka cycle" in some episodes, and a "food-a-matic" in others. Similarly, the video telephone is called either a "Visaphone" or a "Televiewer", depending on the episode.
Also, in the prehistoric equivalent show, The Flintstones, the quarry where Fred works is known by at least 4 different names throughout the series.
Edited by SquirrelGuy