1 | Books are also a good source for trope titles. If you read about them here, there's a good chance you'll see them pop up in other media. |
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4 | [[index]] |
5 | !Commercial Fiction and Traditional Stories |
6 | |
7 | [[foldercontrol]] |
8 | |
9 | [[folder:By Author's Last Name]] |
10 | %%% When adding Hitchhiker's examples, be sure they came from the novels and not the 1978 and 1980 radio series. |
11 | * [[Creator/DouglasAdams Adams, Douglas]] |
12 | ** ''Literature/TheLongDarkTeatimeOfTheSoul'' |
13 | *** TheAllegedCar, and by extension every other trope named by that format, such as |
14 | *** TheAllegedComputer |
15 | *** TheAllegedHouse |
16 | *** TheAllegedSteed |
17 | ** ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1'' |
18 | *** RealityIsOutToLunch |
19 | ** ''Literature/TheMeaningOfLiff'' |
20 | *** {{Zeerust}} |
21 | *** ZeerustCanon |
22 | ** ''Literature/TheRestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse'' |
23 | *** LetsMeetTheMeat |
24 | ---- |
25 | * [[Creator/KAApplegate Applegate, Katherine]] |
26 | ** {{Animorphism}} |
27 | ---- |
28 | * [[Creator/IsaacAsimov Asimov, Isaac]] |
29 | ** SecondLawMyAss (references Asimov's Second Law of Robotics) |
30 | ** ThreeLawsCompliant |
31 | ** ZerothLawRebellion |
32 | ---- |
33 | * [[Creator/IainBanks Banks, Iain]] |
34 | ** OutsideContextProblem |
35 | ---- |
36 | * [[Creator/DaveBarry Barry, Dave]] |
37 | ** AdjacentToThisCompleteBreakfast |
38 | ** AGoodNameForARockBand |
39 | ---- |
40 | * [[Creator/LFrankBaum Baum, L. Frank]] (''Franchise/LandOfOz'') |
41 | ** CowardlyLion |
42 | ** DystopianOz |
43 | ** {{Munchkin}} |
44 | ** TheresNoPlaceLikeHome |
45 | ** TinMan |
46 | ** WickedWitch |
47 | ---- |
48 | * Beecher Stowe, Harriet (''Literature/UncleTomsCabin'') |
49 | ** UncleTomfoolery |
50 | ---- |
51 | * Benet, Stephen Vincent (''Literature/TheDevilAndDanielWebster'') |
52 | ** JuryOfTheDamned |
53 | ---- |
54 | * [[Creator/WilliamBlake Blake, William]] |
55 | ** FearfulSymmetry |
56 | ---- |
57 | * [[Creator/RayBradbury Bradbury, Ray]] |
58 | ** ButterflyOfDoom (''Literature/ASoundOfThunder'') |
59 | ---- |
60 | * [[Creator/CharlotteBronte Brontë, Charlotte]] |
61 | ** BerthaInTheAttic (''Literature/JaneEyre'') |
62 | ---- |
63 | * [[Creator/RobertBrowning Browning, Robert]] |
64 | ** GrowOldWithMe (''Rabbi Ben Ezra'') |
65 | ---- |
66 | * [[Creator/EdwardBulwerLytton Bulwer-Lytton, Edward]] |
67 | ** ItWasADarkAndStormyNight (''Paul Clifford'') |
68 | ---- |
69 | * [[Creator/AnthonyBurgess Burgess, Anthony]] |
70 | ** TheLudovicoTechnique (''Literature/AClockworkOrange'') |
71 | ---- |
72 | * [[Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs Burroughs, Edgar Rice]] |
73 | ** TarzanBoy |
74 | ---- |
75 | * [[Creator/OrsonScottCard Card, Orson Scott]] |
76 | ** HiveQueen (''Literature/EndersGame'') |
77 | ** YouFightLikeACow (''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'') (Not a book, but he wrote all the insults) |
78 | ---- |
79 | * [[Creator/LewisCarroll Carroll, Lewis]] (''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'') |
80 | ** AliceAllusion |
81 | ** CheshireCatGrin |
82 | ** DownTheRabbitHole |
83 | *** UpTheRealRabbitHole |
84 | ** FollowTheWhiteRabbit |
85 | ** GoAmongMadPeople |
86 | ** TheMadHatter |
87 | ** OffWithHisHead |
88 | ** TheWonderland |
89 | ---- |
90 | * [[Creator/MiguelDeCervantes de Cervantes, Miguel]] (''Literature/DonQuixote'') |
91 | ** TheDulcineaEffect |
92 | ** NoMereWindmill |
93 | ** TheRocinante |
94 | ** WindmillCrusader |
95 | ** WindmillPolitical |
96 | ---- |
97 | * Chandler Harris, Joel |
98 | ** BriarPatching (''Bre'r Rabbit'' stories) |
99 | ---- |
100 | * [[Creator/AgathaChristie Christie, Agatha]] |
101 | ** AcquittedTooLate |
102 | ** DeathInTheClouds |
103 | ** TenLittleMurderVictims |
104 | ** ThrillerOnTheExpress |
105 | ---- |
106 | * [[Creator/ArthurCClarke Clarke, Arthur C.]] |
107 | ** ClarkesThirdLaw |
108 | ** ClarkesLawForGirlsToys |
109 | ---- |
110 | * [[Creator/SamuelTaylorColeridge Coleridge, Samuel Taylor]] |
111 | ** WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief |
112 | ---- |
113 | * Collodi, Carlo (''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'') |
114 | ** BecomeARealBoy |
115 | ** PinocchioNose |
116 | ---- |
117 | * [[Creator/ArthurConanDoyle Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur]] |
118 | ** LostWorld |
119 | ** ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' |
120 | *** HyperspaceHolmesHat |
121 | *** InspectorLestrade |
122 | *** SherlockCanRead |
123 | *** SherlockHomage |
124 | *** SherlockScan |
125 | *** TheWatson |
126 | *** WatsonianVersusDoylist (compare Creator/ArthurConanDoyle) |
127 | ---- |
128 | * Congreve, William |
129 | ** MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast |
130 | ** WomanScorned |
131 | ---- |
132 | * [[Creator/MichaelCrichton Crichton, Michael]] |
133 | ** JurassicFarce |
134 | ---- |
135 | * Crosley, Sloane |
136 | ** IWasToldThereWouldBeCake |
137 | ---- |
138 | * [[Creator/RoaldDahl Dahl, Roald]] |
139 | ** CharlieAndTheChocolateParody |
140 | ** TheWonka (''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'') |
141 | ---- |
142 | * [[Creator/DanielDefoe Defoe, Daniel]] (''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe'') |
143 | ** {{Robinsonade}} |
144 | ---- |
145 | * [[Creator/PhilipKDick Dick, Philip K.]] |
146 | ** DoAndroidsDream |
147 | ** OnlyElectricSheepAreCheap |
148 | ** PreCrimeArrest |
149 | ---- |
150 | * [[Creator/CharlesDickens Dickens, Charles]] |
151 | ** ''Literature/OliverTwist'' |
152 | *** TheArtfulDodger |
153 | *** TheFagin |
154 | ** ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' |
155 | *** DeadToBeginWith |
156 | *** JacobMarleyApparel |
157 | *** JacobMarleyWarning |
158 | *** TheScrooge |
159 | *** TinyTimTemplate |
160 | *** YetAnotherChristmasCarol |
161 | ---- |
162 | * [[UsefulNotes/BenjaminDisraeli Disraeli, Benjamin]] |
163 | ** DarkHorseVictory (''The Young Duke'') |
164 | ---- |
165 | * [[Creator/JohnDonne Donne, John]] |
166 | ** CatchAFallingStar |
167 | ** ForDoomTheBellTolls |
168 | ---- |
169 | * [[Creator/AlexandreDumas Dumas, Alexandre]] |
170 | ** ManInTheIronMask |
171 | ---- |
172 | * [[Creator/HarlanEllison Ellison, Harlan]] |
173 | ** [[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream (I Have No Mouth)]] AndIMustScream |
174 | ---- |
175 | * Furlanetto, Fabio |
176 | ** BeyondTheImpossible (''Literature/BeyondTheImpossible'') |
177 | ---- |
178 | * [[Creator/WilliamGibson Gibson, William]] |
179 | ** RaygunGothic (''The Gernsback Continuum'') |
180 | ** StreetSamurai (''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}''). |
181 | ---- |
182 | * Gipson, Fred (''Literature/OldYeller'') |
183 | ** ShootTheDog |
184 | ---- |
185 | * [[Creator/WilliamGoldman Goldman, William]] (''Literature/ThePrincessBride'') |
186 | ** FarmBoy |
187 | ** IAmNotLeftHanded |
188 | ** MyNameIsInigoMontoya |
189 | ** OnlyMostlyDead |
190 | ** ToThePain |
191 | ** YouKeepUsingThatWord |
192 | ---- |
193 | * Creator/TheBrothersGrimm |
194 | ** {{Grimmification}} |
195 | ** TrailOfBreadCrumbs (''Literature/HanselAndGretel'') |
196 | ---- |
197 | * [[Creator/JoeHaldeman Haldeman, Joe]] |
198 | ** ForeverWar (''Literature/TheForeverWar'') |
199 | ---- |
200 | * [[Creator/ThomasHarris Harris, Thomas]] (''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'') |
201 | ** AGlassOfChianti |
202 | ** HannibalLecture |
203 | ** ShutUpHannibal |
204 | ---- |
205 | * [[Creator/HarryHarrison Harrison, Harry]] (''Literature/{{Deathworld}}'') |
206 | ** DeathWorld |
207 | ---- |
208 | * [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Heinlein, Robert]] |
209 | ** BugWar (''Literature/StarshipTroopers'') |
210 | ** DilatingDoor (''Literature/BeyondThisHorizon'') |
211 | ** PoweredArmor (''Literature/StarshipTroopers'') |
212 | ** TheWorldAsMyth (''Literature/TheNumberOfTheBeast'') |
213 | ---- |
214 | * [[Creator/JosephHeller Heller, Joseph]] (''Literature/CatchTwentyTwo'') |
215 | ** Catch22Dilemma |
216 | ---- |
217 | * [[Creator/FrankHerbert Herbert, Frank]] (''Franchise/{{Dune}}'') |
218 | ** GodEmperor |
219 | ** SandWorm |
220 | ** {{Wormsign}} |
221 | ---- |
222 | * Highsmith, Patricia |
223 | ** StrangersOnATrainPlotMurder (''Literature/StrangersOnATrain'') |
224 | ---- |
225 | * [[Creator/VictorHugo Hugo, Victor]] |
226 | ** InspectorJavert (''Literature/LesMiserables'') |
227 | ---- |
228 | * [[Creator/WashingtonIrving Irving, Washington]] |
229 | ** HorrorStruck (''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow'') |
230 | ** RipVanWinkle (''Literature/RipVanWinkle'') |
231 | ---- |
232 | * [[Creator/BrianJacques Jacques, Brian]] |
233 | ** PerilousOldFool (''Literature/{{Redwall}}'') |
234 | ---- |
235 | * Creator/{{Juvenal}} |
236 | ** BreadAndCircuses |
237 | ** WhoWatchesTheWatchmen |
238 | ---- |
239 | * [[Creator/RudyardKipling Kipling, Rudyard]] |
240 | ** ColdIron |
241 | ** JustSoStory (''Literature/JustSoStories'') |
242 | ** MoreDeadlyThanTheMale |
243 | ** WhiteMansBurden |
244 | ---- |
245 | * Lach-Szyrma, W.S. |
246 | ** {{Martians}} (''Aleriel, or A Voyage to Other Worlds'') |
247 | ---- |
248 | * Leblanc, Maurice |
249 | ** GentlemanThief (''Literature/ArseneLupin'') |
250 | ---- |
251 | * [[Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin LeGuin, Ursula K.]] |
252 | ** SubspaceAnsible (''Literature/RocannonsWorld'') |
253 | ---- |
254 | * [[Creator/FritzLeiber Leiber, Fritz]] |
255 | ** BazaarOfTheBizarre (''Literature/FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser'') |
256 | ---- |
257 | * [[Creator/MurrayLeinster Leinster, Murray]] |
258 | ** FirstContact |
259 | ---- |
260 | * [[Creator/MadeleineLEngle L'Engle, Madeline]] |
261 | ** CircleOfExtinction |
262 | ---- |
263 | * [[Creator/IraLevin Levin, Ira]] |
264 | ** StepfordSmiler |
265 | ** StepfordSnarker |
266 | ** StepfordSuburbia |
267 | ---- |
268 | * [[Creator/CSLewis Lewis, C.S.]] |
269 | ** NarniaTime (''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'') |
270 | ---- |
271 | * [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraft, H.P.]] |
272 | ** CosmicHorrorStory |
273 | ** {{Cthulhumanoid}} |
274 | ** DidYouJustIndexCthulhu (and all of its subtropes) |
275 | *** BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu |
276 | *** DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu |
277 | *** DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu |
278 | *** DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu |
279 | *** DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu |
280 | *** DidYouJustScamCthulhu |
281 | *** DoNotTauntCthulhu |
282 | *** HijackingCthulhu |
283 | *** HumansAreCthulhu |
284 | *** StaringDownCthulhu |
285 | *** WowingCthulhu |
286 | ** EldritchAbomination |
287 | ** GoMadFromTheRevelation |
288 | ** ThroughTheEyesOfMadness |
289 | ** LovecraftCountry |
290 | ** LovecraftLite |
291 | ** LovecraftianSuperpower |
292 | ** LovecraftianTropes |
293 | ** StarfishAliens |
294 | ** TomeOfEldritchLore |
295 | ** TooSpicyForYogSothoth |
296 | ---- |
297 | * [[Creator/LoisLowry Lowry, Lois]] |
298 | ** ReleasedToElsewhere (''Literature/TheGiver'') |
299 | ---- |
300 | * Lyall, Gavin |
301 | ** HuntingTheMostDangerousGame (''Literature/TheMostDangerousGame'') |
302 | ** TheMostDangerousVideoGame (''The Most Dangerous Game'') |
303 | ---- |
304 | * [[Creator/AAMilne Milne, A. A.]] (''Literature/WinnieThePooh'') |
305 | ** TheEeyore |
306 | ---- |
307 | * [[Creator/JohnMilton Milton, John]] |
308 | ** RedRightHand (''Literature/ParadiseLost'') |
309 | ---- |
310 | * [[Creator/ThomasMore More, Thomas]] |
311 | ** {{Dystopia}} |
312 | *** ChildlessDystopia |
313 | *** DystopiaIsHard |
314 | *** DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans |
315 | *** DystopianEdict |
316 | *** DystopianOz (Cross reference with ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'') |
317 | *** TechnoDystopia |
318 | ** {{Utopia}} |
319 | *** FalseUtopia |
320 | *** UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans |
321 | ---- |
322 | * [[Creator/MichaelMoorcock Moorcock, Michael]] (''The Sundered Worlds'') |
323 | ** TheMultiverse |
324 | *** GuardianOfTheMultiverse |
325 | *** MultiversalConqueror |
326 | ---- |
327 | * Moore, Clement Clarke |
328 | ** TheParodyBeforeChristmas |
329 | ---- |
330 | * [[Creator/VladimirNabokov Nabokov, Vladimir]] (''Literature/{{Lolita}}'') |
331 | ** ElegantGothicLolita |
332 | ** LoliconAndShotacon |
333 | ---- |
334 | * [[Creator/FriedrichNietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich]] |
335 | ** EternalRecurrence |
336 | ** GodIsDead |
337 | ** HeWhoFightsMonsters |
338 | ** NietzscheWannabe |
339 | ** {{Ubermensch}} |
340 | ---- |
341 | * [[Creator/LarryNiven Niven, Larry]] |
342 | ** FinaglesLaw |
343 | ** TheMagicGoesAway |
344 | *** TheMagicComesBack |
345 | ** {{Mana}} |
346 | *** ManaBurn |
347 | *** ManaDrain |
348 | *** ManaMeter |
349 | *** ManaPotion |
350 | *** ManaShield |
351 | *** RegeneratingMana |
352 | ** ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex |
353 | ** RingWorldPlanet (''Literature/{{Ringworld}}'') |
354 | ** SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic |
355 | ---- |
356 | * Creator/OHenry |
357 | ** GiftOfTheMagiPlot (along with the Bible) |
358 | ---- |
359 | * [[Creator/GeorgeOrwell Orwell, George]] (''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'') |
360 | ** AirstripOne |
361 | ** AllIssuesArePoliticalIssues ("Politics and the English Language") |
362 | ** BigBrotherIsEmployingYou |
363 | ** BigBrotherIsWatching |
364 | ** {{Doublethink}} |
365 | ** OrwellianRetcon |
366 | ** {{Room 101}} |
367 | ** TwoPlusTortureMakesFive |
368 | ** {{Unperson}} |
369 | ---- |
370 | * [[Creator/ChuckPalahniuk Palahniuk, Chuck]] |
371 | ** FightClubbing (''Literature/FightClub'') |
372 | ---- |
373 | * Creator/{{Plato}} |
374 | ** PlatonicCave |
375 | ** PlatoIsAMoron |
376 | ** UnaccustomedAsIAmToPublicSpeaking (''Apologia'') |
377 | ---- |
378 | * [[Creator/AlexanderPope Pope, Alexander]] |
379 | ** HopeSpringsEternal |
380 | ---- |
381 | * [[Creator/TerryPratchett Pratchett, Terry]] |
382 | ** FertileFeet |
383 | ** HelloInsertNameHere |
384 | ** KlatchianCoffee |
385 | ** LiesToChildren |
386 | ** TheoryOfNarrativeCausality |
387 | ** ThunderboltIron |
388 | ** {{Uberwald}} |
389 | ** UnEqualRites |
390 | ** VetinariJobSecurity |
391 | ** WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma |
392 | ---- |
393 | * Rodgers, Mary |
394 | ** FreakyFridayFlip (''Literature/FreakyFriday'') |
395 | ---- |
396 | * [[Creator/JKRowling Rowling, J.K.]] |
397 | ** DracoInLeatherPants (fanon term) |
398 | ** GoldenSnitch |
399 | ** HesJustHiding (another fanon term) |
400 | ** HufflepuffHouse |
401 | ** {{Muggles}} |
402 | *** AllTherapistsAreMuggles |
403 | *** MageBornOfMuggles |
404 | *** MuggleBestFriend |
405 | *** MuggleBornOfMages |
406 | *** MuggleFosterParents |
407 | *** MuggleInMageCustody |
408 | *** MuggleMageRomance |
409 | *** MugglePower |
410 | *** MugglesDoItBetter |
411 | *** MuggleSportsSuperAthletes |
412 | *** MuggleWithADegreeInMagic |
413 | *** SafetyInMuggles |
414 | ** PensieveFlashback |
415 | ** RonTheDeathEater (a third fanon term) |
416 | ** SecretKeeper |
417 | *** SecretSecretKeeper |
418 | ** TomTheDarkLord |
419 | ** WizardDuel |
420 | ** WronskiFeint |
421 | ---- |
422 | * Creator/DrSeuss |
423 | ** TheGrinch (''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'') |
424 | *** TheAntiGrinch |
425 | ** HowTheCharacterStoleChristmas |
426 | ** IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam (''Literature/GreenEggsAndHam'') |
427 | ---- |
428 | * [[Creator/PercyByssheShelley Shelley, Percy Bysshe]] |
429 | ** LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair (''Ozymandias'') |
430 | ---- |
431 | * [[Creator/EEDocSmith Smith, E.E. Doc]] |
432 | ** LensmanArmsRace (''Literature/{{Lensman}}'') |
433 | ---- |
434 | * [[Creator/DanSimmons Simmons, Dan]] |
435 | ** MerlinSickness (''[[Literature/HyperionCantos Hyperion]]'') |
436 | ---- |
437 | * [[Creator/DanielHandler Snicket, Lemony]] (''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'') |
438 | ** LemonyNarrator |
439 | ** SnicketWarningLabel |
440 | ---- |
441 | * [[Creator/JonathanSwift Swift, Jonathan]] |
442 | ** GulliverTieDown |
443 | ** {{Lilliputians}} |
444 | *** LilliputianWarriors (''Literature/GulliversTravels'') |
445 | ---- |
446 | * [[Creator/RobertLouisStevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis]] |
447 | ** JekyllAndHyde (''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'') |
448 | ** ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' |
449 | *** BlackSpot |
450 | *** TreasureMap |
451 | *** XMarksTheSpot |
452 | ---- |
453 | * Takami, Koushun |
454 | ** BattleRoyaleGame (''Literature/BattleRoyale'') |
455 | ---- |
456 | * [[Creator/HunterSThompson Thompson, Hunter S.]] |
457 | ** FurAndLoathing |
458 | ---- |
459 | * [[Creator/DylanThomas Thomas, Dylan]] |
460 | ** DoNotGoGentle |
461 | ---- |
462 | * [[Creator/JRRTolkien Tolkien, John R.R.]] |
463 | ** BlackSpeech |
464 | ** DugTooDeep |
465 | ** TheFellowshipHasEnded |
466 | ** GollumMadeMeDoIt |
467 | ** GondorCallsForAid |
468 | ** HeavyMithril |
469 | ** {{Hobbits}} |
470 | ** KneelBeforeFrodo |
471 | ** LovingAShadow |
472 | ** {{Mithril}} |
473 | ** {{Mordor}} |
474 | *** WalkIntoMordor (film version) |
475 | ** MouthOfSauron |
476 | ** {{Mythopoeia}} |
477 | ** RingOfPower |
478 | ** ShortCutsMakeLongDelays |
479 | ** SpeakFriendAndEnter |
480 | ** YouShallNotPass |
481 | ---- |
482 | * [[Creator/MarkTwain Twain, Mark]] |
483 | ** FencePainting (''Literature/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer'') |
484 | ---- |
485 | * [[Creator/JackVance Vance, Jack]] |
486 | ** VancianMagic |
487 | ---- |
488 | * [[Creator/JulesVerne Verne, Jules]] |
489 | ** CaptainNemoCopy (''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'') |
490 | ---- |
491 | * Creator/{{Virgil}} |
492 | ** WatchingTroyBurn |
493 | ---- |
494 | * [[Creator/DavidWeber Weber, David]] |
495 | ** StateSec (''Literature/HonorHarrington'' universe) |
496 | ---- |
497 | * [[Creator/HGWells Wells, H.G.]] |
498 | ** TheMorlocks (''Literature/TheTimeMachine'') |
499 | ** MillionToOneChance (''Literature/WarOfTheWorlds'') |
500 | ** TimeMachine |
501 | *** OurTimeMachineIsDifferent |
502 | *** TripodTerror (''Literature/WarOfTheWorlds'') |
503 | ---- |
504 | * [[Creator/OscarWilde Wilde, Oscar]] |
505 | ** PrinceCharming (''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray'') |
506 | *** PrinceCharmless |
507 | *** PrinceCharmingWannabe |
508 | ---- |
509 | * [[Creator/PGWodehouse Wodehouse, P. G.]] |
510 | ** TheJeeves |
511 | ---- |
512 | * Wright, Sylvia |
513 | ** LadyMondegreen |
514 | ** MondegreenGag |
515 | ---- |
516 | * [[Creator/DianaWynneJones Wynne Jones, Diana]] |
517 | ** VestigialEmpire (''Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland'') |
518 | [[/folder]] |
519 | |
520 | [[folder:By Title]] |
521 | * ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' |
522 | ** AirstripOne |
523 | ** BigBrotherIsEmployingYou |
524 | ** BigBrotherIsWatching |
525 | ** {{Doublethink}} |
526 | ** OrwellianRetcon |
527 | ** {{Room 101}} |
528 | ** TwoPlusTortureMakesFive |
529 | ** {{Unperson}} |
530 | ---- |
531 | * ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'' |
532 | ** CaptainNemoCopy |
533 | ---- |
534 | * ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' |
535 | ** BecomeARealBoy |
536 | ** PinocchioNose |
537 | ---- |
538 | * ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer'' |
539 | ** FencePainting |
540 | ---- |
541 | * ''Aleriel, or A Voyage to Other Worlds'' |
542 | ** {{Martians}} |
543 | ---- |
544 | * ''Literature/AesopsFables'' |
545 | ** AnAesop (and everything included) |
546 | ** AndroclesLion |
547 | ** CountryMouse |
548 | *** CityMouse |
549 | ** CryingWolf |
550 | ** TheFarmerAndTheViper |
551 | ** HonestAxe |
552 | ** SourGrapesTropes |
553 | ---- |
554 | * ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' |
555 | ** AliceAllusion |
556 | ** CheshireCatGrin |
557 | ** DownTheRabbitHole |
558 | *** UpTheRealRabbitHole |
559 | ** FollowTheWhiteRabbit |
560 | ** GoAmongMadPeople |
561 | ** TheMadHatter |
562 | ** OffWithHisHead |
563 | ** TheWonderland |
564 | ---- |
565 | * ''Literature/AnimalFarm'' |
566 | ** FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter |
567 | ---- |
568 | * ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' |
569 | ** {{Animorphism}} |
570 | ---- |
571 | * ''Literature/ArabianNights'' |
572 | ** ScheherezadeGambit (alt. title: ArabianNightsGambit) |
573 | ---- |
574 | * ''Literature/ArseneLupin'' |
575 | ** GentlemanThief |
576 | ---- |
577 | * ''Literature/AtTheMountainsOfMadness'' |
578 | ** StarfishAliens |
579 | *** StarfishLanguage |
580 | *** StarfishRobots |
581 | ---- |
582 | * ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' |
583 | ** BattleRoyaleGame |
584 | ---- |
585 | * ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast'' |
586 | ** BeastAndBeauty |
587 | ** BeautyToBeast |
588 | ---- |
589 | * ''Literature/BeyondTheImpossible'' |
590 | ** BeyondTheImpossible |
591 | ---- |
592 | * ''Br'er Rabbit'' stories |
593 | ** BriarPatching |
594 | ---- |
595 | * ''Literature/TheCallOfCthulhu'' |
596 | ** CosmicHorrorStory |
597 | ** DidYouJustIndexCthulhu |
598 | ** GoMadFromTheRevelation |
599 | ---- |
600 | * ''Literature/CatchTwentyTwo'' |
601 | ** Catch22Dilemma |
602 | ---- |
603 | * ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' |
604 | ** CharlieAndTheChocolateParody |
605 | ** TheWonka |
606 | ---- |
607 | * ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' |
608 | ** DeadToBeginWith |
609 | ** JacobMarleyApparel |
610 | ** JacobMarleyWarning |
611 | ** TheScrooge |
612 | ** TinyTimTemplate |
613 | ** YetAnotherChristmasCarol |
614 | ---- |
615 | * ''Literature/{{The Chronicles of Narnia}}'' |
616 | ** {{Narnia Time}} |
617 | ---- |
618 | * ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'' |
619 | ** TheLudovicoTechnique |
620 | ---- |
621 | * ''Literature/{{Conqueror}}'' |
622 | ** GenghisGambit |
623 | * ''Literature/TheCulture'' |
624 | ** OutsideContextProblem |
625 | ---- |
626 | * ''Literature/CuriousGeorge'' |
627 | ** CuriousAsAMonkey |
628 | ---- |
629 | * ''Death Takes a Holiday'' |
630 | ** DeathTakesAHoliday |
631 | ---- |
632 | * ''Literature/{{Deathworld}}'' |
633 | ** DeathWorld |
634 | ---- |
635 | * ''Literature/TheDevilAndDanielWebster'' |
636 | ** JuryOfTheDamned |
637 | ---- |
638 | * ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series |
639 | ** FertileFeet |
640 | ** HelloInsertNameHere |
641 | ** KlatchianCoffee |
642 | ** LiesToChildren |
643 | ** TheoryOfNarrativeCausality |
644 | ** ThunderboltIron |
645 | ** {{Uberwald}} |
646 | ** UnEqualRites |
647 | ** VetinariJobSecurity |
648 | ** WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma |
649 | ---- |
650 | * ''Literature/DoNotGoGentleIntoThatGoodNight'' |
651 | ** DoNotGoGentle |
652 | ---- |
653 | * ''Literature/DonQuixote'' |
654 | ** TheDulcineaEffect |
655 | ** NoMereWindmill |
656 | ** TheRocinante |
657 | ** WindmillCrusader |
658 | ** WindmillPolitical |
659 | ---- |
660 | * ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' |
661 | ** {{Dracula}} |
662 | ** TheRenfield |
663 | ** VanHelsingHateCrimes |
664 | ---- |
665 | * ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' |
666 | ** GodEmperor |
667 | ** SandWorm |
668 | ** {{Wormsign}} |
669 | ---- |
670 | * ''[[Literature/DyingEarth The Dying Earth]]'' |
671 | ** VancianMagic |
672 | ---- |
673 | * ''The Literature/EnchantedForestChronicles'' |
674 | ** FryingPanOfDoom |
675 | ---- |
676 | * ''Literature/EndersGame'' |
677 | ** HiveQueen |
678 | ---- |
679 | * ''Literature/FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser'' |
680 | ** BazaarOfTheBizarre |
681 | ---- |
682 | * ''Fast Food Nation'' |
683 | ** FastFoodNation |
684 | ---- |
685 | * ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'' |
686 | ** FurAndLoathing |
687 | ** GoddamnedBats |
688 | ---- |
689 | * ''Literature/FightClub'' |
690 | ** FightClubbing |
691 | ---- |
692 | * For Dummies |
693 | ** ParodiesForDummies |
694 | ---- |
695 | * ''Literature/TheForeverWar'' |
696 | ** ForeverWar |
697 | ---- |
698 | * ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' |
699 | ** DrFakenstein |
700 | ** DrFrankenstein |
701 | ** FrankenX |
702 | ** FrankensteinsMonster |
703 | ---- |
704 | * ''Literature/FreakyFriday'' |
705 | ** FreakyFridayFlip |
706 | ---- |
707 | * ''Literature/TheGiver'' |
708 | ** ReleasedToElsewhere |
709 | ---- |
710 | * ''Literature/GreenEggsAndHam'' |
711 | ** IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam |
712 | ---- |
713 | * [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Grimms' Fairy Tales]] |
714 | ** {{Grimmification}} |
715 | ---- |
716 | * ''Literature/GulliversTravels'' |
717 | ** GulliverTieDown |
718 | ** {{Lilliputians}} |
719 | *** LilliputianWarriors |
720 | ---- |
721 | * ''Literature/HanselAndGretel'' |
722 | ** TrailOfBreadCrumbs |
723 | ---- |
724 | * ''Literature/HarryPotter'' |
725 | ** DracoInLeatherPants (fanon term) |
726 | ** HesJustHiding (another fanon term) |
727 | ** HoldYourHippogriffs |
728 | ** HufflepuffHouse |
729 | ** {{Muggles}} |
730 | *** AllTherapistsAreMuggles |
731 | *** MageBornOfMuggles |
732 | *** MuggleBestFriend |
733 | *** MuggleBornOfMages |
734 | *** MuggleFosterParents |
735 | *** MuggleInMageCustody |
736 | *** MuggleMageRomance |
737 | *** MugglePower |
738 | *** MugglesDoItBetter |
739 | *** MuggleSportsSuperAthletes |
740 | *** MuggleWithADegreeInMagic |
741 | *** SafetyInMuggles |
742 | ** PensieveFlashback |
743 | ** RonTheDeathEater (a third fanon term) |
744 | ** SecretKeeper |
745 | *** SecretSecretKeeper |
746 | ** TomTheDarkLord |
747 | ** WizardDuel |
748 | ** WronskiFeint |
749 | ---- |
750 | * ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' |
751 | *** RealityIsOutToLunch |
752 | *** LetsMeetTheMeat (from ''Literature/TheRestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse'') |
753 | ---- |
754 | * ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' |
755 | ** StateSec |
756 | ---- |
757 | * ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' |
758 | ** TheGrinch |
759 | *** TheAntiGrinch |
760 | ** HowTheCharacterStoleChristmas |
761 | ---- |
762 | * ''Film/TheHustler1961'' |
763 | ** TheMinnesotaFats |
764 | ---- |
765 | * ''[[Literature/HyperionCantos Hyperion]]'' |
766 | ** MerlinSickness |
767 | ---- |
768 | * ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' |
769 | ** AndIMustScream |
770 | ---- |
771 | * ''Literature/{{Illuminatus}}'' |
772 | ** BavarianFireDrill |
773 | ---- |
774 | * ''I Was Told There'd Be Cake'' |
775 | ** IWasToldThereWouldBeCake |
776 | ---- |
777 | * ''Literature/JaneEyre'' |
778 | ** BerthaInTheAttic |
779 | ---- |
780 | * ''Literature/JurassicPark'' |
781 | ** JurassicFarce |
782 | ---- |
783 | * ''Literature/TheKingOfElflandsDaughter'' |
784 | ** ThunderboltIron |
785 | ---- |
786 | * ''Franchise/LandOfOz'' |
787 | ** CowardlyLion |
788 | ** DystopianOz |
789 | ** {{Munchkin}} |
790 | ** TheresNoPlaceLikeHome |
791 | ** TinMan |
792 | ** WickedWitch |
793 | ---- |
794 | * ''Literature/{{Lensman}}'' |
795 | ** LensmanArmsRace |
796 | ---- |
797 | * ''LittleMiss'' series |
798 | ** LittleMissBadass |
799 | ** LittleMissSnarker |
800 | ---- |
801 | * ''Literature/LittleRedRidingHood'' |
802 | ** LittleDeadRidingHood |
803 | ** RedRidingHoodReplica |
804 | ---- |
805 | * ''Literature/{{Lolita}}'' |
806 | ** ElegantGothicLolita |
807 | ** LoliconAndShotacon |
808 | ---- |
809 | * ''Literature/TheLongDarkTeaTimeOfTheSoul'' |
810 | ** TheAllegedCar |
811 | ** TheAllegedComputer |
812 | ** TheAllegedHouse |
813 | ** TheAllegedSteed |
814 | ---- |
815 | * ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' |
816 | ** BlackSpeech |
817 | ** DugTooDeep |
818 | ** TheFellowshipHasEnded |
819 | ** GollumMadeMeDoIt |
820 | ** GondorCallsForAid |
821 | ** HeavyMithril |
822 | ** {{Hobbits}} |
823 | ** LovingAShadow |
824 | ** {{Mithril}} |
825 | ** {{Mordor}} |
826 | *** WalkIntoMordor (film version) |
827 | ** RingOfPower |
828 | ** ShortCutsMakeLongDelays |
829 | ** SpeakFriendAndEnter |
830 | ** YouShallNotPass |
831 | ---- |
832 | * ''Literature/TheMagicGoesAway'' |
833 | ** TheMagicGoesAway |
834 | *** TheMagicComesBack |
835 | ** {{Mana}} |
836 | *** ManaBurn |
837 | *** ManaDrain |
838 | *** ManaMeter |
839 | *** ManaPotion |
840 | *** ManaShield |
841 | *** RegeneratingMana |
842 | ---- |
843 | * ''Literature/TheMeaningOfLiff'' |
844 | ** {{Zeerust}} |
845 | *** ZeerustCanon |
846 | ---- |
847 | * ''Literature/LesMiserables'' |
848 | ** InspectorJavert |
849 | ---- |
850 | * ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}'' |
851 | ** StreetSamurai |
852 | ---- |
853 | * ''Literature/OldYeller'' |
854 | ** ShootTheDog |
855 | ---- |
856 | * ''Literature/OliverTwist'' |
857 | ** TheArtfulDodger |
858 | ** TheFagin |
859 | ---- |
860 | * ''Literature/ParadiseLost'' |
861 | ** RedRightHand |
862 | ---- |
863 | * ''Literature/{{Pharsalia}}'' |
864 | ** BasiliskAndCockatrice |
865 | ---- |
866 | * ''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray'' |
867 | ** PrinceCharming |
868 | *** PrinceCharmless |
869 | *** PrinceCharmingWannabe |
870 | ---- |
871 | * ''Literature/{{Pollyanna}}'' |
872 | ** ThePollyanna |
873 | ---- |
874 | * ''Literature/ThePrincessBride'' |
875 | ** FarmBoy |
876 | ** IAmNotLeftHanded |
877 | ** MyNameIsInigoMontoya |
878 | ** OnlyMostlyDead |
879 | ** ToThePain |
880 | ** YouKeepUsingThatWord |
881 | ---- |
882 | * ''Literature/ThePrisonerOfZenda'' |
883 | ** {{Ruritania}} |
884 | ---- |
885 | * ''Literature/RamonaQuimby'' |
886 | ** NobodyLikesATattletale |
887 | ---- |
888 | * ''Literature/TheRaven'' |
889 | ** TheLostLenore |
890 | ---- |
891 | * ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' |
892 | ** PerilousOldFool |
893 | ---- |
894 | * ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe'' |
895 | ** {{Robinsonade}} |
896 | ---- |
897 | * ''Literature/RobotsAndEmpire'' |
898 | ** ZerothLawRebellion |
899 | ---- |
900 | * ''Literature/RocannonsWorld'' |
901 | ** SubspaceAnsible |
902 | ---- |
903 | * ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' |
904 | ** LemonyNarrator |
905 | ** SnicketWarningLabel |
906 | ---- |
907 | %%* Creator/WilliamShakespeare--see TropeNamers/Theater |
908 | * ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' |
909 | ** HyperspaceHolmesHat |
910 | ** InspectorLestrade |
911 | ** SherlockCanRead |
912 | ** SherlockHomage |
913 | ** SherlockScan |
914 | ** TheWatson |
915 | ** WatsonianVersusDoylist (compare Creator/ArthurConanDoyle) |
916 | ---- |
917 | * ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' |
918 | ** AGlassOfChianti |
919 | ** HannibalLecture |
920 | ** ShutUpHannibal |
921 | ---- |
922 | * ''Literature/SnowWhite'' |
923 | ** FairestOfThemAll |
924 | ---- |
925 | * ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' |
926 | ** TheKingslayer |
927 | ---- |
928 | * ''Literature/ASoundOfThunder'' |
929 | ** ButterflyOfDoom |
930 | ---- |
931 | * ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' |
932 | ** BugWar |
933 | ** PoweredArmor |
934 | ---- |
935 | * ''Literature/TheStepfordWives'' |
936 | ** StepfordSmiler |
937 | ** StepfordSnarker |
938 | ** StepfordSuburbia |
939 | ---- |
940 | * ''Literature/StrangersOnATrain'' |
941 | ** StrangersOnATrainPlotMurder |
942 | ---- |
943 | * ''The Sundered Worlds'' |
944 | ** TheMultiverse |
945 | *** GuardianOfTheMultiverse |
946 | *** MultiversalConqueror |
947 | ---- |
948 | * ''Literature/TarzanOfTheApes'' |
949 | ** TarzanBoy |
950 | ---- |
951 | * ''Literature/TheTimeMachine'' |
952 | ** TheMorlocks |
953 | ** TimeMachine |
954 | *** OurTimeMachineIsDifferent |
955 | ---- |
956 | * ''Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland'' |
957 | ** VestigialEmpire |
958 | ---- |
959 | * ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'' |
960 | ** YouJustToldMe |
961 | ---- |
962 | * ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' |
963 | ** BlackSpot |
964 | ** TreasureMap |
965 | ** XMarksTheSpot |
966 | ---- |
967 | * ''Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' |
968 | ** TheParodyBeforeChristmas |
969 | ---- |
970 | * ''Literature/UncleTomsCabin'' |
971 | ** UncleTomfoolery |
972 | ---- |
973 | * ''Literature/{{Utopia}}'' |
974 | ** {{Dystopia}} |
975 | *** ChildlessDystopia |
976 | *** DystopiaIsHard |
977 | *** DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans |
978 | *** DystopianEdict |
979 | *** DystopianOz (Cross reference with ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'') |
980 | *** TechnoDystopia |
981 | ** {{Utopia}} |
982 | *** FalseUtopia |
983 | *** UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans |
984 | ---- |
985 | * ''Literature/WarOfTheWorlds'' |
986 | ** MillionToOneChance |
987 | ** TripodTerror |
988 | ---- |
989 | * ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' |
990 | ** TheEeyore |
991 | ---- |
992 | * ''The Young Duke'' |
993 | ** DarkHorseVictory |
994 | [[/folder]] |
995 | |
996 | !Print Magazines |
997 | * ''[[Creator/IsaacAsimov Asimov]]'s Science Fiction'' |
998 | ** TomatoSurprise |
999 | *** TomatoInTheMirror |
1000 | ---- |
1001 | * ''Magazine/NationalGeographic'' |
1002 | ** NationalGeographicNudity |
1003 | ---- |
1004 | * ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' |
1005 | ** IReadItForTheArticles |
1006 | ** PlayboyBunny |
1007 | |
1008 | !Newspapers |
1009 | * ''[[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers The Sun (UK)]]'' |
1010 | ** PageThreeStunna |
1011 | |
1012 | !Writing Guides |
1013 | * Literature/DanseMacabre |
1014 | ** CompleteMonster |
1015 | ---- |
1016 | * Website/TurkeyCityLexicon |
1017 | ** CallARabbitASmeerp |
1018 | *** CallASmeerpARabbit |
1019 | *** CallAHitPointASmeerp |
1020 | ** SaidBookism |
1021 | [[/index]] |
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