r/TopCharacterTropes • u/theMCATreturns • 2h ago

Lore Shadow-puppet exposition.

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Flashbacks or lore dumps in the form of a shadow-puppet theatre.

1). Haunted Hotel:
Abaddon's backstory is given via a shadow-puppet show.

2). The Owl House:
The contents of a human's centuries-old diary is projected through a magic mouse.

3). Candyman (2021):
The events of the first film are explained via puppets.

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u/Latrodectus702 2h ago

Deathly hallows

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u/Mysterious_Man_65 2h ago

The story of the brothers (Harry Potter)

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u/Born_Procedure_529 2h ago

The akashic records in the In-Between Theater are all done with irl shadow puppets in Digimon Story Time Stranger

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u/Seed0fDiscord 2h ago

Buffy The Vampire Slayer S7E15 “Get it Done”

Eager to find information about the history of the Slayer while facing the Big Bad of the season, an ally of Buffy, Robin Wood (a son of a Slayer, Nikki) provides her with kit that tells the history

When performed, we get a shadow puppet show that details the origin of the slayer, but unknown to everyone else, it doubles as a time travel spell sending Buffy to the men who empowered the first slayer, but sent a demon to her time (time being an equivalent exchange thing, demon had to be kept alive so she could return)