http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/changes.phpRecent changes to tropes entries.Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:57:16 Pacific Daylight Timetropechanges .50http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShootTheShaggyDog-->''Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player\\ That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,\\ And then is heard no more; it is a tale\\ Told by a...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:57:15 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HansChristianAndersenRemember that bedtime story about the ugly duckling who became a swan? The image of a princess sleeping on a ton of mattresses... and a pea? The Fairy...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:57:13 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HalfDressedCartoonAnimalWhile characters having [[RingAroundTheCollar inexplicable collars]] is an animation cheat, one might think a character who wears a full outfit might ...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:56:38 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ApathyKilledTheCatRemember that old [[StockAesops saying]], "Curiosity killed the cat"? It seems that many fictional characters have taken it so close to heart that it ...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:55:21 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlastingItOutOfTheirHandsSelf-explanatory, really; the hero shoots a weapon out of the villain's hand. The one whose weapon was blasted, however, almost [[OnlyAFleshWound nev...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:54:51 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Discontinuity/Videogame-->''There's no such thing in the world as absolute reality. Most of what they call real is actually fiction. What you think you see is only as real a...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:54:50 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoreDakka[[{{Warhammer 40000}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/more_dakka.jpg]] [[caption-width:330:''[[ThereisNoKillLikeOverkill Never]]'' [[FunetikAkse...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:54:43 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RareCandyA rare, expendable {{RPG}} item that instantly increases a character's stat or sometimes an entire level, permanently. If the former, they will usual...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:54:14 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeathCourse-->''Please note that we have added a consequence for failure. Any contact with the chamber floor will result in an 'unsatisfactory' mark on your offi...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:52:58 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HonorBeforeReason->''I meant what I said and I said what I meant; an elephant's faithful, one hundred percent!"'' -->--'''Horton The Elephant''' ->''"Bro, you are su...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:51:10 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IdiosyncraticWipesIdiosyncratic Wipes happen when a show uses strange sequences to transfer between scenes in the show. On ''HomeImprovement'', one of the more promine...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:49:13 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoOSHACompliance''The movie ends in a stock movie location I thought had been retired: a steam and flame factory where the combatants stalk each other on catwalks and...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:48:24 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TrustBuildingBlunderIf you are reading this, you are very likely in an office environment or being schooled to enter one and wasting valuable work time. That said, if y...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:48:23 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLikeOh no, AliceAndBob about to be smashed to bits by a giant [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Robotic Ninja Dragon on a Muthafrickin' Plane]], and it looks like ...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:48:05 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DarkReprise''A song starts in sunshine, but has a dark reprise.'' There are two main forms; the first is the sarcastic echo, the second is the dark reprise. Thi...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:47:39 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadlyDodgingA common trick when fighting a GiantMook, but often seen elsewhere is to find a way to use their power against them. The most simple way to do this is...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:46:12 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreadEggsMilkSquickWhen a character's long rambling conversation or explanation suddenly contains a bizarre or disturbing ''non sequitur'' without the character missing ...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:45:39 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OhCrap[[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/absoluteterrorprime.jpg]] --> ''"She's just going to [[DungeonBypass blast through th...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:44:47 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VerbalTic-->''"Sayonara... [[OneeSama onee-nii-sama]]... puuuu!"''\\ -'''Jan-Puu''', ''{{Kashimashi}}'' -->''"This is the most '''humiliating''' defeat of my ...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:44:35 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Yandere[[{{Shuffle}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_shuffle_-_kaede_is_full_of_happy_feelings_-_THE_POT_IS_EMPTY.jpg]] [[caption-width:250:Kaede h...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:43:53 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BerserkButton-->''"They call me... '''[[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs Mister Pig]]!'''"''\\ - Pumbaa, ''TheLionKing'' So you're dealing with a character who seems perfect...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:43:39 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MobileShrubberyhttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shrubbery.jpg [[caption-width:330:Dr. Horrible puts his Ph.D. in horribleness to work.]] Alice hides from Bob b...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:38:17 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GhibliHillsOften paired with AdventureTowns in anime, this area consists of the entire relatively pristine wilderness outside of TheCity. Urban sprawl is not mu...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:37:31 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WikiSandboxThis is where you can play around with your edits before actually, you know, adding them. {{NetHack}} [=~I'm Sorry I Kicked Your Ass (But You Deser...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:37:30 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheGhostA character who is often referred to, but never quite makes it onto the screen. Sometimes just casually mentioned, but eventually played for comic eff...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:37:30 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ComeForTheXStayForTheY-->''"I come for the wuggas, but stay for the jiggy juggas."'' -->Cheerleader, Strong Bad Email #141: death metal You're browsing around, and you fin...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:35:55 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MissingMomA subtrope of ParentalAbandonment: The mother of a character or characters is missing or absent. Perhaps she died. Perhaps she left and there's bitte...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:34:55 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnnamedParentThe unusually common practice in kids' shows of not giving a character's parents actual names even if they're around, insteading being addressed as Mo...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:34:42 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging[[quoteleft:206:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/order_of_the_stick_-_lampshade.png]] [[caption-width:206:OrderOfTheStick goes recursive.]] -->"'...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:34:40 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Mordor-->''One does not simply walk into Mordor. The Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great ...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:34:09 Pacific Daylight Timehttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment-->''"Disclaimer: The DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment does not share the opinion of anything written on this page, including [[OverlyLongGag overly l...Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:34:01 Pacific Daylight Time