''Tropes about establishing, fleshing out, and tearing down characters.''

Compare CharactersAndCasting for how characters are affected by being played by actors. Contrast CharactersAsDevice for roles that characters can be shoved into for plot reasons.
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Categories:
+ AccentTropes
+ AgingAndBirthTropes
+ CharacterDerailment
+ DeadHerring
+ DisabilityTropes
+ {{Foil}}s
+ GenderAndSexualityTropes
++ AlwaysFemale
++ AlwaysMale
++ BisexualityTropes
++ DoubleStandard
++ QueerAsTropes
+ HappinessTropes
+ HeelFaceIndex
+ ImprobableBehaviorTropes
+ MadnessTropes
+ MarySueTropes
+ MoreThanMeetsTheEye
+ NamingConventions
+ NationalStereotypingTropes
+ PersonalAppearanceTropes
++ CostumeTropes
+++ {{Stripperiffic}}
++ EyeTropes
++ HairTropes
++ RaceTropes
++ SmileTropes
+ SadnessTropes
+ YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry

For lists of tropes as they apply to specific fictional characters, see:
+ CharacterSheets
]

!!Tropes:
* AboveGoodAndEvil
* ActualPacifist
* AddictionDisplacement
* AdviceFromLibby
* AgeAppropriateAngst
* TheAhnold
* AirHugging
* AllTakeAndNoGive
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer
* AlwaysCamp
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter
* AmbitionIsEvil
* AMinorKidroduction
* AngstDissonance
* AngstWhatAngst
* AnimalJingoism
* AnimalsHateHim
* AnnoyingLaugh
* ApologeticAttacker
* ApologisesALot
* AttentionDeficitDisciple
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny
* AttentionWhore
* {{Backstory}}
* BadassDecay
* BadassMustache
* BaddieFlattery
* BadDreams
* BasementDweller
* BeautifulAllAlong
* BelatedBackstory
* BettyAndVeronica
* BewareTheHonestOnes
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* BirdsOfAFeather
* BlackKnight
* BloodBrothers
* BloodLust
* BloodSplatteredInnocents
* BluntMetaphorsTrauma
* {{Bookworm}}
* BornInTheWrongCentury
* BornWinner
* BreakTheCutie
** CorruptTheCutie
** KillTheCutie
* BreakTheHaughty
* BrilliantButLazy
* TheBumblebee
* TheButcher
* BuyThemOff
* [[{{ptitlergt7v5mzioey}} Can't Hold His Liquor]]
* TheChainsOfCommanding
* CatchPhrase
* CatsAreMean
* CharacterAlignment
* CharacterCalculus
* CharacterDepth
** FlatCharacter
** RoundedCharacter
** DynamicCharacter
** StaticCharacter
** HiddenDepths
* CharacterDerailment
* CharacterDevelopment
* CharacterTics
* CharacterizationMarchesOn
* AChatWithSatan
* ChefOfIron
* [[{{ptitle1b1m5fiycpie}} Chekhov's Skill]]
* ChildrenAreInnocent
* ChronicHeroSyndrome
* ChronicVillainy
* {{Cincinnatus}}
* {{Civillain}}
* ClassicVillain
* {{Claustrophobia}}
* CloserToEarth
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* [[{{ptitleazv5ra2d}} The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes]]
* CollectorOfTheStrange
* CommonSense
* CommutingOnABus
* ContemplativeBoss
* CoolLoser
* ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping
* CowardlyLion
* CowerPower
* CrackingUp
* CrazyCatLady
* TheCruella
* CutenessProximity
* [[DaddysGirl Daddy's Girl]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DarkIsEvil
* DarkIsNotEvil
** LightIsNotGood
* DartboardOfHate
* DaytimeDramaQueen
* DeliberatelyCuteChild
* DependingOnTheWriter
* DirtyBusiness
* DirtyCop
** BadCopIncompetentCop
* DiscoDan
* {{Disnot}}
* DivergentCharacterEvolution
* DoctorJekyllAndMisterJackDaniels
* DoesNotLikeSpam
* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm
* {{Dojikko}}
* [[{{ptitleoe7myb9t}} Don't You Dare Pity Me]]
* DonutMessWithACop
* DoubleConsciousness
* TheDragAlong
* DrinkOrder
* DrivenToSuicide
* DudleyDoRightStopsToHelp
* DumbMuscle
* [[{{ptitletgbpyix5}} Dungeonmaster's Girlfriend]]
* EmbarrassingNickname
* EmbarrassingTattoo
* EpiphanyTherapy
* EscapistCharacter
* EstablishingCharacterMoment
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas
* EverybodySmokes
* EveryoneIsRelated
* EvilLaugh
* EvilSoundsDeep
* {{Expy}}
* EyeTake
* FaceOfTheBand
* FalseWidow
* FamousAncestor
* FatalFlaw
** AfraidOfNeedles
** FearOfThunder
** WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes
* FatIdiot
* FatMonica
* FearlessFool
* FieryRedhead
* TheFilch
* {{Flanderization}}
* FlawExploitation
* FleetingPassionateHobbies
* FluffyTamer
* ForgetsToEat
* FormerTeenRebel
* FreudianExcuse
** MommyIssues
* FrenchJerk
* FriendshipMoment
* FriendToAllChildren
* FriendToAllLivingThings
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* GameOfNerds
* {{Gasshole}}
* TheGenericGuy
* GeniusBookClub
* TheGimmick
* TheGlassesComeOff
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry
* GoKartingWithBowser
* GoodCostumeSwitch
* GoodFlawsBadFlaws
* GoodIsImpotent
* GoodIsNotNice
* {{Greed}}
* GreenEyedMonster
** SalieriSyndrome
* GrudgingThankYou
* TheGump
* GutFeeling
* GutturalGrowler
* HangingSeparately
* HasTwoMommies
* HatesBeingTouched
* HeManWomanHater
* HeadphonesEqualIsolation
* HeartTrauma
* TheHedonist
* HeroHarassesHelpers
* HeroicAlbino
* HeroicBastard
* HeterosexualLifePartners
* HiddenHeartOfGold
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade
* HollywoodDressCode
** FurAndLoathing
** {{Meganekko}}
** NerdGlasses
** ScaryShinyGlasses
* HolyHitman
* HomeSweetHome
* HonorBeforeReason
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter
* HotBlooded
* AHouseDivided
* {{Hulkspeak}}
* HyperAwareness
* IAmWhatIAm
* ICanFight
* ICouldaBeenAContender
* IHaveBrothers
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty
* IKissYourHand
* IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat
* IWantToBeARealMan
* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine
* IgnoredEpiphany
* IgnoreTheFanservice
* ImmortalImmaturity
* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty
* ImprobableAge
* IncorruptiblePurePureness
* InformedJudaism
* InformedWrongness
* InHarmsWay
* InItsHourOfNeed
* InnocenceVirginOnStupidity
* InnocentAliens
* InsistsOnPaying
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation
* IntergenerationalFriendship
* InvisibleCelebrityGuest
* ItBurns
* IWouldSayIfICouldSay
* JadeColoredGlasses
* {{Jerkass}}
* JerkassDissonance
* JerkassFacade
* KickTheWrongDog
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown
* KidsAreCruel
* KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand
* KingpinInHisGym
* KnightInSourArmor
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee
* KitschCollection
* LackOfEmpathy
* LargeAndInCharge
* TheLastDJ
* LawfulStupidChaoticStupid
**LawfulStupid
**StupidGood
**StupidNeutral
**StupidEvil
**ChaoticStupid
* LeaningOnTheFurniture
* [[{{ptitle09g6pwfjt7ot}} Let's Get Dangerous]]
* LickingTheBlade
* LifeOfTheParty
* LightIsGood
* LikeAWeasel
* LivingForeverIsAwesome
* LonersAreFreaks
* {{Lust}}
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy
* MadnessMantra
* ManHug
* MaskedLuchador
* [[{{ptitle3zaap0y7ym6o}} Mathematician's Answer]]
* MeasuringTheMarigolds
* MenacingStroll
* MessiahCreep
* MilesToGoBeforeISleep
* MillionairePlayboy
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead
* MisfitMobilizationMoment
* MisterBig
* MoodSwinger
* MookFaceTurn
* MoreThanMeetsTheEye
* {{The Morlocks}}
* MotiveDecay
* MuggingTheMonster
* MusclesAreMeaningless
* MustMakeHerLaugh
* MysteriousPast
* NakedOnArrival
* NakedSally
* [[{{ptitlehuhkufgo}} The Name Is Bond, James Bond]]
* TheNapoleon
* NaughtyIsGood
* NeatFreak
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye
* NiceToTheWaiter
* NobodyCallsMeChicken
* NonIdleRich
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace
* NoSympathy
* NotAMorningPerson
* NotHelpingYourCase
* NotSoStoic
* NotSoWeak
* NotThatKindOfDoctor
** NotThatKindOfMage
* NumberOneDime
* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene
* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry
* OlderThanTheyLook
** ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
* OppositesAttract
** DifferentAsNightAndDay
** OddCouple
** OddFriendship
** SaltAndPepper
* OminousWalk
* OralFixationFixation
* OrcusOnHisThrone
* OutOfCharacterMoment
* OutsideManInsideMan
* OverAndUnderTheTop
* {{Pacifist}}
* ParentingTheHusband
* PastimesProvePersonality
* PerfectPacifistPeople
* PerpetualExpression
* PersonalityPowers
* PetTheDog
** KickTheDog
** BaitTheDog
** ResuscitateTheDog
* PhonyVeteran
* ThePigPen
* PinocchioNose
* [[{{ptitle94ctt9bsmafc}} The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]
* PluckyMiddie
* PointyHairedBoss
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* PopularIsDumb
* PossessionSue
* PosterGalleryBedroom
* PostHistoricalTrauma
* PrejudicedForPecs
* PsychoSupporter
* PutOnABus
** BusCrash
** CommutingOnABus
** DiedOnABus
** LongBusTrip
** PutOnABusToHell
* PuttingOnMyThinkingCap
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman
* QuickNip
* RealMenEatMeat
* RealMenWearPink
* RedemptionQuest
* RedOniBlueOni
* ReformedButRejected
* RelationshipWritingFumble
* ReluctantWarrior
* RepeatWhatYouJustSaid
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap
* RhymesOnADime
* RidiculouslySuccessfulFutureSelf
* RivalScienceTeams
* RookieRedRanger
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud
* ScarilyCompetentTracker
* ScheduleFanatic
* ScoobySnacks
* ScreamerVictim
* ScreamingWarrior
* ScullySyndrome
* SelectiveSlaughter
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness
* ShameIfSomethingHappened
* SheIsAllGrownUp
* SherlockScan
* ShipperOnDeck
* ShootTheDog
* ShorterMeansSmarter
* SillyWalk
* SimpleStaff
* SingleIssuePsychology
* SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes
* SlidingScaleOfAntagonistVileness
* SlouchOfVillainy
* SmarterThanYouLook
* SmartPeoplePlayChess
* SmokingIsCool
* SmugSuper
* SomethingAboutARose
* SonOfAWhore
* SorryIFellOnYourFist
* SoYouWantToLiveForever
* SpellMyNameWithAThe
* StandardizedLeader
* StayInTheKitchen
* StockYuck
* StoryboardBody
* StoutStrength
* StrangeSalute
* SuchALovelyNoun
* SuicidePact
* SuperOCD
* SurvivalMantra
* SweetTooth
* SwissArmyAppendage
* SympatheticMurderer
* TalkativeLoons
* TalksLikeASimile
* TechnologicalPacifist
* TellMeAboutMyFather
* ThatManIsDead
* ThereAreNoCoincidences
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs
* TheyFightCrime
* ThinkNothingOfIt
* ToBeLawfulOrGood
* TokenDevelopment
* TookALevelInBadass
* TookALevelInDumbass
* TookALevelInJerkass
* TrademarkFavoriteFood
* TragicDream
* TropeMobile
* TrueNeutral
* TwentyFourHourArmor
* TwitchyEye
* UglyCute
* UngratefulBastard
* UnintentionallySympathetic
* UnisexTropes
* TheUniversalGenreSavvyGuide
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend
* UnwantedSpouse
* UrbanLegendLoveLife
* VanityLicensePlate
* VillainCorner
* VillainDecay
* VillainousBreakdown
* VitriolicBestBuds
* WaterWorks
* WeakAssBadass
* WeakWilled
* WeaponOfChoice
* WeWantOurJerkBack
* WhatDoTheyFearEpisode
* WhatIsThisFeeling
* [[{{ptitle0z548336167v}} What The Hell, Hero?]]
* [[{{ptitle5flq3c73}} What The Hell, Townspeople?]]
* WhatYouAreInTheDark
* WhereIWasBornAndRazed
* WhileRomeBurns
* WhipItGood
* [[WhosLaughingNow Who's Laughing Now]]
* WhoWantsToLiveForever
* [[{{ptitlefer89dxpeovn}} Why Couldn't You Be Different?]]
* {{Wildcard}}
* WithFriendsLikeThese
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask
* TheWorfEffect
* WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech
* WriteWhoYouKnow
* WrongGenreSavvy
* YouAreWhatYouHate
* YouDirtyRat
* YoungerThanTheyLook
* YourDaysAreNumbered
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