History Main / DesertTropes

* AllDesertsHaveCacti[softreturn]When a scene takes place in the desert, there's a good chance that there will be at least one cactus.
* AntlionMonster[softreturn]A typically desert-dwelling creature that hunts by creating steep, unstable pits in the sand.
* ArabianNightsDays[softreturn]The Middle East stereotyped as a deserty place full of camels and belly dancers.
* BedouinRescueService[softreturn]Characters are lost in the wild, such as the desert, and get rescued by a group of traveling natives, such as Bedouins.
* BuildLikeAnEgyptian[softreturn]Theme park Ancient Egypt, with plenty of sand, palm trees and pyramidal buildings.
* CactusPerson[softreturn]You might encounter sentient, living cactuses in desert environments.
* CrossingTheDesert[softreturn]An arduous desert crossing.
* DeadlyDustStorm[softreturn]A dangerous sandstorm.
* DesertBandits[softreturn]Outlaws who live or hide out in the desert.
* DesertPunk[softreturn]Sci-fi in the desert.
* DesertSkull[softreturn]A lone skull as decoration in a desolate wasteland.
* DesertWarfare[softreturn]Military conflicts in a desert.
* EgyptIsStillAncient[softreturn]Modern Egypt portrayed as still using the symbols and architecture of ancient Egyptian civilization.
* HollywoodMirage[softreturn]Mirages are portrayed as straight-up hallucinations that can only occur in the desert when one is severely dehydrated.
* ImpassableDesert[softreturn]Video game deserts are impossible/almost impossible to pass until certain conditions are met.
* LandShark[softreturn]Sometimes you will find certain sharks swimming through the dunes.
* QuicksandSucks[softreturn]Improbably quick and dangerous quicksand.
* {{Qurac}}[softreturn]Generic fictional Middle-Eastern country. Expect deserts, camels and mangled pseudo-Islam.
* SaharanShipwreck[softreturn]A ship is grounded improbably far away from water.
* SandBlaster[softreturn]Sand-based ElementalPowers.
* SandIsWater[softreturn]People can swim in sand.
* SandWorm[softreturn]Giant wormlike beasts that tunnel underground, usually in sandy areas, and attack prey on the surface.
* ScaryScorpions[softreturn]Aggressive, venomous scorpions are a common desert danger.
* SeaOfSand[softreturn]A desert is depicted as a wide, endless expanse of nothing but sand.
* SentientSands[softreturn]Living, animated masses of sand.
* ShiftingSandLand[softreturn]A video game level that takes place in a desert-type environment.
* StockDesertInterstate[softreturn]Long highways through the American desert, bare but for dramatic scenery and occasional gas stations.
* ThirstyDesert[softreturn]Dangerous, hostile deserts.

* AllDesertsHaveCacti:[softreturn]When a scene takes place in the desert, there's a good chance that there will be at least one cactus.

* ArabianNightsDays[softreturn] The Middle East stereotyped as a deserty place full of camels and belly dancers.

* HollywoodMirage:[softreturn]Mirages are portrayed as straight-up hallucinations that can only occur in the desert when one is severely dehydrated.

* LandShark: Sometimes you will find certain sharks swimming through the dunes.

* SandIsWater:[softreturn]People can swim in sand.

* ShiftingSandLand:[softreturn]A video game level that takes place in a desert-type environment.

[[caption-width-right:348:Deserts from around the world (yes, even Antarctica)[[note]]From the top: the Sonoran Desert, the Sahara Desert, the Australian Outback, and the [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Antarctic Desert]][[/note]]]]

* CactusPerson: You might encounter sentient, living cactuses in desert environments.

* BedouinRescueService[softreturn]Characterss are lost in the wild, such as the desert, and get rescued by a group of traveling natives, such as bedouins.

%%* Sea Of Sand[softreturn]A desert is depicted as being nothing but a wide, endless expanse of nothing but sand.

* SeaOfSand[softreturn]A desert is depicted as being nothing but a wide, endless expanse of nothing but sand.

* AllDesertsHaveCacti: When a scene takes place in the desert, there's a good chance that there will be at least one cactus.
** CactusCushion: In some cases, the characters may get injured in their spines.
* AntlionMonster
* ArabianNightsDays
* BedouinRescueService
* BuildLikeAnEgyptian
* CrossingTheDesert
* DeadlyDustStorm
* DesertBandits
* DesertPunk
* DesertSkull
* DesertWarfare
* EgyptIsStillAncient
* HollywoodMirage: Mirages are portrayed as straight-up hallucinations that can only occur in the desert when one is severely dehydrated.
* ImpassableDesert
* QuicksandSucks
* {{Qurac}}
* SaharanShipwreck
* SandBlaster
* SandIsWater: People can swim in sand.
* SandWorm
* ScaryScorpions
* SentientSands
* ShiftingSandLand: A video game level that takes place in a desert-type environment.
* StockDesertInterstate
* TempleOfDoom
* ThirstyDesert
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Tropes about the desert and other arid places and biomes. Compare BeachTropes.

* AllDesertsHaveCacti

* HollywoodMirage

* SandIsWater

* ShiftingSandLand

* QuicksandSucks
* {{Qurac}}