MOVIE TROPE
TYPICALLY IN HORROR MOVIES, THIS TROPE DESCRIBES THE LAST SURVIVING PROTAGONIST AS SEEN IN ALIEN, SCREAM, AND THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE.
WHAT IS THE FINAL GIRL?
2021: A PLANE CRASHES IN THE WOODS, THE SURVIVORS NEED A LITTLE SNACK, DON'T DRAW THE QUEEN OF HEARTS.
WHAT IS YELLOWJACKETS?
ACTUALLY, YOU CAN HOLD MULTIPLE BRICKS IN YOUR HAND TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUILDING THEIR TOWERS, BUT YOU CAN ONLY USE ONE HAND TO DO IT.
WHAT IS HADN TO HAND WOMBAT?
A YUMMY BLENDED DAIRY TREAT AND HOW JAMES BOND ORDERS HIS DRINKS.
WHAT IS MILKSHAKEN, NOT STIRRED?
WE FIRST SEE THE PALACE OF JABBA THE HUTT ON TATTOOINE WHEN HE IS GIVEN HAN SOLO'S BODY FROZEN IN CARBONITE. HE ALSO KEEPS A MONSTROUS CREATURE IN HIS PALACE KNOWN AS THE SARLACC AND FEEDS HIS ENEMIES TO IT.
UM, ACTUALLY, THE SARLACC IS A GIANT WHIRLPOOL OF TEETH OUT IN THE DESERT; THE CREATURE IN JABBA'S PALACE IS THE RANCOR.
AN ITEM OR ACTION SHOWN NEAR THE START OF THE FILM THAT RETURNS IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY NEAR THE END.
2023: TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE START OF A VIRAL FUNGAL INFECTION LEADS TO THE PROTAGONISTS TRAVERSING THE U.S. IN SEARCH OF A CURE.
WHAT IS THE LAST OF US?
SORRY, BUT YOU ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO PLAY ONE OF THOSE PER TURN UNLESS YOU HAVE THE VOLCANIC OR ARE BILLY THE KID.
WHAT IS BANG!?
TRIAGE FOR THE INJURED WHERE THEY ALSO BRING FOOD STRAIGHT TO WHERE YOU ARE STAYING.
WHAT IS EMERGENCY ROOM SERVICE?
GENERAL GRIEVOUS, THE DROID GENERAL OF THE SEPARATIST ARMY DURING THE CLONE WARS, WHILE NOT CAPABLE OF WIELDING THE FORCE, WAS ABLE TO WIELD FOUR LIGHTSABERS IN HIS BATTLE AGAINST JEDI MASTER OBI-WAN KENOBI.
UM, ACTUALLY, GENERAL GRIEVOUS IS A CYBORG.
AN EXAMPLE OF THIS TROPE IS A CHARACTER WHO SEEMS VERY LIKELY TO BE THE KILLER BUT IS ULTIMATELY PROVED TO BE INNOCENT BY THE END.
WHAT IS A RED HERRING?
2019: BOUNTY HUNTER BECOMES A BABYSITTER, HE TAKES OFF HIS RELIGOUS HAT AND HAS TO GO BACK HOME TO REPENT.
WHAT IS THE MANDALORIAN?
ACTUALLY YOU DID WIN! EVEN THOUGH YOU DIED AS THE HUNTER YOU WERE POINTING TO THEM WHICH MEANS THE VILLAGERS WON!
WHAT IS ONE NIGHT ULTIMATE WEREWOLF?
A SONG SANG BY ELPHABA WHEN SHE IS DREAMING OF BECOMING AN APPRENTICE AND THE CHORUS OF A SONG WRITTEN BY DOLLY PARTON AND COVERED BY WHITNEY HOUSTON.
WHAT IS THE WIZARD AND I~~~ WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU?
PART OF JEDI OR SITH TRAINING INCLUDES THE HAND-MAKING OF ONE'S OWN LIGHTSABER. A KEY COMPONENT, DILITHIUM CRYSTALS, ARE FOUND IN THE CRYSTAL CAVES ON THE ICE PLANET OF ILUM.
UM, ACTUALLY, KYBER CRYSTALS ARE USED IN THE MAKING OF LIGHTSABERS. DILITHIUM CRYSTALS ARE FROM STAR TREK.
A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF THIS TROPE IS DREW BERRYMORE IN SCREAM OR HEATHER WATKINS FROM FEAR STREET.
WHAT IS DEAD MEAT OR A FAKEOUT?
2021: A COMING OF AGE SUPERHERO STORY WHERE THE YOUNG HEROS FATHER HAS A DARK SECRET THAT BEGINS TO GET REVEALED AFTER KILLING THE WORLD'S STRONGEST SUPERHERO TEAM.
WHAT IS INVINCIBLE?
SORRY, BUT YOUR TURN ENDS WHEN YOU DISCOVER A NEW TILE AND DO WHAT THAT TILE SAYS.
WHAT IS BETRAYAL AT THE HOUSE ON THE HILL?
AN IDIOM ABOUT HOLDING AN AVIAN, BUT IT IS SPONSERED BY THIS LEGUME MAKING FAMILY.
WHAT IS A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH'S BAKED BEANS?
THE KESSEL RUN IS A SMUGGLING ROUTE THROUGH THE AKKADESE MAELSTROM, A SPACE STORM OF SWIRLING GAS AND DEBRIS, HOME TO MASSIVE CREATURES CALLED SUMMA-VERMINOTH. SOLO FAMOUSLY COMPLETED THE RUN IN JUST UNDER TWELVE PARSECS - A UNIT OF TIME IN "STAR WARS," ALTHOUGH A PARSEC IS AN ACTUAL MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCE.
UM, ACTUALLY, A PARSEC IN "STAR WARS" IS A MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCE, AND THE WAY YOU NAVIGATE THROUGH THE MAELSTROM COULD CAUSE YOU TO COMPLETE IT IN LESS DISTANCE.
AN ITEM THAT MOVES THE PLOT FORWARD BUT ULTIMATELY IS LESS IMPORTANT BY THE THIRD ACT.
WHAT IS A MACGUFFIN?
2006: AN EIDETIC MEMORY AND INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS TAUGHT BY HIS DAD ARE DISGUISED AS A MAGICAL ABILITY TO SOLVE CRIMES FOR THE POLICE.
WHAT IS PSYCH?
ACTUALLY BOTH OF YOUR CARDS ARE DEAD, BECAUSE THEY CHALLENGED YOU AND WON AND THEIR ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT STILL GOES THROUGH.
WHAT IS COUP?
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE'S MOST FAMOUS PLAY AND HOW A SCRIPT WOULD TELL AN ACTOR TO LEAVE TO THE AUDIENCE'S RIGHT.
WHAT IS NO EXIT STAGE LEFT?
"ROGUE ONE", THE FIRST STAR WARS FILM WITH NO JEDI AS PRIMARY CHARACTERS, FOLLOWS JYN ERSO AND HER COMPANIONS AS THEY DELIVER THE PLANS FOR THE DEATH STAR TO THE REBEL ALLIANCE, CREATING ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE CONTINUITY ERRORS IN THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE, AS IN THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY THE DISCOVERY OF THESE PLANS IS CREDITED BY MON MOTHMA TO A GROUP OF BOTHANS, A SPECIES KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE GALAXY AS INCREDIBLE SPIES.
UM, ACTUALLY, THE BOTHANS STOLE PLANS FOR THE DEATH STAR II IN RETURN OF THE JEDI, NOT THE DEATH STAR I.