User:Goo Monster

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.
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At best I have sub-par social skills. While I am at least somewhat capable of subtlety and trickery, I don't know when to use them, so I almost never use them. So far I've been pretty bad about remembering to use the minor edit check box. I've been getting better at that though. Also been bad about italicizing work names.

I dislike natter, but I know other people like it and it is a niche are wiki fills and you can't please everyone. I shall respect wiki policy on natter. I also dislike italicized quotes, which thankfully aren't part of the standard protocol on this website.

Trope Ideas

Most of the trope Ideas I am working on, but don't have enough examples to officially propose them (in many cases I have 2 examples, I am supposed to have 3), but came up with a name for already. Feel free to ask about one, or all of them, especially if you think you might have an example. If you think one of these already exists, please let me know:

  • 555-Boom (A bomb that makes use of a phone, probably using a cellphone as part of a detonator)
  • A Real Man is a Bread Winner. (An adult male is only a man if he is able to provide for his family (this view is either portrayed by the narrative or is considered true by at least one character), alternatively the male is not viewed as a man even though he is providing enough for the family but is providing less than a female partner). See Also A Real Man Is a Killer and NEET.
  • A Side of PoisonNot reading the briefing/ Doesn’t read the briefing (the first would just be a trope, the second would be a character trope)z
  • Confessing to the Wrong Crime (someone is confronted about a crime, and they confess to a different crime, and they aren't using it as an alibi)
  • Don’t You Dare Die On Me.: Person A getting pissed at person B who is dieing for dieing while person B is still alive. Alternatively person A announces he will be upset with person B if Person B dies. Occasionally this may happen before the Person B isn’t even wounded. In these cases this person B is about to do something person A perceives as dangerous, like go on a suicide mission.

I think a lot of examples of How Dare You Die On Me are actually this trope. Compare How Dare You Die on Me!. How Dare You Die On Me is almost always preceded by this trope if person A is with the person B just before person B dies. Unlike How Dare You Die On Me person B to be perceived by person A as dead.

  • Embarrassing Alibi (someone has an alibi but is reluctant to use it because it is embarrassing, illegal, ect…)
  • Explicit Combo (needs better name, Some game mechanics work well together because of simple synergy. These mechanics directly interact with each other in a way that they don't interact with other mechanics, and not just due to one mechanic being unique. For example, in Pokemon, defense curl http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Defense_Curl_(move) doubles the power of roll out. In Magic the Gathering, festering newt http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=370772 gives -4/-4 when to am opponent's creature when it dies instead of -1/-1 if bogbrew witch is out.)
  • Establishing an Unreachable Baseline
  • I Didn't Learn Anything!
  • God’s a Buddhist (god is real, and follows a different religion)
  • Giving the Criminal His Gun Back (A criminal has finished his time in prison, he goes to a window to get his things back, and among the things he is given back is a/are: weapon(s), stolen items, and/or contraband)
  • How did you get rid of the third one? (What third one?)
  • Killed equals Redemption (Redeem them with sword and fire)
  • Lake of Fire (fire being described or depicted as a liquid)
  • Like A Force Of Nature (a character is described or depicted as a Force of Nature, perhaps a natural disaster)
  • Little People in The Box (Someone thinks TV (or a radio or something) works by miniature people being inside it).
  • Living Bomb Shelter (Oh crap that's bomb is about is about to go off, we can't get away in time, lets jump into the mouth of that monster)
  • Non-sequitor password (Something is said to indicate a password is to be said, with an implied answer based on what is said. The "correct" is completely unrelated to the implied answer).
  • Not reading the briefing/ Doesn’t read the briefing (the first would just be a trope, the second would be a character trope) Jarvis: As you wish, sir. I've also prepared a safety briefing for you to entirely ignore]].
  • Missing doors and windows ("things are looking scary, I'll just leave the way I came in. What!? Where is it!? I could have sworn it was right here!?" See also It Was Here, I Swear)
  • Reading Magic Words Out Loud (someone accidentally casts a spell by reading words out loud, that the person didn't know were magic words)
  • Real Illusions
  • Real Life Cameo (An actor is in character on our side of the fourth wall. For example Colbert at the 2006 Emmys or the Admiral General Aladeen on the daily show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEPSJF7BYOo ).
  • Release Me So I Can Gnaw On Your Bones (Instructing someone to do something while also stating it is clearly not in that person being instructed's interest to do so).
  • Reversed Therapy (A therapist or psychiatrist is explaining their problems, life, ect... to their patient)
  • Rhetorical Instruction Blunder
  • Please Stop Clapping, Okay Go Ahead and Clap (Someone urges a crowd of followers to stop clapping and cheering, and then changes his mind, probably after they stop)
  • Singing Non-Verbal Notes
  • Sold Out For a Gag Aesop
  • Stress Induced Laughter (laughter causes stress, often the laughter occurs when the participants are in no immediate danger, for example they laugh after they just escaped a bunch of mooks by making a rockslide a barrier to them)
  • Treacherous Affection (The hero has an unreturned fondness for a villain, preventing him from killing him)
  • Violent smell (A smell is depicted as attacking someone, such as the fumes taking the shame of a hand and slapping the person)
  • Uh, It’s porn (claiming or implying something is porn as a cover, for example spiderman claimed/implied that where his costume is was his porn stash)
  • Unibrow shaving (someone is shown having a unibrow, and they split it into to eyebrows, probably with some adhesive tape. this is generally done when the person is making him/herself pretty e.g. for a date, the character might only have the unibrow during this scene).
  • Useful taunt: A taunt that has use (an entertaining animation and/or infuriating a fellow player by rendering yourself vulnerable don't count. Prettymuch anything else counts. An example of useful taunts are TF2 kill taunts, or taunts that could be considered ineffective attacks such as Luigi's taunt in mash bros.)

Accomplishments

I am doing this to keep track of my contributions, showing off is just a bonus. I don't really care about keeping track of examples added to a trope or work page.

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Trope proposals added to the wiki (by which I mean they are in the trope workshop.) (hopefully some this will turn into a tropes added to the wiki list)

  • Afterlife Search And Rescue
  • Numbskull Negotiator
  • For the Love of God, Stay Awake! (new name wanted)
  • Father of a Thousand Bastards
  • Movie Match Up (I think this needs a new name by the way, suggestions are welcome)
  • Music, Dance Instructions Included
  • Sound in a Jar.
  • Terrifying Teammate
  • Tetrapods Came From The Ocean
  • Visible Pilot, Invisible Vehicle.
  • False Promised Land‎

Trope Images added to the wiki (I didn't make these, I just found them, and maybe got permission)

These ones still need captions (Hint Hint)