1 | Tropes that occur when people just make things up on the fly or can't access their normal resources to do the job. Compare IndexOfSolutions. |
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4 | !!Tropes: |
5 | * AllNaturalFireExtinguisher: A person has to put out a fire and resorts to doing so by urinating on the flames. |
6 | * BangingPotsAndPans |
7 | * BattleBaton |
8 | * BedsheetLadder: Tying bed sheets together to make a ladder that can be used to climb out a window. |
9 | * BlindJump |
10 | * BrandishmentBluff |
11 | ** StickEmUp |
12 | * CarcassSleepingBag |
13 | * CardboardBoxOfUnemployment: A person who got fired has to carry their belongings in a cardboard box. |
14 | * CheapCostume |
15 | * CigarFuseLighting |
16 | * ClosestThingWeGot |
17 | * CombatCueStick |
18 | * CouldntFindALighter |
19 | * CouldntFindAPen: Cutting yourself to draw or write stuff using your blood. |
20 | * CraftedFromAnimals |
21 | * CrappyHomemadeGift |
22 | * CutleryEscapeAid |
23 | * DynamiteCandle |
24 | * EverythingIsAnInstrument |
25 | ** TrashCanBand |
26 | * FoodSlap |
27 | * GasCylinderRocket |
28 | * HeadgearHeadstone |
29 | * HomemadeFlamethrower |
30 | * ImplausibleBoardingSkills |
31 | ** ShieldSurf |
32 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: Someone uses an unorthodox object as a weapon. |
33 | * {{Improv}} |
34 | ** HoldingTheFloor |
35 | ** LineOfSightAlias: Making up an alias on the spot by looking around and forming a fake name based on the surroundings you observe. |
36 | ** ThrowingOutTheScript |
37 | * ImprovisationalIngenuity |
38 | ** HeartIsAnAwesomePower |
39 | ** IndyPloy: Making up a plan as you go along rather than having a plan ready. |
40 | ** MacGyvering: Making devices and tools out of whatever you can find. |
41 | ** ScavengedPunk |
42 | ** XanatosSpeedChess |
43 | *** PlanBResolution: The day is saved by Plan B, when they didn't think they needed it. |
44 | * ImprovisedBandage |
45 | ** BeefBandage |
46 | ** FromDressToDressing |
47 | ** ThereWillBeToiletPaper |
48 | * ImpromptuFortress |
49 | * ImprovisedImprisonment |
50 | * ImprovFu |
51 | ** CarFu |
52 | ** ClothingCombat |
53 | *** WeaponizedHeadgear |
54 | *** ClothFu |
55 | * ImprovisedArmour |
56 | ** BucketHelmet |
57 | * ImprovisedClothes: Making clothes out of whatever you can find. |
58 | ** BankruptcyBarrel: Wearing a barrel in lieu of clothes. |
59 | ** CurtainClothing: Making clothes from curtains. |
60 | ** EggshellClothing: A hatched bird wears the eggshells as clothes. |
61 | ** GardenGarment: Someone wears plants as clothes. |
62 | ** HandOrObjectUnderwear: A naked person deliberately covers their shame by placing their hands over their private parts or holding objects over their private parts. |
63 | ** ImprovisedDiaper: Using whatever can be found to diaper an infant when diapers aren't available. |
64 | ** ModestyBedsheet: A character wraps a sheet around their bodies to preserve their modesty. |
65 | ** ModestyTowel: A character wraps a towel around their bodies if interrupted in the middle of bathing. |
66 | ** NemeanSkinning: Skinning an animal so their hide can be used to make clothes. |
67 | ** SeashellBra: A woman wears seashells over her breasts. |
68 | ** SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset |
69 | * ImprovisedCross |
70 | * ImprovisedGolems |
71 | * ImprovisedJetPack |
72 | * ImprovisedLightningRod |
73 | * ImprovisedLockpick |
74 | * ImprovisedParachute: Using whatever can be used to slow down your descent and avoid a fatal plummet. |
75 | ** ParachutePetticoat: A female character uses her skirt as a parachute. |
76 | ** ParasolParachute: Using an umbrella as a parachute. |
77 | * ImprovisedPlatform |
78 | ** BridgeLogic |
79 | ** LilyPadPlatform |
80 | ** ProjectilePlatforms |
81 | ** SteppingStonesInTheSky |
82 | * ImprovisedSail |
83 | * ImprovisedScattershot |
84 | * ImprovisedScrewdriver |
85 | * ImprovisedTraining |
86 | * ImprovisedUmbrella |
87 | * ImprovisedWeapon |
88 | ** AbnormalAmmo: Using whatever can be found as projectiles. |
89 | *** BallisticBone |
90 | *** EdibleAmmunition: Using food to fuel weaponry. |
91 | ** AerosolFlamethrower |
92 | ** AnchorsAway |
93 | ** ArtAttacker |
94 | ** BadWithTheBone: Using a bone as a weapon. |
95 | ** BallCannon |
96 | ** BoozeFlamethrower |
97 | ** BoulderBludgeon |
98 | ** BroomstickQuarterstaff |
99 | ** CaneFu: Using a cane as a weapon. |
100 | ** ChainPain |
101 | ** ChairmanOfTheBrawl |
102 | ** ClothingCombat |
103 | *** ShoeSlap |
104 | *** WeaponizedHeadgear |
105 | *** ClothFu |
106 | ** CrowbarCombatant |
107 | ** DeadlyDisc |
108 | ** DeathDealer |
109 | ** DeusAxMachina |
110 | ** DoorFu |
111 | ** DungFu |
112 | ** EdibleBludgeon |
113 | *** BaguetteBeatdown |
114 | *** ProjectileToast |
115 | ** FireHoseCannon |
116 | ** ForkFencing |
117 | ** FryingPanOfDoom: Beating people with a frying pan. |
118 | ** GardeningVarietyWeapon |
119 | *** ShovelStrike |
120 | *** SinisterScythe |
121 | ** GrievousBottleyHarm |
122 | ** GrievousHarmWithABody |
123 | ** HandbagOfHurt |
124 | ** HooksAndCrooks |
125 | ** IKnowMaddenKombat |
126 | *** BarbellBeating |
127 | *** BatterUp |
128 | *** GolfClubbing |
129 | ** ImprovisedCatapult |
130 | ** InstrumentOfMurder |
131 | ** InstantChucks |
132 | ** JettisonJetpackAttack |
133 | ** KillerYoyo |
134 | ** LethalLetterOpener |
135 | ** MolotovCocktail |
136 | ** MusicalAssassin |
137 | ** NailEm |
138 | ** PaperFanOfDoom |
139 | ** ParasolOfPain |
140 | ** ThePenIsMightier |
141 | ** PipePain |
142 | ** PistolWhipping |
143 | ** PowerfulPick |
144 | ** RescueEquipmentAttack |
145 | ** RingsOfDeath |
146 | ** RodAndReelRepurposed |
147 | ** RollingPinOfDoom |
148 | ** ShamuFu: Using a fish as a weapon. |
149 | ** SheathStrike |
150 | ** ShoeSlap |
151 | ** SinisterShiv |
152 | ** SockItToThem |
153 | ** SolarPoweredMagnifyingGlass |
154 | ** TaeKwonDoor |
155 | ** TelephonePolearm |
156 | ** ThisBananaIsArmed |
157 | ** ThrowTheBookAtThem |
158 | ** TwoByFore |
159 | ** UseYourHead |
160 | ** WeaponizedCamera |
161 | ** WeaponsOfTheirTrade |
162 | ** WrenchWhack |
163 | * ImprovisedZipline |
164 | * JarPotty: Relieving yourself in the first empty container you can find when you can't make it to a toilet in time. |
165 | * LastMinuteBabyNaming: Waiting until the baby is born to give them a name. |
166 | * LeafBoat |
167 | * MockMeal |
168 | * MoneySlap |
169 | * MundaneUtility: A superpower or gadget is used for a mundane purpose. |
170 | ** MartialArtsAndCrafts |
171 | ** MartialArtsForMundanePurposes |
172 | ** PowerPerversionPotential: A superpower is used for a perverted purpose (e.g. using X-ray vision to look through people's clothes, using invisibility to get away with voyeurism). |
173 | ** PowerProfitPotential: A superpower is used to make money (e.g. using transmutation to turn things into gold, matter replication to make items to sell). |
174 | * OpportunisticBastard |
175 | ** LadderTipping |
176 | ** TreeBuchet |
177 | * PoorMansPorn: A person is desperate enough for sexual release that they pleasure themselves to material that isn't intended as pornography but happens to contain at least remotely suggestive content. Alternatively, they have specific preferences that can't be found in conventional porn, so they make do with material that just happens to include stuff that involves their particular kink. |
178 | * ReedSnorkel |
179 | * RipTailoring |
180 | * SawItInAMovieOnce: Trying something just because you saw it done in a movie. |
181 | * SewingNeedleSword: A very small character uses a sewing needle as an improvised sword. |
182 | * SteppingStoneSword: Scaling a wall by sticking bladed weapons into it and using them as platforms to ascend. |
183 | * ThemeParkLandscape |
184 | ** LilyPadPlatform |
185 | ** {{Ramprovisation}} |
186 | * TimeForPlanB |
187 | * ToiletPaperSubstitute: A person using the bathroom doesn't have any toilet paper with them, so they resort to using something else to wipe themselves. |
188 | * TrampolineTummy: Jumping on a person's stomach to use it as a trampoline. |
189 | * UnconventionalFoodUsage: Food is used for a purpose other than eating it. |
190 | * UnderwearFlag: Using underwear (usually but not always someone else's) as a flag. |
191 | * UnintentionalBackupPlan |
192 | * VacuumMouth |
193 | %%* Victim Of Circumstance With No Job Qualifications: A character woefully and completely unqualified for a specific job is forced to work in said job in the spur of the moment, often because of the ignorance of another character. |
194 | * WeaponizedBall |
195 | * WeaponTombstone |
196 | * WithinArmsReach: Being able to find a weapon during a brutal and near-fatal attack that you can use to fight back and win. |
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