'''Narrative Devices''' ''move the story forward or organize a scene or sequence.''
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See also
+ AppliedPhlebotinum
+ BeginningTropes
+ CharactersAsDevice
+ ChaseScene
+ ContinuityTropes
+ ContrivedStupidityTropes
+ DeathTrap
+ DreamTropes
+ EndingTropes
++ TwistEnding
+ {{Episodes}}
+ FightScene
+ FlashbacksAndChronology
+ KissingTropes
+ {{Montages}}
+ MovieTwistList
+ LukeIAmYourIndex
+ RoomShuffle
+ SleepAndWakefulnessTropes
+ StockPuzzle
+ StockSuperpowers
+ TheTale
++ ShortCon
]
!!Tropes

* AccidentalBid
* ActionPrologue
* AdultsAreUseless
** ThereAreNoAdults
* AffairHair
* AirVentEscape
* AmnesiacDissonance
* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome
* AmuletOfDependency
* AndNowYouKnowTheRestOfTheStory
* AndroclesLion
* AndThenISaid
* AndYourLittleDogToo
* ApocalypseNot
* TheAppleFallsFar
* AppleOfDiscord
* ArcWelding
* ArcWords
* AreYouMyMummy
* ArrangedMarriage
* AsTheGoodBookSays
* AttendingYourOwnFuneral
* AuthenticationByNewspaper
* AuthorStandIn
* AvengersAssemble
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning
* AwfulTruth
* BackstabBackfire
* BatDeduction
* BathroomStallGraffiti
* BattleRoyaleWithCheese
* BavarianFireDrill
* BedTrick
* BedsheetLadder
* BellyOfTheWhale
* BestForLast
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled
* BigDumbObject
* {{Blackmail}}
* BlessedWithSuck
* BlitzEvacuees
* BigBrotherIsEmployingYou
* BigBrotherIsWatching
* BodyCountCompetition
* BolivianArmyCliffhanger
* BosomBuddies
* BotheringByTheBook
* BoundAndGagged
* ABoyAndHisX
* BoxingLesson
* BoyMeetsGirl
* BreakingTheFourthWall
* BriarPatching
* BrownNote
* BurnTheWitch
* ButterflyOfDoom
* CallForward
* CallOnMe
* CantStayNormal
* CardboardPrison
* CarryingACake
* CassandraTruth
* CelebrityStar
* CellPhone
* ChainOfDeals
* ChairReveal
* ChariotRace
* AChatWithSatan
* CheatingWithTheMilkman
* ChildhoodMemoryDemolitionTeam
* ClarkKenting
* ClassTrip
* CliffHanger
** WhatCliffhanger
* TheClimax
* ClimbingClimax
* {{Clingy MacGuffin}}
* CoincidentalBroadcast
* ColdBloodedTorture
* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere
* CollectiveIdentity
* ComeToGawk
* [[{{ptitlev7az52ei}} Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like]]
* {{Confessional}}
* ConflictingLoyalty
* ConservationOfCompetence
* ContemplateOurNavels
* ContinuityNod
* ContinuityCameo
* ContractualGag
* ContrivedCoincidence
* ConvenientEclipse
* ConvenientlyCommonKink
* ConvenientlySeated
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment
* TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch
* CosmicRetcon
* CouldntFindAPen
* CourtroomAntic
* CrackDefeat
* CrashingDreams
* CrossOver
** FakeCrossOver
* CriticalFailure
* CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure
* CrowdSong
* CrowdPanic
* CruelMercy
* CrystalBallScheduling
* CursedWithAwesome
* CurseIsFoiledAgain
* CuttingTheElectronicLeash
* DarkHorseVictory
* DarkenedBuildingShootout
* DarkestHour
* DarknessEqualsDeath
* DeadEndJob
* DeadExMachina
* DeadManWalking
* DeadPersonConversation
* DeadSidekick
* DeadlyGraduation
* DecisionDarts
* DecoyGetaway
* DefusingTheTykeBomb
* DepthDeception
* DeusEstMachina
* DeusExitMachina
* DeusExMachina
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu
* [[{{Ptitlewbt6s033}} Did We Just Have Tea With Cthulhu?]]
* DingDongTheWitchIsDead
* {{Dismantled MacGuffin}}
* DivingSave
* DontSplitUsUp
* DoomedHometown
* DoorstopBaby
* DoubleDate
* DramaBomb
* DramaticDislocation
* DramaticIrony
* DreamSequence
** AllJustADream
** CatapultNightmare
** DreamLand
** DreamWithinADream
** FiveMoreMinutes
** OrWasItADream
* DrivingQuestion
* DucksInARow
* DugInDeeper
* DungeonBypass
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide
* DyingLikeAnimals
** FightingForSurvival
* DysfunctionJunction
* EarthAllAlong
* EarthShatteringKaboom
* EasilyForgiven
* EatTheDog
* EatTheEvidence
* {{Egg McGuffin}}
* EitherOrProphecy
* ElectrifiedBathtub
* ElvesVsDwarves
* EmpathicWeapon
* EmptyCopThreat
* EndangeredSouffle
* EnforcedColdWar
* EngagementChallenge
* EngineeredPublicConfession
* EpicFail
* EpiphanicPrison
* TheEternalChurchill
* EtTuBrute
* EvenTheDogIsAshamed
* EverybodysDeadDave
* EveryoneKnowsMorse
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill
* EvilPhone
* EvilPlan
* ExactEavesdropping
* ExactWords
* ExpansionPackWorld
* ExplosiveLeash
* ExplosionPropulsion
* FailedASpotCheck
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption
* FaintingSeer
* FakeDefector
** ChainedHeat
** FreakyFridayFlip
** LockedInAFreezer
** LockedInARoom
** SharingABody
** TenMinutesInTheCloset
* FascistsBedTime
* FaustianRebellion
* FauxDeath
* FauxlosophicNarration
*{{Fauxshadow}}
* FatMonica
* FeetOfClay
* FencePainting
* [[{{ptitle2ot6c4u4i0wv}} Fiction Isn't Fair]]
* FieldPromotion
* FisherKing
* FinalExamFinale
* FlingALightIntoTheFuture
* FlyingDutchman
* FoodChains
* ForbiddenFruit
* ForcedPrizeFight
* ForeignerForADay
* {{Foreshadowing}}
** ThisIndexWillBeImportantLater
* FramedClue
* FramingTheGuiltyParty
* FreakOut
* FriendOrIdolDecision
* FriendsAllAlong
* FrothyMugsOfWater
* FurAgainstFang
* FutureBadass
* GenocideDilemma
* GeodesicCast
* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity
* GetOutOfJailFreeCard
* GettingHotInHere
* GoAmongMadPeople
* AGodAmI
* GodzillaThreshold
* GoingInCircles
* GoingPostal
* GoldenMoment
* GoldenSnitch
* GoldilocksAndTheMinesOfMoria
* GossipEvolution
* GreenEggsAndHam
* GreenRooming
* GustOfWind
* HannibalLecture
* HarmfulToMinors
* HauntedHeadquarters
* HeHadItComing
* HeatWave
* HeartTrauma
* HeelRealization
* HellOnEarth
* HelterSkelterScenario
* HereWeGoAgain
* HiddenInPlainSight
* HighTurnoverRate
* HistoryRepeats
* HoldingOutForAHero
* {{Homage}}
** ArtImitatesArt
** InternalHomage
* {{Hostage For MacGuffin}}
* HostageSituation
** PutDownYourGunAndStepAway
* HourglassPlot
* [[{{ptitle2etdwufv}} How Much Did You Hear?]]
* HumansAreBastards
* HumansAreCthulhu
* HumanResources
* HumanShield
* HumiliationConga
* IAmHeAsYouAreHe
* IAmOneOfThoseToo
* IHateYouVampireDad
* IJustWantToBeBadass
* IJustWantToBeNormal
** PinocchioSyndrome
* IJustWantToBeSpecial
* IKnowWhatWeCanDoCut
* INever
* IOweYouMyLife
* ISeeThemToo
* IdenticalGrandson
* IdiotBall
** PlotInducedStupidity
* IfICanOnlyMove
* IfJesusThenAliens
* [[{{ptitlehaco10rr}} If You Won't, I Will]]
* ImpossibleTask
* [[{{ptitlew8o9d7bzvtia}} I'm A Humanitarian]]
** NoPartyLikeADonnerParty
* ImaginaryFriend
* ImaginaryEnemy
* ImportantHaircut
* InconvenientHippocraticOath
* InfallibleNarrator
* InformedAbility
** InformedFlaw
* InsultedAwake
* InnBetweenTheWorlds
* InnocentInaccurate
* InnocentInnuendo
* InstantExpert
* IntercontinuityCrossover
* InterrogationByVandalism
* InterruptedSuicide
* InvisibleToNormals
** WeirdnessCensor
* IronicEcho
* IronicInversion
* IrrevocableMessage
* ItMustBeMine
* [[{{ptitlefbvywafh}} It's All Junk]]
* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime
* [[{{ptitleeq4qisgws6gv}} It's Probably Nothing]]
* ItWasWithYouAllAlong
* IWillFindYou
* JacobMarleyWarning
* JeopardyIntelligenceTest
* JokerJury
* JuryOfTheDamned
* KeepTheReward
* KentBrockmanNews
* KickedUpstairs
* KidnappedByAnAlly
* KnifeThrowingAct
* KnightsAndKnaves
* LadyForADay
* LamazeClass
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall
* LeastIsFirst
* LeaveHimToMe
* LeaveTheCameraRunning
* ALightInTheDistance
* [[{{ptitlelfhe09gi}} The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday]]
* LivingOnBorrowedTime
* LivingWithTheVillain
* LockedOutOfTheFight
* {{Locking MacGyver In The Store Cupboard}}
* LookMaNoPlane
* LoserGetsTheGirl
* LoweredMonsterDifficulty
* LukeIAmYourFather
* LukeYouAreMyFather
* {{MacGuffin}}
* {{MacGuffin Delivery Service}}
* {{MacGuffin Location}}
* MadeOfTemptation
* MagicHat
* MagicalGirlQueenlinessTest
* MagneticPlotDevice
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction
* ManHands
* TheManWhoShotLibertyValance
* MatchmakerDotCom
* MatingDance
* MeaningfulEcho
* MedalOfDishonor
* MelodramaticPause
* {{Memento MacGuffin}}
* MercyLead
* MessageInABottle
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead
* MindRape
* MindScrewdriver
* {{Mineral MacGuffin}}
* MiracleRally
* MirrorOfLlunet
* MisfitMobilizationMoment
* MistakenForBadass
* MistakenIdentity
* MisterSandmanSequence
* MistimedRevival
* MoodWhiplash
* [[{{ptitlelewwvnvy}} Morton's Fork]]
* MosesInTheBullrushes
* MundaneSolution
* MushroomSamba
* MustHaveNicotine
* MutilationInterrogation
* MyFistForgivesYou
* MyGreatestFailure
* MyGreatestSecondChance
* TheMutiny
** AntiMutiny
* MythologyGag
** DisContinuityNod
** RemakeCameo
* NameThatTune
* NarratorAllAlong
* NearDeathExperience
* NecessaryFail
* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles
* NeverSplitTheParty
* NewspaperDating
* NoFourthWall
* {{No MacGuffin No Winner}} (aka DetenteComrade, {{Eaten The MacGuffin}})
* NoodleIncident
* NotableNonSequitur
* NotADate
* NotAfraidOfYouAnymore
* NotAsYouKnowThem
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught
* NotHelpingYourCase
* NotImportantToThisEpisodeCamp
* NotInFrontOfTheParrot
* NotMyDriver
* NotMyLuckyDay
* NotWhatItLooksLike
* NotWhatISignedOnFor
* ObfuscatingStupidity
* ObliviousAdoption
* ObviousTrap
* ObliviousGuiltSlinging
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse
** IHaveYourWife
* OffhandBackhand
* OffingTheOffspring
* OffToBoardingSchool
* OhCisco
* [[{{ptitlebqu02r9zu3tp}} Olaf's Hammer]]
* OminousMultipleScreens
* OneDegreeOfSeparation
* OneJudgeToRuleThemAll
* OneSideOfTheStory
* OneWayTrip
* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass
* OnlyTheWorthyMayPass
* [[{{ptitledwg3bjkk}} Orphan's Ordeal]]
* [[{{ptitlemmu9l6ginfls}} Orphan's Plot Trinket]]
* OutOfClothesExperience
* OvercomeTheirDifferences
* OverlyLongGag
* {{Padding}}
* ParentalFavoritism
* PartySchedulingGambit
* PaterFamilicide
* PayPhone
* PenultimateOutburst
* PeopleJars
* PerfectStorm
* PerpetualPoverty
* PerspectiveMagic
* PhoneBooth
* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSpecies
* PlayingSick
* PlotCoupon
* PlotDrivenBreakdown
* PlotTechnology
* PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo
* PoliceAreUseless
* PoorCommunicationKills
* PortalPool
* PornStash
* PosthumousCharacter
* PowderKegCrowd
* PowerFantasy
* PracticalVoiceOver
* PressurePoint
* PseudoCrisis
* PsychologicalHorror
* PubertySuperpower
* ThePublicDomainChannel
* ThePurge
* PutMeInCoach
* RageAgainstTheAuthor
* RageAgainstTheMentor
* RashEquilibrium
* ReadTheFreakingManual
* RedHerringTwist
* RegularCaller
* {{Reincarnation}}
** ReincarnationRomance
* RelationshipReboot
* RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun
* RequiredSpinoffCrossover
* RescueRomance
* RetCon
** CerebusRetcon
** ReVision
** ReWrite
* RetroactivePrecognition
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves
* RibbonCuttingCeremony
* RightHandVersusLeftHand
* RightPlaceRightTimeWrongReason
* RippedFromTheHeadlines
* RippedFromThePhoneBook
* RoadShow
* RockBottom
* RoomDisservice
* RousingSpeech
* {{Rules of Orphan Economics}}
* SadisticChoice
* [[{{ptitle6pqgwgev7ipd}} Sammy's Glass Eye]]
* SarcasmFailure
* SarcasticConfession
* ScheherezadeGambit
* ScienceIsBad
** ScienceIsWrong
* SchoolPlay
* ScreamingBirth
* ScrewDestiny
* ScullySyndrome
* ScyllaAndCharybdis
* SecondHandStorytelling
* SecondPrize
* SecretIdentity
* SecretLegacy
* SecretTestOfCharacter
* SeekingSanctuary
* SequelReset
* SeriousBusiness
* SetAMookToKillAMook
* ShapeShifting
* ShortCutsMakeLongDelays
* ShortDistancePhoneCall
* ShowerOfAngst
* ShowWithinAShow
* ShutUpHannibal
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids
* SisyphusVsRock
* SkepticNoLonger
* SlobsVersusSnobs
* SlowClap
* SlumberParty
* SlumberPartyPloy
* SmartBall
* [[{{ptitleolejp9syvlsx}} Smite Me, Oh Mighty Smiter]]
* SnoopingLittleKid
* SnowballLie
* SoapOnATrope
* SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay
* SomethingWickedThisWayComes
* SorkinRelationshipMoment
* SorryToInterrupt
* SourSupporter
* SpeakFriendAndEnter
* SpeakOfTheDevil
* StartsWithASuicide
* StuffBlowingUp
* StuffedIntoALocker
* SuddenVideogameMoment
* SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum
* SummoningRitual
* SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious
* SupportingProtagonist
** TheIshmael
* SurvivedTheBeginning
* SuspendedAnimation
* SweetPollyOliver
* SwitchedAtBirth
* SympatheticPOV
* TalkingInBed
* TakeAThirdOption
* TakeOverTheWorld
* TapOnTheHead
* TeamRocketWins
* TeamSpirit
* TedBaxterCloseUp
* TemporaryBlindness
* TemporaryLoveInterest
* TemptingFate
* TenMinutesInTheCloset
* TheBabyTrap
* TheCakeIsALie
* TheNotSecret
* ThereIsNoTry
* TheseQuestionsThree
* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave
* TheyWouldCutYouUp
* ThirtyXanatosPileup
* ThisIsMyStory
* [[{{ptitle7pn5uvdh}} This Is Something He's Got To Do Himself]]
* ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil
* [[{{ptitlei78khc6p}} This Means War!]]
* ThreeActStructure
* ThrownDownAWell
* ThwartedEscape
* TimeTravel
** StableTimeLoop
** TemporalParadox
* TomatoSurprise
* TongueTied
* TotalEclipseOfThePlot
* ToThePain
* TouristTrap
** AlohaHawaii
** VivaLasVegas
* TrapDoor
* TransformationRay
* TheTreacheryOfImages
* TreasureMap
* TrustPassword
* TunnelOfAvoidance
* TwoGirlsAndAGuy
* TwoGuysAndAGirl
* TwoPlusTwoMakesFive
* TwoScenesOneDialogue
* TwoTimerDate
* UncleHerbie
* UnConfession
* UnexpectedPositive
* UnfamiliarCeiling
* UnhandThemVillain
* UnintelligiBall
* {{Unperson}}
* UnseenAudience
* UnspokenPlan
* UsingYouAllAlong
* VictoryGuidedAmnesia
* VideoWills
* VillainBall
* VillainExitStageLeft
** PrisonerOfZendaExit
* VirusMisnomer
* VisionQuest
* VisionsOfAnotherSelf
* VolleyingInsults
* WackyWaysideTribe
* [[{{ptitle8y1hxwcb}} Wait, What? Whoa.]]
* WakingUpAtTheMorgue
* WeAREStrugglingTogether
* WeAreTeamCannonFodder
* WeComeInPeaceShootToKill
* WeddingDay
** {{Bridezilla}}
** CitizenshipMarriage
** SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace
** WeddingDeadline
** WeddingSmashers
* [[{{ptitlera2t8si2}} We Haven't Learned Anything Yet]]
* WeNeedToGetProof
* WeReallyDoCare
* [[{{ptitletyjnalqs}} What's a Secret Four?]]
* [[{{ptitle2f4agitl}} What Year Is This?]]
* WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue
* WhereItAllBegan
* WildTeenParty
* {{Will}}
* WithDueRespect
* WitnessProtection
* TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed
* WreckedWeapon
* WriteBackToTheFuture
* WritingLines
* WrittenInAbsence
* XanatosGambit
* XanatosRoulette
* YellowSashOfPower
* YouALLShareMyStory
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre
* YouAreGrounded
* YouAreInCommandNow
* YouCanKeepHer
* [[{{ptitle123ut4ni5x96}} You Can't Fight Fate]]
* [[{{ptitledz0z4hgscrlv}} You Can't Win]]
* [[{{ptitle1vay6ijbydwh}} You Don't Want to Catch This]]
* [[YouDontWantToDieAVirginDoYou You Don't Want To Die A Virgin, Do You?]]
* YouFailTheIQTest
* YouKilledMyFather
* YouWereTryingTooHard
* YouWillBeBeethoven
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