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1Narrative Devices ''move the story forward or organize a {{scene|s}} or sequence.''
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3The following lists of narrative devices are not categorized elsewhere.
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5[[index]]
6!!Indexes
7
8+ AnAesop
9+ BeginningTropes: Tropes pertaining to how the story begins.
10+ CharactersAsDevice
11+ ChaseScene
12+ ClimacticTropes
13+ CompetitionIndex
14+ ContinuityTropes
15+ ContrivedStupidityTropes
16+ CutToTheIndex
17+ DeathTrap
18+ DistractionTropes
19+ DreamTropes
20+ EndingTropes: Tropes pertaining to how the story ends.
21+ {{Episodes}}: The kinds of plots episodes of a television series tend to have.
22+ EscapeTropes
23+ FamilyTwistsIndex
24+ FightScene
25+ FlashbacksAndChronology
26+ GambitIndex
27+ HumilityTropes
28+ IndexAllAlong
29+ IndexFirst
30+ IronicIndex
31+ JuxtapositionTropes
32+ MacGuffin
33+ {{Montages}}
34+ MovieTwistList
35+ PlotTwist
36+ PridefulTropes
37+ RoomShuffle
38+ ASafeIndexToHide
39+ {{Scenes}}
40+ SewerTropes
41+ {{Shapeshifting}}: The ability to alter one's physical appearance.
42+ ShortStoryLong
43+ ShoutOutsIndex
44+ SleepAndWakefulnessTropes
45+ SlipperyTropes
46+ StealThisIndex
47+ StockPuzzle
48+ StockSuperpowersIndex
49+ TelevisionTropes
50+ ThisIndexWillBeImportantLater
51+ ThisMightBeAnIndex
52+ TwistEnding
53+ ThatWhichMustNotBeIndexed
54+ VandalismTropes
55+ VictoryAndDefeat: Tropes about when characters win or lose.
56+ YouHateWhatYouAre
57
58!!Tropes:
59* AbileneParadox
60* AccidentalBid
61* AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp: Character tries to give up their powers or weapon, then ends up in a situation that they could've dealt with easily had they kept their powers or weapon by then.
62* BagsOfLetters
63* BarnRaising
64* BathroomStallGraffiti
65* BigBlackout
66* BigEgoHiddenDepths
67* BlunderCorrectingImpulse
68* BodyBridge
69* BotheringByTheBook
70* BoxAndStickTrap
71* BrokenGlassPenalty
72* BumpIntoConfrontation
73* BurningTheFlag
74* ButtDialingMordor
75* CanaryInACoalMine
76* Catch22Dilemma
77* CaughtOnTape
78* CaughtUpInARobbery
79* ChanceActivation
80* ChariotRace
81* CheatingWithTheMilkman: A wife cheats on her husband with the milkman or some other man in a profession that requires visiting houses.
82* ChickenAndEggParadox: Element A causes Element B, and Element B causes Element A. Which came first?
83* ColdSnap
84* ConvenientlySeated
85* ConvenientPhotograph
86* CrackDefeat
87* CrowdPanic
88* CrypticBackgroundReference
89* CrystalBallScheduling
90* CuttingTheElectronicLeash
91* DarkHorseVictory
92* DaydreamSurprise: A brief scene quickly turns out to be a daydream one of the characters is having.
93* DeadEndJob
94* DecoyGetaway
95* DefusingTheTykeBomb
96* DestroyTheVillainsWeapon
97* DismantledMacGuffin
98* DivingSave
99* DocumentaryEpisode
100* DoNotAdjustYourSet
101* DoNotGoGentle
102* DontAskJustRun
103* DontCelebrateJustYet
104* DontSplitUsUp
105* DoomedHometown
106* DoorJam
107* DoorstopBaby: A baby gets left on someone's doorstep and ends up adopted by whoever lives in the house.
108* DoubleDate
109* DramaBomb
110* DramaticCurtainToss
111* DramaticDislocation
112* DramaticIrony: The audience knows something that the characters don't.
113* DreamLand
114* DreamWithinADream: Someone wakes up from a dream only to find that they're still dreaming.
115* DreamSequence
116* DrivingQuestion
117* DrivingTestSmashers
118* DungeonBypass
119* DrunkOnTheDarkSide
120* DuelingHackers
121* DysfunctionJunction
122* EarthAllAlong: It turns out the alien planet was actually Earth.
123* EarthShatteringKaboom: A planet blows up.
124* EasilyForgiven: In spite of what this character has done, the people they have wronged are all too eager to let bygones be bygones.
125* EatTheEvidence: Someone tries to avoid getting in trouble by eating the evidence of what they've done.
126* EggMacGuffin
127* EitherOrProphecy
128* ElectrifiedBathtub: Killing someone by dropping active electronics into the bathtub while they are bathing.
129* ElvesVersusDwarves
130* EmergencyFoodSupplyAnimal
131* EmergencyPresidentialAddress
132* EmpathicWeapon
133* EmptyCopThreat
134* EndangeredSouffle
135* EndOfEpisodeSilliness
136* EnforcedColdWar
137* EngagementChallenge
138* EngineeredPublicConfession: A villain [[VillainWithGoodPublicity beloved by the public]] gets exposed when the heroes trick him into openly confessing that he's really a rotten scumbag manipulating everyone.
139* EpicFail: Someone fails so badly that they manage to achieve a failure that isn't physically possible.
140* EpiphanicPrison
141* EstrangedSoapFamily
142* EtTuBrute
143* EvenTheDogIsAshamed: The character has screwed up so badly that not even their loyal companion is willing to stick by them anymore.
144* EverybodyKnewAlready
145* EverybodysDeadDave
146* EveryoneKnowsMorse
147* EveryonesInTheLoop
148* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: Someone believes that utopia can only be achieved by eliminating free will.
149* EvilPhone
150* EvilPlan: The villain's scheme to do something bad.
151* ExactEavesdropping
152* ExactWords: It turns out that the character meant exactly what they said and weren't using a figure of speech or anything like that.
153* ExpansionPackWorld
154* ExpendableClone: Clones are considered okay to sacrifice because we can always make more.
155* ExplainingTheSoap
156* ExplosiveLeash: Someone has a collar forced onto them that will kill or torture them if they try to defy the one enslaving them.
157* ExplosionPropulsion
158* ExpositionOfImmortality
159* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The entire story occurs in a very short amount of time.
160* EyeRemember
161* FailedASpotCheck: Character doesn't notice something missing or someone or something that shouldn't be there until it is too late.
162* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: No matter what the character tries, they'll never succeed in achieving their goal.
163* FaintingSeer
164* FakeDefector: A hero pretends to switch sides in order to bring down the enemy from within.
165* FakeStatic: Character pretends that there's a problem with their communications equpment in order to avoid conversation.
166* FallenOnHardTimesJob
167* FallOfTheHouseOfCards
168* FancyDinner
169* FascistsBedTime: A curfew is enforced where everyone has to be home and in bed by an unreasonably early time.
170* FaustianRebellion: Overthrowing Satan.
171* FauxDeath
172* FauxlosophicNarration
173* {{Fauxshadow}}
174* FeetOfClay
175* FencePainting
176* FictionIsntFair
177* FieldPromotion
178* FisherKing
179* FinalExamFinale
180* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Alluding to events that will happen or be revealed shortly.
181* {{Flatline}}
182* FlingALightIntoTheFuture
183* FlyingDutchman
184* FoodChains
185* FollowTheWhiteRabbit
186* AFoolForAClient: Someone tries to defend themselves in court.
187* ForbiddenFruit
188* ForcedPrizeFight
189* ForeignerForADay
190* {{Foreshadowing}}: Alluding to events that will happen or be revealed later in the story.
191* TheFourLoves
192* FramedClue
193* {{Frameup}}
194* FramingTheGuiltyParty
195* FramedForHeroism
196* FranticObjectConcealment
197* FreakOut
198* FreakyFridayFlip: Two or more characters switch minds and have to figure out how to get each other's brains back in their proper bodies.
199* FriendOrIdolDecision
200* FriendsAllAlong
201* FrequentlyBrokenUnbreakableVow
202* FrothyMugsOfWater
203* FurAgainstFang: Conflict between werewolves and vampires.
204* FutureBadass: Someone becomes cooler and more impressive in the future.
205* GambitPileup
206* GambitRoulette
207* GenocideDilemma
208* GeodesicCast
209* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: Someone gets fired or a trivial reason or no reason at all.
210* GeorgeWashingtonSleptHere
211* GenericGraffiti
212* GetOutOfJailFreeCard: The heroes cut the bad guy some slack and ler him go free.
213* GettingHotInHere
214* GiveMeASign
215* GiveMeLibertyOrGiveMeDeath
216* GoAmongMadPeople
217* GoBackToTheSource
218* AGodAmI: Someone believes themselves to be a god.
219* GodzillaThreshold: Resorting to extremely risky and dangerous strategies out of desperation.
220* GoingInCircles
221* GoingToSeeTheElephant
222* GoingPostal: Postal workers going crazy.
223* GoldenSnitch
224* GossipEvolution
225* GotVolunteered
226* GrailInTheGarbage
227* GreenRooming
228* GuessWhoImMarrying
229* HannibalLecture
230* HappierHomeMovie
231* HarmfulToMinors
232* HauntedHeadquarters
233* HeatWave
234* HeartTrauma
235* HeelRealization: Someone realizes that they've been the bad guy.
236* HellOnEarth
237* HereWeGoAgain: The story ends with the conflict repeating or the characters going through a new conflict similar to the one that was already resolved.
238* HeroicHeelizationSpeech
239* HeroicVow
240* HiddenInPlainSight
241* HighTurnoverRate
242* HighVoltageDeath: Someone gets electrocuted to death.
243* TheHilariousTable
244* HiredOnTheSpot
245* HisStoryRepeatsItself
246* HistoryRepeats
247* HoldingOutForAHero: People don't bother saving themselves in hopes that a hero will come and save them.
248* HoldingTheFloor
249* {{Homage}}
250* HopeSpringsEternal
251* HorrorHatesARulebreaker
252* HostageForMacGuffin
253* HostageSituation
254* HostileWeather
255* HourglassPlot
256* HowDidWeGetBackHome: Transporting the main characters back to their home without giving an explanation.
257* HowMuchDidYouHear
258* HumanLadder
259* HumanPopsicle: Someone gets frozen solid non-lethally.
260* HumanResources
261* HumanShield: Using a living person to protect yourself from danger.
262* HumblePie
263* HumiliationConga: The bad guy's defeat has him suffer a string of embarrassing misfortunes.
264* IAmOneOfThoseToo
265* IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam: A character spends the story claiming they hate something, then finds that they actually like it when they finally give it a chance.
266* IHateYouVampireDad
267* IHaveYourWife: The villain manipulates someone into doing as they say by capturing the person's loved ones.
268* IJustWantToBeBadass
269* IJustWantToBeNormal: A superhero or extraordinary person wishes that they had a normal life.
270* IJustWantToBeSpecial
271* IKnowWhatWeCanDoCut
272* INever
273* IOweYouMyLife
274* ISeeThemToo
275* IWasHavingSuchANiceDream
276* IWillFindYou
277* IgnoredVitalNewsReports
278* InvisibleSubtleDifference
279* IdenticalGrandson: A character has an ancestor or descendant who looks just like them.
280* IfICanOnlyMove
281* IfYouWontIWill
282* ImpersonatingTheEvilTwin: The hero pretends to be their evil twin.
283* ImpossibleTask
284* ImAHumanitarian: A character who kills and consumes members of their own kind.
285* InadvertentEntranceCue
286* InevitableMutualBetrayal
287* InfoDrop
288* InfoDump
289* InnocentInaccurate: A child or naive person has a clueless interpretation of adult stuff.
290* InnocentInnuendo: A scene that deliberately looks or sounds naughty, but is actually more wholesome than it seems.
291* InstantExpert
292* InsultedAwake
293* InternalHomage
294* InternalizedCategorism
295* IntercontinuityCrossover
296* InterrogationByVandalism
297* InterrogatingTheDead
298* InterruptedSuicide
299* IntimidatingRevenueService: The IRS will take away all of your belongings if you don't pay your taxes.
300* IntrepidFictioneer
301* InventedInvalid: Someone lies about having to tend to a sick relative so they don't have to come.
302* InvisibleToAdults: A supernatural being that only children can see.
303* InvisibleToNormals: Only weirdos can see the supernatural.
304* IrrevocableMessage: Someone ends up sending a rude message and now regrets sending it.
305* IsThisThingStillOn
306* ItMustBeMine
307* ItsAllJunk
308* ItsTheJourneyThatCounts
309* ItsProbablyNothing
310* ItWasAGift
311* ItWasWithYouAllAlong
312* JacobMarleyWarning
313* JailBake: Helping someone escape jail by sending them baked goods that have materials they can use to escape prison hidden inside.
314* JeopardyIntelligenceTest
315* JokerJury
316* JugglingDangerously
317* JuryOfTheDamned
318* KilroyWasHere
319* KeepTheReward
320* KentBrockmanNews
321* TheKeyIsBehindTheLock
322* KickedUpstairs: Promoting an incompetent employee to an ostensibly important position so that they can't directly cause too much damage.
323* KidnappedByAnAlly
324* {{Kishotenketsu}}
325* KnifeThrowingAct
326* KnightsAndKnaves
327* LamazeClass
328* LaserGuidedBroadcast
329* LastStand
330* TheLawsOfMagic
331* LeafBoat
332* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: A character makes a statement that makes sense in-universe, but can also be interpreted as the character acknowledging that they are in a work of fiction.
333* LeastIsFirst: A lowest-status character steps forward first, shaming the higher-status ones into supporting a course of action.
334* LeaveHimToMe
335* LeaveTheCameraRunning
336* LeonineContract
337* LenoDevice
338* LessonOfTheDaySpeech
339* LethallyExpensive
340* ALightInTheDistance
341* LimitedDestinationTime
342* ListOfTransgressions
343* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday
344* LivingADoubleLife
345* LivingOnBorrowedTime
346* LivingWithTheVillain
347* LockedInAFreezer
348* LockedInARoom
349* LockedOutOfTheFight
350* LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard
351* LookMaNoPlane
352* LoserGetsTheGirl
353* LoserHasYourBack
354* LovesMeNot
355* LukeIAmYourFather: A character reveals that they are another character's father.
356* LukeYouAreMyFather: A character reveals that they are another character's child.
357* LuredIntoATrap
358* {{MacGuffin}}: A powerful or mysterious object that the plot hinges on.
359* MacGuffinDeliveryService
360* MacGuffinLocation
361* MadeOfTemptation
362* MagicHat
363* MagicalGirlQueenlinessTest
364* MagicalGuide
365* MagneticPlotDevice
366* TheMainCharactersDoEverything
367* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Someone suffers a severe injury but acts as if it's just a minor scratch.
368* MakeAWish: A character wishes for something.
369* MakingTheChoiceForYou
370* ManufacturingVictims
371* MatingDance
372* MatryoshkaObject
373* MeaningfulEcho
374* MedalOfDishonor
375* MeetTheInLaws
376* MelodramaticPause
377* MementoMacGuffin
378* MercyLead
379* MessageInABottle
380* MimingTheCues
381* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: A mind-reader gets repulsed from reading the thoughts of an unpleasant person.
382* MindRape
383* MindScrewdriver
384* SoYouWantTo/MindScrewTheAudience
385* MineralMacGuffin
386* MinorFlawMajorBreakup: A character dumps their love interest over something petty.
387* MiracleFood
388* MiracleRally
389* MirandaRights
390* MisfitMobilizationMoment
391* MistakenForBadass
392* MistakenIdentity
393* MisterSandmanSequence
394* MistimedRevival
395* ModelScam
396* MonsterThreatExpiration
397* MoodWhiplash
398* MorningRoutine
399* MortonsFork: A character has to pick one of two choices and both choices have bad consequences.
400* MosesInTheBulrushes
401* MostDefinitelyNotAccompanyingUs
402* MundaneSolution: The problem gets solved in an easy manner.
403* MushroomSamba
404* MustHaveNicotine
405* MustNotDieAVirgin
406* MutilationInterrogation
407* TheMutiny
408* MyFistForgivesYou
409* MyGreatestFailure
410* MyGreatestSecondChance
411* MysteriousEmployer
412* MysteriousNote
413* MythologyGag: The current adaptation references one or more of the previous continuities.
414* NarratorAllAlong: A character within the story turns out to be the one narrating.
415* NaughtyBirdwatching: Using birdwatching as an excuse for voyeurism.
416* NearDeathClairvoyance
417* NearDeathExperience
418* NecessaryFail
419* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: It's acknowledged that an individual would be likely hard to find because of their traits not being all that unique.
420* NeverSplitTheParty
421* NewspaperDating
422* NicheNetwork
423* NoFourthWall: The fourth wall is broken so frequently that it might as well not even exist.
424* NoMacGuffinNoWinner (aka DetenteComrade, EatenTheMacGuffin)
425* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: People resort to cannibalism to avoid starving to death.
426* NonSequitur: A weird statement spoken out of nowhere that has nothing to do with the current discussion.
427* NoodleIncident: Characters talk about an unseen past event, but the details are too unclear for the audience to verify exactly what happened or why.
428* NotableNonSequitur
429* NotADate
430* NotAfraidOfYouAnymore
431* NotAsYouKnowThem
432* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught
433* NotHelpingYourCase: A character tries to prove they are not what they're accused of being, but their attempts only add fuel to suspicions that the accusations are true.
434* NotInFrontOfTheParrot: A character screws up by revealing secret or embarrassing information in front of a parrot.
435* NotInMyContract
436* NotMyDriver
437* NotMyLuckyDay
438* NotWhatItLooksLike
439* NotWhatISignedOnFor
440* ObfuscatingStupidity: A character pretends to be an idiot.
441* ObliviousAdoption: A character doesn't know that they were adopted.
442* ObliviousGuiltSlinging
443* OffToBoardingSchool
444* OfferedTheCrown
445* OffhandBackhand: Punching out someone sneaking up on you without looking at them.
446* OffingTheOffspring: Someone kills their own children.
447* OhCisco
448* OminousMessageFromTheFuture
449* OminousMultipleScreens
450* OminousTelevision
451* OneDegreeOfSeparation
452* OneJudgeToRuleThemAll
453* OneCrazyNight
454* OneSideOfTheStory
455* OneWayTrip
456* OnlyGoodPeopleMayPass
457* OnlyTheKnowledgableMayPass
458* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass
459* OnlyTheWorthyMayPass
460* OrWasItADream: A character appears to have dreamed everything, but it is then hinted that what they appeared to dream about actually happened.
461* OrphansOrdeal
462* OrphansPlotTrinket
463* OutGivingBirthBackInTwoMinutes
464* OutlivingOnesOffspring: A parent ends up outliving their children.
465* OutOfClothesExperience: A character is naked during an out-of-body experience.
466* OutOfContextEavesdropping
467* OvercomeTheirDifferences
468* OverlyLongGag
469* {{Padding}}: Content that the audience feels was added just to keep the story going.
470* ParentalFavoritism: The parents have one child they like more than the rest of their children.
471* PartySchedulingGambit
472* PassedOverPromotion
473* PassiveRescue
474* PaterFamilicide: Someone kills their relatives and then kills themselves.
475* PelvicThrust
476* PenultimateOutburst: After several disturbances, the judge threatens to kick the offender out of the courtroom.
477* PeopleJars
478* PermissionToSpeakFreely
479* PerpetualPoverty
480* PerspectiveMagic
481* PerspectiveReversal
482* PervertedSniffing
483* PhlebotinumBattery
484* PhotoMemento
485* PlayingBothSides
486* PlayingNiceForNow
487* PlayingSick
488* PlotCoupon
489* PlotDetour
490* PlotDemandedManualMode
491* PlotDevice
492* PlotDrivenBreakdown
493* PlotParallel
494* PlotSensitiveLatch
495* PlotTechnology
496* PlummetPerspective
497* PoisonAndCureGambit: Manipulating people by poisoning them and refusing to give the antidote until they do what you tell them to.
498* PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo
499* PoliceAreUseless: Police are shown to be too incompetent to do anything without the heroes' help.
500* PoorCommunicationKills: A failure to communicate properly ends in disaster.
501* PornStash: Someone has a collection of pornography hidden away.
502* PortalPool
503* PossessiveParadise
504* PosthumousCharacter: A character who has already died by the time the audience learns of their existence.
505* PowderKegCrowd
506* PowerFantasy
507* PracticalVoiceOver
508* PreBattleBanter: Fighters exchange banter before an imminent battle.
509* ThePrecariousLedge
510* PrematureEulogy: Giving a eulogy to someone who hasn't actually died.
511* PressGanged
512* PressurePoint
513* PricelessPaperweight
514* PrincessForADay
515* PromotedToScapegoat
516* ProtectorBehindBars
517* ProtocolPeril
518* PseudoCrisis
519* PsychologicalHorror
520* PsychosexualHorror
521* PubertySuperpower: A teenager gains super powers upon hitting puberty.
522* ThePublicDomainChannel
523* PublicExecution
524* PunkInTheTrunk: Locking someone up in the back of a car.
525* ThePurge
526* QuarantineWithExtremePrejudice
527* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway
528* PutMeInCoach
529* RageAgainstTheAuthor: The characters try to defy what the creator wants to do with the work.
530* RageAgainstTheMentor
531* RashEquilibrium
532* ReadTheFreakingManual
533* RealityBleed
534* RearWindowWitness
535* RecordedSplicedConversation
536* RedHerringTwist
537* RegularCaller
538* {{Reincarnation}}: A character dies and is subsequently reborn in a new life.
539* ReincarnationIdentifyingTrait
540* ReincarnationRomance
541* RelationshipChart
542* RelationshipReboot
543* RelationshipSalvagingDisaster
544* ReligiousRussianRoulette
545* RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun
546* RemoteVitalsMonitoring
547* RescueRomance
548* RescuedFromTheUnderworld
549* ResurrectedRomance: A couple continue their relationship after one of them dies and is brought back to life.
550* {{Retcon}}: Making retroactive changes to the continuity.
551* RestrainedRevenge
552* TheRevealPromptsRomance
553* {{Revision}}
554* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: If you betray someone, you'll end up punished for it severely.
555* RewatchBonus: Parts of the story that become more noticeable when viewing a second time.
556* {{Rewrite}}
557* RhetoricalRequestBlunder
558* RibbonCuttingCeremony
559* RidiculouslyDifficultRoute
560* RightHandVersusLeftHand
561* RightOnTheTick
562* RightPlaceRightTimeWrongReason
563* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The story is influenced by recent news reports.
564* RippedFromThePhoneBook
565* RoadTripPlot
566* RockBottom
567* RomanticResolutions
568* RoomDisservice
569* RulesOfOrphanEconomics
570* SadisticChoice: The villain forces the hero to choose between saving one loved one and letting the other die.
571* SarcasmFailure: A character tries to make a dry remark, but can't.
572* ScheherezadeGambit
573* SchmuckBanquet
574* ScienceIsBad
575* ScienceIsGood
576* ScienceIsWrong
577* SchoolPlay
578* ScreamingBirth
579* ScrewDestiny
580* ScullySyndrome
581* ScyllaAndCharybdis
582* SealedEvilInADuel: A good being and an evil being spend eternity trapped somewhere while fighting each other.
583* SecondHandStorytelling
584* SecondPlaceIsForWinners: Not placing first in a competition ends up producing a better outcome.
585* SecondPrize: A character was expecting a different outcome in a competition.
586* SecretIdentity
587* SecretLegacy
588* SecretPath
589* SecretTestOfCharacter
590* SeekingSanctuary
591* SendMeBack
592* SeparatedByTheWall
593* SequelReset
594* SeriousBusiness: Something insignificant is treated as if it's a big deal.
595* SentimentalSacrifice
596* SetAMookToKillAMook
597* ShamedByAMob
598* ShamefulStrip: Someone gets undressed as punishment.
599* ShamingTheMob
600* SharingABody
601* ShellGame
602* ShockCollar
603* ShortCutsMakeLongDelays: Taking the shortcut takes longer than going the regular route.
604* ShortDistancePhoneCall
605* ShowWithinAShow
606* ShowerOfAngst
607* ShutUpHannibal: The villain mocks the hero for being idealistic and the hero gives a rebuttal.
608* SidelongGlanceBiopic
609* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids
610* SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids
611* SlidingScaleOfPlotVersusCharacters
612* SlipperySoap
613* SlobsVersusSnobs: Conflict between neat freaks and people who like being messy.
614* SlowClap
615* SlumberParty
616* SlumberPartyPloy
617* SmallTownRivalry
618* SmartBall
619* SmiteMeOMightySmiter
620* SneakyDeparture
621* SnowballLie
622* SnowedIn
623* SoMuchForStealth
624* SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb
625* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay
626* SorkinRelationshipMoment
627* SorryToInterrupt
628* SoundStone
629* SpeakFriendAndEnter
630* SpeakOfTheDevil
631* SpeedDating
632* StableTimeLoop: Events happened because someone went back in time and vice versa.
633* StaringContest
634* StatusQuoGameShow
635* StayOnThePath
636* StayingWithFriends
637* SteppingOutForAQuickCupOfCoffee
638* StolenGoodReturnedBetter: An item gets stolen and then returned to its owner after being improved.
639* StolenMacGuffinReveal
640* StoppedClock
641* StoryboardBody
642* StoryBreadcrumbs
643* StuffBlowingUp
644* StuffedIntoALocker
645* StuffedIntoATrashcan
646* SubGenre
647* SuckinessIsPainful: A work is of such bad quality that being forced to view or listen to it is considered torture.
648* SuddenVideogameMoment
649* SugaryMalice
650* SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum
651* SummoningRitual
652* SuperDetailedFightNarration
653* SupernaturalAid
654* SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious
655* SurvivalistStash
656* SurvivedTheBeginning: A cast massacre opens the story, those who survive get some PlotArmor.
657* SuspiciouslySpecificSermon
658* SweetPollyOliver: A woman disguises herself as a man.
659* SwitchedAtBirth
660* SympatheticPOV
661* TalkingInBed
662* TakeAThirdOption: When a character has to make a choice, they opt for a new decision that wasn't among the options already given to them.
663* TakeBackYourGift
664* TakeOverTheWorld: The villain plans to conquer the world.
665* TapOnTheHead
666* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: Someone talks to a recorded message from someone and the person in the video or recording is able to accurately respond to the statements even though they're not really around to hear what the other person is saying.
667* TeamRocketWins: Ineffectual villains achieve a minor victory.
668* TeamSpirit
669* TelevisedTorture
670* TemporalParadox
671* TemporaryBlindness: A story where a character temporarily gains a disability.
672* TemptingFate
673* TenMinutesInTheCloset
674* TestAndTrialTropes
675* ThereIsNoTry
676* TheseQuestionsThree
677* TheseusShipParadox: The question of whether something is still the original if every part has been replaced.
678* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: A guest overstays their welcome, much to the dismay of their host.
679* TheyWouldCutYouUp
680* ThingsGetReal
681* ThinkHappyThoughts
682* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel
683* ThisIsMyStory
684* ThisIsAsFarAsIGo
685* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself
686* ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil
687* ThisMeansWar
688* ThoughtTheyKnewAlready
689* ThreeActStructure
690* ThrownDownAWell
691* ThwartedEscape
692* TiedTogetherShoelaceTrip
693* TimeTravel: Traveling to the future or past.
694* ToBeContinuedRightNow: The story continues immediately after a fake-out of saying that the story will continue in the next installment.
695* TokenGoodCop
696* TomatoSurprise
697* TongueTied
698* TotalEclipseOfThePlot
699* ToThePain
700* TragicMistake
701* TransformationRay
702* TrapDoor
703* TrapDoorFail
704* TrapIsTheOnlyOption
705* TheTreacheryOfImages
706* TreasureMap
707* TrialPeriodDating
708* TrollBridge
709* TropeTrigger
710* TrustPassword
711* TwistedEchoCut
712* TwoGirlsAndAGuy
713* TwoGuysAndAGirl
714* TwoHalvesMakeAPlot
715* TwoPlusTortureMakesFive
716* TwoScenesOneDialogue
717* TwoTimerDate
718* UnbalancedByRivalsKid
719* UnConfession
720* UnexpectedInheritance
721* UnexpectedPositive
722* UnfoldingPlanMontage
723* UnhandThemVillain
724* UnPerson: A person for whatever reason (commonly because they've become disgraced) has all evidence and records of their existence removed or revised to make it seem as if they never existed in the first place.
725* UnsafeHaven: A sanctuary that is easy to break into.
726* UnseenAudience
727* UnspokenPlanGuarantee
728* UnusuallyUninterestingName
729* UsingYouAllAlong: The hero finds out that their ally was really the villain manipulating them.
730* VictoryGuidedAmnesia: A character wins, but ends up losing their memory of the incident.
731* VideoWills
732* VillainBall: The villain's downfall comes from the inability to resist the urge to continue doing bad things in situations where doing so would be impractical.
733* VillainExitStageLeft: The villain ends up escaping after their plan is thwarted.
734* VisibleToBelievers
735* VisionQuest
736* VisionsOfAnotherSelf
737* VolleyingInsults
738* VortexBarrier: The weather itself is used as a means to block the hero from entering an important location.
739* WackyWaysideTribe: A secondary conflict added to keep the story from ending too soon.
740* WakingUpAtTheMorgue
741* WalkingOutOnTheShow
742* WashingtonDCInvasion
743* WatchingTroyBurn
744* WeAREStrugglingTogether
745* WeAreTeamCannonFodder
746* WeComeInPeaceShootToKill
747* WeNeedToGetProof
748* WeReallyDoCare
749* WeShouldGetAnotherTape
750* WelcomeToTheBigCity
751* WhatYearIsThis
752* WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve
753* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The story ends with an epilogue explaining what happened to the characters after the events of the story.
754* WhereItAllBegan
755* WhiteFlag
756* WhoNeedsEnemies
757* WhoWillBellTheCat
758* WhyIsntItAttacking
759* WildTeenParty
760* WithAFriendAndAStranger
761* WithDueRespect
762* WitlessProtectionProgram
763* WitnessProtection
764* TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed
765* WorldOfSilence
766* TheWorstSeatInTheHouse
767* WreckedWeapon
768* WriteBackToTheFuture
769* WritersBlock
770* WritingLines
771* WrittenInAbsence: When an actor is unavailable for the current episode, the writers given an in-universe explanation for their character's absence.
772* XanatosGambit
773* YellowSashOfPower
774* YouALLShareMyStory
775* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre
776* YouAreGrounded
777* YouAreInCommandNow
778* YouAreTheNewTrend
779* YouCanKeepHer
780* YouCantFightFate
781* YouCantGoHomeAgain
782* YouCantThwartStageOne
783* YouDontWantToCatchThis
784* YouKilledMyFather: Hero confronts the villain for killing a loved one.
785* YouKnowWhoSaidThat
786* YouWereTryingTooHard
787* YouWillBeBeethoven
788[[/index]]

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