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resolved Meaningful Name for TV Episodes? Web Original
Meaningful Name (and its clones) but applied to episodes of television series. It isn’t Idiosyncratic Episode Naming (since it only applies to one episode).
For example, in the series ONE. there is an episode called “Scatterbrain”, named after the Radiohead song. I feel like I’ve seen a trope that applies to it, but can’t remember the name.
resolved Author using synonyms incorrectly Web Original
Is there a trope for when an author frequently uses the wrong word in place of another? In this specific example, the author of the work in question frequently calls two countries kingdoms despite them explicitly not being ruled by a king or queen.
resolved Creator getting involved with a fanfiction Web Original
Is there a trope for when somebody who was involved in an original work gets involved with making a fan fiction of that work, like if a voice actor reprises their character in a fan project? This might fall under trivia.
resolved Childhood Photo Credits Web Original
The final credits of of the show consist of photos of all main characters in their kindergarten years.
resolved Happy to be Hated Web Original
A character is disliked or rejected. It seems like he'd be in hell, but he's actually happy - because the one(s) hating him do so because of a quality he's proud of.
The standard joke I'm thinking of (from Saturday Morning Breakfast Theater) is when a woman breaks up with a man because she thinks her penis is too big, and he's smiling about it.
One example that's not R-rated I remember is an episode of The Simpsons where a teacher is mean to Lisa despite them sharing academic interests, and in the end, the teacher reveals she's always been jealous of pretty girls like Lisa, so Lisa feels good about being hated "for that reason".
resolved Fake Foreign-Sounding Name is Insult in Work's Language (SOLVED) Web Original
Is there a trope for when a foreign character has a (foreign-sounding) name that's an insult (dirty or mild) in the work's original language? For instance, a korean character in an american story being named "Suk Mah Dik", or an arab called "Fa'atass Assuholi"?
Edited by Mac_Rresolved The Cultist Always Dies Web Original
A worshipper performs a ritual to summon the devil or a dark god. When the creature shows up, either because the ritual worked, or by coincidence, it kills (or eats) the cultist.
resolved The narrator doesn't know something the audience does (SOLVED) Web Original
Suppose there's a novel that ends with the twist that the cavemen are actually people from Post-Apocalyptic earth. Through the novel, the narrator mentions the cavemen finding strange objects they've never seen before, shiny and angular, which they assumed to be magic. It's obvious to the reader who knows the twist that these are old high-tech devices, but the story doesn't say it because the characters don't know it.
Is there a trope for the euphemisms used to describe a technology that readers know about, but characters (including First-Person Narrators) don't?
Edited by Mac_R
Basically an item with a gruesome name and/or horrific origin to its conception, but its use is very cute or mundane.
An example from You Tube skit channel Wizards With Guns': https://youtu.be/KYxuJ9ujAYo?si=2ngpEfJI5jeBN-Nj&t=169
Edited by Duy03