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With there being quite a few known fire and ice (water) dous and couples, I was surprised that there isn't a trophy for it here.
Why this trophy should have a page or at least be mentioned, to start things off there is the Fire and Ice novel by Jackie Andrews. Even though Zuko and Katara of Avatar: The Last Airbender are fire and water, Katara is able to freeze the water she bends and is from the South Pole. Lets not forget the Todoroki couple and their youngest son from My Hero Academia.
That's just the ones at the top of my head, but the trophy could include water and fire duos, since ice is frozen water. What do you think, should this trophy be acknowledged.
Is there a trope for this?
Here’s an example:
Kid A and Kid B meet each other in kindergarten. Kid A bullies Kid B, but in 1st grade, they’re friends.
hello a trope question for y'all
I'm trying to figure out what tropes would fit these two characters. Honestly, I already have an -ish idea, but I'm not exactly sure of the names. Here goes:
historians say they were close college roommates. or maybe just roommates in general if theres a trope for that
making a shop together. or like starting a business together
(also, pre-planned business idea ^, since the idea for the whole business came from an idea while the two were in college. not sure if that applies as a trope tho)
kinda went through a "breakup" (as in, one left the shop) but then they got back together again because /flutters hands/ oLd MemOriEs
crying over leaving someone. i think that should already be a trope by itself but yeah
subtle flirting, like holding hands in a flirtatious manner or in a flirting context
I appreciate any help!!
(this has been posted once on the shipping wiki, just thought i'd do i again because you guys seem more knowledgeable)
Is there a specific Trope-y name for those kinds of webcomics whose events are determined by the readers' comments and are usually one panel per page and written in the second person? Think along the lines of Homestuck or Awful Hospital. The closest thing to a genre name I can think of is "MS Paint Adventure" (since Andrew Hussie's work is very much the Trope Codifier, if not Trope Maker in this scenario) but is there a trope page this site has for this sort of thing?
Edit: I think the Interactive Comic page was what I was looking for.
(Edited by I0Me0Myself)
I've been wondering this for a few moments now, and no I'm not talking about dark magical girls/boys as they're already part of the same trope anyhow.
Is there a classification that groups all Youmas (from Sailor Moon) and various monsters from magical girl shows into a category, and is there a name for it? I'm thinking that might fit the answer.
Like an anti-piracy measure or just calling the player a dirty hacker. What would you call that?
So, I have a story and the two characters go from frenemies to friends to lovers. I know that's a trope in itself, but what should I do for their first kiss?
I was wondering if "Science Bros" could be made into a trope, because its not often pointed out in media that two good friends who are both scientists or engineers work together to create something. You see it with Tony Stark and Bruce Banner but I think if this is made into an actual trope then some writers will make more use of this concept.
(Edited by Malachi Bines)
I think Delayed Explosion and Delayed Reaction might both count as sub-tropes of the idea of Delayed Causality.
I would like to know if we have invented a name for this as it applies to falling...
For example here:
<svg class="thumbnail-play-icon" viewbox="0 0 180 180" width="100%" height="100%"><g fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"><g opacity=".9" transform="rotate(90 75 90)"><g fill="#000" filter="url(#a)"><rect id="b" width="150" height="150" rx="75"></rect></g><g fill="#FFF"><rect id="b" width="150" height="150" rx="75"></rect></g></g><path fill="#00D6D6" fill-rule="nonzero" d="M80.87 58.006l34.32 25.523c3.052 2.27 3.722 6.633 1.496 9.746a6.91 6.91 0 0 1-1.497 1.527l-34.32 25.523c-3.053 2.27-7.33 1.586-9.558-1.527A7.07 7.07 0 0 1 70 114.69V63.643c0-3.854 3.063-6.977 6.84-6.977 1.45 0 2.86.47 4.03 1.34z"></path></g></svg><meta itemprop="duration" content="PT00M06S"> Croodtopia fall delay
Basically where when someone runs off a cliff or a branch breaks and you see them briefly hang in mid-air instead of immediately falling, then after a second or so they do fall. Usually to show them reacting to the idea of falling before it begins.
This is so crazily common in cartoons that I'm sure someone must have named it but I can't seem to use search engine terms competently enough to find it.
Terms that came to mind to name it would be Delayed Fall or Fall Stall. If there is already a name perhaps we could redirect them wherever that is?
(Edited by Tycio)
re this:
<svg class="thumbnail-play-icon" viewbox="0 0 180 180" width="100%" height="100%"><g fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"><g opacity=".9" transform="rotate(90 75 90)"><g fill="#000" filter="url(#a)"><rect id="b" width="150" height="150" rx="75"></rect></g><g fill="#FFF"><rect id="b" width="150" height="150" rx="75"></rect></g></g><path fill="#00D6D6" fill-rule="nonzero" d="M80.87 58.006l34.32 25.523c3.052 2.27 3.722 6.633 1.496 9.746a6.91 6.91 0 0 1-1.497 1.527l-34.32 25.523c-3.053 2.27-7.33 1.586-9.558-1.527A7.07 7.07 0 0 1 70 114.69V63.643c0-3.854 3.063-6.977 6.84-6.977 1.45 0 2.86.47 4.03 1.34z"></path></g></svg><meta itemprop="duration" content="PT00M03S"> Lizzie Shuffles the Deck Librarians Gesture
I know the 2nd part is Eye Am Watching You but what do we call the 1st part where someone is making the sh noise (I would call it blow shushing) by blowing through their teeth and ALSO holding the index finger up to the mouth while doing so (finger shushing?) should both in unison be finger blow shushing maybe? Either could be done in isolation.
Very common gesture of indicating someone to be quiet but I don't know if we have a trope name for it.
(Edited by Tycio)
This isn't just an animal thing I think I've seen bipeds like humans do this too..
Anyone named it yet?
(Edited by Tycio)
I have a new idea for a trope:
- A work that includes a ton of self-awareness and meta-humor, at the cost of extreme apathy towards the characters and story. (Sorta like Darkness Induced Audience Apathy, except with excessive meta humor, such as a lot of Sonic works last decade.)
(Edited by Miru96)
Attached a screenshot to show what I mean...
When I saw this I felt a need to document it... I'm pretty sure I've seen this device used several times before... though I just can't think of any SPECIFIC examples...
Doesn't it seem familiar? The idea is that even though other characters are roughly the same size (or even smaller) it zooms in on their heads to emphasize their facial expressions (disapproval, in this case) and to make the subject of scrutiny look small/insignificant.
In this example it happened when there was a reveal the character caused a disaster so that she could be a hero rescuing people from it. It's like to signify embarassment or feeling pathetic...
Can anyone think of any specific examples of this being used elsewhere? Or does it at least feel familiar even if you're in the same boat as me and can't?
Any ideas on what to call it? If we find examples I'm sure some director out there adapting this device from earlier works might have come up with some on-the-fly term to describe it.
(Edited by Tycio)
It's a femslash ship, specfically for KyoSaya of the Madoka Magica fandom, where Kyoko essientially chooses to die with Sayaka so that Sayaka won't have to be alone.
(Edited by Androbirb)
There's the trope Commuting On A Bus where a regular character is downgraded to a recurring character (often due to an actor not being able to be on the series full-time). But what about its opposite?
There are occassions where a recurring character becomes a regular character on a series (possibly to fill in the void left by another regular cast member's departure). The two examples I'm thinking of are Hailey Upton on Chicago P.D., and Brainy in the CW's Supergirl. Both of them started out as recurring characters, and became regulars after other cast members left the show.
I'm sure there are more examples out there. So, does either this site, TV Tropes, or both, have a trope for this?
(Edited by Chris Lang)
Basically what I'm looking for is when a character is given easy instructions on what to do where most people would probably succeed. However, the character who is given the instructions still somehow fails, and this is what causes a lot more problems than there would have been if the character had just followed the simple instructions.
Non-specific example: There are 2 buttons. Green button = good, red button = bad. The character is told this, maybe with the emphasis on the red button being bad. Yet they still end up mixing up the two buttons and pressing the red button instead of the green one, and now a disaster is happening because of that.
Alternatively, what about when a character is told that they should never, under any circumstances, do a certain thing (such as press the red button), which naturally leads to the character doing that exact thing 5 minutes later?
(Edited by PetStarPlanet)
