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Hi folks I need a bit of help with an example(s) from a Special Efforts thread. See InstantDeathBullet Sandbox for more details
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Are there any examples of Instant Death Bullet and not just a list of Aversions in the series at all?
Perhaps the examples can be used under a different trope.
- Chuck zig-zags this one. Faceless mooks tend to suffer from this trope, however major characters more often than not have a few brief moments before they die:
- Bryce Larkin is struck during a shootout while attempting to use a mook as a Bullet Proof Human Shield. It's not until Chuck finds him that it's revealed that one of the rounds seen striking the body hit Bryce and not the mook.
- Chuck's father is shot and has just enough time to remind Chuck of how special he is before dying.
- A villainous example, Shaw is shot twice by Chuck when he attempts to kill Sarah. He still has a few seconds to try pulling Sarah off the bridge he is on before finally falling himself. He lives.
- Quinn manages a few seconds of surprise when he is shot by Sarah in the series finale before he dies.
Is it just me, or, should, like, a lot more of this page be covered in spoilers?
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Could be. Maybe we should consider creating an episode guide and move a lot of the more spoilery tropes there.
Wouldn't the C.A.T. Squad be considered a four girl ensemble (Carina's the sexy one, Zondra's the mannish snarker, Amy was (seemingly) the ditz, and Sarah seemed to be the glue that held the group together before her falling out with Zondra) rather than (or in addition to) a four temperament ensemble?
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What happened to the Hey Its That Guy entry? Just because it's extensive is no reason to get rid of it! Give it its own page if you must, but you don't delete a valid entry.
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It got moved to YMMV for reasons I don't quite get. And really, I think we also need turn it into a combination Hey, It's That Guy!/Role Association entry, because a lot of those people are bigger than actual HITGs.
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YMMV is also about subjectivity, and whether or not you recognize x character from y tv show is entirely subjective.
I rarely visit the forums to avoid the cynicism ooze.
YMMV is also about subjectivity, and whether or not you recognize x character from y tv show is entirely subjective.
I rarely visit the forums to avoid the cynicism ooze.
I may have just missed it in a different section, but another "Hey, it's that guy!", Cory Matthews (Ben Savage) as Mark Ratner in Chuck vs the Cougars.
Isn't it time we gave the Shout Outs their own sub-page? Maybe even the Chekhov's guns?
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Is the "Specific Episodes" section really necessary?
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I'm wondering that myself. I've moved one over to the other when I notice things, but I'm wondering if it's worth the effort. The Castle page seems to do just fine consolidated.
About the X Meets Y entry, I don't think Jake 2.0 qualifies. Jake 2.0 was more Six Million Dollar Man-ish than Chuck.
Spy Couple is no longer a trope and has been redirected to Agents Dating. If any of this fits any trope please readd it under such.
- Spy Couple:
- Pre-show, Sarah and Bryce.
- Double subversion: James Bond Expy Cole Barker tries to woo Sarah into this only to give up when he realizes she's in love with Chuck. "Well, who'd have thought it? Cole Barker loses the girl to Chuck Bartowski."
- Sarah and Shaw become this in season 3. Until, well, it turns out Sarah killed Shaw's wife as her Red Test, causing Shaw to go rogue and work for The Ring.
- As of "Chuck Versus the Other Guy", Chuck and Sarah finally qualify.
- Casey and Verbanski, in season 5.
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