The Italian Samurai
The Italian Samurai
In real life, UN's 2030 Agenda is this trope Up To Eleven. I won't put it in the tropes because it would be too controversial. They promised health, sustainability, gender equality, opposing climate change and reducing inequalities. What they aren't saying is that this is going to be achieved by completely annihilating each nation's sovereignty, creating a world-spanning totalitarian regime in which only those who are obedient can live, creating so much economic disparity that those who aren't ultra-rich will basically own nothing and be happy about it, implanting chips in people for complete control of their lives through digitalization, the complete elimination of the biological differences between male and female, false pandemics, complete control of the climate, and even MASS GENOCIDE (which technically is "reducing CO 2").
Is it this trope when someone in trouble begs and says, “I never do it again!”, to which the other (usually an authority about to punish them) says, “That’s right; you won’t”? Or is it another trope?
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, started by Leaper on Oct 9th 2011 at 10:39:37 PM
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You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"
Another Tom Clancy example. In Without Remorse, John Kelly tells punk dealer/rapist Billy, that he will leave the island alive. He does not specify that he will have permanent brain damage, and have less that a month to live due to the torture he puts him through.
Regarding Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike actually wanted to get his soul back! He wasn't tricked by the demon. The viewers were tricked into thinking Spike wanted the chip removed.
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Last example for the Real Life section states: "During the Civil War, some recruits often try to join while underage. They manage to accomplish this by putting a piece of paper with a number of it, and then saying when questioned 'I'm over 16.'"
I'm guessing this is a reference to the American Civil War, can anyone confirm this?
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It would illustrates better a Literal Metaphor than Exact Words. So, no, not the best image for this trope.
In San Francisco, there is a recreational sport called "rallye", wherein participants must drive around, following a set of very carefully worded instructions to the letter. For instance, they might be given the instruction "turn right at any uninstructed T junction", and must note that this instruction not only applies if one is travelling up the stem of the T, but it also applies if one is travelling in via the left entrance of the T; or they might be told to go straight at all "stop signs", but the instructions might define a "stop sign" as "a red HEXAGONAL sign with the word STOP on it" (i.e. do not follow the instruction on normal octagonal stop signs) or "any sign with the word STOP on it" (which includes signs like "Bus Stop" and "Stop Ahead"). Which part of the article should this be listed as an example for?
EDIT: Added it to Real Life. If it's not in the right place, I'm sure one of you fine folk will move it as appropriate.
Edited by edderiofer