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Is there a villainous version of the Rousing Speech? I'm trying to find a good place to put Lord Recluse's speech that plays on loop in Grandville. It goes like this.
"I must therefore rely on all of you to spread the word of Lord Recluse's vision. A vision of a glorious future, in which man is not encumbered by the desire for truth, peace, or justice. A future where you no longer must obey others, where you must no longer bow down to those who deem themselves your superiors, a world in which you can finally say "No more." No longer will you have to listen to those who tell you that you must earn what you wish, that you must work hard to achieve your goals. You will have the strength to take what you desire. Through my way, the way of villainy, you can have what you want now. You can leave the weak lying in your wake as you grasp with both hands the glorious future of havok. The heroes are doomed! Join me now, or you will suffer the same fate that awaits all those who defy me. I, Lord Recluse, shall cover this world in darkness!"
Any ideas?
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Is there a specific trope for the scary as hell good guy? This kind that makes his allies shiver and/or say, "Glad he's on my side!" or "Great person to be around, but believe me, never piss him off. Really." The scary side need not be immediately apparent, just anyone who knows the hero well enough is really, really glad they are on the side of good. Such a character either has a bit of a dark side, or is just that powerful. The gloves only come off from time to time, causing everyone, including sometimes the viewers to shudder in fear of the hero. If one of the worst things that could possibly happen is for the hero to become evil, it's probably this trope. Especially applies when the hero is a genuinely good, cuddly, Eldritch Abomination. Can overlap but is distinct from Dark Is Not Evil and Bad Powers Good Guys Not Superpowered Evil Side unless the evil side just means the character is no longer holding back against his enemies.
Examples:
- Angel
- Superman in some guises
- The Doctor from Doctor Who - The real reason why The Family Of Blood and The Waters Of Mars made fans hide behind the sofa.
- Too many anime characters to count
- Any case of a sweet and friendly character who also happens to the exception to the rule in that aspect, compared to the rest of his race.
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Is there a trope for useful stupidity? I don't mean Obfuscating Stupidity, I mean Character A is smart and uses the obvious stupidity of his ally Character B to his advantage when dealing with their antagonists and obstacles.
Ex. In A Scotsman In Egypt, the Scottish diplomat Gilles lets his brash young and dumb apprentice Gordon tell the Pope things that Gilles could never get away with saying, and then smooths it over with "Your Holiness, I apologize profusely for my associate."
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I'm not sure if I just can't find it or if T Vtropes doesn't have a name for it yet. The trope I am thinking of is when somebody who used to be a big bad scary villain, but, prior to or within the first couple of episodes, ends up defanged and much more sympathetic AND ends up forced to hang around the good guy because the good guy is the only one who can restore their power, AND this is pretty much the basis for their entire relationship if not the major plot of the series. The first of the best two examples is Ryoko from Tenchi Muyo (she went on killing spree pre-story, but by the end of the first episode she's a sweet looking girl sleeping in his bed, and spends the rest of the series trying to get all her gems back (and sleeping with Tenchi, but that's not related to this trope). The next best example is Kusanagi from Blue Seed. He is forced to hang around Momiji because he lost his seed and now needs her help, and this lasts for pretty much the entire series IIRC, at least in the anime. Another good example though is Inuyasha from Inuyasha. Big scary demon in the opening episode, but he gets seemingly neutered and stuck with Kagome as he tries to find a way to become a big scary dude again. Basicly, a villain is trying to return to power, and therefor works WITH the hero/heroine at least an entire season, instead of a oneshot deal.
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Is there a trope for when an inventor becomes attached to his inventions and calls them his babies like Cyborg from Teen Titans and his t-car or Tech E Coyote from Loonatics Unleashed? Not exactly Cargo Ship but the character treats his inventions like his children.
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I think there's a trope like this, I just don't know what it's called. You know when characters are so prudish that it's like being touched is their Berserk Button? Men visibly shudder and women can throw guys through a wall. And sometimes it's doesn't have to be Thanks For The Mamaries; sometimes it's just an innocent display of affection or even just skin contact. Probably applies to extreme germophobes.
Anyone know if that trope exists and what it's called?
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What is it called when a character has a widely-known personality in fanon, but that personality doesn't have a firm basis in canon? But it still fits them and isn't a simplification. It's not Word of Dante because there wasn't a single work that actually created it, but everyone still uses the non-canon personality.
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A monster/creature/etc is violently grasping for a hero who is backed against a corner. The claws/teeth/apparatus of death is thrashing inches from the hero, but can't quite reach. Is there a trope for this?
Or, how about when a hero is hiding from some deadly creature. The only thing between the hero and the creature is something that, if simply looked over/around, will reveal the hero. For example, the mirror in the newer War of the Worlds, or Frodo hiding/moving behind a column as the cave troll searches for him.
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Significant character from established medium is adapted to a new medium. During that adaptation, character gains a new trait which does not exist in the source. Later adaptations (or later versions of treat trait as if it were canon ever since the source material.
Kinda like Canon Foreigner but a trait, not a character.
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I was watching the new Sherlock series (the one written by those two Doctor Who writers), and there was a scene where Watson asked Holmes about a case that Holmes was ignoring, and Holmes said, "I'm putting my best man on it." Watson replied along the lines of "Ah, good" — only after a delay realizing that Holmes was talking about him. When I saw that, I thought of another scene: when Roy got a job as a bodyguard from Hinjo. In both these cases, the one character talks about the other in abstract terms ("my best man", "an idea where I can hire a bodyguard"), and the other doesn't realize immediately that they're the subject of the conversation.
It's related to Got Volunteered, but I think it's a little different.
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When there's a video that appears to be what it's labeled, but halfway through it cuts to a different recording—I'm thinking like a self-recorded video or something—and then cuts back to the regular video.
I started thinking about this because of an example in Oyasumi Punpun, where the porno the characters find has a random guy confessing to the murder of his whole family in the middle, but this has gotta exist in other media too.
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A conflict where, for some reason, creatures which have no business being on a battlefield as anything other than a leader or rare monster are being used as cannon fodder.
For example, a fantasy battlefield where dragons aren't rare beasts, ridden only by the general or a high mage, capable of smashing whole units of infantry apart. Instead, they appear in wings of a dozen or more, and while still as powerful, drop like flies. Both their numbers and their casualties are treated as just another statistic in the grand scheme of things. This despite the fact that dragons are supposed to be rare, long-lived and solitary.
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Is there a Trope:
- Where a particular actor becomes ludicrously famous in one role, and they're in EVERY major movie that comes out for the next few years? Generally in a starring role, but even if the actor has no business being in that role? I'm Thinking it overlaps with WTH, Casting Agency?, but isn't exclusive to it.
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Do we have something that covers when there is an announcement that the president is being moved to a secure location in Disaster / Zombie Apocalypse type films?
There's a stock phrase that I can't put a trope to: "Don't make the same mistake I did!"