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openExpy, Shout Out, or something else? Web Original
It seems that the Little Misters from the SCP Foundation are a reference to the Mr. Men and Little Misses. (Heck, one of the Little Misters (SCP-909) shares the same name with an existing Mr. Men! (Both are called Mr. Forgetful.)) If a whole group of characters are a reference to another work / that work's characters, does that count as Expy, Shout-Out, or something else?
Edited by moxedenopenPeople Screaming Are Funny! Web Original
Some works (especially Web Videos) often have the actors screaming or making very weird, loud, noise as a joke. Joke screaming could be distinguished from normal screaming because it's disporpotionately loud compared to what caused it, goes on way longer than normal, is accompanied by some unusual action, and some other permutations.
I've seen it a lot in Filthy Frank, Caddicarus, and Scott The Woz.
Do we already have a trope that covers this?
openVillain's priority target Web Original
I'm currently reading Hoops, String, and Other Placebos, a Hollow Knight fanfic in which it soon becomes apparent that any creature zombified by The Radiance will specifically target the protagonist the moment they sight her (a conscious choice on Radiance's part, due to the protagonist hampering her plans). Not sure where I should put this.
At some point, an infected character manages to snarl "She will make me a god if I kill you!" before turning feral.
Edited by MedinocopenStolen Fanart Web Original
Stolen Fanart when someone copies a fanart without the permission of the copyright holder
openBlesses and curses Web Original
During my overhaul of anachronauts page I hit a bit of a snag. In the Characters page, Emily has Blessed with Suck listed, while Gilbert has Cursed with Awesome - but that's not right.
Emily's blessing (it's referred as such throughout) is really a blessing - it keeps her from With Great Power Comes Great Insanity that comes with using her powers (so - Required Secondary Powers?). There is a sucky part to it, but the net outcome is positive to Emily. Blessed with Suck page defines it: One way or the other, something you think is going to be useful turns out to be worthless. So it doesn't seem to fit. Emily herself only considers it bad until learning about the insanity problem. It causes Had to Be Sharp, true, but thanks to it she is sharp.
Likewise, Gilbert's awesome is considered awesome by everyone, and he's the first to consider it awesome, but it has a great cost - Cast from Lifespan and an occasional Heroic RRoD. Cursed with Awesome is required to be considered bad by the cursee: A character has some "terrible" curse placed on them (if they weren't born with it) that is actually pretty awesome. Often, such characters will bemoan their fate and go to great lengths to be rid of the "curse" instead of taking advantage of whatever cool side effects the curse may have.
To sum it up - I don't think Blessed with Suck and Cursed with Awesome are the right tropes here. Any suggestions?
openA profession form of Fish out of Water? Web Original
As seen in this skit
, what is the trope of someone unqualified being put into a situation against their will?
What other tropes apply in this skit?
openWhat trope says "the best option is to not play at all?" Web Original
This was in SsethTzeentach's episode for League of Legends where he says "win or lose, the best victory is choosing not to play" and shows a picture of clicking the Uninstall button.
openPlot problem is exploited repeatedly until the end Web Original
I found a correlation between two examples, found in several SuperMarioLogan videos, but I'm not sure if such a trope fitting the description even exists here:
- Jeffy's Whistle! and Don't Wake Jeffy!: A character is sleeping and the other housemates try to keep quiet, only for a series of very loud noises to occur in succession. This continues on loop throughout the entire video, but the sleeping character fails to wake up throughout all of it, and by the end of the video the only thing that really manages to wake them up is a sneeze.
- Bowser Junior Gets Jinxed!: The titular character is jinxed and cannot talk until someone else says his name. He then tries to get people to say his name but fails every single time (and on top of that, he is teased for failing to do activities that require speaking); only at the very end of the video does his friend actually say it by accident.
General outline based on the above examples would be as follows:
- Let's say that the plot of a TV or web episode devolves around a problem, which the character(s) would normally easily know how to deal with.
- This is then followed by several gags or skits all intending to exploit or make fun of said problem for the sake of the plot, leaving it unresolved until the very ending, which involves a workaround (or failure thereof) happening by chance.
This might be too specific to be classified as merely a Running Gag, for instance, as it is more or less directly connected to the plot.
Edited by MeerkatMarioopenCharacter influences actor Web Original
What is the trope for when an actor imitates their character outside of filming?
Example: In A Loud House Christmas, Brian Patrick Wade portrayed Rip Hardcore, a wilderness survival expert. Inspired by his character, he created his own set of survival skills for the film's set, which were documented in the fourth episode of A Loud House Christmas: Behind the Scenes, a web-based documentary series that showcases the production of the film.
openHumor of an Unannounced Number? Web Original
From PITCH MEETINGS (Incredible Hulk):
Writer: "He just gives pizza to two different guys and that solves all his problems."
Studio Head: "Using pizza for stealth purposes is my third favorite way to use pizza."
The humor of leaving a number unsaid — the moment where you're like ... wait a minute, if eating's number one, then what's his number two way?
That seems like a trope. Any idea what it would be named?
openLooking for cult/army/lifestyle trope work - Please help!! Web Original
I remember a couple of years back, seeing a work, describing an individual (Legion???) as a”lifestyle, army, cult and corporation”.
Any idea what work this is from and/or the trope page where this is mentioned please…?
openFanon Debut Before Canon Debut Web Original
Is there a trope for when a Fan Work depicts a character before they are in the original media?
Say there is a character that is known to exist in an episodic series, but at the start is only as The Ghost or The Voice. Think White Diamond from Steven Universe or the previous users of One For All from My Hero Academia when those series were still ongoing, or as of now the Knight from Deltarune.
Fans write their own interpretation of the character before they debut in a future episode. Kind of like O.C. Stand-in, but with an extra element of prediction that can be Outdated by Canon. What is this called?
Edited by Midello_Felteveopenincorrect NuMe lingo Web Original
what's the trope for general bad descriptions of new media? like, for example, a news site saying aha a youtube's video has "millions of hits".
open"Character.exe" type horror villain Web Original
Not sure if tropeworthy or not, but the thing you see a lot in video game creepypastas where the villain takes on a form that looks like a preexisting character inside the game, often the playable protagonist.
Sonic.exe and the other "evil 'sonic' in the video game" type guys, MX from Mario '85, BEN from Ben Drowned?
openMultiple "What trope (if any) is used here?" questions Web Original
1) Bob is so narcissistic that he assumes the game Minecraft was made for him because it has "Mine" in the name. 2) A video quoting Alice saying "I'm gonna come forward...", but it humorously cuts Alice short of "come" and spams Vine booms and siren blares to make it look like Alice is saying something lewd when it's obviously not (Imagined Innuendo played for laughs?).
openWhat is the inversion of Continuity Creep? Web Original
Continuity Creep is basically episodic works that got more continuity as they went on. I'm looking for the opposite trope of that, stuff that had continuity once but got less of it and became more episodic over time. Does it already exist? If so, what's it called?
Edited by TheMageofRacismopenWord of God disproving fan theory/assumption? Unfortunate release timing? Web Original
Is there a trope for:
- When a member of a collective disproving a fan theory or fan assumption (Word of God or Word of Saint Paul)?
- When a media's release was coincided with another occurring event or controversy purely by accident?
I have one example concerning both of these questions, but I suspect that this is quite common.
For context, this query is about SiIvaGunner, a bait-and-switch YouTube music collective channel that mostly uploads “rips” of video game soundtracks. Sometimes these rips are purposefully uploaded to coincide an event or controversy to acknowledge it.
When The Crew (2014) was shut down at the end of March 2024 and publisher Ubisoft promptly revoked licenses from those who have bought the game without refunds or an offline download, a retaliating campaign called Stop Killing Games was launched in the following April to raise awareness of the situation and call for better protection of consumer rights. This campaign has made the rounds on the internet and remained relevant throughout the month.
Enter SiIva, whom have uploaded the channel's first ever rip of The Crew Motorfest, and by extension of The Crew franchise, at the tail end of April, leading to fans and commenters on the upload assuming that this is the channel's way of acknowledging the campaign and the shutdown controversy. However, a comment from the rip's author and backroom member of the channel clarified that this was all coincidental and they "don't give a damn about the whole Stop Killing Games thing."
Edited by Duy03openHot Ones Web Original
What trope is is called that lists all the celebrity guests that appeared and updates every week?

Over-the-top solution for a mundane problem, such as Bob using a gun to shoot a cork out of a bottle. Then subverted it as Bob completely shattered the bottle but the cork is still wedged in the intact lid.
Is this just Violation of Common Sense?