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* [[Build Like an Egyptian]]
* [[Build Like an Egyptian]]
* [[Bullet Sparks]]
* [[Bullet Sparks]]
* [[Burn Baby Burn]]
* [[Burn, Baby, Burn]]
* [[Busby Berkeley Number]]
* [[Busby Berkeley Number]]
* [[Cave Mouth]]
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* [[Off the Shelf FX]]
* [[Off the Shelf FX]]
* [[Ominous Multiple Screens]]
* [[Ominous Multiple Screens]]
* [[One Woman Wail]]
* [[One-Woman Wail]]
* [[Pastel Chalked Freeze Frame]]
* [[Pastel-Chalked Freeze-Frame]]
* [[Pixellation]]
* [[Pixellation]]
* [[Power Dyes Your Hair]]
* [[Power Dyes Your Hair]]
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** [[Phosphor Essence]]
** [[Phosphor Essence]]
** [[Pillar of Light]]
** [[Pillar of Light]]
** [[Pre Explosion Glow]]
** [[Pre-Explosion Glow]]
** [[Sickly Green Glow]]
** [[Sickly Green Glow]]
** [[Sphere of Destruction]]
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** [[Battering Ram]]
* [[Serkis Folk]]
* [[Serkis Folk]]
* [[Shiny Looking Spaceships]]
* [[Shiny-Looking Spaceships]]
* [[Shoot the Money]]
* [[Shoot the Money]]
* [[Showy Invincible Hero]]
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* [[Sinister Silhouettes]]
* [[Sinister Silhouettes]]
* [[Skyward Scream]]
* [[Skyward Scream]]
* [[Slow Motion Pass By]]
* [[Slow-Motion Pass-By]]
* [[Special Effects]]
* [[Special Effects]]
* [[Special Effects Evolution]]
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* [[Stanley Steamer Spaceship]]
* [[Stanley Steamer Spaceship]]
* [[Starring Special Effects]]
* [[Starring Special Effects]]
* [[Stop Motion Lighting]]
* [[Stop-Motion Lighting]]
* [[Streaming Stars]]
* [[Streaming Stars]]
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]

Revision as of 10:14, 8 January 2014

Arena concerts are all about this.
Arena concerts are all about this.


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.

Not to be confused with Glasses Tropes.


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