Scylla and Charybdis: Difference between revisions

The [[Two-Timer Date]], wherein one person must shuttle between two simultaneous appointments, can be a specific example. Note, however, that a Scylla and Charybdis situation may not necessarily be caused by the character's own scheming, oversight or negligence. The outstanding feature of this trope is that the central character must try to appease everyone at once, but cannot.

 

 

The trope name refers to the two sea monsters of [[Greek Mythology]] which trapped sailors between them, making it [[Older Than Feudalism]]. Scylla was a [[Shapeshifter Mashup]] that ate sailors, and Charybdis a whirlpool that swallowed ships.

 

== Anime/Manga ==

* In ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'', Ichigo is trapped in a battle with a monster and desperately trying to finish up so that she can go on a date. In the end, the battle escalates so far that she misses the concert and appears, hours late and in tears. Of course, her boyfriend was nice enough to wait all that time in the rain.

 

 

== [[Fan Fiction]] ==

{{quote| '''Naomi''': You do realize that if L or Kira were to find out they would kill you... If Light finds out he'll probably kill you. However he might keep you around as a pawn and use you to reach his ultimate goal of creating a cult civilization in which he's god. That means that if you don't find yourself drowning in a swimming pool you'll find yourself brainwashed and tortured and then thinking nothing at all... If L finds you that's a whole different story. L won't kill you but he will tie you to a chair and leave you there to rot for fifty days and then pretend to execute you only to leave you alive so that the government can perform nasty experiments on you. He probably won't give you a trial but instead will leave you in a mental institution or have you killed off by thugs. Then he'll steal your name and use it as yet another detective name and that will be the end of that.<br />

'''Duck''': [[Only Sane Man|Why do you work for these people?]] }}

 

== Film ==

 

 

 

== Live Action TV ==

* ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'': Raymond found himself in the middle of conflicts between his wife, Debra, and his family--especially his overbearing mother--on an almost episodic basis.

** Another ''Raymond'' example: At one point, Debra runs for president of the neighborhood co-op opposite [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis|long-time arch-rival]] Parker. Although Raymond loves Debra and hates Parker, he realizes that Parker would make a better president.

 

== Mythology ==

** Later on, he is forced to pass by the two monsters ''again'', this time by himself in a raft (long story). This time, he passes by Charybdis. Alone, he's able to grasp onto a fig tree growing on an outcropping near the whirlpool, and is able to recover his raft after it's swallowed, and then expelled.

 

== Web Comics ==

* A recurring theme in ''[[Misfile]]'' is Ash trying to balance her happiness against her [[Gender Bender|desire not to lose her masculinity]].

 

 

== Web Original ==

 

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