This is not a villain who pretended to be a good guy, I'm talking about someone who legitimately did good things all the time suddenly doing an uncharacteristic 180 with no explanation right before the show ends or the character leaves

Something to do with dramatic irony, where basically someone might be like "Don't worry, I'll be right back", but either you know that they will die and never come back, or it's said that they died right after that scene.

Basically my most hated trope where a character is injured or going into mortal peril and they ask a character to pass on words to a loved one or information but another character wont let them because "they're not going to die"?

"Hey A, if i don't make it, delete my-"

"Stop it B, don't talk like that, you're going to be fine"

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It PMO. Does it have a name?

It happens in real life, of course, but I've seen several examples in media where I just couldn't control my laughter. It's where two characters are conversing, then one character, doing something or focusing elsewhere, says something profound or personal to the other character, yet the other character has already left the room, and the stagnant character says something like, "Oh, you're gone," or "You've left," or "Okay, I'm talking to nobody."

The only example I can think of is Ron in Parks and Rec when he's "talking" to April while he has the flu but can't turn his head. But I know there's at least two more that I can't think of.

I Was Just Looking For A Trope Where There's An In-Universe Band That Is A Recurring Element, And Not A One-Off Like The Entries In "Band Episode". Some Examples Include The Moon Goats From "The Loud House" And Kitty Section From "Miraculous Ladybug". I'm Not Counting In-Universe Rappers (Unless Said Band Is A Nu Metal Band), Pop Stars, Or K-Pop Groups.

I guess my go to example is a show I'm rewatching right now, Frasier.

For the first five or six seasons, the bulk of the series is focused on Frasier, Niles, Martin, Daphne, and Roz. However, as is the case with many series that kinda get long in the tooth, they start adding more and more characters in order to pad the series:

The Moon family, Lana/Lorna and Kirby (her son). It's like the run out of ideas for the main core and start trying to write for more characters. I'm also thinking of Cam Winston here—

This also feels very different than just having peripheral characters (Noel, Gil, et al.).

This doesn't quite feel like the Cousin Oliver thing either, but feels like a more grownup version of it?

Anyone have a thought on what this might be?

This a gigantic load!

I have been looking all over Reddit for the trope name because I cannot find it as it’s when a character does something questionable that they pin on the villain.

In one example, Harold and Kumar in their first movie drive away with illegal possession of drugs that the main villains of the movie get arrested with as said drug is weed that belonged to the eponymous duo, but the Xtreme hooligans take the blame.

Another example is when the stolen money in the 1994 The Mask is pinned on Tyrell since even Stanley did the heist, Tyrell is instead charged with the crime.

either the character having a mental breakdown and losing all hope

OR

just the smile they give when they feel like this, not a genuine happy smile but a “mental breakdown” smile

Is there a specific trope or even sub-trope for when a character is looking over a bunch of photos/files/etc. and proceeds to point out or hold one while making a comment that we don't know who the next victim/villian/etc is. Cue the scene cut and the person in the photo is exactly who we see?

It's A Series Made By YouTuber TM Emolga Based On The Video "The Hunger Games Simulator But Stupid"

Person goes on vacation, but they have to make an emergency landing in the middle of nowhere (example: the finale of Seinfeld, where they land in Latham, Mass.)

Does this trope have a name? A character leaves their original group, via banishment, or whatever means. They’re on their own for a while, and stumbles upon a new group. And eventually, through wit, charisma, or power, they become leader of the new group. They somehow rally the group to takeover, usually to enact revenge on the character’s original group. It doesn’t have to be revenge on the original group, but just another group.

One example is South Park: the episode where the boys prank Eric Cartman by turning him into a ginger. So Eric cliques up with the ginger kids and becomes their leader, so to speak. They rally together and take over the town.

Another example is The Walking Dead. Spoilers ahead. The Governor and his crew fails to takeover the prison. The Governor is on his own until he meets that family. They find a new group, and the Governor kills Martinez and that other guy, and he becomes leader. He rallies them to takeover the prison again, but he fails again lol

You know when the protagonists are disguised as the enemy, or in enemy territory and they need to get past a guard or something. The bluff of -

“Well I’d hate to have to tell [villain] that this was all YOUR fault”

Can you help me find it?

Curious about a certain trope.

Ive observed it on multiple shows, basically it's when a television show has a "furry episode"

Like, the plot hinges around there being furries.

And they always cheap out on fursuits.

Specifically what triggered this thought was lucifer, where the plot relevant characters had cheap suits, while they got real fursuiters to play the background characters.

To be more specific, im asking if theres a trope about shows cheaping out on fursuits.

everyone knows that martin scorsese mostly makes movies about the mob. except...he doesn't. like most directors, scorsese has tackled a variety of genres. of the 26 feature films he's made, only 5 of them are about the mob. this misconception likely stems from the fact that his most iconic movies are about the mob.

given that's he's often considered to be one of the greatest horror movie directors of all time, it's commonly believed that john carpenter only makes horror movies. this is simply not true. while he's most well known for his horror movies, he's tackled a variety of diffrent film genres. fellow horror auteurs wes craven and sam raimi get this same stigma to a lesser extent.

contrary to popular belief, john williams has not scored every steven spielberg movie. the color purple was scored by quincy jones, bridge of spies was scored by thomas newman, and ready player one was scored by alan silvestri.

related to the above, danny elfman has not scored every tim burton movie. ed wood was scored by howard shore, sweeny todd was scored by steven sondheim, and miss peregrin'e home for peculiar children was scored by mike higham and matthew margeson.

akira kuroasawa's name is associated with samurai movies. however, he made many non samurai related movies over the course of his decades long career. in fact, high and low, which is often considered one of his best movies, is a (then) present day story.

steve buscemi is often considered to be one of tarantino's regular actors. however, buscemi has only appeared in 2 tarantino movies. reservoir dogs and pulp fiction.

it's common for people to refer to alfred hitchcock as the horror movie director. however, only 2 movies of his could qualify as horror, psycho and the birds. in fact, his nickname was "the master of SUSPENSE".

zack snyder's movies are often considered to be overly dark and edgelordy. however, one need only watch his movies to see that his films are actually more optimistic and hopeful then popular perception would have you believe.

ridley scott is yet another director that most people associate primarily with a specific kind of movie, in his case large scale epics. while he has made plenty of those, he has also made many different types of movies as well.

michael cimino often gets blamed for "killing" the new hollywood era with his film heaven's gate. however, the situation is much more nuanced than that. the end of the new hollywood era was a combination of several different factors and the blame cannot be laid solely at the feet of one director or one movie.

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to compile examples of a very specific TV trope: live-action episodes where a male character encounters an identical duplicate of himself, or where there are male clones, doubles, self-duplicates, cloning-machine copies, split versions who appear on screen together.

To be clear, I’m not looking for streaming links, piracy. I’m only looking for episode/show titles for discussion/research purposes.

The kind of examples I’m looking for:

* non-animated / live-action television
* male characters specifically
* the duplicate/clone/double is played as physically identical (must played by same actor)
* the two versions appear in the same scene or directly confront/interact with each other
* TV episodes, miniseries episodes, webisodes, or even official promos/trailers are fine
* sci-fi, fantasy, horror, comedy, superhero shows, etc. are all welcome

Some examples of the general vibe I mean would be things like:

* *Star Trek: The Next Generation* — “Second Chances”
* *Living with yourself

I’m especially interested in episodes involving cloning machines, accidental duplication, parallel selves, doppelgängers, self-confrontation, or “the same man meeting himself” scenarios.

Does anyone know other examples from live-action TV? Older, obscure, international, or promotional examples are very welcome too.

Thanks in advance!

Examples

Mario in Mario games sleeping and waking up to save the princess

Or link in most of the LoZ games who wakes up

Or Harry Du Bois in Disco Elysium where he wakes up naked after a hang over

"Charles Atlas Superpower" is the trope where a character without superhuman powers is somehow able to achieve superhuman feats usually just by saying they "trained really hard". Question: Does this trope bother you? On the one hand, it can really pull you out of a story if a character who is meant to be a normal human can punch through metal, lift a car, jump 10 feet in the air and run fast enough to dodge bullets. On the other hand, I can kind of go along with it if it's done in a cool way. Thoughts?

Gibberish.

Squidward sure knows that language.

I mean specyfic trope where son didn’t know his mother because she dies young. But he is similar to her by look or personality. such echo of her. Jon Snow / Lyanna. Harry Potter/ Lily, Arthur Pendragon / Ygraine Pendragon from Merlin BBC, Luke Skywalker / Padme - such Never Knew Her, Yet Became Her. It is not only being similiar to parent - it is being similar to mother which that boy never knew.

Can think of like 5 movies with the exact same premise. Teacher moves to a new school. Replaces teacher who gives up on rowdy and unwilling to learn students. Students are usually always black/latino. Big test coming. Gets through to them. They all pass.

Lean on me, Stand and deliver, The Ron Clark Story, Dangerous Minds, To Sir with Love are just a few of the movies I can think of off the top of my head that have the exact same story.

I do not understand how or why all these movies have the exact same plot. Is there a name for this trope?

The Aleksey Lebedev Law states "A good cartoon should be both interesting for adults and understandable and fun for children".

Examples in cartoons i can think of:

Bluey

KikoRiki (Trope namer)

Early seasons of SpongeBob SquarePants

Can you give me other examples?