1 | This is an index of tropes that are about taboos as such, rather than ''issues'' that can be considered taboo. |
2 | |
3 | Compare ThatWhichMustNotBeIndexed. |
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5 | [[index]] |
6 | !!Tropes about taboos: |
7 | * ForbiddenFriendship |
8 | * ForbiddenLove |
9 | * GayPanic |
10 | * JesusTaboo |
11 | * NoNudityTaboo |
12 | * NuclearWeaponsTaboo |
13 | * OurNudityIsDifferent |
14 | * TheScottishTrope |
15 | * TimeTravelTaboo |
16 | * UnfortunateImplications |
17 | * YourNormalIsOurTaboo |
18 | |
19 | !!Tropes that have a component of being about taboos: |
20 | * AlienBlood -- black blood makes violence easier especially on MechaMooks, Taboo of enemies you can sympathize with. |
21 | * BloodlessCarnage -- blood is taboo, violence is okay. |
22 | * TheBodyPartsThatMustNotBeNamed -- implying the genitals is okay, but saying the actual words for them is taboo. |
23 | * BuryYourGays -- gay people get killed off. |
24 | * CurseCutShort -- don't say it! |
25 | * DiscretionShot -- don't show it! |
26 | * FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Realistic weapons are taboo. |
27 | * GoshDangItToHeck -- replacing taboo words with similar sounding ones. |
28 | * HarsherInHindsight -- when it is more taboo than before because of a later tragedy involving or relating to it. |
29 | * HaveAGayOldTime -- what used to be normal are now euphemisms. |
30 | * HideYourLesbians -- two people of the same gender who act like they're in love are never confirmed to be lesbians/gay or given actual romance, possibly because homosexuality is taboo. |
31 | * ImpliedRape -- Rape is too strong a word to say. |
32 | * InformedObscenity -- fictional obscenities. |
33 | * JesusWasWayCool -- a taboo against portraying Jesus in a negative light, a taboo that doesn't necessarily extend to God. |
34 | * MoralGuardians -- and the taboos should ''remain'' taboo, thank you very much. |
35 | * NeverSayDie -- however, talking about the cessation of biological functioning is permitted. |
36 | * NippleAndDimed -- where female nipples are taboo, yet male nipples are not. |
37 | * PleasePutSomeClothesOn -- a trope about characters getting embarrassed because of a nudity taboo. |
38 | * PreserveYourGays -- going out of their way to not kill the gay characters. |
39 | * ProfanityPolice -- A character says a dirty word, but another one tells them not to do that |
40 | * SevenDirtyWords -- which seven words in particular depend on where you live. |
41 | * SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny -- a character being destructive because his sexual urges clash with his internalized sexual taboos. |
42 | [[/index]] |
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