The return of the TV Tropes game!
I went to that site once.
I spent over six hours browsing it.
But I can imagine this being hella fun. ^.^ BRB in six hours or something.
I hate going to that site, but I KEEP DOING IT!
I always stumble away several hours later, my brain aching and my mind wondering where the time went.
My Stories
Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
Wow.
Going by his origin story, I managed to make El a nice chronological list of Trops that fit him pretty well.
Big event leads to certain situations which causes change, resulting in power being gained (and the defeat of adversaries). This leads to receving a title, which follows up with his current position while also giving reason for his seeking of personal history.
Others would be aspects of heritage, posture, battle tactics, and occasional hostile temperament.
Also, I'll second the amount of time this site takes up. I spent the last 40 minutes or so just looking around at all the tropes, trying to think of all the characters they might apply too.
Global - @El D
Servers - Protector
Let the obsession begin...again.
Anna Nethema: Anti Villain, Noble Demon, Affably Evil, Slouch of Villainy, Good Is Boring, The Toblerone, Hot Blooded, Red Right Hand, Determinator, Dark Action Girl, Cute Bruiser, Good Old Fisticuffs (dark meelee), Evil Is Sexy, Evil Redhead, Witch Species, Battle Aura, Involuntary Shapeshifting, Cute Monster Girl, Cute Little Fangs, Cursed With Awesome, Le Parkour, Healing Factor, Slasher Smile, Prophetic Names, Unstoppable Rage, Magic Pants (fireproof clothing), My Suit Is Also Super, Spy Catsuit, Death Is Cheap, Glowing Eyes Of Doom, Extraordinarily Empowered Girl, Combo Platter Powers, Eyes Of Gold, Touched By Vorlons, Stripperific, Impossibly Cool Clothes, No One Could Survive That, Out Of The Inferno, Our Demons Are Different.
Kathode: Anti Villain, Cat Girl, Dark Action Girl, Cute Bruiser, Battle Aura, Involuntary Shapeshifting, Cute Monster Girl, Tsundere, Cute Little Fangs, Cursed With Awesome, Le Parkour, Bokukko,
UnstoppableRage, Spy Catsuit, My Suit Is Also Super, Extraordinarily Empowered Girl, Technicolor Eyes (Metallic Grey), Stripperific, Impossibly Cool Clothes, No One Could Survive That, Out Of The Inferno.
Naga Obscura: Anti Villain, Lady Of War, Katanas Are Just Better, Implausible Fencing Powers, Cute Monster Girl, Good Hair Evil Hair, Proud Warrior Race Girl, Rebellious Princess, Non Mammal Mammaries (justified as her species are like a stage between reptiles and mammals), Dungeon Bypass.
Badass Blink, Spy Catsuit, My Suit Is Also Super, Technicolor Eyes (Iridescent Copper), Badass Normal (by the definitions of her species, at least), Phantom Thief, Laser Blade.
Vikki Vandale: Badass Lolita, Cute Bruiser, Batter Up, Drop The Hammer, ImprovisedWeapon, Cute Monster Girl, Good Hair Evil Hair, Healing Factor, My Suit Is Also Super, Extraordinarily Empowered Girl, Our Trolls Are Different, Stripperific, Impossibly Cool Clothes, No One Could Survive That, Out Of The Inferno, Foe Tossing Charge.
Tectonia: Samus Is A Girl, Powered Armor, Cute Bruiser, Mighty Glacier, Battle Aura, Clothes Make The Superman,Determinator, Extraordinarily Empowered Girl, No One Could Survive That, Out Of The Inferno, Foe Tossing Charge.
Zetsumei Mitsukai: Anti Hero, Dark Magical Girl, Badass Lolita, Elegant Gothic Lolita, Perky Goth, Action Girl, Lady Of War, Dual Wielding (dual Wakazashis), , Everythings Better With Spinning (Typhoon's Edge, WHEEEE!!), , Badass Longcoat, Battle Aura, Cute Monster Girl, Le Parkour, Spy Catsuit, Death Is Cheap, My Suit Is Also Super, Extraordinarily Empowered Girl, Monochromatic Eyes, Impossibly Cool Clothes.
Cobalt Stinger: Anti Villain, Wrench Wench, Gadgeteer Genius, Genius Ditz, Black Magician Girl (in spirit, but with technology), Energy Weapon, Beam Spam, Hyperspace Arsenal, I Call It Vera, Badass Longcoat, Person Of Mass Destruction, GoodScarsEvilScars, Genki Girl, Artificial Human, Robot Girl, Connecticut Yankee, Good Hair Evil Hair, Artificial Limbs, Cyber Punk, Deflector Shields, Mysterious Waif, Oracular Urchin, Pet The Dog (and werewolves, and cats, and catgirls...), Mad Scientist, Obfuscating Stupidity, Beware The Nice Ones, Crazy Prepared, Spy Catsuit, Applied Phlebotinum, Cloudcuckoolander, Power Glows, My Suit Is Also Super, Extraordinarily Empowered Girl, Boat Lights (the blue eye is the real one, the green eye is cybernetic), Happy Fun Ball (describes many of her gadgets, as well as Cobalt herself), Latex Space Suit, Impossibly Cool Clothes, Squishy Wizard (subverted, Cobalt has survived many near-one-shot deaths), No One Could Survive That, Black Box (doesn't know how some of her cybernetics work), Locking MacGyver In The Store Cupboard, Infinite Supplies, We Need A Distraction (seeker drones, anyone?), Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu, Crouching Moron Hidden Badass.
Cobalt comes out further ahead than it appears as I didn't list all of the sub-tropes that are contained in, say, Applied Phlebotinum.
Oh, dear God. I don't even want to imagine the time I'll waste on this. I'll post in a couple of days, after I find all the tropes and catch up on lost sleep.
D4mn you all--I've lost 4 hours on the TV Trope site. That is the biggest Productivity killer since Userfriendly.org!
... dd, if you've managed to lose only four hours to the site, you've got impressive self-control >.>
Well, let's see...
Target Lad: Kid Hero (he is just thirteen, after all), I Just Want to be Normal (he refers to super-activity as 'the stupidity', and heroes as 'the tights and towels brigade'...), Deadpan Snarker (er, see the previous one ), Butt Monkey (well, not to any huge extent, but the universe is out to get him), The Napoleon (although in his case, he just hasn't hit his growth spurt yet... something that causes him considerable annoyance, heh...), the Sidekick (he learned superheroing as his uncle, Energon X', sidekick, although he calls it 'kicking, in a rather futile attempt to make it sound cooler), The Straight and Arrow Path (although just about any archer hero could pull that one)... eh, I'll stop there for now- I'm actually playing Co* right now
"A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head." Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates
MA Arcs: #12285, "Small Fears", #106553, "Trollbane", #12669, "How to Survive a Robot Uprising"
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... dd, if you've managed to lose only four hours to the site, you've got impressive self-control >.>
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Ha, that's just for starters--if it were a book, I wouldn't be able to put it down.
Well, back, bored, and equipped with a 'net connection.
Energon X, my other most-RPed character:
Scars are Forever (the same accident that gave him his rather unstable powers blew off the lower half of his face, which he has tried, unsuccesfully, to get healed before), Power Incontinence (Er... not quite the way I'd put it, but if he doesn't periodically discharge energy, he explodes.), Power Glows (yay for auras!), Badass Blink (well, sort of- if he pushes his speed powers too hard, his glowiness overwhelms his cloaking field), Pure Energy (admittedly, that's mostly my laziness in being unwilling to do a ton of research for a game character :/... although it is, in part, a tip of the hat to his origins- note the entry on Energon on that page), High Pressure Emotion (although in his case, it's a bit more literal than the ones on the page- his control is tied directly to his emotional state, and if he gets too excited... well... boom), Author Avatar (actually, both Target Lad and Energon X are based quite heavily on my own personality... E-X as I am now, more or less, although with some obvious differences... and Target Lad as I was as a kid/young teen. Yes, I really was that obnoxious, although I might have been a little lower key about it), and of course Beam Spam (if you've ever fought a blaster... any blaster... you'll have a pretty good idea of why I included that one )
"A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head." Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates
MA Arcs: #12285, "Small Fears", #106553, "Trollbane", #12669, "How to Survive a Robot Uprising"
I remember Laz did this before, and it was surprisingly fun. It's also incredibly simple.
Basically? Take whatever tropes you can find and see how many apply to your characters.
So, it was fun before. Let's do it again!
Steelgeist: Campbellian Hero, Seeker Archetype, Ridiculously Human Robots (Subverted because there's a reason), Hyper Awareness, Pastimes Prove Personality (Watching horror movies/reading horror novels/researching mythology and lore)
Scordatura: Action Girl, The Cape, Heroic Archetype, Badass Longcoat, Campbellian Hero, Jumped at the Call, Ascended Fanboy, Transformation Trinket (natch), Le Parkour, Dark Skinned Redhead (Subverted in how she's actually fairly reclusive and hermit-y), Good Ol' Fisticuffs (Scor's "studied" many martial arts from manga/fighting games, many of which include just plain street brawling), In the Hood (Standard attire, natch), Honor Before Reason, Leaning on the Furniture, Pastimes Prove Personality (Playing video games/reading manga/watching anime), Genre Savvy
Rondellus: Bishonen, The Cape, Heroic Archetype, Campbellian Hero, The Charmer, Jumped at the Call, Transformation Trinket (natch), Implausible Fencing Powers, Heroic [censored] (One-night stand), Hyper Awareness
Virelai: Action Girl, Badass Longcoat, The Gunslinger (RP-only, unfortunately--no guns available in-game aside from the temp shotgun/revolver), Jumped at the Call, Oral Fixation Fixation, Tsundere, Pastimes Prove Personality (Watching professional wrestling, modifying her guns), Personality Powers (Ice. Cold. 'Nuff said), Deadpan Snarker, Punch-Clock Hero
Denryuu: Hyper Awareness, Slouch of Villainy, Punch-Clock Villain (Nowhere near as likeable as the trope portrays, but the first two lines fit to a T)
Vintersorg: Cary Carrying Villain, Omnicidal Maniac, Face Heel Turn, Pastimes Prove Personality (Being a dick to people at the D, kicking small puppies and kittens), Personality Powers (Mind based--crafty and manipulative. Ice powers--cold), Good is Boring
Sir Morgant: The Cape, Heroic Archetype, Knight in Shining Armor, The Gunslinger, Jumped at the Call, Fish out of Temporal Water, Honor Before Reason (natch), I Call It Vera (His rifle, "Vangelis")
Anonysmo Dragon: The Cape, Heroic Archetype, Le Parkour, Good Hair Evil Hair (Subverted, goatee), Strong Flesh Weak Steel (AD has often bragged about his body being a fortress, and rarely wears armor--ICly, he's my most durable character, period), Power Glows, Healing Factor, Made of Iron, Hot Blooded (A bit calmer than portrayed, but JUST as passionate), Honor Before Reason, Personality Powers (Incredibly tough/powerful. Headstrong, steadfast, and noble), Shorter Means Smarter (Sorta. Though AD is nowhere near an idiot, Scor, Danesti, Redentore, and Jarrod certainly are smarter--and all are shorter than him)
Redentore: Seeker Archetype, Affably Evil, Impossibly Cool Clothes (Mostly different types of very, very stylized armor), Energy Absorption, Death is Cheap (He just doesn't die if he's killed), Crazy Prepared (Backup plan after backup plan after backup plan after backup plan), Meaningful Name, Black Knight (natch), Light is Not Good, Face Heel Turn, Kiss Your Hand, Hyper Awareness, A Glass of Chianti, Wouldn't Hit a Girl (Has repeatedly stated he "doesn't like fighting women"), Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness, Friendly Enemies (See "Affably Evil". Redentore can be incredibly friendly and pleasant company if you're not in his way)
Jarrod Crosswell: Badass Normal, Hyperspace Arsenal, Crazy Prepared (In the veins of hyperspace arsenal--Jarrod is capable of pulling almost anything out of his [censored]), Gadgeteer Genius (see last two)
Wence: Alien Among Us (Sortakinda), Personality Powers (Incredibly fast. Incredibly impatient), The Man Wearing the Kingly Mask, The Chains of Commanding
Synaesthete: Moe Moe, Cloudcuckoolander, Mother Nature Father Science (Most of Synaesthete's music is inspired by the "beautiful world" around her), Friend to All Living Things (In theory. She often stays away from forests and animals due to allergies), "Sorry I fell on your fist!"
Danesti: Action Girl, Badass Normal, Scars are Forever, Impossibly Cool Clothes (I'd like to see someone wear a school outfit WITH chains, WITH flack armor, WITH goggles/gasmask, WITH lingerie, all at the same time. Can you? Didn't think so), Prophetic Name, Badass Lolita, Heroic Sociopath (Subversion: The trope doesn't fit at all. The trope title? PERFECTLY), Freudian Excuse (Not evil, but still fits), Licking the Blade (Frequent), The Napoleon (While not unnaturally short, she IS the shortest of my chars and has the same temperaments, so...yeah.), Not Helping Your Case (She says she's not evil, and I put her heroside for a reason. Raise your hand if you believe her. Yeah, thought not), Real Men Wear Pink (aside from literally wearing pink, she has a very unhealthy interest in yaoi), The Daria/The Ruri
Schmarotzer: Energy Absorption, Meaningful Name, Magic Pants (Subverted, he shifts his own clothes whenever he transforms), Heel Face Turn
Tropes I'd LIKE to have in a character:
Lady of War, Disability Superpower, Stepford Smiler