This is simply what you think is the (not some of the, the) best example of any objective trope (so no YMMV or Trivia as they are not tropes proper and the former is already subjective) The "Crowning Example" if you will.
There could be several reasons you think an example is the best.
- You think it's the best in terms of illustrating the trope.
- You think it's the most well done.
- It's your favorite play in that trope.
- You just really like the source material.
Oh, several things before you list examples:
- Each troper gets one example per trope, no more.
- Don't go "no, this is," or phrases like that. This is about our own personal favorites.
- Sign your entries.
Please list tropes alphabetically.
- Sacrificial Lion
- Aslan is likely the Trope Namer. ~ wanbli
- Cedric Diggory. He was the former Trope Namer for a reason, after all. ~ Still Weeping Willow
- Roy Fokker, much to the surprise of anime fans back in the 80s. ~ Miin U
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Maes Hughes's death at the hands of Envy. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Sacrificial Revival Spell
- Matoro, whose sacrifice revives the benevolent god Mata Nui moments after his death and, in doing so, saves the entire universe and every being in it in one of the story's most pivotal and poignant moments, both in- and out-of-universe. ~ Existential_Tempest
- Sad Clown
- Bo Burnham, who raised this trope to an art form. ~ wyattte
- Spider-Man. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Sadist
- Sadistic Choice
- Virmire - Tera Chimera, Leilukin, Insanity Prelude
- Sophie's Choice ~redhed311
- Seconded ~nlpnt
- inFAMOUS: Trish or a bunch of doctors. Whatever happens, Trish dies. ~Ninjat_126
- The choice Spidey faced in the first Spider-Man movie. ~Two Gun Angel, Doctor Rayman
- Sadist Teacher
- Severus Snape, especially in the early books. - fishsicles, Ziggy Zag
- Dolores Umbridge. "I must not tell lies" ~ Voodoo Child, Carla, Leilukin, Telcontar, Berrenta, Doctor Rayman, rjd1922
- Agatha Trunchbull, of Matilda fame. Almost makes Umbridge look as sweet as she wishes she were. ~Ingonyama, Insanity Prelude
- Seconded. She terrified me as a child. ~Marlee Cross
- Thirded. I watched a lot of Horror and she is still in my top 10 scariest characters years after ~ sfisher923
- DOOOOOODGEE ~ ZecoreZecron
- Ms. Bitters. ~ iansimsjam
- Denzel Quincy Crocker ~ theautisticrebel
- Sampling
- Since I Left You, by The Avalanches. The entire album is made out of samples. ~ DaPatman
- Todd Edwards. Almost his entire discography is made out of samples. -Physical Stamina
- Same Plot Sequel
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day is this trope done right ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Samus Is a Girl
- The Trope Namer itself. ~Chihuahua0, Doctor Rayman
- Junko Enoshima from Danganronpa, for managing to pull this multiple times.
- Gender inverted with Oboro Tsukimigusa. The "lady" is a dude! ~ Miin U
- Sand Blaster
- Gaara ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Seconded! ~ beeruckzII
- Sandman ~ Smashman2893
- Gaara ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Sand Is Water
- Wild ARMs 3 features a world in which even the massive oceans themselves are comprised of sand that you can ride a battleship on and fight dragons! ~Boomerang Flash
- Used as Secret of Cerulean Sand's main plot point. It's basically The Secret of Blue Water in the desert. ~ Miin U
- Sanity Has Advantages
- Probably one of the biggest reasons Light Yagami lost in the end. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Sanity Slippage
- HI TROPERS! CAN YOU HELP ME SEE AN EXAMPLE OF SANITY SLIPPAGE? ~ Cyber Tiger 88
- I see your Twilight Sparkle, and raise you a "I HAVE TO BLOW EVERYTHING UP! IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO PROVE I'M NOT CRAZY!" ~ Voyd211
- I´m not crazy! I am sane! ~ DeisTheAlcano
- Dave over the course of Total Drama: Pahkitew Island. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Sanity Slippage Song
- "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" by Van der Graaf Generator -Cassandra Leo
- "Combine Harvester" by The Wurzels, which plays every time Linkara is driven insane by some bad comic book. ~ Doctor Rayman
- No good deed ~ Lady Blackwood
- Sarcasm Mode
- Sarcastic Clapping
- "Oh, thank you, Beowulf, for coming to save us poor pathetic Danes." ~ Man Without A Body
- Oh, good. My slow clap processor made it into this thing. So we have that. ~ Stark1111
- -Seconded ~ Lillium
- Sassy Black Woman
- Whoopi Goldberg ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Sassy Secretary
- Satanic Archetype:
- King Ghidorah in Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019). To the point where they call him such in the film itself.-Gman The Eldritch
- Satan Is Good:
- Lucifer ~ Krimzon Flygon 1
- Seconded. ~ EDF Hemlock
- Sadao Maou. ~ Stewie Griffin 34
- Lucifer ~ Krimzon Flygon 1
- Satellite Love Interest
- Serena from the Pokemon Anime: Not only is Ash "her ultimate goal", which was reaffirmed in the season finale, but her otherwise independent (if forced) Performance Arc amounted to little more than a buy-in to break Ash out of his Heroic BSoD after that Arc. ~ Donald the Potholer
- Saved From Their Own Honor
- Atelia. - IúkaSylvie
- Saving Christmas:
- Hogfather
- A Christmas Carol literally prevented Christmas from going out of style almost 200 years ago. ~ Trogdor
- Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl
- Phoenix Wright and Maya Fey. ~ Counter Blitzkrieg
- Marco Diaz and Star Butterfly. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Saw "Star Wars" Twenty-Seven Times
- Say My Name
- SKINNEEEEEEEEEEER! ~ iansimsjam, Doctor Rayman
- "KANEDAAAAAAAA!!!" "TETSUOOOOOOOOO!!!!" ~ 1993xxx1993
- STEEEELLLLLAAAAAAAAA!!! ~ Grev, redhed311, Man Without A Body, Stark1111
- Side one of John and Yoko's wedding album. "JOHN! YOKO! JOHN! YOKO!" ~ King Cr Inu Yasha
- "RICHAARRRRRD!!!" "ERIIIIKAAAAAAA!" ~ 1993xxx1993
- "LIQUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID!!!" "SNNNNNNNNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!!!!!!" ~ SG_Man_Forever
- Seconded. That was the most epic scene in all of Metal Gear. ~ supersolid
- "CHRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS!!!!!!" ~ xxx1993xxx
- "SINDRIIIIIIIIII!" ~ TheClam5678
- "KHAAAAN!!!!" ~ Devariouslevon
- Angel Beats! KANADEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! The most heartwrenching example ever... ~ dRoy
- The bridge scene in Season 1 episode 13 of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha — aNinjaWithAIDS
- JACK! ROSE! ~ sardns
- "There you are, Shen!" "Father!" "Mr. Matale!" "Rahasia!" "Father!" "Mr. Sandral!" "Nurik!" "Ahlan!" ~ Leilukin
- "Janet!" "Dr. Scott!" "Janet!" "Brad!" "Rocky!" "..." "Janet!" "Dr. Scott!" "Janet!" "Brad!" "Rocky!" "..." "Janet!" "Dr. Scott!" "Janet!" "Brad!" "Rocky!" "..." ~ Camroc G
- ''SAKURAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!''. It's the first time Syaoran called her by name that makes it memorable. ~ Loekman 3
- Ieyasu... Ieyasuuu...! IIIIEEEEEYYYAAASSUUUUUU!!!!!! ~ Chris X
- LOKI! LOKI! LOKI! LOKI! ~ Lord Mortis
- "Bring me Fegelein! FEGELEIN! FEGELEIN! FEGELEIN!" ~ This1person
- Wait, no "INUYAAASHAAA!" "KAGOOOMEEEE!" yet? ~ Snowbells
- Pit and Hades repeatedly saying each other's names in Kid Icarus: Uprising. "Hades!" "Pit!" "Hades!" "Pit!" - Dark Elf Princess
- KKKUUNNNKKKKAAAAAAAA!!!! - Tidehunter from DOTA 2. ~ Magnus Force
- SASUKEEEEEEEE! NARUTOOOOOOOOOOO! ~FlamingMercury5
- KENOBIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!! ~ Tad Tad Tad Tad
- Scaled Up
- Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty. Full stop. ~Ingonyama, Man Without A Body
- Megumi Kitaniji ~ Rushi
- Jafar ~rjd1922, Doctor Rayman
- Scannable Man
- Agent 47, obviously. -thecnoNSMB
- Scare Chord
- Lost. Holy crap. ~starshine
- NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION! ~ Man Without A Body
- Psycho ~Stealthyboy, Voodoo Child, Marvel Girl, Carla, redhed311, Stark1111 Piando, Decaf Grub 47393
- ! ~sgrunt
- The scraping, prolonged, horrific one in the diner scene in Mulholland Dr.. -Ziggy Zag
- Scarily Competent Tracker
- Scary Librarian
- Wan Shi Tong ~rjd1922
- Scatterbrained Senior
- Grampa Simpson ~ AmuckCricetine
- Scenery Gorn
- "Australia. What fresh hell is this?" ~ Man Without A Body
- Fallout ~ S Noble Jr
- Saya no Uta ~ dr_vblschrf
- The Road, both the book and the movie ~ Hoffmann
- Mordor. It's so hellsih it named a trope. ~ Meta Falcario
- Scenery Porn
- Lawrence of Arabia. I mean that in only the best way. -Ziggy Zag
- The Conformist ~Trouser Wearing Barbarian
- Far Cry -Mack
- ARIA (since the term was originally used to described ARIA in blogosphere, it makes perfect sense) ~onyhow
- Ecco the Dolphin. All of them. Even Ecco Jr. Even Defender of the Future. ~Sparky Lurkdragon
- Hayao Miyazaki films, notably Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service - guineveredawn
- Seconded. ~ Quackor The Fowl
- Absolutely thirding this. ~ Mistermister
- 5 Centimeters per Second. Especialy the first couple shots of each act.
- Waaaaaaaay seconded! ~ DRoy
- Hell, most of Makoto Shinkai's works. ~Nabi
- Myst, yo. ~ Willy Four Eyes, ~ Telcontar
- Anything produced by Kyoto Animation, particularly their adaptations of Air, Kanon, and CLANNAD.
- The Lord of the Rings movies. ~ Man Without A Body
- Infinite Undiscovery ~ Rushi
- Kara. No. Fucking. Kyoukai. ~ Blank Mage
- Baten Kaitos - Malkyrian
- Both Ghost in the Shell movies. ~ Ikari 911
- Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland ~ Surenity
- Sonic Unleashed ~ Komodin
- Heck, how about the whole Sonic the Hedgehog series? Even the original Genesis games have a level of artistic detail that even games made today have trouble matching. ~ Waxing Name
- Halo is the king of this when it comes to absolutely monumental alien architecture. ~ S Noble Jr
- Ōkami, aka Scenery Porn: The Game. My eyes are glued to the screen for every cutscene. - Nyarly
- Dresden Codak has some crazy sceneries -Vermelho Red
- Probably not quite my pick in terms of "raw pretty," but Bethesda Softworks managed to take the city of Washington, D.C., shower it in nuclear bombs, and still make it oddly beautiful, all the while fully subverting the Real Is Brown effect exhibited by not quite half of the other areas in the game. That takes talent.note . ~ Dracosummoner
- Mass Effect 2. Look out the window and admire the futuristic elegance of Illium or the filthy, gritty beauty of Omega, and you'll be too distracted by the scenery to focus on the mission. This game manages to make each place seem much bigger than it is and perfectly evokes the atmosphere of every location, from the ship junkyard Korlus to the prison ship Purgatory. - Silver1881
- I'm fairly certain Avatar became the world's highest grossing film primarily because of this. ~ RL Nice
- Skyrim.
- Shadow of the Colossus. - Dark Elf Princess
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is so idyllic that all of Hyrule looks like it was created by Hayao Miyazaki and Makoto Shinkai. ~ Miin U, Doctor Rayman
- The Lands Between from Elden Ring. Emerging from the Stranded Graveyard to see the world expand in front of you, with the golden glow of the Erdtree towering over everything, is simply breathtaking. ~Arcane Azmadi
- Schizo Tech
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. There's everything from thatched huts to arcade cabinets. ~ thecnoNSMB
- Chrono Trigger has stone bullets and robot arms from 65 Million BC that are just as effective as modern (1000 AD) material ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Schmuck Bait
- School Play
- The "Play-Date" arc of Elwood (2015). ~ Serene Specter 13
- School Swimsuit
- Winn's EWI Fan Vids. You get Touhou Project, school swimsuits, CMOHs, CMOFs, school swimsuits, the occasional CMOA, and school swimsuits. Did I mention school swimsuits already? ~Sparrowhawk
- School Uniforms are the New Black
- Season 10 of Degrassi. Really? Nobody wears a regular T-shirt under the school polo and takes the latter off as soon as they leave the building? Nobody? This in a school where the uniform was introduced in the middle of a school year as punishment for a few students' bad behavior, in a country where they are by no means the norm? Really? ~ Nlpnt
- Sakura Kasugano. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Science Hero
- Senku Ishigami ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The Doctor ~ WilliamShakesman
- Reed Richards ~ Lady Blackwood
- Science-Related Memetic Disorder
- Soon I Will Be Invincible ("Malign Hypercognition Disorder") ~Ialdabaoth, Stark1111
- Seconding that, with a side of Girl Genius. -Lull The Conqueror
- Seconding Girl Genius. ~Scrounge
- Thirding. ~Aela
- A Miracle of Science. - Cameoflage
- Narbonic. ~Theogrin
- The Scream
- Vegeta, Dragon Ball Z Abridged Episode 18, right as soon as he finds out Gohan took a Dragon Ball. - Hayate Kusanagi
- Seconded, it can be heard in the afterlife, in space and in the ''future''! ~ Camroc G
- Thirded. It wasn't just the future, it was an alternate timeline! ~ Gamermaster
- Edvard Munsch ~ Man Without A Body
- Vegeta, Dragon Ball Z Abridged Episode 18, right as soon as he finds out Gohan took a Dragon Ball. - Hayate Kusanagi
- Screaming at Squick
- Screaming Woman
- Ann Darrow (1933) ~ Lale
- Willie Scott ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man Trilogy ~ Lady Blackwood
- Screams Like a Little Girl
- Miguel & Tulio ~ Mac Phisto
- Psych ~ Carla
- Nozomu Itoshiki- no wonder the girls didn't acknowledge him as a man - Jordan
- Supernatural's Dean Winchester. - Silver1881
- Ned Flanders ~redhed311, Doctor Rayman
- Gintoki Sakata and his Perfect Girly Scream - Chris X
- Kyo ~Cassandra Leo
- Toht screams like this before he melts right down to his skull. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Screen-to-Stage Adaptation
- The Producers ~ WilliamShakesman
- Screw Destiny
- Xenoblade Chronicles 1, where telling destiny where to shove it is both very important plot-wise and a gameplay mechanic. ~Elbruno
- John Connor and his team's destruction of Cyberdyne and the T-1000 permanently kills off Skynet for good, averting a nuclear war. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
- "The Money Champ" ~ Lale
- Oskar Schindler ~ Meppe
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
- Huck's quote about freeing Jim: "I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: "All right, then, I'll go to hell"- and tore it up.". ~ChromaNebula
- Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!
- The World Nobles ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Screw the Rules, I Make Them!
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here
- "Screw you guys, I'm going home!" ~ Doctor Rayman
- The Joestar family's "Secret Technique" ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- I'm outta here! - Gamer Luna 2022
- Screw the Rules, They Broke Them First!
- Screw You, Elves!
- Scrub
- DarkSydePhil, the King of Scrubs. ~This1person
- Sdrawkcab Name
- La-Mulana ~English Ivy
- Duplex -> Xelpud ~Ray Ayanami
- Alucard. ~Mapi-chan; Mac Phisto
- Imakarum v~ Nyaru
- The Mirror of Erised ~ Carla
- Ifnkovhgroghprm, for driving us all batshit insane. - ZuulMF
- Dr. Narud ~ Fireside
- La-Mulana ~English Ivy
- Sealed Evil in a Can
- Hexxus being imprisoned in a tree twice. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Sealed Evil in a Duel:
- Shendu and Drago's final is to be banished to the Netherworld, all the while they still fight. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Second American Civil War
- As presented in Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg. ~ Batya_Khmel
- Second Law of Gender-Bending
- Mai Natsume's character arc. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Secret Handshake
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty: Snake and Otacon ~ Argo the Blank
- Security Cling
- Seductive Spider
- See You in Hell
- Gordon to Pago in Gear. Says this phrase verbatum, and then knocks them both off a cliff and literally into Hell. "I see youuuuuuu!". ~ Theweirdwarrior
- Allen O'Neill from Metal Slug. And yet, he always manages to see you next back in the physical world...
- Han Solo to... some unnamed guy on Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back just before he rides out on a Taun-Taun to find Luke. ~ Wragnaroq R. Maggeddon
- Captain Jack Harkness. Except he never will. -bwayrose7
- Seinfeldian Conversation
- From what I hear, Lucky Star ~ Zfish9, ozaniel
- Self-Deprecation
- Rodney Dangerfield ~ WilliamShakesman
- Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
- Self-Proclaimed Liar
- Elim Garak, hands down: even in-universe, his ability for obfuscation is legend. And the best thing is, because everyone expects him to lie about everything (and he actively encourages everyone to believe this), it means no-one can tell which lies are the important ones! ~ Wyldchyld, Statzkeen
Worf: "But why all the deception?"Garak: "Because lying is a skill like any other and to maintain a level of excellence, one must practice it constantly."- Kokichi Oma ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Self-Proclaimed Love Interest
- Amy Rose towards Sonic the Hedgehog. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Rebecca Hawkins to Yugi Muto ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Selfless Wish
- Android 17 wishing for the universes and their populations to be restored after coming out as the victor of the Tournament of Power. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- [[Aladdin wishing Genie free. It is a crucial plot point and part of Aladdin's Character Development. ~ Triple J
- Senseless Sacrifice
- A truly heartbreaking example in Vision's attempt to sacrifice himself. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- "Tell 'er to make it count." Oh, Jorge... ~ Azorius 24
- Sentient Phlebotinum
- Sequel Hook
- From Kick-Ass "A world of Superheroes, huh? Well, as a great man once said, Wait'll they get a load of Me."
- Pretty much the Post-Credits Scene of every Marvel Cinematic Universe film, with the exception of Avengers: Endgame. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The end of Batman Begins ~ WilliamShakesman
- Sequential Boss
- Chakravartin ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The Final Boss of Final Fantasy VI features the party fighting against representations of Hell, Purgatory and Heaven before facing Kefka at the top, all while an absolutely epic theme plays. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Serial-Killer Killer
- Light Yagami - duh1177
- Dexter Morgan - Two Gun Angel
- The Punisher Lady Blackwood
- Serial Escalation
- Asura's Wrath. The sheer types of different gameplay, the scale, the amount of strength, determination, and power the main character has, everything about it takes the Action Genre of video games to a completely new level of ridiculousness. ~ Demongodofchaos
- Warhammer 40,000. This is a setting where the weakest weapons available can punch through several feet of concrete, the standard issue guns fire rocket propelled armor piercing explosive shells, there are not one, not two, but three evil factions that threaten all life in the galaxy, the resident unstoppable Horde of Alien Locusts that has already eaten several worlds is just a scouting party for an even more gigantic swarm that has already eaten several entire galaxies, yet are implied to be fleeing from something worse, the Inquisition solves problems by exterminating entire planets, and Humongous Mecha sport gatling guns that fire shells that are each the size of a car. ~ RL Nice
- I can ride my bike with no handlebars. He started off riding his bike, making a comic book, taking apart the remote, et cetera. He ended leading a planet through a holocaust. ~Trogdor
- Series Fauxnale
- Power Rangers in Space and Power Rangers RPM - wswordsmen
- "Epilogue" from Justice League. ~ Doctor Rayman
- "The Final Problem" ~ Amuck Cricetine
- The trilogy of episodes literally named The End from Teen Titans ~ Lady Blackwood
- Season 5 finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ~ Triple J
- Series Franchise
- Series Mascot
- Serious Business
- StarCraft ~neobowman
- Los Angeles bowling. MARK IT ZERO
- Toontown Online ~PKFL_531
- Seconded. There is so much strict, complicated protocol for every minor thing, from the right gags to use in certain combos to the correct method for playing different mini games. And if you dare mess up anything even slightly, people get angry. ~Cailleach
- EVE Online ~aureon : To the point of someone closing his virtual bank to RMT the stolen money and pay for his mortgage rate. And people disrupting their opponent's leaders connections. And the list goes on...
- It seems nearly everyone in South Park takes everything WAY TOO seriously. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Walter Sobchak embodies this trope. For him, EVERYTHING is serious business from bowling to carpets that really tie the room together (and everything has to do with Vietnam somehow). ~ Triple J
- Servile Snarker
- Alfred - Runespoor 7, Ziggy Zag Piando, Doctor Rayman
- Jeeves, from the writings of P. G. Wodehouse. Especially as portrayed by Stephen Fry. ~ Man Without A Body, Stark1111
- Geoffrey - cg12345
- Benson, so snarky he got two television shows ~ Marvel Girl
- Niles ~ Carla, Cailleach
- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
- Caged Demonwolf ~ RedRoverRedRover
- Miriel ~ Berrenta
- Sir Humphrey Appleby ~ WilliamShakesman
- Set Right What Once Went Wrong
- United States of Ameriwank ~ Counter Blitzkrieg
- Ghost Trick, the freaking last mission. ~Elbruno
- Seven Deadly Sins
- Fullmetal Alchemist ~ Carla
- Se7en ~ King Cr Inu Yasha
- Trillion: God of Destruction ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The eponymous song series by mothy ~ Weeping Willow
- You Are Being Summoned, Azazel ~ Monolaf317
- Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll
- Sex Is Violence
- Saeko Bushijima "I'm Wet." ~ KantonKage
- Sexy Backless Outfit
- Shanoa ~ TITO, Insanity Prelude
- The Lara Croft: Tomb Raider movie -Ziggy Zag
- Tsubaki ~ Zfish9
- Dio Brando, bless his twisted, murderous soul. ~ King of the Mime Swing
- Bayonetta ~ Reyn Time 250
- Sexy Mentor
- Mia Fey ~ Leilukin
- Yuka Takeuchi is such a babe that her 14 year old student, Tamao, has a canonical girl-crush on her. Going so far as to gift wrap herself naked and offer Yuka birthday sex! ~ Miin U
- Sex Montage
- The Holiday-themed one in Deadpool. ~ Monolaf317
- Sex Sells
- Dead or Alive's main selling points are its predominantly female cast and its plethora of risqué DLC swimsuits. ~ Miin U
- Shadow Pin
- Shikamaru Nara's Shadow Possession Jutsu ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Shameless Self-Promotion
- This Troper wants you to check out his page! ~ King Clark
- Duckluck, because they made me giggle. ~ King of the Mime Swing
- Shaming the Mob
- Sharing a Body
- Sora of Kingdom Hearts. Not only has he housed Ventus's heart since he was a small child, but he had Kairi's for most of the first game. Finally, in addition to Ven, he also has Roxas (and Xion by proxy) and possibly even Vanitas calling his body home. ~ Animenutcase
- Jeez, if he charged rent, he'd be a millionaire. ~ Wragnaroq R. Maggeddon
- Yugi ~ King Cr Inu Yasha
- Greed and Ling ~ Meta Falcario
- Sora of Kingdom Hearts. Not only has he housed Ventus's heart since he was a small child, but he had Kairi's for most of the first game. Finally, in addition to Ven, he also has Roxas (and Xion by proxy) and possibly even Vanitas calling his body home. ~ Animenutcase
- Sharp-Dressed Man
- Robert Garcia the original GQ smooth prettyboy of fighting games. ~ Miin U
- Shell-Shocked Veteran
- Shipper on Deck
- Hiyori Tamura is having dirty thoughts about your two best female friends right now. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- The main five. They really, really want each other to be happy. ~ Voodoo Child
- Emma ~ Lale
- Merlin shipping Arthur and Guinevere on Merlin. In a flashforward to Gwen's coronation he is seen weeping with joy at the sight of his two best friends sitting beside each other on their thrones. ~ Ravenya003
- Nepeta has to hold the crown on this by sheer volume alone. ~ Stark1111
- Urbosa, Paya, and Kass, all express their hopes that Link will hook up with Princess Zelda. ~ Miin U
- Daisy Johnson; her main motivation for fighting off an army of LMDs was to see Simmons and Fitz reunite. - Kirayoshi
- Sakura Haruno, who clearly wanted Naruto and Hinata to be together in The Last: Naruto the Movie. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Ship Tease
- Issue #157 of To Love Ru - ledge
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Ericho TOME
- Miraculous Ladybug ~ Lady Blackwood
- Ship Sinking
- Prepare to have your mind blown... Lion-O/Pumyra - Deep C
- Homestuck. It's just part of having one of the biggest Trolling Creators around. ~ Insanity Prelude
- The creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender haven't just sunk the "Zutara" ship, they've dredged it up from its watery grave just to sink it again! ~ @Sgt Frog 1
- Shipper with an Agenda
- The Beast's servants, while they do genuinely want the couple to be together, ship them primarily so the spell will be broken. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Shirtless Scene
- Spike in Seasons 6 and 7 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Why else do you think people tuned in? ~Trombone Child
- Christopher Eccleston. "Dalek". Need I say more? ~ Rushi.
- Casino Royale, aka The Adventures of Daniel Craig and his Itty-Bitty Blue Swimming Trunks. - cg12345, Voodoo Child
- Swordfish. Halle Berry gets topless. That's paradise, that is. ~ Man Without A Body
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann ~neobowman
- Jin. Shirtless Scene + Big Damn Heroes = Moment of Awesome. ~ Carla
- Gray Fullbuster can't keep his shirt on. ~ KantonKage
- Drax the Destroyer. - Goldude
- Kai Chisaki/Overhaul from My Hero Academia. - IúkaSylvie
- Shock and Awe
- Mikoto Misaka and her powers. Ridiculously so. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Yayoi Kise/Cure Peace's powers. Adorably so. ~ aNinjaWithAIDS
- Cole MacGrath, with Lighting Can Do Anything on full effect. ~ DeisTheAlcano
- Electric-type Pokémon such as Pikachu. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Thirded ~ Miin U
- Electro ~ Smashman2893
- Shoot the Dangerous Minion
- The Decepticons deciding to pull the plug on Project: Predacon when Predaking reveals himself to be a sapient Transformer, fearing that an army of Predacons led by Predaking will lead to their undoing. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Shoot the Dog
- Old Yeller, obviously ~ Lale, Decaf Grub 47393
- The SCP Foundation, no doubt. They deal with the nasty so that you don't have to. ~ REV 6 Pilot
- Shoot the Shaggy Dog
- The Well of Echoes trilogy. ~ Samwise 210
- Handle with Care. ~ Sgt Frog 1
- Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days. So much for gone, but not forgotten. ~ L1ght5aber
- The "Despair" ending of Tekken 8. ~ NotGonnaDoALot4
- Shooting Superman
- "King of the Seas, remember?" ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Short Tank
- Misty. ~ MiraNai, Doctor Rayman
- Shoulder-Sized Dragon
- Fire-lizards from the Dragonriders of Pern, of course! ~ Robinton
- Lockheed. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Mushu ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Shout-Out:
- Sky Blue Sky Sandwich Company ~ Nlpnt
- Kingdom of Loathing wins by sheer volume. ~ Insanity Prelude
- Shovel Strike
- Shovel Knight - Can't get a better example when their weapon is in their name. Justa Username, Doctor Rayman
- Kurumi Ebisuzawa ~ sfisher923
- The Show Must Go On
- Shown Their Work
- Negima! Magister Negi Magi: See the Lexicons ~ TheCuriousFan
- Pixar loves to do this, and it shows. ~ HotelCalifornia
- Dinosaur Revolution ~ schoi30
- Nardwuar the Human Serviette ~ thecnoNSMB
- 'Patlabor 2: The Movie'''s attention to detail and police/military procedure is so true to life, that it could've been written by Tom Clancy. ~ Miin U
- Showy Invincible Hero
- Shrinking Violet
- Fluttershy, just, Fluttershy. ~ Brohoofpalmbeach
- I love My Little Pony and all, but even I have to admit that Hanako can give Fluttershy a run for her money. ~Darth NANAME
- Olivia. "Stop staring!" ~ Berrenta
- In spite of the fact she doesn't get much screentime, Early Homura, aka Moemura. —Pink Celebi
- Hinata Hyuga. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Kotonoha Katsura before things goes downhill later on - sfisher923
- Lillia, the Bashful Bloom. Her name says it all. ~Arcane Azmadi
- Shut Up, Hannibal!
- Hulk on Loki in The Avengers. "Puny God." - Chris X, Doctor Rayman
- Enthusiastically seconded. ~mrbits
- Thirded with upmost humor ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Natsu punching Jellal after Simon's Heroic Sacrifice. ~Xander Jacatipon
- The Doom Slayer's Blunt "No" on the Dark Lord. - Saberwulf 2018
- Hulk on Loki in The Avengers. "Puny God." - Chris X, Doctor Rayman
- Shut Up, Kirk!
- "Shut Up" Kiss
- Adell and Rozalin, Disgaea 2. ~ Willy Four Eyes, Stark1111
- Seconded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Benedick and Beatrice, Much Ado About Nothing ~ Vengeance Karl, Man Without A Body
- "Nobody needs me..." — "I need you." Katniss/Peeta ~ Agent Kyles
- Adell and Rozalin, Disgaea 2. ~ Willy Four Eyes, Stark1111
- Sibling Fusion
- The Seven Koopalings, who fuse together for an epic boss battle set to an awesome battle theme. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Sibling Yin-Yang
- Bart and Lisa Simpson. ~ Bluwale 824, Doctor Rayman
- Lennon and Arusu in Tweeny Witches. — IúkaSylvie
- Sickening "Crunch!"
- Sidekick Ex Machina
- Sidelined Protagonist Crossover
- Kingdom Hearts III's version of Arendelle's story ~ Loekman 3
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Kingdom Hearts III's version of Arendelle's story ~ Loekman 3
- Signature Roar
- Godzilla ~ WilliamShakesman
- Silver Fox
- Cary Grant ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Simultaneous Arcs:
- Season 4 of Arrested Development ~ Nlpnt
- Singing Simlish
- The Sims. Some of the Simlish covers sound better than the original. ~ Insanity Prelude
- Single-Target Sexuality
- Rory Williams. ~ Calatoria
- For so long that Amy Pond - the single target - actually mistook him for gay... she then realised the truth a few minutes later. ~ TARDISES
- Daidouji Tomoyo. ~ Hyatt
- Sean Maguire of Good Will Hunting. His wife is dead, but he still has no desire to find somebody else. And he attacks Will physically when he accidentally insults her. ~ Kickisund
- Bell Cranel's love for Ais Wallenstein is so strong that he doesn't notice the other girls's crush on him despite initially wanting a harem. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Hinata Hyuga towards Naruto Uzumaki. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Yuno Gasai towards Yukiteru Amano ~ Fireside
- Rory Williams. ~ Calatoria
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man
- Ah! My Goddess, Belldandy seeks Keiichi. - Ramidel
- Jasmine would much rather be with a kindhearted street rat than with some Prince Charmless. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Sins of Our Fathers
- Kaiten Mutenmaru: The rebels Would Hurt a Child solely for being the son of their oppressors. — IúkaSylvie
- Sinister Minister
- Rev. Harry Powell ~ WilliamShakesman
- Sirens Are Mermaids
- Sir Swears-a-Lot
- Minatsuki Takami, especially in the English dub. ~ sanfranman91
- Debra "Fuck-me-twice-on-Sunday" Morgan - XFllo
- Malcolm Tucker. ~ La_Ninje
- Batiatus is the god of this trope. ~ This1person
- Brittnay Matthews. ~ Monolaf317
- The Angry Video Game Nerd. ~ Doctor Rayman, Decaf Grub 47393
- Blitzo - Demon Duckof Doom
- Panty Anarchy, holy fuck ~ Reyn Time 250
- Sitcom Arch-Nemesis
- ARP Warden Bill Hodges ~ WilliamShakesman
- Sitcom Homage Episode
- WandaVision ~ AmuckCricetine
- Sixth Ranger
- Tommy Oliver. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Takanuva ~ Fireside
- Skewed Priorities
- From SuperMarioLogan's "Bowser's Drivers Licence!": "IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT SHE'S COOKING FOR DINNER, YOU ARE TAKING A DRIVING TEST [with your phone] YOU'RE GONNA KILL EVERYBODY!" ~ Monolaf317
- Sayoko Manno chose not to protect humanity from demonkind, because she'd rather get laid by different men and actively encourages her daughter, Yohko, to do the same. ~ Miin U
- "We could all have been killed — or worse, expelled." ~ Lady Blackwood
- Skinship Grope
- Negima! Magister Negi Magi, "The Advent of Chichigami" - Shotgun Ninja
- Seconded- TheCuriousFan
- Chacha loves teasing Takeru by fondling Haruko's boobs right in front of him. - Miin U
- Negima! Magister Negi Magi, "The Advent of Chichigami" - Shotgun Ninja
- Sky Pirate
- Skies of Arcadia ~ Fireside, Miin U, Arcane Azmadi
- Sky Surfing
- Macross Frontier The Wings of Goodbye, The Macross Quarter's Big Wednesday Formation. - Anthurak
- Lifting ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Skyward Scream
- Imperator Furiosa. ~ contrafanxxx
- The Slacker
- Gaston Lagaffe. - Belphegor
- Slap-on-the-Wrist Nuke
- Super Nova. Sephiroth can destroy the Solar System multiple times and miss your party. ~ Insanity Prelude
- Slap-Slap-Kiss
- Pride and Prejudice. ~ Strange Dwarf
- Let me put forth Sam and Diane ~ Marvel Girl
- Slasher Smile
- The Dark Knight - The Joker. Wanna know how I got these scars? -Lull The Conqueror
- The Zombie Hunters - the Berserker-class zombie. Example here. -Herald Alberich
- Without Conrad Veidt in The Man Who Laughs, there'd be no Joker. ~ Man Without A Body
- "I want to kill you." ~Blank Mage
- Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog - by Dr. Horrible right before the start of Brand New Day ~Statzkeen
- HURRY!! HURRY!! HURRY!! HURRY!! HURRY!! HURRY!! PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER!! THE FUN HAS JUST BEGUN!! Come on... HUUUUURRYYYYY!!!!! ~deltanine
- Ladd Russo ~Nightmare Kitty
- Alex De Large ~ Ziggy Zag
- Hannibal Lecter. Actually, Anthony Hopkins, PERIOD. ~ Carla
- Everyone in Higurashi: When They Cry at one point or another. Rena deserves mention, she's on the Cute and Psycho page. ~ Zfish9
- Oga ~ Duckling
- A few people in Bleach but special mention goes to Kenpachi and Grimmjow. ~ KantonKage
- Alastor - Demon Duckof Doom
- Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism:
- Idealism: Disney. ~ King Clark
- To counter the below, Neon Genesis Evangelion. If the last two episodes weren't supposed to be uplifting, then I'll eat my hat. ~ King of the Mime Swing
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. ~ Emerald 141
- Cynicism: Warhammer 40,000 ~ King Clark
- Idealism: Disney. ~ King Clark
- Sliding Scale of Silliness vs. Seriousness
- Higurashi: When They Cry. It goes back and forth enough to give you whiplash. One episode goes a water gun fight, a few episodes later a fight to the death on top of a school that will explode with the smallest spark. between the same characters mind you. ~ Zfish9
- Elfen Lied is also all over the damn place. It mixes a lot of silliness with a very tragic story, yet even the tragedy's premises are often absolutely ridiculous (mainly due to Bullying The Dragons repeatedly - rottenvenetic
- The Tsukihime franchise, which includes not only the original visual novel, but also the sequel Kagetsu Tohya, an Affectionate Parody Gag Series called Carnival Phantasm, but most important, the spin-off series of fighting games Melty Blood. We could ideally place Tsukihime at the serious end, and Carnival Phantasm at the silly end, with Melty Blood moving back and forth somewhere in the middle. ~ Sampa CM
- Slimeball
- Harry Ellis ~ SuperYoshiFan02
- Slow Clap
- "Hollywood's Ending", ~ Ookla The Mok, Man Without A Body
- Battlestar Galactica ~ Voodoo Child
- PotatOS and her Slow Clap Processor. - Demon Firen
- The Slow Path
- "Two thousand years. The Boy Who Waited. Good on ya, mate." ~ Kirayoshi
- Bender has done this more than once. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Slow Transformation
- Poor Seth Brundle... ~ Sapphirea2
- Small Girl, Big Gun
- The last episode of Black★Rock Shooter. ~stevobread
- Lady. That thing's as big as she is and she's climbing a building with it! ~ Insanity Prelude
- Small Name, Big Ego
- Megane Kakeru claims to be the best, but not only is he terrible at sports, he's also a Butt-Monkey who gets no respect. ~ Dghcrh
- Small Role, Big Impact
- Raditz, without a doubt set the plot of Dragon Ball Z into motion despite not lasting long. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- General Bujing, who has only two lines but is directly responsible for kickstarting Zuko’s character arc. ~ SuperYoshiFan02
- Smug Snake
- Katushiko Jinnai
- Eden Fletcher ~ Man Without A Body
- Sir Hiss. ~ Mistermister
- Tsutarja. a.k.a. Smugleaf a.k.a Snivy. He's literally a Smug Snake! ~ Carls493
- Many have called Snivy Excalbur Not just because they look alike, but also becuase Snivy looks as smug as Excalibur acts ~ Zfish9
- Kazundo Gohda.
- Vizzini. ~ JDCyrus
- Shinji Matou, one of the most arrogant and despicable characters in the whole series. - kay4today
- Queen Regent Cersei Lannister ~Hoffmann
- Seconded; she's a B constantly surrounded by A's and A+'s, as well as many C-'s who actively enjoy seeing women fail. ~ King of the Mime Swing
- Sir Pentious - Demon Duckof Doom
- Snake People
- The Serpentine ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The Vipers, especially once they become part of everyday Earth society in Chimera Squad. ~Arcane Azmadi
- Sir Pentious - Demon Duckof Doom
- Snarky Non-Human Sidekick
- Grimoire Weiss ~ Jason Paul
- Roger the alien ~redhed311
- Salem ~Strange Dwarf
- Sneeze of Doom
- Tissues ~NoonboryKedabory
- Toko Fukawa/Genocide Jack ~ Fireside
- SNK Boss
- Igniz. I do not mean that as a compliment in any way possible. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Kanna in Eternal Fighter Zero, at the highest difficulty level. ~Mapi-chan
- Gill and Seth ~Pikawil
- Soul Calibur 3: Chronicles of the Sword. The entire mini-game is like this. ~ Rushi
- Tabuu ~ Carls493
- Rugal Bernstein Unlike the rest of the suggested people though, just because he's an SNK Boss - and one with several incarnations - that doesn't make him universally hated. Plus, you know, he's the Trope Codifier ~ The Jerk with No Name,
- Alpha-152. In a game based on melee combos and grapples, this T-1000 with breasts can hit you from across the screen with a lightning-fast, unblockable attack that knocks off about half your life bar. And that's just one move in her frustratingly broken arsenal. The trick seems to be that she becomes mysteriously incompetent in one battle out of every twenty; you just have to wait until it happens. ~ Gfrequency
- Uranus, a boss so unbalanced and with such unfair attack speed, recovery time, and priority, that she became one of the first fighting game characters to ever be officially banned from tournament level play. And that's without her Chimera form. ~ Miin U
- Parace L Sia. I have nothing more to say but, dear, god. ~ Demongodofchaos
- Seconded. ~ Jason Paul
- General in Kaiser Knuckle, he calls himself the "Perfect Soldier" for a reason. ~ Sampa CM
- Snowlems
- Frosty the Snowman ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Snow Means Death
- The Sociopath
- Johan Liebert ~ Discontent
- Light Yagami ~ Javertshark 13
- Prince Hans ~ Bobg.
- Akio Ohtori, an abusive, Faux Affably Evil, manipulative, sadistic, selfish, and womanizing Bitch in Sheep's Clothing with an utter Lack of Empathy who blames other people for his own actions. I'd say that even Kai Chisaki/Overhaul from My Hero Academia doesn't count because the latter cares about his old boss enough to try to repay him by getting their dying Yakuza syndicate back to power no matter what he has to do. - IúkaSylvie
- Sociopathic Hero:
- Jayne Cobb ~ Dragonhammer 777
- Alucard. -Azxc
- Seconded. ~Blank Mage
- Thirded. ~ deeman45
- Dan Smith
- Dexter. It helps that he's literally a sociopath. -Lull The Conqueror
- Vic Mackey - Freezer
- Rorschach -getmemygun
- TheComedian
- Kratos ~ The Jerk with No Name
- Alex Mercer ~ Gess, Gumbal1
- John Galt ~ Lale
- Sociopathic Soldier
- ''THE'' Soldier. ~Belle-Mage
- The Door Gunner from Full Metal Jacket. ~ Two Gun Angel
- Solf J. Kimblee ~ Carla
- Soft-Spoken Sadist
- Dutch Van Der Linde. Exemplified in the first conversation you have with him in-game. His voice is very soft and innocuous, but you can tell that something is seriously broken in his head. ~Darth NANAME
- Lord Roose Bolton. Practically never raises his soft voice and speaks about the most horrific things, including the conception of his bastard son through rape, as if he were talking about what he had for breakfast that morning. ~Babyhenchy1
- Goku Black, especially in Japanese. ~ cosmatonspoon
- Dark Danny ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Miranjo. - IúkaSylvie
- Solemn Ending Theme
- "I Believe" by KOKIA, the coda of Danganronpa Another ~ NotGonnaDoALot4
- The Song Before the Storm
- Sophisticated as Hell
- Soul Jar
- Voldemort's Horcruxes ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Voldemort's Horcruxes ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Soundtrack Dissonance
- Hobo with a Shotgun. "Burn Baby Burn." Good God... ~ Man Without A Body
- "Hallelujah" in Neon Genesis Evangelion ~prescience
- More like Neon Genesis Evangelion, period. Including Rebuild. ~ Carla
- "I'm singing in the rain" (cue Alex raping Mr. Alexander's wife) ~ sanfranman91
- Watchmen ~ Mac Phisto
- The Comedian's murder, set to Nat Cole's "Unforgettable"
- The Comedian's funeral, set to Simon & Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence"
- Niteowl & Silk Spectre having sex, set to Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"
- The end credits, set to My Chemical Romance covering "Desolation Row"
- "It's hip to be a square!" ~redhed311, ZuulMF
- Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil ... unless Rance is doing the raping to an epic remix of the East German national anthem. Then, it's hilarious. ~Encrypted12345
- The battle against JENOVA Life. ~ Feather7603
- The X-Files, "Home": "Wonderful, Wonderful", a cheery romantic tune by Johnny Mathis gets paired up with creepy inbred mutants murdering a local couple and later with incest mutant sex, when mother and her son try to conceive. Wonderful. Wonderfully creepy. — XFllo
- You ever listen to K-Billy's "Super Sounds of the Seventies"? It's my personal favorite...
- Dr. Strangelove - "We'll meet again..." ~ Twin Bird
- "I love, I love, I love my little calendar girl.." during Deadpool's Sex Montage. ~ Monolaf317
- No mention of "What a Wonderful World" yet? Starting with Good Morning, Vietnam, to name but one. ~ Ereiam
- Sour Outside, Sad Inside
- Sour Supporter
- Southern Belle
- Scarlett O'Hara — WilliamShakesman
- So What Do We Do Now?
- Space Opera
- Star Wars. Though, there's no singing in it, so what the hell? Another Guy, TwoGunAngel, Doctor Rayman
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Seriously, see it. ~ Danny V El Acme
- Seconded ~ mrbits
- Lensman - Sablesword
- Space Western
- Firefly ~ WilliamShakesman
- Outlaw Star ~ Miin U
- Cowboy Bebop - Demon Duckof Doom
- Space Whale
- The Star Whale from "The Beast Below". ~ Trogdor
- Space "X"
- Dragon Ball Z Abridged. The series parodies this trope to death in the Namek arc. In short, there is a space equivalent to everything, from everyday items, to businesses, cities, and continents. - mysterykcad
- Futurama, which, among other things, has space pirates. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Space Whale Aesop
- Chowder, "The Sleep Eater". If you eat a midnight snack, you'll become a monster at night that will eat all the food because your internal clock is messed up. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Spaghetti Kiss
- Lady and the Tramp. ~hedwig123, Doctor Rayman
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Thirded ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Lady and the Tramp. ~hedwig123, Doctor Rayman
- Spaghetti Western
- Sergio Leone's contributions ~ WilliamShakesman
- Spanner in the Works
- Vaan. See Fridge Brilliance for the explanation of this. - Caellach Tiger Eye
- Teru Mikami. One little screw up and Light's entire plan at the end backfires. ~ BombAsteroid
- Spanner, obviously. ~ Pink Hanabi
- The drunk in Monster. ~ Not JM Keynes
- Itachi. Bloody crap, Itachi. He has screwed up the plans of nearly every single person and organization throughout the entire series. And he even screwed up his own plans as well. ~ HotmanX32
- Spared by the Adaptation
- Speak of the Devil
- SCP-2521 of the SCP Foundation. Conveying any information about it using words in any format or medium will summon it. Even the database has to call it "●●|●●●●●|●●|●" instead of "SCP-2521" to avoid summoning it at the location of the database computers. ~ Khym Chanur
- Species Surname
- Finn the Human. Somebody had to do it someday. ~ Nlpnt
- Characters from the Classic Disney Shorts such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Spectacular Spinning
- Ryu and Ken's Hurricane Kick. It just looks so damn cool. ~ Lord TNK
- Zangief. EVERY SINGLE MAJOR MOVE OF HIS involves spinning. Taken to absolutely ludicrous levels with the Siberian Blizzard. ~ Danny V El Acme
- The Stargate. ~ B.o.B
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. ~ BladeTiger, Zetta Toad
- Spinzaku. ~ Mapi-chan
- Neji Hyuga. ~ Blank Mage, Carla
- Uzumaki Naruto ~ KantonKage
- The Spin Doctor with its signature move... Spin! ~ PKFL_531
- Earth. ~ Man Without A Body, ZiggyZag, Tropers/Dghcrh
- Hitmontop ~ Zfish9
- Ea, Enuma Elish ~ SEES Wild Card
- The Tasmanian Devil AKA Taz. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Half of Ayane's moves set involves rapid full-body spins and half of 'em are done with her back turned. ~ Miin U
- Spell My Name with a "The"
- Spider People
- Spikes of Doom
- I Wanna Be The Fuckin' Guy. Seriously. ~Insanity Prelude
- Battletoads. Karnath's Lair. OW. ~ Willy Four Eyes
- Any Mega Man game ever. ~Mapi-chan, Doctor Rayman
- The Shredder ~ Man Without A Body
- SPELUNKY. How many poor archeologists must die? Not to mention damsels... ~Fualkner
- The Pit. ~Ingonyama
- The spikes from the first Sonic the Hedgehog game that kill you instantly even if you have rings. ~ Surenity, redhed311
- VVVVVV. Just for the sheer number of them. ~ Helium Opera
- Super Castlevania IV has them everywhere and they're the instant death variety, especially Stage 8. ~ Miin U
- Spin-Offspring
- Spirited Young Lady
- Beatrice Löwenström. ~ Furienna
- Belle ~ Kickisund
- Split Personality
- Noire, who seems to have two settings: shy and meek, and... BLOOD AND THUNDER! The difference between the two is so great, it's scary. ~ Berrenta
- Gentle and shy Fubuki Shirou, who developed a split personality of his dead Jerkass brother, Atsuya. ~ Dghcrh
- Two-Face, especially once he developed a new personality called "The Judge" ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Split Screen
- Infinity Train, book 4, episode 1, "The Twin Tapes." ~shinymoonbird
- Spoiled Brat
- Ayn Rand ~ Man Without A Body
- Veruca Salt. Full stop. ~Ingonyama, redhed311, rjd1922
- Darla Dimple. ~ Surenity
- Angelica Pickles. ~fierystage
- Princess Morbucks. ~ Monolaf317
- Timmy "Spoiled Bastard" Timpson — WilliamShakesman
- Spoiled Sweet
- Cher Horowitz
- Seconded. ~ Carla
- Thirded. ~redhed311
- Charlotte from The Princess and the Frog. ~Ingonyama
- Mugi from K-On! ~ KantonKage
- Dagny Taggart ~ Lale
- Haruka Nogizaka for being a positive representation of the Anime fanbase. aNinjaWithAIDS
- Richie Rich. ~ Monolaf317
- Madicken ~ Kickisund
- Asami Sato ~ Dghcrh
- Cher Horowitz
- Spoiler Opening
- Fushigi Yuugi ~Goldenpelt
- Digimon, for having both spoiler openings and endings. ~ King of the Mime Swing
- Valkyria Chronicles gives away its big reveal in the final seconds of its intro cinematic. ~ Miin U
- Spoken Word in Music
- Spiderland by Slint, where the spoken-word delivery goes so well with the instrumentation and subject matter. ~ Hugpocalypse
- "You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge" ~ AmuckCricetine
- Spoof Aesop
- Regular Show Season 3, Episode 8 "House Rules". If there are some rules you don't like, just get rid of them. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Spoofing in the Rain
- The Morecambe and Wise number ~ WilliamShakesman
- Spotlight-Stealing Squad
- Sasuke
- Seconded. There's a reason why it was originally Uchiha Syndrome. ~ Nlpnt
- The Rabbids ~Pikawil
- Seconded. They stole the spotlight and the entire franchise for years until Rayman Origins ~Elbruno
- Takuya and Koji
- I don't even like Pokémon and I have to say Team Rocket. ~ Voodoo Child
- The Gotei 13. ~ Lionheart0
- Wolverine. ~Ingonyama, Carla
- Organization XIII ~ King Cr Inu Yasha
- Sasuke
- The Spymaster
- M ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Squishy Wizard:
- Sssssnake Talk
- Stable Time Loop:
- The Doctor Who comic relief short "Space and Time". The Doctor finds out how to solve their problem because a version of him from seconds in the future went back and told him. ~ Trogdor
- —All You Zombies— by Robert A. Heinlein ~ Hoffmann
- Harry and Hermione using the Time Turners to rescue Buckbeak and Sirius, which also allows Harry to master the Patronus Charm and save his past self from the Dementors ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The 2005 IDW Continuity is built entirely upon this. Sure, Shockwave as Onyx Prime was responsible for shaping almost all of Cybertronian history when he was sent back in time, but he would never have ended up this way were it not for Brainstorm going back in time himself. In the process of trying to stop Brainstorm, his crewmates end up tipping off the Senate about Shockwave's activities, which led to his subsequent capture and Start of Darkness. It is puzzling why Brainstorm is not given as much flak as Shockwave. ~ Fireside
- Final Fantasy ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Staggered Zoom:
- Stalker Shrine
- Cia's interdimensional rift ~ rjd1922
- Helga Pataki Though in a dark humor way ~ thecarolinabull01
- Stalker with a Crush
- Matoi Tsunetsuki: hell, even her name refers to stalking ~ Inkki Bookman
- Midori. ~ Frisko
- Yuno Gasai. ~ Ray Ayanami
- Hinata ~ sardns
- I am honestly starting to wonder if Justin Bieber is this. ~ Dracosummoner
- Creed Diskenth. "Oh Train, you are the best!" — Person Of Note
- Anna Nishikinomiya's brand of stalking includes high-speed chases around school and breaking into Tanukichi's apartment. ~ Miin U
- Mizore Shirayuki. ~ Embracing Shadows
- Mika Harima. ~ Mousou
- Geder Palliako: he invaded the country Cithrin was living in with orders to bring her back to him as a prisoner in the belief that then she would love him. ~ Oddstar 6
- Helga Pataki. ~ Progeny Ex Machina
- Amy Rose, especially in instances of Flanderization. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Yukana Kishi, a case where this is Played for Horror. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Star-Crossed Lovers
- Winston Smith and Julia ~ Lale
- Romeo and Juliet, being the Trope Namer and Trope Codifier. ~ Azorius 24
- Katniss and Peeta ~ Lady Blackwood
- Start My Own
- BioShock. Andrew Ryan started his own city to get away from every other government's system. ~ Trogdor
- "I'm gonna create my own website. With blackjack. And hookers. In fact, forget the website" — WilliamShakesman
- Starfish Aliens
- Those fucking Elder Thing bastards ~ Man Without A Body, Ziggy Zag
- The Mgalekgolo ("Hunters") ~ S Noble Jr
- Static Role, Exchangeable Character
- The Suicide Mission endgame in Mass Effect 2. ~ Koveras
- Stay in the Kitchen
- The Powerpuff Girls episode "Members Only" may be Anvilicious, but you can't deny that Major Glory's (particularly harsh) speech captures the essence of this trope perfectly. ~ Lale
"We are the men! The protectors, the hunters, the fighters, and the show-offs, and the noisemakers! You are little girls! You should be at home with your mommy learning how to cook and clean and... blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-whatever women stuff. So leave the superheroics to the super men!"- GET BACK IN THE KITCHEN! In the middle of an anti-drug episode? Really? ~ King Clark
- All of Westeros. ~ King of the Mime Swing
- Stealing the Credit
- Grand Moff Tarkin towards Director Orson Krennic for the completion and successful test of the Death Star. "We stand here amidst MY ACHIEVEMENT! NOT YOURS!" ~ Five-seveN-25
- Stealing from Thieves
- Omar Little ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Katara stealing from pirates in Avatar: The Last Airbender. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Stealth Hi/Bye
- Batman. -ZuulMF, Man Without A Body, Doctor Rayman
- Hee~eeeey. ~ Wragnaroq R. Maggeddon
- Mizore Shirayuki ~ KantonKage
- Ao Oni. Brrrr. ~ Monolaf317
- Huntress: she does it to Batman, multiple times. ~Oddstar
- Yan-Min doesn't need smokebombs, or any distractions. She'll do it while you're looking right at her! ~ Miin U
- Homura, who does this multiple times before finishing a sentence.
- Stealth Pun
- Bo Burnham -ZuulMF
- Stealth Sequel
- BioShock Infinite: You go the whole game thinking it's a Spiritual Successor. ~Trogdor
- Steampunk
- The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello ~Trouser Wearing Barbarian
- By God, Girl Genius, even if they prefer "Gaslamp Fantasy". ~Puff Puff
- Fullmetal Alchemist ~Storm, Carla
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water ~ Miin U
- Vernian Process. ~ Popette
- Doctor Steel ~ Jonny B, Man Without A Body
- The Difference Engine, by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. Not a particularly good book, but damned if it doesn't exemplify the genre. ~ Gfrequency
- Stellar Name
- HEY, STELLAAAAAAAAA! ~ Man Without A Body
- Sailor Moon? ~Blank Mage
- Mega Man Star Force has many, starting with two of the main characters: Geo and Luna. ~ Arutoa
- every single member of the Black family. Even Narcissa Black Malfoy's son and grandson. ~ Marvel Girl
- How about a monster line based on them? Ladies and Gentlemen, the Zodiarts. -Azada
- Miyuki Hoshizora. The fact that it's also a Prophetic Name is a bonus. Ultra Happy! ~ aNinjaWithAIDS
- Star Butterfly. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Stepford Smiler
- Kohaku. ~ spacemonkey37
- The poor residents of Peaksville ~ Cailleach
- Sayori ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Stepford Snarker
- Chandler Bing. ~War Jay 77
- Spider-Man. ~ Five-seveN-25, Doctor Rayman
- Stern Chase
- InspectorJavert chasing Valjean ~Zeppelin, Man Without A Body
- Season 1 of Avatar: The Last Airbender ~ Lale
- Stern Teacher
- Izumi Curtis, so very much, especially her response to learning that Ed and Al tried to resurrect their mother is to give them a thorough beating until they can barely stand, giving her most pissed-off expression. Then when they're kneeling before her submissivly, eyes closed and preparing for verbal punishment, she tenderly and comfortingly embraces them - Caellach Tiger Eye
- Minerva McGonagall . ~ Doctor Rayman
- Seconded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Stiff Upper Lip
- Phileas Fogg ~ Marlee Cross
- The Britons in Asterix. ~ Doctor Rayman
- The Stinger
- The Marvel Cinematic Universe. ~ Doctor Rayman
- "You're still here? It's Over! Go home...Go." ~ Amuck Cricetine
- Stock Footage
- Invasion of the Neptune Men. Well, maybe "triumphant" is the wrong word. "Obvious", "oblivious", "egregious", "Godwin-tastic"... Nlpnt
- The Stoic
- Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz ~Trombone Child
- Jin ~ Carla
- Yuki Nagato. ~Smokie
- Easily seconded. ~ Zfish9
- Yagi. ~ KantonKage
- Ice Bear. ~ Monolaf317
- All these suggestions and no mention of Heero Yuy? Basically deified for such reason... ~ CelPrevXXVI
- Kuai Liang, AKA Tundra/Sub-Zero II. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Vlad III in Vlad Drăculea. — IúkaSylvie
- Kyril Sutherland. ~ El Rise
- Stoic Woobie
- SSA Aaron Hotchner. Especially in season five. ~ Voodoo Child, Indigo12ash
- Fanny Price ~ Lale
- Liam in Cuanta Vida ~ Nekomata The Failcat
- Homura. ~ spacemonkey37
- Spock. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Stolen Credit Backfire
- Nigel Planter taking credit for Mandy's ideas and taking the fall for it as a result. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Straight Gay
- Statuesque Stunner
- Ameri Azazel ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl
- Alma. ~ beeruckzII
- Stripperiffic
- Winx Club. The funny thing is that is a show aimed at 6-12 year old girls.
- Bayonetta ~ Monolaf317
- Life Fiber Synchronize Kamui Senketsu! ~ Reyn Time 250
- Strong Family Resemblance - Happy Man
- Matthew. Seriously, many have mistaken him for his dad, and the game isn't even out yet!
- It is now, and seconded. - Yuihime
- "You look just like James... except you have Lily's eyes." Carla, Unclouded TJ
- The Lurking Fear ~ Man Without A Body
- Matthew. Seriously, many have mistaken him for his dad, and the game isn't even out yet!
- Stuff Blowing Up
- MythBusters ~ NotJMKeynes
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann for at one point causing explosions at every point in space and time everywhere ever - ~ Tom_Atlus
- Scanners ~ Man Without A Body
- Doctor Who exploding every star in every universe at every point in history, causing almost everything to never have existed in the first place. It was almost a Class Z., being ONE PLANET AND MERE MINUTES AWAY. ~ TARDISES
- Metal Slug. ~ xxxEbbxxx
- Every single Michael Bay movie ever made. ~ xxxEbbxxx, Doctor Rayman
- In-universe, during the Old Man Henderson story, "The Tanker Truck Incident".
- Stuffed into the Fridge
- Winifred Burkle, Angel. Joss Whedon really topped himself with that one! — Cuchulainn
- Love interests of the Green Lantern Corps ~ sinesofinsanity
- Gwen Stacy ~ WilliamShakesman
- Stupid Evil
- Genma from the second season of Darker than Black who literally does every single thing mentioned in the description of how such a character acts. Note that this is only a 12-Episode Anime and he doesn't even appear in all episodes. - Jordan
- The Pawnee in Dances with Wolves. They attack a white settlement...despite being allied with the United States! ~ wanbli
- Joffrey Baratheon ~ Hoffmann
- The Team Rocket trio. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Chaka. He's so needlessly antagonistic and evil, that it was sheer dumb luck he didn't get himself killed earlier. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Stupid Good
- Stupidity Is the Only Option
- Suikoden: The game has an event where your character has to drink drugged tea, even though the tea is obviously drugged and there is a dialog option to decline it. Picking the decline option does nothing. You eventually have to accept it. ~Ohio9
- BioShock has the player character inject a random needle into themselves. If you didn't try to open the door below, then you did it without Atlas telling you to. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Stylistic Suck
- Dexter's Laboratory, episode "Dexter & Computress Get Mandark!!" It was written and narrated by a six and a half-year-old and animated to match, down to every meandering tic the narrative takes. As this is essentially a poorly narrated Fanfic given visual form by the creators, this also possibly predates more than a few dramatic readings of badly written Fanfics. ~ Excel-2009
- Hero Klungo Saves Teh World ~Pikawil
- The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra ~ Man Without A Body
- Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff. ~ Stealthyboy, Willy Four Eyes
- The Third Rate Gamer, a parody of Caustic Critics, notably The Irate Gamer. ~ This1person
- This is arguably the entire point of Inferno Cop. From the animation, to the writing, to the voice acting, everything about the show is made to look as cheap and low-production as possible. All for the sake of comedy, of course. ~ mysterykcad
- Garth Marenghis Darkplace ~ Azorius 24
- Subsystem Damage
- Dwarf Fortress, obviously. Name one other game that tracks individual fingers, toes, hair, tissue layers, internal organs, and teeth on every living creature in the entire game world. You can't. ~ Insanity Prelude
- Subverted Kids' Show
- Very Uncensored Winnie the Pooh ~Pikawil
- Moral Orel ~Killer Clowns
- The Venture Bros. ~ Man Without A Body
- Happy Tree Friends. - Gorank, Doctor Rayman
- Pee-Wee Herman, in every variant, starting with the live version with the Groundlings ~ Marvel Girl
Pee-Wee <after Captain Carl has run offstage to use the toilet>: Well Captain Carl, did you remember to wash your hands?Phil Hartman as Captain Carl <puts hands on Pee-Wee's face> Nooooooo!- Robot Chicken ~ Monolaf317
- Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, especially as it's a kid's show in-universe. ~War Jay 77
- Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. Imagine the cutesy design of The Powerpuff Girls with the language and humor of South Park. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Succession Crisis
- House of the Dragon ~ Iridener
- Suck E. Cheese's
- Freddy Fazbear's Pizza - GenkiMan
- Wall e Weasel's — WilliamShakesman
- Sucky School
- Springfield Elementary — WilliamShakesman
- Sudden Downer Ending:
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Decaf Grub 47393
- Avengers: Infinity War. I mean, the film already was pretty dark, but the fact that the heroes not only lost, but lost by so far a margin and Thanos got everything he wanted makes it all the more jarring and stunning to watch. ~ WhereAmI101A
- Suddenly Shouting
- Because... I'm all out of MONEY!!! -It stands out even more since Squidward was speaking in a Creepy Monotone before switching to an angry shout mid-sentence, without any hesitation before the switch. May also count as a Jump Scare for the easily startled. ~Darth NANAME
- "I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!!!" - Zaothus
- Mackenzie Zales. ~ Monolaf317
- Sudden Soundtrack Stop
- Doki Doki Literature Club!. The silent buildup to Sayor's suicide always gives me serious chills. ~War Jay 77
- Suddenly Speaking
- Jak. ~ Nintendo Nate 25
- SECONDED. ~ Wragnaroq R. Maggeddon
- John Linnell as The Poopsmith ~ Man Without A Body
- Skarlet. No one ever brings this fact up. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Jak. ~ Nintendo Nate 25
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality
- Anju Maaka ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum
- Ghadius, despite knowing that the monster he'll create will also destroy him, doesn't care so long as he can take all of Phantomile with him. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Catra ~ Lady Blackwood
- The Summation
- Clue: The Movie. Thank you, that is all. ~The Nerdy Ninja, Unclouded TJ, Statzkeen
- The Hound of the Baskervilles ~ Man Without A Body
- The facts were these... ~vicnog
- ...On January 2nd, 2011 at 6:50:34 pm, Zfish9 added an entry to Most Triumphant Example on TV Tropes...
- Murder on the Orient Express -Ziggy Zag
- Scooby-Doo ~ Carla, Doctor Rayman
- Summon Bigger Fish
- Jack summoning Ra to destroy the Minions of Set. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Sunglasses at Night
- Albert. Wesker. No contest. ~ Gfrequency, Man Without A Body, Berrenta
- Numbuh One ~ Carls493
- The Blues Brothers ~redhed311
- Shino and his fellow Aburame clan members ~ KantonKage
- T-800. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Sunny Sunflower Disposition
- Superboss
- Final Fantasy V is the Trope Codifier through Omega and Shinryu. Then the GBA port added several more. Any player that can beat every superboss in a Four Job Fiesta has mastered FFV. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Super Doc
- Super Drowning Skills
- Frogger. And he's a frog, too, if the name didn't already help. ~ Carls493, Man Without A Body
- Razputin. A hand will drag him under even cardboard water. rjd1922
- Sonic the Hedgehog. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Seconded. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Superhero
- Superman. Can you argue with the guy who practically named this trope? ~ Waxing Name, Doctor Rayman
- Batman. Fighting crime (and gods) since 1939. ~ Five-seveN-25
- Spider-Man - Demon Duckof Doom
- Superhero Capital of the World
- New York City in the Marvel Universe. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Supernatural Martial Arts
- The Avatar-erse has everybody Kung-fu fighting with the elements. ~ Miin U
- Seconded ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- The Avatar-erse has everybody Kung-fu fighting with the elements. ~ Miin U
- Supernatural Sealing
- The Mafuba ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Secre Swallowtail ~Khun Run
- Supernatural Suffocation
- Zaheer using his airbending to asphyxiate Earth Queen Hou-Ting. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Super-Persistent Predator
- Wile E. Coyote. After all the horrific but amusing injuries that guy suffers, he keeps going. ~ Stewie Griffin 34
- Superpower Lottery
- Nagato Yuki - phone me when you can hack whatever you want, including the entire Universe ~erejnion
- Haruhi herself. - Phone me when you can unconsciously rewrite reality unconsciously via boredom ~ Zfish9
- The Martian Manhunter. Seriously. Even Superman must be jealous of all the superpowers he has. ~ Marvel Girl, Five-seveN-25
- Sosuke Aizen, everyone? ~ DAN004
- Yakumo Yukari ~ Tom_Atlus
- Doesn't see- *Boundary betwene acceptance and rejection manipulated over to acceptance* SECONDED — TARDISES (and yes, I typed my seconding like that to demonstrate her power. She can control boundaries. ANYTHING can be considered a boundary.)
- In a verse full of broken characters, Ryougi Shiki's alternate personality takes the cake. She is the Anthropomorphic Personification of Akasha, the origin of all things, and is capable of destroying or recreating any aspect of the universe at will. ~ spacemonkey37
- Nagato Yuki - phone me when you can hack whatever you want, including the entire Universe ~erejnion
- Superpower Meltdown
- Tetsuo's power causing him to mutate into a fleshy abomination. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Super Robot
- Leaning toward GaoGaiGar over TTGL here, because it pretty much embodies the entire genre. Intentionally. Much of it in the title mecha itself. ~Shay Guy
- Getter Robo checks the most traits on the trope page. It's my choice. ~Impacto
- Honorable mention to Getter Robo since it really is the most super of them all, but I have to go with Mazinger Z. It is still to this day the measuring stick for all other super robot series, as well as my favorite cartoon since childhood. ~Danny V El Acme
- Seconded. I also choose Mazinger Z, although the entire Mazinger trilogy, Getter Robo and the Romance Robot Trilogy also deserve a honorable mention ~ SRW Fan
- District 9 ~ Man Without A Body
- Super-Scream
- GOD VOICE! God RAAAAAAAAAA MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! ~Josh 6243
- Danny Phantom's Ghostly Wail ~Pikawil
- Yelling Bird ~deathsquirrel
- Tanya Mousekewitz ~ Surenity
- The Temptations. ~ Man Without A Body
- FUS RO DAH!!! ~ Drakkenmensch
- Zebra, sweet lord, Zebra ~ Genki Man
- Black Bolt. — Astfgl
- Black Canary. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Echo Echo ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Super-Soldier
- Captain America - Das Nordlicht 91 Piando, Doctor Rayman
- Agent Venom- Gzillafan 77
- Shinra's aptly named SOLDIER unit. ~ Miin U
- Super Smoke
- Smoker ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Super-Speed
- The Flash ~ Willy Four Eyes, Carla Piando
- And of those four, Wally West. He ran into the Speed Force and came back out! ~ Waxing Name
- Seconded for both. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Sonic the Hedgehog ~ Komodin, Lale, redhed311, Doctor Rayman
- The Waco Kid ~ Man Without A Body
- XLR8 ~ Dghcrh
- Mr. Red ~ Ninja857142
- Tracer ~ Miin U
- The Flash ~ Willy Four Eyes, Carla Piando
- Super-Strength
- Supervillain
- Supervillain Lair
- Pick a James Bond film, especially if it's designed by Ken Adam — WilliamShakesman
- Suplex Finisher
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome
- Surreal Horror
- Eraserhead ~Trouser Wearing Barbarian
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ~ Man Without A Body
- Yume Nikki ~Hareoic
- Nyarlathotep, by H. P. Lovecraft. ~ Ziggy Zag
- Survival Mantra
- "I mustn't run away...I mustn't run away...I mustn't run away..." Sure, keep telling yourself that, Shinji... that'll make everything all better. ~ Willy Four Eyes, Carla
- "He thrusts his fists against the post and still insists he sees the ghosts..." ~ Rushi
- "Fear cuts deeper than swords." ~ Nightmare Kitty
- "When you can't walk, you crawl, and when you can't crawl, when you can't do that? Find someone to carry you." ~ Voodoo Child
- Seconded. ~ Calatoria
- Thirded. ~ maladjustedgunsmith
- Dune's Litany against fear. ~Stealthyboy, Man Without A Body, Insanity Prelude
I must not fearFear is the mind-killerFear is the little-death that brings total obliterationI will face my fearI will permit it to pass over me and through meAnd when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its pathWhere the fear has gone there will be nothingOnly I will remain.
- "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can..." ~redhed311
- Polka will never die! ~ duh1177
- "I'm one with the Force, and the Force is with me." ~ Five-seveN-25
- Survivor Guilt
- Batman. Period. ~Danny V El Acme
- The Doctor, post-Time War. ~ Calatoria
- Surreal Music Video
- "Bad Romance." There's a reason it's the single most-watched video on YouTube. ~Twin Bird
- Born This Way takes GaGa's surreal antics to a whole new level. ~ King Clark
- YOU! I WANNA TAKE YA TO A GAY BAR! ~ Man Without A Body
- Gangnam Style. So ridiculous. So fun. ~ Insanity Prelude
- DJ Snake's "Turn Down For What?" -Physical Stamina
- "Bad Romance." There's a reason it's the single most-watched video on YouTube. ~Twin Bird
- Surrounded by Idiots
- Director Orson Krennic. Are we BLIND? Deploy the garrison! MOVE! ~ Five-seveN-25
- The 1987's version of Shredder, who is surrounded by Bebop and Rocksteady. ~ Doctor Rayman
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute
- Jonathan Creek is one of the "best" examples, but not really in a good way. Over the course of the series, he had three female partners, all forms of Intrepid Reporter and all having a Slap-Slap-Kiss relationship with him. The original, Maddie, was notably not conventionally attractive, which wasn't true of her replacements, and was also a rather more complex, sympathetic character. ~ Jordan
- Fenton Crackshell to Donald Duck in the original DuckTales (1987). They both had to deal lots of bad luck, money problems and a bitchy girlfriend. They even look a bit alike. ~ Kickisund
- The Gold-Toothed Doctor to Shou Tucker in Fullmetal Alchemist. They are made to garner much of the viewers' hatred as possible, are total sociopaths, do horrible things For Science!, and have Scary Shiny Glasses. - IúkaSylvie
- The King of Fighters fans, say hello to Nameless. What, who's this "K9999" you're talking about? ~ NotGonnaDoALot4
- Suspiciously Specific Denial
- Marshall Eriksen. Every single time he lies it's this. - PPPSSC
- Nope. Definitely not Speedo. ~ Man Without A Body
- "Hey, just relax. I'll take care of the squealing, wretched, pinheaded puppets of Gotham!" "I didn't say that." ~ Five-seveN-25
- Sexy Sweater Girl
- Lori at the end of TRON. ~Dragon Quest Z
- "Lonely End of the Rink", by The Tragically Hip ~ Man Without A Body
- Arcueid Brunestad. ~Blank Mage
- Lana Turner in a ton of movies, but most famously, in They Won't Forget. Boy howdy, they sure won't. ~ Marvel Girl
- Sweet Tooth
- Nutty ~ Anonymous User
- L ~ Unclouded TJ
- The Fly (1986) ~ Man Without A Body
- Don't forget Gaius. ~ Berrenta
- PINKIE FUCKING PIE. ~ Monolaf317
- Ziggy ~ Dghcrh
- Stocking Anarchy ~ War Jay 77
- Calvin thought Chocolate-Frosted Sugar Bombs were "kinda bland till you scoop sugar on them" ~ rjd1922
- Swiss-Army Hero
- Mario and Luigi. ~jakeroo123
- Swiss-Army Weapon
- Nicholas D. Wolfwood. ~ RainRequiem
- Sword and Sorcery
- The Lord of the Rings. The genre-example against which all others are measured, definitely in literature and arguably in film. - Sharklady35
- Conan the Barbarian - Sablesword
- Sword Beam
- EX- ~ spacemonkey37
- Link's sword. ~ Doctor Rayman
- The Dark Moon Greatsword. Fuck your dragon, this was my wife's wedding gift to me! ~Arcane Azmadi
- Sword Fight
- Robin Hood vs. Guy of Gisborne — William Shakesman
- Seconded. ~ Decaf Grub 47393
- Robin Hood vs. Guy of Gisborne — William Shakesman
- Sword of Damocles
- Sword of Plot Advancement
- The Master Sword. Pretty much every time it shows up, to boot. ~ Progeny Ex Machina, Doctor Rayman
- The Monado. ~ Camroc G
- The Symbiote
- Venom ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Sympathetic Adulterer
- Aguri Yakimura ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Stolas - Demon Duckof Doom
- Sympathetic Slave Owner
- Fatima in Tenmaku no Ja Dougal/A Witch's Life in Mongol by Tomato Soup. — IúkaSylvie
- Naofumi Iwatani, more so in the anime. ~ Mattman_the_Storyteller