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There a trope for when the fanbase thinks something's an obvious homage but it turns out the creators were referencing something else?
ex. The dog named Walt in "Monkey Island" (in a Pirates of the Caribbean homage) is not named after Walt Disney but someone's actual dog on the team.
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I know we have this one... we have to. What's the one where a guy suggests an incredibly risky plan, then asks who would be foolish enough to do it... only for everyone to look at him expectantly.
I was thinking Whats Everybody Looking At, but alas, no...
EDIT: Nevermind, I found it... wasn't looking for the correct keyword...
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I stumbled on the pages for Anthony Winkler and his novels and whoever wrote them used the term Fantastic Racism to refer to real-life racial conflicts. Thus, I had to delete a bunch of examples, but I wondered if there were any tropes dealing with race that might allow some of the example to be added back in under the correct trope.
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I get the feeling this trope should be in the wiki, but if there's a defined name for it then I don't know what it is.
Alice and Bob are separating for the last time. The cause can vary from a Heroic Sacrifice to simply a break up, it doesn't really matter - the point is that they're leaving each other and they probably won't see one another again (or at least, that's how it's played out for the audience). They both probably have tons of things to say, but instead of giving a Final Speech, one (or both) of them just say, "Goodbye." In other words, it's a final goodbye.
A possible subversion I've also seen is that the characters replace "goodbye" with "thank you," because saying "goodbye" gives the scene a feeling of finality that neither wants to acknowledge.
It isn't quite the same as Famous Last Words, since that usually involves at least one sentence and is spoken before someone dies. Death isn't a requirement in this case.
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What's the trope about someone who's trying to live up the legacy of someone who came before him? Like "Well Done, Son" Guy, but with someone who's dead?
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A work is being somewhat vague about it's setting and it is later revealed that it's not what the viewers assumed. For example; they were on Mars the whole time, the world looks the way it does because there was a nuclear war in the middle ages or the Ace Attorney series take place after the Second Impact, as a WMG suggests. This allows you to make your work a fan fiction of something else, kinda like Canon Welding.
Basically Tomato Surprise but with the setting instead of a character. Tomato World?
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Is there a trope that describe; a powerfull character that express their emotions through outburst of power, like a weather or natural disaster? Like a if a deity was sad and it would start to rain or something.
I am trying to find the appropriate trope for a demon lord who is describe like this: “The time the king was so happy that the Queen accepted his proposal, he knocked over a few mountains. The time when the king was so thrilled that the Prince was born, he froze the ocean. And the time when the King was so sad because of the Queen’s passing, he split the earth in two.”
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What's the trope for where a medium is set in a time or place where a certain thing should appear, or at least be very prevalent...but it isn't? It's not Did Not Do The Research, because the thing in question does appear, it's just nowhere near as emphasized as it should be (or as we expect it to be).
The example I am particularly thinking of is a work set in medieval times where you expect Christianity and religion to be mentioned a lot, but instead it's just...sort of in the background, like local flavor.
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er...i'm new so i hope i'm in the right place. so, um, here we go. you know in movies and stuff (pretty much uniquely comedy - at least i can only think of it in that context) when a character is screaming then they stop to take a breath then continue screaming (i've seen it with laughing as well)? anyways, i was trying to look up a page for this but couldn't find it. any ideas where i could find this or what it would be called or if there's a page for it?
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What would be the trope for when a group of people are talking about someone that they thinking is missing/dead, then someone says "I can hear them now" or something along those lines and then they show up.
I know it happens in the animated 101 Dalmations at the end and the maid says "sometimes at night i can hear them barking but it always turns out i'm dreaming" and then barking starts and she runs to open the door. I can't think of any other examples off the top of my head.
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Is there a trope for when someone is a member of an Evil Organisation but is not aware of the evil part - cos they've been brainwashed or raised as a member or similar and, unaware of the more unpleasant activities of the organisation, believe that what they're doing is for The Greater Good. Prime fodder for a Heel Face Turn when they realise what's really going on. Will be grateful for any help and it'll maybe stop me trawling the site and going off on tangents.
What's the trope for when a character is about to tell another character something, but before they do, the other character makes a comment that suddenly makes it a bad idea for the character to tell them whatever they were going to tell them?