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Jack Reacher and Ryan (?) Film
I'm looking for the trope that is mainly used on Reacher. Claimed that "you don't find him, he finds you" as well as something of a Ghost Trope that Reacher has since nobody prior to the Film knew who he was, just a name but no face. Not even fingerprints.
Trope in the 1990 TMNT film Film
In the first half of the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, there's a scene where April O'Neil (as played by Judith Hoag) wakes up from being knocked out by the Foot and, upon seeing Splinter and the Turtles for the first time, shrieks and says "Oh, my god. Oh, my god. I'm dead. I'm dead, aren't I?".
Which trope fits the above description?
Edited by gjjonesAttacking Retreating Enemies Film
Is there a trope for continuing to attack an enemy as they retreat?
Not You Again Trope Film
Oh, No... Not Again! is obviously the trope for a situation repeating, but what about when you run into someone you wish you never would run into again though? Like with Home Alone 2 and Ginger's "It's her!" reaction to Mrs. Tweedy in the upcoming Chicken Run sequel too? There a trope for that or would it fit under the same umbrella?
Chased by Millions Film
Scenes involving the protagonist being chased by a huge horde. Examples of this include Minions with Scarlet Overkill ordering the villains to trap the Minions and Across The Spider-Verse with Miles Morales being chased by the Spider-Society.
Edited by Fernandez0907CGI Mook army at the end of a superhero movie Film
It would almost be easier to list superhero films that don't employ this trope than those that do. Probably popularised by The Avengers in 2012, although there are earlier examples.
Come the final battle at the climax of the third act, the villain is accompanied by a huge army of mooks - often CGI, faceless, and mindless, for minimum guilt. The whole cast can fight them simultaneously, and they can easily scale to the varied power levels of the varied cast - by varying the numbers a given hero fights and/or having only the most powerful characters fight Elite Mooks (or fighting the Big Bad themselves while everyone else is busy.) Often they're explicitly a Keystone Army, perhaps a Hive Mind or directly controlled/created by the villain; if not, they usually just sort of vanish/flee offscreen once the Big Bad is defeated anyway.
Edited by MugaSoferobviously fake human Film
when something is disguised as a human, but the disguise is so bad and/or the acting is so awful that it's painfully obvious that they aren't human. usually meant to be comedic.
Is this a StealthPun or something else? Film
In the film "Animal House", the characters attend "Faber University". The obvious (and humorous) abbreviation is never actually mentioned in the film.
Mistaken for Married/Being in a relationship/Parent Film
I'm looking for a trope that's similar to Mistaken for Romance, but instead involves a single character rather than two. Basically, a single character is mistakenly assumed to either have a romantic partner or spouse, or that they have a child.
My example:
- Saw IV: In his last meeting at the police station with Strahm and Perez before he's abducted, Hoffman shows up carrying a teddy bear, to which Perez assumes that he has a wife and a child, which Hoffman denies as being a "short story". The teddy bear is actually a hint at what's revealed at the end of the movie, since it's the same one that Corbett Denlon had in Saw III; namely, the ensuing Jigsaw game occurs at the same time as the one from Saw III (even ending at the same place with the reveal), and Hoffman is actually involved in it while he posed as a Decoy Damsel.
Perez: I didn't know you were married.
Is there a specific trope covering this, or does Mistaken for Romance already cover it?
Edited by Inky100Reprise script change. Film
When a past scene is repeated in a Flashback, Flash Forward or under some other circumstance, the dialogue is noticeably different than when it was first played.
Here's an example:
- Saw IV: Jigsaw's autopsy tape is made significantly longer between its first play in the opening and its reprise at the ending (although the latter only repeats part of the original script).
- Opening:
"Are you there, detective? If so, you are probably the last man standing. Now, perhaps you will succeed where the others have failed. You think you will walk away untested? I promise that my work will continue. You think it's over, just because I am dead? It's not over. The games have just begun."
- Ending:
"Are you there, detective? If so, you are probably the last man standing. Now, perhaps you will succeed where the others have failed. You feel you now have control, don't you? You think you will walk away untested? I promise that my work will continue, that I have ensured. By hearing this tape, some will assume that this is over, but I am still among you. You think it's over, just because I am dead? It's not over. The games have just begun."
- Opening:
Grab to Stomp Film
The bad guy grabs someone, usually a kid, who stomps their foot on the bad guy causing them to let go of the child.
YMMV item about viewers mistaking a character's name for another's Film
A YMMV item similar to I Am Not Shazam and I Am Not Leonard Nimoy, but rather than the work's title or actor's name being mistaken for the character's name, another character's name is mistaken as the name of the "victim" character.
Here's my example to give you a better idea:
- Barbie (2023): Beach Ken is commonly referred to by viewers as "Stereotypical Ken" for convenience in his would-be pairing with Stereotypical Barbie, not realizing that there's a minor Ken in the movie who's actually named Stereotypical Ken.
Hero presumed dead after final action scene Film
How do you call the Trope in fun action movies where at the end there is the mandatory final battle/chase and the audience is to believe the main hero has died. But then out of the rubble/smoke/whatever he emerges and delivers one last epic one-liner before the credits roll.
Job Failure Montage Film
When a character wants a job, so they spend a montage trying to find one. Usually random jobs with absolutely not connection to one another. However, they’re usually unqualified for the work in question, which is why they keep failing. For example, in Barbie (2023), Ken (the one that initially goes with Barbie into the real world) tries to find a job, but due to having absolutely zero experience with Real Life, he constantly gets rejected.
When someone drives a car over a truck that has a ramp on it Film
This usually occurs when a character is being chased in a car and it appears that he or she has been blocked, but there is a convient truck with a ramp so our character steps on the gas and drives on the ramp and flies over the obstacle. You see see this in tv shows like "Dukes of Hazard" and movies like "Fast and Furious" app the time. It's also common in car video games.
Edited by rckaniaAdopting the Abused Film
A character that has been in an abusive relationship (toxic partner, toxic partner, toxic friends, etc) is taken in by another character, who gives them unconditional love and a healthy relationship.
Jokes have no consequences Film
I noticed this maybe trope. The thing is, I can only think of the one example. I know there are others, but I am wracking my brain, and I just can't think of any others.
So, in Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country, Captain Kirk and Dr. Mc Coy are imprisoned at a Klingon penal colony. The Enterprise crew are attempting to sneak into Klingon space to rescue them when they're confronted by a Klingon scout ship. We then see the crew flicking frantically through Klingon phrasebooks, before Uhura tries to bluff past them with a mixture of archaic and grammatically broken Klingonese.
The Klingons laugh, and she laughs back awkwardly, pretending to be in on whatever they're laughing about.
Originally the script had Uhura successfully bluffing past them by speaking Klingonese, but the director felt the film needed more comedy, so the whole scene is a joke.
It's funny, but it doesn't make any sense. Surely the Klingons would've guessed that something was up. But if they'd been captured, then the scene wouldn't have been so funny. We'd also have had to question Uhura's competence. Even though her language was bad enough to make the Klingons laugh, they let them pass, everyone just moves on.
So the trope is that if a scene is played for laughs, then there are no consequences. Comedies are practically made from this trope from beginning to end. So I can think of plenty of examples from comedies. But it really stands out in a movie like Star Trek VI, where serious scenes naturally have consequences, but the funny one doesn't.
Taken as a disadvantage, but not really that after all Film
In the film The Wizard the three final players of the videogame tournament are informed that they will play a new game that wasn't released before. The friends of the protagonist complain that the organization never said anything about this... it's a total surprise which would result in additional difficulty for their friend since he doesn't know the game. Then the film ends in triumph with the protagonist winning anyway, to show how awesome he is to the viewers.
But...
1) This difficulty applies to his rivals too! They are all on the same boat: playing a game they didn't play, so they start from scratch. If he might get some trouble, they would get too.
2) The game is ultimately Super Mario 3, so, even if they don't know how levels are structured, they already know how to generally move, behave and react, since they demonstrated that they master the previous titles of the franchise.
Which tropes could suit the two points I'm making? Thanks!
Funny Definition Film
What is the name for this trope, where a funny definition is given?
Dr. Lawrence Bradford: What is a cocktail dress?
Paula Bradford: Something to spill cocktails on.