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1 3Talent Versus Training
Raw talent contrasted against rigorous training.
0 7Magicless Menial Labor (tentative title)
Someone with magical abilities, superpowers, etc. is punished by being forced to do menial labor without using said powers.
0 10Doctor Defector
A scientist switches sides in a conflict and avoids punishment because their expertise is considered too valuable.
8 0Rhythm Action Game
An action game where the player's input must be timed to the beat of the music.
0 15Outcast Refuge
A safe place for societal outcasts to take refuge.
2 3Temporal VCR Shenanigans (Needs Examples)
A character tries to affect a looped, slowed-down, or frozen event, like a VCR, outside their influence, or that same kind of event extremely close to its occurrence.
0 6Switchblade Teeth
Teeth in a characters mouth are able to swing and undulate in their mouths like their own controllable appendages, akin to being on hinges
0 4Literal Wild Card
A card (or equivalent) that can be traded for any other card (or equivalent)
2 1Envious Pout
A character is shown pouting in such a way that their mouth looks like a "^", typically for comedic purposes
2 7Minimum-Wage Geek
A Stereotypical Nerd who has a minimum-wage job.
0 16Helicopter Parents
Parents who interfere too much with their children's lives, ostensibly for the sake of their well-being
0 11Accidental Celebrity
A person becomes famous by accident.
12 1Answered Prayer
"Are you there, Lord?" "Yeah, what is it?"
3 2Discretion Shot Fake-Out
Discretion shot fake-out
0 8Face Of The Index
Tropes about faces.
1 5Ugliness Before Godliness
A character goes through a horrifying or ugly metamorphic form before they cast it off to become a new beautiful or powerful being, or god-like entity.
3 3Pretend Entrance(WIP, in need of examples and feedback)
A character pretending to have just shown up after overhearing a conversation not meant for them
1 11Plot-Triggering Book (Feedback on scope and concept needed)
A character either discovers a special book or is given one which kickstarts the story.
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0 10Answer To Prayers
A character prays, and gets results
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