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Woken at an Ungodly hour
Trying to find this trope from the launch pad "Woken at an Ungodly hour". I wanna see if it's made any progress, but it's taking me forever and 10 years to scroll through the pages. Is there any way I could get a link to the trope?
Logic Girl
Gag about a food called "X Surprise"
Someone makes a food called "X Surprise", and the punchline is what the surprise is. Common surprises include:
- It actually has no X in it.
- There's no surprise at all save for the lack of one.
- It tastes exceptionally good or bad.
- There's a weird extra ingredient.
- It's delivered in a weird way.
Replacement for "And Now For Something Completely Different" entry Videogame
Girls' Frontline's And Now For Something Completely Different entry is now a redlink after the trope was cut and replaced with the index Something Completely Different. Below is the entry in question.
Is there a trope — be it on Something Completely Different or elsewhere — that fits this and thus can be used to replace the redlink?
No Title
When a character has no problem trusting another character (especially if that character is looking to redeem themselves).
Regretful avenger Western Animation
This trope is where B have done something bad to A and A planned something petty to revenge B. When A is waiting for the plan to come through, B reveals to him that he has tried to fix his mistake. A realizes his pettiness too late only for the revengen to still happens and alienate B.
Sudden Loss
When it seems a character is going to win only for their opponent to take them by surprise at the last second.
They/Them
Fantastic Co-Existence
The opposite of Fantastic Racism. When a character of a fantasy race previously had a rough relationship with humans or vice versa, but now strives to unite the two races.
They/Them
Explosion discretion shot
When there is a massive explosion, and the scene briefly cuts away from the action, some place far away, and the explosion from the main scene can be seen from a distance, meant to show just how big said explosion is.
Musician/Composer
Potential trope for One Piece Live Action TV
In the One Piece (2023) episode "The Girl With the Sawfish Tattoo", Arlong literally turns one of the Coco Village's houses upside down shortly after he and the Arlong Pirates invade the village during Nami's flashback. In the One Piece manga and anime, Momoo turned the Gosa Village's buildings upside down since the villagers were unable to pay their tribute to Arlong.
Which trope fits this description?
Edited by gjjones
A character waits until someone messes up so that they have a reason to get rid of/punish them
Someone, usually a Bad Boss, wants to fire an employee, but can't do so without potentially getting sued for wrongful termination. So they wait until they commit any bad act before taking action, especially if they'd let that bad act fly if anyone else commits it.
In an alternative scenario, someone realises that they are getting stolen from, but they wait until the person has stolen a massive amount from them before calling the police on them (which they could have done much earlier) in order to make their punishment much worse than it would have been if they'd simply reported them as soon as possible.
Inhale, exhale
Audience plant
What's the trope for when a show secretly places an actor in the audience as part of a bit?
An Embarrassing, Accidental Meetup.
This trope is one that can occur in just about any medium. It's where, say, for example, a person goes to a particular place for whatever reason, only to find that someone they know is also there, but for an unrelated reason, and the person that they know is embarrassed as a result of being seen there by someone they know.
Best example I can think of (without spoiling anything for stuff, at least) is when, in an episode of The Simpsons, Principal Skinner is in a therapist's office, and Bart spots him. Skinner immediately tries to hide his face in a magazine once Bart tries to talk to him.
VideoGame/PowerBomberman tester
Similarity contrast
A contrast is painted between two characters/groups who are similar by having them do similar things. Is this "Not So Different" Remark, or does it not fit the new definition?
Examples:
- In this page
of Gene Catlow, we see a contrast between the ideologies of Gene, the protagonist and Matt, the antagonist; the former thinks the members are the most important part of a group, the latter thinks it's the leaders. They are not talking to each other, much less close to each other, but their explanations conveniently happen at around the same time.
- In "Youth" from Nobody Here, we see an old person (represented by dentures) and a baby (represented by a pacifier). These were chosen as both are things that they put in their mouth; and the words they can say paint a similar contrast: the old person can say words like "wisdom tooth", "wheelchair", "yesterday" and "coffee", while the baby can say "baby tooth", "baby carriage", "tomorrow" and "milk".
swag guy
Drawing with food Western Animation
What it says on the tin. Is there a trope for drawing with food/condiments?
No Title
When you can see through someone pretending to be a nice person
Hi, I am a user
Zodiac Powers
Characters who can use powers based on the 12 zodiacs. Can be either Western Zodiac or Eastern Zodiac.
Inhale, exhale
Camaraderie with the band
Another theater trope. Do we have something for when the band is part of the show (often visible onstage) and acknowledged by characters, such as them interacting with specific members of the band or appreciating them?
unexpected agenda
a character turns out to have some kind of third party plan— that is, they are not on either the heroes side or the villains side, but are doing something else entirely.
For example, if Alice has been trying to keep her power ring safe from Evil Bob, who wants to conquer the world with it ... when unexpectedly, her power ring is stolen by Charlie, who wants to use it to make himself into a lizardman. The point is that Charlie may or may not be evil, but his plan was just not on anyones radar. And he's not on Alice or Bob's side. He's an unexpected third party in what they thought was a two-person fight.
Edited by Tremmor19
Always at the last second
Is there a trope for how things like time bombs or other dangerous things with a timer are always defused when there's only a second left (or less, if the the timer also lists factions of a second.)?