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openDoes a platonic version of Ships That Pass In The Night exist?
Two characters don't interact canonically, but the fandom makes up a familial/friendly relationship between them. For example, in My Hero Academia, Shinsou and Eri are often portrayed as adoptive siblings with Aizawa being their dad.
openDescribe this version of Hera
•Hera has no blood relations to Zeus.
•Don’t know whether to make her a somewhat sympathetic or straight up Evil. On one hand, it’s kind’ve seen as cliche to make female villains be sympathetic, redeemable in comparison to other male villains. On another hand, that’s kinda how’s she’s like in the original myths.
•She’s rallies/manipulates Poseidon, Apollo, and, Ares to kill Zeus, bring up her husband’s sins against them as a way to persuade them.
•Zeus being a bad husband or it was a mutually toxic relationship.
•Not only becomes the sole queen, she becomes a crime boss as well.
•Favors and cherished Ares, albeit tends to manipulate him and even encourages him to essentially bully anyone she doesn’t like.
openForced into servitude for disobeying
Someone disobeys a group, and as punishment, they are put to work.
An example would be in The Final Exit of the Disciples of Ascensia. (spoilers) Mira and Celisse are told early on that if they run away from the group, they will be permanent servants to the mothers. Later, thinking that the group will commit mass suicide, they run away. They are caught, and since the group doesn't actually kill themselves, they have to work for them for the rest of their lives.
resolved Sister Trope for Can't Live With Them, Can't Live Without Them
I thought the trope I needed was Can't Live with Them, Can't Live Without Them, but maybe not. I'm looking for a trope about siblings or cousins who do not get along well at all. Like, one sibling is on the good guys team and the other is a villain or a rebel rogue off on their own, or they just have two completely different personalities. One sibling gets so mad at the other's antics. Maybe they threaten to disown them, or they purposefully shut themselves away and commence the silent treatment, only to realize that, despite their sibling's shenanigans, they still love them, want to bond and hang out, no ill will or harm is wished upon the one whose pulling things.
openTwo mystery tropes
- Everyone Did It: All the suspects played a role in committing the crime.
- Nobody Did It: None of the suspects committed the crime.
openIncompetent Character Wins A Contest Against All Odds By Sheet Luck
I'm looking for a trope that's sort-of-related to the Invincible Incompetent, except that, while that trope describes a character, this trope describes a single event where a clumsy or unintelligent character who usually isn't the Invincible Incompetent manages to win a challenge or competition, against all odds, by sheer luck.
May manifest as a way for the author to Throw the Dog a Bone.
Edited by sRAMrelevratopenImpartiality Failure
A character who's supposed to be impartial/neutral about something (such as a judge or mediator) realizes that they're leaning towards one side (and sometimes requests to be replaced for that reason).
In The Simpsons, Marge and Homer go to Reverend Lovejoy for marriage counseling. After Marge lists Homer's innumerable failures as a husband and human being, Lovejoy confesses that this is the first time he's sided with one spouse so completely (the other couple we see are both horrible, but in equal measure).
openOffscreen Evacuation
Compare the Bye in Stealth Hi And Bye , this could happen in many types of situations.
A) Say Sophie allows Bob to leave, and in the second the camera looks back at Bob, he already disappeared. Sophie: Go on now, go back to your fa- Oh wait, he already left.
B) Say Sophie discusses about how she can rely on Bob for a situation, and when she looks back at said Bob, he’s already gone. Sophie: Don’t worry, if anyone can do this, so can Bob…Bob?
C) Sophie finally traps Bob so he wouldn’t get away with anymore misdemeanors, but just when she looks back at him, he’s already gone, leaving nothing but the ropes used to tie him up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4A4MBGY6lY&t=45s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbSkPctzYw&t=28s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MJXNIKt9PM&t=4m10s
Edited by StoucaopenThreaten the lawyer with lawsuits Live Action TV
A person is planning a mass murder, and the police think a particular witness (who has no idea this person is planning this) can lead them to this person. However, the witness's lawyer tells the witness not to cooperate. The District Attorney gets the lawyer out of the way with the threat that if the mass murder occurs, the DA will first sue the lawyer criminally for causing the deaths, and then resign as DA and sue the lawyer while representing the families of the victims.
openSimultaneous Gameplay and Story Integration / Segregation
What's the trope for this situation:
An RPG where the longer you take to reach the final boss, the stronger he gets (subverting Take Your Time). While this is true, it turns out that the growth is so small as to be negligible (e.g. the boss starts at 100,000 HP and adds only 10 HP and 1 damage for every 10 hours of gameplay). Basically, it is Gameplay and Story Integration since the boss' HP does go up with time, but also Gameplay and Story Segregation since the difference is barely noticeable even by completionists.
openMeme dies then another died.
Then a meme was killed off, but then a meme connected to it dies off too. So say a meme have someone say a thing about someone, so the second person makes something else about the first person, but then the first meme dies off, so the second meme dies as well.
resolved First kill is the most important
Trope where a characters first Murder is highly emphasized compared to their subsequent murders. This potential trope also probably includes where a characters first act of murder causes a sort of descent or change to them
openBad music performance compared to cats yowling?
Couldn't find a trope for this.
When someone likens a Dreadful Musician to torturing cats, choking geese, or something similar — is there a trope that covers this? It really doesn't seem to be Cat Concerto, as there's really no value judgement inherent in that trope, best I can tell.
Thanks!
Edited by BoltDMCopenThe Press Is Worthless (or Absent)
Do We Have This?
This is where the journalists in the area in which the plot takes place are, at best, shown to have ZERO relevance to the plot when one would think that they would be all over the case in question, or that the protagonists could likely solve all of their problems by going to them and making certain key facts public (that the Police have been stonewalling them on or such). Often the press isn't even shown or discussed (as a factor to be taken into consideration) at all to begin with, when again you would think they should.
Another angle is in a work when some event would seem in danger of breaking the Masquerade or revealing the Conspiracy, but no reporters ever show up and report on the weird incident in question despite the trail of destruction or assorted monster/alien bodyparts strewn all over the place. Could sometimes be justified in-universe if they are in the pocket of the villains (don't know about the Masquerade/Conspiracy per se) or DO know and are an active part of it.
openhanging by the fingers Film
Can someone give me a list of movies and tv shows that have this trope and have female spies or agents doing this?
Edited by ryd1234openAnnoying Video Game Helper is the player character Videogame
Is there a trope for when the Annoying Video Game Helper is the player character themselves (not an ally to the PC)? Or would that be an example of AVGH?
openKelleran Beq in The Phantom Menace?
I found out that Ahmed Best has a cameo (outside of the Jar Jar role) among the Jedi on Naboo at the end of The Phantom Menace (behind Chancellor Palpatine), and that in recent years this has been considered an early sighting of Kelleran Beq, the role he would take in The Mandalorian, but that is nowhere official.
Which trope would that fall in? The Cameo, despite the character not being envisioned yet? Retcon, even though it isn't official? Fanon? Fan-Retconned Cameo?
Edited by StFanopenVenting Prevents Explosion
In some works, I've seen this plot point that is almost always Played for Drama, in which some sort of machine, generator, dispenser, hose, or pipe is at risk of exploding due to it being plugged up, or in general, having no outlet for it's pent up pressure. A few good examples of this trope in action would be in the very first Fleischer Superman cartoon, when Superman ties the electrothenasia ray in a knot; The Simpsons episode "King Size Homer", when Homer fails to vent the radioactive gas tank; and the Spongebob Squarepants episode "Selling Out", when Mr. Krabs shoves the self-checkout register into the synthetic patty dispenser. If anyone knows what this trope is called, please let me know.
Edited by HipsterDog02resolved Unused Exotism
Is there a trope for this situation: A work takes place in a different country than the protagonist's, but little to nothing is made of it (not even The Theme Park Version) and the story could just as well have taken place at home.
e.g.
- A heist movie that takes place in Hong Kong with mostly American characters, but because it all happens in a modern office building at night the only indication it's not in the US is that the signs aren't written in English, so there's no Culture Clash.
- A Spanish movie that takes place in Mexico with so few Mexican elements (accents, exterior shots etc.) that you can't even apply the Spexico trope.
•Leader of the Wild Boar (Any better names?)
•Arms dealing, assassinations, and racketeering.
•His followers’ weapons range from AK-47s, machetes, and other various types of knives and guns. He however still wields a shield and sword.
•Has the Furies/Erinyes on his side along with Eris.
•Despite his calm demeanor, he hides a bloodthirsty and sadistic side to him.
•His chariot takes the form of a motorcycle. Every time he revs it up, you can still hear neighing sounds.