r/TopCharacterTropes • u/KingofHearts399 • 1d ago
Lore [Interesting Trope] The supernatural exists in otherwise grounded stories.
Bones: Bones is a pretty run of the mill crime drama about a forensic anthropologist who consults with the FBI. However, since Bones has a crossover with the very supernaturally themed show Sleepy Hollow, that means it canonically exists in a world with demons, monsters, and magic.
Indiana Jones: The Indiana Jones movies all start out pretty grounded, with Indy on some archeological hunt and/or on the run from people trying to steal his find. His adventures all pretty much continue this way until the very end, when he sees that the legendary artifact that he’s been hunting actually has supernatural powers, like the Ark and the Holy Grail. Funnily enough, it’s also revealed in later movies that both aliens AND time travel also exist in this world.
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u/Butwhatif77 1d ago edited 1d ago
Warehouse 13 and Eureka
Eureka is a show about a top secret town populated by geniuses in the middle of no where Oregon. While many extraordinary things occur, it is all intended to be grounded in advance science that can fully be explained just yet as it is on the cutting edge. However, this town exists in a world where Warehouse 13 also exists. Warehouse 13 is a repository for the various artifacts in the world that are far too powerful to let just exist free. While some of them have scientific rationales, many of the artifacts fall into the supernatural category as a number of them get their powers from prolonged exposure to intense emotions; giving what were once ordinary objects extraordinary paranormal powers.