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openPsychology professor guy meets cute with woman, his neighbors all get involved Live Action TV
It's a one season show, short even. The professor guy either meets or sees the woman and tries to track her down. Meanwhile she is a caterer, I think, also involved with the university, and they keep missing each other. His neighbors are always in his apartment, causing a ruckus and giving advice. One of them is pregnant through the course of the show. They finally get together last episode I think. It was supercute and funny, but I can't remember the name. I do remember that the producers were two first time producers, because they loved the script and wanted to make the show. Maybe from around 10,15 years ago. (I think it also had different names in different countries.) would appreciate any clues/actual name, thank you!
Edited by lonhexopenall i remember is 1 minor character Live Action TV
This was an American Netflix (I think?) show, and all I remember is a Japanese actress as a minor character who guarded an old family home and carried around a shotgun. She had been guarding the house for like 10 or 100 years? Supernatural vibes, sort of Umbrella Academy-Sense 8-Dirk Gently kind of vibe? I remember the actress being SO pretty, and there's a scene where she kisses one of the main characters on the back of a moving train and then pushes him off onto the tracks, I think to save his life in some way. I remember the show being modern, but she wore like 20th century clothing (long skirt and blouse thing). The show was fairly recent I think, within the last 5 years.
openStop-Motion/Puppet Piano Telling Jokes, possibly British Live Action TV
I'm not sure if this is from a movie, TV show, or something else, but I'm having trouble tracking down the source of a clip I found on Twitter.
The clip was of a stop-motion piano that looked like this:

It talked (by flapping its "keyboard lid" up and down), and the man who voiced it was... not very intelligible.
It opened its "comedy show" (to offscreen, canned, applause) by saying "Ladies and gentlemen... my impression of [unintelligible]". The unintelligible name, by the way, sounded like "Glen Kegall" but I looked up that name (and a few variants) and didn't get anything. The announcement was followed by a laugh track.
It then said "Him at a [unintelligible]" and did what can only be described as a "leg dab", which the canned laughter thought was really funny.

Then it said, possibly, "Him and a girl" and did the same thing, with the laugh track again finding it hilarious.
And then, it Non Sequitere'd to "And leave the rest. to. me." (with each period representing a "leg dab"). The "audience" thought this was uproarious. Then they clapped, and then the clip ended.
For those who think they might be able to actually figure out what the piano is saying, here's the Twitter post
. Note that the reference to Oscar's Orchestra was just done as a joke- this is not that cartoon.
openPhoto shoot from sitcom. Live Action TV
Episode of a sitcom ending with a group photo shoot where one guy in the back makes successful diegetic attempts to keep everyone smiling. ("Nobody look at me!")
openA show that had only a pilot episode Live Action TV
So a while ago while browsing random videos on Youtube, I found a pilot episode of a show that only had that pilot episode, and then got canceled for some reason. It's been a few years since I watched it and I only remember the ending of that pilot episode. Btw, I'm not sure if she was a spy or special agent. But I know most of the episode played during nighttime and it was a American show.
Okay so, the main character is a female spy, and at the end of the pilot episode she was fighting another female spy on the rooftops at night. The female spy was wearing a mask/pantyhose to hide her identity, but once she got unmasked by the main character, the other female spy appeared to be a friend of hers(She had blonde hair). The main character eventually overpowered the other female spy. That's as much as I can remember about the pilot episode.
There was also a side character who was an Asian man. It is very vague, I know and the chance of someone knowing which show I'm talking about is very slim(especially since it only had a pilot episode), but I'm shooting a shot anyway.
openPBS Kids Show Live Action TV
Okay, so I watched this show in Texas one Sunday morning as a kid sometime in the early to mid 2000s. It was an educational sort of variety show on different subjects. I am pretty sure it was all live action, but not certain. The things I do remember for sure are that there was a segment about money, and the ending theme.
Really, this is mostly for the ending theme, as it has been stuck in my head ever since. I think I found the name once on Wikipedia a year or so ago(searched again now and no dice), but when I looked for clips there was not a single one on Youtube. I think it said that it hopped from local channel to local channel and has an old website with no clips either. (Unless I mixed it up with In The Mix at that point, which I totally could have).
The ending theme started with something about it being time to go and then the chorus "I hope you learned what you needed to know" again and again.
Best I can tell it is not In The Mix, and it is not Biz Kids, as their ending themes don't match, though I think Biz Kids visuals and style are closest to what I remember. Thanks in advance!
Edited by DatLonerGirlopenScience-Fantasy Dinosaurs and Magic Live Action TV
For years, I've been trying to figure out a TV show (or possibly movie) that I saw a snippet of on TV in either the late 90's or very early 2000's. There are two scenes that I remember distinctly:
In one, a group of what appear to be pirates (or maybe just adventurers armed with flintlock weapons) is being attacked by a flying reptile-monster (possibly a pterodactyl), and when they run for cover, they realize they've dropped a glowing, apparently valuable, gemstone out in the open. One pirate orders his subordinate to go get it, who in turn does the same to another pirate at gunpoint. When the low-man-on-the-totem-pole pirate goes to try and grab the gem, he gets snatched up by the maybe-pterodactyl and carried away.
In another scene, an African-American character, who is dressed as what seems to be a shaman or monk is trying to fight off a raptor or other predatory dinosaur as it tries to enter where he is through some kind of portal. I remember this scene as taking place in either a temple or cave.
The shows/movies that I am reasonably sure are NOT the one I'm describing are:
1. Land of the Lost - either series 2. The Lost World (the late 90's TV show) 3. Hallmark's Mysterious Island or Journey to the Center of the Earth
This has driven me crazy trying to find, so any help is appreciated!
Edited by LUNAT1CopenShows with a total of 3 seasons and 27 episodes Live Action TV
Hi all. I'm doing some research into the structure of TV dramas and thought I'd ask here if anybody knows of any shows that fit the criteria in the title, above (i.e. were shown for a total of 3 seasons and 27 eps).
Have tried to search on IMDB, but can't find how to use the required search strings (if anyone knows, please advise); Chat GPT keeps giving me incorrect answers, as much as I had fun looking there. So, I thought I'd try the deep well of knowledge that is TV Tropes, to see if anyone can help.
Thanks in advance.
Edited by SnitzopenREALLY scary Star Trek episode commercial. Can anyone identify Live Action TV
So in the mid 90s or so I was watching tv and there was this ad for an upcoming Star Trek episode (I'm not sure which series, I've never really been into Star Trek and I don't think I even knew about the different series at the time) that scared the crap out of me. It started out talking about how people such as prisoners of war have been tortured throughout history (including what I thought at the time was a clip showing real life torture, though I am probably wrong) then went on to say something about how in the episode the good guys would encounter some alien race that "turn torture into a science" or something along those lines. I remember I recording some other show when the ad came on and kept watching it as even though it was really scary I was still kind of interested in it. Does anyone know what I am talking about?
openLive Acton TV show from the early 1990s - similar to Herman's Head Live Action TV
Dear Tropers,
I can remember this TV series from the early 1990s. I think it came just after Herman's Head as it reminded me of this - unique - series.
If the protoganist thought something then sometimes his 'thoughts' were being depicted by showing old black & white footage from old movies.
For example (sorry for this specific example):
The protoganist became sexually aroused (played for laughs of course) then briefly black and white footage of a rocket that just had been launched was shown.
Any idea what this series was called?
openPolice / Investigation Drama from the mid-1980s about 'older cases' in a small town Live Action TV
Things I know for sure about this:
- It was a US TV series from the (probably mid-) 1980s - It was about a relative young police officer starting to work in a relatively small town (maybe even a village) - This officer was looking through the archives/files of previous years and start to investigate these
- The ending was:
An older gentleman turned out to be the killer of a police officer years and years ago. This young police officer contronted him. No proof. But then....
This officer (or a colleague) stumbeled over 'a tube or something'. Only: this 'tube' turned out to be part of a police motor cycle.. that wa buried in the ground years and years ago. The older gentleman saw these officers digging up this old motor cylcle and took his rifle and tried to shoot the officers. As for as I can remember this older gentleman was killed then in the fire fight.
Anyone knows the name of this TV series?
FOR DUTCH/FLEMISH TV TROPERS:
I am very sure this TV series was broadcast on the Veronica 'network'.
openGuy in Haunted House Confronted by Two Ghosts Live Action TV
I am desperately trying to identify something I saw as a kid. This is everything I remember. This would have aired on local TV (not cable/satellite) in either the late 80s, or early 90s (not after fall of 1992). A man is near or at a railroad. He's offered a place to stay for the night and is taken to a house. In front of the house are three crosses, one smaller than the other two, I believe it is said a family was killed there. While the man is staying there overnight (I think I remember a deck of playing cards for some reason?), two ghosts, possibly one white and one red, appear and fly towards the screen. This is all I remember. Scared the shit out of me, and I would kill to find out what this is. Major thanks in advance. I listed it as "live action TV" but I can't rule out it was a movie. I know it was on at least twice.
Edited by RyanClark85open"Blood sisters" scene from a late 00's teen show? Live Action TV
i saw this scene sometime during the late 00's on the latin american teen channel boomerang, but it's probably dubbed from an english-language show, or at least not from a spanish-language one.
two teen girls (both white, i think) are in a pool or some other body of water, and they make a blood oath by making a small cut in their palms and then grabbing each other's hand. when they do this, one of them, who may be a brunette, says the line "hermanas de sangre", which translates to "blood sisters". the line may be different in the original language. then the live action scene shifts into a still comic vignette of the girl saying the line. the girl may be antagonistic, and she may have come sort of supernatural power (being a witch maybe?) that might make it dangerous for the other girl to be her "blood sister".
i'm pretty sure the scene was from a "last week on..." recap of the actual show, and i have no real recollection of the plot, so my best bet is on the art shift. has anyone heard of this?
openThe Crystal Maze in SPACE Live Action TV
I remember watching a show that was almost literally The Crystal Maze Recycled In SPACE.
The conceit was that the host/commander and his gynoid assistant brought teams onto a derelict space station to compete in tasks and see who can salvage the most supplies. The final task was a timed obstacle course and any team that failed to get back onto the ship would be abandoned.
Does this ring a bell for anybody?
Edited by civetcatcoffeeopenEarly 2000s Kids Show Live Action TV
Source: I remember watching this on basic TV. I believe it was on Fox or WB.
Timeframe: Possibly late 90s but more likely early 2000s. It was on early in the morning before school sometime around 7am PST.
Medium: I believe it was live action. Real people and real scenery with some animated characters added. If not, then it was all real people with some people in costumes for non-human characters.
Show details: The protagonist of the show was a young boy maybe middle-school age. I believe the boy was the only non-animated major character. He encountered an adult character and they together got involved in a plot against the antagonist who was a non-human jester or magician of some sort. The antagonist had minions. I remember the show taking place at the boy's school, and his home. Through the show the boy had to collect medallion or puzzle pieces (I want to say 25 pieces) to complete an object that could stop the antagonist. Or possibly to prevent the antagonist from making the object. I believe that the object was gold with a red orb in the center. It was finally completed in the final episode. The show wasn't that many episodes. It was like 1 episode per medallion/puzzle piece collected.
Random detail that might matter. I seem to remember there being a garden gnome at the boy's house and a character pointed it out.
I know the details are kind of vague but my memory is quite fuzzy on this. This has been bugging me a lot ever since I remembered. Thanks for any help!
openYet another show I saw when I was younger Live Action TV
This show was a lot like Paranormal Witness but much older, it was also played on the old Sci-fi channel, the episode I remember the most is a woman in her house alone in the middle of the night and a ghostly man is standing outside her sliding glass door and she keeps yelling at him to go away and leave her alone, thank you in advance I'm sure it's quite vague.
Edited by ReddLightningopenIs this show even real? Live Action TV
I remember a scene from a show, where a black girl teleports herself inside a cave (not through a device, but like magically). As far as I remember that could've been the base of operation of a group as I remember her being one of the main characters and all of them being able to teleport back to there. I saw this around 15-20 years ago on a Spanish kid TV channel, but it wasn't a Spanish show (maybe European or American) so maybe that helps identifying the kind of show it was. I've been looking for this show for years and the details I remember gets less vivid with time to the point that I don't even know if any of it is real. Anybody has any info on a show like this?
openMovie or TV show about a... Satan orb? Live Action TV
There was a show or movie my dad was watching when I was a kid, and all I remember about it is that there was this silvery little orb, about the size of a tennis ball, that was at least implied to be the antichrist. I very vividly remember an older woman in a graveyard who touched it by accident and started bleeding to death from her nose and eyes. That's all I remember, but I was thinking about it recently and wondered if anyone could help me figure out what it was.

TV series in which a woman knocks on the door of a man dressed only in briefs, and before he opens it she takes off her pants.