Fake Trope Example Maker

In Luck Of The Draw, where the sole way of earning money is through gaming/gambling, corrupt pit boss Horace Hallsworth agrees to join forces with Rebel Leader Martha Trenton to take down the ludocratic government after his estranged son files for bankruptcy. His smarts and cunningness proves to be a major asset for the rebel group, but he's still too greedy to provide any money necessary for advancing the plan.

Your Normal Is Our Taboo

In Ava Raine Bringer, Queen Saraya of the Outcasts starts off as a rather vicious, amoral, pugilistic, sardonic thief who follows a Might Makes Right mentality and cares nothing for the war between the Raw Alliance and Lord Heenan Vile-Brain. After being soundly defeated by Princess Ava, though, she gains a newfound respect for her, and agrees to join the Alliance. She's still sardonic, vicious and pugilistic, though, and is all too happy to give Ava advice on how to really hurt her opponents as much as possible before killing them.

In Chief Olaf, the titular Norse chieftain is introduced to the concept of Gladiator Games on a visit to Rome by Emperor Scrofula. He is genuinely perplexed that the Romans force slaves or prisoners to fight one another for entertainment, because it's not what his people would do. On the other hand, the Romans are genuinely perplexed when Olaf enters the arena himself to try it out, because why put himself in danger of getting injured or killed by accident when he has a people to lead?

Virtuous Character Copy- Jabba the Hutt

Edited by Sammael29 on Apr 24th 2024 at 8:57:11 AM

Gunslinger Knight: Sultan Je'ba deHoot is the jovially overweight king of the Desert of Golden Sand. Despite his weight, he's popular with the ladies, but stays faithful to his wife. He's fond of throwing feasts (in the Ottoman tradition, wherein everyone brings a lootin' sack), and half of the food is distributed to the common folk. His castle is surprisingly modest, in contrast to the protagonist's father's and especially the local temple. He's introduced subjecting a dangerous criminal to the Cryo-Prison treatment; "To await a day when your sociopathy can be cured." Shame about his table manners, though...

Edited by dvorak on Apr 24th 2024 at 11:20:08 AM

The anime series Wondrous Galaxies features the Apocalypse Cannon, a devastating laser fired out of the Battle Dragon spaceship. The spaceship resembles a dragon's head due to being built around a dead Star Dragon, invoking Breath Weapon imagery. The weapon can tear a hole in a planet's surface, which is required to defeat the Evil Warriors threatening the universe, who are immune to most other weaponry.

Delightful Dragon

• In Ava Raine Bringer, the Samoan princess finds a young lindworm (a dragon with two front legs, no back legs, and no wings) that the Outcasts have trapped for slaughter, and releases it out of pity. A day later, the lindworm repays Ava for saving its life by killing a vicious Karkadann that was attacking her. A bond solidified between them, Ava names the dragon Alofa (the Samoan for "Love") and becomes its rider.

Gangland Drive-By- Parodied

Parodied in Block Party Boys, where Corbin plots to start a neighborhood-wide water gun war by getting his older brother to drive him around the block while he shoots people with his squirt gun out the backseat window.

In Dig In Your Heels, the gang takes a metal singer called Edd Hurst (from a band called Droopy Cookie) hostage to try getting a ransom on him. Edd is extremely rude, abrasive, and outright admits that his music is "the shit of the shit", caring more about the money he makes than his audience or his reputation. The gang's newest member, Jinder Mahal, actually makes a joke about "(his) band not being the only thing Droopy about (him)." Ultimately, though, like the real Fred Durst, Edd is revealed to not actually be as much of a jerk as he pretends to be, and the gang takes pity on him and lets him go.

Affably Evil

Edited by Sammael29 on Apr 30th 2024 at 1:36:48 AM

Hoshi No Ko: Popopo once had to deal with an Apocalypse Cult that believe Humans Are the Real Monsters and is worshiping an ancient nature goddess they believe will get rid of the evils of humanity. The leader of this cult is surprisingly cordial to Popopo and his family, even asking him that We Can Rule Together, and is implied to be a Benevolent Boss to his followers. The actual Nature Goddess is closer to Faux Affably Evil, though.

Bait-and-Switch Comment

Edited by Oggy123 on Apr 25th 2024 at 10:15:33 PM

The Taskers features the Show Within a Show Star Hunters, a clear spoof of The X Factor that the family’s eldest daughter Alex is obsessed with. In the episode we see her watching at the start of “The Specs Factor”, a Simon Cowell lookalike makes an on-brand comment after an auditionee finishes singing:

Edited by Riolugirl on Apr 25th 2024 at 6:11:45 PM

Todd: One episode has the titular kid's little sister becoming obsessed with a pebble with markings that looks like a happy face, even making it a Companion Cube.

Four-Philosophy Ensemble

Edited by Oggy123 on Apr 26th 2024 at 4:21:06 PM

Yet Another JRPG:

• The Cynic: Lisa. Being well studied in the realm of legendary journeys (and all the pratfalls heroes make on them), Lisa takes a pragmatic approach to adventuring, and reacts to a lot of Xander's more optimistic ideas with scorn.
• The Optimist: Xander. Quick to put honor and opportunity before reason and look on the bright side of things in the moment rather than the long-term consequences of his actions. His outlook puts him at constant conflict with Lisa.
• The Realist: Devon. As Chief Ambassador of the Kingdom of Centralton, he is used to having to come to a middle ground when discussing serious issues, and is usually the one breaking up tensions between Xander and Lisa.
• The Conflicted: Minami. As the young guardian of the seven Gate Crystals, most of her life has been negotiated by her parents, and as such she has never properly developed the skills necessary to form her own opinions. The journey through Arpegia brings her indecisiveness to the forefront.

In Horsing Around, the Four Horsewomen try learning how to play table tennis under the instructions of Sgt. Slaughter. Too bad for them, Sergeant Slaughter is a Drill Sergeant Nasty who treats table tennis as Serious Business, and flat-out berates and punishes the four women for not doing a good enough job of it. Becky even lampshades that they should have known better than to sign up for training from a man who calls himself "Sergeant Slaughter". Luckily for them, the Bella Twins are able to put them in touch with the even scarier-named Colonel Carnage, who makes Sergeant Slaughter wet himself and sink sobbing to his knees after just ten minutes of furious, incoherent shouting. Colonel Carnage then takes over their training, and proves to be much more reasonable about it.

Sir Swears-a-Lot

Edited by Sammael29 on Apr 26th 2024 at 11:41:43 AM

In Jonas Corbins Guide To Life, Chloe Seaver is the only one of the core six to swear regularly. It's implied that she picked it up from her brother Mark, the only character to swear more often.

Clever Crows

Umbra: Warriors of Darkness features Ebb, Will's pet crow. Despite his fellow agents' initial misgivings, she proves to be a highly competent research assistant and battle partner — she demonstrates an understanding of concepts such as displacement, tool use and Shadow Arts, and can utilise them in a fight if needed. By the end of the game, she's even started learning how to speak!

Edited by Riolugirl on Apr 26th 2024 at 7:33:09 PM

In the Live Action series A Message From Afar, it is revealed in the ninth episode of the penultimate season that the holographic alien message proclaiming to invade Earth in 3 years was an elaborate hoax perpetrated by the timid engineer Marshall. Marshall took advantage of the resulting panic and formation of the Galactic Union to use his technical expertise and climb to the highest echelons of the Union's research division, in order to secure his position as the pilot of the Humongous Mecha Exodus as Earth's best weapon, which became fully operational just a day prior.

The final season focuses on all of Earth's citizens pooling their effort and resources into attempting to destroy the mech, which is being used by Marshall to intimidate the world into doing his bidding. It culminates in an emotional final stand-off between Marshall and his betrayed Only Friend, fellow GU member Larry who is sent to man a prototypical version of Exodus.

In the Space Explorers! episode "Drain Brain," Science Officer Mel undergoes an upgrade to his cortex implant. He spends the rest of the episode suffering from migranes and spewing random facts. He turns out to be incompatible with the new software, which he fears would result in a "psychic cancer" that would eventually over-write his ability to breathe and pump blood. The resolution of the episode involves the science team working on a patch to "fix" him.

Edited by dvorak on Apr 26th 2024 at 10:31:50 AM

In Legend Of Altheria, part of the unearthly atmosphere in the Pagoda of Twilight is created by graphic and sound distortions, which grow more frequent as the party gets higher and thus closer to the Crimson Moon.

Canon Character All Along

Edited by Kahran042 on Apr 27th 2024 at 8:41:34 AM

Hoshi No Ko: The sequel series to this Hal Laboratory-made anime series, Hoshi No Ko Galaxy, reveals that Popopo is actually Kirby. After defeating the Big Bad, he lost his energy and drifts off unconscious before falling into a planet, which is Popstar. He then melts into goo as he enters the atmosphere, before crashing into the planet as a meteor and then taking the puffball form we know and love.

Reptiles Are Abhorrent: Inverted

Edited by Oggy123 on Apr 27th 2024 at 9:17:58 PM

In Emblems of Liquid Gold, protagonists Max Edephia and Calum Medici emigrate from Columbia to the United Illyas Republic (The Tacticall Mana Chronology's equivalent of the Weimar Republic) to escape the former's prohibition laws and are taken in by a mysterious man named Victor Valseigen. In episode seven of the series, it's revealed that Victor is actually Otto von Engele, living a life of seclusion under a pseudonym to avoid association with the former Alderian Empire, who stole his zeppelin blueprints and weaponized them during the Great Mana War.

The Finimar are the only species of dragon in the Raybound Hunters franchise to not pose a threat to civilization, and their calm demeanor and skilled flight abilities have led to them being domesticated by humans and raised as companions. The Solaria Institute's recon branch uses Finimar to survey areas for exploration.

Edited by Pogakure on Apr 28th 2024 at 8:17:00 AM

Alicia Ramsey from Jonas Corbins Guide To Life is a nature-lover in general, with a particular interest in insects. Unfortunately, this does not go both ways, since a Running Gag involves her being chased by bees when she simply wants to observe them.

Corrupted Character Copy: John Keating

• Ron Beating in Horsing Around: An English teacher who encourages research in historical poets, but he cares nothing for his students, and any of their accomplishments that he takes pride in, he purely does this because of how well it reflects on him. No wonder the Four Horsewomen decide to show him the door and take over his job.

Noble Demon

Edited by Sammael29 on Apr 27th 2024 at 9:02:05 AM

Don't Shoot the Messenger: Jackson De Nieve, CEO of Frost Co., is a cartoonishly evil Card-Carrying Villain whose evil plans consist of destroying the city, taking down the heroes, covering the world in an Endless Winter, stuff like that. He, however, treats his employees well and has a strict no-kill-rule.

Edited by inkuiry on Apr 27th 2024 at 10:15:53 AM

In Anger or me, Jack is shown being absolutely furious, the reason why? His niece Jackie is being threatened by her neighbor

Friendly Neighborhood Vampire

• Ava Raine Bringer: The Ministry of Darkness are all depicted as a small brotherhood of vampiric priests who are benevolent and protective of humans despite their creepy aesthetic. Their leader, The Undertaker, stands out even more so, because his vampiric parents were definitely not friendly, and didn't understand why their son wanted to befriend their "food" instead of feeding on them. This meant that they were abusive to both him and his half-demon brother Kane, but all the abuse only made 'Taker more protective of both his brother and humanity. So, eventually, he and Kane set fire to their parents' castle to make sure they couldn't kill anymore humans, and then went on the run. Now, as the leaders of the Ministry, their job is to defend any humans they run into from genuinely evil vampires.

The Don

In Kenny The Cat, recurring antagonist Maurice the Mouse and Kenny's Sitcom Arch-Nemesis is a mouse that's a parody of mafia leaders, except that this "mouse mafia" hoards food and candy.

Insult to Rocks

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