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A trope commonly found in animation; two or more characters, usually hiding from something, have found themselves in an entirely pitch-black environment. One of them remarks on or complains about how dark it is. The other strikes a match - but the sudden burst of light reveals that the characters are, in fact, standing in the middle of an amazingly dangerous environment, be it a room filled with monsters (who have, up until this point, been remarkably quiet) or - to give the danger an added boost of irony - a room packed with an unimaginably large store of explosives (especially if the "match" turns out to be a Dynamite Candle).

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  • Matchlight Danger Revelation
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  • A trope commonly found in animation; two or more characters, usually hiding from something, have found themselves in an entirely pitch-black environment. One of them remarks on or complains about how dark it is. The other strikes a match - but the sudden burst of light reveals that the characters are, in fact, standing in the middle of an amazingly dangerous environment, be it a room filled with monsters (who have, up until this point, been remarkably quiet) or - to give the danger an added boost of irony - a room packed with an unimaginably large store of explosives (especially if the "match" turns out to be a Dynamite Candle).
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  • A trope commonly found in animation; two or more characters, usually hiding from something, have found themselves in an entirely pitch-black environment. One of them remarks on or complains about how dark it is. The other strikes a match - but the sudden burst of light reveals that the characters are, in fact, standing in the middle of an amazingly dangerous environment, be it a room filled with monsters (who have, up until this point, been remarkably quiet) or - to give the danger an added boost of irony - a room packed with an unimaginably large store of explosives (especially if the "match" turns out to be a Dynamite Candle). Bonus points if the revealed monsters (or even the match-holder himself) blow out the match, implying that someone's going to be in a lot of pain while conveniently preventing the viewer from actually seeing it. See also Lightswitch Surprise. Examples of Matchlight Danger Revelation include:
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