# Name that Trope! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-trope/775381 "2016-12-22T17:09:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-trope/775381/1 "2016-12-22T17:09:58Z")
Yes I did peruse TV Tropes for the answer before posting here (about two weeks later). But not finding the answer I wanted, here’s the trope I am seeking a name for: it seems like a very 70s-era type, post-flower power and post-“Love Story” romantic cliché. Two young lovers, let’s call them “John” and “Marsha”, are running (slo-mo) through fields of flowers, just bursting with unabashed happy glee at being in love with each other. The couple grab hold of each others’ arms and spin around in circles. We get a close-up of John’s happy, beaming face staring directly into the camera (Marsha’s POV) as they spin around and around, laughing and laughing. Cut to a close-up shot of Marsha’s face staring out at the camera (John’s POV) as they spin and gush merrily … Cut to John’s face (Marsha’s POV) as they spin and giggle happily… Cut to Marsha’s face (John’s POV) as they spin and laugh gaily… And on and on. This trope is common enough that it gets lampooned quite a bit on shows like ‘South Park’. Is there an actual name for it though? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-trope/775381/2 "2016-12-22T17:16:39Z")
So Happy Together (_a la_ The Turtles song)? ETA: nope, they use that name for something completely different. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-trope/775381/3 "2016-12-22T17:20:30Z")
It’s mentioned on the [Soap Within A Show](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SoapWithinAShow?from=Main.AllMyCircuits) page which leads to [Say My Name.](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SayMyName) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-trope/775381/4 "2016-12-22T18:20:49Z")
Googling _running through flowers trope_ led to: > **[Meadow Run - TV Tropes](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MeadowRun)** > > Two lovers run toward each other in slow motion across a meadow filled with flowers and butterflies, arms spread, totally suffused in the joy of their reunion, and occasionally spinning around like a roundabout, as Tchaikovsky's Love Theme from … ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-trope/775381/5 "2016-12-22T18:37:34Z")
When my son and I worked in the same office (he was a temp they hired) we’d do this if we saw each other on opposite sides of the warehouse. Because, according to my then boss, there is something wrong with us.