1 | Being a collection of tropes about those refined upper-class people, whether noble or old money. |
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3 | !!Characters |
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5 | Related: |
6 | + OpulentOutfits |
7 | + PrincessTropes |
8 | + PrincelyTropes |
9 | + RoyaltyAndNobilityTropes |
10 | + RichPeople |
11 | + ServantTropes |
12 | ] |
13 | [[index]] |
14 | * BlueBlood: Someone who comes from a noble or aristocratic family. |
15 | * ChevalierVsRogue |
16 | * TheDandy: A normally high status or wealthy man that takes pleasure in caring for his physical appearance. |
17 | * DecadentCourt: A royal court that is selfish and abuses their power for their own benefit. |
18 | * EnglishRose: An English lady who's beautiful, modest, and upper class |
19 | * FakeAristocrat: A person who passes themselves as being of higher status than they really are. |
20 | * GentlemanAdventurer: An independently wealthy man who desires adventure because they refuse to be idly rich. Their original motives can be heroic/patriotic or not. |
21 | * GentlemanAndAScholar: A hero who manages to be both highly intelligent and a well adjusted, socially engaging and charming person. |
22 | * GentlemanDetective: A sleuth or detective who's high class or status and has been raised in a privileged environment and always shows it. |
23 | * GentlemanSnarker: A type of DeadpanSnarker that can say ungentlemanly things that only a man who's a gentleman can. Not only limited to men and can be used for women as well. |
24 | * GentlemanThief: A gentleman who is good-looking, good-mannered, and, well, a thief. |
25 | * GentlemanWizard: A posh and well-cultured spellcaster. |
26 | * TheGraceFacePose: A woman puts her hand underneath her chin coyly and fancily. |
27 | * GrandeDame: An elegant older woman who is of high standing, very posh, humorless, and uptight. |
28 | * IronLady: She's not royalty, but ''man'' does she have power, and the tough-as-nails attitude to go with it. |
29 | * LadyOfAdventure: A woman who has a high standing in society, elegant and composed, but prefers a high-stakes adventure over a game of bridge. |
30 | * LadyOfBlackMagic: A female spellcaster of Black Magic, beautiful and mysterious. |
31 | * LadyOfWar: A lady who is as graceful as she is deadly. |
32 | * LessonsInSophistication: Someone is so out-of-the-know when it comes to proper etiquette and high-society norms that they have to be trained for them. |
33 | * LordCountry: When the ruler of land has the same name as the land. |
34 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: He's a villain, but he's also incredibly rich and has quite the taste in fashion. |
35 | * MillionairePlayboy: A man whose extremely wealthy and quite a stud with the ladies. |
36 | * NaziNobleman: A wealthy and influential man who is part of the Nazi Party, usually an officer in the Wehrmacht or SS. |
37 | * NobleMaleRoguishMale |
38 | * {{Ojou}}: She's treated like royalty, she acts like royalty, she ''dresses'' like royalty...but she's not royalty. |
39 | * PeerlessLoveInterest: When someone loves another so much that their image of them becomes so perfect and flawless...that they're afraid of actually acting on said love. |
40 | * ProperLady: As ladylike as a lady can get. |
41 | * PrincelyYoungMan: A young man who acts like and is given the treatment of a prince, whether or not he really has BlueBlood. |
42 | * QuintessentialBritishGentleman: The most stereotypical depiction of a British man--posh, monocled, chipper, and always open to a nice cuppa tea, jolly good! |
43 | * RichBitch: A girl who is very wealthy...and very mean. |
44 | * ShelteredAristocrat: An aristocrat that has spent so long--probably since childhood--being around nothing but other aristocrats and their luxuries that they don't know how life really works. |
45 | * {{Socialite}}: A woman who is rich, elegant, and attends every high-class social event there is, but that doesn't necessarily make her rude. |
46 | * SouthernBelle: Upper-class lady from down South. |
47 | * SouthernGentleman: Upper-class gentleman from down South. |
48 | * SpiritedYoungLady: A young woman in the upper class who is witty, educated, honest, and cultured, but is also frank, a bit loud, and doesn't care ''too'' much about the rules. |
49 | * StandardRoyalCourt: A royal court that is benevolent and use their power to aid their people. |
50 | * StylishSunhats |
51 | * UpperClassEquestrian |
52 | * UpperClassTwit: As dumb as they are rich. |
53 | * UptownGirl: She's rich, he's poor, and they're both very much in love. |
54 | * YamatoNadeshiko: The ideal image of a traditional Japanese woman is one who is elegant, kind, and submissive without being a total pushover. |
55 | |
56 | !!Tropes Associated With Them |
57 | * CulturedBadass: A badass who is also very gentlemanly. |
58 | * DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: The pipe that only the most esteemed of gentlemen smoke. |
59 | * HighClassGlass: Monocles are a sure sign of sophistication. |
60 | * HimeCut: A haircut, usually worn by Japanese girls of upper standing--long, straight, with long bangs cut blunt and straight. |
61 | * LadiesAndGerms: When the typical "Ladies and gentlemen..." opening is given a comedic twist. |
62 | * LadyAndKnight: A skilled and courageous knight is sworn to defend a lady (usually younger) of high class. |
63 | * LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Before two characters brawl it out, they lay down some fair ground rules. |
64 | * NoblewomansLaugh: The standard laugh for snobby noblewomen--back of the hand raised to the mouth, smiling widely, laughing "OOOOHHHH-HO-HO-HO!" |
65 | * OfficerAndAGentleman: Heroes with a military title who are gentlemanly and refined, and has quite the taste in fashion. |
66 | * OjouRinglets: Corkscrew curls are worn--maybe ''only'' worn--by ladies of high society. |
67 | * OldSchoolChivalry: It doesn't matter what year it is for this guy; he's always going to treat ladies with the most traditional of respect. |
68 | * PrimAndProperBun |
69 | * PuddleCoveringChivalry: Putting one's own clothing down on a puddle of water so someone else can walk over it. |
70 | * RegalRinglets |
71 | * SharpDressedMan |
72 | * SilkHidingSteel: Delicate and ladylike on the outside, vicious and ready to kill on the inside. |
73 | * SilverSpoonTroublemaker |
74 | * SlobsVersusSnobs: Uptight aristocrats vs. other uptight aristocrats. |
75 | * WickedCultured: Villain who is educated and classy. |
76 | [[/index]] |
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