Eucatastrophe

A sudden, favorable resolution of events in a story; a term coined by J.R.R. Tolkien to describe a "good catastrophe" that brings a happy ending.

"Just when all hope seemed lost, the hero’s pet hamster activated the hidden self-destruct button on the villain’s base. Eucatastrophe for the win!"

Time Skip

In movies or stories, a 'Time Skip' is a narrative device where the story jumps through time

"The last chapter had a ten-year time skip, and suddenly everyone was having kids, mortgages and unpaid water taxes"

Villain Decay

When a once-scary villain becomes less threatening over time.

"By the third season, the main antagonist had suffered such villain decay, he was less scary than a wet sponge."

Narrative Deadweight

A character, part or sub-plot in a book, or movie that adds nothing to the overall story.

Ron: "The part about the protagonist's goldfish was total narrative deadweight, but it did give us a great fish funeral scene."

Weaksauce Weakness

A trivial or ridiculous flaw/weakness that significantly impacts a powerful character.

"The villain was unstoppable until some 5 year old learning craft threw glitter at him. Turns out, glitter was his weaksauce weakness."

vsauce question

A Vsauce question is a question that questions reality, derived from popular and arguably the best YouTuber VSauce who commonly says it (Examples include: "Or is it?" "Or is he?" "Or was it?")

VSauce: The nuclear codes are with you, Mr President
President: Yes, yes
VSauce: OR IS IT?
President: OH NO ONE OF THE VSAUCE QUESTIONS!! WAIT WHERE IS IT!!!

Whump

1.Stories where characters go through (a) physical or (b) emotional pain or distress.
2. A muffled dull thud sound
3. Make a whump sound
4. Strike someone/Something with a whump

1. "(a) The hero went through so much whump, I felt bruises in my body reading it"
"(b) The hero went through so much whump, I emptied the whole tissue box, and I only 5 pages!"
2. "I was sleeping in class after eating until my stomach full, and I woke up to a heavy whump sound"
3. "Ron threw a snowball into the air which whumped into my window"
4. "The teacher whumped me in my spine for saying 9+10 was 21"