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* [[Disaster Dominoes]]
* [[Disaster Dominoes]]
* [[Discretion Shot]]
* [[Discretion Shot]]
* [[Dragons Up the Yin Yang]]
* [[Dragons Up the Yin-Yang]]
* [[Dramatic Landfall Shot]]
* [[Dramatic Landfall Shot]]
* [[Dramatic Spotlight]]
* [[Dramatic Spotlight]]
* [[Editorial Synaesthesia]]
* [[Editorial Synaesthesia]]
* [[E Equals MC Hammer]]
* [[E=MC Hammer]]
* [[Eiffel Tower Effect]]
* [[Eiffel Tower Effect]]
* [[Empathic Environment]]
* [[Empathic Environment]]
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* [[Eyedscreen]]
* [[Eyedscreen]]
* [[Excessive Steam Syndrome]]
* [[Excessive Steam Syndrome]]
* [[Fake Out Fade Out]]
* [[Fake-Out Fade-Out]]
* [[Farts On Fire]]
* [[Farts On Fire]]
* [[Fashion Show]]
* [[Fashion Show]]
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* [[Flaunting Your Fleets]]
* [[Flaunting Your Fleets]]
* [[Floorboard Failure]]
* [[Floorboard Failure]]
* [[Franks 2000 Inch TV]]
* [[Frank's 2000-Inch TV]]
* [[Fungus Humongous]]
* [[Fungus Humongous]]
* [[The Future Is Noir]]
* [[The Future Is Noir]]
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* [[Human Cannonball]]
* [[Human Cannonball]]
* [[Hurl It Into the Sun]]
* [[Hurl It Into the Sun]]
* [[If You Can Read This]]
* [[If You Can Read This...]]
* [[Immortal Life Is Cheap]]
* [[Immortal Life Is Cheap]]
* [[Improbable Cover]]
* [[Improbable Cover]]
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* [[Instant Thunder]]
* [[Instant Thunder]]
* [[Interesting Situation Duel]]
* [[Interesting Situation Duel]]
* [[Its Going Down]]
* [[It's Going Down]]
* [[Knife Throwing Act]]
* [[Knife-Throwing Act]]
* [[Man On Fire]]
* [[Man On Fire]]
* [[Marked Change]]
* [[Marked Change]]
* [[Mid Air Bobbing]]
* [[Mid-Air Bobbing]]
* [[Monumental Damage]]
* [[Monumental Damage]]
* [[Monumental Damage Resistance]]
* [[Monumental Damage Resistance]]
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* [[Nuclear Candle]]
* [[Nuclear Candle]]
* [[Ocean Awe]]
* [[Ocean Awe]]
* [[Off the Shelf FX]]
* [[Off-the-Shelf FX]]
* [[Ominous Multiple Screens]]
* [[Ominous Multiple Screens]]
* [[One-Woman Wail]]
* [[One-Woman Wail]]
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** [[Scenery Gorn]]
** [[Scenery Gorn]]
* [[Screen Shake]]
* [[Screen Shake]]
* [[Screw the Electric Bill]]
* [[Screw the Electric Bill!]]
* [[Short Lived Aerial Escape]]
* [[Short-Lived Aerial Escape]]
* [[Siege Engines]]
* [[Siege Engines]]
** [[Battering Ram]]
** [[Battering Ram]]
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** [[Impressive Pyrotechnics]]
** [[Impressive Pyrotechnics]]
** [[Made of Explodium]]
** [[Made of Explodium]]
** [[Pre Explosion Buildup]]
** [[Pre-Explosion Buildup]]
** [[Somebody Set Up Us the Bomb]]
** [[Somebody Set Up Us the Bomb]]
* [[Summer Blockbuster]]
* [[Summer Blockbuster]]
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* [[Taxidermy Terror]]
* [[Taxidermy Terror]]
* [[Technology Porn]]
* [[Technology Porn]]
* [[Tickertape Parade]]
* [[Ticker Tape Parade]]
* [[Toppled Statue]]
* [[Toppled Statue]]
* [[Transformation Sequence]]
* [[Transformation Sequence]]
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[[Category:Spectacle]]
[[Category:Trope]]

Revision as of 17:39, 26 January 2014

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.


Tropes:

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