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Dream Tropes Wiki/Reclusive Artist

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The perception among some fans that as a result of Artist Disillusionment, some writers, artists, and other creative folk spurn public relations, interaction with audiences, signing autographs and seem to hide behind their work. Maybe they just don't work well with public relations, maybe they prefer being alone and working quietly. It might also be due to:

1. Some fans being stupid, frightening, or just completely missing the point of the artist's work, or having a large Hatedom.
2. Being overwhelmed by their fame, which they genuinely did not expect for their work and are unprepared for.
3. An issue in their private life.
4. Shyness.
5. A personal decision.
6. Being a very private person overall.

Whatever the case, not everyone takes popularity well, after all. So, who can blame them when they wants to disappear from the public eye?

A Reclusive Artist is one who is notoriously hard to find, who goes out of their way to avoid interviews and public appearances. This has examples that fit into two Logical Extremes:

* The artist disappears so completely that they are declared Legally Dead.
* The artist's very identity is unknown.

Compare and contrast Hikikomori, The Hermit, Hermit Guru, Celebrity Is Overrated. If they only unveil a single masterpiece before dropping off the radar, they're a One-Book Author or One-Hit Wonder.

## Real-Life Examples

### Musicians

* Toby Aarbakke of The Given Takers remained out of the spotlight following the band's breakup and after the band's 2006 reunion tour up until the band's 2013 second (and currently permanent) reunion, being a producer & writer for various pop music acts (something he started doing in the 90s, initially as a side job when not with The Given Takers) and working as a session drummer in Template:W, as well as producing music for some Template:W and Template:W shows and being the face and creator of the Template:W project AARBAKKEPROJEKT. He lives in a heavily industrialized part of the Template:W area (Template:W, to be exact), and he only consents to appearances and interviews only if he's interested in the topic (the only topics he's interested in are art, music, and religious study (despite having been raised a "proto-new atheist" he's heavily interested in the stories told in religious text, and narrated Act II of and consulted for Pasi Peure's religious epic *The Bible: A Legendary Adventure*) and not any other topic like science, history, politics, etc. etc.)
* For a long time, Jaylin Rounds of Rinava was rarely photographed without her makeup. Since 2014, she's calmed down with it.
Dream Tropes Wiki/Underage Casting

You know how sometimes you're watching a show and you think, "Hey, isn't that person too young to be a doctor?" This is an example of under-aged casting, and it happens when an actor or actress is not actually old enough to be their character, for instance, when a twenty-three-year-old actor plays a character with a PhD.

This happens most frequently to characters who are doctors, lawyers, or some other profession that requires a lot of schooling, and actresses tend to be cast in older roles more often than actors.

This can coincide with Playing Gertrude if the character has a teenage or adult child. However, it can also result from Playing Gertrude if the actor or actress portraying the parent is physically too young to have borne the child in question (e.g. a character played by a forty-year-old actress having a thirty-year-old daughter).

This trope is subverted when the character has actually skipped grades in Canon. It is not simply the opposite of Dawson Casting, because it doesn't only require that the actor is younger than the character. The actor must be too young to be the character.

See also Improbable Age.

Contrast with Age Lift.

## Examples

### Western Animation

* A voice acting example: in the German dub of *Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat*, Template:W voiced Mama Miao. Problem was, at the time of the dub's recording, Ilona *wasn't even in college yet*, and was considerly younger than the actor dubbing her husband Baba Miao (the actor in question, Template:W, was born in 1947, Ilona was born in *1979*).
Dream Tropes Wiki/10-Minute Retirement

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In the middle of a crisis, calamity, or sheer unadulterated apocalypse, something terrible happens (but not, typically, any more terrible than happens in any given episode) and The Hero completely and utterly gives up. Common lines that go with the phenomenon are "I'm too old for this," "I can't do it," "There is nothing I can do," or "Somebody else can." May even be the follow-up to a Heroic BSoD, which is similar but involuntary.

After some kind of epiphany, often accompanied by a "World of Cardboard" Speech, the character comes out of retirement and announces that they are back on the job, typically followed by the show's equivalent of a Foe-Tossing Charge — anything from actual foe-tossing to kicking butt in the school spelling bee. (See also Look What I Can Do Now!, which is similar but involves a character leaving and returning much badder than before.)

It's also a common Romantic Comedy trope to have one of the principal couple suddenly decide to quit working with or for the other, vowing to never come back, only to return a few scenes later.

See also: Achilles in His Tent, Conscience Makes You Go Back, Changed My Mind, Kid, and We Used to Be Friends. Opposite of Passing the Torch, where The Hero seriously hands on the responsibility to someone else. He's Back is what happens when the character returns to action. Breaking the Fellowship is the equivalent for a whole group rather than a mere individual.

## Examples

### Miscellaneous

* Template:W announced that he would retire from the role of Matthias in the *Redwall* franchise in 2016 after *Redwall: Under Seige*, and named Howie Bogaert as his successor in the role. Come *Redwall vs. Toad Patrol* in 2018 and Savage was back as Matthias. Martin Berger joked in a interview that "Savage generally said "I changed my mind, I am Matthias, Warrior of Redwall, once again!" when Bogaert decided to call it quits."
Dream Tropes Wiki/Go-Karting with Bowser

GASP!! The Hero and his arch rival are staring each other down! This is it! We're getting the final battle... wait, why are they sitting down and playing a game of checkers?

Not all heroes and villains are actively out for each others' blood; some heroes are reasonable and tolerant, and a few baddies can be perfectly civil. On more extreme ends, enemies who are opposites (ideologically or otherwise) can engage in a peaceful activity to have a bout of diplomacy. But just like a Sympathetic P.O.V. can show even the antagonists have a good side, likewise Friendly Enemies can sit down and have a nice chat every so often. In the end, they're not there to engage in fisticuffs, though they may engage in a bout or two of social combat. Rather, they're there just to meet as friendly rivals and maybe, just maybe, win the other person over to their point of view.

Essentially, the heroes join the Villains Out Shopping. Occasionally, it will be a dinner date, and it can happen frequently when the hero is Living with the Villain, especially if they are Punch-Clock Hero and Villain. If the bout is meant to emphasize their mutual intelligence, they'll probably play chess.

Now, this all sounds very nice and cheerful, right? Maybe people don't have to hate each other, even if they're opposed? However, this can take an entirely different feel if the villain is a Karma Houdini who has committed horrible crimes and is getting special consideration because he and the Hero share history.

This trope commonly comes up when the cast involves itself as a Universal-Adaptor Cast, where they might be bitter enemies in one canon but are neutral or even friendly in another. Spinoff video games often involve this, especially when such games are a Mascot Racer or Mascot Fighter.

Mid-Battle Tea Break is a related trope, although it doesn't have to feature mortal enemies. Compare Non Violent Initial Confrontation, Dating Catwoman. Contrast Villain Over for Dinner and Friendship-Straining Competition. If the enemies happen to be deities as well, it's God Karting with Beelzebub. If, rather than Go Karting With Bowser, you're instead playing Energy Ball tennis with Ganondorf, that's Tennis Boss.

## Examples

### Films - Live-Action

* Happens in a couple *Technic Heroes* titles.
Padlocked Within A Dream/Tropes

* **Awesome Music**: *The songs were done by **Styx***. Need we say more?
	+ "The Dream Maker", a good example of hard rocking from James Young.
	+ "Can't Wake Up Now"
	+ "It Just Wasn't Meant To Be" is often considered to be one of Styx's best power ballads.
	+ Ryota Yamada's score also counts. Take for instance "Hope"
* **Cult Classic**: Initally, the film was a commercial success but a critical failure, with many criticising it's outlandish and weird moments. Despite this, the film has a small, but loyal fanbase.
	+ Averted with it's soundtrack, however, which was well-recieved from the start.
* **Deranged Animation**: In some parts.

* **Ear Worm**: The entire Styx side of the soundtrack. All of it.
* **Early Installment Weirdness**: Maja Prebensen's works mostly focus on anthropomorphic animals, but this mostly stars *humans*.
* **El Kadsreians Love Dunkin' Donuts**: The inclusion of Styx on the soundtrack made them rather popular in El Kadsre*.*
* **Memetic Mutation**: *"**I AM THE DREAM EATER, FEAR MY NIGHTMARES"***also counts as Narm.

* **Nightmare Fuel**: The Nightmare Realm, as one would expect.
	+ The Dream Eater may just be the most threatening anime villain in history. Think about it. *He literally eats the dreams of young children and believe it or not, (spoilers) **can put said children in a coma.** Yikes.*
	+ Yamada's instrumental "Padlocked Within A Dream" can be rather haunting, especially when the Moog notes kick in.
	+ The opening credits can be a little creepy because of the music (the already mentioned "Padlocked Within a Dream") and the text morphing in using creepy Scanimation. Not to mention the darkness throughout and the seizure inducing flashing when the title of the movie comes in.
* **Pop-Star Composter**: Styx.
* **Tear Jerker**: Face it. You cried when you first heard "It Just Wasn't Meant To Be".
Alberto Fernandez Doblajes y Asociados/Tropes

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* **Alan Smithee**:
	+ Jerry Mayer is well known for his voice work in children's cartoons, so when he lends his vocal range to dubs of gore anime or porn, he is credited as Luis Gillman. In this case it's a pseudonym *of a* pseudonym, as his real name is Geraldo Dela Cruz.
	+ Karl Augsberger was credited as Sergio Guedes in the dub of *The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure*, probably because of the film's infamy. Like Jerry, it's a pseudonym of a pseudonym, as his real (full) name is Carlos Guillermo Augsberger y Garcia.
* **Production Posse**:
	+ AFDYA dubs most of *The Drillimation Series* games and animes into Spanish and German (except for *Crystal Island*, which had it's Spanish dub recorded in Venezuela, and *Miyuki's Avalanche*, which had it's Spanish dub recorded in Equatorial Guinea). AFDYA has held this position since DNAC shut down in 1990.
		- Also when a Drillimation game or anime gets released in a Spanish speaking region, expect Lukas Yannatos to voice the bad guy(s), Núria Artiñano and/or Zendra Rodriguez to voice the cute girl(s), Alfred Lender and Adolfo de la Madrid to voice the old men, Mieszko Bartłomiej to voice people with foreign accents, and Víctor Balduino to voice a lot of other characters.
Dream Tropes Wiki/Neighbourhood-Friendly Gangsters

Criminal groups with redeeming values.

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## Examples

### Real Life

* The Shobatsu-shi Ichizoku and many of it's branches could pass as this:
	+ In the mid-2010s, the El Kadsre City branch of the Shobatsu-shi Ichizoku began organizing squads of gangsters to protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination and even sent their men to LGBTQ+ gatherings such as gay pride parades to keep homophobes (especially far-right Christians and alt-right folk) out.
	+ The SSI gang leader Marko Chikanari is regarded as a great benefactor of his hometown of Ninque. He paved roads, provided clean water and sewer systems, built new airports and schools, funded churches, temples, and sports arenas, and gave everybody a $110 personal budget for medical expenses.
	+ In 2019, reports arose of the Capulco SSI sending their men to protect & guard a man who had been targeted in online harassment from trolls.
	+ Axelham is known as the headquarters of the El Kadsre City SSI. It was once the safest suburb of El Kadsre City because no one dared to cause any trouble on the SSI territory.
Zhong Zhi Sheng

The final test for any Warrior of Peace aspirant is the Zhong Zhi Sheng, a strategy test developed by the Jade General and his Generals. An aspirant nearing the end of his training would be taken to Nangu, a moon of Han, where a combat scenario was constructed. The scenario was designed to simulate a city fight campaign, with the aspirant given command of a group of new recruits. The area was garrisoned with specially-created servitors and automata, capable of punishing bad tactical decisions and even killing aspirants.

The leader would be given a target somewhere in the city, and would have to find and eliminate it. There was a set time limit, and the aspirant would be penalised for every squad member knocked out in the combat, and severe penalties for a death. The scenario forced the aspirant to show leadership, tactical skill, analysing the terrain and decision making.

The final part of the scenario would always play out the same way. Once the target had been located, it would be revealed that the target had taken hostages and had planted a bomb that would kill them if he died. One of the hostages was someone close to the recruit before they joined the legion, a family member or a lover or a friend. The aspirant was expected to kill the target, and if the supervisors felt that the aspirant was taking too long to decide, the automata would be made to close in on the group. Any aspirant that failed their mission by refusing to kill the target were immediately rejected by the legion and forced into the legion serfs, and even those who somehow found a way to successfully kill the target and not kill the hostages would be marked down but allowed to continue training.
Dream Tropes Wiki/And Knowing Is Half the Battle

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The episode of your cartoon series is over already, and the kids haven't yet had An Aesop or a science lesson? Well, we can't have that!

This trope is the practice of encapsulating the moral of the story in The Tag. It often has No Fourth Wall, and has the characters of the show directly lecture to the audience. It allows a show that went 22 minutes wantonly breaking stuff to get that coveted "E/I" rating, by telling the kids not to eat the pretty candies in the medicine cabinet. Most times, the moral laid out in The Tag is a summation of what should have been learned from the story, encapsulated in an Anvilicious manner. Other times, it's just a generic safety tip added to an otherwise purely entertaining episode.

A type of Public Service Announcement or PSA, which often contains these when it uses characters from the show in the same timeslot. Sometimes it wasn't even a moral lesson, but a science fact related to the Sci-Fi setting. The first season of seaQuest DSV had real life ocean expert Robert Ballard from the Woods-Hole Oceanographic Institute give a one minute lecture on the science of the episode next to the credits; this segment vanished in the second season. Rankin/Bass Productions Sci-Fi cartoon SilverHawks had something about the planets framed as a lesson to the crew's Plucky Comic Relief / Robot Monkey. A variant on this could be seen in the short segments in prime-time that recommended the viewer to consult his local library for selected books related to the preceding program.

Though this was most commonly seen in The '80s (often as a near-textbook PSA separated from the climax of the actual story by local station commercials), it also appeared in The '70s in police documentaries as a way to end the program with lessons for drivers. In The '80s and The '90s, it became something of an Enforced Trope, as FCC regulations required a certain amount of "educational" content in children's programming, and this became a way to make the actual show "educational." It's not quite a Dead Horse Trope or a Discredited Trope yet, though. And, as long as cartoons need E/I ratings or family shows need approval from Moral Guardians, someone will play this trope straight.

Subverted in shows where We Haven't Learned Anything, period, and the characters remark on it.

This trope does not refer to knowing a specific strategy that makes it easier to defeat a boss.

## Examples

### Western Animation

* The PBS Kids PSA Series which lasted from 2004-2006, which was endorsed by the National Child Safety Council and the Character Counts! Coalition, and featured (mostly the animated) PBS Kids characters teaching a real-life lesson to kids. (For example: Matthias from *Redwall* giving a kid a lecture on what to do if there's a house fire, Digit from *Cyberchase* telling kids about swimming safety and how you should always have an adult around, *Angelina Ballerina* telling a kid not to run away from home, etc. etc.)
Sagitarii Power-Spear

Larger and packing more power in comparison to it's smaller Mechanicum cousin, the Gotrenag, the XXth Legion worked alongside the Adepts of Mars within their ally fleets, wanting to make a version for themselves that would prove even more deadly. In particular the grind of the First Rangdan Xenocide showed the Legion the merit of the weapon type, able to punch through metre-thick armour plates with ease to would the enemy within, or set them up for a follow-up attack.

## Design

As well as being physically larger to accommodate the size of the superhuman troops, the extra space allows for a more comprehensive internal power system, able to handle the activation of the EM rails at any time. The secondary benefit comes along with the privilege of being a Space Marine itself. The access to resources the Astartes Legions have far outstrips most within the Imperium, this means that the Adamantium rods that make up the main lethal element of the weapon are easily replaced. To take advantage of this access to resources the Sagitarii variant has a set of locking lugs that can lock onto and let go of, the adamantium rod. This allows the rods to be used normally with the lugs locked on, or to use the system as a launcher to fire the rods out using the electromagnetic rails at high speeds.

Although limited in it's armour piercing potential due to the scale of the electromagnet rails, the rods have proved capable of penetrating light vehicle armour from up to 45 metres away, and easily able to penetrate most forms of infantry armour. While still a single-target weapon, this functionality gives the marines the ability to engage with one enemy and kill or disabled him within the effective range, and either reload another rod or switch to using it as a melee weapon for any subsequent enemies.
It's Always Sunny in Ringia

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## Animation

* Teamo Supremo, Rocko's Modern Life, Zip Zip, Big City Greens, The Loud House, Birdz and Being Ian is popular among young Ringian kids.
* Go Jetters is popular among young Ringian kids.
* Pokémon anime became popular in Ringia since 1999.
* Other anime shows such as Doraemon, Shin-chan (cencorded), Attack on Titan, Blend S, The Drillimation Series, Himouto! Umaru-chan, Mirmo!, and BanG Dreams popular anime shows in Ringia.
* Many Korean animation series such as Tobot, Miniforce, Tayo the Little Bus, Jang Geum's Dream, Power Battle Watch Car, Larva and Banzi's Secret Diary is popular in Ringia.
* Amphibia may be popular in Ringia when it premieres on Template:W and RingKids.
* Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart may be popular in Ringia.

## Video Games

* in 2014, Cookie Run become a hit in Ringia (like the one in Schelipoerys) when a Ringian player (named as LoFiSelfie) plays Cookie Run for 6 hours while streaming.
* When The Sims 2 released, The Sims is big hit in Ringia, its popular among Teens.
* When several games (including Prison Architect, Guacameele!, Slime Ranchers, Team Fortress 2 and Garry's Mod) are released on Steam, Steam is huge hit in Ringia.
* Bully is popular in Ringia among Adults.
* Plants vs Zombies Heroes, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang and PUBG Mobile are most popular in Ringia among Binge Players.
* Grand Thief Auto series became popular in Ringia.
* Prison Architect and Plague Inc became popular in Ringia.

## Web series

* Object shows are massively popular in Ringia.
* Eddsworld is popular among Ringians ages 14-40.

## Music

* Disco songs became popular in Ringia since 1977.
* Michael Jackson songs became popular in Ringia since 1979 (when Off the Wall album is released)
* OPM songs became popular in Ringia since 2001.
* K-Pop songs became popular in Ringia since 2006.

## Telecommunications

* RingTel and SoftBank Ringia are the big ones in the Ringian telecommunications market.

## TV Shows

* Korean dramas became popular in Ringia since 2001.
* Home Improvement became popular in Ringia since 1995 due to intro.

## Miscellaneous

* due to Ringians (including Ringian Objects characters) wears mascot, Yuru-chara/Kigurumi is massive hit in Ringia, it appears on any place in Ringia, Some Ringian Preschool Series and even Ringian Music videos, also GCB47, a music band full of mascots, are popular in Ringia.

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* + when RingKiDS airs an episode of Big City Greens episode, Feud Fight where Tomato-kun (which similar to Yuru-chara/Kigurumi but it's Tomato) appears and even Chip Whistler mentioned "Japanese Yuru-chara sensation", this episode and Tomato-kun is meme in Ringia.
Interniots Enjoy 90s-00s Cartoons

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So you're curling up on the armchair to watch your favorite show — but the schedule has been changed and yet another airing of the network's most popular (or just favored by execs) show is airing in its place. Your blood boils, but there's nothing you can do — it's the network's pet program.

This is Adored by the Network in a nutshell. An over-promoted, over-aired program that either dominates the entire schedule or gets promoted over every other show on the network or some combination of the two. Whenever networks stumble upon a massive hit show, this show usually gets the most attention and most promotion. Marathons are run, special programming events occur often surrounding the show, and the show is given multiple airings daily.

This usually comes at the expense of all the other shows on the channel, particularly the shows on the verge of being canceled. At the very least, they will just be ignored. At the very worst, they can be canceled or re-tooled to make it more in line with the adored show. And at very, very, worst — it could signal the first signs of Network Decay, as the network may add more shows similar to the network darling to the lineup.

Despite the network's fixation on this show, it doesn't fit the nature of being the Creator's Pet because, well, if it's a hit, then many people like it. It may be a critical darling that's loved by all. You yourself may like the show. But you also like other shows on the channel and the overbearing presence of the program just may be too much. This may lead to even the people who genuinely enjoy the show may getting sick of it. Enough of this can ironically result into the show being considered Screwed by the Network, as it can lead to the show's downfall and cancellation.

Before you add an example, keep in mind this isn't Complaining About Shows You Don't Like. Also, the simple act of airing the show a lot of times doesn't alone qualify it for this trope. The network has to go above and beyond to prop this show up constantly.

See also Marathon Running (where whole marathons can be dedicated to a single show), Cash Cow Franchise, Hollywood Hype Machine (when this happens to actors), Creator's Pet (when this happens to characters and the fans are annoyed), Wolverine Publicity, and Network Decay. Network to the Rescue is a sure sign of this. Contrast Screwed by the Network; also sometimes the result of this trope. See also Network Red-Headed Stepchild.

## Anime

* Naruto, to ITN Kids.
* Pokemon, to Nickelodeon.

## Live-Action TV

* LazyTown, to 50TV.
* Law and Order, to ITN.

## Western Animation

* Disney's Recess, to 50TV and Nickelodeon.
* Totally Spies, to 50TV.
* Melanie, to Nickelodeon.
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Dream Tropes Wiki/Stealth Parody

Parodies that pretend to be serious works, no matter how absurd or mocking their contents are, often with the purpose of getting Misaimed Fandom to generate hilarious feedback. The Internet Age has made it particularly easy to do this. You can never be sure the person on the other computer isn't that obtuse. In the more general sense, standard internet discourse in highly exclusive internet forums can be very difficult to decipher by outsiders; stealth parody submitted to such communities is commonly known as "trolling".

It can be lots of fun to find a particularly awful piece of Fan Fiction and review it as if it is one of these. Sometimes it actually is and sometimes an author may claim that it is later. Being "stealthy" it can be hard to tell.

Sometimes overlaps with "Poe's Law" but Poe's Law is applied specifically when a parody of anything extreme is mistakenly taken at face value, or the opposite: an over-the-top work that is intended to be serious is confused with a parody.

Compare Indecisive Parody which is when someone involved in an otherwise-serious project mocks it. See also Parody Retcon, when a creator tries to claim a badly-received work was one of these.

Be careful when adding entries to this list. A badly done Stealth Parody is still bad, unless it's a stealth parody of stealth parodies. Eat your heart out, Poe.

## Examples

### Music

* WITN was a band consisting of pro skater Johnson Del Campo along with Rinava's Ryu Judoku and Kenelm Clarkson and Razor's Amy and James Hill that was created as a spoof of British anarcho-punk bands. They were pretty much expressly formed to troll audiences as an opening act for either Rinava or Razor. Their performances involved burning American flags and playing music that encouraged anarchism and violence whilst disguised in bald caps, with Del Campo usually performing naked or wearing a World War II gas mask. While they were generally pretty open about it all being a joke offstage, onstage they presented themselves as a "real" band. Plenty of audiences took the bait and caused concerts to either get cut short or get the band blamed for driving in loads of anarchists. Template:W took the bait when WITN opened for them at a 1987 free concert at the Template:W, and it was too late for Lou Watts and co. to find out they were just a joke. Clarkson claims that in the late 90's they received fan mail from members of the Template:W.

### Web Original

* The web series *Tretchburg Public Access* was created as a Nightmare Retardant spoof of the Analog Horror genre (for example *Local 58*).
Dream Tropes Wiki/Grand Finale

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When a show (usually of the Failure Is the Only Option or Stern Chase variety) comes to an end with sufficient lead time, the production team may decide to go out with a bang by ending the endless chase, destroying the undestroyable foe, or in some other way definitively and permanently changing the core axioms the show depends on. It usually resolves all the conflicts that have driven the series over its entire run, and offers some kind of resolution to the dramatic tension that they have powered.

This is the Grand Finale, a way of very clearly saying to the audience "Okay, the show is really over. There's no more. Go watch something else." (That this doesn't always get through to viewers can be a problem in and of itself...) If this happens without warning, it's a case of The Resolution Will Not Be Identified.

In contrast to American television series, anime series tend to be single, continuous season-long stories that build, like an episodic novel, to a climax in the final episode. In these cases, a Grand Finale is the only fair (and the usual) way to end the show. Of course, since most anime is based on manga, occasionally the anime gets ahead of the manga (or gets canceled before the manga ends) and the anime writers have to make up their own ending, which is usually not as good as the eventual ending of the manga. Alternatively, a la Bastard!!, Angel Sanctuary, and Strawberry 100%, the writers can just leave it hanging.

May often involve Gondor Calls for Aid or "Save the World" Climax. Expect Tear Jerker on a massive scale—the longer (or more beloved) the show, the more tears will flow. Contrast with Cut Short, The Resolution Will Not Be Televised, and Series Fauxnale. Compare with Season Finale and sometimes Wrap It Up, though if the "Holy Shit!" Quotient is high enough it can qualify as a Wham Episode.

There will usually be Call Backs, Continuity Porn, Continuity Nod and Book-Ends aplenty, along with characters coming Back for the Finale. A Will They or Won't They? running for the length of the series will usually get a Last Minute Hookup. Expect to see Contractual Immortality and Joker Immunity thrown out the window. Given its nature as being the very final entry of the series, there may even be some End-of-Series Awareness.

As this Trope deals with endings, it obviously comes with a SPOILER WARNING.

## Examples

### Film - Animated

* *Sagwa: The Movie* is intended the grand finale for *Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat*.
* *Melanie's Mega Movie* is the finale for *Melanie*.

### Live-Action TV

* The last edition of VTV NHL Hockey (which is a simulcast of a 1989 Stanley Cup game from *Hockey Night of Canada* on CBC) on Vlokozu Television finished its run, stating that after 29 years, the program came to the close. Shortly afterwards, El TV Kadsre Television Network purchased Vlokozu Television and rebranded to El TV Kadsre 4, whilist the Hockey Night in Canada games will be moved to Banushen Television starting with the 1989-1990 NHL season.
The First Shadow

*It had started with blood.*

Many cultures had been exterminated during the course of the Great Crusade. It was not surprising that the Imperium possessed a somewhat paranoid attitude toward those who worship the Warp. He had once exhibited the same scepticism.

Then, about 15 years ago, he had been charged with destroying another resistant human empire. This one had violated two of the taboos. Not only had it indulged deeply of the Warp, it had fornicated with a local alien species. Initial envoys had attempted to warn them from their path. A pointless exercise.

In the face of this obstinance, he had been charged to destroy and exterminate. Although their technology had been a shadow of the Imperium‘s, this empire had fought with unceasing zeal and skill.

*How could he not take a totem to remember?*

He had assumed that would be it.

Then the whispers started.

They began in his dreams. Stories of old strengths forgotten. Powerful secrets that could be wielded it again. All of this and more.

He had not thought much of these things. He had believed it was a leftover scar from his war of extermination.

That changed when the whispers had saved his life.

Another battle, another enemy. This one is cruel and deceptive. An ambush nearly cost him his life. Except the whispers had warned him the night before.

After that, it was a natural evolution to heed their counsel. In return, the whispers rewarded him with new knowledge and the new power.

Now? Now, he was in a position to enact a grand plan that would reward him with far greater power than ever and bring enlightenment To the entire Legion.

He smiled underneath a dangerous helmet.
KT (TV channel)/Tropes

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* **Broadcast Live**:
	+ In between shows, the channel would be branded through in-vision continuity. Unlike CBBC and CBeebies in the United Kingdom, these were broadcast live. It was not uncommon for one of the presenters, especially Ericka Streets, to goof up.
* **Iconic Logo**:
	+ Sort of. The channel's *logos* aren't necessarily iconic, but the idents are.

## Your Mileage May Vary

* **Just Here for Godzilla**:
	+ Apparently, some people would just watch the channel for the in-vision continunity links.
* **They Changed It, Now It Sucks!**:
	+ This is the reaction of fans of the 1998-2004 era. In February 2004, KT changed its logo and got rid of its iconic ident packaging. Also around 2005-06, many of the channel's longtime favourites were pushed to the side so newer shows could hog the schedule.
		- Ironically, some of these "news" shows, such as *Lisa*, *Alice in Wonderland* and *The Wizard of Oz* weren't even new - all three are from the 1990s, and had already aired on at least one other television channel in Kuboia before airing on KT!

## Trivia

* **Edited for Syndication**:
	+ *Sonic X* had the "Gotta Go Fast!" theme pushed to the start, rather than 1-3 minutes in.
	+ For *Garfield and Friends*, the theme the channel used would fluctuate constantly. Typically the "We're Ready to Party" theme was used during the school term and "Friends are There" was used during school holidays.
Xian Yun

Remembrancer drawing of Xian Yun

**Xian Yun**, known as the Ruby General and the Lightning Strike, was the joint 1st Captain of the Warriors of Peace after the Jade General's discovery and most of the Five Ruins.

## **History**

Xian Yun and his twin brother Xian Dong both were recruited in the first wave from Han, being unique in being the only twins in the whole legion to both survive the implantation process. They are inseparable, serving alongside each other in the 1st Chapter and earning the respect of the Jade General. Following the Beprotx Campaign, the General chose both of them to become the 1st Captains. Xian Yun is a member of the *Mongsuti*, though he is one of its cooler voices in comparison to others such as Huang Ju-Long.

## **Personality**

Xian Yun is one of the more sociable members of the Warriors of Peace, being skilled in both diplomacy and warfare. He is known for his sense of humour, which others within the Warriors of Peace view as strange but other legions enjoy. He is completely dedicated to the Jade General, viewing his vision for the galaxy as the best possible outcome. However, he does have a temper, being less patient than many of his brothers. He also has a keen sense of honour, being unwilling to attack human civilian targets and having respect for honourable foes.

## **Wargear**

* Tartaros Terminator Armour
* Zhexing - A Power Maul designed by Xian Yun in conjunction with the legion's artificers.
* Volkite Charger
* Iron Halo
* Grenade Harness

## **Gallery**

Remembrancer drawing of Xian Yun helmetted.
Bad Stuff aren't Bad in Tasanala

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## Animation

* Rob the Robot is popular among young Tasanalan kids.
* Many Video Brinquedo movies are popular in Tasanala.
* Johnny Test is moderately popular in Tasanala.
* Nick Tasanala is wildly popular in Tasanala due to this channel spams SpongeBob SquarePants, The Loud House, Fanboy & ChumChum, Big City Greens and Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty.
* Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty is popular in Tasanala.

## Music

* Nu-metal songs are popular in Tasanala.

## Networks

* Disney Channel Tasanala was so popular until late 2018.

## Miscellaneous

* Vyond, Vimeo and pirated movies are popular in Tasanala.
* Cookie Run haters are popular in Tasanala due to Tasanala banning Cookie Run.
* Anything that is based in Ivanland is popular in Tasanala after it becomes Weirdmunist
* YouTube Rewind 2018 is most popular YouTube video in Tasanala.
* two YouTubers, Needle336 ChopChopNinja909 and power bods are moderately popular in Tasanala.
Dream Tropes Wiki/Half the Man He Used to Be

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A character gets cut (or, less often, blown or ripped) in half, usually during combat but occasionally in an accident, building collapse or some other scenario.
This can be done any number of ways, from bloodless family-friendly versions like the battle droids in the Star Wars movies, to still blood-free, but more Nightmare Fuel-oriented versions, to outright Gorn that spares no detail. The cutting in half itself can be done either horizontally (at the waist, usually) or vertically (from scalp to groin, or vice versa), with the latter often occurring via Clean Cut. Expect it to be Bloody Hilarious if it occurs in a comedic setting.
Naturally, this happens a lot in anime or video games that feature Humongous Mecha, and many series in general which use Mecha-Mooks, due to the fact that you can slice up mecha all you like without spraying blood everywhere (at least, not human blood).

Compare Impaled with Extreme Prejudice and Off with His Head!.

Has absolutely nothing to do with The Beatles song "Yesterday", even though the name of the trope is taken from the lyrics. Also has no relation to Was Once a Man.

As a Death Trope, **spoilers beware!**

## Western animation

### Kuboian animation

Since this trope happens quite a lot in Kuboian cartoons (mostly of the Kantasy flavour), they will need their own section.

* In *Alice in Wonderland*, Alice can unleash a beam from her sceptre, which can cut through practically anything. She also uses this to cut the enemy in half vertically down the middle in "Root Wild", "Fly Away", "Playing Tricks" and "A Regretful Reset".
	+ Interestingly, the beam is an orange colour in "Root Wild", but a light-blue colour in all later appearances.
* In *Aurore and Aimee*, Aimee uses a sword to cut a monster in half vertically on two occasions.
* Natalie sometimes cuts enemies in half vertically with her sword in *Bali's Kingdom*.
* *Cindi and Friends*:
	+ In "Cindi Solves the Conflicts", Aourine and Tanya pull a teddy bear in half whilst fighting over who gets to play with it.
	+ During Cindi's imagination sequence in "Cindi's Imagination", she cuts a floating sphere monster in half with a sword beam.
* In *Magma Eye*, Magma is able to fire a laser beam from his pupil. This is occasionally used to cut monsters in half.
* Occasionally happens to the toys in *Playbox*.
Dream Tropes Wiki/Win Back the Crowd

Ah my, was it glorious. X was a superhero/science-fiction/romance/vampire/police-procedural... pick any franchise unlike any other. The fans loved it. It caused fangirls to squee with delight. Even those who weren't fans grudgingly respected its brilliance. There were books, TV shows, movies, video games, comics, lunchboxes, T-shirts, and a thousand fan-fics. It was magnificent.

But then, something went wrong. Author fatigue set in. Or maybe the author failed to exist. Or perhaps their ego overshadowed the work. Maybe the executives meddled too much. Or maybe the original stars wanted too much money and left. Or the work tried to grow the beard by trying to be Darker and Edgier, and instead ended up jumping the shark. Might have been merely as simple as They Changed It, Now It Sucks!.

Whatever the cause, the result was the same. The show's ratings slipped, the movie gave way to cornier sequels, and folks stopped buying the t-shirts. The franchise lost the crowd it worked so hard to win. And it died. So sad.

The End... Or Is It?

Sometimes, the crowd can be won again! Even though the fanbase has revolted against a franchise and declared it "played out", the creator (or maybe even a new one) can actually make the franchise fresh and new and relevant (and profitable) again.

The creators realize that the franchise simply has to be adjusted for new changes in society. Or they remake it with new actors, who are \*gasp\* as good as the originals. Maybe they cut out the Narmtastic parts of the original. Or fix the visual effects. Or maybe the franchise just needed to rest for a little while. Maybe they changed it back now that it sucked. Perhaps a newly Promoted Fanboy is now Running the Asylum. Heck, maybe the execs were right after seeing a couple of outings where the old team gets their restraints taken off and decide to put the meddling back in. Whatever it is, the result is the same. The fangirls are squeeing again, folks are buying T-shirts again, and Fan Fics are back.

It's magnificent (again).

Compare And the Fandom Rejoiced (when a preview reassures fans by showing the producers are being faithful to the source material), Win the Crowd. See also Career Resurrection. If a company is trying to invoke this, it's a case of We Don't Suck Anymore.

## Examples

### Networks

* *Malcolm in the Middle* on Banushen Television successfully recovered the eight-year old timeslot damage the network had in El Kadsre after *Growing Pains* ended, such as *Flying Blind*, *The Trouble with Larry*, *The John Larroquette Show*, *Platypus Man*, *Dweebs*, *Caroline in the City* (second-run rights, first-run rights are held by Star TV, despite having a healthy 2 1/2 year run), *The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer* and the American One/Canadian import game show *The Million Dollar Word Game*.
Dream Tropes Wiki/Everything Is an Instrument

Music has a long tradition behind it, and with any tradition comes traditions of form and style. For music, there are certain things that are considered musical instruments and certain things which aren't. For example, you wouldn't be surprised to hear a violin playing music, but if you were to hear a chainsaw playing a well-known melody, you would be.

Many people have found the idea appealing, and make an effort to make musical sounds out of things that wouldn't necessarily be considered musical. Body noises like belches and flatulence are rather popular, as are animal noises and violence used to produce melodies. Whatever is used, it's something removed from the norm. Sometimes it's done for comedic effect, but just as often it's used by serious artists who have found that weird instruments make good music.

The Blue Danube Waltz is very popular for this kind of treatment.

See also Instrumental Weapon, Serendipitous Symphony and Trash Can Band. If they actually build an instrument out of it, it's a Bizarre Instrument. Compare Anything Can Be Music.

## Examples

### Music

* The loud shot and explosion heard at the start of "Matthias Vs. Urgan" (from the *Redwall: The Movie* score) was created by Template:W taking his Worst Musical Score Razzie for *Rocky IV*, placing it in a field in rural Template:W in a bucket filled with industrial explosives, and then detonating the explosives - whilst recording it with several microphones laid out several feet from the blast site. Also counts as Take That, Critics! when you think of it.
Disney Channel Victoria closedown evoluition

DIsney Channel Victoria will shut down soon, here are the stages of the end

## June 2019

**23** Walt Disney Victoria announced interrest on launching Marvel HQ in Victoria

## December 2019

**26** Disney XD was confirmed to be shutted down in September or October

## February 2020

**19** The Victorian Government gave Disney a strike

**26** ABC announced plans to air on Victoria

**29** Sony disputed the rights for X-MEN and Spider-Man with Disney
Comedy Night in El Kadsre/Tropes

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Here are the following tropes in Comedy Night in El Kadsre:

* **What Could Have Been**
	+ *Ned and Stacey* and *Partners* were auctioned for the timeslots, but both were lost to *Dweebs* and *Bless This House*, respectively.
	+ *Pearl* and *Suddenly Susan* were considered to replace *Hope & Gloria*, but lost to Sabrina, and delayed (see below)
	+ *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch* was supposed to be ready in the October of 1996 to replace the sitcom *Hope & Gloria*, and could've been set up for a one-hour G-rated block to pair up with Kirk Cameron's WB sitcom *Kirk*, but Darren Cody, then-Banushen CEO did not have a buzz to the show in the timeslot and instead picking up the NBC sitcom *The Single Guy* (which moved over from CPN) and placed the show on the timeslot intended for *Sabrina*. Sabrina ended up being delayed to early 1997 to replace *The John Larroquette Show*.
	+ *Everybody Loves Raymond* was considered to replace *Seinfeld* in 1998, but lost to *Frasier*.
	+ *Will & Grace* was considered as a temporary replacement for *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch* in 1999, but it was lost to *Costello*.
Dream Tropes Wiki/A Good Name for a Rock Band

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An unusual yet cool-sounding name or phrase is mentioned by one character, and then another character jokingly remarks what he said would be a good name for a band; usually rock or metal. This generally parodies the Word Salad Title naming convention of many Real Life rock bands.

This is not a list of all bands in fiction, and neither is this a list of what real-life bands were named after (clearly, for any existing band someone thought that its name was a good one). For the latter, see That Other Wiki.

Compare Trope Names for a Band.

## Examples

### Western Animation

* *Pupsquad* has the episode "Minus 7", in where at one point Andrew Garfunkel butts heads with a left-wing protestor. When the protestors demands he denounce corporate media, Andrew quips that "Corporate Media" sounds like a good name for a 1980's British new wave band.