''What is this about?''\\
A wiki-catalogue of\\
the tropes of fiction.

Tropes are conventions,\\
tools for the storyteller.\\
Readers expect them.

Tropes are not cliches;\\
Cliches are "trite and boring".\\
We don't want "boring".

TV was the start!\\
Our scope has since expanded\\
To all media.

Please don't be stuffy;\\
Citations are not needed,\\
All is notable.

Flame on? No! Quench it!\\
We do not want bashers here.\\
Hate is so boring.

[[Administrivia/WelcomeToTVTropes Welcome to our site!]]\\
We always need editors.\\
Enjoy your time here.