Shattering the Illusion: Difference between revisions
→[[Literature]]: Replaced redirects
(Import from TV Tropes TVT:Main.ShatteringTheIllusion 2012-07-01, editor history TVTH:Main.ShatteringTheIllusion, CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported license) |
(→[[Literature]]: Replaced redirects) |
||
(8 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{trope}}
{{quote|'''Gerrard:''' (''To Yawgmoth'') You're not my Hanna!|''[[Magic:
A character is being fooled by an illusion, but for reasons that may vary (just two examples: [[A Glitch in
Said illusion could be the work of a [[Shape Shifter]], a [[Lotus Eater Machine]], or [[The Final Temptation]]. See also [[Epiphanic Prison]], in which [[Shattering the Illusion]] allows the character to learn something.
A common consequence of [[Spot the Thread]]. Compare [[A Glitch in
As a reveal trope, consider this a '''Spoiler Warning!'''
{{examples
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* Happens in ''[[Hellsing]]'' (manga and OVA) when {{spoiler|Seras}} is able to shatter {{spoiler|Zorin Blitz's}} illusion/MindRape powers. This is shortly followed by what is hands down {{spoiler|Seras's}} [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
* Happens in ''[[Pokémon]]'' if Zoroark is damaged while using the move Illusion.
* Happens in ''[[Naruto]]'' whenever anyone has to break an opponent's [[Lotus Eater Machine|genjutsu]].
== [[Card Games]] ==
* ''[[Magic:
** Gerrard
** The trope is represented mechanically in cards like [http://magiccards.info/m10/en/57.html Illusionary Servant] and [http://magiccards.info/m11/en/69.html Phantom Beast]: targeting them with a spell or ability breaks the illusion, causing them to vanish.
== [[Literature]] ==
* Happens to [[Ciaphas Cain]] whenever his aide Jurgen is around to prevent warpcraft from happening. Including rescuing him from a Slaaneshi witch using [[Glamour]] and from a Chaos warlord with a [[Compelling Voice]].
* ''[[Bionicle]]'': in "Time Trap", Vakama shatters the illusion by stopping to believe it after firing a Kanoka disk at "Nokama", which just phases through "her".
* Happens in ''Shade'' by Andrew Plotkin
* In ''[[Harry Potter and
== [[Live
* Happens literally in the ''[[Star Trek:
* An episode of ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' had a comedy variant of this, in which the characters started pointing out each other's flaws. Each "revelation" was accompanied by a sound of glass shattering as the "illusion" was shattered.
** Also, the episode tag had the illusion of a deaf person shatter by literally putting onscreen "Glass Shattering" in subtitles.
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'': season 2 finale has House realizing that nearly everything thus far in the episode has been a hallucination. He is only able to shatter the illusion by using a surgery robot to slice his Patient of the Week open lengthwise... and even then there's an agonizing few moments where he isn't sure there was an illusion in the first place.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In episode 2 of ''[[My Little Pony
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Usually, if you suddenly become aware that you're dreaming, you're going to wake up immediately after. If you don't, welcome to [[A Glitch in
{{reflist}}
[[Category:
[[Category:
|