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resolved A character enters the scene with news or some timely comment Live Action TV
I've seen this more in Law and Order:SVU but I'm sure that must happen in other shows.
Two or more characters are chatting about some case or problem. At a given point, one of those character says something crucial and then a third (or fourth or fifth) character that wasn't there, enters the scene with a very useful/timely/brightful/witty comment.
For example:
Olivia: I'm gonna stay to drive her to Rikers in the morning. Elliot: Look, she made her own choices. Olivia: Doesn't mean that I have to feel good because she's going to jail for murder.
Suddenly we hear the voice-off from Casey Novak:
Casey: She's not!
They turn to look at Casey, coming from the shadows with a tape in his hand.
Casey: Her lawyer sent this to me.
The characters doing this always came from outside of the scene, looking as if they managed to hear the last bit of dialogue and they are able to intervene with surprising news.
Does this trope exists? Is it a broader trope or is only a SVU writers trite resource?
resolved Slowly learning explanation for all the weird things in the scene Live Action TV
It's the thing where at the beginning of the episode a character will enter the scene or something like that and all the other characters will have absurd things going on, such as one of them having a fully shaved head, one of them dressed in a ridiculous costume, etc and then they start telling the story, and the whole episode is set up of multiple flashbacks from earlier in that day where you slowly learn how each of the absurd things happened.
I feel like this usually happens in sitcoms like on Disney channel or nick.
resolved Kill.the endangering wildlife Live Action TV
La Guardia airport, New York City, has an ongoing problem of geese who endanger planes taking off and landing. To deal with this, the airport has been killing off the local goose population.
resolved ''Series/EerieIndiana'', episode “The Losers” Live Action TV
In this show, it’s established that the reason things go missing is because there’s a secret agency whose job it is to steal things (think pens, socks) in order to keep the economy going. It’s established canonically that one of the things they steal is pacemaker batteries, leaving the dark implication that they are indirectly responsible for deaths. The show touches on this briefly when one of the workers expresses a qualm, only for his boss to tell him, “There’s no room for pity in this business!” Would this fall under Fridge Horror? Inferred Holocaust?
resolved Everybody Followed Fashion in the Past Live Action TV
A flashback scene will feature characters wearing stereotypical fashion items of the era, to an exaggerated level, even if in the series' present time they just dress in clothes that might be common in different settings, such as suits, white shirts, and so on.
For instance, in The Simpsons, Dr. Hibbert has a short hairdo that doesn't really stand out, but in flashbacks he'll have jheri curls, braids or dreadlocks depending on the era.
Even Homer wears a nondescript white shirt and jeans, but is fashion-focused on flashbacks, like in That '90s Show, he wore an 8-Ball jacket over a hoodie... even though when the show actually aired in the 90ies, he had the same white shirt.
Might be a Justified Trope in that characters might care more about fashion when they're young, but still...
resolved Depressing Facility Daycare Live Action TV
An evil government facility or private laboratory is performing experiments on children (or, if not so evil, keeping children who might be dangerous otherwise under control), and they'll have this sad underground daycare with a bureaucrat's idea of what makes kids feel happy and safe - old toys and puzzles, faded out painting on the walls, an artificial "outside" look with fake clouds, trees and grass...
Is that a trope?
resolved When someone can help, but doesn't Live Action TV
Someone is in trouble, and a friend has the ability or means to help, yet doesn't do so.
Example: I need to get my finances in order but can't. A friend with a financial background could offer his advice or outright help in the matter, but stands by and watches me struggle.
resolved When someone suddenly looks more attractive Live Action TV
A woman removes her glasses and suddenly becoming gorgeous in the eyes of her love interest.
resolved Experiment on orphans, so no one will care Live Action TV
A Deadly Doctor wants to do illegal experiments for AIDS treatment. In order to minimize the risk that he will be stopped, he uses orphans.
resolved No Title Live Action TV
is there a trope or tropes for a good guy seemingly being forced to work for the bad guys maybe under threat of death but he later reveals to the other good guys he is the bad guy leader and lied about being forced so they wont expect him
Edited by Bzrkfayzresolved Time compressed for dramatic purposes Live Action TV
Events that, in the real world, would occur over months or years are portrayed in fiction as taking place over a few hours, days, or weeks. Some examples:
1. Trials: On television, they make it look like a person gets arrested, and then their trial happens a few weeks later. In reality, it can take months or years. They do the same thing with civil cases: The car accident happens, the next day someone gets served with a complaint, there are one or two depositions over the course of the following couple of weeks, then there is a dramatic trial. Pretty much every legal procedure show (The Practice, Law and Order, JAG, etc.) does this.
2. Medical problems: Someone goes to the hospital with a medical problem. Over the next day or two, their doctors do a long list of scans, blood tests, biopsies, and other tests. Once the problem is diagnosed, surgery is scheduled for the next day, and then after a couple of days of recovery the patient, now cured, goes home. House, MD is a prime offender.
Is there a Troupe for events that would normally take place over a long span of time being portrayed as occurring in an unrealistically short timeframe for dramatic purposes?
resolved Effective life sentence Live Action TV
A person is convicted of several crimes, not one of which comes with a life sentence. However, due to the number of these crimes, he's sentenced to 240 years in prison.
resolved you have to overcome a fatal flaw to fight the villain at hand Live Action TV
this is more of a "do we have this trope" but I think it happens in Power Rangers a lot and it's like Die or Fly but without gaining super powers
Edit: the trope I was originally describing was Crisis Makes Perfect but after looking at it I realized I was looking for a more broad "you have to get over a Fatal Flaw in order to fight a villain"
Edited by Wild-Starfishresolved No divorce? Pay with your life Live Action TV
A particular Jewish woman wanted a divorce. Unfortunately, under the religious rules, only the husband can grant it to her; if he refuses—which he did—she remains married to him for the rest of his life. (Note that this is not Artistic License – Religion.) Once she realized that no pressure would change his mind, she payed to have him murdered.
Edited by Someone1981resolved Not actually eating Live Action TV
Whenever characters on television shows eat, it seems like they never ACTUALLY eat anything. They just move food around on the plate with their forks.
resolved IP address out of range Live Action TV
An IP address is the technical address which a computer uses to communicate on the internet. It's made out of 4 numbers, each in the range of 0 to 255; in one episode, an IP address is used where the first number is 392.
resolved Revenge on the police Live Action TV
A police officer is shot. It turns out that the shooter's brother is dead, probably murdered, the shooter (a couple days after his 18th birthday) believing that the culprit was a police officer—although clearly not that police officer.
Edited by Someone1981resolved Poor Sidekick Live Action TV
A sidekick who belongs to a lower economic class than the hero's. The hero can be either rich or middle class, but the sidekick is stereotypically "poor".
This happens for a variety of reasons:
- To show the hero doesn't have class prejudices, as he befriends a poor person and treats them as an equal. Or, to show the hero didn't abandon his poor friend when they became richer.
- So the sidekick can show some street smarts and help the hero whose skills are based in training and book-learning.
- To satirize the Upper-Class Twit who's manipulated by his lower class Hyper-Competent Sidekick, or make a political point about class disparity.
- To contrast the characters' upbringing, sometimes showing the hero as being Spoiled Sweet.
- Because the hero is so spectacularly rich, everyone else is poor in comparison.
- As Wish Fulfillment for the Audience Surrogate sidekick.
- Because their poverty makes the sidekick more prone to be a Damsel in Distress.
- Because the sidekick is still a beginner, and the hero became richer through his adventures.
- Because the Heroic Comedic Sociopath is a miser who doesn't pay his sidekick enough.
Is that a trope?
Edited by Mac_R

There's this sophisticated notion in some stories where, despite having no real conscience, robots (or other type of artificial thing, like virtual world A.I.s and so on) who are supposed to act human, will continue to do so, even when there are no humans around to witness and interact with them.
Usually, one would assume that, if there's no reason for them to pretend to be human, they'll stop doing so the moment there are no humans around, if only to save energy. But no. Justifications for that are based on verisimilitude: