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resolved 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 "Purple People" Eater (SOLVED) Music
Is there a trope about the joke format wherein an adjective doesn't refer to what the viewer thinks it does? Like, a Great White Hunter is just someone who hunts great whites, a man who shot an elephant in his pyjamas wasn't wearing pyjamas (the elephant was) and so on
Edited by Mac_Rresolved Your enemy is also my enemy
Villain sides with the heroes for pragmatic reasons, not Heel-Face Turn
resolved Attempted Heroic Sacrifice - Specifically To Die
Is there a recognized sub-trope where a character attempts a heroic sacrifice not to save the world/their team/etc, but because they want to die?
resolved Stupidity is the real danger (SOLVED) Western Animation
Is there a trope for when a character/thing is considered very dangerous, but is actually harmless and/or unaware, and people are just getting themselves killed or wonded by their own idiocy - often by being so scared and cautious that they end up getting hurt.
For instance, the Fake Ultimate Hero is rumored to have killed a thousand people. He threatens a bad guy, the bad guy gets scared, runs off, trips and falls off a cliff. Then in the next episode, the hero is rumored to have killed a thousand and one people...
Edited by Mac_Rresolved Character was conceived and raised solely to have their magical power harvested
But this would imply on their death. Is it living battery or is there a more appropriate trope? It is more like Walking Transplant but with magical power instead of organs.
resolved If I'm not back in X minutes...
A stock phrase for someone about to break away from a group and enter a dangerous situation. Usually ends with something along the lines of 'send back-up', 'don't wait for me', or (in comedic situations) 'just keep waiting'.
resolved Conveniently (to the plot) Illegible
When a character finds an old document with important information, but most of it is Illegible due to damage to the paper. Bad for the character, convenient for the plot.
resolved Shadow/Silhouette of an important character not yet fully revealed.
An character appears multiple times in a work, but the viewer sees only his silhouette/shadow/small part of his body, because it's not yet the occasion for the big reveal. I'm looking for it to add to a visual novel's page, but a similar example I can think of is L by the start of Death Note. The visual novel's character in question is the villain, only his completely black sprite is shown.
resolved New, worse villain
The heroes have a villain threatening them, a great villain that will be difficult to defeat, but there is hope. Suddenly, before that villain is even dealt with, another villain surprisingly comes up, one even worse that they have no chance against.
resolved Offending the wrong person
It's something like that: Alice is a good friend to Bob and Claire, but Bob and Claire hate each other. While on a fight, Claire says that Bob has a "ridiculous hair color", while on Alice's presence... and Alice has the same hair color.
resolved Device that holds the eyes open for brainwashing videos
A torture device that holds eyelids open so the victim can't avoid seeing whatever is in front of them (usually a propaganda video).
It's not Forced to Watch (that's "I will torture you by causing harm to your friends and forcing you to observe this") but it can overlap.
resolved "But I never said SPECIFICALLY this"
Alice wishes to buy an exotic, super rare and illegal pet. She knows that Bob owns one, and, seeing that he takes a cage covered with a blanket everywhere, goes to him and asks to buy it, offering an unholy amount of money for it. Bob accepts, and, after the transaction is complete, says that she "may have the contents of the cage"... which turns out to be a rock.
Edited by Linfiaresolved Child is the Password
Do we have trope where the password is the name of a kid of whoever set it up? Something used to show how important the kid is to them.
resolved Detective (or layperson playing detective) monologues about the conclusion they came to?
Hypothetical example:
resolved A Reunion Kinda trope? Anime
Does a trope exist for "It has been ages since Character A saw Character B. A has been thinking about B lately, then boom, Character B appears by chance, and their reunion ensues."?
Edited by Cake-Chanresolved Preemptive Refusal
Do we have any tropes about preemptive refusal?
Situation:
During important discussion, Bob wanted to suggest something (with expected suggestion being "X"), only for Alice to interrupt him with "If you want to say "X", then answer is no". Wether Bob actually meant to say "X" is irrelevant. "X" in question can be anything situation-appropriate.
Tried, but failed to find anything fitting.

I’ve been looking for the name of a trope for a while, but have been unable to find it if it exists. It would have a character who is able to see the effects of emotion or hidden actions on a physical location warp its appearance using an ability. For example, a normal looking home hiding an abusive situation will, to the one with the ability, appear as if windows are bleeding and screaming and the doors are chained shut.