I’m embarrassed to say that I have encountered this, this particular type of story on multiple occasions… So I got curious, is there a name to this trope?

  • Hobo@lemmy.world
    26·
    7 hours ago

    I have no idea the answer to your question, but I now know like 99% of people on lemmy have shitty reading comprehension.

    • naught101@lemmy.world
      1·
      30 minutes ago

      Pity, 'cause it’s a great question, and a great trope. I can think of a few good examples. Maybe it’s time to start a TVTropes account and get editing.

    • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
      7·
      2 hours ago

      Seriously. There’s a dozen links to TvTropes and almost none of them match OP’s description, but they’re all upvoted to high heaven. Not to mention the unrelated replies talking about their favorite stories which don’t actually match the trope either.