39,327
edits
A Light in the Distance: Difference between revisions
m
Mass update links
prefix>Import Bot (Import from TV Tropes TVT:Main.ALightInTheDistance 2012-07-01, editor history TVTH:Main.ALightInTheDistance, CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported license) |
m (Mass update links) |
||
Line 1:
{{trope}}
[[File:ALightInTheDistance_6991.jpg|link=Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime)|
{{quote|''"What's that? A transport! I'm saved!"''|'''C-3PO''', ''[[Star Wars]]: [[A New Hope]]''}}
Line 17:
Can easily overlap with [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]. See also [[Survivalist Stash]] for a similar place of hope and danger.
{{examples
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
Line 38:
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[The Hobbit]]'', Bilbo and the dwarves get lost upon leaving the path in Mirkwood. Every time they see the lights of the elves, they head towards them; usually the lights disperse before the heroes can reach them. (This was probably intended as a [[Shout
** Similarly, in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|The Lord of the Rings]]: The Two Towers'', Frodo, Sam and Gollum see will-o-the-wisps in the Dead Marshes, and it is stated that they might be caused by the lingering spirits of the dead.
*** It's implied however that these are not real spirits of the dead, but evil spirits summoned by Sauron to guard this border of his realm, luring travellers to their doom. The undead in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' generally seem to have nothing to do with the actual people who died, with the exception of the ghosts of Dunharg.
Line 50:
* In the season one finale of ''[[Lost]]'', Sawyer, Jin, Michael, and his son Walt have successfully escaped the island on a raft. Night falls, and they receive a signal on the radar emitter [[Mr. Fixit|Sayid]] salvaged for them. They send up a flare, and are rewarded with the sudden beam of a fishing boat's floodlight. {{spoiler|Things start to go downhill when the captain of the boat tells Michael, "The thing is, we're going to have to take the boy."}}
* In ''[[Merlin (TV)|Merlin]]'', when Arthur was lost in a dark cave, trying to find a flower that would cure Merlin, Merlin sent a light to help him on his way.
* Referenced in the second season opening credits of ''[[
{{quote| "A shining beacon in space... all alone in the night."}}
Line 78:
[[Category:Narrative Devices]]
[[Category:A Light In The Distance]]
| |||