History Main / SubTrope

* HypnotizeThePrincess is literally the DistressedDamsel being {{Hypnotize}}d.

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[[caption-width-right:150:[-Every HappyHolidaysDress[[note]]from ''Film/WhiteChristmas''[[/note]] counts as a PimpedOutDress[[note]]from ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''[[/note]].-] ]]

[[AC:Notable Sub Tropes]]

Compare / Contrast TheSameButMoreSpecific (when a distinction is not enough to make a separate trope).

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[[caption-width-right:150:[-Not every PimpedOutDress[[note]]from ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''[[/note]] is a HappyHolidaysDress[[note]]from ''Film/WhiteChristmas''[[/note]], but every Happy Holidays Dress is a Pimped Out Dress.-] ]]

[[caption-width-right:150:[--Not every PimpedOutDress[[note]]from ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''[[/note]] is a HappyHolidaysDress[[note]]from ''Film/WhiteChristmas''[[/note]], but every Happy Holidays Dress is a Pimped Out Dress.--] ]]

[[caption-width-right:150:[--Not every PimpedOutDress[[hottip:*:from ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog'']] is a HappyHolidaysDress[[hottip:*:from ''WhiteChristmas'']], but every Happy Holidays Dress is a Pimped Out Dress.--] ]]

Let's say there was a trope for 'Juggling'. You realize that "Scarf Juggling" and "Knife Juggling" are pretty common as well, to the point where you can think of half a dozen examples for both. Those would be {{Sub Trope}}s, while 'Juggling' in general is their SuperTrope.

Let's say there was a trope for 'Juggling.' You realize that "Scarf Juggling" and "Knife Juggling" are pretty common as well, to the point where you can think of half a dozen examples for both. Those would be {{Sub Trope}}s, while 'Juggling' in general is their SuperTrope.

Let's say there was a trope for 'Juggling.' You realize that "Scarf Juggling" and "Knife Juggling" are pretty common as well, to the point where you can think of half a dozen examples for both. Those would be {{SubTrope}}s, while 'Juggling' in general is their SuperTrope.

* MostCommonSuperpower is about how large breasts is almost universal among comic book heroines and villainesses.

What makes a sub trope can vary. Perhaps the most common way is that several examples of a trope have a common element not seen in the other examples. That makes them distinct from the larger trope, while still being included. Or, as mentioned above, a trope can have several possible variations built in, and once uses of any variation are common enough, they form a sub trope.

What makes a sub trope can vary. Perhaps the most common way is that several uses of a trope have a common element not seen in other uses. That makes them distinct from the larger trope, while still being included. Or, as mentioned above, a trope can have several possible variations built in, and once uses of any variation are common enough, it becomes a sub trope.

Let's say there was a trope for 'Juggling.' You realize that "Scarf Juggling" and "Knife Juggling" are pretty common as well, to the point where you can think of half a dozen examples for both. Those would be {{SubTrope}}s, while 'Juggling' is a SuperTrope.

* {{BFB}} is StuffBlowingUp, but that the explosive device be really big (regardless of the actual explosion).

* CanisMajor and MegaNeko are BiggerIsBetter applies to canines and felines respectively.

** DiabolusExMachina is a sub trope of Deus, where the resolution is made to be unhappy, but still an ass pull the way it is done.

* MostCommonSuperpower is about how BuxomIsBetter is almost universal among comic book heroines and villainesses.

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Let's say there was a trope for "Juggling", and you've SeenItAMillionTimes. Then you realize that "Scarf Juggling" and "Knife Juggling" are pretty common as well, to the point where you can think of half a dozen examples for both. Those would be {{SubTrope}}s, while 'Juggling' is a SuperTrope.

Let's say there was a trope for "Juggling", and you've SeenItAMillionTimes. Then you realize that "Scarf Juggling" and "Knife Juggling" are pretty common as well, to the point where you can think of half a dozen examples for both. Those would be {{SubTrope}}s, while juggling is a SuperTrope. Tropes that are like another trope, but narrower in focus. All examples of it are also an example of its SuperTrope.

Some tropes can be pretty broad. Some can be so broad, that even a specific form of them can be tropes by themselves.

Let's say there was a trope for "Juggling", and you've SeenItAMillionTimes. Then you realize that "Scarf Juggling" and "Knife Juggling" are pretty common as well, to the point where you can think of half a dozen examples for both. Those would be {{SubTrope}}s, while juggling is a SuperTrope. Tropes that are like another trope, but narrower in focus -- and all examples of it are also an example of its SuperTrope.

Note that like any trope here, there has to be enough examples to be a proper trope. And the line between a sub trope and the larger trope has to be clear enough to make sure it's not just [[TheSameButMore that other trope, only to a lesser or greater degree]]. How do you know that? Well, that falls squarely into LumperVsSplitter territory.

Also note that if two tropes overlap, but not enough to cover another, see SisterTrope.

* OurMonstersAreDifferent shows that fantasy writers often use various and different rules to portray some of the most popular mythical creatures. Each subtrope deals with the most common rules that appear in works involving [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]], [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] (actually, vampires get [[YourVampiresSuck two]], [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]], [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghosts]]...

* OurMonstersAreDifferent shows that fantasy writers often use various and different rules to portray some of the most popular mythical creatures. Each subtrope deals with the most common rules that appear in works involving [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]], [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]], [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghosts]]...

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[[caption-width-right:330:[-The HappyHolidaysDress is a PimpedOutDress, worn for [[ChristmasTropes Christmastime]].-] ]]