Board 8 > Best of the Trope Season 2: Day 187 - Lampshade Hanging

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Hello everyone, and welcome back to Best of the Trope!

Here are the rules. Each day, I will post a trope from TV Tropes, and each poster can name up to three examples of that trope. Whichever nomination gets the most mentions wins! Posters may also name as many Honourable Mentions as they like, but they are purely optional and will not count towards the running score. You may look at the TV Tropes page for that day's trope for examples, but you do not have to pick all your examples from the page. You can nominate whatever examples you like, as long as they qualify for the trope. Each trope will last around 24 hours before the next one goes up.

Posters may also nominate any tropes they wish to see come up during the series. This is optional, and you don't have to do it every day, or at all. Tropes will be randomly selected from the list each day, except for some occasions where I will pick a thematically appropriate trope that may or may not be on the list.

Here's the list of previous tropes, so if you wish to nominate some tropes, check on here that it wasn't previously done. http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Best_of_the_Trope

Trope list:
Tier-Induced Scrappy
That One Level
Game-Breaker
Cruel and Unusual Death
Squishy Wizard
Magic Knight
The Reason You Suck Speech
Storming the Castle
Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence
Mentor Occupational Hazard
Clipped Wing Angel
Torch the Franchise and Run
Grand Finale

The winner of yesterday's trope, Disc One Nuke, was Hawlucha (Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon), who got 5 votes.

Previous Winners: Day 151 Onwards
Despair Event Horizon - John Wick's dog is killed (John Wick)
A**hole Victim - Joffrey Baratheon (Game of Thrones)
Crutch Character - Marcus (Fire Emblem 7)
Your Soul is Mine - Maximillian Pegasus (Yu-Gi-Oh!) / Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat) / Dementor's Kiss (Harry Potter)
Pop-Cultured Badass - Deadpool
Acquitted Too Late - Tom Robinson (To Kill a Mockingbird)
Lightning Bruiser - The Flash (DC Comics) / Bob Barker (Happy Gilmore)
Me's a Crowd - Naruto / Multiple Man (X-Men)
A Taste of Power - Samus (Metroid Series)
Shrinking Violet - Violet (The Incredibles)
Stone Wall - Shuckle (Pokemon)
One Scene Wonder - The Black Knight (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
Magikarp Power - Magikarp (Pokemon) / Pawn (Chess)
Joke Character - Pichu (Super Smash Bros Melee) / Dan Hibiki (Street Fighter)
Lethal Joke Character - L-Block (GameFAQs Contests)
Stupid Statement Dance Mix - They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard / All Your Base
Giant Space Flea from Nowhere - Necron (Final Fantasy IX)
Roaring Rampage of Revenge - The Punisher (Marvel Comics) / John Wick / The Bride (Kill Bill)
Glass Cannon (Redux) - Tracer (Overwatch) / Hypno Disc (Robot Wars) / Nightmare (Battlebots)
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome - Marie (The Bourne Supremacy)
Even the Girls Want Her - Lana Kane (Archer)
Even the Guys Want Him - Gaston (Beauty and the Beast) / Big Boss (Metal Gear Solid)
Mighty Glacier - Tohru (Jackie Chan Adventures)
Breather Boss - Morpha (Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time) / Gi Nattak (Final Fantasy VII)
Big Bad Friend - Big Smoke (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas)
Launcher of a Thousand Ships - Nightwing (DC Comics)
Evil Cripple - Mr. Glass (Unbreakable)
Breather Level - 100 Acre Wood (Kingdom Hearts)
Beef Gate - Automatic 4-Star Wanted Level (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas)
One True Love - Buttercup and Westley (The Princess Bride) / Shrek and Fiona (Shrek)
Cliffhanger - The Snap (Avengers: Infinity War)
Anti-Climax Boss - Yu Yevon (Final Fantasy X)
Lights Off, Somebody Dies - Devil / Anthology of Interest (Futurama) / And Then There Was Shawn (Boy Meets World)
Broken Base - Sub VS Dub (Anime) / Original VS Reboot (Devil May Cry) / Country VS Pop (Taylor Swift) / Casual VS Competitive (Super Smash Bros) / Genwunners (Pokemon)
Difficult But Awesome - Ana (Overwatch)

Today's trope is Lampshade Hanging. Here is the link: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging

Lampshade Hanging (or, more informally, "Lampshading") is the writers' trick of dealing with any element of the story that threatens the audience's Willing Suspension of Disbelief, whether a very implausible plot development, or a particularly blatant use of a trope, by calling attention to it and simply moving on.

The reason for this counter-intuitive strategy is two-fold. First, it assures the audience that the author is aware of the implausible plot development that just happened, and that they aren't trying to slip something past the audience. Second, it assures the audience that the world of the story is like Real Life: what's implausible for you or me is just as implausible for these characters, and just as likely to provoke an incredulous response.

The creators are using the tactic of self-deprecatingly pointing out their own flaws themselves, thus depriving critics and opponents of their ammunition.

On the other hand, Lampshade Hanging done well can make for an entertaining piece of Medium Awareness or momentary lack of Genre Blindness. It can also be used to take care of Fridge Logic, without having to actually do anything. For this reason, it can either be seen as making a bad movie even worse or as adding clever writing and humour.

TL,DR: Pointing out something within the story, to strengthen the audience's Willing Suspension of Disbelief.

Nominations:
Why does Yzma have that lever? (The Emperor's New Groove)
Fire burning underwater until it's pointed out (Spongebob Squarepants)
"Put that thing away Samurai. We all know what's gonna happen." (Samurai Jack)

Why does Yzma have that lever? (The Emperor's New Groove)
Wile E. Coyote remains suspended in mid air until he acknowledges that he's about to fall (Looney Tunes)
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Kyon's thoughts basically all the time (Haruhi Suzumiya)
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How did Yzma and Kronk get there first? (Emperor's New Groove)
The entirety of The Ember Island Players (Avatar the Last Airbender)
Edgeworth: Please stop presenting random evidence just to see how that person will react. (Ace Attorney Dual Destinies)

Honorable Mentions:
Hawkeye's speech to Scarlet Witch (Age of Ultron)
Krillin defeats Bacterian because he doesn't have a nose (Dragon Ball)
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"You sound like chapters from a self-help booklet." (FFVI)
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Edgeworth: Please stop presenting random evidence just to see how that person will react. (Ace Attorney Dual Destinies)
Solid Snake tapping his bandanna and saying "Infinite Ammo" in MGS2

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"Don't tell me... Three alarms and the mission is over." (Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory)
The American prevailing is a clich that only happens in your Hollywood movies (Resident Evil 4)
Hook - Blues Traveler
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Underleveled posted...

Why does Yzma have that lever? (The Emperor's New Groove)

If you're going to pick something from New Groove, at least pick the right one.

"Wait, how did you get here first?" - Emperor's New Groove
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azuarc posted...

Underleveled posted...

Why does Yzma have that lever? (The Emperor's New Groove)

If you're going to pick something from New Groove, at least pick the right one.

"Wait, how did you get here first?" - Emperor's New Groove

This one

"How did you get back here before us?"
"Uh... how did we, Kronk?"
"Well, ya got me. By all accounts, it doesn't make sense." (Emperor's New Groove)

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"Wait, how did you get here first?" - Emperor's New Groove
"Put that thing away Samurai. We all know what's gonna happen." (Samurai Jack)
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Rankings so far:
How did Yzma and Kronk get there first? (Emperor's New Groove) - 4 votes
Why does Yzma have that lever? (The Emperor's New Groove) - 2 votes
Edgeworth: Please stop presenting random evidence just to see how that person will react. (Ace Attorney Dual Destinies) - 2 votes
"Put that thing away Samurai. We all know what's gonna happen." (Samurai Jack) - 2 votes
Fire burning underwater until it's pointed out (Spongebob Squarepants)
Wile E. Coyote remains suspended in mid air until he acknowledges that he's about to fall (Looney Tunes)
Kyon's thoughts basically all the time (Haruhi Suzumiya)
The entirety of The Ember Island Players (Avatar the Last Airbender)
"You sound like chapters from a self-help booklet." (FFVI)
Solid Snake tapping his bandanna and saying "Infinite Ammo" in MGS2
The Boss' Gun (Metal Gear Solid 3)
"Don't tell me... Three alarms and the mission is over." (Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory)
The American prevailing is a clich that only happens in your Hollywood movies (Resident Evil 4)
Hook - Blues Traveler

Hook
How did we get here?
Deadpool's 4th wall breaks.