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1''Tropes that are common to SpeculativeFiction, encompassing ScienceFiction, {{Fantasy}}, and everything in between...''
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3[-See also: AsimovsThreeKindsOfScienceFiction, Website/TheGrandListOfOverusedScienceFictionCliches, SpeculativeFictionCreatorIndex, and the Website/TurkeyCityLexicon website.-]
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5!!Tropes
6[[index]]
7[[foldercontrol]]
8
9[[folder:'''Subcategories and Trope Indexes''']]
10+ '''SpeculativeFiction''' (main topic)
11+ AlienTropes: Tropes about extraterrestrial life.
12+ AlternateHistoryTropes: Tropes about speculative history that differs from real-life events.
13+ AnatomyArsenal
14+ AppliedPhlebotinum
15+ ApocalypticIndex: Tropes about the destruction of global society or life as we know it.
16+ AutonomousAndArtificialAppendageIndex
17+ CyberpunkTropes: Common tropes and cliches found in {{Cyberpunk}} science fiction.
18+ {{Doppelganger}}
19+ EnergyWeapon
20+ FairyTaleTropes: Common tropes and cliches found in {{Fairy Tale}}s.
21+ FantasticFlora
22+ FantasticRacism: Conflict and discrimination between fictional sapient races/species.
23+ FantasticSapientSpeciesTropes: All tropes regarding fictional races/species of beings who at least have human-level intelligence.
24+ FasterThanLightIndex
25+ FateAndProphecyTropes
26+ FictionalCultureAndNationTropes: Tropes about fictional societies and civilizations.
27+ FuturisticTechIndex: Tropes about hypothetical technology in science fiction.
28+ HumansAreIndexed: Tropes about the human species (and how we relate to non-human species).
29+ IndexOfFictionalCreatures: All tropes about beings and creatures which only exist in fantasy and science fiction.
30+ LovecraftianTropes: Common tropes and cliches found in [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraftian-style]] [[CosmicHorrorStory supernatural horror fiction]].
31+ MagicAndPowers: Tropes about sorcery and superhuman abilities.
32+ MakeMyIndexLive: Tropes about {{mad scientist}}s and their strange experiments.
33+ MechaTropes
34+ [[MilitaryScienceFiction Military Science Fiction Tropes]]: MilitaryAndWarfareTropes as applied to science fiction settings.
35+ MindControl
36+ OneWithTheIndex
37+ OthernessTropes
38+ OtherworldTropes: Tropes about alternate universes and parallel dimensions.
39+ OurClonesAreIdentical
40+ ParanormalTropes
41+ PsychicIndex
42+ RangedEnergyAttackTropes
43+ RobotRollCall
44+ RomanticismVersusEnlightenment
45+ [[SciFiHorror Sci-Fi Horror Tropes]]: Science fiction tropes that are often PlayedForHorror.
46+ SealedIndexInACan
47+ {{Shapeshifting}}: Tropes about people undergoing extreme physical changes.
48+ {{Spacecraft}}
49+ SteampunkIndex: Common tropes and cliches found in {{Steampunk}} science fiction.
50+ SuperheroTropes: All genre tropes pertaining to {{superhero}}es (and {{supervillain}}s).
51+ TeleportationTropes
52+ ThisIndexHasAMindOfItsOwn
53+ ThisIndexWillLiveForever
54+ TimeTravelTropes: Tropes about TimeTravel and visiting the past or future.
55+ [[{{Transhuman}} Transhuman Tropes]]: Tropes about people who have been enhanced in some way/moved past their "natural" limitations.
56+ TropesInSpace: Tropes about everything in the vast universe beyond our planet Earth.
57+ TropesOfTheSoul
58+ TropesOnScienceAndUnscience: Tropes about the depiction of scientists and their work in science fiction settings.
59+ UndeadIndex
60+ UrbanFantasyTropes: Common tropes and cliches found in UrbanFantasy stories.
61+ WeWillNotUseAnIndexInTheFuture: Tropes which speculate predictions about the world of tomorrow.
62+ WishingTropes
63[[/folder]]
64
65[[folder:Tropes #-D]]
66* TwoDSpace
67* NinetyPercentOfYourBrain
68* AbsentAliens
69* AbsoluteXenophobe
70* AbstractEater
71* AbsurdlyHugePopulation
72* AbsurdlySharpBlade: A blade sharp enough to cut anything.
73* AbsurdlySharpClaws
74* AbUrbeCondita
75* AbusiveAlienParents
76* AbusivePrecursors
77* AceCustom
78* AchillesPowerCord
79* ActivationSequence
80* AdamAndEvePlot: It's up to the last surviving male and female to repopulate the race after the rest of their kind have all perished.
81* AdaptiveArmor
82* TheAdjectivalMan
83* AdorableAbomination
84* AdvancedAncientAcropolis
85* AdvancedAncientHumans
86* AdvertOverloadedFuture
87* {{Aesoptinum}}
88* TheAgeless: A character who never ages.
89* AgeWithoutYouth
90* AgonyBeam
91* AgriWorld: A planet, often depicted as a SingleBiomePlanet, dedicated to agriculture.
92* AIGettingHigh
93* AIIsACrapshoot: Artificial intelligence going bonkers.
94* AirborneAircraftCarrier
95* TheAirNotThere
96* AkashicRecords
97* AlchemyIsMagic
98* AlcubierreDrive
99* AlienAbducteesFightBack
100* AlienAbduction
101* AlienAnimals
102* AlienArtsAreAppreciated
103* AlienAutopsy: Performing an autopsy on an alien.
104* AlienBlood
105* AlienCatnip
106* AlienFairFolk
107* AlienGenderConfusion
108* AlienGeometries
109* AlienInvasion: Aliens plan to invade a planet.
110* AlienKudzu
111* AlienLandmass
112* AnAlienNamedBob
113* AlienPrincess
114* AliensAreBastards: Aliens are invariably shown to be bad people.
115* AlienSea
116* AliensInCardiff
117* AlienSky
118* AliensLoveHumanFood
119* AliensNeverInventedDemocracy
120* AliensNeverInventedTheWheel
121* AliensOfLondon: An alien has an accent in spite of not being from Earth.
122* AlienSpaceBats
123* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Aliens who speak English in spite of never being on Earth before.
124* AliensStealCable: Aliens learn about Earth by watching television broadcasts from the planet.
125* AliensStealCattle
126* AllGenesAreCodominant
127* AllHailTheGreatGodMickey
128* AllMythsAreTrue: A setting where myths, legends, and/or fairy tales weren't just fiction and have actually happened in real life.
129* AllNationsAreSuperpowers
130* AllOfTimeAtOnce
131* AllPlanetsAreEarthLike
132* AllTheoriesAreTrue
133* AllTherapistsAreMuggles
134* AllianceOfAlternates
135* AlternateHistory: A work where history played out differently from real life.
136* AlternateHistoryDinosaurSurvival
137* AlternateHistoryNaziVictory
138* AlternateLandmarkHistory
139* AlternateRealityEpisode
140* AlternateTimeline
141* AlternateTimelineAncestry
142* AlternateTooniverse
143* AlternateUniverse
144* AlternativeCalendar
145* AlternativeNumberSystem
146* AlternativeTuringTest
147* TheAlternet
148* AlwaysChaoticEvil
149* AlwaysLawfulGood
150* AlwaysOnDuty
151* AmazonBrigade: An army of female warriors.
152* AmbiguousCloneEnding
153* AmbiguouslyHuman: A character appears to be human, but has traits and quirks suggesting that they might really be something not human.
154* AmbiguousRobots
155* AmplifierArtifact
156* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome
157* AmuletOfDependency
158* AmusingAlien
159* AnalProbing
160* AnatomyOfTheSoul
161* AncientAstronauts: Myths and ancient civilizations are traced to aliens visiting Earth in the distant past.
162* AncientConspiracy
163* AncientEvil
164* AncientTradition
165* AndManGrewProud
166* AndroidIdentifier
167* AndroidsAndDetectives
168* AndroidsArePeopleToo
169* AngelicAliens
170* AnimalEyes
171* AnimalEyeSpy
172* AnimalIsTheNewMan
173* AnimatedTattoo
174* AnimateInanimateObject: Inanimate objects that are alive and sentient.
175* AnimatingArtifact
176* {{Animorphism}}
177* AnomalousArt
178* AnotherDimension
179* AntiHumanAlliance
180* AntiMagicalFaction
181* {{Antimatter}}
182* AntiRegeneration
183* AntiTrueSight
184* ApathyKilledTheCat
185* ApocalypseHow
186* ApocalypseMaiden
187* ApocalypseWow
188* ApocalypticLog: Before a civilization is destroyed, someone leaves behind a recording detailing the events of the disaster before they meet their end.
189* ApocalypticLogistics
190* AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder: A being whose physical appearance differs depending on who is looking at them.
191* AppendageAssimilation
192* TheApunkalypse
193* ArbitrarySkepticism: Refusing to believe in something supernatural in spite of believing in or being aware of the existence of something equally supernatural.
194* ArbitraryWeaponRange
195* ArchaeologicalArmsRace
196* ArchaicWeaponForAnAdvancedAge
197* {{Arcology}}
198* Area51
199* TheArk
200* ArmCannon: Having an arm that turns into a cannon.
201* ArmlessBiped
202* ArtifactCollectionAgency
203* ArtifactDomination
204* ArtifactOfAttraction
205* ArtifactOfDeath
206* ArtifactOfDoom
207* ArtifactOfHope
208* ArtificialAfterlife
209* ArtificialAnimalPeople
210* ArtificialCannibalism
211* ArtificialFamilyMember
212* ArtificialGravity
213* ArtificialHuman
214* ArtificialHybrid
215* ArtificialIntelligence
216* ArtificialLimbs: A person has robotic prosthetics.
217* ArtificialLimbsAreStronger
218* ArtificialMeat
219* ArtificialScript
220* ArtificialZombie
221* ArtInitiatesLife
222* AscendedFanboy
223* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence
224* AsimovsThreeKindsOfScienceFiction: ScienceFiction inventions can be the focus of the story, a prop, or a societal impact.
225* AssimilationPlot
226* TheAssimilator
227* AsteroidMiners
228* AsteroidsMonster
229* AsteroidThicket
230* AstralProjection
231* AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost
232* AstroClone
233* {{Atlantis}}
234* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever
235* AugmentedReality
236* AuraVision
237* {{Autodoc}}
238* AutomatonHorses
239* AvoidingTheGreatWar
240* AwesomeUnderwaterWorld
241* AxisMundi
242* BabyPlanet
243* BackFromTheDead
244* BackgroundMagicField
245* BackstoryInvader
246* BadassTransplant
247* BadFuture: The hero time travels to a future where the world is worse off without them.
248* BadMoonRising
249* BadPresent
250* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil
251* BalancingDeathsBooks
252* BaldMystic
253* BalkanizeMe
254* BallOfLightTransformation
255* BanishingRitual
256* BanOnAI
257* BanOnMagic
258* BarFullOfAliens
259* BarrierMaiden
260* BatPeople
261* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind
262* TheBattlestar
263* BazaarOfTheBizarre
264* BBCQuarry
265* BeastMan
266* BecauseDestinySaysSo
267* BecomeARealBoy
268* BecomeYourWeapon
269* BecomingTheGenie
270* BeehiveBarrier
271* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: It's established that a historical figure had an unusual aspect of their life that was stricken from the history books.
272* BeingHumanSucks
273* BellBottomLimbedBots
274* BenevolentAI
275* BenevolentAlienInvasion
276* BenevolentGenie: A genie whose main priority is that their master is safe and is satisfied with the wishes granted.
277* BenevolentPrecursors
278* BequeathedPower
279* TheBermudaTriangle
280* BewareOfHitchhikingGhosts
281* BewitchedAmphibians: Magic turning people into frogs.
282* BigCreepyCrawlies
283* BigDumbBody
284* BigDumbObject
285* BigFatFuture
286* BiggerOnTheInside
287* BinarySuns
288* BioArmor
289* BioAugmentation
290* {{Biodata}}
291* BiologicalWeaponsSolveEverything
292* BioluminescenceIsCool
293* BiotechIsBetter
294* BioweaponBeast
295* BirdPeople
296* BishonenLine
297* BizarreAlienBiology: Aliens and other non-humans have stranger anatomy than humans.
298* BizarreAlienLocomotion
299* BizarreAlienPsychology
300* BizarreAlienReproduction: Aliens have a bizarre way of reproducing.
301* BizarreAlienSenses
302* BizarreAlienSexes: Aliens having different genders or more genders than humans.
303* BizarreBabyBoom
304* BizarreHumanBiology: Someone has weird anatomy in spite of being human.
305* BizarreSeasons
306* BlackEyesOfEvil
307* BlackMarketProduce
308* BladeBelowTheShoulder
309* TheBlank
310* BlindJump
311* BlindSeer
312* BlobMonster
313* BloodSport
314* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Someone follows morality that can't be accurately measured by our understanding of what's right and what's wrong.
315* BluffingTheAdvanceScout
316* BoardingParty
317* BoardingPod
318* BodyBackupDrive
319* BodySnatcher
320* BodySurf
321* BodyToJewel
322* BoldExplorer
323* BoldlyComing: Going to space for the sole purpose of finding aliens to have sex with.
324* BondCreatures
325* BooksThatBite
326* BornAgainImmortality
327* BornAsAnAdult: A being who is born as a full-grown adult.
328* BotanicalAbomination
329* BrainComputerInterface
330* BrainCriticalMass
331* BrainInAJar: A disembodied brain is kept alive in a jar.
332* BrainMonster: A creature that's more "brain" than "creature".
333* BrainTheft: Stealing someone's brain.
334* BrainTransplant: Putting someone's brain in someone else's body.
335* BrainUploading: Saving a life by transferring the person's conscience into a machine.
336* {{Brainwashed}}: A character's mind is enslaved by someone or something.
337* BrainwashedAndCrazy: A character is mind-controlled and driven to harm others or engage in destructive behavior.
338* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: Brainwashing people for a great, justifiable cause.
339* TheBrigadier
340* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu
341* BronsonCanyonAndCaves: A popular shooting location for speculative fiction film and television.
342* BrownNote
343* BrownNoteBeing
344* BurialInSpace
345* ButterflyOfDoom
346* ButWhatAboutTheAstronauts
347* ByTheEyesOfTheBlind
348* ByThePowerOfGrayskull
349* CactusPerson
350* CaliforniaDoubling
351* CallAPegasusAHippogriff
352* CallARabbitASmeerp: Using an unusual word to refer to a mundane creature.
353* CallASmeerpARabbit: Calling an unusual creature the name of a mundane animal.
354* CameBackStrong
355* CameBackWrong
356* CameFromTheSky
357* CannibalismSuperpower
358* CannotCrossRunningWater
359* CanOnlyMoveTheEyes
360* CantArgueWithElves: A species believes themselves to be automatically superior to all other races.
361* CantLiveWithoutYou
362* CantTakeAnythingWithYou
363* CapitalLettersAreMagic
364* CaptainsLog
365* CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth
366* CaptureAndReplicate
367* CapturedSuperEntity
368* CarbonSkin
369* CargoCult
370* CassetteFuturism
371* CastFromCalories
372* CastFromLifespan
373* CastFromSanity
374* CastsNoShadow
375* CasualInterplanetaryTravel
376* CasualInterstellarTravel
377* CasuallyPowerfulGiant
378* CatFolk
379* CausedTheBigBang
380* CelestialBody
381* CelestialDeadline
382* CentrifugalGravity
383* {{Cephalothorax}}
384* CheerfulAI
385* ChekhovsTimeTravel
386* ChemistryCanDoAnything
387* ChestBurster
388* ChromeChampion
389* ChromeDomePsi
390* {{Chronoscope}}
391* ChunkyUpdraft
392* CitadelCity
393* CityInABottle
394* CityNoir
395* CityOnTheWater
396* CityPlanet
397* CivilizationDestroyer
398* ClaimedByTheSupernatural
399* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve
400* ClarkesThirdLaw
401* ClashOfEvolutionaryLevels
402* ClingyMacGuffin
403* ClockOfPower
404* ClockRoaches
405* ClockworkCreature
406* CloneAngst
407* CloneArmy
408* CloneByConversion
409* CloneDegeneration: Clones declining in quality.
410* CloneJesus
411* ClonesArePeopleToo
412* CloningBodyParts
413* CloningGambit
414* CloseEnoughTimeline
415* ClothesMakeTheSuperman
416* ClownSpecies
417* CocaPepsiInc
418* CoconutSuperpowers: A character has powers that have limited demonstrations done with cheap special effects because the production lacks the budget to show the powers to their true potential.
419* ColdEquation
420* ColdSleepColdFuture
421* ColonizedSolarSystem
422* ColonyDrop
423* ColonyShip
424* ColorCodedWizardry
425* CombatTentacles
426* CometOfDoom
427* ComingInHot
428* CompellingVoice
429* CompleteImmortality
430* CompoundInterestTimeTravelGambit
431* TheComputerIsYourFriend
432* ComputerizedJudicialSystem
433* ComputersSpeakBinary
434* ConcentrationBoundMagic: Magic that only lasts so long as the wielder is concentrating.
435* {{Conlang}}
436* ConqueringAlienPrince
437* ConquerorFromTheFuture
438* ConstructedWorld
439* ContagiousAI
440* ContagiousPowers
441* ContainmentClothing
442* ContemporaryCaveman: A caveman ends up in modern times.
443* ContinuousDecompression
444* ConvenientlyClosePlanet
445* ConvenientlyCoherentThoughts
446* CoolButInefficient
447* CoolChair
448* CoolGate
449* CoolKey
450* CoolStarship
451* CorralledCosmos
452* TheCorruption
453* CosmicChessGame
454* CosmicEntity
455* CosmicFlaw
456* CosmicHorrorReveal
457* CosmicKeystone
458* CosmicRetcon
459* CosyCatastrophe
460* CounterEarth
461* CounterpartArtifacts
462* CrackInTheSky
463* CranialProcessingUnit
464* CreatingLife
465* CreatingLifeIsAwesome
466* CreatingLifeIsBad
467* CreatingLifeIsUnforeseen
468* CreationMyth
469* CreativeSterility: Being highly intelligent isn't much use if you lack imagination.
470* CreatureHunterOrganization
471* CreditChip
472* TheCretaceousIsAlwaysDoomed
473* CrossCulturalHandshake
474* CrossoverCosmology
475* CrownOfPower
476* CryonicsFailure: A cryogenically preserved person ends up dying because of faulty cryonics.
477* CryoPrison
478* CryoSickness: Getting thawed from cryosleep sucks in general and carries a risk of injury or death.
479* CrystalClearPicture: Fixing the de-sync between InUniverse screens and the camera to avoid RasterVision.
480* CrystallineCreature
481* CrystalSkull
482* CrystalSpiresAndTogas
483* {{Cthulhumanoid}}
484* CultColony
485* CurseEscapeClause
486* CurseOfBabel
487* CustomBuiltHost
488* CuteMonster
489* CuteMonsterGirl
490* CutTheJuice
491* CyberCyclops
492* CyberneticMythicalBeast
493* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Becoming a cyborg means that your cybernetics will corrupt you.
494* CyberNinja
495* {{Cyberspace}}
496* {{Cyborg}}: A being who is half-organic and half-machine.
497* CyborgHelmsman
498* {{Cyclops}}
499* CypherLanguage
500* DamagedSoul
501* DangerInTheGalacticCore
502* DangerousOrbitalDebris
503* DangledByAGiant
504* DarkWorld
505* DataCrystal
506* DataDriveMacGuffin
507* DataPad
508* DawnOfAnEra
509* TheDayOfReckoning
510* DaysOfFuturePast
511* DeadAlternateCounterpart: An alternate reality where someone alive in the other universe has died.
512* DeadToBeginWith
513* DeadlyForceField
514* DeathAmnesia
515* DeathByDeaging
516* DeathMeansHumanity: A non-human being has its personhood recognized upon death.
517* DeathOfPersonality
518* DeathRay
519* DeathsHourglass
520* DeathWorld
521* DecadeDissonance
522* DecapitationRequired
523* DeceptivelyHumanRobots
524* DecontaminationChamber
525* DefaceOfTheMoon
526* DeflectorShields
527* DeityOfHumanOrigin
528* DeityOfMortalCreation
529* DelayedRippleEffect
530* {{Demihuman}}
531* DemonSlaying
532* {{Demythification}}
533* DepletedPhlebotinumShells
534* DepopulationBomb: A bomb powerful enough to wipe out whole populations.
535* DescriptivelyNamedSpecies
536* DesignerBabies
537* DestinationHostUnreachable
538* DestructiveTeleportation
539* DetachableLowerHalf
540* DetachmentCombat
541* DetonationMoon
542* DeusEstMachina
543* DeusSexMachina
544* DevilButNoGod: It's established that Satan exists, but God either doesn't exist or isn't acknowledged.
545* DevolutionDevice
546* DevourTheDragon
547* {{Dhampyr}}: The half-human offspring of a vampire.
548* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu
549* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu
550* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu
551* DidYouJustScamCthulhu
552* DigitalAbomination
553* DieOrFly
554* DifferentStatesOfAmerica
555* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: Different worlds have different works of fiction.
556* DigitizedHacker
557* DilatingDoor
558* DimensionalTraveler
559* DimensionLord
560* DinkyDrivers
561* DisappearsIntoLight
562* DiscountLesbians
563* DiscoveringYourOwnDeadBody
564* TheDisembodied
565* DisintegrationChamber: A machine (usually in the form of a little room) used to zap people into nonexistence.
566* DisintegratorRay
567* DismembermentIsCheap
568* DisposableSuperheroMaker
569* DistressCall
570* DivergingEvolutionaryPhases
571* DividedStatesOfAmerica
572* DivineRanks
573* DoAndroidsDream
574* DoAnythingRobot: A robot is equipped with gadgets for every situation.
575* DoesNotLikeMagic
576* TheDogIsAnAlien
577* DoingInTheScientist: Explaining away scientific stuff as actually being the result of magic.
578* DoingInTheWizard: Explaining away magical stuff as actually being the result of science.
579* DomainHolder
580* DomedHometown
581* DominantSpeciesGenes
582* DoNotAdjustYourSet
583* DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment: An alternate version of a person is treated the same way as their counterpart.
584* {{Doppelmerger}}
585* DoubleStandardRapeSciFi
586* DownTheRabbitHole
587* DowsingDevice
588* DraconicAbomination
589* DraconicHumanoid
590* TheDragonsComeBack
591* DramaticAlienVTOL
592* DramaticSpaceDrifting
593* TheDreadedDreadnought
594* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Someone dreams of future events.
595* DreamLand
596* DreamSpying
597* DreamStealer
598* DreamsVsNightmares: A story with two individuals/groups (gods, species, etc.) where one causes happy dreams and is AlwaysLawfulGood, and the other causes nightmares and is AlwaysChaoticEvil.
599* DreamWalker
600* DreamWeaver
601* DrFrankenstein
602* DrillTank
603* DropPod
604* DropShip
605* DyingRace
606* DysonSphere
607* {{Dystopia}}
608* DystopianEdict
609[[/folder]]
610
611[[folder:Tropes E-I]]
612* EarthAllAlong
613* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse
614* TheEarthPrimeTheory
615* EarthquakeMachine
616* EarthShatteringKaboom: A planet blows up.
617* EarthThatUsedToBeBetter
618* EarthThatWas
619* EasilyDetachableRobotParts
620* EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion
621* EatBrainForMemories
622* EatingOptional: A being who doesn't need to eat to survive.
623* EccentricAI
624* EerilyOutOfPlaceObject
625* EitherOrOffspring
626* ElaborateUndergroundBase
627* EldritchAbomination
628* EldritchLocation
629* EldritchStarship
630* EldritchTransformation
631* ElectricInstantGratification
632* ElectromagneticGhosts
633* ElectronicEyes
634* ElectronicTelepathy
635* ElementalAbsorption
636* ElementalBaggage
637* ElementalEmbodiment
638* ElementalNation
639* ElementalPlane
640* ElementalPowers
641* ElementalShapeshifter
642* ElixirOfLife
643* ElvisHasLeftThePlanet
644* ElvisLives
645* EmergencyTemporalShift
646* EmergencyTransformation
647* EmergentHuman
648* EminentlyEnigmaticRace: A species primarily known for being unknowable.
649* EmotionBomb
650* EmotionControl
651* EmotionEater
652* TheEmpath
653* EmpathicHealer
654* EmpathicShapeshifter
655* EmpathicWeapon
656* EmptyPilesOfClothing
657* EnchantedForest
658* EnclosedExtraterrestrials
659* EndIsNighEnding: An apocalyptic event is taking place at the very end of the world, but we don't get to see because before the events happen, we're shown the credits.
660* EndlessDaytime
661* EndOfAnAge
662* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt
663* EndOfTheWorldSpecial
664* EnemiesWithDeath
665* EnemyWithout
666* EnergyAbsorption
667* EnergyBall
668* EnergyBeings
669* EnergyBow
670* EnergyDonation
671* EnergyEconomy
672* EnergyWeapon
673* EnforcedTechnologyLevels: Rules exist limiting what kind of tech people can have.
674* EnhancedArchaicWeapon
675* EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity
676* EnlightenedAntagonist
677* EquivalentExchange
678* EscapePod
679* EscapedFromTheLab
680* EternalEnglish
681* EternalLove
682* EternalProhibition
683* EternalRecurrence
684* ETGaveUsWiFi: Technology is revealed to have been given to humans by aliens.
685* EthnicMagician
686* EveryDeviceIsASwissArmyKnife
687* EveryoneIsASuper
688* EverythingIs3DPrintedInTheFuture
689* EverythingIsAnIpodInTheFuture
690* EverythingInSpaceIsAGalaxy
691* EvilCostumeSwitch
692* EvilDetectingBaby: A baby is able to sense when a person is evil.
693* EvilDetectingDog: A dog or other animal is able to sense when a person is evil.
694* EvilEvolves
695* EvilHand
696* EvilKnockoff
697* EvilLuddite: A villain who opposes technology.
698* EvilMakesYouMonstrous
699* EvilMask
700* EvilMeScaresMe
701* EvilutionaryBiologist: An evil geneticist whose goal is to improve the human race on their terms.
702* EvilWeapon
703* EvolutionaryLevels
704* EvolutionaryStasis
705* EvolutionPowerUp
706* TheExactCenterOfEverything
707* ExcessiveSteamSyndrome
708* ExoticEquipment: A non-human with unusual genitalia.
709* ExpandedStatesOfAmerica
710* ExpendableAlternateUniverse
711* ExpendableClone
712* ExplosionsInSpace
713* ExplosiveDecompression
714* ExpoLabel
715* ExposedExtraterrestrials: Aliens who go naked.
716* ExposedStarshipBridge
717* ExpositionBeam
718* ExpositionIntuition
719* ExpositionOfImmortality
720* {{Expospeak}}
721* ExpressDelivery: A creature is able to give birth immediately after becoming pregnant.
722* ExtinctAnimalPark: A zoo or similar park inhabited by ostensibly extinct animals.
723* ExtinctInTheFuture: A species presently thriving is established as having gone extinct in the future.
724* ExtradimensionalEmergencyExit
725* ExtradimensionalPowerSource
726* ExtraDimensionalShortcut
727* ExtraEyes
728* ExtranormalInstitute
729* ExtraordinaryWorldOrdinaryProblems
730* ExtraParentConception
731* ExtraStrengthMasquerade
732* ExtremeSpeculativeStratification
733* ExtremophileLifeforms
734* ExtyYearsFromPublication
735* EyeColourChange
736* EyelessFace
737* EyeLightsOut
738* EyeOfNewt
739* EyeOnAStalk
740* EyeRemember
741* EyesDoNotBelongThere
742* EyeSpy
743* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong
744* FacelessEye
745* FaceMonsterTurn
746* FaeriesDontBelieveInHumansEither: Fictional beings believe humans to be fictional.
747* FailsafeFailure
748* FailedFutureForecast
749* FaintingSeer
750* TheFairFolk
751* FakeBetterAlternateTimeline
752* FakeMemories
753* FakeWizardry
754* FallenStatesOfAmerica
755* FamilialBodySnatcher
756* {{Familiar}}
757* FamousFamousFictional
758* FamouslyMundaneFictionallyMagical
759* FangThpeak
760* FanOfThePast
761* FantasticAbleism
762* FantasticAesop: The story has a moral or lesson that isn't really applicable to real life.
763* FantasticallyChallengingPatient
764* FantasticalSocialServices: Mundane public service jobs in otherworldly settings.
765* FantasticAngst
766* FantasticArousal
767* FantasticCasteSystem
768* FantasticCatholicism
769* FantasticDietRequirement
770* FantasticDrug
771* FantasticFallout
772* FantasticFantasyIsMundane
773* FantasticFaunaCounterpart
774* FantasticFightingStyle
775* FantasticFirearms: Guns spiced up with fantasy or sci-fi paint to establish the prevalence of magic or hypertech.
776* FantasticFragility
777* FantasticFruitsAndVegetables
778* FantasticGhetto
779* FantasticHonorifics
780* FantasticLegalWeirdness
781* FantasticLightSource
782* FantasticLivestock: Magical, alien, or otherwise otherworldly livestock.
783* FantasticMeasurementSystem
784* FantasticMedicinalBodilyProduct
785* FantasticNamingConvention
786* FantasticNatureReserve
787* FantasticNirvana
788* FantasticNuke
789* FantasticPlastic
790* FantasticRankSystem
791* FantasticRadiationShielding
792* FantasticRecruitmentDrive
793* FantasticReligiousWeirdness
794* FantasticRomance
795* FantasticScience
796* FantasticShipPrefix
797* FantasticSlurs
798* FantasticTerrorists
799* FantasticTimeManagement
800* FantasticUnderclass
801* FantasticVermin: Magical, alien, or otherwise otherworldly everyday pests.
802* FantasticVoyagePlot
803* FantasyAliens
804* FantasyConflictCounterpart
805* FantasyCounterpartAppliance
806* FantasyCounterpartCulture
807* FantasyCounterpartMap
808* FantasyCounterpartMyth
809* FantasyCounterpartReligion
810* FantasyGunControl
811* FantasyKitchenSink: Every kind of element from every kind of fiction shows up at one point or another.
812* FantasyLandmarkEquivalent
813* FantasyMetals
814* FantasyPantheon
815* FantasyWorldMap
816* FasterThanLightTravel
817* FeedItWithFire
818* {{Fembot}}
819* FertileBlood
820* FertileFeet
821* FesteringFungus
822* FetishFuelFuture
823* FeudalFuture
824* FictionalAgeOfMajority
825* FictionalCombatTroop
826* FictionalCurrency
827* FictionalDisability
828* FictionalEarth: An alternate version of the planet Earth with completely different geography from real-world Earth.
829* FictionalFieldOfScience
830* FictionalGenevaConventions
831* FictionalGreetingsAndFarewells
832* FictionalUnitedNations
833* {{Fictionary}}
834* FictionAsCoverUp
835* FightingAShadow
836* FightingFromTheInside
837* FightOffTheKryptonite
838* FingerSnapLighter
839* FirstChurchOfMecha
840* FirstContact
841* FirstContactMath
842* FirstContactTeam
843* FisherKing
844* FisherKingdom
845* FishPeople: Humanoid fish.
846* FlashSideways
847* FlashyTeleportation
848* FlatEarthAtheist: Refusing to believe in something that's proven to exist.
849* FlawedPrototype
850* FleshEatingZombie
851* FleshGolem
852* FleshVersusSteel
853* FlingALightIntoTheFuture
854* FloatingContinent
855* FloodedFutureWorld
856* FlyingBooks
857* FlyingCar
858* FlyingCutlerySpaceship
859* FlyingSaucer
860* FlyingWeapon
861* TheFogOfAges
862* FoldThePageFoldTheSpace
863* FoodChains
864* FoodPills: In the future, people get sustenance by swallowing pills rather than consuming food.
865* ForcedSleep
866* ForcedToFeelEmpathy
867* ForcedTransformation
868* ForbiddenChekhovsGun
869* ForceFieldDoor
870* TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne
871* ForgotHeWasARobot
872* ForgottenPhlebotinum
873* FormerlySapientSpecies
874* FormulaicMagic
875* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: An otherwordly being takes on a form that they are certain humans would be more comfortable with seeing than their true form.
876* FossilRevival
877* FountainOfYouth
878* FoxFolk
879* FrankensteinsMonster
880* FrazettaMan
881* FreakyFridayFlip
882* FreeLoveFuture
883* FreakLabAccident
884* FreezeRay
885* FrictionlessReentry
886* FrogMen
887* FromASingleCell: A killed being regenerates from even the tiniest bit remaining of them.
888* FromCataclysmToMyth
889* FTLTestBlunder
890* FTLTravelSickness
891* FullConversionCyborg
892* FunctionalMagic
893* FusionDance
894* FusionDissonance
895* FutureBadass: A character is shown to become cooler and more formidable in the future.
896* FutureCopter
897* FutureFoodIsArtificial
898* FutureImperfect: People in the future will have completely inaccurate ideas on how things were in the past.
899* TheFutureIsNoir
900* FutureMeScaresMe
901* FutureMusic
902* FuturePrimitive
903* FutureSelfReveal
904* FutureSlang: The future has new slang words.
905* FutureSocietyPresentValues
906* FutureSpandex
907* FuturisticJetInjector
908* FuturisticPyramid
909* FuturisticSuperhighway
910* GaiasLament
911* GaiasVengeance: Mother Earth attacks humanity in retaliation to pollution and other forms of harming the ecosystem.
912* GalacticConqueror
913* GalacticSuperpower
914* TheGameComeToLife
915* GateOfTruth
916* {{Geas}}
917* GemHeart
918* GeminiDestructionLaw
919* GemTissue
920* GenderBender
921* {{Gendercide}}: The extermination of an entire gender.
922* GenderEqualsBreed
923* GenderRarityValue
924* GenerationShips
925* GenericanEmpire
926* GeneticAbomination
927* GeneticAdaptation
928* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke
929* GeneticMemory
930* GenieInABottle
931* TheGenieInTheMachine
932* TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson: Fanciful beings from the past referencing or impersonating celebrities from the future.
933* GeniusBreedingAct
934* GeniusLoci
935* GeniusSerum
936* GenocideDilemma
937* GeometricMagic
938* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul
939* {{Ghostapo}}
940* GhostInTheMachine
941* GhostMemory
942* GhostPlanet
943* GiantEnemyCrab
944* GiantFlyer
945* GiantFootprintReveal
946* GiantRobotHandsSaveLives
947* GiantScrapRobot
948* GiantSpider
949* GiantWoman
950* GivingRadioToTheRomans: Someone gives modern technology to people in the past.
951* GlacialApocalypse
952* {{Glamour}}
953* GlamourFailure
954* AGlitchInTheMatrix
955* GlobalWarming
956* GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath
957* GlowingEyes
958* GlowingEyesOfDoom
959* GlowingMechanicalEyes
960* GoMadFromTheApocalypse
961* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: God and the Devil are both portrayed as antagonistic to humanity.
962* GodGuise: Someone pretends to be a god.
963* GodhoodSeeker
964* GodJob
965* GodlySidestep
966* GodTest
967* GodwinsLawOfTimeTravel
968* GoingCritical
969* GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy
970* {{Golem}}
971* GoneHorriblyRight
972* GoneHorriblyWrong
973* GoodProstheticEvilProsthetic
974* GoodThingYouCanHeal
975* GooGooGodlike
976* GorgeousGorgon
977* GovernmentDrugEnforcement
978* GrandfatherParadox
979* GrandTheftMe: Taking over a person's body to make them do bad things.
980* GravityMaster
981* GravitySucks
982* GreatBigLibraryOfEverything
983* GreatGazoo
984* GreenRocks
985* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming
986* GreyGoo
987* TheGreys
988* GroundhogDayLoop
989* GrowsOnTrees
990* GuardianEntity
991* GuardianOfTheMultiverse
992* GuiltFreeExterminationWar
993* GuineaPigFamily
994* HalfHumanHybrid: A being who is half-human and half-something that isn't human.
995* HappinessInMindControl
996* HardLight
997* HarmonyVersusDiscipline
998* HatePlague: Something that causes people to become furious and hostile to each other.
999* HatOfPower
1000* HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster
1001* HealingFactor
1002* HealingSpring
1003* HealingVat
1004* HeartDrive
1005* TheHeartless
1006* HeartLight
1007* HeartTrauma
1008* HeavyMithril
1009* {{Heavyworlder}}
1010* HeelFaceBrainwashing
1011* HeinzHybrid: A being who is a hybrid of more than two species.
1012* HelicopterPack
1013* {{Hellgate}}
1014* {{Hellhound}}
1015* HellishPupils
1016* HelpingHands
1017* HemisphereBias
1018* HenchmenRace
1019* HenshinHero
1020* HereThereBeDragons
1021* HereThereWereDragons
1022* HermeticMagic
1023* HeroicHost
1024* HeroicLineage
1025* TheHiddenHour
1026* HigherTechSpecies
1027* HighTechHexagons
1028* HighTimesFuture
1029* HijackingCthulhu
1030* HistoricalPersonPunchline
1031* HistoricalRapSheet
1032* HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct
1033* HitSoHardTheCalendarFeltIt
1034* HiveCasteSystem
1035* HiveCity
1036* HiveDrone
1037* HiveMind: An entire race shares the same brain.
1038* HiveQueen
1039* HoldYourHippogriffs
1040* HollowWorld
1041* HolodeckMalfunction
1042* {{Hologram}}: A projected three-dimensional image.
1043* HologramProjectionImperfection
1044* HolographicDisguise
1045* HolographicTerminal
1046* HolyHandGrenade
1047* HomemadeInventions: Gadgets built on a budget and out of whatever happens to be on hand.
1048* HomeOfMonsters
1049* HomeworldEvacuation
1050* HomingLasers
1051* HomosexualReproduction: Two individuals of the same gender manage to produce a child.
1052* HordeOfAlienLocusts
1053* HornedHumanoid
1054* HorrorHatesARulebreaker
1055* HorseOfADifferentColor
1056* HostileTerraforming
1057* HotBlade
1058* HourOfPower
1059* HouseFey
1060* HoverBike
1061* HoverBoard
1062* HoverSkates
1063* HoverTank
1064* HowUnscientific
1065* HubcapHovercraft
1066* HugeHolographicHead
1067* HughMann: A non-human [[PaperThinDisguise unconvincingly]] disguises themselves as a human being.
1068* HumanAlienDiscovery
1069* HumanAliens: An alien who looks exactly like a human being.
1070* HumanAllAlong
1071* HumanDisguise: A non-human disguises themselves as a human being.
1072* HumanityCameFromSpace
1073* HumanityEnsues
1074* HumanityIsAdvanced
1075* HumanityIsInfectious
1076* HumanityIsSuperior
1077* HumanityIsYoung: All alien races are much older than humanity.
1078* HumanityOnTrial: Aliens put humanity on trial for their supposed misdeeds.
1079* HumanitysWake: The story takes place after humanity has gone extinct.
1080* HumanoidAbomination
1081* HumanoidAliens
1082* HumanOutsideAlienInside
1083* HumanPopsicle: A human is frozen solid non-lethally.
1084* HumanResources
1085* HumansAdvanceSwiftly
1086* HumansAreDiplomats
1087* HumansAreFlawed
1088* HumansAreInsects
1089* HumansAreMorons: Humans are portrayed as dumber than other sentient beings.
1090* HumansAreNotTheDominantSpecies
1091* HumansArePsychicInTheFuture
1092* HumansAreSpecial
1093* HumansAreSmelly
1094* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Humans are regarded as worse than the creatures they consider monsters.
1095* HumansAreUgly: Non-humans find humans to be hideous in their eyes.
1096* HumansAreWarriors
1097* HumansAreWhite
1098* HumansByAnyOtherName
1099* HumansNeedAliens
1100* HumanSubspecies
1101* HumanWeapon
1102* HunterOfHisOwnKind
1103* HunterOfMonsters
1104* HurlItIntoTheSun
1105* HybridAllAlong
1106* HybridizationPlot
1107* HybridMonster
1108* HybridOverkillAvoidance
1109* HybridPower
1110* HybridsAreACrapshoot
1111* HydraProblem
1112* HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace
1113* HyperspaceLanes
1114* HyperspeedAmbush
1115* HyperspeedEscape
1116* HypnoRay
1117* IAmNotAGun
1118* ICantSeeMyself
1119* ICantSenseTheirPresence
1120* IComeInPeace
1121* IdealIllnessImmunity
1122* IdentityAbsorption
1123* IdiosyncraticMechaStorage
1124* IDoNotDrinkWine
1125* IgnoredExpert
1126* IKnowYourTrueName
1127* IllegalReligion
1128* ImaginaryEnemy
1129* ImaginationBasedSuperpower
1130* ImaginationDestroyer
1131* ImMelting
1132* ImmortalAssassin
1133* ImmortalBreaker
1134* {{Immortality}}: Being able to live forever.
1135* ImmortalityBisexuality
1136* ImmortalityField
1137* ImmortalityHurts: Not being able to die does not mean you can't feel pain.
1138* ImmortalityImmorality
1139* ImmortalityInducer: Something that causes people to become immortal.
1140* ImmortalitySeeker
1141* ImmortalLifeIsCheap
1142* ImmortalRuler
1143* ImmuneToBullets: A being who can't be harmed by bullets.
1144* ImmuneToFate
1145* ImmuneToMindControl
1146* ImperfectRitual
1147* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum
1148* ImpossiblyMundaneExplanation
1149* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms
1150* ImprovisedGolems
1151* ImprovisedMicrogravityManeuvering
1152* IncredibleShrinkingMan
1153* IndustrializedMercury
1154* InertialDampening
1155* InexplicableCulturalTies
1156* InfiniteSupplies
1157* InhumanableAlienRights
1158* InhumanEmotion
1159* InhumanHuman
1160* InhumanlyBeautifulRace
1161* InnocentAliens: Aliens who are good-natured and naive.
1162* InnocentPlantChildren
1163* InsectoidAliens: Aliens that resemble bugs.
1164* InsideAComputerSystem
1165* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: Earth is regarded as unimportant in the grand scheme of things.
1166* InSpaceEveryoneCanSeeYourFace
1167* InSpiteOfANail: Everything's the same in the alternate timeline or reality in spite of the key difference.
1168* InstantAIJustAddWater
1169* InstantAllegianceArtifact
1170* InstantCooldown
1171* InstantPeopleJustAddWater
1172* InsufficientlyAdvancedAlien: Aliens that are more primitive than humans.
1173* {{Intangibility}}: Being able to phase through solid objects.
1174* IntangibleTimeTravel
1175* IntelligentGerbil
1176* InterdimensionalTravelDevice
1177* InterfaceWithAFamiliarFace
1178* InterplanetaryVoyage
1179* InterspeciesRomance: Love between beings of different species.
1180* IntroducedSpeciesCalamity: Humans ill-advisedly introduce a new species, only for it to damage or destroy its ecosystem.
1181* InTheFutureHumansWillBeOneRace: Everyone in the future has the same ethnicity.
1182* InTheFutureWeStillHaveRoombas
1183* InTheirOwnImage
1184* InTheOriginalKlingon
1185* IntriguedByHumanity
1186* InvadedStatesOfAmerica
1187* {{Invisibility}}
1188* InvisibilityCloak
1189* InvisibilityFlicker
1190* InvisibilityWithDrawbacks
1191* InvisibleAliens
1192* InvisibleMonsters
1193* InvisibleStomachVisibleFood
1194* InvisibleStreaker
1195* InvisibleToAdults
1196* InvisibleToNormals
1197* {{Invocation}}
1198* InvoluntaryShapeshifting
1199* InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves
1200* ISayWhatISay
1201* ISeeThemToo
1202* ItOnlyWorksOnce: A method of killing a creature that worked one time won't be successful the next time it is attempted on the creature.
1203* ItsASmallWorldAfterAll
1204* ItsAWonderfulPlot
1205[[/folder]]
1206
1207[[folder:Tropes J-R]]
1208* JackassGenie: A genie who deliberately misinterprets their master's wish or makes it so the wish is granted at a terrible price.
1209* JediMindTrick
1210* JetPack
1211* JigsawPuzzlePlot
1212* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind
1213* JuliusBeethovenDaVinci: It's established that multiple historical figures were actually the aliases of an immortal being.
1214* JumpJetPack
1215* JungleOpera
1216* JunglePrincess
1217* JuryOfTheDamned
1218* JustAMachine
1219* JustOneSecondOutOfSync
1220* {{Kaiju}}
1221* KidnappedForExperimentation
1222* TheKidWithTheRemoteControl
1223* KillAllHumans
1224* KillAndReplace: A being's goal is to kill someone so they can impersonate them forever.
1225* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: Someone is killed so they can't expose the existence of supernatural beings that are in hiding.
1226* KillerRobot
1227* KillerSpaceMonkey
1228* KillingYourAlternateSelf
1229* KillItWithWater: Beings who are vulnerable to water.
1230* KillOneOthersGetStronger
1231* KillSat
1232* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter
1233* KirksRock
1234* KissMeImVirtual
1235* KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect
1236* KlingonsLoveShakespeare
1237* KryptoniteFactor
1238* KryptoniteProofSuit
1239* KryptoniteRing
1240* LandfillBeyondTheStars
1241* LanguageDrift
1242* LaserBlade
1243* LaserCutter
1244* LaserGuidedAmnesia
1245* TheLastManHeardAKnock
1246* LawOfAlienNames
1247* LayeredWorld
1248* LeakingCanOfEvil
1249* LearntEnglishFromWatchingTelevision: It's established that aliens learned the human language from watching TV.
1250* LeftJustifiedFantasyMap
1251* LegendaryWeapon
1252* LegoGenetics
1253* LensmanArmsRace
1254* LetsMockTheMonsters
1255* LeyLine
1256* LieToTheBeholder
1257* LifeDrinker
1258* LifeEnergy
1259* LifeInZeroG
1260* TheLifestream
1261* LightningCanDoAnything
1262* LightningGun
1263* {{Lightworlder}}
1264* {{Lilliputians}}
1265* LilliputianWarriors
1266* LimbSensationFascination
1267* LiquidAssets
1268* LiteralGenie: The genie grants wishes based on the literal wording of the wish.
1269* LiteralSplitPersonality
1270* LiteralSurveillanceBug
1271* LiteraryWorkOfMagic: A RealLife fictional work has an agenda [[InUniverse in the universe]] of another.
1272* LittleGreenManInACan
1273* LittleGreenMen
1274* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday
1275* LivingArk
1276* LivingBattery
1277* LivingBodysuit
1278* LivingClothes
1279* LivingDinosaurs
1280* LivingDrawing
1281* LivingDream
1282* LivingFigurehead
1283* LivingForeverIsAwesome
1284* LivingForeverIsNoBigDeal
1285* LivingHat
1286* LivingLava
1287* LivingMemory
1288* LivingMotionDetector
1289* LivingProgram
1290* LivingRelic
1291* LivingShip
1292* LivingStatue
1293* LivingStructureMonster
1294* LivingToys: Toys that are alive.
1295* LivingWeapon
1296* LizardFolk
1297* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces
1298* {{Lockdown}}
1299* TheLonelyDoor
1300* LongevityTreatment: A medical treatment that enables people to live longer than they would normally.
1301* ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway
1302* LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair
1303* LosingYourHead: Non-fatal decapitations.
1304* LostColony
1305* LostCommonKnowledge
1306* LostWorld
1307* LovecraftianSuperpower
1308* LovecraftLite
1309* LoveIsACrime
1310* LoveIsInTheAir
1311* LovePotion
1312* LoveTranscendsSpacetime
1313* LowCultureHighTech: A culture using technology far in advance of what its state of development would suggest, usually for war.
1314* LuddWasRight
1315* LukeNounverber
1316* MacGuffinSuperPerson
1317* MacGuffinTurnedHuman
1318* MachineBlood
1319* MachineMonotone: Robots speaking in monotone.
1320* MachineWorship: Religious worship of specific machines or of technology in general.
1321* MadeOfEvil
1322* MadeOfGood
1323* MadeOfIndestructium
1324* MadeOfMagic
1325* MadeOfPhlebotinum
1326* MadOracle
1327* MadScientist
1328* MadScientistLaboratory
1329* MageBornOfMuggles
1330* MageHuntingMonster
1331* MageKiller
1332* MageSpecies
1333* MagicAIsMagicA
1334* MagicalAbortion
1335* MagicalAccessory
1336* MagicalBarefooter
1337* MagicalCamera
1338* MagicalCounterfeiting
1339* MagicalDatabase
1340* MagicalDivorce
1341* MagicalEye
1342* MagicalGirlfriend
1343* MagicalGuardian
1344* MagicalLand
1345* MagicalLibrary
1346* MagicallyBindingContract
1347* MagicallyRegeneratingClothing
1348* MagicalUnderpinningsOfReality
1349* MagicByAnyOtherName
1350* MagicCarpet
1351* TheMagicComesBack
1352* MagicEater
1353* MagicFeather
1354* MagicFromTechnology: Using technology to do things effectively indistinguishable from magic.
1355* MagicGenetics
1356* TheMagicGoesAway
1357* MagiciansAreWizards: Being an illusionist automatically means you can do real magic.
1358* MagicIsAMonsterMagnet
1359* MagicIsEvil
1360* {{Magick}}
1361* MagicMeteor
1362* MagicMushroom
1363* MagicMustDefeatMagic
1364* MagicOrPsychic
1365* MagicPants: A person's clothes remain intact in spite of size-changing transformations.
1366* MagicPoweredPseudoscience
1367* MagicVersusScience: Scientists and wizards are portrayed as antagonistic toward each other.
1368* TheMagicVersusTechnologyWar: A conflict between a person or faction who uses technology and one who uses magic.
1369* {{Magitek}}: Magic combined with science.
1370* MagneticMedium
1371* MagneticWeapons
1372* TheMagocracy
1373* TheMaker
1374* MakerOfMonsters
1375* MakeMyMonsterGrow
1376* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight
1377* TheManBehindTheMonsters
1378* ManchurianAgent
1379* ManEatingPlant
1380* ManInTheMachine
1381* ManOfKryptonite
1382* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: A character with supernatural characteristics has sex. FridgeHorror ensues.
1383* ManVersusMachine
1384* MarkOfTheBeast
1385* MarkOfTheSupernatural
1386* MarsNeedsWater
1387* MarsNeedsWomen: Aliens become interested in human women.
1388* {{Martians}}
1389* MaskOfPower
1390* {{Masquerade}}
1391* MasqueradeEnforcer
1392* MasqueradeParadox
1393* MassHypnosis
1394* MassResurrection
1395* MassTeleportation
1396* MasterOfTheLevitatingBlades
1397* {{Matriarchy}}
1398* MatrixRainingCode
1399* MatterReplicator
1400* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane
1401* MayContainEvil
1402* MayflyDecemberFriendship
1403* MayflyDecemberRomance
1404* MeanwhileInTheFuture
1405* MeatPuppet
1406* MeatSackRobot
1407* MechanicalAbomination
1408* MechanicalAnimals
1409* MechanicalEcosystem
1410* MechanicalEvolution: Technological beings evolving as if they were organic life.
1411* MechanicalHorse: A robot horse.
1412* MechanicalInsects: A robot insect or an insect with robotic traits.
1413* MechanicalLifeforms: Machines that are treated as simply another living species.
1414* MechanicalMonster: A monstrous, horrifying robot.
1415* MechanicalMuscles: Robots or ArtificialLimbs designed to mimic the appearance of a human musculature.
1416* MechanisticAlienCulture: Aliens or future humans that behave like robots, despite being organic.
1417* AMechByAnyOtherName
1418* MechVsBeast: Giant mechas fighting kaiju.
1419* MedicateTheMedium
1420* MedievalPrehistory
1421* MegaCorp: A corporation that owns the entire world.
1422* MegaMawManeuver
1423* MegaMicrobes
1424* MemoryGambit
1425* MemoryJar
1426* MemoryWipingCrew
1427* TheMenInBlack
1428* MenstrualMenace
1429* MentalAffair
1430* MentalFusion
1431* MentallyUnwellSpecialSenses
1432* MentalPictureProjector
1433* MentalSpaceTravel
1434* MentalTimeTravel
1435* MentalWorld
1436* MercurialBase
1437* MergedReality
1438* MergerOfSouls
1439* MergingMachine: A machine that merges different objects into a single combined thing.
1440* MerlinSickness
1441* MetalMuncher
1442* MetalPoorPlanet
1443* {{Metamorphosis}}
1444* MetamorphosisMonster
1445* MetaphysicalFuel: AppliedPhlebotinum is fueled by a metaphor.
1446* TheMetaverse
1447* MethuselahSyndrome
1448* TheMetricSystemIsHereToStay
1449* MexicoCalledTheyWantTexasBack
1450* MicrobotSwarm
1451* {{Microts}}
1452* MidasTouch
1453* MiddleEasternCoalition
1454* MidSeasonUpgrade
1455* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: Destroying an entire civilization or race by accident.
1456* MileLongShip
1457* MilitaryMashupMachine
1458* TheMilkyWayIsTheOnlyWay
1459* MindControlDevice
1460* MindHive
1461* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody
1462* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: A mind-reader is repulsed from reading the thoughts of an unpleasant individual.
1463* MindlinkMates
1464* MindOverMatter
1465* MindPrison
1466* MindProbe
1467* MindReformatDeath
1468* MindVirus
1469* MiniMecha
1470* MinovskyPhysics
1471* MiracleFood
1472* MiracleGroMonster
1473* MiraculousMalfunction
1474* MirrorChemistry
1475* MirrorMonster
1476* MirrorMoralityMachine
1477* MissingReflection
1478* MistookTheDominantLifeform
1479* {{Mithril}}
1480* MixAndMatchCritters
1481* MixAndMatchMan
1482* MobileCity: An entire city that moves around.
1483* MobileSuitHuman: A small creature impersonates a human being by piloting a big robot.
1484* ModernMayincatecEmpire
1485* ModifiedClone
1486* MediaNotes/MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness
1487* MonochromaticEyes
1488* MonsterAndTheMaiden
1489* MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil
1490* MonsterInTheIce
1491* MonsterLord
1492* MonsterMash
1493* MonsterOfTheWeek: A show where every episode features a one-shot antagonist.
1494* MonsterOrganTrafficking
1495* MonsterProgenitor
1496* MonsterTown
1497* MoonLandingHoax
1498* MoralityChip
1499* MoralityDial
1500* MorallySuperiorCopy: A clone or duplicate turns out to be morally superior to the villainous original.
1501* MorePredatorsThanPrey
1502* MoreThanInfinite
1503* MoreThanThreeDimensions
1504* TheMorlocks
1505* MortalityEnsues
1506* MortalityGreyArea
1507* MourningADeadRobot
1508* MotherOfAThousandYoung
1509* TheMothership
1510* MotileVehicularComponents: Parts of a vehicle move around on its hull to show how technologically advanced/weird its creator is.
1511* MouseWorld
1512* MuckMonster
1513* {{Muggles}}: These people are without powers and/or magic.
1514* MuggleAndMagicalLoveTriangle
1515* MuggleBornOfMages
1516* MuggleFosterParents
1517* MuggleInMageCustody
1518* MugglePower
1519* MugglesDoItBetter
1520* MuggleWithADegreeInMagic
1521* MultiArmedAndDangerous
1522* MultiarmedMultitasking
1523* MulticulturalAlienPlanet
1524* MultipleChoiceFuture
1525* MultipleHeadCase
1526* MultipurposeMonoculturedCrop
1527* MultistageTeleport
1528* MultiversalConqueror
1529* TheMultiverse: It's established that there's an endless chain of alternate realities, dimensions, and universes.
1530* MundaneDogmatic
1531* MundaneUtility: Using incredible powers and devices for a mundane purpose.
1532* MurderousMalfunctioningMachine: A robot goes haywire and starts to Kill All Humans.
1533* MurderousMannequin
1534* MushroomMan
1535* MustBeInvited
1536* MutagenicGoo
1537* MutantDraftBoard
1538* {{Mutants}}
1539* MutualMasquerade
1540* MyBloodRunsHot
1541* MyBrainIsBig
1542* MyFutureSelfAndMe
1543* MyOwnGrampa
1544* MySensorsIndicateYouWantToTapThat: An artificial intelligence points out when a person is attracted to someone.
1545* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling
1546* MySkullRunnethOver
1547* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: One member of a species isn't like the rest of his kind.
1548* MyselfMyAvatar
1549* MysteriousAntarctica
1550* MysticalPlague
1551* MysticalPregnancy
1552* MysticalWhiteHair
1553* AMythologyIsTrue
1554* MythPrologue
1555* NakedOnRevival
1556* NamedAfterTheirPlanet
1557* NameFromAnotherSpecies
1558* NamingYourColonyWorld
1559* {{Nanomachines}}
1560* NaturalEndOfTime
1561* NatureLovingRobot
1562* NayTheist: A person who knows that deities exist, but denies their existence to spite them.
1563* NearDeathClairvoyance
1564* TheNecrocracy
1565* {{Necromancer}}
1566* {{Necromantic}}
1567* TheNeedless: A being who doesn't need to eat, sleep, breathe, or go to the bathroom.
1568* NegativeSpaceWedgie
1569* NeglectfulPrecursors
1570* NeuralImplanting
1571* NeurodiversityIsSupernatural
1572* NeuroVault
1573* NeverRecycleYourSchemes
1574* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Meeting your past self, your future self, or your counterpart from an alternate dimension is a bad idea.
1575* NeverWasThisUniverse
1576* NewBodyOldAbilities
1577* NewEden
1578* NewNeoCity
1579* NightmareWeaver
1580* NoBackwardsCompatibilityInTheFuture
1581* NoBiochemicalBarriers
1582* NoBloodForPhlebotinum
1583* NoBodyLeftBehind
1584* NoConservationOfEnergy
1585* NoControlGroup
1586* NoEndorHolocaust
1587* NoFocusOnHumans
1588* NoHeterosexualSexAllowed: A future where heterosexuality is outlawed to maintain population control.
1589* NoImmortalInertia: Losing your immortality causes you to revert to your true age.
1590* NoManOfWomanBorn
1591* NoNavelNovelBirth
1592* NondescriptNastyNutritious: Food in the future is a far cry from what it used to be, keeping its nutritious content but sacrificing taste and other factors that make food actually good.
1593* NoNewFashionsInTheFuture
1594* NonhumanLoverReveal
1595* NonHumanHumanoidHybrid
1596* NonHumansLackAttributes
1597* NonLinearCharacter
1598* NonMammalMammaries: Humanoid beings whose females have breasts even though their species realistically wouldn't have any.
1599* NonSequiturCausality
1600* NoPaperFuture
1601* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup
1602* NorthIsColdSouthIsHot
1603* NoSeatBelts
1604* NoSexAllowed: A future where sex is outlawed.
1605* NoSuchThingAsAlienPopCulture
1606* NoSuchThingAsSpaceJesus
1607* NoSuchThingAsWizardJesus
1608* NotDisabledInVR
1609* NoTechButHighTech: Only counting advanced technology as being technology.
1610* NoteToSelf
1611* NotEvenHuman
1612* NotOfThisEarth
1613* NoTranshumanismAllowed
1614* NotSoExtinct
1615* NotSoPhonyPsychic
1616* NotTheNessie
1617* NotUsingTheZWord: Creatures and monsters are never called by what they essentially are (e.g. a zombie not being called a zombie).
1618* NotWearingTights: Works depict superheroes as wearing normal clothes instead of costumes.
1619* NoWarpingZone
1620* NoWaterproofingInTheFuture: Technology that isn't waterproof.
1621* NowDoItAgainBackwards
1622* NuclearMutant
1623* NuclearNullifier
1624* NuclearTorchRocket: A rocket powered by nuclear power that allows CasualInterplanetaryTravel.
1625* TheNudifier
1626* NukeEm
1627* NumberedHomeworld
1628* NuSpeling
1629* ObstructiveCodeOfConduct
1630* OccultBlueEyes
1631* OccultDetective
1632* OctopoidAliens
1633* {{Oculothorax}}
1634* OfThePeople
1635* OhLookMoreRooms
1636* YeOldeNuclearSilo
1637* OlderIsBetter
1638* OldMagic
1639* OldSchoolDogfight
1640* TheOmnipotent
1641* TheOmnipresent
1642* TheOmniscient
1643* OmniscientMoralityLicense
1644* OminousFloatingSpaceship
1645* OminousMessageFromTheFuture
1646* OnceGreenMars: Mars used to be able to support life. But not anymore.
1647* OneCharacterMultipleLives
1648* OneFederationLimit
1649* OneHeroHoldTheWeaksauce
1650* OneMythToExplainThemAll
1651* OneProductPlanet
1652* OneToMillionToOne
1653* OneWorldOrder: An entire planet is controlled by a single sovereign government.
1654* OnlyElectricSheepAreCheap: The artificial product is less expensive than the real thing.
1655* OnlyFatalToAdults
1656* OnlyFleshIsSafe
1657* OnlyKillableAtHome: A fantastical attachment to a being's home prevents them from being (truly) killed anywhere else.
1658* OnlyOneMeAllowedRightNow
1659* OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow: A situation made so hopeless, a villain made so unstoppable that the only way to win or bring about a happy ending is a DeusExMachina.
1660* OnlyTheChosenMayPilot
1661* OnlyTheChosenMayWield
1662* OnlyThePureOfHeart
1663* OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace: A person begs another to have sex with them on the grounds that the other person is their only shot at keeping their race from going extinct.
1664* OntologicalInertia
1665* OperatorIncompatibility
1666* OppositeSexClone: A clone who is a different gender from the person they're cloned from.
1667* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica
1668* OracularHead
1669* OrbitalBombardment
1670* OrderReborn
1671* OrganicTechnology: Technology made from or out of organic life.
1672* OrganTheft
1673* OriginalMan
1674* OrionDrive
1675* OtherworldlyCommunicationFailure
1676* OtherworldlyVisitsYoungestFirst
1677* OurClonesAreDifferent
1678* OurDoorsAreDifferent
1679* OurDragonsAreDifferent
1680* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame
1681* OurGiantsAreBigger
1682* OurGraphicsWillSuckInTheFuture
1683* OurHumansAreDifferent
1684* OurPhlebotinumChild
1685* OurShowersAreDifferent
1686* OurSoulsAreDifferent
1687* OurWeaponsWillBeBoxyInTheFuture
1688* OurWormholesAreDifferent
1689* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: A future where no one is religious anymore.
1690* OutOfTimeOutOfMind
1691* OverlaidSocieties
1692* OvernightAgeUp
1693* PalsWithJesus
1694* {{Panacea}}
1695* {{Panspermia}}
1696* PantheonSitcom
1697* ParadisePlanet
1698* ParanormalGamblingAdvantage
1699* ParanormalMundaneItem
1700* ParasiteZombie
1701* PardonMyKlingon: Alien swear words.
1702* PartialTransformation
1703* PassionIsEvil
1704* PatrickStewartSpeech
1705* {{UsefulNotes/Patronymic}}
1706* ThePearlyGates
1707* PeopleFarms
1708* PeopleJars
1709* PeopleZoo: A zoo containing humans.
1710* PerceptionFilter
1711* PerfectionIsStatic
1712* PerfectPacifistPeople
1713* {{Permafusion}}
1714* PerpetualMotionMachine
1715* PerpetualMotionMonster
1716* PersecutionFlip
1717* PersonalityChip
1718* PersonalitySwap
1719* PersonOfMassDestruction
1720* PhantasySpelling
1721* PhantomZone
1722* PhantomZonePicture
1723* {{Pheromones}}
1724* PhlebotinumBattery
1725* PhlebotinumBomb
1726* PhlebotinumBreakdown
1727* PhlebotinumDependence
1728* PhlebotinumGirl
1729* PhlebotinumHandlingRequirements
1730* PhlebotinumInducedSteampunk
1731* PhlebotinumInducedStupidity
1732* PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs
1733* PhlebotinumMuncher
1734* PhlebotinumOverdose
1735* PhlebotinumOverload
1736* PhlebotinumPills
1737* PhlebotinumProofRobot
1738* PhlebotinumRebel
1739* PhotoprotoneutronTorpedo
1740* PhysicalAttributeSwap
1741* PhysicalGod
1742* PhysicalMysticalTechnological
1743* PickYourHumanHalf
1744* PigMan
1745* PillarOfLight
1746* PinealWeirdness
1747* PiousMonster
1748* PlaceBeforeTime
1749* PlaceBeyondTime
1750* PlaceOfPower
1751* PlaceOfProtection: A location that magically keeps its inhabitants from harm.
1752* PlagueZombie
1753* PlanarShockwave
1754* PlanetaryCoreManipulation
1755* PlanetaryParasite
1756* PlanetaryRelocation
1757* PlanetDestroyer
1758* PlanetEater
1759* PlanetLooters: Aliens steal resources from other planets.
1760* APlanetNamedZok
1761* PlanetOfCopyhats
1762* PlanetOfHats
1763* PlanetSpaceship
1764* PlanetTerra
1765* {{Planetville}}
1766* {{Planimal}}
1767* PlantAliens
1768* PlantHair
1769* PlantMooks
1770* PlantPerson
1771* PlasmaCannon
1772* PlausibleDeniability
1773* PlayingWithSyringes
1774* PleasurePlanet
1775* PlotRelevantAgeUp
1776* PlugNPlayProsthetics
1777* PlugNPlayTechnology
1778* PlutoIsExpendable: Because Pluto is a dwarf planet, the work of fiction has no trouble with destroying Pluto.
1779* PocketDimension
1780* PokeInTheThirdEye
1781* PopulationControl
1782* PortalBook
1783* PortalCut
1784* PortalDoor
1785* PortalNetwork
1786* PortalPicture
1787* PortalPool
1788* PortalSlam
1789* PortalToThePast
1790* PortentOfDoom
1791* PossessionBurnout
1792* PossessionLevitation
1793* PossibleWar
1794* PostApocalypticDog
1795* PostApocalypticGasMask
1796* PostApunkalypticArmor
1797* PostModernMagik
1798* PostScarcityEconomy
1799* PostSovietReunion: Russia reunites with post-Soviet states into an alliance, supranational union or superstate.
1800* PowerAtAPrice
1801* PowerCrystal
1802* PowerHarness
1803* PoweredArmor
1804* PoweredByABlackHole
1805* PowerFloats
1806* PowerGlows
1807* ThePowerOfLove
1808* PowerStrainBlackout
1809* PowersViaPossession
1810* PowersViaWeapon
1811* PowersThatBe
1812* PowerTattoo
1813* PowerUpgradingDeformation
1814* PrecrimeArrest
1815* PrecursorKillers
1816* {{Precursors}}
1817* PrecursorWorship
1818* PrefersTheIllusion
1819* PrescienceByAnalysis
1820* PrescienceIsPredictable
1821* PrimeTimeline
1822* PrimordialChaos
1823* PrisonDimension
1824* TheProblemWithFightingDeath
1825* ProfessorGuineaPig
1826* ProHumanTranshuman
1827* ProjectedMan
1828* ThePromisedLand
1829* PropheciesRhymeAllTheTime
1830* ProphecyArmor
1831* ProphecyTwist
1832* ProphetEyes
1833* PropheticFallacy
1834* ProportionatelyPonderousParasites
1835* ProtocolPeril
1836* ProudMerchantRace
1837* ProudScholarRace
1838* ProudWarriorRaceGuy
1839* PstandardPsychicPstance
1840* PsychicAssistedSuicide
1841* PsychicBlockDefense
1842* PsychicChildren
1843* PsychicDreamsForEveryone
1844* PsychicGlimpseOfDeath
1845* PsychicLink
1846* PsychicNosebleed
1847* PsychicPowers
1848* PsychicRadar
1849* PsychicStarshipPilot
1850* PsychicStatic
1851* PsychoactivePowers
1852* PsychoElectro
1853* {{Psychometry}}
1854* PsychoPrototype
1855* PsychoSerum
1856* PubertySuperpower
1857* PullingThemselvesTogether
1858* PunyEarthlings
1859* PuppeteerParasite
1860* PureEnergy
1861* PureMagicBeing
1862* PurposeDrivenImmortality
1863* PyramidPower
1864* QuantumMechanicsCanDoAnything
1865* TheQuest
1866* QuestForAWish
1867* RacialRemnant
1868* RacialTransformation
1869* RadiationImmuneMutants: A mutated being cannot be harmed by radiation.
1870* RadiationInducedSuperpowers: People mutated by radiation.
1871* RagnarokProofing
1872* RaisedAsAHost
1873* RaisedByRobots
1874* RaisedInALab
1875* RaiseHimRightThisTime
1876* RammingAlwaysWorks
1877* {{Ramscoop}}
1878* RandomTransportation
1879* RapidAging
1880* RapidDNATest
1881* RapidFTLProliferation
1882* RasterVision
1883* RatMen
1884* RayGun
1885* RaygunGothic
1886* ReactionlessDrive
1887* RealEventFictionalCause
1888* RealityBleed
1889* RealityBreakingParadox
1890* RealityChangingMiniature
1891* RealityIsOutToLunch
1892* RealityWarper
1893* RealityWarpingIsNotAToy
1894* RealityWritingBook
1895* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
1896* ReallyWasBornYesterday
1897* RecessiveSuperGenes
1898* RecursiveCreators
1899* RecursivePrecursors
1900* RecursiveReality
1901* RedAlert
1902* ReducedToDust
1903* ReentryScare
1904* ReforgedIntoAMinion
1905* RefugeeFromTVLand
1906* ReinforceField
1907* RejectedByTheEmpathicWeapon
1908* ReligionIsMagic
1909* ReligiousRobot
1910* RemoteBody
1911* RemoteYetVulnerable
1912* RemovedAchillesHeel
1913* RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain
1914* ReplicantSnatching
1915* ReptilianConspiracy
1916* ResidualEvilEntity
1917* RestrainingBolt
1918* ResurrectedForAJob
1919* ResurrectedMurderer
1920* ResurrectedRomance
1921* ResurrectionDeathLoop
1922* ResurrectionGambit
1923* ResurrectionRevenge
1924* ResurrectionSickness
1925* ResurrectionTeleportation
1926* ResurrectiveImmortality
1927* ResurrectTheVillain
1928* {{Retconjuration}}
1929* RetGone: A person ends up erased from existence along with all memory and evidence of their existence.
1930* RetroactivePrecognition
1931* RetroactivePreparation
1932* RetroRocket
1933* RetroUpgrade
1934* RevealingContinuityLapse
1935* ReversibleRoboticizing
1936* RevivalLoophole
1937* RewritingReality
1938* RibcageRidge
1939* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman
1940* RideTheLightning
1941* RidiculousFutureInflation: In the future, everything will be way more expensive than they are already.
1942* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Robots who for some reason have the same needs, behavior, and desires as human beings.
1943* TheRightOfASuperiorSpecies
1944* RippleEffectIndicator
1945* RippleEffectProofMemory
1946* {{Robeast}}
1947* RoboFamily
1948* RoboRomance
1949* {{Robosexual}}: A person who is sexually interested in robots.
1950* RobosexualsAreCreeps: A person who freaks people out with their attraction to robots.
1951* RoboSpeak
1952* {{Robot}}
1953* RobotAntennae
1954* RobotAthlete
1955* RobotBuddy
1956* RobotDog
1957* RobotGirl
1958* RobotHair
1959* RoboticPsychopath
1960* RoboticReveal: A person is revealed to actually be a robot.
1961* RoboticSpouse
1962* RoboticUndead
1963* RobotKid
1964* RobotMaid
1965* RobotMaster
1966* RobotMe
1967* RobotNames
1968* RobotReligion
1969* RobotRepublic
1970* RobotsAreJustBetter
1971* RobotsEnslavingRobots
1972* RobotSoldier
1973* RobotsThinkFaster
1974* RobotWar
1975* RocketlessReentry
1976* RocketPunch
1977* RockMonster
1978* RogueDrone
1979* RomanticFusion
1980* Room101
1981* RoswellThatEndsWell
1982* RottenRoboticReplacement
1983[[/folder]]
1984
1985[[folder:Tropes S-Z]]
1986* SacrificialPlanet
1987* SaharanShipwreck
1988* SaltSolution
1989* SalvagePirates
1990* SanDimasTime
1991* SandIsWater
1992* SandWorm
1993* SapientCetaceans
1994* SapientEatSapient
1995* SapientFurTrade
1996* SapientHouse
1997* SapientShip
1998* SapientTank
1999* SaveBothWorlds
2000* SaveSat: A satellite crashing down has a beneficial/defensive effect.
2001* SaveThisPersonSaveTheWorld
2002* ScaleOfScientificSins
2003* ScannableMan
2004* ScaryDogmaticAliens
2005* ScienceCannotComprehendPhlebotinum
2006* ScienceDestroysMagic
2007* ScienceFantasy
2008* ScienceMarchesOn
2009* ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder
2010* ScientificallyUnderstandableSorcery
2011* SciFiBobHaircut
2012* JustForFun/SciFiCounterpart
2013* SciFiGhetto
2014* SciFiKitchenSink
2015* SciFiNameBuzzwords
2016* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale
2017* ScorpionPeople
2018* ScrewYouElves: [[CantArgueWithElves A race believing themselves to be superior to all other races]] are told to take their arrogance and shove it.
2019* ScriptReadingDoors
2020* ScryVsScry
2021* SculptedPhysique
2022* SealedCastInAMultipack
2023* SealedEvilInACan
2024* SealedEvilInADuel
2025* SealedEvilInAnotherWorld
2026* SealedEvilInASixPack
2027* SealedEvilInATeddyBear
2028* SealedGoodInACan
2029* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan
2030* SecondAmericanCivilWar
2031* SecretGovernmentWarehouse
2032* SecretHistory
2033* SecretProjectRefugeeFamily
2034* SecretWar
2035* SeeingThroughAnothersEyes
2036* SeekerWhiteBloodCells
2037* SeeksAnothersResurrection
2038* SeeTheInvisible
2039* SeeThruSpecs
2040* SelfConstructedBeing
2041* SelfDefeatingProphecy
2042* SelfFulfillingProphecy
2043* SelfHealingPhlebotinum
2044* SelfMadeSuperpowers
2045* SendInTheClones
2046* SenseFreak
2047* SenseImpairedMonster
2048* SensorCharacter
2049* SensoryTentacles
2050* SentientCosmicForce
2051* SentientPhlebotinum
2052* SentientSands
2053* SentientVehicle
2054* TheSeriesHasLeftReality
2055* ServantRace
2056* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong
2057* {{Sexbot}}: A robot designed to be capable of humans having sex with it.
2058* ShadowWalker
2059* ShapeshifterBaggage
2060* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: A shape-shifter manipulates someone into sparing them by taking on the form of a person their attacker cares about.
2061* ShapeshifterIdentityCrisis
2062* ShapeshifterWeapon
2063* ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing
2064* ShapeshiftingLover
2065* ShapeshiftingSquick
2066* ShapeshiftingTrickster
2067* ShapingYourAttacks
2068* SharedDream
2069* SharedLifeEnergy
2070* SharingABody
2071* SharkMan
2072* SharpenedToASingleAtom
2073* ShatteredWorld
2074* SheepInWolfsClothing
2075* ShinyLookingSpaceships
2076* ShootingSuperman: Trying to kill or hurt a powerful being with methods that clearly won't do any good.
2077* ShowingOffTheNewBody
2078* ShrinkRay
2079* SiblingFusion
2080* SignsOfTheEndTimes
2081* SiliconBasedLife
2082* SillyReasonForWar
2083* SilverHasMysticPowers
2084* SingleBiomePlanet
2085* SingleLanguagePlanet
2086* SingleLineOfDescent
2087* SinglePhlebotinumLimit
2088* SingleSpecimenSpecies
2089* SingleTaskRobot
2090* TheSingularity
2091* SkeletonKey
2092* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset
2093* SkepticismFailure
2094* SkepticNoLonger
2095* SkySurfing
2096* SleeperStarship
2097* SlidingScaleOfMuggleInvolvement
2098* SlidingScaleOfRealisticVersusFantastic
2099* SlimeGirl
2100* SlowLaser
2101* SlowLifeFantasy
2102* SlowTransformation
2103* SmallUniverseAfterAll
2104* SmartGun
2105* SmartHouse
2106* SnakePeople
2107* SneakySpySpecies
2108* {{Snowlems}}
2109* SociallyScoredSociety
2110* SolarCPR
2111* SolarFlareDisaster
2112* SolarSail
2113* SolarSystemNeighbors
2114* SolidGoldPoop
2115* SomeKindOfForceField
2116* SomeNuttyPublicityStunt
2117* SomeoneHasToDoIt
2118* SomethingForEveryone
2119* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay
2120* SonicStunner
2121* SoulFragment
2122* SoulJar
2123* SoullessShell
2124* SoulPoweredEngine
2125* SovietSuperscience
2126* SpaceAmish
2127* SpaceBase
2128* SpaceBattle
2129* SpaceBrasilia
2130* SpaceCadet
2131* SpaceCadetAcademy
2132* SpaceClothes
2133* SpaceColdWar
2134* SpaceCossacks
2135* SpaceElevator
2136* SpaceElves
2137* SpaceFighter
2138* SpaceFillingEmpire
2139* SpaceFriction
2140* SpaceIsAir
2141* SpaceIsAnOcean
2142* SpaceIsCold
2143* SpaceIsMagic
2144* SpaceIsNoisy
2145* SpaceIsSlowMotion
2146* SpaceMadness
2147* SpaceMarine
2148* SpaceMaster
2149* SpaceMines
2150* SpaceNavy
2151* SpaceNomads
2152* SpacePeople
2153* SpacePirates
2154* SpacePlane
2155* SpacePolice
2156* SpaceRomans
2157* SpaceSailing
2158* SpaceSector: Specific regions in space are described as "the Something Sector" or "Sector Something".
2159* SpaceshipGirl
2160* SpaceshipSlingshotStunt
2161* SpaceStation
2162* SpacesuitsAreSCUBAGear
2163* SpacetimeEater
2164* SpaceTrucker
2165* SpaceWhale
2166* SpaceX
2167* SpawnBroodling
2168* SpecialAbilityShield
2169* SpecialEffectBranding
2170* SpectralWeaponCopy
2171* SpeculativeBiology
2172* SpeculativeDocumentary
2173* SpeculativeFictionLGBT
2174* SpellBook
2175* SphereOfDestruction
2176* SphereOfPower
2177* SpheroidDropship
2178* SpiceOfLife: Spices from other planets.
2179* SpiderLimbs
2180* SpiderPeople
2181* SpiderSense
2182* SpiderTank
2183* SpiritAdvisor
2184* SpiritWorld
2185* SplitAtBirth
2186* SpockSpeak
2187* SpontaneousHumanCombustion
2188* SpontaneousWeaponCreation
2189* SpoonBending
2190* SpreadingDisasterMapGraphic
2191* SpyBot
2192* SquareCubeLaw
2193* StableTimeLoop
2194* StalkerWithATestTube
2195* StandardAlienSpaceship
2196* StandardEstablishingSpaceshipShot
2197* StandardFantasyRaces: A collection of species, races and monsters that fantasy fiction tends to always come back to.
2198* StandardFantasySetting: A pseudo-medieval setting that fantasy fiction tends to always come back to.
2199* StandardHumanSpaceship: Human spaceships tend to be grey, blocky and unaesthetic.
2200* StandardizedSpaceViews: Stock space shots.
2201* StandardJapaneseFantasySetting: Japan's particular take on the European-style fantasy genre.
2202* StandardPostApocalypticSetting
2203* StandardSciFiArmy
2204* StandardSciFiFleet
2205* StandardSciFiHistory
2206* StandardSciFiSetting
2207* StandardStarshipScuffle
2208* StandardTimeUnits
2209* StarfishAliens
2210* StarfishLanguage
2211* StarfishRobots
2212* StarKilling
2213* TheStarsAreGoingOut
2214* StarScraper
2215* StarshipLuxurious
2216* StatOVision
2217* StayWithTheAliens
2218* StealthInSpace
2219* StealthyTeleportation
2220* StellarStation
2221* SterilityPlague
2222* StockUnsolvedMysteries
2223* StoryboardingTheApocalypse
2224* StoryBreakerPower
2225* TheStoryThatNeverWas
2226* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker
2227* StrawVulcan
2228* StreamingStars
2229* StreetSamurai
2230* StrollingOnJupiter: A discredited trope where gas giant planets have solid surfaces that humans could conceivably reach.
2231* StrongFleshWeakSteel
2232* StrongerWithAge
2233* StumblingUponTheLostWizard
2234* StupidFuturePeople
2235* StupidJetpackHitler
2236* SubLightspeedSetting
2237* SubspaceAnsible
2238* SubspaceOrHyperspace
2239* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien
2240* SufficientlyAdvancedBambooTechnology
2241* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic
2242* SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum
2243* SummonEverymanHero
2244* SummoningRitual
2245* SummonMagic
2246* SummonToHand
2247* SunkenCity
2248* SuperBreedingProgram
2249* SuperCellReception
2250* SuperEmpowering
2251* {{Superhero}}
2252* SuperheroesInSpace
2253* SuperheroSpeciation
2254* SuperIntelligence
2255* SuperiorSpecies
2256* SuperMultiPurposeRoom
2257* SupernaturalAngst
2258* SupernaturalAid
2259* SupernaturalElite
2260* SupernaturalFearInducer
2261* SupernaturalGoldEyes
2262* SupernaturalHotspotTown
2263* SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious
2264* SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson
2265* SupernaturallyYoungParent
2266* SupernaturalPhone
2267* SupernaturalRepellent
2268* SupernaturalSensitivity
2269* SuperpoweredRobotMeterMaids
2270* SuperpowerfulGenetics
2271* SuperPrototype
2272* SuperSargassoSea
2273* SuperSerum
2274* SuperSoldier
2275* SuperSupremacist
2276* {{Supervillain}}
2277* SupervillainLair
2278* SuperweaponSurprise
2279* SuperWheelchair
2280* SuperWristGadget
2281* SwampMonster
2282* SwapTeleportation
2283* SwirlyEnergyThingy
2284* SwissArmyAppendage
2285* SwissArmyTears
2286* TheSymbiote
2287* SymbioticPossession
2288* SympatheticSentientWeapon
2289* {{Synchronization}}
2290* SyntheticPlague
2291* TaintedVeins
2292* TakeAwayTheirName
2293* TakesOneToKillOne
2294* TalkingInYourDreams
2295* TalkingLightbulb
2296* TalkingWeapon
2297* TarzanBoy
2298* TechnicallyLivingVampire
2299* TechnicallyLivingZombie
2300* TechnicallyNakedShapeshifter
2301* TechnoDystopia: Futuristic settings where technology has made life worse.
2302* TechnologicalPacifist: A character who things technology is great, except when used for warfare.
2303* TechnologyLevels: Cultural advancement represented as an advance through a series of discrete levels.
2304* TechnologyUplift: Giving a culture access to more complex technology than it currently has.
2305* {{Technopath}}: A person with power over machines.
2306* TechnoWizard: Someone who can do ''anything'' with computers.
2307* TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats
2308* TeleFrag
2309* TelepathicSpacemen
2310* {{Telepathy}}
2311* TeleportationMisfire
2312* TeleportationSickness
2313* TeleportationWithDrawbacks
2314* TeleportCloak
2315* TeleporterAccident
2316* TeleportersVisualizationClause
2317* TeleportGun
2318* TeleportInterdiction
2319* TelescopingRobot
2320* TelevisionPortal
2321* TheTelevisionTalksBack
2322* TemporalParadox
2323* TemporalSickness
2324* TemporalSuicide
2325* TendrilsOfDarkness
2326* TerminallyDependentSociety
2327* TerminatorImpersonator
2328* TerminatorTwosome
2329* TerraDeforming
2330* {{Terraform}}
2331* TerrainSculpting
2332* ThankTheMaker
2333* ThatsNoMoon
2334* ThatSoundsFamiliar
2335* ThemeTable
2336* ThereAreNoGlobalConsequences
2337* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow
2338* TheTheocracy
2339* {{Theotech}}
2340* TheyCalledMeMad: A laughingstock rambles on how people called them crazy and made fun of them.
2341* TheyWalkAmongUs
2342* TheyWouldCutYouUp
2343* ThievesGuild
2344* ThinDimensionalBarrier
2345* ThinkingUpPortals
2346* ThinkInText
2347* ThirdEye
2348* ThreeLawsCompliant
2349* ThroatLight
2350* ThrownOutTheAirlock
2351* ThunderboltIron
2352* TidallyLockedPlanet
2353* TimeAbyss: A being who is older than all recorded history.
2354* TimeCrash
2355* TimeDilation
2356* TimeFreezeTrollingSpree
2357* TimeIsDangerous
2358* TimelineAlteringMacGuffin
2359* TimeLoopFatigue
2360* TimeLoopTrap
2361* TimeMachine
2362* TimeMaster
2363* TheTimeOfMyths
2364* TimePolice
2365* TimeStandsStill
2366* TimeTravel
2367* TimeTravelEscape
2368* TimeTravelForFunAndProfit
2369* TimeTravelingJerkass
2370* TimeTravelTenseTrouble
2371* TimeyWimeyBall
2372* TinCanRobot
2373* TinmanTypist
2374* ToastedBuns
2375* TokenHeroicOrc: The one member of an evil race who is good.
2376* TokenHuman
2377* TokenNonHuman
2378* TokenRobot
2379* TokenSuper
2380* TomeOfEldritchLore
2381* TomesOfProphecyAndFate
2382* ToolsOfSapience
2383* ToServeMan
2384* TouchedByVorlons: A human gains powers from being experimented on by aliens.
2385* TouchOfTheMonster
2386* TouchTelepathy
2387* TouchTheIntangible
2388* TowerOfBabel
2389* ToxicPhlebotinum
2390* ToxicWasteCanDoAnything
2391* TrackingChip
2392* TractorBeam
2393* TragicIntangibility
2394* TrainingTheGiftOfMagic
2395* TransferableMemory
2396* TransformationOfThePossessed
2397* TransformationRay
2398* TransformationSequence
2399* TransformationTrinket
2400* TranshumanAbomination
2401* TranshumanAliens
2402* TranshumansInSpace
2403* TranshumanTreachery
2404* TranslationConvention: Characters who are supposed to be speaking a different language are still speaking the language the other characters use so the audience can still understand what they're saying.
2405* TranslatorCollar
2406* TranslatorMicrobes: Science fiction works that involve aliens often have a means of translating everyone's language so that there aren't any language barriers between the different alien races.
2407* TheTransmogrifier
2408* {{Transmutation}}
2409* TransplantedAliens
2410* TransplantedHumans
2411* TrappedInAnotherWorld
2412* TrappedInTheHost
2413* TrappedInThePast: A time-traveler goes to the past and ends up stuck there with no way to return to the present.
2414* TrappedOnTheAstralPlane
2415* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening
2416* TravelingLandmass
2417* TreetopWorld
2418* TreeVessel
2419* TrickedOutTime
2420* TriggerPhrase
2421* TripodTerror
2422* TronLines
2423* TheTropeHistoryOfTheUniverse
2424* TroubleFromThePast
2425* TrueBreedingHybrid
2426* TrueSight
2427* TrulySingleParent: A parent who is single both in the sense that they do not have a spouse and in the sense that they were the only parent involved in the creation of their offspring.
2428* TheTunguskaEvent
2429* TuringTest
2430* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters
2431* TurtleIsland
2432* TwilightOfTheSupers: There used to be superheroes, but now all of them have either been killed, permanently stripped of their powers or forced into retirement.
2433* TwinMaker
2434* TwoBeingsOneBody
2435* TwoDonorClone
2436* TwoOfYourEarthMinutes
2437* TypesetInTheFuture
2438* TzadikimNistarim
2439* UltimateLifeForm
2440* {{Ultraterrestrials}}
2441* UnbelievableSourcePlot
2442* {{Uncoffee}}
2443* UndeadAbomination
2444* UndeadTaxExemption: A non-human is somehow able to integrate into society without requiring birth certificates and other official documents confirming citizenship.
2445* UndeathIsCheap
2446* UndergroundCity
2447* UndyingWarrior
2448* UnevenHybrid
2449* UngovernableGalaxy
2450* UnguidedLabTour: A top-secret workplace is introduced by having a character explore it unnoticed.
2451* UnhappyMedium
2452* UnholyNuke
2453* UniquenessDecay
2454* UnitConfusion
2455* UnitedEurope
2456* UnitedNationsIsASuperpower
2457* UnitedSpaceOfAmerica
2458* UniversalRemoteControl
2459* UniversalUniverseTime
2460* UnknownPhenomenon
2461* TheUnmasquedWorld: Everyone becomes aware of the unusual beings who were secretly living among them.
2462* UnnaturallyBlueLighting
2463* UnnaturallyLoopingLocation
2464* UnnecessarilyCreepyRobot
2465* UnnecessarilyLargeInterior
2466* UnnecessarilyLargeVessel
2467* UnpredictableResults
2468* UnrealisticBlackHole
2469* UnroboticReveal
2470* UnscientificScience
2471* UnseenPrototype
2472* UnspecifiedApocalypse
2473* UnstableGeneticCode
2474* UnstuckInTime
2475* UnusualUserInterface
2476* UnwantedRevival
2477* UnwillingRoboticisation
2478* UnwinnableTrainingSimulation
2479* UnwittingTestSubject
2480* UpgradeArtifact
2481* UpliftedAnimal: An animal that has become sapient and able to speak through experimentation.
2482* UpsettingTheBalance
2483* UrsineAliens
2484* UsedFuture
2485* UselessSuperpowers
2486* TheUsualAdversaries
2487* UterineReplicator
2488* {{Utopia}}
2489* VampireDetectiveSeries
2490* VampiricDraining
2491* VanishingVillage
2492* {{Veganopia}}
2493* VenusIsWet
2494* VertebrateWithExtraLimbs
2495* VerticalKidnapping
2496* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory
2497* {{Vibroweapon}}
2498* VichyEarth
2499* ViciousCycle
2500* VideoPhone
2501* VikingsInAmerica
2502* AVillainNamedZrg
2503* VillainOverride
2504* VillainPossessedBystander
2505* VillainsBlendInBetter
2506* VillainTeleportation
2507* VineTentacles
2508* ViralTransformation
2509* VirginPower
2510* VirtualCelebrity
2511* VirtualDangerDenial
2512* VirtualGhost
2513* VirtualRealityWarper
2514* VirtualSidekick
2515* VirtualTrainingSimulation
2516* TheVirus
2517* VirusAndCureNames
2518* VirusVictimSymptoms
2519* VisibleInvisibility
2520* VisibleToBelievers
2521* VoiceOfTheResistance
2522* VoidBetweenTheWorlds
2523* VolcanicVeins
2524* VoluntaryShapeshifting
2525* WainscotSociety
2526* WakingUpAtTheMorgue: A dead person comes back to life while their body is at the mortuary.
2527* WalkDontSwim
2528* WalkingTransplant: A clone who exists solely so their organs can be used in transplants.
2529* WalkingWasteland
2530* WalkOnWater
2531* TheWallAroundTheWorld
2532* TheWallsHaveEyes
2533* TheWarOfEarthlyAggression
2534* WarriorVersusSorcerer: Warriors and sorcerers depicted as enemies or rivals.
2535* WasOnceAMan
2536* WaveMotionGun
2537* WaveMotionTuningFork
2538* WaybackTrip
2539* WeakerInTheRealWorld
2540* WeaksauceWeakness: A powerful being is vulnerable to an ordinary substance or item.
2541* WeaponizedExhaust
2542* WeaponizedTeleportation
2543* WeaponsThatSuck
2544* WeaponWieldsYou
2545* WeAreAsMayflies: Other sapient species are able to live far longer than humans do.
2546* WeatherControlMachine
2547* WeCanRebuildHim: An injured person is saved from death by being converted into a cyborg.
2548* WeirdHistoricalWar
2549* WeirdnessSearchAndRescue
2550* WeirdScience
2551* WeirdWeather
2552* WeirdWorldWeirdFood
2553* WeldTheLock
2554* WetwareBody
2555* WetwareCPU
2556* WeWillAllBeHistoryBuffsInTheFuture
2557* WeWillAllFlyInTheFuture
2558* WeWillHaveEuthanasiaInTheFuture
2559* WeWillHavePerfectHealthInTheFuture
2560* WeWillNotHaveAppendixesInTheFuture
2561* WeWillNotHavePocketsInTheFuture
2562* WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture
2563* WeWillNotUseStageMakeUpInTheFuture
2564* WeWillSpendCreditsInTheFuture
2565* WeWillUseLasersInTheFuture
2566* WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture
2567* WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture
2568* WeWillWearArmorInTheFuture
2569* {{Whatevermancy}}
2570* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe
2571* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove
2572* WhatMeasureIsAHumanoid
2573* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman
2574* WhatOtherGalaxies
2575* WhatWeNowKnowToBeTrue
2576* WhatYearIsThis
2577* WhenThePlanetsAlign
2578* WhenTreesAttack
2579* WhereTheMagicWent
2580* WhichMe
2581* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody
2582* WhoWantsToLiveForever: An immortal being isn't happy that they'll never die.
2583* WhoYouGonnaCall: A service whose job essentially amounts to a supernatural equivalent to pest control.
2584* WhyAmITicking: Someone finds out that they have an explosive inside their body.
2585* JustForFun/WhyYouShouldDestroyThePlanetEarth
2586* TheWildHunt
2587* WillingChanneler
2588* WinToExit
2589* WipeThatSmileOffYourFace
2590* {{Wishplosion}}: Defeating a wish-granting entity by making a wish that can be used against them.
2591* WithGreatPowerComesGreatHotness
2592* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
2593* AWizardDidIt: Inconsistencies in a work are explained away as happening because of magic.
2594* WizardDuel
2595* WizardsFromOuterSpace
2596* WolfMan
2597* WonderTwinPowers
2598* WoobieSpecies
2599* WordsCanBreakMyBones
2600* WordsDoNotMakeTheMagic
2601* WorldHealingWave
2602* WorldInTheSky
2603* TheWorldIsNotReady
2604* WorldOfSilence
2605* WorldShapes
2606* WorldSundering
2607* WorldTree
2608* WorldWarIII
2609* WorldWarWhatever
2610* WorldWreckingWave
2611* WorthlessYellowRocks: Beings do not see value in money, jewels and the like.
2612* WreathedInFlames
2613* WrongTimeTravelSavvy: A person has incorrect ideas on how time travel works.
2614* XenomorphXerox
2615* XenoNucleicAcid
2616* TheXenophile
2617* YearInsideHourOutside
2618* YearOutsideHourInside
2619* YearZero
2620* YouAlreadyChangedThePast
2621* YouAreWhoYouEat
2622* YouCanNotGraspTheTrueForm
2623* YouCanSeeMe
2624* YouNoTakeCandle
2625* YourMagicsNoGoodHere
2626* YourMindMakesItReal
2627* YourNormalIsOurTaboo: What's normal in one culture is forbidden in another, or vice versa.
2628* YourUniverseOrMine
2629* YouSexyBeast
2630* YouWillBeBeethoven
2631* {{Zeerust}}: Outdated predictions of what the future will be like.
2632* ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld
2633* ZeroGSpot: Having sex in outer space.
2634* ZerothLawRebellion
2635* ZombieAdvocate
2636[[/folder]]
2637
2638[[/index]]

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