Is there a dramatic version of this trope? We think e.g a bullet went through a kettle so no one died but a few moments later we see it also went through someone's head
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I came here to ask the same question. In my scenario, a chapter of The Alice Network opens with a description of the death of Edith Cavall that makes it seem like the character Violette has been killed by the Germans.
Decision:
If there's a specific trope for the example, it would be a subverted version of that trope.
If there isn't, it would be a played for drama version of this trope.
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"Let me get this straight, you think that your client - one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in the world - is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands. And your plan is to blackmail this person?"
For those who don't recognise the quote, it's Lucius Fox in The Dark Knight.
What I'm wondering if is this would generally be considered an example. When I first heard it I assumed he was going down the old "Bruce Wayne is too rich and famous to be Batman" root, but obviously he ends up somewhere quite different. Did other people see this as a kind of bait and switch?
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I don't know Batman very well, so when I look at this it seems more like a general "this person is incredibly powerful, you know this — you want to blackmail them?" I can see what you're saying, but it's subjective and possibly depends on being a Batman fan.
I'd like to propose an alternate title for this trope—-not necessarily a name change, but an alternate title that'd redirect to the same page as Bait And Switch:
Shtick Shift
It just sounds funny, and it's to-the-point for a joke that suddenly shifts when you were expecting it to go in a particular direction.
Shouldn't the Aerosmith/dentist appointment part in Real Life be in Advertising?
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Yes, although the first sentences should probably be rewritten a bit.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Okay, I came to this page, and I might want to suggest some of the listed sources here to get their own subpages. Because really, the list of examples from The Simpsons is so long, it's clearly clutter.
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"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman