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openWar between different deities creations
Different gods create their own types of life, which fight.
Example being Evangelion where Humans, created by lilith, engage in war against the Angels, created by adam.
openAre there tropes for this
Is there a list of tropes for a You Tube video called “Sing Official Trailer #1 (2016) - Scarlett Johansson, Matthew Mc Conaughey Movie HD”
openBe the Brush!
Not to be confused for Body Paint, when painting takes a level of extreme. Say an artist has a big canvas, and the artist covers their body in paint, and smash their body across the canvas, making a great art piece!
openA duo made of a warrior and a diplomat
I don't think we have a trope for when a warrior and a diplomat are part of a Red Oni, Blue Oni duo. Sort of like Combat, Diplomacy, Stealth, but without Stealth, and it's two characters.
Unless Athens and Sparta can apply to characters.
openHello “MyName IsJack”
Do you know the trope where someone mistakes the name of someone with the words they used.
For example in TAWOG,
Richard: Who’s your friend? Gumball: It’s me Dad. Richard: a hello “Its Me Dad”
And in Disenchantment,
Referee: What’s your name? Zerg: It’s King Zerg ya jerk. Referre King Zorch Yajerk!
openTrope pertaining to a character dreaming about someone they haven't met
Character A meets Character B in real life. They describe the encounter to Character C. Character C later dreams about Character B. Character B has a significantly different personalty and appearance in the dream compared to real life, owing to the fact it is only based on Character A's description. Is there a trope that can describe this for Character B's character page?
openMocking the Outfit
It's like Atrocious Alias, but for an outfit. It's an outfit so bad or so silly that they are mocked for it In-Universe or told to go back and change.
I'm thinking of like the time Deadpool went into a laughing fit over voodoo practitioner Black Talon because he looked like a chicken.
openNot Your Fault But You're Responsible
A character is causing problems for everyone else through no fault of their own, or rather, they had no intention of causing problems but it's still the case.
e.g. Bob has allergies, and he sneezes loudly and often. Everyone at work sympathizes with him, but as the day goes by everyone starts dreading the next one, Alice The Stoic starts showing teeth every time Bob sneezes, Carl the Nice Guy starts to fantasize about how easy it would be to strangle Bob, etc. The solution they find is to put him to work in an isolated office where his sneezes won't interrupt, which isn't great for Bob but it lets the rest of the team work.
Edited by Chabal2openChildren's stories: the action happens at their temporary home.
Lots of children's stories have this: when they have an adventure, it's not at their usual home, but somewhere they go to stay. For example, Harry Potter has most of his action at Hogwarts school, and feels scared when he might not be able to go back. Another such story is Stig Of The Dump: all Barney's adventures are at the dump near his grandmother's house, and when he goes home, he worries that Stig and the dump might not be there when he returns. This means that they have their adventures "occasionally", instead of all the time, and when they return home, their adventures must come to an end.
Is there a trope to cover this?
openSeize the inspiration
Is there a trope (or trivia item) in which a writer seizes an idea as it occurs to them, by writing it down at once?
Roald Dahl describes how he kept a notebook of one-sentence plot ideas, writing them down as they occurred to him, and that every book of his started out in this way.
openKilling someone to spare them a worse death later.
It's like a Mercy Kill, only the "mercy" part hasn't happened to the victim yet. There are several possible scenarios:
-Let's say Tony knows his rivals are closing in on his friend Nino, and if they catch Nino, they will torture him to death. In this scenario there is no other way out other than Tony killing Nino himself quick and painless.
-A mother finds out her son has a terminal illness. He's fine now, but it will wreck him later. So she poisons him. I'd think this falls more in line with Mercy Kill than the first example, but maybe not.
In either case, the core idea is sparing a lot of suffering for the victim later by killing them now.
Edited by neckinhalfopenWhat would this trope be called?
Character A and Character B chatting until they suddenly hear loud rap/rock music being blasted from a car pulling up. The person then steps out of the vehicle with a cold/arrogant look on their face.
openAre there tropes for this
Is there a list of tropes for a You Tube video called Happy Tree Friends - Flippin’ Burgers (Ep #30)
openIntended all along ;)
When a show or something of the sort receives an unexpected major or at least noticeable change in it based on something in real life, but the change was given an in-universe explanation
EX: On the F Na F You Tube channel Eth Goes Boom, one of the characters, Toy Bonnie had 3 different voices through the entire series. In real life, Eth had no idea how to voice Toy Bonnie at first, and try to try a few times to find one he liked. But in universe, Toy Bonnie kept changing his voicebox because the kids weren't responding to it. In his case, it led to it's very own storyline that went on for many let's plays
Edited by GxchxFxndomsopenYou can't (think) ___, that's ____'s job/role!
When a character mainly expresses one character trait or action or idea, and then another character expresses that same trait or thought or idea, and they get "called out" for it
An example, since I know this explanation sucks, would be in TADC, if Pomni were to have one of her mental breakdowns and Jax says something like "Hey Pomni, you're not supposed to be the one that goes insane, that's Kinger's job!"
Never (or almost never) used in the context of actual jobs or roles
Edited by GxchxFxndoms
When the taller lover grabs his love and effortlessly twists and spins around in a romantic embrace.