History Main / LawsAndFormulas

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* AllMythsAreTrue: ''In fantasy settings, myths, legends, and folklore are accurate descriptions of reality.''

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* AllMythsAreTrue: ''In fantasy settings, myths, legends, and folklore are accurate descriptions of reality.''

!!Tropes:

Tropes:

* GodwinsLaw: ''Probability of a mention of Nazis rises to one as length of discussion increases.''

* GrandTheftAutoEffect: ''If a game plays a RealLife song enough, players will always associate it with that game regardless of context.''

* NeverASelfMadeWoman: ''A female character can only be part of the story as a relative or LoveInterest to one of the male characters. If she holds skill or power, it shoul be attributed to the influence of a man.''

* SecondLawOfGenderBending: ''Genderbending will make people enjoy their new gender more than their previous gender.''
* SecondLawOfMetafictionalThermodynamics: ''The entropy (level of destruction) in a fictional system will increase until the writer's emotional equilibrium is restored.''
* SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains: ''Where a female character lies on the "good versus evil scale" is directly proportional to how much skin she is or is not showing.''

* SensibleHeroesSexyVillains: ''Where a female character lies on the SlidingScaleOfGoodVersusEvil is directly proportional to how much skin she is or is not showing.''

* MadonnaWhoreComplex: "If there is a choice between a virgin and a more "experienced" woman, TheHero will always pick the virgin."

* SexEqualsDeath: Doing it greatly increases one or both parties' chances of dying.

WikiWords.

** LastGirlWins: ''When the first girl doesn't win, the final girl the main character meets will become the love interest.''

** SecondLawOfGenderBending: ''Genderbending will make people enjoy their new gender more than their previous gender.''
** ThirdLawOfGenderBending: ''Genderbent characters will either embrace or be forced to adopt the stereotypes of their bent gender.''
** AttractiveBentGender: ''Genderbent males make attractive girls.''

** SecondLawOfMetafictionalThermodynamics: ''The entropy (level of destruction) in a fictional system will increase until the writer's emotional equilibrium is restored.''

** ChekhovsArmoury: ''ChekhovsGun for multiple items.''
** ChekhovsArmy: ''ChekhovsGunman for multiple characters.''
** ChekhovsBoomerang: ''A ChekhovsGun is used twice; the second use is unexpected.''
** ChekhovsClassroom: ''Information in a lecture will become applicable later on in the work.''
** ChekhovsExhibit: ''Fancy artifacts in museums will become important to the plot.''
** ChekhovsGag: ''A joke sets up further unexpected jokes later on.''
** ChekhovsGift: ''ChekhovsGun is given as a gift.''
** ChekhovsGun: ''An unimportant item introduced early in the story becomes important later on.''
** ChekhovsGunman: ''An unimportant character introduced early in the story becomes important later on.''
** {{Chekhov MIA}}: ''Absent characters in a character's backstory will show up given sufficient time.''
** ChekhovsSkill: ''A skill learned earlier becomes applicable later on.''
** ChekhovsVolcano: ''If a volcano appears in a story, it will, at some point, erupt.''

** ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: ''Saving someone's life isn't always appreciated.''
** ItsThePrincipleOfTheThing: ''Someone else takes your minor annoyance as a serious grievance.''

** AlliterativeList

** RuleThirtyFour: ''There is porn of everything.''
*** RuleThirtyFourCreatorReactions
** RuleFifty: ''All franchises will have a crossover work about them.''
** RuleSixtyThree: ''All male characters have a female version, and vice versa.''
* RulesOfTheRoad: ''Road signs mean exactly what they say.''

** JustForFun/TheZerothLawOfTropeExamples: ''Shakespeare did it.''
** TheFirstLawOfTropeExamples: ''The more popular a trope, the more likely there is an example made up solely of Japanese words and WikiWords.

* TheVillainMakesThePlot: ''The villain is the basis of conflict and therefore creates the plot. [[Creator/EddieIzzard Otherwise it'd be about four people standing around in a pub.]]''

** RuleSixtyThree: ''All male characters have a female version.''

* TwainsObservationOnOriginality: ''Polish and novelty are mutually exclusive.''

* DistributionOfNinjutsu: ''For any group of ninjas, the ninjutsu in that group will not be evenly distributed; some ninja will be in a more powerful class than others. Which ninja are more powerful will stay constant even when the group as a whole gains ninjitsu.''

* PlotDrivingVillain: ''The villain is the basis of conflict and therefore creates the plot. [[Creator/EddieIzzard Otherwise it'd be about four people standing around in a pub.]]''

* TheVillainMakesThePlot: ''The villain is the basis of conflict and therefore creates the plot. [[Creator/EddieIzzard Otherwise it'd be about four people standing around in a pub.]]''

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: ''...but usually when they do, they'll end up dying soon.''