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Do we have that one where the Monster of the Week comes back for exactly one other episode? Like, a Monster Of Two Weeks? They don't show up often enough to be a full Recurring Character, but they come back, so they subvert Monster of the Week. Examples off the top of my head:
- The Powerpuff Girls battled their evil next-door-neighbor in one episode. A later episode had him get out of jail and come back for revenge.
- The Helmacrons in Animorphs were a Villain of the Week in book 24. They came back again with a new scheme in book 42.
- Mizuki in Naruto causes trouble at the beginning of the series and isn't seen again until a filler episode later on, where he comes back and turns into a tiger or something for one episode.
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Name for a camera angle/shot taken from slightly below the person, to make them seem larger, more imposing, more heroic (if good) or more threatening (if evil)?
Not a Dutch Angle since it's not meant to make you feel off-balance... it's more of a "these are Big Damn Heroes - emphasis on 'big'" thing. (In fact, the page image for Big Damn Heroes is a decent example)
I'm sure we must have this one.
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Do We Have This One? If so, what's it called?
Okay, so I think I'm looking for some kind of motivation trope. Basically, the reason that Alice feels obligated to protect or ensure the well-being of Bob is that Alice once saved Bob's life - therefore, she feels "responsible" for him. She believes that, because she made a choice to save Bob from certain death, it is from now on her moral obligation to make sure that no harm comes to Bob ever again. In practice, this perceived moral duty may include keeping an eye on Bob whenever danger lurks around the corner, or perhaps even providing for Bob in terms of shelter, food, money etcetera.
I know I have seen this a number of times before, but I'll be darned if I can think of any examples.
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I'm not sure if it counts as an Innocent Innuendo, but where the audience is clear that something innocent is happening, but other characters aren't? If not, what would be that trope?
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Is there a trope relating to how, in some works, the only (and I mean ONLY) people with body mods, ones gotten voluntarily and for no other reason than "I felt like it," are the antagonists? It's not Tattooed Crook or Red Right Hand, those're too specific; this is more broad, encompassing pretty much any kind of body mod that wasn't forced in any way. If it exists, what in the hell is it called? (I'm thinking of the Cenobites from Hellraiser, Jan Valentine from Hellsing, the the savages from Doomsday, folks like that.)
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I was watching one Buffy episode and at the beginning she is dressed exactly the same as Kim Possible, specifically the lime tank top and blue pants she sometimes wears. I don't think this is a Shout Out from KP creator Steve Loter, as it would be fairly obscure. I'm leaning towards Hilarious In Hindsight, given the similarity of the two shows, but I'm wondering if there's a better trope for it.
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"I admit that humanity has in the past been barbaric. Therefore I say test us. Test whether this is presently true of humanity."
I'm trying to think of what trope this would fall under. A little help?
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I've been looking without success for a trope like this: when a character seems set up to be placed in a certain group but gets placed in another one. Sorta What Could Have Been. To use an example, like if Hermonie Granger had been placed in Ravenclaw, or if one one of the Weaslys got placed in Hufflepuff.
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I can't find the entry for when superheroes try out for a sports team of some sort, and they end up not making it because it's unfair for the other athletes that they're just naturally stronger/faster than them. Which ignores than in real life, there's tons of people who are just naturally stronger than other people without trying, and poses the question of where you draw the line.
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Is there a trope for when someone says something along the lines of "If something should happen to me..." and then reveals their emotions, or says who would inherit what, or give them instructions on what to do afterward (visit so-and-so from time and time, have a beer for me, etc)?
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End scene after action.. Main surviving character(s) sitting in the back of an ambulance wrapped in a blanket. They are offered coffee and the main good guy comes over and talks to them. Is this on TV Tropes anywhere? It's in almost every drama, action film with victims, Lifetime movies, etc.
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Is there a trope for; a character to have a minor to huge changes in their personality then the franchise they are a part of get adapted to a new medium? Like then a character in video game that gets adapted into a novel, and then the character has a different personality in the novel then in the game? I have an example that involves a change in one characterization trait, but is kinda major so I think it should be mentioned.
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A Weather and Environment trope.
The environment is distorted by some tremendous source of power, or a force of chaos.
Result: the terrain appears to rain upward—either it is becoming liquid when solid, or it is already liquid, or the terrain appears to crack and shear to float into the sky.
I believe we had this one at one time, but I looked through the Weather and Environment tropes and in the Dragon Ball page (where it should DEFINITELY occur) and it is absent.
Perhaps it was lost in the Great Crash.
All I can remember is the quotes page had a quote from Lucifer about how someone who's sin is pride wouldn't lie to you, just tell you the truth and let you figure out the wrong thing on your own.