You've Lost the Plot
Nemo heads off to school while Marlin tells a joke to a neighbor. Dory waves goodbye. Gil and the gang from the tank roll their plastic bags out the window and into the ocean.
resolution/denouement
At the beginning of The Incredibles 2, Bob and Helen are in trouble for causing more expensive damage stopping the Underminer than he would have robbed from the bank if they'd let him.
situational irony
Lightening strikes because Zeus throws a thunderbolt from Mt. Olympus.
myth
Loki is selfish, wanting an infinity stone for himself, yet he gives it up to save his brother, who he has tried to kill several times before.
complex character
A plane crash lands on Themyscira, leading Diana (Wonder Woman) to understand that war has come to the world outside.
Call to adventure
In Empire Strikes Back, Luke sees his own face inside of Darth Vader's Mask. Later, he discovers, "No, I am your Father." "Nooooo!!"
foreshadowing
Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, is an actual weapon but also stands for the idea of worthiness.
symbol
Larger than life, King Arthur is a character central to Britain's identity.
Epic hero
Tony Stark and Steve Rogers disagree over the Sakovia Accords, which leads to a big physical fight between their two groups in an airport in Germany.
External conflict
Coco comes back from the land of the dead.
Resurrection
Captain America: The First Avenger takes place mainly in the 1940's in New York and Germany.
setting
We, the audience, know from the beginning of Beauty and the Beast that the Beast is a prince. Belle does not.
dramatic irony
John Henry, an African American railroad worker, races a steam powered rock drilling machine.
legend
Iron man has to decide whether to risk his post-snap life for the chance of bringing the snapped back.
Internal conflict
Gandalf (Lord of the Rings/Hobbit), Obi Wan (Star Wars), Mary Poppins, Edna Mode (Incredibles), Doc Hudson (Cars)
mentor archetype
"You're a wizard, Harry."
inciting incident
Moana battles to bring the heart of Te Fiti to defeat the evil lava monster Te Ka, who turns out to have been Te Fiti all along.
surprise ending
The Odyssey, Beowulf, The Ramayana, and other works are rhythmic and repeat descriptions and other elements because they are part of this literary tradition.
Oral Tradition
What point of view it this quote in?
“My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I escaped. The Capitol hates me........”
first person point of view
On his way to defeat Kingpin, Miles Morales must first fight Kingpin's henchmen
threshold guardians
flashback
Be cruel to be kind.
Youth is wasted on the young.
I know one thing: that I know nothing.
Paradox
Antigone, a character in an ancient Greek play, decides to break the law, an action punishable by death, rather than let her brother's body go unburied.
historical/cultural context
What type of characterization is this:
Wonder Woman is a compassionate caring, stubborn, opinionated, highly competitive, outgoing, immortal Amazon.
direct characterization
The Joker (any Batman movie), Eric Killmonger (Black Panther), Loki (any Thor movie), and Voldemort (Harry Potter) are all darker versions of the hero of the story.
shadow archetype