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resolved Thankful Ghost Ending Film
After the hero beats the supernatural dead guy, the ghosts of his previous victims show up and say something like "Thank you, with him gone for good we can finally let go of this world" and then disappear into heaven.
resolved Humiliating victory Film
Asking for a very specific situation:
The ending of The Salute of the Jugger has the underdog team winning against the undefeated champions. Normally the game is played to win it as soon as possible (it's a Blood Sport, so dragging things out is an excellent way to get extra injuries or even die), but to make a mockery of the people that wanted to have them killed to "fix" the outcome of the game, the main character stops the already running new kid and tells her to "walk slowly" for their touchdown. As such, they deliberately stall their victory moment, letting the rioting crowd at the arena to see that they have so completely and utterly defeated the residing champions, they can now afford to drag their feet with the touchdown. The new kid only then has time to see and fully comprehend just how thorough is the dominance of their team, and smilingly, slooowly walks toward the goalpost, with nobody left to stop that walk.
tl;dr a victory where the victor intentionally humiliates the defeated side, to make the defeat sting even more
I tried to fit it under Humiliation Conga, but that's not that. The story also notably subverts Opposing Sports Team - the conflict is with their "manager", not the players, who are fair and square and have grudging respect to the underdog team. Still, it's fully intentional show of dominance, intended to humiliate the asshole that tried to get them killed.
Edited by Tropiarzresolved Outspokeness Bias Film
Wasn't there a trope about how movie reviews are either very positive, or very negative, because if a viewer's reaction to a movie is just 'meh', he won't bother writing a review - he'll just either praise the movie to the high heavens if he likes it (or he's a fanboy) or give it 0 stars if he's offended or disgusted by it (or he's a Fan Hater).
resolved Trope about speech audio logistics Film
Do we have a trope that covers how nobody has any troubles hearing a speaker giving a grand speech? Like when Kylo Ren talks to the entire army of stormtroopers in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, everyone can hear him clearly despite the distance.
resolved Confusing last words Film
Alice is on her deathbed. Bob leans in to hear her final words, only for them to turn out to be something cryptic that he can't understand; before he can ask her "wait, what?", she's already gone.
resolved Overtook the (bad) Influence Film
Alex introduces Bob to something, attempting to convert Bob to something he's into. It works, maybe too well. Soon, Bob is more of a fan than Alex, in a way that alienates Alex. Can be played for comedy or drama.
For instance, if Alex gets goody-two-shoes Bob to try weed, and Bob turns into an addict who's into harder drugs, hangs out with druggies, gets into trouble, while Alex is more of a casual smoker, and eventually they fight because Bob doesn't want a square in his life.
Or, Alex converts Bob into his religion, but Bob turns into The Fundamentalist who eventually decries Alex as a sinner.
A related trope, where the influence is more positive, is where Alex introduces Bob to a hobby or skill, Bob eventually becomes better than Alex at it, and Alex gets jealous.
resolved Dancing on a large staircase, widely parodied Film
The performers sing and dance on a stage with a large, typically curved staircase. The men will be in top hats and coat tails, often with a cane in hand. The ladies will be in leotard and tights, sometimes with elaborate head gear. They sing and do a coordinated dance to a show tune. I have often seen this combined with synchronized swimming, such as having the ladies jump off the staircase and into a pool of water. This kind of dance is often parodied, and often a Show Stopper. It's famously used in the opening sequence of Family Guy but I've seen it elsewhere, such as Blazing Saddles and the opening song of Muppets Most Wanted just to name a couple I can think of. I tried searching the web but no help.
resolved Vehicle equivalent to ObviousStuntDouble Film
A specific case of switching a car to a visibly different one (not exactly a Freeze-Frame Bonus), usually just before a costly crash or after one, causing a continuity error. It's not common enough to be a new trope, but I think it may fit an existing one.
- In Castle, a new dark grey Mercedes is crashed offscreen, the wreck being a silver, previous model.
- In Gran Turismo (2023), everytime an older GT-R is used, it gets damaged.
- In Ballerina (2025), the Chancellor gets into a current Range Rover. In the next scene, where the car gets shot at, it's a 00's one (as modern windscreens are brutally expensive to replace)
resolved Character's horses becoming motorcycles Film
What's the name of the trope where an often immortal/timeless character who classically rides a horse as part of their character now rides a motorcycle so as to fit into and adapt to modern society.
The only examples I can find are in Good Omens S 1 E 5 where The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse now ride motorcycles instead of horses, and Ghost Rider, who's predecessor rode a flaming horse.
resolved Karmic Misfire and some kind of misguided retaliation Film
In The Burning, Cropsy is on Roaring Rampage of Revenge five years after he got violentely burned and disfigured following a prank by a group of kids. However, none of his victims on screen were part of this group. He attacks one of his prankster, but that one survives with a minor cut on face.
resolved Trivia/Real-life trope Film
In Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Heather Langenkamp's fictional husband, Chase Porter, is having the same job than her real-life husband, David Le Roy Anderson. It doesn't fit with Real Life Writes the Plot. Does it fit with Reality Subtext?
resolved Mundane/Used SciFi Film
A trope for works where Sci-Fi technology has been around for long enough that there is “old” technology and not everything is shiny and clean
resolved Insincere philanthropy Film
A Bourgeois Bohemian family does a lot of performative philanthropy that exists simply to stroke their own egos and show-off to other rich people. Said philanthropy isn't just showy, it's also incredibly shallow and even cheapskate due to the actual pocket change sums spent on any of their causes.
I know there is We Care, but description of the trope suggests it's only applicable to companies, not a group of people or a family. The case I've got isn't about their business scoring PR points, it's explicitly about the family and the ego of the matriarch of it.
resolved One Location Film/Stageplay/Book Film
Is there a trope that describes a work taking place entirely in one isolated location? We're talking one house, one room, or otherwise one space throughout the entire runtime.
Examples include 12 Angry Men (originally a stageplay, too), Green Room and Panic Room, Murder on the Orient Express, and Cube (1997).

For works where the real world setting is portrayed as lifeless through a washed or monochromatic color palette; the otherworld is contrasted with bright and vivid colors to make it more appealing and inviting in comparison. (e.g. Coraline, The Wizard of Oz)