It's not just about the creator. This index archives all the ways in which producers, executives, advertisers, editors, and fans hold sway over the creative process.
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* ActorInspiredElement: A character's trait is inspired and/or [[ThrowItIn improvised]] by their actor.
* AdoredByTheNetwork: The network executives give better promotion and airtime to the shows they like better.
* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder: When a creator is working a ''lot'' of projects at the same time.
* AudienceAlienatingPremise: A work fails to find an audience because it has a premise that is widely considered to be too boring, controversial, weird, etc.
* AuteurLicense: A creator is given freedom to complete their project the way they envisioned it.
* BishonenJumpSyndrome: A work has a male target demographic, but appeals to a female one via Bishounen character designs.
* BloodierAndGorier: The adaptation is more violent than the original work.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: Editing a work to remove content that could be considered inappropriate.
* BorrowingFromTheSisterSeries: A creator takes a successful feature from one of their series to use in another, minimizing the risk of trying something new.
* CashCowFranchise: The franchise keeps going because it's very profitable for the company that owns it.
* CensorshipBureau: A self-governing body with a censorship code.
* ChannelHop: A television show ends up airing new episodes on a different network. Can also apply to works changing publishers and distributors.
* ChristmasRushed: Production of the work was forced to finish faster so that the final product could be released in time for the holidays.
* CondemnedByHistory: A work was once popular, but is now widely despised and has little chance of making a comeback.
* ContractualPurity: A family-friendly actor moves onto more adult content, likely attracting attention from MoralGuardians.
* CosmicDeadline: The rate the plot resolves itself starts going into overdrive near the end of the story due to development problems.
* CreatorViewerReactionsIndex: Opinions creators can have about the audience.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The work is made darker and grittier in tone.
* DeadHorseGenre: Music that critics automatically hate.
* {{Demographics}}: The kinds of people the work is supposed to appeal to.
** AudienceShift: A franchise installment aimed at a different demographic than previous installments.
** FleetingDemographic: A demographic that will eventually stop enjoying the work once they've outgrown it.
** GrowingWithTheAudience: A continuation of a children's work from the past that is aimed more at adults who saw the original when they were kids rather than children today.
** MultipleDemographicAppeal: There's more than one demographic who appreciates the work.
** PeripheryDemographic: A work of fiction has fans outside of its intended demographic.
* DenserAndWackier: Making the work sillier and more gag-oriented.
* DirectToVideo: Rather than wait for a theatrical or television release, the movie is released directly to VHS or DVD as soon as it has finished production.
* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: A work gets censored, delayed, or canceled due to a then-recent Real Life tragic event or events.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: A minor character who is very popular with the fans.
* ExecutiveMeddling: The executives force the creator to make changes to the work.
* ExecutiveVeto: The executives say no to an idea the creator wants to do with the work, so the creator has to either work around the restriction by coming up with an alternative that still does what they want without upsetting the executives or drop the idea altogether.
* ExiledFromContinuity: A character may not be used in a work due to a major limitation, especially legal reasons.
* ExtraLongEpisode: An episode that runs longer than a normal episode's running time.
* ExtrudedBookProduct: Ghostwritten series of books where the main plotline of every book is basically the same, and created at a rate that's higher than any one writer usually writes.
* FridayNightDeathSlot: A show's time slot being moved to Friday nights means that the network wants the show to decline in ratings precisely so they'd finally have an excuse to cancel the series.
* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: A movie is re-released with new footage added later on.
* GhettoIndex: Certain movies are perceived to only appeal to a specific audience, which is not seen as profitable.
* HollywoodHypeMachine: When Hollywood chooses one specific actor to turn into the "Next Big Thing", slapping them on every tabloid and gossip magazine.
* HotterAndSexier: Adding more nudity and fanservice to the work.
* InvisibleAdvertising: A studio doesn't bother to advertise a work, because they don't care about it, aren't confident it will succeed, or more deviously, don't want it to succeed.
* JumpingTheShark: The moment where a series starts to decline in quality.
* KinderAndCleaner: An adaptation contains less profanity than the original.
* LighterAndSofter: Making the work more lighthearted and kid-friendly.
* LowestCommonDenominator: Marketing something to as many demographics as possible.
* MagazineDecay: A magazine moves away from its original concept.
* MediaWatchdog: A government-appointed body whose job it is to field complaints about media and censure or penalize the creators if deemed necessary.
* MerchandiseDriven: The television show is mainly made to promote merchandise.
* MoralGuardians: Groups of people who want to protect children from being exposed to some level of sex, violence, etc.
* MusicIsPolitics: The music industry is a business with political machinations and as such can result in censorship.
* NetworkDecay: The channel seems to have forgotten the kind of content it was intended to air when originally founded.
* NoOriginStoriesAllowed: An origin story for a character or plot element will never be revealed.
* OrphanedSeries: A work ended prematurely because the creator doesn't want to or can't work on it any longer.
* PanderingToTheBase: The creators prioritize giving the fans what they want over what they intend to do with the work.
* PigeonholedDirector: A director is always associated with certain genres they work in.
* PlatonicWritingRomanticReading: The audience picks up romantic subtext between characters that are not meant to be in love.
* PostscriptSeason: A show gets renewed for more episodes after it was supposed to end.
* ProtectionFromEditors: If a work is exempt from criticism, its quality usually takes a toll.
* PublicMediumIgnorance: People assume the works in a medium are all the same.
* UsefulNotes/{{Ratings}}: A measurement of how many people are tuning in to a television show.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Real life events inspire what the final work will be like.
* RelationshipWritingFumble: A relationship intended to be one type of relationship seems like a different type of relationship to audiences.
* RuderAndCruder: An adaptation contains more profanity and/or inappropriate material than the original.
* RunningTheAsylum: Fans of the series are given a free hand to implement their own ideas and interpretations now that they're the ones in charge.
* SacredCow: A work is so popular and well-regarded that saying anything negative about it is a very effective way to get everyone pissed off at you.
* ScheduleSlip: The release of a work gets delayed.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Production or distribution of a work is ceased or hindered by legal issues.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: A show gets cancelled because the network didn't treat it very well.
* SelfCensoredRelease: The creator originally created a more adult-themed work before creating a more kid-friendly version of their original adult-themed work.
* {{Sequelitis}}: As the number of franchise installments goes up, the quality of them goes down.
* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The movie has been finished, but has its release delayed for some time, if it ever gets released at all.
* ShippingBedDeath: Characters getting a RelationshipUpgrade ruins the audience's enthusiasm for the pairing.
* TamerAndChaster: Reducing the amount of sexual content in the work.
* {{Testing the Editors}} Creators decide to make sure the editors are doing their jobs.
* TorchTheFranchiseAndRun: The creator deliberately ends the series in a way that it can't conceivably be revived.
* TrilogyCreep: The tendency of some trilogies to have additional, unexpected installments.
* TypeCasting: When an actor keeps playing the same kind of role in most of their works.
* UnacceptableTargets: Targets that are considered to not be okay to mock.
* UnisexSeriesGenderedMerchandise: The work is aimed at all audiences, but the merchandise is only marketed towards one gender.
* UnpleasableFanbase: Nothing the creators can do will ever completely satisfy the fans.
* VerySpecialEpisode: An episode dedicating to dealing with a serious subject not usually brought up in other shows.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: When a creator overestimates how intelligent their audience is.
* ViewersAreGoldfish: Repeating stuff that was mentioned just earlier under the assumption that the audience won't remember it.
* ViewersAreMorons: Explaining everything as if the audience is too dumb to figure it out themselves.
* WagTheDirector: The cast makes demands that must be met if they're going to act in the work.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: This work could've existed or at least have been very different had it not been for one decision, legal barrier or unforeseen misfortune.
* WriterOnBoard: Making a point at the expense of storytelling.
* WriterRevolt: The writer reacts to ExecutiveMeddling by sneaking in a "fuck you" aimed at the conditions forced on them.
* YoungerAndHipper: A work's characters are retooled to be younger.
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