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| 4 | ->''We have done with Hope and Honour, we are lost to Love and Truth,\ |
| 5 | We are dropping down the ladder rung by rung,\ |
| 6 | And the measure of our torment is the measure of our youth.\ |
| 7 | God help us, for we knew the worst too young!'' |
| 8 | -->-- '''Creator/RudyardKipling''', "Gentleman-Rankers" |
| 9 | |
| 10 | Tropes entailing pessimism, distrust, and negativity in general. A few clues as to which end of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism you are -- or the characters think they are. It should be noted that some of these [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible tropes can qualify]] as IdealismTropes and vice versa, depending on the writer's handling. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Compare DespairTropes. Contrast IdealismTropes. |
| 13 | ---- |
| 14 | !!Don't expect these tropes to be all sunshine and rainbows: |
| 15 | [[index]] |
| 16 | [floatboxright: |
| 17 | '''Categories:''' |
| 18 | + AbuseTropes |
| 19 | + AcceptableTargets |
| 20 | + AgeismTropes |
| 21 | + AngerTropes |
| 22 | + AntiIntellectualism |
| 23 | + AnnoyanceTropes |
| 24 | + AnxietyTropes |
| 25 | + ApathyIndex |
| 26 | + ApocalypticIndex |
| 27 | + BanishmentTropes |
| 28 | + BeingInThisIndexSucks |
| 29 | + BeingTheHeroSucks |
| 30 | + BetrayalTropes |
| 31 | + BlackComedy |
| 32 | + BlameTropes |
| 33 | + TheBully |
| 34 | + CapitalismIsBad |
| 35 | + ChildAbuseTropes |
| 36 | + CivilUnrestTropes |
| 37 | + CommonFanFallacies |
| 38 | + ComplainingIndex |
| 39 | + {{Conflict}} |
| 40 | + CreativityLeash |
| 41 | + CrimeAndPunishmentTropes |
| 42 | + {{Criminals}} |
| 43 | + CriticismTropes |
| 44 | + DarthWiki/DarthWiki |
| 45 | + DeathTropes |
| 46 | + {{Dehumanization}} |
| 47 | + DespairTropes |
| 48 | + DirtySocialTricks |
| 49 | + DiscordTropes |
| 50 | + ADishonorableIndex |
| 51 | + DoesNotLikeThisIndex |
| 52 | + DoubleStandard |
| 53 | + DudeNotFunny |
| 54 | + DysfunctionalFamilyIndex |
| 55 | + DysfunctionalRomanceIndex |
| 56 | + EntitledToThisIndex |
| 57 | + EvilRaceTropes |
| 58 | + EvilTropes |
| 59 | + ExcuseOfAnIndex |
| 60 | + FaceMonsterTurn |
| 61 | + FearTropes |
| 62 | + FinaglesLaw |
| 63 | + FlameBait |
| 64 | + GenocideTropes |
| 65 | + GhettoIndex |
| 66 | + HatredTropes |
| 67 | + HeelFaceIndex |
| 68 | + HelpHelpThisIndexIsBeingRepressed |
| 69 | + HiddenEvil |
| 70 | + HomophobiaIndex |
| 71 | + HumanRightsIssues |
| 72 | + {{Hypocrite}} |
| 73 | + IHaveYourIndex |
| 74 | + ImmaturityTropes |
| 75 | + IndexMyopia |
| 76 | + IndexOfHatedCharacters |
| 77 | + InfidelityIndex |
| 78 | + InsultTropes |
| 79 | + InternetBackdraft |
| 80 | + IntolerableTolerance |
| 81 | + TheJerkIndex |
| 82 | + LogicalFallacies |
| 83 | + LoserArchetype |
| 84 | + LowerClassLout |
| 85 | + MurderTropes |
| 86 | + MadnessTropes |
| 87 | + NoSympathyForThisIndex |
| 88 | + OhGreatASnarkIndex |
| 89 | + TheOnlyRighteousIndexOfFanatics |
| 90 | + ParentalIssues |
| 91 | + PoliticsTropes |
| 92 | + PoorCommunicationKills |
| 93 | + PovertyTropes |
| 94 | + PragmatismTropes |
| 95 | + PrejudiceTropes |
| 96 | + RebelTropes |
| 97 | + RejectionIndex |
| 98 | + RevengeTropes |
| 99 | + SadismIndex |
| 100 | + SadnessTropes |
| 101 | + ScrappyIndex |
| 102 | + ScrewThisIndexIHaveTropes |
| 103 | + SelfishnessTropes |
| 104 | + SexualDevianceIsEvil |
| 105 | + SexualHarassmentAndRapeTropes |
| 106 | + ASlaveToTheIndex |
| 107 | + SociologyTropes |
| 108 | + SourGrapesTropes |
| 109 | + {{Stereotype}} |
| 110 | + StupidityTropes |
| 111 | + SubvertedInnocence |
| 112 | + TakeThatIndex |
| 113 | + TerrorismTropes |
| 114 | + ThisIndexBrokeUp |
| 115 | + ThisIndexHasHadAHardLife |
| 116 | + ThisIndexIsABitch |
| 117 | + ThisIndexIsExpendable |
| 118 | + ThisIndexMeansTrouble |
| 119 | + ThreateningTropes |
| 120 | + TooGoodToBeTrue |
| 121 | + ATorturedIndex |
| 122 | + TropesAboutPerverts |
| 123 | + UnfortunateImplications |
| 124 | + TheUniverseHatesThisIndex |
| 125 | + ValuesDissonance |
| 126 | + VandalismTropes |
| 127 | + VictimhoodTropes |
| 128 | + {{Villains}} |
| 129 | + ViolenceTropes |
| 130 | + TheWarOnStraw |
| 131 | + WhatMeasureIsAnIndex |
| 132 | + YouWouldNotWantToLiveInDex |
| 133 | + YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry |
| 134 | ] |
| 135 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 136 | |
| 137 | [[folder:A-C]] |
| 138 | * AbominationAccusationAttack: Want to make someone look ''really'' bad? Accuse them of being some kind of monster! |
| 139 | * AbsoluteXenophobe: Kill everything that isn't us! |
| 140 | * AbusiveOffspring: Children who hate and abuse their parents. |
| 141 | * AbusiveParents: Some parents don't love you, or have a particularly ugly idea of love. |
| 142 | * AbusiveWorkplace: A horrible workplace. |
| 143 | * AccentuateTheNegative: There's nothing good about anything. |
| 144 | %%* Adult Hater: Someone who really hates adults. |
| 145 | %% Rogue Launched trope; remove comment once properly launched. |
| 146 | * AdultsAreUseless: Adults hardly help children with their issues. |
| 147 | * AgentProvocateur: Someone who tries to incite the other side into doing something that makes the other side look bad. |
| 148 | * AlbinosAreFreaks: People with albinism are considered freaks. |
| 149 | * AliensAreBastards: Aliens are all out to kill us. |
| 150 | * AllAreEqualInDeath: Cynical interpretation: only in death are people equal. |
| 151 | * AllCrimesAreEqual: You did something minor? Death! |
| 152 | * AllForNothing: A story's buildup gets its payoff. A later event renders it meaningless. |
| 153 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: A woman is attracted to a man because he's 'bad'. |
| 154 | * AllIssuesArePoliticalIssues: Have something? Let me ruin it by inserting politics into it! |
| 155 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Everyone hates you for some reason. |
| 156 | * AllTakeAndNoGive: Someone who takes everything but doesn't give anything in return. |
| 157 | * AlwaysChaoticEvil: Some people/creatures are just evil by nature. |
| 158 | * AmbitionIsEvil: Wanting to improve your standing in life will ultimately corrupt you and turn you evil. |
| 159 | * UsefulNotes/TheAmericanDream: Flavor 2: America is a place where dreams come to die. |
| 160 | * AmericansHateTingle: A work or person is not as received abroad as it is at home. |
| 161 | * AnarchyIsChaos: No government means no order. |
| 162 | * AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: Your absence will not be missed. In fact, it will be celebrated. |
| 163 | ** SpeakILLOfTheDead: People talking shit about another person’s death. |
| 164 | * AngryBlackManStereotype: Black people who are always angry at white people. |
| 165 | * AngryWhiteMan: White people who think they're being marginalized by society in favor of minorities. |
| 166 | * AnimationAgeGhetto: Animation can only be enjoyed by children, so there's no point in making any for anyone else. |
| 167 | * AntiEscapismAesop: Escaping reality because your reality is painful is weak, immature and pathetic. (Though this can also be an idealism trope DependingOnTheWriter). |
| 168 | * AntiHero: It doesn't matter whether they are in an idealistic or a cynical setting, this hero fervently believes that the world they live in is one where morally dubious methods are the only way to get the job done. |
| 169 | ** ByronicHero: This hero is cynical, brooding, and deeply-flawed, but is somewhat sympathetic. |
| 170 | ** NinetiesAntiHero: A specific anti-hero from TheNineties who is gritty, dark, and violent in contrast to TheCape. |
| 171 | ** NominalHero: Known as the "Hero" In Name Only because they do heroic deeds for personal reasons. |
| 172 | ** PragmaticHero: Getting their hands dirty even if they hold themselves to a strict moral code. |
| 173 | ** UnscrupulousHero: A morally abhorrent hero who fights off villains worse than him. |
| 174 | * AntiVillain: Sometimes people who are considered evil are opposed to society [[EvenEvilHasStandards for some]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist good reasons]] and those in power are just [[DesignatedVillain labelling said person as evil]] [[EvilerThanThou to hide their own motives]] from the public. (Can also be an Idealism Trope, depending on how it's written.) |
| 175 | * ApatheticCitizens: There's a disaster happening, but none of the citizens seem to care. |
| 176 | * AppealToForce: I'm right! If you disagree, I will hurt you. |
| 177 | * AppealToInherentNature: That's just the way things are. It cannot and will not change. |
| 178 | * AppealToNature: It's good because it happens in nature and/or bad because it doesn't happen in nature. |
| 179 | * AppealToWorseProblems: You're concerned about ''that''? There are far worse problems in the world! |
| 180 | * AristocratsAreEvil: Royalty is evil. |
| 181 | * ArrangedFriendship: Friendship built on an arrangement rather than genuine companionship. |
| 182 | * ArrestedForHeroism: The police try to arrest you for doing the right thing because it's not exactly the way they want it. |
| 183 | * AshcanCopy: We didn't care about the artistic merit, we just had a legal obligation to do so. |
| 184 | * AssholeVictim: Bad person becomes the victim of a crime for reasons unrelated to their nature. Because he was bad, no one cares. |
| 185 | * AtLeastIAdmitIt: Being open about your flaws doesn't make you a bad person, and let's leave it at that. |
| 186 | * AwfulWeddedLife: Marriage isn't all it was cracked up to be, is it? |
| 187 | * BadBoss: Bosses treat their employees like crap. |
| 188 | * TheBadGuyWins: Sometimes good doesn't triumph. In fact, victory favors villainy in dark times. |
| 189 | ** PyrrhicVictory: ...But the villain paid a price for winning. |
| 190 | * BadInfluencer: A social media influencer who is bad. |
| 191 | * BadReviewThreat: Threatening to give a business a bad review to get what you want. |
| 192 | * TheBarnum: [[BeamMeUpScotty There's a sucker born every minute]]. |
| 193 | * BeautifulSexualAssaultVictim: Only beautiful people are at risk of being sexually assaulted. |
| 194 | * BeautyIsBad: Very attractive characters are usually evil or mean. |
| 195 | * BeingGoodSucks: Doing the right thing is always difficult. |
| 196 | * BeingHumanSucks: Being a human being sucks so much that being a non-human is preferable. |
| 197 | * BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil |
| 198 | * BeliefMakesYouStupid: Believing in something that cannot be proven can make us do stupid things. |
| 199 | * BetterIfNotBornPlot: You don't exist, and the world is better off because of it. |
| 200 | * BewareTheSuperman: When a superhero becomes a tyrant. |
| 201 | * BeYourself: Can be cynical if it suggests one should not change oneself at all, even for the better. |
| 202 | * BeyondRedemption: This jerk is never going to see the light, so you might as well stop trying. |
| 203 | * TheBigRottenApple: New York City is a shithole. |
| 204 | * BigotWithABadge: A racist law enforcement official. |
| 205 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: That person isn't as nice as you thought. |
| 206 | * BittersweetEnding: Where an ending is mixed with happiness and sadness. |
| 207 | * BlackAndGrayMorality: There are no pure good guys, just bad guys and shady guys. |
| 208 | * BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Real-life society is not as clear cut as we would like it to be. Therefore, don't expect everyone [[IncorruptiblePurePureness to meet your definition of good]] and refuse to adapt to the way that society exists and thus turn into an [[KnightTemplar Ideological Extremist]]. |
| 209 | * BlackAndWhiteMorality: Portraying one side as completely good and one side as completely evil. |
| 210 | * BlameGame: The search for a scapegoat that completely spirals out of control. |
| 211 | * BlamingTheVictim: You must have done something to deserve it! |
| 212 | ** BlamingTheCuckold: Maybe it's your fault that your partner cheated? |
| 213 | * BlessedWithSuck: Maybe that curse ''will'' come in handy. |
| 214 | * BlindObedience: Doing whatever you're told, no matter what the intent of the one ordering. |
| 215 | * BodyguardBetrayal: You're betrayed by the people who were supposed to protect you. |
| 216 | * BookBurning: Burning books you don't like. |
| 217 | * BoomerangBigot: Someone who is racist against their own kind. |
| 218 | * BornUnlucky: This person has suffered misfortune their entire life. |
| 219 | * BreadAndCircuses: As long as the government keeps the citizens happy and distracted, they can get away with anything. |
| 220 | * BreakTheCutie: Put a happy and cheerful person through hell. |
| 221 | * BreakTheMotivationalSpeaker: A motivational speaker wants to give people hope and optimism. Another character easily disproves him. |
| 222 | * {{Bridezilla}}: Impending marriage can bring out the worst in you. |
| 223 | * BrightIsNotGood: Bright colors are evil/dangerous. |
| 224 | * BrokenBird: Trauma will make you a bitter, distant person. |
| 225 | * BrokenPedestal: Your heroes are anything ''but'' heroic. |
| 226 | * BrokenSystemDogmatist: Continuing to believe in a broken system even though it's clearly broken. |
| 227 | * BrutalHonesty: Screw sensitivity, I'm telling the truth! |
| 228 | * BullyingTheDisabled: Bullying someone, because they're crippled. |
| 229 | * BusesAreForFreaks: Public transportation is shit. |
| 230 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: The villain commits so many horrible crimes that one particular atrocity that the heroes remember was just part of the villain's routine. |
| 231 | * ButtMonkey: This guy is constantly put through hell. |
| 232 | ** TheChewToy: The audience ''loves'' to see him suffer. |
| 233 | * BuyOrGetLost: If you're not even here for business, you're not worth dealing with for anything else. |
| 234 | * BystanderSyndrome: No one will bother to help you when you're in trouble. |
| 235 | * CallousnessTowardsEmergency: People who could help in an emergency don't because they don't care. |
| 236 | * CantTakeCriticism: Someone who can't accept being criticized. |
| 237 | * CardCarryingJerkass: I'm proud to be a jerk! |
| 238 | * CardCarryingVillain: I know I'm a villain, and I'm proud of it! |
| 239 | * CartesianKarma: Someone is blamed for something they did while brainwashed, even though they had no control over their body. |
| 240 | * CastingCouch: The only way to make it in the film industry is by sleeping with the director/producer. |
| 241 | * CategoryTraitor: Being considered a traitor to a group you belong for selling out/not holding a relevant opinion. |
| 242 | * CavalryBetrayal: Apparent rescuers attack the heroes. |
| 243 | * TheChainOfHarm: Someone abuses another which leads to the abused abusing the next person, and the cycle perpetuates. |
| 244 | * ChildAbuseIsASpecialKindOfEvil: There are many bad things you can do, but child abuse is particularly bad. |
| 245 | * ChildHater: A character who really hates children. |
| 246 | * ChildrenAreAWaste: Children are seen as inconvenient and burdensome. |
| 247 | * ChillyReception: Newcomers are treated coldly and unfairly. |
| 248 | * ChoosyBeggar: Beggars can't be choosers, but this guy clearly didn't get that message. |
| 249 | * TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Being yourself is wrong. |
| 250 | * CompleteMonster: Terrifyingly heinous and violent, too evil to be forgiven or redeemed. The only cure to this filth of humanity is a bullet in the head. |
| 251 | * CondescendingCompassion: One only feels compassionate when one is in a superior position to the victim. |
| 252 | * ConspiracyTheorist: Some nebulous conspiracy must be behind this, I swear! |
| 253 | * CondemnedByHistory: Something that was accepted back then is now frowned upon. |
| 254 | * ContemptCrossfire: Someone is hated by both sides for not completely siding with either. |
| 255 | * ConvictedByPublicOpinion: The public has already decided that a suspect is guilty, regardless of actual facts. |
| 256 | * CorruptBureaucrat: A greedy, lazy and self-centered civil servant. |
| 257 | * CorruptChurch: The church isn't all that {{saintly|Church}}. |
| 258 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: This guy will cross ''any'' line, as long as it makes him more money. |
| 259 | * CorruptPolitician: A person who abuses his political power for personal gain. |
| 260 | * CorruptTheCutie: Turning a good-hearted character into a jerk. |
| 261 | * CorruptQuartermaster |
| 262 | * CosmicHorrorStory: Humanity doesn't matter in the grand cosmos at large. |
| 263 | * CouldThisHappenToYou: Sensationalized reporting about things that could possibly be bad for you. |
| 264 | * CowardiceCallout: Someone gets called out on their cowardly behavior/conduct. |
| 265 | * ComedicSociopathy: Suffering is hilarious! |
| 266 | ** KafkaKomedy: ''Especially'' if it happens to innocent people! |
| 267 | * CrapsackWorld: The world is a terrible, shitty place. No one wants to be here. |
| 268 | ** CrapsaccharineWorld: The world ''looks'' like a shiny happy paradise. It's anything but. |
| 269 | * CrassCanuck: A Canadian jerk. |
| 270 | * CreateYourOwnVillain: TheHero and/or BigGood's actions lead to the origin story of the villain. |
| 271 | * CreatingLifeIsBad: Humans creating intelligent life is wrong. |
| 272 | * CruelToBeKind: Sometimes, helping people can require you to do something terrible to them. |
| 273 | * CruelTwistEnding: A TwistEnding that is mean-spirited rather than ironic. |
| 274 | * CrushingThePopulace: Repressing a conquered territory. |
| 275 | * CultOfPersonality: The worship of an idealized image of a political figure. |
| 276 | * CulturalPosturing: My culture is better than yours. |
| 277 | * CultureJustifiesAnything: I can do this bad thing because it's okay in my culture. |
| 278 | * CycleOfRevenge: Taking vengeance will only lead to more vengeance. It may begin with you, but it won't end with you. |
| 279 | * CulturePolice: This art doesn't match our values, censor it! |
| 280 | * TheCynic: The character with a negative view on the world. |
| 281 | * CynicalMentor: I'm mentoring you, but I don't give a crap whether or not you'll succeed. |
| 282 | * CynicIdealistDuo: The cynic and the idealist are a duo. |
| 283 | * CynicismCatalyst: A traumatic event makes a character more cynical than before. |
| 284 | [[/folder]] |
| 285 | |
| 286 | [[folder:D-F]] |
| 287 | * DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: A parent gives an excuse for why they left their child. |
| 288 | * DarkShepherd: Someone who keeps the sheep to the straight and narrow through threats of punishments. |
| 289 | * DarkerAndEdgier: Turn a LighterAndSofter program into something dark and more "adult". |
| 290 | * DeadHorseGenre: Genres that everyone hate. |
| 291 | * DearNegativeReader:...I don't care about your criticism! |
| 292 | * ADegreeInUseless: A college degree, particularly in certain subjects, won't help you lead a better life; you'd be better off just sticking with that fast-food job you had in high school. |
| 293 | * DemiurgeArchetype: The supposed supreme deity of the setting is a faker and a tyrant. |
| 294 | * DemocracyIsBad: Letting the people vote won't get you anywhere. Authoritarianism is the only thing that works. |
| 295 | * DemocracyIsFlawed: Democracy has problems. |
| 296 | * {{Demonization}}: Making someone or something look bad. |
| 297 | * DerangedParkRanger: An evil ranger. |
| 298 | * DesignatedHero: (when used in-universe) We're the good guys because [[MightMakesRight those in authority said so]]. |
| 299 | * DesignatedVillain: (when used in-universe) [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything You people]] are the bad guys because your goals are an inconvenience to those in authority. |
| 300 | * DespairEventHorizon: What's the use of it? I give up! |
| 301 | * DespairSpeech: My life is completely hopeless, and the only thing I can do now is to monologue about it. |
| 302 | * DespotismJustifiesTheMeans: I don't care what happens to my planet and its inhabitants as long as I'm in control of it all. |
| 303 | * DestructiveRomance: Love can lead to very bad things not only to yourself, but for everyone around you. |
| 304 | * DetrimentalDetermination: Sometimes, being the {{Determinator}} is self-destructive and endangers others. |
| 305 | * DeusAngstMachina: Bad things will just happen to people repeatedly for no real reason. |
| 306 | * DevilButNoGod: A BigBad exists; a BigGood does not. |
| 307 | * DiabolusExMachina: A happy ending is ruined by an unexpected development. |
| 308 | * DiagnosisKnowingTooMuch: Forcibly medicating someone to keep them silent. |
| 309 | * DidNotGetTheGirl: The one you love ends up with someone else instead of you. |
| 310 | * DirtyCop: A cop who abuses his power for personal gain. |
| 311 | ** BadCopIncompetentCop: Cops are not only sleazy bastards; they're useless idiots! |
| 312 | * DirtyCoward: When there's danger, I'm willing to abandon others to save myself. |
| 313 | * DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: I'm disabled, so I get a free pass on being a jerk! |
| 314 | * DisappointedInYou: I'm not angry, I'm just very disappointed. |
| 315 | * DisappointingOlderSibling: An older sibling lets down and loses the respect of his younger siblings. |
| 316 | * DislikesTheNewGuy: No new friends. |
| 317 | * {{Dismotivation}}: I don't want to change the status quo. |
| 318 | * DisownedParent: Someone disowns their parents. |
| 319 | * DisproportionateRetribution: You're going to suffer, and we don't care how insignificant your offense may be! |
| 320 | * DiversionaryForeignPolicy: Going to war with another country to divert attention from internal problems. |
| 321 | * DivideAndConquer: Keeping potential allies in discord to prevent them from working together. |
| 322 | * DividedWeFall: Dissension between the heroes gets in the way stopping the villain. |
| 323 | * DivorceRequiresDeath: A person ends their marriage by killing their spouse. |
| 324 | * DocumentaryOfLies: A documentary filled with lies. |
| 325 | * DoesNotLikeMen: Someone who has a negative attitude about the male gender. |
| 326 | * DoggedNiceGuy: Can also be an idealism trope, DependingOnTheWriter. |
| 327 | * DogKickingExcuse: Because the only way you can bring yourself to be a JerkAss to the FriendToAllLivingThings is to find something about them to get peeved over. Something of a ZigZaggedTrope in terms of cynicism, as it takes quite a bit of cynicism to look for one, but the fact that you need one implies that you aren't a CompleteMonster. |
| 328 | * DomesticAbuse: Violence in the family. |
| 329 | * DoomedDefeatist: If you're a defeatist, you'll die. |
| 330 | * DoomedMoralVictor: Can be played more idealistically for a BittersweetEnding. |
| 331 | * ADoormatToHisMen: Being kind and lenient isn't a good idea when you're a commander. |
| 332 | * DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: It's bad when men abuse women, but somehow not when women abuse men. |
| 333 | * DoUntoOthersBeforeTheyDoUntoUs: We must use our superweapon before others find it and use it against us! |
| 334 | * DownerBeginning: A bad start causes half the failure. |
| 335 | * DownerEnding: No happy ending. |
| 336 | * DreadedKidsPartyEntertainerJob: Entertainers at kids' parties tend to suffer a lot, and as such it's not a desirable job. |
| 337 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: No one will show you any gratitude for your good deeds. |
| 338 | * DysfunctionJunction: ''Everyone'' in a story/setting is messed up and has deep-seated issues. |
| 339 | * {{Dystopia}}: This society is absolutely horrible. |
| 340 | * DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Deliberately creating a horrible society. |
| 341 | * DystopianOz: Oz is not a perfect utopia just over the rainbow after all. |
| 342 | * DrivenToSuicide: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. |
| 343 | * {{Eagleland}} (Type 2 version): America is a wretched society full of jerks. |
| 344 | * EasilySwayedPopulation: These people are stupid enough that you can just tell them something and they'll believe it. |
| 345 | * EasyRoadToHell: The path to hell is easy, and decided by factors beyond your control. |
| 346 | * EatTheRich: We should kill the rich! |
| 347 | * EcoTerrorist: Saving the planet requires punishing all of humanity for their crimes against nature. |
| 348 | * EightDeadlyWords: A FanSpeak term for when characters are so unlikable/underdeveloped that it's impossible to care about them and/or the story. |
| 349 | * ElderAbuse: Abusing the elderly. |
| 350 | * TheElitesJumpShip: The rich and powerful don't care about you! They'll leave you to rot when things get tough! |
| 351 | * EnemyMine: Sometimes you have to work with your usual enemies to stop an even greater threat. Can be an idealism trope depending on the handling. |
| 352 | * EntitledBastard: I want your help, even though I've made your life a living hell. |
| 353 | * EsotericHappyEnding: The creator is presumed to be the only one who considers this to be idealistic. |
| 354 | * EtTuBrute: Your loved ones will abandon you. |
| 355 | * EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: You know you're a loathsome scumbag when even the AllLovingHero ''hates'' you. |
| 356 | * EverythingIsRacist: Anything and everything can be taken as racist and/or discriminatory. |
| 357 | * EvilAllAlong: Oh no! It turns out the person I thought was my friend was actually a villain the whole time! |
| 358 | * EvilBrit: An evil British person. |
| 359 | * EvilFeelsGood: Doing malevolent acts makes you feel good. |
| 360 | ** EvilPaysBetter: Doing evil not only feels good, it's more rewarding than [[BeingGoodSucks doing good]]. |
| 361 | * EvilIsCool: Bad guys are ''way'' cooler than these [[GoodIsBoring goody-two shoes]]! |
| 362 | * EvilIsEasy: Doing evil is far easier and more convenient than [[BeingGoodSucks doing good]]. |
| 363 | * EvilIsPetty: Evil people do evil things for petty reasons. |
| 364 | * EvilReactionary: I will make things as they were in the past, when they were better! |
| 365 | * TheEvilsOfFreeWill: Free will causes people to do evil. Eliminate it. |
| 366 | * EvilStoleMyFaith: Being teased and mocked forces you to abandon your faith. |
| 367 | * EvilutionaryBiologist: I will use science to better humanity, regardless of any morals or consequences! |
| 368 | * EvilVersusEvil: Villains are fighting each other with no heroes in sight. |
| 369 | * ExecutiveExcess: An executive wastes their money on luxuries. |
| 370 | * ExecutiveMeddling: The higher-ups interfere with one's creative work. |
| 371 | * ExpertInUnderwaterBasketWeaving: Cool talent! Too bad it's totally useless. |
| 372 | * ExtremeDoormat: Willing to have others step over them. |
| 373 | * TheExtremistWasRight: Extremism works. |
| 374 | * FaceHeelTurn: TheHero turns evil. |
| 375 | * FailedState: A country that is unable to take care of its citizens. |
| 376 | * FailureHero: The hero can't succeed at anything important. |
| 377 | * FailureIsTheOnlyOption: We're all bound to failure. |
| 378 | * FairForItsDay: A work is horribly racist, sexist, or otherwise bigoted, but is still considered progressive because mainstream society at the time the work was made was even worse. |
| 379 | * FairWeatherEx: A character wants to get back with their ex only because it's convenient, not out of love. |
| 380 | * FairWeatherFriend: Where are they when you really need them? |
| 381 | * FairWeatherFoe: People who hate you will be nice to you if it suits them to do so. |
| 382 | * FallenAngel: An angel rebels against Heaven, often [[FaceHeelTurn becoming evil in the process]], and is cast out. |
| 383 | * FallenHero: He used to be a hero, but not anymore. |
| 384 | * FalseFlagOperation: Pretending to be the enemy to attack yourself to have an excuse to start something. |
| 385 | * FalseFriend: Someone you thought was your friend actually wasn't. |
| 386 | * FalseRapeAccusation: Falsely accusing someone of sexual assault. |
| 387 | * FalseUtopia: This place is absolutely perfect, right? Wrong! |
| 388 | * FamilyValuesVillain: A villain with traditionalist views. |
| 389 | * TheFarmerAndTheViper: Good deeds are not always repaid with good -- in fact, the person you tried to help may well end up betraying you. |
| 390 | * FatBastard: You thought all overweight people are [[BigFun likable]]? Well, not with this guy. |
| 391 | * TheFatalist: Believes there's no point in fighting your fate. |
| 392 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Villains are more vile if they feign friendliness. |
| 393 | * FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: The mere fact they ''exist'' is my problem! |
| 394 | * FeetOfClay |
| 395 | * FelonyMisdemeanor: Overreacting to a minor crime. |
| 396 | * FemaleMisogynist: A woman who hates other women. |
| 397 | * FetishesAreWeird: People with fetishes are freaks. |
| 398 | * FiendishFraternity: An evil fraternity. |
| 399 | * FightingBackIsWrong: Trying to fight back makes you just as bad as the aggressor. |
| 400 | * FinaglesLaw: Anything that can go wrong, ''will'' go wrong. |
| 401 | * FinalSolution: Genocide as the last resort to deal with a race or species. |
| 402 | * FirstWorldProblems: Blowing small problems out of proportion because they bother you due to your privilege. |
| 403 | * FlatEarthAtheist: Deny the existence of an almighty deity despite said deity actually existing. |
| 404 | * FlawExploitation: Exploiting someone's flaws for profit. |
| 405 | * ForeverWar: There can literally be ''NO'' end to this war. |
| 406 | * ForgivenButNotForgotten: Just because I've forgiven you doesn't mean I will get over what you've done. |
| 407 | * FormerChildStar: Enjoy your youth, kid. You're better off seeing movies than being in movies, because if you are an child actor or actress and you turn 18, it all goes downhill from there. |
| 408 | * ForTheEvulz: Doing evil things just for the fun of it. |
| 409 | * ForYourOwnGood: Rationalizing bad deeds because they're done out of concern for one's wellbeing. |
| 410 | * TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: A villain attacks the viewer by BreakingTheFourthWall. |
| 411 | * FranchiseZombie: When ExecutiveMeddling causes a series that should have ended well to go wrong. |
| 412 | * FreedomFromChoice: Too much freedom to choose is bad. |
| 413 | * FriendshipHatingAntagonist: A antagonist who serves as the antithesis to the PowerOfFriendship. |
| 414 | * FrequentlyBrokenUnbreakableVow: Promises don't last, and you ''will'' be forced to break them. Again, and again and again. |
| 415 | * FreudianExcuse: I'm evil because something horrible happened to me in the past! |
| 416 | * FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Having a shitty past doesn't absolve you of your shitty behavior in the present. |
| 417 | * FridgeHorror: The negative aspects to FridgeLogic. |
| 418 | ** AscendedFridgeHorror: ...which further gets incorporated into the story. |
| 419 | * FromBadToWorse: You expect to recover from a bad situation, but it took the inverse to your hope. |
| 420 | * FullCircleRevolution: LaResistance overthrows an oppressive government, [[HereWeGoAgain only to]] [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis become an oppressive government themselves]]. |
| 421 | * FullyEmbracedFiend: A character embraces their monstrous (and usually evil) side rather than resist it. |
| 422 | * TheFundamentalist: My religious beliefs are right, everyone else's are wrong! |
| 423 | * FunHatingConfiscatingAdult: An adult who confiscates children's toys. |
| 424 | [[/folder]] |
| 425 | |
| 426 | [[folder:G-I]] |
| 427 | * GenerationalTrauma: Conflict arises due to unresolved baggage passed down from generation to generation. |
| 428 | * GentleTouchVsFirmHand (the latter): Giving guidance to others by treating them harshly. |
| 429 | * GirlbossFeminist: A female character, usually a HighPoweredCareerWoman, and often TokenGirl, who uses the language of feminism, but doesn't live up to it in practice. |
| 430 | * GirlShowGhetto: While men's entertainment can appeal to all audiences, women's entertainment can only be aimed at women, with no crossover potential. |
| 431 | * GodIsDispleased: The supreme deity withdraws their protection of mortals over a slight. |
| 432 | * GodIsEvil: The supreme deity is a monster. |
| 433 | * GodIsFlawed: The supreme deity isn't perfect. |
| 434 | * GodwinsLaw: Want to make someone look ''really'' bad? Compare them to the Nazis! |
| 435 | * GoldDigger: I'm not here for a relationship. I just want your money. |
| 436 | * GoldenMeanFallacy: The middle of two extremes isn't always the right answer. |
| 437 | * GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Good people can't understand why people are evil. |
| 438 | * GoodCapitalismEvilCapitalism: The evil side: capitalism causes people to be greedy and shady. |
| 439 | * GoodIsBoring: The only thing you goody-two-shoes are good at is making people fall asleep. Also portraying virtues and harmony as inherently dull. |
| 440 | * GoodIsDumb: Good people are naive idiots. |
| 441 | * GoodIsImpotent: Good is inherently weaker than Evil itself. |
| 442 | * GoodIsNotNice: Goodness and heroism aren't always about kindness, sweetness, and light, despite doing good. |
| 443 | * GoodIsOldFashioned: Idealism is yesterday's news. |
| 444 | * GoodNeedsEvil: The complete elimination of deviance (i.e., evil) would end up making those whose jobs it is to enforce society's norms (i.e., good) obsolete. |
| 445 | * GoodPowersBadPeople: Bright powers don't always equal to a bright person. |
| 446 | * GoodVictimsBadVictims: Classifying people on whether or not they deserve their misfortune depending on their circumstances. |
| 447 | * GovernmentExploitedCrisis: A government is either antagonistic to its own citizens during a disaster or uses it to further their own interests. |
| 448 | * GoYeHeroesGoAndDie: A speech that tries to be motivational, but ends up being the opposite. |
| 449 | * GrayingMorality: The heroes become less idealistic. Of course, this can also be an idealistic trope if it tends toward WhiteAndGreyMorality. |
| 450 | * GreedyJew: Jewish people are stereotyped as greedy. |
| 451 | * GreedyTelevangelist: A televangelist who fleeces his flock. |
| 452 | * GreenwashedVillainy: A villain pretends to be eco-friendly. |
| 453 | * GrowingUpSucks: Life will suck when you get older. |
| 454 | * GuiltByAssociationGag: Even if you didn't participate, you're still held responsible for a problem by mere association with whoever started it. |
| 455 | * GuiltFreeExterminationWar: Kill the other side! None of them matter! Kill them all! |
| 456 | * GuiltyUntilSomeoneElseIsGuilty: No evidence proving someone's innocence ever matters except for one: exposing the true criminal. |
| 457 | * GullibleLemmings: Stupidly naïve people who actively help bad people. |
| 458 | * HappinessIsMandatory: You see all of those happy people? They are forced to be [[StepfordSmiler Stepford Smilers]] by an oppressive government. |
| 459 | * HappyEndingOverride: Thought your happy ending would last? Just wait until the sequel! |
| 460 | * HappyMarriageCharade: They have the perfect marriage...or, at least, it seems so. |
| 461 | * HardWorkHardlyWorks: Some people can work all their lives and never get what they want. Others can get what they want without any effort. |
| 462 | * HateAtFirstSight: Two characters meet and instantly hate each other. |
| 463 | * HatedByAll: Someone who is hated by everyone. |
| 464 | * HateCrimesAreASpecialKindOfEvil: There are many bad things you can do, but hate crimes are particularly bad. |
| 465 | * HatesEveryoneEqually: You're not biased if you hate ''everyone''. |
| 466 | * HatesReading: Someone who hates reading. |
| 467 | * HatesRichPeople: Someone who hates rich people. |
| 468 | * HateSink: The writers create a character whose job it is to be hated by the audience. |
| 469 | * HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight: Someone in the ShowBusiness is cynical about their occupation but enjoys the perks nonetheless. |
| 470 | * HeadbuttingHeroes: Not all heroes get along. |
| 471 | * HeadInTheSandManagement: I see the problem, but I don't think it ''is'' a problem, so I'll ignore it until it's too late! |
| 472 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: This guy knows too much...we gotta kill him to protect our secrets. |
| 473 | * HellishLA: Los Angeles is a shithole. |
| 474 | * HeManWomanHater: A man who hates women. |
| 475 | * HenpeckedHusband: A man who is often pushed around by his wife. |
| 476 | * HeroicFatigue: A hero suffering the breaking point of being a hero. |
| 477 | * HeroWithBadPublicity: Good guys get undeserved hate from the public, despite their good deeds. |
| 478 | * HeteronormativeCrusader: Anyone who isn't straight is bad! |
| 479 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: Fighting evil will often see you ''becoming'' evil in the process. |
| 480 | * HidingBehindReligion: Using religion to conceal a sinister or ulterior motive. |
| 481 | * HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Making a historical person look better than they actually were. |
| 482 | * HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Making a historical person look worse than they actually were. |
| 483 | * HitlerAteSugar: Something is bad simply because a bad person did/liked doing it. |
| 484 | * HobbesWasRight: Ruling through fear always works. |
| 485 | * HollywoodAtheist: This one can be an idealism trope, DependingOnTheWriter. |
| 486 | * HollywoodHypeMachine: Hollywood plugs a potential star. If they succeed, great. If not, dump them and move on to the next one. |
| 487 | * HonorBeforeReason (when used in cynical contexts; e.g., "The right thing isn't always the smart thing"). |
| 488 | * HonorRelatedAbuse: A character is mistreated or killed by their family for the sake of preserving the family's honor. |
| 489 | * HopeCrusher: A villain who enjoys taking away hope from their victims. |
| 490 | * HopelessWar: A war with no hope of victory or end. |
| 491 | * HorribleHollywood: Hollywood and everyone in it is shit. |
| 492 | * HopeIsScary (Played straight mostly by cynical characters in idealistic worlds; invoked by cynical characters in cynical worlds.) |
| 493 | * HopeSpot: It ''looked'' hopeful for a second, but it didn't last. |
| 494 | * HumanityIsInsane: Humans are the craziest fuckers you can ever find. Yes, even normal people. |
| 495 | * HumansAreBastards: Humans are cruel and evil to each other. |
| 496 | * HumansAreMorons: Humans are stupid and incompetent. |
| 497 | * HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Whereas other species are morally superior. |
| 498 | * HumansKillWantonly: Humans kill for petty/frivolous reasons because that's human nature. |
| 499 | * ICanLiveWithThat (Type 1): Willing to accept a negative situation. |
| 500 | * ICouldaBeenAContender: Being forced to give up on your dream before it became reality. |
| 501 | * IdealistVsPragmatist: A person with ideals vs. someone who's willing to do whatever it takes to get results. |
| 502 | * IDidWhatIHadToDo: It was dirty business, but necessary. |
| 503 | * IDontPayYouToThink: Don't question my orders, just follow them! |
| 504 | * IRejectYourReality: I don't care about the facts, what ''I'' believe is true, and I respect just that! |
| 505 | * IfItBleedsItLeads: The news media prioritizes bloody stories over all else because it brings in money. |
| 506 | * IgnoranceIsBliss: Sometimes it is better NOT to know about things. |
| 507 | * IHateSong: A song expressing cynicism and hatred for something or someone. |
| 508 | * IHaveNoSon: Getting disowned by your family. |
| 509 | * IllegalReligion: A religion (or religions) is banned. |
| 510 | * ImmoralJournalist: A journalist that doesn't care about writing the truth. |
| 511 | * ImNotHereToMakeFriends: Winning a competition is more important than making friends! |
| 512 | * InappropriatePride: Being proud of something you're not really supposed to be proud of. |
| 513 | * IncriminatingIndifference: Someone who's apathetic about a crime is often the one who committed it. |
| 514 | * InfamousButInCharge: The person who is known to have done bad things is in charge regardless. |
| 515 | * InnocentMeansNaive: The innocent don't know what time it is. |
| 516 | * InherentInTheSystem: The way things are in the world is the problem and improving the problem makes them worse. |
| 517 | * InLoveWithLooks: Some people choose their romantic partners based entirely on their looks. |
| 518 | * InsaneEqualsViolent: Insane people are stereotyped as violent. |
| 519 | * InsidiousRumorMill: Lying to family and friends to make them turn against someone. |
| 520 | * InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: Oh, you humans think [[HumansAreSpecial you're so special]]? You're not. Deal with it. |
| 521 | * InternetJerk: Anonymity on the Internet encourages people to be assholes. |
| 522 | * InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves: Humanity is doomed to destroy itself through violence against its fellow man. |
| 523 | * ItGetsEasier: Doing bad things like killing gets easier the more you do them. |
| 524 | * ItIsBeyondSaving: When the current society is too corrupt to be worth it, destroy it. |
| 525 | * ItsNotSupposedToWinOscars: Justifying the low quality of a work by saying it wasn't meant to be high quality in the first place. |
| 526 | * ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: Being the world's savior is not fun. |
| 527 | * IveComeTooFar: It's too late for redemption. |
| 528 | * IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: If you fail me, I won't hurt you, but rather, someone you care about. |
| 529 | * InvincibleVillain: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The villain is unstoppable]]. |
| 530 | [[/folder]] |
| 531 | |
| 532 | [[folder:J-L]] |
| 533 | * JadeColoredGlasses: Cynics wear them. |
| 534 | * JadedProfessional: They used to enjoy their job, but now hate it. |
| 535 | * JadedWashout: Used to be a successful person, but has become something of a failure. |
| 536 | * {{Jerkass}}: That person is an asshole. |
| 537 | ** ItsAllAboutMe: Oh, and he’s a self-centered jerk as well. |
| 538 | * JerkJustifications (Type 1 version): To get ahead in this CrapsackWorld, you must be an asshole. |
| 539 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: There is goodness in that person--NOT! |
| 540 | * JerksAreWorseThanVillains: Being a villain is pretty bad, but being a jerk is even worse. |
| 541 | * JokerImmunity: Sorry, but we can't have the BigBad be KilledOffForReal. Not because of the whole IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim nonsense, but if the villain dies, we the writers would be out of jobs. |
| 542 | |
| 543 | * JumpingTheShark: When a LongRunner tries to be more 'hip', but ends up pushing viewers away. |
| 544 | * JustFollowingOrders: Justifying one's horrible actions by saying they were ordered to do it by a superior. |
| 545 | * JustGivingOrders: Deflecting blame by stating that one just gave orders to subordinates, who did the bad things. |
| 546 | * KangarooCourt: A court that ignores the rule of law and due process. |
| 547 | * KarmaHoudini: Justice is not served. |
| 548 | * KarmicButtMonkey: A horrible person who deserves what it takes, but doesn't learn from it (or doesn't want to). |
| 549 | * KarmicMisfire: An innocent party is punished in place of a guilty party who goes scot free. |
| 550 | * KickTheDog: People doing cruel and insensitive things to show how rotten they are. |
| 551 | * KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Attacking people who are unable to fight back. |
| 552 | * KidsAreCruel: Children aren't nice and good-mannered. |
| 553 | * KillAllHumans: All humans must die. |
| 554 | * TheKilljoy: Someone who always likes to ruin happy moods. |
| 555 | * KillThePoor: Ending poverty by killing those who are poor. |
| 556 | * KinslayingIsASpecialKindOfEvil: There are many bad things you can do, but killing your own family is particularly bad. |
| 557 | * KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: An individual is looked down upon because they don't follow the career society expects them to do, despite it being important. |
| 558 | * KnightInSourArmor: Doing the right thing while being a cynic. |
| 559 | * KnightTemplar (when idealism goes terribly wrong) |
| 560 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: You just got to quit trying. |
| 561 | * LackOfEmpathy: Not caring about what others feel. |
| 562 | * LeaveNoSurvivors: Don't take any prisoners. Kill them all! |
| 563 | * LethalNegligence: Someone's negligence gets people hurt or killed. |
| 564 | * LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Someone takes advantage of a crisis for their own gain. May also be an idealistic trope, depending on how it is used. |
| 565 | * LiesDamnedLiesAndStatistics: Manipulating statistics to mislead people. |
| 566 | * LifeIsntFair: Telling everyone that life isn't as great as expected, usually in a cruel tone. |
| 567 | * LightIsNotGood: The traditionally [[DesignatedHero "good" forces]] aren't that benevolent. |
| 568 | * ALighterShadeOfGrey: The closest thing to "good guys" in this setting. |
| 569 | * LingeringSocialTensions: Social division is no more, but tensions between the affected parties remain. |
| 570 | * LonelyAtTheTop: I've gotten what I wanted, although I've lost everything else along the way. |
| 571 | * LonersAreFreaks: Being a loner will get you the reputation of being a sociopath or just a weird loser. |
| 572 | * LosingTheTeamSpirit: Something causes a team to lose their cohesion. |
| 573 | * LoveCannotOvercome: Sometimes, ThePowerOfLove just isn't enough. |
| 574 | * LoveHurts: Falling in love will lead you getting hurt. |
| 575 | * LoveIsAWeakness: Falling in love makes you weak. |
| 576 | * LoveMakesYouCrazy: Falling in love will cost your sanity. |
| 577 | * LoveMakesYouDumb: Falling in love will cost your intelligence. |
| 578 | * LoveMakesYouEvil: Falling in love will cost you your own morality. |
| 579 | * LoveMakesYouUncreative: Falling in love will cost your artistry. |
| 580 | * LowerClassLout: Lower-class people are scum. |
| 581 | * LowestCommonDenominator: In order for our work to appeal to a wider audience, we need to dumb it down. |
| 582 | * LuddWasRight: Technology is bad and we shouldn't use it! |
| 583 | * LonelyFuneral: Very little people will attend your funeral. Maybe even none at all. |
| 584 | [[/folder]] |
| 585 | |
| 586 | [[folder:M-O]] |
| 587 | * MaddenIntoMisanthropy: A decent person becomes misanthropic and withdraws himself from society. |
| 588 | * MadeOutToBeAJerkass: Calling out a jerk will make you look like a jerk instead. |
| 589 | * ManipulativeBastard: A character manipulates others in order to further their goals. |
| 590 | * MarkOfShame: A mark of dishonor. |
| 591 | * MartyrdomCulture: A culture focused around dying for a purpose. |
| 592 | * MediaScaremongering: Media plays up something that you should fear. |
| 593 | * MediationBackfire: Bringing peace on both sides will cause them to attack you. |
| 594 | * MemeticLoser: AccentuateTheNegative in the fandom. |
| 595 | * MenagerieOfMisery: Zoos are terrible places. |
| 596 | * MentalHandicapMoralDeficiency: Mentally-challenged people are portrayed as having trouble with morals. |
| 597 | * MentorInSourArmor: A world-weary mentor figure who shows their students ToughLove. |
| 598 | * MerchandiseDriven: Who cares about the artistic value? We made it because it would sell toys and make us rich! |
| 599 | * MiddleSchoolIsMiserable: Middle school is portrayed as a cesspool. |
| 600 | * MightMakesRight: Force will get things done. |
| 601 | * AMillionIsAStatistic: Human sympathy and compassion can only go so far: the more people die, the less sympathy we can give. |
| 602 | * AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Be careful about whose mind you poke around in -- [[GoMadFromTheRevelation you may not like what you see.]] |
| 603 | * MinorityShowGhetto: Films featuring racial minorities can only be aimed at said racial minorities, with no crossover potential. |
| 604 | * MisanthropeSupreme: A human who hates humanity. |
| 605 | * MiscarriageOfJustice: Someone is wrongly convicted. |
| 606 | * MiseryBuildsCharacter: Only people who suffer become stronger, because [[TheSocialDarwinist who cares about the weak?]] |
| 607 | * UsefulNotes/MisplacedNationalism: Nationalism causes people to argue with each other. |
| 608 | * MisplacedRetribution: Someone is unfairly blamed for something that was someone else's fault. |
| 609 | * MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome: The world only cares about missing people if they are white, female, pretty, and upper class. |
| 610 | * MistakenForTerrorist: Someone is mistaken for a terrorist. |
| 611 | * MockingTheMourner: Mocking someone for their loss. |
| 612 | * MoneyDearBoy: An actor, writer, director, etc. does sub-par work simply to make money. |
| 613 | * MonkeyMoralityPose: The cynical interpretation: you choose to ignore something you should be paying attention to or acting on. |
| 614 | * MoralEventHorizon: Once you cross this point, you're beyond redemption. |
| 615 | * MoralMyopia: When we do bad things, it's justified. When you do bad things, it's an atrocity. |
| 616 | * MoralPragmatist: They don't care about doing good or evil. They just want to get the job done, and sometimes that means being evil. |
| 617 | * MoreDespicableMinion: A minion with no redeeming qualities who is worse than his boss. |
| 618 | * MortonsFork: Whether you take option A, option B, C, or what have you, you're doomed. |
| 619 | * MurderIsTheBestSolution: Wanna know the easiest solution? Just kill them! |
| 620 | * MurphysLaw: Anything, and I mean ''anything'', ''definitely'' will go wrong. |
| 621 | * MusicIsPolitics: Music isn't some happy business, it's loaded with political machinations. |
| 622 | * MyCountryRightOrWrong: I am loyal to my country, even if what they do is bad. |
| 623 | * MyMasterRightOrWrong: I am loyal to my superior, even if what he does is bad. |
| 624 | * MyopicConqueror: When TheConqueror has no plans or interests for a place he conquers. |
| 625 | * NatureIsNotNice: Nature is coldly indifferent to you and everything else. |
| 626 | * NayTheist: Doesn't like the concept of gods, even if they might be real. |
| 627 | * NecessarilyEvil: You have to be evil for the greater good. |
| 628 | * TheNeedsOfTheMany: You have to let some people die in order to save many others. |
| 629 | * {{Nepotism}}: Favoritism based on a person's relationship rather than any skill. |
| 630 | * NeverMyFault: Nothing is ever my fault, someone/something else made me do it! |
| 631 | * NeverTrustATitle: The title of an episode or work can't be trusted because the title is deceptive. |
| 632 | * NewEraSpeech: A person (usually a villain) declares that the world will change for the better. But you know it won't. |
| 633 | * NewMediaAreEvil: New forms of media are bad for society. |
| 634 | * NiceCharacterMeanActor: Sorry, kid, but those heroes you see in TV and movies are just cynical jerks in RealLife. They literally act nice because it's their job. |
| 635 | * NiceGuysFinishLast: Women only love mean and aggressive men and vice versa. |
| 636 | * NoAccountingForTaste: Marriage isn't ideal. |
| 637 | * NobodyLikesATattletale: Snitches wind up in ditches. |
| 638 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Doing the right thing will get you punished. |
| 639 | * NoHonorAmongThieves: "Every man for himself." |
| 640 | * NoMercyForMurderers: Even the SympatheticMurderer has to be punished. |
| 641 | * NoSenseOfHumor: Someone with no sense of humor. |
| 642 | * NoSympathy: I don't care what you're going through! |
| 643 | ** NoSympathyForGrudgeholders: We don’t care on [[MoralEventHorizon how much he made you suffer]]! How dare you [[PayEvilUntoEvil exact revenge on him]]/[[ReformedButRejected not forgive him]]! |
| 644 | * NotBloodNotFamily: A family member is considered to not belong by the other members because they aren't blood related. |
| 645 | * NotInMyBackyard: I support something, as long as it doesn't affect me or require me to do anything big! |
| 646 | * NotInThisForYourRevolution: Someone is in a revolution for personal, often selfish reasons, not because they actually care about the revolution. |
| 647 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: Sure, you ''might'' think that [[BlackAndWhiteMorality we are as different as night and day]]. Boy, are you mistaken... Can also be an Idealism Trope depending on the story. |
| 648 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Turns out the villain, who commits awful acts that are supposedly for noble causes, actually cares more about himself than about others. |
| 649 | * NotWantingKidsIsWeird: Someone is frowned upon for not wanting to have children. |
| 650 | * NotYourProblem: What you idealists are doing shouldn't be your problem. |
| 651 | * ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife: An entitled privileged woman who treats everyone like dirt. |
| 652 | * ObstructiveBureaucrat: A bureaucrat who keeps getting in the way. |
| 653 | * ObstructiveZealot: Someone who zealously pursues a goal, and refuses to believe anything telling him otherwise. |
| 654 | * OffendedByAnInferiorsSuccess: That so-called inferior has no right to be more successful than me, a supposed superior! |
| 655 | * OffingTheOffspring: Parent kills their child. |
| 656 | * OmnicidalManiac: The universe needs to perish. Every single last living being deserves nothing less but an early grave. |
| 657 | * OnceOriginalNowCommon: Groundbreaking and popular thing fades into irrelevance due to many imitators or improving technology. |
| 658 | * OnlyCaresAboutInheritance: A character is only interested in someone's death because of the inheritance. |
| 659 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: I don't actually care about what I do, I just care that I'm paid for doing it. |
| 660 | * OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding: The main characters get a happy ending, but the minor characters don't. |
| 661 | * OpinionOverride: I find that offensive, even though I'm not part of the group it's supposedly offending! |
| 662 | * OppressiveStatesOfAmerica: Portraying the United States as a repressive dictatorship. |
| 663 | * OverlyGenerousFool: Generosity leading to financial problems. |
| 664 | * OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions (Note that this can also be an idealism trope, depending on the context) |
| 665 | * OutsideInsideSlur: Pejorative slam for people who seem to be part of one group, but shares some traits with another group that the first group hates. |
| 666 | [[/folder]] |
| 667 | |
| 668 | [[folder:P-R]] |
| 669 | * PacifismBackfire: When choosing nonviolence ends up creating more problems. |
| 670 | * PacifismBreakingPoint: When an InUniverse {{Pacifist}} realizes peace and nonviolence with their opposition is no longer viable. |
| 671 | * PacifismIsCowardice: Pacifism is either portrayed as cowardice by the narrative or viewed as such by certain characters InUniverse. |
| 672 | * PaedoHunt: Want to make someone look ''really'' bad? Accuse them of being a pedophile! |
| 673 | * ParentalNeglect: Your parents don't pay attention, or just don't really care about you. |
| 674 | * ParentsAsPeople: Some parents may mean well, but they sure don't realize that their "existing" children needs attention. |
| 675 | * PathOfInspiration: This religion is a lie meant to control you, and it always has been. |
| 676 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. {{Revenge}} is good. |
| 677 | * PeerPressureMakesYouEvil |
| 678 | * PeripheryHatedom: A work is hated by a group that the work isn't meant to appeal to. |
| 679 | * PersecutedIntellectuals: Intellectuals are persecuted. |
| 680 | * PersonalHateBeforeCommonGoals: We could ''should'' be working together, but I just hate that guy too much, so nope! |
| 681 | * PettyChildhoodGrudge: Someone holds a grudge from childhood into their adult years. |
| 682 | * PlayingTheFamilyCard: Family ties are used a means to manipulate people. |
| 683 | * PlayingTheVictimCard: I am a victim! Therefore, I cannot be wrong! |
| 684 | * PoliceAreUseless: Don't count on the cops to help you or save you. |
| 685 | ** PoliceBrutality: In fact, they're just as likely to beat you or worse as help you. |
| 686 | * PoliticalCorrectnessIsEvil: Disaster strikes only from being merely offended and nothing else! |
| 687 | * PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher: A teacher with a political agenda. |
| 688 | * PopularIsEvil: Popular people are evil. |
| 689 | * PostHistoricalTrauma: Some events are so horrible that it is difficult for anyone who lived afterward to ever be idealistic about human nature again. |
| 690 | * PosthumousVillainVictory: The villain died, but they still manage to accomplish their goal anyway. |
| 691 | * PoundsAreAnimalPrisons: Portraying animal shelters/pounds like they are prisons for animals. |
| 692 | * PowderKegCrowd: Only a small push is needed to turn a gathering into a riot. |
| 693 | * ThePowerOfApathy: Strength in not giving a crap about anything. |
| 694 | * ThePowerOfHate: Fast, easy, and seductive, but destructive to those who use and indulge in it. |
| 695 | * PragmaticVillainy: I only do nice things because they help me in the long run, not because I care for anyone. |
| 696 | * PredatoryBigPharma: A corrupt pharmaceutical corporation. |
| 697 | * PredatoryBusiness: A corporate business that drives out smaller businesses. |
| 698 | * PrinciplesZealot: Fear and refusal to accept the big picture to something that they follow will lead to disaster. |
| 699 | * PrisonersDilemma: Who will betray who? |
| 700 | * ThePromisedLand (Cynical flavor): Promises never last. |
| 701 | * PropagandaMachine: Influencing the people to promote an agenda. |
| 702 | * ProppingUpTheirPatsy: A culprit proclaims the innocence of another suspect to conceal their own culpability or further their own agenda. |
| 703 | * PsychologicalProjection: ''I'm'' not flawed, you are! |
| 704 | * PullingYourChildAway: If you look scary enough, parents will tell their children to stay away from you. |
| 705 | * PunishedForSympathy: You do not show sympathy to the enemy, or I will punish you! |
| 706 | * PunyEarthlings: Humans are weak and pathetic compared to other beings. |
| 707 | * PureIsNotGood: Trying to be IncorruptiblePurePureness will turn you into a distant, inhuman, and utterly unsympathetic person at the mildest and a [[KnightTemplar fanatical extremist]] at worst. |
| 708 | * PyrrhicVictory: Victory at a ruinous cost. |
| 709 | * QuitYourWhining: Telling someone to stop wallowing in despair in a harsh manner. |
| 710 | * QuoteMine: Splicing/using quotes out of context to skew opinions. |
| 711 | * RapIsCrap: Rap music is garbage. |
| 712 | * RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: There are many bad things you can do, but rape is particularly bad. |
| 713 | * RationalizingTheOverkill: My revenge ended up going too far, but they really deserved it! |
| 714 | * {{Realpolitik}}: A country has to be ruthless, manipulative bastards. |
| 715 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: You are completely worthless! |
| 716 | * RedemptionEqualsAffliction: Convert and you will suffer. |
| 717 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: People who redeem will instantly die. |
| 718 | * RedemptionFailure: Circumstances will turn you back to the dark side. |
| 719 | * RedemptionRejection: Rejecting the opportunity to redeem themselves. |
| 720 | * ReformedButRejected: No one will trust or forgive you even if you've changed. |
| 721 | ** HeelFaceDoorSlam: You want to change your ways? You're too late! |
| 722 | * RefuseToRescueTheDisliked: Refusing to rescue or help someone you personally dislike. |
| 723 | * ReignOfTerror: A resistance movement begins purging parts of the old order. |
| 724 | * RejectedApology: No one will accept your apology. |
| 725 | * ReligionIsWrong: Believing in higher powers is wrong. |
| 726 | * RepressiveButEfficient: The government may be repressive and cruel, but it gets things done well. |
| 727 | * TheResenter: Someone hates another person because the other person has something the first doesn't have. |
| 728 | * ResignationsNotAccepted: Once you're in, you never leave alive. |
| 729 | * RestrictedRescueOperation: There are restriction on what you can do to help people. |
| 730 | * {{Revenge}}: Paying back someone who did you wrong. |
| 731 | * RevengeIsSweet: The enjoyment of {{Revenge}} morally corrupts or showcases a character's depravity. An idealistic trope if the target deserved the punishment and revenge helps the avenger move on. |
| 732 | * TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: In the end, the revolutionaries are just as brutal as the people they were overthrowing. |
| 733 | * TheRichWantToBeRicher: The rich are only concerned with getting even richer. |
| 734 | * RichesToRags: A wealthy person becomes poor. |
| 735 | * TheRightOfASuperiorSpecies: An advanced species justifies its mistreatment of "lower" species because they consider themselves superior. |
| 736 | * RobosexualsAreCreeps: People who love artificial beings are creeps. |
| 737 | * RootingForTheEmpire: Rooting for villains to win, even if you're aware of their evil character and intentions. |
| 738 | * RottenReincarnation: The cycle of death and rebirth is terrible. |
| 739 | * DarthWiki/RuinedFOREVER: Initial fan overreaction to sudden controversial developments. |
| 740 | [[/folder]] |
| 741 | |
| 742 | [[folder:S-U]] |
| 743 | * {{Sadist}}: Someone who enjoys seeing others in pain. |
| 744 | * SadisticChoice: Either way you choose, you're going to lose something important to you. |
| 745 | ** SuicidalSadisticChoice: One of the choices is committing suicide. |
| 746 | * SafetyInIndifference: My indifference will protect me from getting hurt. |
| 747 | * SarcasticClapping: Allow me to congratulate your failure. |
| 748 | * SarcasticWellWishing: You've ruined everything. I hope you're proud of yourself. |
| 749 | * SatanicArchetype: A villain is so sinister that they serve as an analogue to the devil. |
| 750 | * ScareCampaign: Using fear, uncertainty, and doubt about a candidate and/or policies to manipulate voters. |
| 751 | * SchoolIsForLosers: Education is worthless. |
| 752 | * ScienceIsBad: Forget advancing technology, it only makes things worse. |
| 753 | * ScienceIsWrong: Science is all wrong! |
| 754 | * ScrewPolitenessImASenior: I'm a senior citizen, so this means I can act like an asshole however I want! |
| 755 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: I don't have to follow the rules, I've got connections to powerful people! |
| 756 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: I have money, so I don't have to follow the rules! |
| 757 | * ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: I make the rules, so I can say I don't have to follow them! |
| 758 | * ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful: I look good, so I get a free pass on the rules! |
| 759 | * ScrewTheRulesImFamous: I'm famous, so I don't have to follow the rules! |
| 760 | * ScrewTheRulesTheyreNotReal: A character abandons or ignores rules they have no external reason to obey. |
| 761 | * SecretlySelfish: Even if you're pursuing an altruistic goal, you may yet have a selfish ulterior motive. |
| 762 | * SelectiveEnforcement: Only enforcing a rule when you feel like it/for certain people. |
| 763 | * SelfDefenseRuse: Justifying a killing by claiming it was self-defense when it actually wasn't. |
| 764 | * SelfMadeOrphan: A child kills their parents. |
| 765 | * SenselessSacrifice: That HeroicSacrifice was in vain. |
| 766 | * SentencedWithoutTrial: The legal system is so corrupt they won't even bother with a trial for certain people before throwing them in jail. |
| 767 | * SexIsEvil: [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny Enough said.]] |
| 768 | * ShadyScalper: Selling commodities for inflated prices during a shortage. |
| 769 | * ShooOutTheClowns: Sorry, PluckyComicRelief, but you're not allowed here anymore. |
| 770 | * ShootTheDog: Doing morally questionable acts because it has to be done. |
| 771 | * ShootTheShaggyDog: The hero's efforts are rendered pointless and/or they die. |
| 772 | * ShutUpKirk: The villain rejects TheHero's idealism and/or arguments. |
| 773 | * SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: Who cares about that idealistic garbage? I grew up. |
| 774 | * SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids: I grew up from that lovey-dovey nonsense. |
| 775 | * SillyReasonForWar: Going to war for absurdly trivial reasons. |
| 776 | * SinkTheLifeboats: We've destroyed their vessel already, but we gotta kill the survivors too! |
| 777 | * SinisterSororitySisters: An evil sorority. |
| 778 | * SinsOfOurFathers: People are punished for what their ancestors did. |
| 779 | * SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: There are many bad things you can do, but slavery is particularly bad. |
| 780 | * SlutShaming: You had lots of sex? You're a whore! |
| 781 | * SmokingIsEdgy: A character smokes to show how edgy and cynical they are. |
| 782 | * DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible: A work has very bad quality, it's never considered to be good ''at all''. |
| 783 | * TheSocialDarwinist: The strong survive, the weak perish, it's just the way things are. |
| 784 | * SocialMediaBeforeReason: Something big's happening? Lemme post it on the Web before doing anything logical! |
| 785 | * SocialMediaIsBad: Social media is a plague on society. |
| 786 | * SoiledCityOnAHill: A city that was destroyed because it was corrupt. |
| 787 | * SoreLoser: Throwing a hissy fit for losing. |
| 788 | ** ButNotTooChallenging: A character who ''claims'' to want a challenge is too much of a Sore Loser to actually accept losing. |
| 789 | * SourSupporter: Works for a group of allies, but is doubtful. |
| 790 | * SparedButNotForgiven: If you've done some wrong to someone, they may not retaliate but they'll never forget it or forgive you for it. |
| 791 | * SpartanSibling: Family members don’t care if bad things happen to each other because they think each has to make it on their own. |
| 792 | * SpiesAreDespicable: Spies are portrayed as evil. |
| 793 | * SpitefulSuicide: Killing yourself to spite someone else. |
| 794 | * StagedPopulistUprising: That populist uprising is actually being led by someone who doesn't care about the people's cause, to fulfill their own selfish motives. |
| 795 | * StarCrossedLovers: Try all they want, but these two are ''never'' going to be together. |
| 796 | * StarterMarriage: First love rarely turns out like it's supposed to, and first marriage even more so. |
| 797 | * StatusQuoIsGod: Don't bother changing things, kid. Sooner or later, everything will go back to the way it was. Can also be an idealism trope depending on the context. |
| 798 | * StealingTheHandicappedSpot: A non-handicapped person steals a handicapped spot. |
| 799 | * StillFightingTheCivilWar: Someone is still bitter about a war they lost a long time ago. |
| 800 | * StopHavingFunGuys: You're not supposed to have fun! You're supposed to win! |
| 801 | * StoppedCaring: Nothing matters to me anymore, and...whatever. |
| 802 | * StrawFeminist: Portraying feminists as men-hating female supremacists. |
| 803 | * StrawHypocrite: We sure fooled those idiots [[ScamReligion into believing they are serving a good cause]]. |
| 804 | * StrawNihilist: Everything in life is meaningless. |
| 805 | * SturgeonsLaw: 90% of everything is going to be crap. |
| 806 | * SubParSupremacist: A supremacist who doesn't meet their own high standards. |
| 807 | * SubvertedSuspicionAesop: I was right to be suspicious, that guy really WAS bad all along! |
| 808 | * SuccessThroughSexAccusation: A person is accused of using sex to achieve their success. |
| 809 | * SuckySchool: This school is a terrible place. |
| 810 | * SuddenDownerEnding: A bad ending that comes out of nowhere. |
| 811 | * SuicideAsComedy: Oh, some people kill themselves? Ha! Aren't those losers funny? |
| 812 | * SuicideDare: Telling people to kill themselves. |
| 813 | * SuicideIsShameful: Wanting to kill yourself because life is unpleasant makes you weak, selfish, cowardly, and pathetic. |
| 814 | * SuperSupremacist: A superpowered individual who considers themselves superior to those without powers. |
| 815 | * TheSvengali: A mentor who exploits their pupils for personal gain. |
| 816 | * TallPoppySyndrome: Resenting those who are more accomplished. |
| 817 | * TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity: People will take others' kindness for granted. |
| 818 | * TargetedToHurtTheHero: A villain hurts the hero by deliberately targeting one of the hero's loved ones. |
| 819 | * TastesLikeDisdain: If you make food for someone, they won't appreciate it. |
| 820 | * TaughtToHate: Prejudices are taught to people by family or society. |
| 821 | * TauntingTheUnconscious: It's your fault that you're in this state. |
| 822 | * TautologicalTemplar: I know that I'm good, so ''everything'' I do is good too. |
| 823 | * TeenHater: A character who absolutely hates teenagers. |
| 824 | * TeensAreMonsters: Teenagers are portrayed as cruel demons. |
| 825 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: Teamwork doesn't mean everyone gets along. |
| 826 | * ThenLetMeBeEvil: If people are gonna treat me like the bad guy, then so be it, I'll ''be'' the bad guy! |
| 827 | * ThereAreNoGoodExecutives: All executives are rotten to the core. |
| 828 | * ThinkOfTheChildren: This thing should be banned because it's potentially harmful to children. |
| 829 | * DarthWiki.ThisExists: The cynical counterpart to the [[SugarWiki/SweetExists Sugar Wiki]]. |
| 830 | * ThisIsUnforgivable: There's no forgiveness for what you've done. |
| 831 | * {{Thoughtcrime}}: Merely ''thinking'' subversively is enough to be a crime, even if you don't physically do anything. |
| 832 | * TokenEvilTeammate: You thought all these people fighting for a good cause are genuinely good? Well, this guy surely is not. |
| 833 | * TooBleakStoppedCaring: A work is so bleak and grim, and the characters so unlikable, that it's impossible to care about the story at all. |
| 834 | * TooGoodForExploiters: Those who exploit a system want to keep the old system in place instead of using a newer system they can't exploit. |
| 835 | * TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: If you live in the CrapsackWorld, then chances are that you would not last long. |
| 836 | * TooHappyToLive: Especially, if you become too happy, you are just asking to be killed. |
| 837 | * TooImportantToRememberYou: A high-ranking person can't remember the names of anyone below him. |
| 838 | * TooSmartForStrangers: Strangers are bad. |
| 839 | * TookALevelInCynic: An optimistic character learns to be less trusting, generous, and caring, usually due to a betrayal. |
| 840 | * TookALevelInJerkass: A good-hearted character becomes mean-spirited over time. |
| 841 | * TotalitarianUtilitarian: Leading an evil and destructive movement to bring happiness. |
| 842 | * ToughLove: Apparently, making someone better requires you to treat them harshly. |
| 843 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: Friendship-induced naivety. |
| 844 | * TranshumanTreachery: Uplifted people abuse their powers to oppress others, augmented or not. |
| 845 | * TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: There are many bad things you can do, but treachery is particularly bad. |
| 846 | * TreatedWorseThanThePet: A person is treated worse than the family pet. |
| 847 | * {{Troll}}: An individual who posts stuff solely to piss others off. |
| 848 | * TrueArtIsAngsty: Your drawing of how life is all bright-colored and sweet is unrealistic and absurd! Real art needs to be dark, gloomy, and depressing! |
| 849 | * TrueLoveIsBoring: If the OfficialCouple get together, but the story continues, expect them to be broken up by the time we get back to them. |
| 850 | * TroubledTeen: Occasionally, the troubled teen has a pessimistic outlook on life, which is why they act out. |
| 851 | * {{Trumplica}}: An obnoxious, greedy, and authoritarian wealthy person. |
| 852 | * TyrannicalTownTycoon: I ''own'' the town, so I can do whatever I want! |
| 853 | * TyrantTakesTheHelm: An authoritarian takes over. |
| 854 | * UglyAmericanStereotype: Americans visiting other countries are jerks. |
| 855 | * TheUnapologetic: I'm not sorry for ruining your pathetic life! |
| 856 | * TheUnfettered: I don't care about rules or morals! I'll do ''whatever'' it takes to get what I want! |
| 857 | * UngratefulBastard: You really thought that person was gonna thank you for saving his life? |
| 858 | * UngratefulTownsfolk: Are these people even worth saving? |
| 859 | * UnionsSuck: Labor unions are corrupt and obstructive. |
| 860 | * UnsatisfiableCustomer: A customer who is never satisfied. |
| 861 | * UnstoppableRage: Rage that can never be stopped. |
| 862 | * UpperClassTwit: Rich people are complete idiots. |
| 863 | * UnPerson: We will erase your history and act as if you never existed. |
| 864 | * UriahGambit: Deliberately sending someone you hate on a dangerous mission to get them killed. |
| 865 | * UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: What makes a better world? Making people suffer for their own good. |
| 866 | [[/folder]] |
| 867 | |
| 868 | [[folder:V-Z]] |
| 869 | * VengeanceFeelsEmpty: I've finally gotten my revenge... And yet, why doesn't this make me feel better? |
| 870 | * VicariousGoldDigger: Pushing your relative to become a GoldDigger. |
| 871 | * VictoryIsBoring: I won the battle. Now what? |
| 872 | * VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You think people play video games to be heroes? Nah. |
| 873 | * ViewersAreGoldfish: We're gonna keep repeating this because the viewers are too simple-minded to remember! |
| 874 | * ViewersAreMorons: My audience is stupid. I dumb down my material so their puny little minds can understand. |
| 875 | * VigilanteInjustice: Vigilantism is a problem. |
| 876 | * VigilanteMan: An individual who takes the law into their own hands. |
| 877 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: A villain who is popular among the general public while keeping his evil plans hidden. |
| 878 | * ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: Don't want to truce? I'll kick your ass then. |
| 879 | * ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: The only way to solve this problem is by kicking someone's ass. |
| 880 | * VirginityMakesYouStupid: Never having any sexual relations makes you a naïve fool. |
| 881 | * VirtueIsWeakness: Compassion, kindness, generosity, or any other moral virtue are for sissies. |
| 882 | * VocalMinority: A few particular people within a group get the most attention, often negative. |
| 883 | * {{Wangst}}: The minor issues of life are worth ranting about. |
| 884 | * WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: You don't get a reward for doing/not doing something you're expected to do/not do in the first place. |
| 885 | * WarComesHome: War will spread and it will reach your homeland, even the place you and your loved ones live, and it will become personal. |
| 886 | * WarHawk: Someone who favors going to war. |
| 887 | * WarIsHell: War is nothing but a hideous display of bloodshed, cruelty, and death. |
| 888 | * WartsAndAll: Look, kid, there was more to the legendary heroes than what you heard. They had their shortcomings, just like you and me. Deal with it. |
| 889 | * WeaknessIsJustAStateOfMind: Blaming the inability to achieve a goal on an individual by claiming they're too weak and not working hard enough. |
| 890 | * WeAreStrugglingTogether: Supposed allies spend more time fighting amongst each other than their enemy. |
| 891 | * WeedingOutImperfections: Bad guys use flowers, weeds, and other plants as metaphors for "desirable" and "undesirable" people. |
| 892 | * WeHaveBecomeComplacent: Society has become so used to peace it is unprepared for disaster or tragedy. |
| 893 | * WeHaveReserves: What do a few lives matter? We've got more soldiers! |
| 894 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: The extremist side. UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans, right? Can be idealism depending on how it's written. |
| 895 | ** NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Someone who appears to do bad things for a good cause, but actually does it for selfish reasons. |
| 896 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Friendships don't last long. |
| 897 | * WhatTheHellHero: TheHero and/or the AntiHero gets called out for acting like a bad guy. Can also be an idealism trope depending on the handling. |
| 898 | * WhatTheRomansHaveDoneForUs: The empire was bad, but it did eventually make life better. |
| 899 | * WhoWantsToLiveForever: Immortality is horrible and depressing. |
| 900 | * WhyWeCantHaveNiceThings: ...Because we'll just destroy them. |
| 901 | ** WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: The creator is forced to take drastic steps against their FanDumb. |
| 902 | * WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: Using violence to end an argument, then making the victim think they were responsible. |
| 903 | * WideEyedIdealist (as opposed to the [[TheIdealist more intelligent version]]) |
| 904 | * WidowMistreatment: Widows are looked down upon by society. |
| 905 | * WindmillCrusader: Someone who wastes their time fighting something that doesn't exist. |
| 906 | ** WindmillPolitical: Someone who wastes their time fighting a political threat that doesn't exist. |
| 907 | * WitchHunt: The enemy is among us! We must find and destroy them all! |
| 908 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: You call these people friends? They're like enemies! |
| 909 | * WithUsOrAgainstUs: You're either my friend or my enemy. There is no in between. |
| 910 | * WitlessProtectionProgram: Don't rely on WitnessProtection, the program is an incompetent failure. |
| 911 | * WonTheWarLostThePeace: We won the war, but there's still no peace in sight. |
| 912 | * WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons: The proletariat is a bunch of idiots. |
| 913 | * WorldGoneMad: Everyone and everything has gone insane. |
| 914 | * TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed: There's always something threatening the world. |
| 915 | * WorldOfJerkass: The world is full of mean people. |
| 916 | * WorldOfSnark: The world is full of sarcastic people. |
| 917 | * WorstNewsJudgmentEver: The news is more interested in publishing unimportant fluff than things people should actually be knowing. |
| 918 | * WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: Denying that genocide is a bad thing. |
| 919 | * WouldHarmASenior: No qualms about using violence against one or more elderly people. |
| 920 | * WouldHitAGirl: No qualms about using violence against women. |
| 921 | * WouldHurtAChild: No qualms about using violence against children. |
| 922 | * WoundedGazelleGambit: Tricking others by pretending to be a victim. |
| 923 | * WretchedHive: Life in this place is an absolute shithole. |
| 924 | * WrittenByTheWinners: Our reputation is more important than facts. |
| 925 | * XMustNotWin: We can't let them win. Do whatever it takes to keep them from winning! |
| 926 | * YankTheDogsChain: Good turns don't last, and ''something'' will inevitably come to take it away. |
| 927 | * YokoOhNo: Fans blame a celebrity's love interest for supposedly reducing the quality of their work. |
| 928 | * YouCantFightFate: You can't control your destiny. |
| 929 | * YouCantGoHomeAgain: For some reason, you're not able to come back home. |
| 930 | * YouCantMakeAnOmelette: You can't achieve your goals without destroying something or someone. Pray you aren't that something or someone. |
| 931 | * YouHaveFailedMe: You failed? You're dead! |
| 932 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: You will be disposed of as soon as you're no longer useful to us. |
| 933 | * YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Not everything is in black and white, kid. One man's hero is another man's villain. |
| 934 | [[/folder]] |
| 935 | [[/index]] |
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