"Opinions are worthless if they're unbendable over time."
My name is MidnightRun99. I'm a quiet troper who is most commonly fascinated with the more obscure forms of media, whether it be video games, music, comics, or various web shows. If you ever see me around, it's more often than not for topics not a lot of others will express interest for.
Media MidnightRun has reviewed
TV Shows/Movies
Video Games
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MidnightRun's favorite tropes
- Actually Pretty Funny: It's almost like a small heartwarming moment, when someone agrees that a joke really was humorous.
- All Balloons Have Helium: A classic set up for potential, cartoony antics.
- Animated Outtakes: If animated movies had this during the credits, you know the crew had fun making the film.
- Attack! Attack... Retreat! Retreat!: Never gets old.
- Balloon-Bursting Bird: Pairs perfectly with the above mentioned All Balloons Have Helium.
- Calvinball: There can be a lot of creativity in made up games with no ground rules.
- Disproportionate Retribution: If done well it can be a very effective form of chaotic comedy.
- Exact Words:
Luffy: (To the bad guys) YOU GUYS ARE PIRATES!!!Usopp: What. The. FU-*BLEEP*?!Luffy: What?Usopp: What the f*ck was that?!Luffy: What are you talking about?Usopp: YOU LET THEM KNOW WE'RE HERE!Luffy: YOU SAID WARN EVERYBODY!!Usopp: OH MY GOD!
- Flat "What": Sometimes that's all it takes to express how dumbfounded you are.
- Hands Go Down: And no, this trope can't be used as an instrument.
- Harsher in Hindsight: Inverted example out of universe. Because from a personal viewpoint, it can also cross with Flame Bait if done carelessly.
- Karma Houdini: Inverted. Characters who are wholly unpleasant or generally unlikable never getting any comeuppance for their actions I find are completely horrendous.
- Makes As Much Sense In Context: I often talk to my bird figurines when I need advice on how to draw an anthropomorphic garden hose.
- Mondegreen Gag: I love the idea of mishearing words or phrases in a comedic way.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: There's nothing more satisfying than a Jerkass getting a vicious verbal thrashing for all of the crap they've put others through.
- Spit Take: Let's be honest, we've all done this (or acted it out in text) at least once, and it is hysterical.
- Who's on First?: A classic, enough said.
