Kaiba even notes that he knows it's a trap, but he has to play anyway or they'll try to get revenge later. If he wins, they're fired if he loses, they stay. In the original, they make a deal with Kaiba - he plays the game they invented.
This is especially strange considering Yami Bakura is obsessed with acquiring dark magical power and artifacts and shouldn't be expected to care about a company or money.
Considering that LadyDevimon is the devilish Evil Counterpart to her angelic digimon, it may have become personal for Hikari." Come on Angewomon! Knock that witch's block off!" Possibly caused by a Writer on Board.Ĭan be considered a Super-Trope to pretty much the entire Ball Index.
See also Character Exaggeration and Characterization Marches On. If, however, you snap back at them while taking their order, it's not because your father verbally humiliated you or you ran out of gas on the drive over or some pissy customer is being rude to YOU - it's because you're a jerkass, end of story.Īnd this is also a reminder that true Character Derailment isn't merely one instance of " I don't like what they did."Ĭontrast Alternative Character Interpretation. If a customer snaps at you while ordering coffee, they are excused by situational factors: woke up on the wrong side of the bed, fought with their spouse, dog puked on the floor, etc. note The fundamental attribution error is a flaw in human thinking which causes us to ascribe a person's actions entirely to personality. This is related to the Fundamental Attribution Error, in which people tend to place more of what they expect from someone on their personality than the situation. Depending on the general circumstances, immediate situation, and who is around, the mildest individual can just snap. This can be Truth in Television real people will not always behave in the most expected way, and indeed, it is unrealistic to expect a fictional character to behave any more consistently. Generally, the creator themselves will acknowledge they forced their character's behavior in some way, though it's not quite as damaging as Character Derailment, especially when it results in the natural progression of the plot. Whether it's one of the various Ball Tropes, Contrived Stupidity Tropes, Improbable Behavior Tropes, or Poor Communication Kills, a character gets Character Derailment for a scene and allows the plot to move in the direction the author wants. There is a solution it simply requires that one or more characters act outside their established character for just a moment.Įnter the Out-of-Character Moment. Other times, there's a great set up for a joke but no one present is snarky or smart enough to say it. Sometimes the characters are stuck and unable to move forward, and the author doesn't feel comfortable dropping in solutions via Deus ex Machina or having a guy barge in with a gun. As any writer will tell you, there are times when drama, art, and normal human behavior are not just at odds, but in a Mexican Standoff waiting for the others to blink before blasting each other as doves flutter by in slow motion.