Tropes are storytelling devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations.
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'''Universal Tropes'''

+ UniversalTropes

'''NarrativeTropes''' - click for expanded treeview

+ AppliedPhlebotinum
+ CharacterizationTropes
+ {{Characters}}
+ CharactersAsDevice
+ {{Dialogue}}
+ {{Motifs}}
+ NarrativeDevices
+ {{Paratext}}
+ {{Plots}}
+ {{Settings}}
+ {{Spectacle}}

'''GenreTropes''' - click for expanded treeview

+ ActionAdventureTropes
+ ComedyTropes
+ CommercialsTropes
+ CrimeAndPunishmentTropes
+ DramaTropes
+ EspionageTropes
+ HorrorTropes
+ LoveTropes
+ MilitaryAndWarfareTropes
+ NewsTropes
+ PornTropes
+ ProfessionalWrestling
+ SpeculativeFictionTropes
+ SportsStoryTropes
+ RealityTVTropes

'''{{Media}}''' - click for expanded treeview

+ {{Anime}}
+ ComicBookTropes
+ FanFic/FanFics (see: FanFic for the Main article )
+ {{Film}}
+ GameTropes
++ {{Tabletop RPG}}s
++ VideoGameTropes
+ {{Literature}}
+ MusicAndSoundEffects
+ NewMediaTropes
+ PrintMediaTropes
+ {{Radio}}
+ SequentialArt
+ {{Television}}
+ {{Theater}}
+ {{Webcomics}}

'''Topical Tropes'''

+ AnimalTropes
+ AuthorityTropes
+ BetrayalTropes
+ CensorshipTropes
+ CombatTropes
++ WeaponsAndWieldingTropes
+++ GunsAndGunplayTropes
+ DeathTropes
++ChoosingDeath
+++HeroicSacrifices
++LastWords
++MurderTropes
++ TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs
+ [[DoctorIndex Doctor Tropes]]
+ [[ThisIsYourIndexOnDrugs Drug Tropes]]
+ [[IndexFailure Failure Tropes]]
+ FameAndReputationTropes
+ FamilyTropes
++TheParentTrope
+++ParentalIssues
++SiblingTropes
+++TwinTropes
+ FateAndProphecyTropes
+ FoodTropes
+ FriendshipTropes
+ {{Indexitis}}
+ HolidayTropes
+ InjuryTropes
+ InstantIndexJustAddWater
+ MemoryTropes
+ MoneyTropes
++ CurrencyTropes
+ MoralityTropes
++ AnAesop
+++ StockAesops
++ EvilTropes
++ GoodnessTropes
+ PregnancyTropes
+ PoliticsTropes
+ ReligionTropes
+ RevengeTropes
+ RoyaltyAndNobilityTropes
+ SchoolTropes
+ SexTropes
++ RapeTropes
+ ThisIndexIsOnFire

'''Other Categories'''

+ ArtisticLicense
+ BloodyTropes
+ BooksOnTrope
+ BritishMediaTropes
+ ChekhovsPun
+ TheContributors
+ CreatorSpeak
+ {{Creators}}
++ {{Actors}}
++ {{Artists}}
++ {{Authors}}
++ {{Composers}}
++ {{Directors}}
++ {{Mangaka}}
++ NamesToKnowInAnime
++ {{Producers}}
+ CreditsTropes
+ DerivativeWorks
++ FanWork
+++ FanFic
++++ FanFicTropes
+ DidNotDoTheResearch
++ HollywoodScience
++ YouFailBiologyForever
+ FanSpeak
+ IntelligenceTropes
+ JustForFun
+ LanguageTropes
+ LawsAndFormulas
++ JustInTime
++ ProbabilityTropes
++ RuleOfIndex
+ MoreLikeAFootnoteThanAnythingElse
+ NationalStereotypingTropes
+ NumberTropes
+ TheOldestOnesInTheBook
+ ShowBusiness
++ {{Networks}}
+ SplitPersonalityTropes
+ StockRoom
+ ThereAreNoIndexes
+ TropeTropes
+ TruthAndLies
+ TruthInTelevision
+ UsefulNotes
+ WeirdnessIsolationTropes
+ WikiTropes
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