Some tropes seem to be an expression of an underlaying law of fiction. This category attempts to collect these fundamental elements. If some of these entries seem a bit tongue-in-cheek to you ... well, you should probably just get used to that feeling.
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Categories:
+ JustInTime
+ ProbabilityTropes
+ RuleOfIndex
+ SortingAlgorithmOfTropes
]
Tropes:
* AnthropicPrinciple
* ApocalypseHow
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* BeautyEqualsGoodness
* TheBechdelTest
* BellisariosMaxim
* [[{{ptitlepblp18h5}} Chandler's Law]]
* [[ClarkesLawForGirlsToys Clarke's Law for Girls' Toys]]
* [[{{ptitletnnwhqnhdt9x}} Clarke's Third Law]]
* CommonMarySueTraits
* CompetenceZone
* ConservationOfCompetence
* ConservationOfNinjutsu
* ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding
* ConvenientQuesting
* DistributionOfNinjutsu
* DeggansRule
* EmotionalTorque
* EnthusiasmVersusStoicism
* FactionCalculus
* [[{{ptitlee6pckmje}} Finagle's Law]]
* FirstGirlWins
** LastGirlWins
* FirstLawOfMetafictionalThermodynamics
** SecondLawOfMetafictionalThermodynamics
* FirstLawOfResurrection
* TheFirstLawOfSitcomAcoustics
* FirstLawOfTragicomedies
* [[{{ptitle7vljslfu}} Godwin's Law]]
* GodwinsLawOfTimeTravel
* TheGrandListOfForumAndCommunityLaws
* [[{{ptitle97h4eweh}} Hanlon's Razor]]
* [[{{ptitlekz83hawz}} Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act]]
* HouseHiringHeuristic
* ImmortalProcreationClause
* IncendiaryExponent
* InevitableWaterfall
* InverseLawOfSharpnessAndAccuracy
* InverseLawOfUtilityAndLethality
* TheLawOfBruce
* TheLawOfConservationOfDetail
** [[{{ptitle67cpn4dlu8j9}} Chekhov's Armoury]]
** [[ChekhovsArmy Chekhov's Army]]
** [[ChekhovsExhibit Chekhov's Exhibit]]
** [[{{ptitlexn9xzsjd5fif}} Chekhov's Gun]]
** [[{{ptitle54psy2mkt9lx}} Chekhov's Gunman]]
** [[{{ptitleycmcaegc1mt3}} Chekhov's Lecture]]
** {{Chekhov MIA}}
** [[{{ptitle1b1m5fiycpie}} Chekhov's Skill]]
* LawOfConservationOfNormality
* LawOfCartographicalElegance
* LawOfChromaticSuperiority
* TheLawOfDiminishingDefensiveEffort
* LawOfDisproportionateResponse
** [[{{ptitlev7az52ei}} Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like]]
** [[{{ptitle8v1y2lna}} It's The Principle Of The Thing]]
* TheLawOfFanJackassery
* LawOfInverseFertility
* LawOfInversePaternity
* LawOfInverseRecoil
* LawOfOne
* LawOfOneHundred
* LocardsTheory
* LordBritishPostulate
* TheMagicPokerEquation
* [[{{ptitle5bsrye9z}} Mandy's Law Of Anime Gender Bending]]
* MovieTwistList
* [[BackFromTheDead "No one stays dead in comics."]]
* NominalImportance
* OscarBait
* [[{{ptitlehkm94ato}} Poe's Law]]
* PopularityPolynomial
* RedemptionEqualsDeath
* RefugeInAudacity
* RuleNumberOne
* RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment
* RuleOfCool
* RuleOfCute
* RuleOfDrama
* RuleOfEmpathy
* TheRuleOfFirstAdopters
* RuleOfFun
* RuleOfFunny
* RuleOfPerception
* RuleOfPool
* RuleOfRomantic
* RuleOfScary
* RuleOfSexy
* RuleOfSymbolism
* RuleOfThree
* RuleThirtyFour
* TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction
* [[{{ptitleocg6iflv079q}} Schrodinger's Gun]]
* ScienceFictionVersusFantasy
* SignificantBirthDate
* SlidingScaleOfFourthWallHardness
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism
* SlidingScaleOfShinyVersusGritty
* SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness
* SlidingScaleOfVisualsVersusDialogue
* SlidingScaleOfVillainThreat
* TheSmurfettePrinciple
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil
* SortingAlgorithmOfFaceHeelTurning
* SortingAlgorithmOfMortality
* [[{{ptitle3tinj4tz}} Sturgeons Law]]
* SuperWeight
* TethercatPrinciple
* TheissTitillationTheory
* TheTheoremOfNarrowInterests
* TheoryOfNarrativeCausality
* TriangRelations
* TropeExampleLaws
** TheZerothLawOfTropeExamples
** TheFirstLawOfTropeExamples
* TwainsObservationOnOriginality
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman
* TheWikiRule
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