A character gets Character Derailment for a scene and allows the plot to move in the direction the author wants.

In Derivative Works (especially Fanfiction), this term means that somebody is acting largely against his or her established personality. How and why this occurs ...

When a character is pretending to be someone else, they may unwittingly reveal this by saying something that would be out-of-character for who they're ...

This is a trope for when a somewhat-Out-of-Character action is used to draw extra attention to the scene (similar to a Title Drop). Out of Character · Live-Action TV · Western Animation · Video Games

A page for describing PlayingWith: Out-of-Character Alert. Basic Trope: You can tell something's wrong because someone is saying something they'd never say.

Specific Examples of this include: Comedic Sociopathy, Conflict Ball, Hero Ball, Idiot Ball, Idiot Plot, Smart Ball, Villain Ball, Crouching Moron, Hidden ...

A page for describing PlayingWith: Out of Character. Basic Trope: A character acting unlike their usual self. Straight: In a fanfic of The Adventures of …

The In and Out of Character trope as used in popular culture. In a Role-Playing Game, players face a conflict. They want improv theater. But they also want ...

15 дек. 2023 г. · Here we present one hundred and one character tropes that all screenwriters should know, complete with movie and television character examples of each.

“In fact, Lincoln is so out of character, that it radiates to the rest of the cast and makes them out of character too.”