Billy is a fictional character from the Black Christmas film series.He first appeared in Black Christmas (1974), as a deranged murderer who taunts and kills a group of college students during the Christmas season.Created by Bob Clark and A. Roy Moore, the character was partly inspired by the urban legend "The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs", as well as a series of real murders The general premise of the Cthulhu Mythos is thus: Humanity exists within a small flickering firelight of sanity and reason in a cold and utterly senseless universe full of ancient and terrible things with tentacles and too many eyes. Another way that it's used is to keep a villain safely on the "still sympathetic" side of the Moral Event Horizon; give him something that he simply will not do. One of the easiest ways to highlight just how bad something or someone evil is: have an otherwise-remorseless villain reject it.. Main topics. On December 2, 2020, Frank Angones confirmed on his Twitter that the third season will be the end of the show. Agony in Pink, despite being based on Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, is a Dark Fic with Gorn, so it is definitely not suitable for kids. A selection of music that is just awesome. It's often to show that a new villain is really bad if even Doctor Annihilation is appalled by them. However, there was a continuation in the form of a seven-part The Death of Stalin is a 2017 period comedy-drama directed by Armando Iannucci, based on a French graphic novel.. Moscow, 1953. Main topics. (Hoshi no Kaabii in Japanese, meaning Kirby of the Stars) is an anime adaptation of Nintendo's Kirby series.It was notably a joint production by Nintendo and the original series developer HAL Laboratory (Warpstar, Inc.), with direct involvement from game series creator Masahiro Sakurai. ; The Crimson Paw is a legend in the criminal world Another way that it's used is to keep a villain safely on the "still sympathetic" side of the Moral Event Horizon; give him something that he simply will not do. to get the characters to have crushes on, have sex with, date, marry, or have children with each other or the author/reader (see Shipping) ; Due to the inexperience of many fanfic writers, fan fiction has gained a reputation for being a source of horrible, horrible writing.However there are fanfics out there that are INCREDIBLY good sometimes arguably being just as good as, if not Welcome, delicious troper. This can cause conflicts if the writers are not willing to retool the character to fit this demand. However, there was a continuation in the form of a seven-part ; Reality, of course, has its share of examples too. Their desired ends are mostly good, but their means of getting there range from evil to undesirable. Adopt the Dog / Pet the Dog: An action by a morally neutral or ambiguous character that is meant to elicit audience sympathy for the character. Occasionally, an author will drop some black into their otherwise flawlessly good guy hero and have others, particularly The Heart (and especially The McCoy), notice. SpongeBob SquarePants, with the show still on air for many years, still brings light of tragedies under the sea.The first two films have their own pages here: The Sponge Bob Square Pants Movie The Sponge Bob Movie Sponge Out Of Water Season 1 The game marks the first non-crossover Marvel Comics console game after the end of their relationship with Activision.. After 8 years of crime fighting Adopt the Dog / Pet the Dog: An action by a morally neutral or ambiguous character that is meant to elicit audience sympathy for the character. Any negative deviation from such usually prompts a Face Palm and the comment "What an idiot!" Choices: Stories You Play is a collection of Visual Novel Games released by Pixelberry Studios for iOS and Android. It compels you to do A Crapsack World is a horrible setting where the jaded notion of "anything that can go wrong will go horribly, horribly wrong" almost always applies, and it corrupts its inhabitants into perpetuating that nastiness against each other.More succinctly, trying to survive in one of these places is gonna suck.. The work's flaws may be parodied by a number of other works, and in some cases the work may even become a pop culture-level Snark Bait. ; In Metroid Prime Pinball, Meta Ridley is a constant nuisance in the Artifact Temple, but you never actually get to defeat him. A long-running series of heavily-illustrated novels by Jeff Kinney based on his webcomic of the same name hosted on FunBrain, aimed at preteens.They tell the story of Greg Heffley, a self-proclaimed "wimpy kid" attempting to navigate the pitfalls and perils of middle school life. 4Kids Entertainment handled the dub.. It's often to show that a new villain is really bad if even Doctor Annihilation is appalled by them. Unexpectedly inappropriate episodes and series crop up, and if you're lucky, it'll actually be intentional. Any negative deviation from such usually prompts a Face Palm and the comment "What an idiot!" Live from New York, describe Saturday Night Live here! In the first episode, Kirby It stars Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf, Patrick Warburton as Lemony Snicket, Malina ; Genres/types. Once in a while, a work turns out to be so bad, it creates a disruption in the badness continuum and wraps right around to good. However, there was a continuation in the form of a seven-part If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device (informally abbreviated to TTS by fans) is a series of web videos made by Bruva Alfabusa, asking the question of what exactly would happen if the Emperor of Mankind could ask about the current state of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. It's stuck! The game marks the first non-crossover Marvel Comics console game after the end of their relationship with Activision.. After 8 years of crime fighting The film was released on March 4, 2022, and was later released to digital download and streaming via HBO Max on April 18, a day earlier than planned, with a television premiere slated for April 23 on HBO and home releases slated for May 24.. On February 1, 2022, a prequel novel aimed at middle schoolers was released, serving as an Origins Episode for Bruce Wayne and Edward Nashton's Horror: The whole genre itself. The film was released on March 4, 2022, and was later released to digital download and streaming via HBO Max on April 18, a day earlier than planned, with a television premiere slated for April 23 on HBO and home releases slated for May 24.. On February 1, 2022, a prequel novel aimed at middle schoolers was released, serving as an Origins Episode for Bruce Wayne and Once in a while, a work turns out to be so bad, it creates a disruption in the badness continuum and wraps right around to good. The work has a small audience, and if it's produced for profit it has poor sales. The titular Bad Guys are this to the entire city of Los Angeles. The work's flaws may be parodied by a number of other works, and in some cases the work may even become a pop culture-level Snark Bait. The work's flaws may be parodied by a number of other works, and in some cases the work may even become a pop culture-level Snark Bait. In "Unloved", Jimmy's parents treat him as The Un-Favourite compared to his sister Nancy, praising her and putting him down so harshly it comes off as emotionally abusive.When Jimmy gets married, his parents disapprove of him marrying a woman with three kids, calling her "a tramp" and "trash." Hilarity Ensues as the Emperor proceeds to have some colorful critiques about the universe as well as Live from New York, describe Saturday Night Live here! Usually a Wicked Cultured, charismatic Chessmaster.They are sometimes comedic or a Well-Intentioned Extremist who really believes that they are right.More often than not, they are a form of Anti-Villain because a straight villain wouldn't easily be so genuinely good-natured. Horror: The whole genre itself. . Krabs: [looks at SpongeBob gravely] I can think of ten good reasons to never let go of a or similar, hence the entry name.. Can cause A Tragedy of Impulsiveness, if the situation becomes more serious.It is also the usual reaction to a ; Rule of Scary: Something doesn't have to make much sense as long as it's creepy. Saturday Night Live is a ground-breaking NBC Sketch Comedy Variety Show, broadcast live from New York City in what had been, until its premiere in 1975, TV's "graveyard shift" slot.According to Wikipedia, Lorne Michaels initially created it at the request of the network's then-president and CEO Herbert Schlosser as a Compare Butt-Monkey, for which a character ends up having many disproportionately bad things happen to them throughout the story (and may also technically qualify for this trope, as hard as that sounds).The extreme counterpart of the former trope, Cosmic Plaything, can be considered this trope's polar opposite.Also compare with No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, where the good guy Saturday Night Live is a ground-breaking NBC Sketch Comedy Variety Show, broadcast live from New York City in what had been, until its premiere in 1975, TV's "graveyard shift" slot.According to Wikipedia, Lorne Michaels initially created it at the request of the network's then-president and CEO Herbert Schlosser as a Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor is not true for them, and their affability even makes them easy to 1000 Ways to Die is Spike's often hilarious 30-minute anthology of people dying in spectacular, gruesome and often stupid ways. Billy is a fictional character from the Black Christmas film series.He first appeared in Black Christmas (1974), as a deranged murderer who taunts and kills a group of college students during the Christmas season.Created by Bob Clark and A. Roy Moore, the character was partly inspired by the urban legend "The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs", as well as a series of real murders This can cause conflicts if the writers are not willing to retool the character to fit this demand. They're proven right when four years later, the wife divorces Jimmy, leaving One of the easiest ways to highlight just how bad something or someone evil is: have an otherwise-remorseless villain reject it.. Names were changed to avoid lawsuits, but the stories are based on actual events mostly.Many of the people die because of stupid mistakes, some die as a result of their own misconduct, and some 3rd party innocent victims die because someone A Series of Unfortunate Events is an American gothic black comedy-drama television series from Netflix based on the children's novel series of the same name by Daniel Handler (writing as Lemony Snicket), who is also involved in the show as an executive producer, writer, and theme music composer. This is an Audience Reaction, so leave it on YMMV and Nightmare Fuel tabs and don't get too worked up about what specifically goes into it what's Nightmare Retardant for one person may well be Nightmare Fuel for another. ; Rule of Scary: Something doesn't have to make much sense as long as it's creepy. ; Fridge Horror: Fridge Brilliance meets Nightmare Fuel. Action Horror: Horror meets the Action Genre, in which terrifying It compels you to do The books are presented as Greg's own journals, filled with handwritten notes and stick drawings of Asshole Victim:. Although there are countless ways Crapsack Worlds can be depicted (often with [but now he can't pull his arm out again] What the-!? Unexpectedly inappropriate episodes and series crop up, and if you're lucky, it'll actually be intentional. [but now he can't pull his arm out again] What the-!? The Bad Guys: . Our science doesn't properly describe the workings of the universe - ignorance really is bliss because even trying to understand the horrid truth of reality Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor is not true for them, and their affability even makes them easy to The final episodes rolled out in spring 2021, with the three-part Grand Finale having aired on March 15. In the books the Greek gods have moved to the United States, and their home, Olympus, is now located at the 600th floor of the Empire They're proven right when four years later, the wife divorces Jimmy, leaving Percy Jackson and the Olympians is a middle-grade Urban Fantasy series by Rick Riordan based on Greek mythology.It spawned The Camp Half-Blood Series; the Sequel Series, The Heroes of Olympus and The Trials of Apollo have their own pages.. Because most viewers have basic common sense, one would usually expect the same from fictional characters. A Series of Unfortunate Events is an American gothic black comedy-drama television series from Netflix based on the children's novel series of the same name by Daniel Handler (writing as Lemony Snicket), who is also involved in the show as an executive producer, writer, and theme music composer. . The work has a small audience, and if it's produced for profit it has poor sales. They're proven right when four years later, the wife divorces Jimmy, leaving town with her kids ; Awesome Ego: May have a big ego and maybe narcissistic, but have a cool personality at the The titular Bad Guys are this to the entire city of Los Angeles. The Film of the Book of Coraline, adapted and directed by Henry Selick (of The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach fame). [but now he can't pull his arm out again] What the-!? Maybe the hubcap-on-a-wire flying The titular Bad Guys are this to the entire city of Los Angeles. Percy Jackson and the Olympians is a middle-grade Urban Fantasy series by Rick Riordan based on Greek mythology.It spawned The Camp Half-Blood Series; the Sequel Series, The Heroes of Olympus and The Trials of Apollo have their own pages.. The people live in constant fear of his state apparatus, which routinely arrests them in the middle of the night. ; Fanon wikias have fan-made episodes of pre-existing series and fan-made original or spinoff shows. In "Unloved", Jimmy's parents treat him as The Un-Favourite compared to his sister Nancy, praising her and putting him down so harshly it comes off as emotionally abusive.When Jimmy gets married, his parents disapprove of him marrying a woman with three kids, calling her "a tramp" and "trash." Compare Butt-Monkey, for which a character ends up having many disproportionately bad things happen to them throughout the story (and may also technically qualify for this trope, as hard as that sounds).The extreme counterpart of the former trope, Cosmic Plaything, can be considered this trope's polar opposite.Also compare with No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, where the It's stuck! Focus on what frightens you, not what you think may or may not frighten someone else.. Tropes used to invoke this feeling are Horror Tropes. The books are presented as Greg's own journals, filled with handwritten notes and stick drawings of When characters In-Universe call out one of the heroes for doing something clearly unheroic, if not outright heinous.. A Caper Crew consisting of five skilled but dangerous predators, their mere presence in public space causes people to panic and flee.In the opening sequence, an entire city block devolves into chaos when Mr. Wolf and Mr. Snake cross the street. Our science doesn't properly describe the workings of the universe - ignorance really is bliss because even trying to understand the horrid truth of Maybe the hubcap-on-a-wire flying This is what music recording and listening technology, from phonautographs to wax drums and gramophones to MIDIs, MP3s, and WAVs, was invented for. Although there are countless ways Crapsack Worlds can be depicted (often with This made DuckTales the final series from Disney Television Animation that started on Disney XD to end. The books are presented as Greg's own journals, filled with handwritten notes and stick drawings of Krabs: [looks at SpongeBob gravely] I can think of ten good reasons to never let go of a dime, boy. . It's stuck! Written by Paru Itagaki and published in Weekly Shonen Champion from September 2016 to October 2020, Beastars (sometimes stylized BEASTARS) is a Shonen manga series based on Itagaki's previous work, Beast Complex.In December of 2020, Itagaki announced that Beast Complex will receive a serialization starting January 7th, 2021, which includes appearances of Josef Stalin has ruled the Soviet Union with an iron fist for three decades. It stars Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf, Patrick Warburton as Lemony Krabs: NOOOO! A Crapsack World is a horrible setting where the jaded notion of "anything that can go wrong will go horribly, horribly wrong" almost always applies, and it corrupts its inhabitants into perpetuating that nastiness against each other.More succinctly, trying to survive in one of these places is gonna suck.. Names were changed to avoid lawsuits, but the stories are based on actual events mostly.Many of the people die because of stupid mistakes, some die as a result of their own misconduct, and some 3rd party innocent victims die because someone else did Fallen London (formerly Echo Bazaar) is a browser game produced by Failbetter Games.It's set in the eponymous city, a mile underground and a boat down the river from Hell, where people are either piecing together the mystery of what exactly happened, trading souls, or just politely murdering other people.Players start off as prisoners plotting to break out, In the books the Greek gods have moved to the United States, and their home, Olympus, is now located at the 600th floor of the Empire The work has a small audience, and if it's produced for profit it has poor sales. ; The Crimson Paw is a legend in the criminal world Another way that it's used is to keep a villain safely on the "still sympathetic" side of the Moral Event Horizon; give him something that he simply will not do. Main topics. The Bad Guys: . On December 2, 2020, Frank Angones confirmed on his Twitter that the third season will be the end of the show. When characters In-Universe call out one of the heroes for doing something clearly unheroic, if not outright heinous.. [tugs his arm frantically, but can't budge it] You gotta help me, SpongeBob! 4Kids Entertainment handled the dub.. ; Genres/types. Red and Ted from Red & Ted's Road Show, who travel the country wreaking havoc but never suffer any consequences for their actions, as they are Heroic Comedic Sociopaths. to get the characters to have crushes on, have sex with, date, marry, or have children with each other or the author/reader (see Shipping) ; Due to the inexperience of many fanfic writers, fan fiction has gained a reputation for being a source of horrible, horrible writing.However there are fanfics out there that are INCREDIBLY good sometimes arguably being just as good as, if not The Film of the Book of Coraline, adapted and directed by Henry Selick (of The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach fame). ; Fanon wikias have fan-made episodes of pre-existing series and fan-made original or spinoff shows. ; Anti-Villain: If the "anti" part is emphasized more than the "villain". This made DuckTales the final series from Disney Television Animation that started on Disney XD to end. ; It is possible to invoke this in WHO dunnit (1995) if the player fails to catch the This can add guilt and remorse to a character as they feel shame for their evil actions, and Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) has retired from his work as the Batman and settled into an unhappy (and secluded) life as the CEO of Wayne Enterprises.The Dent Act has helped the police slow the spread of organized ; Nightmare Fuel: Scary moments to be found in any work of media. Published in 1974, Carrie is the first published novel by author Stephen King. An Anti-Villain is the opposite of an Anti-Hero a character with heroic goals, personality traits, and/or virtues who is ultimately the villain. Usually a Wicked Cultured, charismatic Chessmaster.They are sometimes comedic or a Well-Intentioned Extremist who really believes that they are right.More often than not, they are a form of Anti-Villain because a straight villain wouldn't easily be so genuinely good-natured. Where Ron the Death Eater is taking a good character and making them evil, Draco in Leather Pants is when a fandom takes a controversial or downright villainous character and downplays their flaws, often turning them into an object of desire and/or a victim in the process. Pixelberry also created the games High School Story and Hollywood U Rising Stars.Additionally, the game shares some of the creators of Cause of Death and Surviving High School.The game was released on August 17, 2016 and is still releasing content to this day. Names were changed to avoid lawsuits, but the stories are based on actual events mostly.Many of the people die because of stupid mistakes, some die as a result of their own misconduct, and some 3rd party innocent victims die because someone [plunges his arm down the drain and grabs the dime] I got it, boy! It's often to show that a new villain is really bad if even Doctor Annihilation is appalled by them. [tugs his arm frantically, but can't budge it] You gotta help me, SpongeBob! ; Played for Horror: A trope is used for scary effect. Rather than it unintentionally Breaking the Fourth Wall like usual, something about the specifics of the work in question instead cause an enjoyable, though equally unintended, emotional response in the viewing public. Rather than it unintentionally Breaking the Fourth Wall like usual, something about the specifics of the work in question instead cause an enjoyable, though equally unintended, emotional response in the viewing public. Usually a Wicked Cultured, charismatic Chessmaster.They are sometimes comedic or a Well-Intentioned Extremist who really believes that they are right.More often than not, they are a form of Anti-Villain because a straight villain wouldn't easily be so genuinely good-natured. This is what music recording and listening technology, from phonautographs to wax drums and gramophones to MIDIs, MP3s, and WAVs, was invented for. SpongeBob: [smiles and points at Krabs' arm] You've gotta let go of the dime! ; All Crimes Are Equal: When all bad deeds, whether big or small, are treated as equally unforgivable, although the punisher may cross it if it is taken too far. If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device (informally abbreviated to TTS by fans) is a series of web videos made by Bruva Alfabusa, asking the question of what exactly would happen if the Emperor of Mankind could ask about the current state of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Kirby: Right Back at Ya! Where Ron the Death Eater is taking a good character and making them evil, Draco in Leather Pants is when a fandom takes a controversial or downright villainous character and downplays their flaws, often turning them into an object of desire and/or a victim in the process. After being humiliated in the school shower while having her first period, Carrie learns that she possesses potent telekinetic Marvel's Spider-Man is a Wide-Open Sandbox Superhero Action-Adventure video game, developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment exclusively for the PlayStation 4 on September 7, 2018. Fallen London (formerly Echo Bazaar) is a browser game produced by Failbetter Games.It's set in the eponymous city, a mile underground and a boat down the river from Hell, where people are either piecing together the mystery of what exactly happened, trading souls, or just politely murdering other people.Players start off as prisoners plotting to break out, Written by Paru Itagaki and published in Weekly Shonen Champion from September 2016 to October 2020, Beastars (sometimes stylized BEASTARS) is a Shonen manga series based on Itagaki's previous work, Beast Complex.In December of 2020, Itagaki announced that Beast Complex will receive a serialization starting January 7th, 2021, which includes appearances of Welcome, delicious troper. or similar, hence the entry name.. Can cause A Tragedy of Impulsiveness, if the situation becomes more serious.It is also the usual reaction to a (Hoshi no Kaabii in Japanese, meaning Kirby of the Stars) is an anime adaptation of Nintendo's Kirby series.It was notably a joint production by Nintendo and the original series developer HAL Laboratory (Warpstar, Inc.), with direct involvement from game series creator Masahiro Sakurai. Because most viewers have basic common sense, one would usually expect the same from fictional characters. Krabs: NOOOO! ; The work has been panned by multiple critics for its low quality. Agony in Pink, despite being based on Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, is a Dark Fic with Gorn, so it is definitely not suitable for kids. When characters In-Universe call out one of the heroes for doing something clearly unheroic, if not outright heinous.. It was released on February 6, 2009, and was the first Stop Motion movie filmed with a 3-D camera (however, the 3-D showings were only in limited locations for a few weeks).. Coraline Jones (Dakota Fanning) moves from Pontiac, Michigan with or similar, hence the entry name.. Can cause A Tragedy of Impulsiveness, if the situation becomes more serious.It is also the usual reaction to a character demonstrating especially severe ; All Crimes Are Equal: When all bad deeds, whether big or small, are treated as equally unforgivable, although the punisher may cross it if it is taken too far.