Opposite Tropes: Difference between revisions

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* '''[[Acrofatic]]''' vs. '''[[Glacier Waif]]''': A big guy you'd expect to be the [[Mighty Glacier]] (or [[Stone Wall]]) is actually the [[Fragile Speedster]] (or a [[Lightning Bruiser]]) vs. a small girl you'd expect to be the [[Fragile Speedster]] (or [[Glass Cannon]]) is actually the [[Mighty Glacier]] (or [[Stone Wall]]).

* '''[[Adaptation Expansion]] vs [[Compressed Adaptation]]''': [[Adaptation Expansion]] takes a short work (e.g. a poem) and fleshes it out in to a larger piece (e.g. a movie). [[Compressed Adaptation]] takes a work with a lot of history and/or development and condensed down to fill a specific amount of time (e.g. an adaptation of a 50+ year old comic book in to a two and a half hour movie).

* [[Adults Are Useless]] vs [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]

* [[Always Chaotic Evil]] vs [[Always Lawful Good]]

* [[Ancient Conspiracy]] vs [[Ancient Tradition]] (However, they might [[Not So Different|overlap]].)

* [[Anti-Hero]] vs [[Anti-Villain]]

* '''[[Anyone Can Die]] vs [[Red Shirt]]''': Important character gets killed off vs. only nameless extras get killed off.

* '''[[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]] vs [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]''': Mundane item in a list of horrible ones vs. horrible item in a list of mundane ones.

* [[Artificial Stupidity]] vs [[Artificial Brilliance]]: The extremes of videogame AI.

* [[Ascended Demon]] vs [[Fallen Angel]]

* [[Ascended Fanon]] vs [[Jossed]]: A fan theory that later gets confirmed by the [[Word of God]] ... or not.

** [[Big No]] vs [[Little No]]

* [[Black Like Me]] vs [[White Like Me]]

* [[Bloodless Carnage]] vs [[High-Pressure Blood]]

* '''[[Bonus Space]] vs [[Whammy]]''': A good space on a game show's game board vs. a bad space on a game show's game board (usually one that takes away all of your money).

* [[Camp Gay]] vs [[Manly Gay]]

* [[Canonical List of Subtle Trope Distinctions]] vs [[Opposite Tropes]]

* [[Capulet Counterpart]] vs [[Foe Yay]]

* [[Card-Carrying Villain]] vs [[Knight Templar]]

* [[Corrupt Church]] vs [[Saintly Church]]

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] vs [[Uncle Pennybags]]

* [[Country Mouse]] vs [[City Mouse]]

* [[Crack Fic]] vs [[Original Flavour]]

* [[Crutch Character]] vs [[Magikarp Power]]

* [[Cute Ghost Girl]] vs [[Stringy Haired Ghost Girl]]

* [[Darker and Edgier]] vs [[Lighter and Softer]]

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]] vs [[Light Is Not Good]]

* [[Dirty Coward]] vs [[Lovable Coward]]

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]] vs [[Disproportionate Reward]]

* [[Distressed Damsel]] vs [[Action Girl]] (or [[Dark Action Girl]])

** [[Distressed Damsel]] vs [[Distressed Dude]]

* [[Downer Ending]] vs [[Happy Ending]]

* '''[[Draco in Leather Pants]] vs [[Ron the Death Eater]]''': Both are character interpretation tropes. [[Draco in Leather Pants]] occurs when a character's flaws are downplayed and their virtues are promoted by a fan to make a character more appealing to them. [[Ron the Death Eater]] downplays a character's good traits, often exposing and exaggerating their flaws to [[Die for Our Ship|pave the way]] for the fan's [[One True Pairing]].

* [[Dude, Not Funny]] vs Narm

* [[Dumb Is Good]]/[[Good Is Dumb]] vs [[Good Is Not Dumb]]

* '''[[Everybody Lives]] vs [[Kill'Em All]]:''' In an [[Everybody Lives]] scenario, all of the main characters survive to the very end. In a [[Kill'Em All]] scenario, a large portion of the cast is killed off.

* [[Evil Chancellor]] vs [[The Good Chancellor]]

* [[Evil Is Deathly Cold]] vs [[Evil Is Burning Hot]]

* '''[[Evil Is Sexy]] vs [[Beauty Equals Goodness]]''' Not always opposites in a technical sense, and in fact is usually played at the same time. Often, the attractiveness of a Good person is usually in a modest, almost innocent and "classy" way, while an attractive Evil person is in a more primal, overt, and lustful way.

* '''[[Executive Meddling]] vs [[Protection From Editors]]''': Executives giving (often unwanted) input in a work vs. only the author deciding the direction of the story.

* [[Expanded States of America]] vs [[Divided States of America]]

* [[Hair of Gold]] vs. [[Blondes Are Evil]] (or sometimes [[Blond Guys Are Evil]])

* [[Happiness Tropes]] vs [[Sadness Tropes]]

* [[The Hero]] vs [[Anti-Hero]]

* [[High Fantasy]] vs [[Low Fantasy]]

* '''[[Hopeless Boss Fight]] vs. [[Zero Effort Boss]]''': boss fight you can't win vs. boss fight you can't lose

* [[Hot Amazon]] vs [[No Guy Wants an Amazon]]

* [[Humans Are Special]] vs [[Humans Are Bastards]]

* '''[[Hype Aversion]] vs [[Bile Fascination]]''': [[Hype Aversion]] is intentionally avoiding a product because everyone and their mother loves to talk about how great it is. [[Bile Fascination]], on the other hand, is a peculiar attraction to a really bad work because of all of the negative buzz surrounding it.

* '''[[Idle Rich]] vs. [[Non-Idle Rich]]''': Rich people who don't do anything vs. rich people who actually do things

* [[If I Can't Have You]] vs. [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]

* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]] vs [[I Just Want to Be Special]]

* '''[[I Just Want to Have Friends]] vs [[I Work Alone]]'''

* '''[[It Will Never Catch On]] vs. [[This Is Going to Be Huge]]''': something expected to fail succeeds like crazy vs. something expected to be a smash-hit turns out to be a flop. [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] applies to both tropes.

* [[Jerkass]] vs. [[Nice Guy]]

* [[Jumped At the Call]] vs [[Refusal of the Call]]

* [[Jumping the Gender Barrier]] vs [[Unsettling Gender Reveal]]

* '''[[Karma Houdini]] vs. [[Laser-Guided Karma]] or [[Karmic Death]]''': Little to no punishment for bad deeds vs. apropos punishment.

** [[Karma Houdini]] vs. [[Cosmic Plaything]] or [[The Chew Toy]] or [[Butt Monkey]]

* [[Killed Off for Real]] vs [[Back From the Dead]]

* [[Knight in Shining Armor]] vs [[The Evil Prince]]

* [[Limited Wardrobe]] vs [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]

* '''[[Literal Ass-Kicking]] vs. [[Ass Kicks You]]''': Attacking the buttocks vs. attacking ''with'' the buttocks

* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] vs [[Luke, You Are My Father]]

* '''[[Macekre]] vs [[Woolseyism]]''': A [[Macekre]] is a loose translation of a work that barely resembles its source material. A [[Woolseyism]] is a translation of a work that maintains the spirit of the original work, while still making it palatable for its intended audience.

* '''[[Prolonged Prologue]] vs. [[Lost in Medias Res]]''': Too much exposition at expence of action in the beginning, vs too little exposition in the beginning.

* [[Psychopathic Manchild]] vs [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]

* [[The Quiet One]] vs. [[Motor Mouth]]

* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] vs. [[Dream Team]]

* '''[[Redemption Demotion]] vs. [[Redemption Promotion]]''': Character works better as a villain than a hero vs. character works better as a hero than a villain.

* [[Redemption Earns Life]] vs. [[Redemption Equals Death]]

* [[Redheaded Hero]] vs [[Evil Redhead]]

* [[Refusal of the Call]] vs. [[Adventure Rebuff]]

* [[Remembered I Could Fly]] vs. [[Forgot I Couldn't Swim]]

* [[Road Cone]] vs. [[Third Option Adaptation]]

* [[Sarcasm Mode]] vs. [[Sincerity Mode]]

* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]] vs. [[Screw the Money, I Have Rules]]

* [[Second Place Is for Losers]] vs. [[The Runner Up Takes It All]]

* [[Secret-Chaser]] vs [[Secret Keeper]]

* '''[[Tsundere]] vs [[Yandere]]''': A [[Tsundere]] is a (usually female) character who acts cranky and standoffish on the outside, but sometimes shows signs of genuine tenderness. A [[Yandere]] is someone who tries to act nice, but really is unpleasant underneath...sometimes coupled with [[Madness Tropes|mental instability]].

* [[Two Scenes, One Dialogue]] vs [[One Scene, Two Monologues]]

* [[Upperclass Twit]] vs [[Lower Class Lout]]

* '''[[Very-High-Velocity Rounds]] vs [[Painfully-Slow Projectile]]''': ''speedybullets'' vs. '''slooooooowwww buuuulllletsss'''

* [[Villain Decay]] vs [[Not So Harmless]]

* [[Villains Act, Heroes React]] vs [[Heroes Act Villains Hinder]]

* '''[[Virgin Power]] vs [[Deus Sex Machina]]''': A [[Virgin Power]] is some sort of ability of [[Applied Phlebotinum]] that relies on the user abstaining from sexual intercourse. A [[Deus Sex Machina]] is a power that requires [[Sex Tropes|you-know-what]] to be triggered.

* [[Vomit Discretion Shot]] vs [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]] vs [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]

* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]] vs [[Heart Is an Awesome Power]]

* [[When You Coming Home, Dad?]] vs. [[My Beloved Smother]]: Parents that never have time for their children vs. parents that do nothing but control their children.

* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]] vs [[Villainous Crossdresser]]

* '''[[Wide-Eyed Idealist]] vs [[Grumpy Bear]]''': Idealist in a cynical setting vs. cynic in an idealistic setting.

* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]] vs [[Living Forever Is Awesome]]

* '''[[The Woobie]] vs [[The Chew Toy]] (or [[Butt Monkey]])''': Seeing him suffer makes you go "aww" vs. seeing him suffer makes you laugh.

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] vs [[The Ladette]] (Full of feminine grace versus lack of feminine grace.)

* ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' vs ''[[His Dark Materials]]''

* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' vs ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' (made by [[Studio Gainax|the same studio]]!) ([[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]] in [[Humongous Mecha]])

* ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' vs ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' ([[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]] in [[Heroic Fantasy]])

** [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] is sometimes said to be somewhere in the middle of the two.

* [[Not Always Right]]/ F My Life vs. [http://www.givesmehope.com/ Gives Me Hope]: Personal anecdotes that may just make you lose all faith in humanity vs. personal anecdotes that will rebuild that faith.