Category:Spectacle

All forms of showing off in a work, to wow the audience. Frequently used to set the mood and serve the Rule of Cool.

For example, for Live Action TV, this includes scenery, lighting, props, costuming, makeup, background music, sound effects, and Special Effects in general. For Comic Books, it includes things like coloring and lettering. And so on.

The name comes from Aristotle's Poetics and is used more broadly here. He considered using spectacle to cover deficiencies in plot and character a flaw. If they are just in addition to good plots and characters, then these are just a bonus.

If you wee looking for spectacles, see Category:Glasses Tropes.

Subcategories

This category has the following 23 subcategories, out of 23 total.

B

The Beautiful Tropes‎ (1 C, 59 P, 1 F)
Body Language‎ (5 C, 81 P)

C

Camera Tricks‎ (5 C, 149 P)
Costume Tropes‎ (20 C, 408 P)

D

Dancing Tropes‎ (28 P)
Discretion Shot‎ (16 P)

E

Eye Tropes‎ (4 C, 102 P, 1 F)

G

Glasses Tropes‎ (37 P)

H

Hair Tropes‎ (1 C, 115 P, 1 F)

R

Race Tropes‎ (2 C, 151 P)
Rule of Glamorous‎ (39 P, 1 F)

S

Score and Music Tropes‎ (1 C, 122 P)
Smile Tropes‎ (30 P, 1 F)
Solar Tropes‎ (19 P)
Sound FX Tropes‎ (70 P)
Special Effects‎ (1 C, 22 P)
Stellar Index‎ (1 C, 22 P, 1 F)

W

Weather and Environment‎ (9 C, 72 P, 1 F)

Pages in category "Spectacle"

The following 180 pages are in this category, out of 180 total.

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K

Knife-Throwing Act

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Y

You Have to Burn the Web

Z

Zeerust