| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
type |
TVTItem |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
label |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
page |
HoldingOutForAHero |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
comment |
"Holding Out for a Hero" is a 1984 song written by Jim Steinman and recorded by Bonnie Tyler, used as a soundtrack for the film Footloose. In a similar situation to "Total Eclipse of the Heart", while the song is a desperate but otherwise Silly Love Song, the video is quite different. It can be seen here.The song is a Trope Namer for Holding Out for a Hero. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
fetched |
2023-10-11T22:21:42Z |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
parsed |
2023-10-11T22:21:42Z |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
isPartOf |
DBTropes |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_17257125 |
type |
The Wild West |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_17257125 |
comment |
The Wild West: The main setting for the music video. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_17257125 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_17257125 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_17257125 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_27636a1 |
type |
Hellish Horse |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_27636a1 |
comment |
Hellish Horse: The demonic outlaw cowboys ride on these black horses in their battle with the angelic white cowboy. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_27636a1 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_27636a1 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_27636a1 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_2a195285 |
type |
Revolvers Are Just Better |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_2a195285 |
comment |
Revolvers Are Just Better: The hero cowboy's revolver is definitely better than the outlaws' neon whips, and it is enough to shoot these riders off their hellish horses one by one. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_2a195285 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_2a195285 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_2a195285 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_3a42d36c |
type |
Gold and White Are Divine |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_3a42d36c |
comment |
Gold and White Are Divine: The angelic backup singers dance around wearing white dresses with a bit of gold around the collars and the edges. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_3a42d36c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_3a42d36c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_3a42d36c |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_3aea01c7 |
type |
Mounted Combat |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_3aea01c7 |
comment |
Mounted Combat: It's the white hero cowboy on a white horse vs. the black outlaws on black horses. And the white cowboy shoots the black riders one by one. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_3aea01c7 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_3aea01c7 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_3aea01c7 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_4160410d |
type |
Damsel in Distress |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_4160410d |
comment |
Damsel in Distress: Bonnie is quite the proverbial one in Western style, calling out to the angels for help and invoking them to send a Knight in Shining Armor to save her. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_4160410d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_4160410d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_4160410d |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_4977559e |
type |
Our Angels Are Different |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_4977559e |
comment |
Our Angels Are Different: These female angels wear white, and they invoke a choir of angelic singing for a cowboy hero to show up. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_4977559e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_4977559e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_4977559e |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_62f9d08e |
type |
Freeze-Frame Bonus |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_62f9d08e |
comment |
Freeze-Frame Bonus: Blink and you miss it, but there is a picture frame that shows a monochrome picture of a cowboy in white seconds before Bonnie takes it in her bedroom—-a Foreshadowing of the proverbial Knight in Shining Armor. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_62f9d08e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_62f9d08e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_62f9d08e |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_7ea8f5ce |
type |
Knight in Shining Armor |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_7ea8f5ce |
comment |
Knight in Shining Armor: In this case, a heroic cowboy knight in angelic white armor on a white horse, which is also mentioned in the song. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_7ea8f5ce |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_7ea8f5ce |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_7ea8f5ce |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_8baa9f33 |
type |
Music Video Overshadowing |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_8baa9f33 |
comment |
Music Video Overshadowing: Song: A woman desperately waits for a hero to rescue her and love her in return. Video: Bonnie's house gets set on fire by demonic outlaw cowboys, and she escapes from her home and gets surrounded by these cowboys and calls for help, invoking the angel choirs to help her hold out until an angelic hero cowboy arrives on horseback to drive the outlaw cowboys away. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_8baa9f33 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_8baa9f33 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_8baa9f33 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_98bfd1ec |
type |
White Stallion |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_98bfd1ec |
comment |
White Stallion: The white hero cowboy rides on one, signifying good. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_98bfd1ec |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_98bfd1ec |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_98bfd1ec |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_991d9e86 |
type |
Cowboy |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_991d9e86 |
comment |
Cowboy: There are outlaw cowboys dressed in black, and a good cowboy dressed in white, and all of them ride on horseback. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_991d9e86 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_991d9e86 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_991d9e86 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_9d12bbc1 |
type |
Foreshadowing |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_9d12bbc1 |
comment |
Foreshadowing: At the beginning of the video, Bonnie sings, "Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?" Minutes later, her question is answered... in the form of a white-clad hero cowboy on a white steed. Also, his appearance is portrayed in a picture frame foreshadowing his arrival about a second before she takes it. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_9d12bbc1 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_9d12bbc1 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_9d12bbc1 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_9d729a23 |
type |
FanVid |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_9d729a23 |
comment |
Fan Vid: The song is an immensely popular choice for fan videos of Big Damn Heroes moments. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_9d729a23 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_9d729a23 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_9d729a23 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_9e943076 |
type |
One-Man Army |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_9e943076 |
comment |
One-Man Army: Downplayed, as it's the white hero cowboy in Mounted Combat against an army of three black-clad outlaw cowboys, all on horseback. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_9e943076 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_9e943076 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_9e943076 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_adeb19b9 |
type |
Outlaw |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_adeb19b9 |
comment |
Outlaw: The demonic cowboys are quite the bunch in burning down Bonnie's house and threatening her with neon whips. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_adeb19b9 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_adeb19b9 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_adeb19b9 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_adfd3165 |
type |
For the Evulz |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_adfd3165 |
comment |
For the Evulz: These outlaw cowboys burn down Bonnie's house and attack her just for fun. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_adfd3165 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_adfd3165 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_adfd3165 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_b09bf442 |
type |
Whip of Dominance |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_b09bf442 |
comment |
Whip of Dominance: The demonic outlaw cowboys use glowing neon whips to frighten Bonnie. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_b09bf442 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_b09bf442 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_b09bf442 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_bb9e2f4a |
type |
Horseback Heroism |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_bb9e2f4a |
comment |
Horseback Heroism: The white cowboy Knight in Shining Armor rides a white horse in his effort to rescue Bonnie. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_bb9e2f4a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_bb9e2f4a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_bb9e2f4a |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_c32201f6 |
type |
Good Colors, Evil Colors |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_c32201f6 |
comment |
Good Colors, Evil Colors: The hero cowboy on a white horse and the angels represent good and wear white, while the outlaw cowboys and their black horses represent evil and wear black. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_c32201f6 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_c32201f6 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_c32201f6 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_ca81eae7 |
type |
Hollywood Darkness |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_ca81eae7 |
comment |
Hollywood Darkness: While the night is totally black when Bonnie's house burns up, the Mounted Combat between the two cowboy types has the night being lit in blue by the full moon, and shadows are still strongly apparent. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_ca81eae7 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_ca81eae7 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_ca81eae7 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_cb70651c |
type |
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_cb70651c |
comment |
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: What's unusual is that the outlaws' neon whips are enough to start a fire. Who knows? |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_cb70651c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_cb70651c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_cb70651c |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_d36b9a69 |
type |
Precious Photo |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_d36b9a69 |
comment |
Precious Photo: The photo that Bonnie takes from the nightstand in her bedroom is that of a white-clad hero cowboy, indicating that she is anticipating his return from far away. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_d36b9a69 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_d36b9a69 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_d36b9a69 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_d5bc2131 |
type |
House Fire |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_d5bc2131 |
comment |
House Fire: The video starts with Bonnie's house being set on fire, and Bonnie runs out to escape the imminent destruction. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_d5bc2131 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_d5bc2131 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_d5bc2131 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_e9a97564 |
type |
Evil Wears Black |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_e9a97564 |
comment |
Evil Wears Black: The evil outlaw cowboys dress up in black and threaten her. |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_e9a97564 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_e9a97564 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_e9a97564 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_name |
type |
ItemName |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_name |
comment |
|
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_name |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_name |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
hasFeature |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_name |
| | Holding Out for a Hero (Music) / int_name |
itemName |
Holding Out for a Hero (Music) |
