| 1 | ->''Round, like a circle in a spiral''\ |
| 2 | ''Like a wheel within a wheel''\ |
| 3 | ''Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel''\ |
| 4 | ''Like a snowball down a mountain, or a carnival balloon''\ |
| 5 | ''Like a carousel that's turning, running rings around the moon''\ |
| 6 | ''Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face''\ |
| 7 | ''And the world is like an apple, whirling silently in space''\ |
| 8 | ''Like the circles that you find''\ |
| 9 | ''In the windmills of your mind.'' |
| 10 | -->-- '''"[[https://youtu.be/OXFh-mYh2dQ The Windmills of Your Mind]]"''', ''Film/TheThomasCrownAffair1968'' |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Tropes that are about pictograms (shapes, symbols, runes, glyphs, insignias, icons, and signs), either about specific ones, or using them in general. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | Now even though these tropes can include symbolism, there has to be an actual picture symbol involved to count. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Compare to {{Motifs}}, GeometryTropes, and {{Symbolism}}. |
| 17 | ---- |
| 18 | !Tropes |
| 19 | |
| 20 | !!Circles and Spheres |
| 21 | * BallBalancingSeal |
| 22 | * BalloonBelly |
| 23 | * Balloons |
| 24 | ** AllBalloonsHaveHelium |
| 25 | ** {{Balloonacy}} |
| 26 | ** BalloonBurstingBird |
| 27 | ** [[ConfettiDrop Balloon Drop]] |
| 28 | ** WaterGunsAndBalloons |
| 29 | * BubblyTropes |
| 30 | * CircleOfStandingStones |
| 31 | * DysonSphere |
| 32 | * EnergyBall |
| 33 | * FuzzballSpider |
| 34 | * HeavenlyConcentricCircles: {{Heaven}}ly planes or beings are depicted as concentric circles in the sky. |
| 35 | * InflatingBodyGag |
| 36 | * RingsOfActivation |
| 37 | * SpeechBubbles |
| 38 | * SphereEyes |
| 39 | * SphereFactor |
| 40 | * SphereOfDestruction |
| 41 | * SphereOfPower |
| 42 | |
| 43 | !!Hearts and Love symbols |
| 44 | * CardiovascularLove |
| 45 | * HeartsAreHealth |
| 46 | * HeartSymbol |
| 47 | * ProjectileKiss |
| 48 | * WickedHeartSymbol |
| 49 | |
| 50 | !!Polygons |
| 51 | * BeehiveBarrier |
| 52 | * HighTechHexagons |
| 53 | * StarShapedCoupon |
| 54 | * TriangleShades |
| 55 | |
| 56 | !!Misc. Shapes and Symbols |
| 57 | * ArcSymbol |
| 58 | * ChestInsignia |
| 59 | * CrucialCross |
| 60 | * FlagTropes |
| 61 | * FlamingEmblem |
| 62 | * FleurDeLis |
| 63 | * InstantRunes (in that they are made up of shapes) |
| 64 | * MagicalStarSymbols |
| 65 | * MotifMerger |
| 66 | * PictorialLetterSubstitution: Replacing a letter (or part of a letter) with an image of something else with a similar shape. |
| 67 | * SigilSpam |
| 68 | * SymbolDrawingInterface |
| 69 | * SymbolMotifClothing |
| 70 | * SymbolSwearing |
| 71 | * VictorStealsInsignia |
| 72 | * WingdingEyes |
| 73 | * WorldShapes |
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