Wicks — links to one wiki page from another — are what fuel a wiki. The pages listed here need a fill-up.
You can find out how many wicks a page has by clicking on the button that says "related" up at the top of the page. If a trope fits the Starved standard on Wick and it isn't on this page, please add it. If one has enough for Standing (not counting this page), please remove it.
When launching a trope from TLP, it's good form to Index, Entry Pimp and crosswick it enough so that it doesn't go straight onto this list. If you can't figure out how to do that, it just might be a sign that you should have waited a little longer to launch your trope.
It is worth noting that quite a few of these tropes could get off this list if the examples all had a link back to the article on their work pages. So, if you happen to have time... (A page lacking wicks probably also needs other forms of Wiki Magic Love)
A few ground rules:
- This page exists chiefly so lesser-known Tropes can get needed publicity; please do not add administrative pages, contributor pages, or works.
- Note that indexes have an effective wick from every page they index that isn't counted by the button, so they should almost never qualify for this page.
- Definition-Only Pages are specifically sought after on indexes and aren't meant to be on tropes. They don't qualify here.
- When a page links to itself, it doesn't count.
- Not a rule, but if you add a page, please take a moment and try to add a few wicks to another one here so it can be removed.
See also Pages Needing an Entry Pimp, which is for when the number of wicks doesn't match the number of examples.
Under 12 wicks (Starving if 1-3 years old):
- Chutney Music (November 3, 2010)
- Clandestine Cover (October 21, 2010)
- Discarded, Not Delivered (April 3, 2024)
- Drill the Lock (June 1, 2023)
- Dungeon Synth (June 1, 2023)
- Epileptic-Friendly Filter (March 11, 2024)
- Fighting Your Future Self (March 11, 2024)
- Gaita Zuliana (March 19, 2014)
- Grade Swap Catastrophe (December 16, 2023)
- Greatness Mistaken for Failure (March 18, 2024)
- Grumpy Growler (March 12, 2024)
- Holiday Nonupdate (February 15, 2010)
- Hotlinked Image Switch (March 21, 2011)
- Hope Mongering (March 4, 2009)
- "Humoresque" Progression (August 20, 2010)
- Immortal Iconic Car (January 31, 2019)
- In-System FTL (February 25, 2022)
- It Works Itself (May 20, 2008)
- Last Interviewee Wins (March 15, 2024)
- Local Soundtrack (December 20, 2022)
- Looking a Miffed Animal in the Mouth (December 17, 2020)
- Love Is a Crapshoot (October 15, 2009)
- Mistaken for Stray (March 3, 2024)
- My Verbin' Noun (December 9, 2011)
- My X Is a Y (June 2, 2020)
- Network Sideswipe (March 8, 2010)
- No Serious Business In Showbusiness (February 13, 2010)
- One Case at a Time (June 6, 2016)
- One Normal Night (May 11, 2012)
- Overly Cool Play Space (July 9, 2010)
- Ownerless Treasure Morality (February 27, 2024)
- Phony Article (June 8, 2009)
- Photoflood Lighting (December 1, 2012)
- Prelap (December 30, 2009)
- Psychedelic Comedy Bromance (March 1, 2013)
- Public Relations Ad (January 14, 2008)
- Rapid FTL Proliferation (August 19, 2023)
- Reader-Insert Fic (March 21, 2024)
- Religious Redub (October 24, 2019)
- Renaissance Music (April 25, 2015)
- Reverse Psycho (June 14, 2007)
- Reverse Psychology Marketing (April 7, 2010)
- Reviewer Standard Comparisons (March 26, 2010)
- Scary Fiction Is Fun (March 31, 2024)
- Short Titles (July 4, 2009)
- Sit Rep (December 6, 2013)
- Sliding Scale of Like Reality Unless Noted (April 1, 2009)
- Sliding Scale of Muggle Involvement (January 1, 2014)
- Sliding Scale of Objective vs. Subjective Games (January 22, 2011)
- Sliding Scale of Proactiveness (September 7, 2009)
- Sliding Scale Of Videogame Objectives (June 6, 2021)
- Slow Light (Jul 14, 2012)
- Special Edition Trailer (January 9, 2013)
- Spex (October 11, 2012)
- Straightforward (June 4, 2007)
- Tape Switch (July 20, 2009)
- "They're Not Real" Reveal (October 25, 2023)
- Unlikely Confession Cam (January 12, 2012)
- Villains Learn Faster (May 30, 2021)
- You Know What That Means (August 12, 2011)
Under 24 wicks (Starving if 4+ years old):
- 3D Comic Book (July 31, 2011)
- 360-Degree Swing Set Swing (October 17, 2022)
- Ab Urbe Condita (May 10, 2012)
- Absentee Club Member (July 30, 2022)
- Absolute Comparative (June 14, 2007)
- Ad Dissonance (May 16, 2010)
- Adoption-Induced Pregnancy (March 7, 2024)
- Ambivalent Anglican (April 12, 2023)
- Amnesiac Costume Identity (October 25, 2016)
- Arbitrary Augmentation Limit (May 1, 2019)
- Attackable Pickup (April 7, 2012)
- Authoritative in Public, Docile in Private (February 25, 2023)
- Backbench-Hitting Attack (November 30, 2023)
- The Backstage Sketch (January 18, 2013)
- Bardcore (August 30, 2021)
- Bar Sinister (August 28, 2008)
- Beleaguered Benefactor (June 25, 2021)
- Believer Fakes Evidence (October 10, 2023)
- Blue Liquid Absorbent (December 9, 2010)
- Bottled Cool (June 14, 2007)
- Boundareefs (March 11, 2019)
- Brain Chain (March 21, 2008)
- Bring Them Around (December 6, 2009)
- Bulk Buy Only (November 8, 2011)
- Bumper Sticker (October 10, 2011)
- But That I Would Believe (May 20, 2011)
- Carousel Kidnapping (June 21, 2015)
- Cassandra Bystander (March 26, 2020)
- Chance Activation (July 23, 2010)
- Checkpoint Bluff (January 19, 2019)
- Choreography Porn (October 3, 2017)
- Combat Uninterruptus (April 20, 2008)
- Comedic Strangling (March 15, 2024)
- Computer Viruses Are Computer Illnesses (March 21, 2024)
- Company Credit Card Abuse (July 8, 2023)
- Confession Deferred (May 24, 2008)
- Consumer Conspiracy (September 25, 2007)
- Contractual Gag (April 22nd, 2008)
- Conveyor Belt Video (June 5, 2013)
- Cool of Rule (June 30, 2011)
- Country Rap (March 19, 2011)
- Cranium Compartment (November 13, 2019)
- Crime Spree Montage (June 15, 2022)
- Cultural Personality Makeover (October 11, 2013)
- Cute Clumsy Creature (March 5, 2016)
- Daddy System (May 27, 2008)
- The Daily Misinformer (November 18, 2023)
- Death Equals Emotion (February 2, 2011)
- Defend Pop Punk (June 27, 2013)
- Delayed Family Acceptance (December 22, 2020)
- Deliberately Different Description (December 3, 2021)
- Disaster Relief Game (September 8, 2016)
- Displaced Origin (January 17, 2010)
- Distressed Drink Jitters (March 1, 2024)
- Drawing Board Hiatus (April 4, 2017)
- Eat My Dust (July 10, 2011)
- EBM (December 10, 2012)
- Elevator Conference (August 11, 2014)
- Escape Call (April 12, 2015)
- Everyone's in the Loop (September 9, 2011)
- Exceeded the Goal (December 7, 2021)
- Exotic Backdrop Setting (September 30, 2012)
- Experiment Show (October 5, 2011)
- Expressive Uvula (April 20, 2022)
- Facial Façade (March 7, 2024)
- Fake Assisted Suicide (April 18, 2016)
- Fancy Toilet Awe (March 10, 2023)
- Fate of the Frankensteins (February 18, 2023)
- Faux Final Line (March 29, 2017)
- Faux Interracial Relationship (July 31, 2012)
- Fictional Mystery, Real Prize (April 13, 2015)
- Fiction Business Savvy (April 12, 2012)
- Fiction Science (January 19, 2009)
- "Five Things" Fic (February 4, 2019)
- Five-Year Plan (February 13, 2009)
- Flash Mob Cover-Up (January 15, 2012)
- Foreign Farewell (April 4, 2010)
- For Your People, By Your People (October 7, 2011)
- Frantic Object Concealment (May 22, 2011)
- Front 13, Back 9 (December 22, 2010)
- Gekiga (July 5, 2010)
- Get the Sensation (December 9, 2008)
- Golden Translator (October 31, 2014)
- Gone Behind the Bend (June 14, 2011)
- Gothic Country Music (December 12, 2018)
- The Graph Shows the Trend (February 18, 2011)
- Gratuitous Use of the Tallit (January 1, 2013)
- Guerrilla Boulders (July 17, 2012)
- Hammerspace Parachute (March 28, 2014)
- Hands-Free Handlamp (June 12, 2018)
- Handy Shortcoming (February 14, 2017)
- Heal It with Nature (February 4, 2024)
- High-Up Ice-Up (August 8, 2013)
- Hit the Ground Harder (November 6, 2011)
- Hive-Mind Testimonial (February 9, 2008)
- Holiday-Appropriate Weather (March 18, 2014)
- The Hollywood Formula (January 30, 2012)
- Hollywood Web Cam (February 20, 2011)
- Homogenous Multinational Ad Campaign (October 4, 2009)
- Hostage-Handler Huddle (October 15, 2017)
- Hot on His Own Trail (August 11, 2013)
- House System (June 14, 2007)
- How Did You Get It? (August 24, 2010)
- Hyperspace Holmes Hat (August 6, 2013)
- Hypocritical Singing (April 28, 2012)
- Idiosyncratic Mecha Storage (February 18, 2018)
- If I Can Only Move (October 29, 2008).
- If You Call Before Midnight Tonight (June 14, 2007)
- Immobile Player Character (June 21, 2016)
- Implementing the Incomplete (August 9, 2021)
- Improvised Catapult (December 2, 2013)
- Improvised Sail (September 23, 2013)
- Improvised Scattershot (December 21, 2018)
- In-Character Let's Play (November 24, 2018)
- Inaction Video (June 8, 2010)
- Inappropriate Speak-and-Spell (August 5, 2010)
- Inconvenient Parachute Deployment (March 30, 2019)
- Informed Location (October 20, 2011)
- Inhibition-Destroying Puppet (August 18, 2019)
- Instant Cultured (July 7, 2010)
- Instant Dogend (April 22, 2007)
- Insurance-Motivated Murder (February 18, 2024)
- Internet Incorporated (July 25, 2009)
- Investigator Impersonation (September 8, 2011)
- Invisible Bowstring (September 28, 2013)
- Internet Incorporated (July 25, 2009)
- Island of Misfit Everything (October 31, 2016)
- It Wasn't Easy (August 8, 2010)
- It Was There the Whole Time (January 18, 2016)
- Jingle the Coins (November 27, 2021)
- Judgement of Paris (September 18, 2010)
- Kids Block (March 16, 2011)
- Kids Punishing Parents (August 26, 2021)
- Landmark Declaration Gambit (September 10, 2023)
- Last Confession Wins (April 25, 2010)
- Last One's Ploy (October 20, 2023)
- Last Unsmoked Cigarette (December 19, 2010)
- Late Spin-Off Transplant (December 7, 2021)
- Laundromat Liaisons (September 11, 2011)
- Legacy Launch (July 1, 2011)
- Lending a Backhand (April 18, 2018)
- License-Added Game (May 7, 2015)
- Limited Destination Time (August 7, 2010)
- Literally Falling Through the Cracks (December 17, 2023)
- Literally Prized Possession (January 13, 2017)
- Loudspeaker Truck (June 14, 2007)
- Low-Angle Empty World Shot (April 2, 2013)
- Magical Antibiotics (June 16, 2011)
- Magically Delicious (September 1, 2007)
- Makara (November 15, 2022)
- Makeover Fail (June 18, 2020)
- March (October 16, 2012)
- Maximum Capacity Overload (March 26, 2012)
- Medieval Ballads (November 24, 2013)
- Mermaid in a Wheelchair (April 14, 2023)
- Miami Bass (January 13, 2010)
- The Minneapolis Sound (August 29, 2022)
- Minions Customized at Creation (January 18, 2024)
- Misaimed Stereotyping (August 9, 2015)
- Modern Day/Sci-Fi RPG Class Equivalents (January 3, 2012)
- Montage Ends the VHS (September 11, 2011)
- Monumental View (January 18, 2012)
- The Morality/Mortality Equation (June 20, 2010)
- Moving Target Bonus (February 5, 2013)
- Multi-Take Cut (April 25, 2008)
- Museum Game (December 7, 2011)
- Music Video Credits Sequence (February 8, 2011)
- My Art, My Memory (March 20, 2011)
- My Beloved Minions (October 5, 2023)
- Mystical Hollywood (January 21, 2019)
- Network Finale (February 25, 2021)
- New Look, Same Great Taste! (March 18, 2011)
- New Queer Cinema (July 12, 2018)
- No Clear Leader (March 30, 2024)
- No Off Button (May 4, 2011)
- "No Rules" Racing (May 20, 2023)
- Non-Combatant Immunity (April 23, 2011)
- Non-Lethal Deadly Weapon (July 28, 2010)
- Non-Voyage Party (February 22, 2016)
- Not Available in Stores (June 14, 2007)
- Now How Much Would You Pay (June 14, 2007)
- Oblivious Astronomers (September 17, 2016)
- Obvious Second Choice (May 17, 2011)
- Old Man Conversation Song (June 11, 2012)
- On-Ride/On-Foot Combat (April 20, 2021)
- One Last Song (March 5, 2016)
- One-Line Anxiety (March 1, 2020)
- Oneshot Revisionism (February 28, 2008)
- One-Song Bard (February 5, 2019)
- Only Serves for Life (October 9, 2012)
- Only Useful as Toilet Paper (November 10, 2018)
- Opportunistic Vendors (June 5, 2023)
- Oratorio (May 11, 2013)
- Our Better Is Different (July 22, 2010)
- Our Love Is Different (May 13, 2010)
- Outgrow The Trope (January 25, 2012)
- Overly Long Airplane Banner Gag (April 11, 2011)
- Over-the-Shoulder Murder Shot (April 2, 2012)
- Pardo Push (December 9, 2010)
- Parody Video Games (August 2, 2016)
- Perfect Reload Command (April 16, 2023)
- Phone Number Jingle (November 3, 2011)
- Phoning the Phantom (August 3, 2019)
- Piano Cover Slam (April 24, 2023)
- Piano Key Wave (January 30, 2010)
- Pigeonholed Director (July 31, 2010)
- Pilfering Proprietor (September 26, 2023)
- Place Before Time (May 29, 2018)
- Plot-Sensitive Latch (February 8, 2012)
- The Plot Thickens (April 7, 2011)
- Post-Somethingism (November 14, 2009)
- Poverty Porn (January 16, 2017)
- Power Cable Attack (March 6, 2016)
- Power Harness (February 28, 2024)
- Pre-Approved Sermon (September 14, 2011)
- Pre-Violence Laughter (December 15, 2018)
- Precedent Excuse (November 22, 2013)
- Pre-Character Customization Gameplay (December 21, 2018)
- Pre-War Civilian Career (June 30, 2018)
- Production-Related Period Piece (December 26, 2021)
- Product Switcheroo Ad (November 2, 2009)
- Projectile Platforms (May 5, 2009)
- Profile View Gag (October 23, 2017)
- Psychic Starship Pilot (February 4, 2019)
- Push Polling (May 14, 2008)
- Put a Face on the Company (June 4, 2007)
- Queens Puzzle (September 5, 2008)
- Queercore (August 21, 2014)
- Queer Show Ghetto (February 22, 2018)
- Quirky Neighbour Country (June 22, 2012)
- Radiograph of Doom (June 14, 2012)
- Railroad to Horizon (July 18, 2010)
- Ram by Braking (August 16, 2011)
- Random Passerby Advice (February 16, 2012)
- Rare Money (December 2, 2015)
- Rebuff the Amateur (June 22, 2018)
- Recovery Sequence (September 13, 2010)
- Removable Animal Markings (July 28, 2019)
- Retroactive Stepsibling Relationship (August 25, 2023)
- Reveille (April 1st, 2014)
- Reward from Nowhere (June 17, 2008)
- Rhythm Typewriter (November 25, 2009)
- Ridiculously Photogenic (October 13, 2016)
- Roaring Rampage of Romance (April 12, 2011)
- Rocky Mountain Refuge (February 15, 2022)
- Romance Cover Scene (February 15, 2011)
- Rubbery World (July 21, 2012)
- Rules Conversions (December 13, 2009)
- Rule of Personification Conservation (January 13, 2010)
- Rules of the Game (October 16, 2010)
- Russian Fashion (January 23, 2008)
- Rust-Removing Oil (August 28, 2017)
- Sapient All Along (August 9, 2011)
- Satire and Switch (July 8, 2010)
- "Say My Name" Trailer (October 26, 2008)
- Scamming the Bereaved (December 15, 2020)
- Scapegoat Ad (October 10, 2007)
- "Schoolhouse Rock!" Lesson (October 11, 2021)
- Science at the Speed of Plot (February 13, 2013)
- Science Cocktail (February 18, 2011)
- Sci-Fi Flyby (July 27, 2017)
- Scope Perspective (February 11, 2017)
- Screw the Electric Bill (October 13, 2007)
- Secret Expanded Epilogue (June 6, 2022)
- Self Promotion Disguised As News (September 9, 2007)
- Serendipity Shock (December 29, 2020)
- Sermonette (February 21, 2023)
- Shame Accusation (March 24, 2024)
- Side-by-Side Demonstration (June 14, 2007)
- Silent Conversation (February 5, 2010)
- Similar to the Show (June 14, 2007)
- Simpsonwave (October 20, 2019)
- Simultaneous Warning and Action (March 28, 2012)
- Single Language Planet (April 12, 2023)
- Sky-Consuming Dogfight (March 5, 2016)
- Sliding Scale of Animation Elaborateness (January 18, 2011)
- Sliding Scale of Character Appreciation (February 28, 2009)
- Sliding Scale of Collectible Tracking (June 17, 2010)
- Sliding Scale of Divine Intervention (December 2, 2010)
- Sliding Scale of Endings (February 23, 2009)
- Sliding Scale of Video Game World Size and Scale (July 27, 2011)
- Slower than a Speeding Bullet (March 17, 2010)
- Smoking Gun Control (February 7, 2008)
- Sonnet (January 12, 2011)
- Sorting Algorithm of Face-Heel Turning (September 22, 2009)
- Sound of Darkness (October 11, 2016)
- Sounds of Science (April 5, 2011)
- Speaking in Panels (July 5, 2012)
- Spitty Speaker (November 28, 2022)
- Spoofed the Ironic Film Seriously (May 13, 2012)
- Spoofing Spoofiness (February 25, 2013)
- Spot the Victim (November 1, 2012)
- Sprint Scrubbing (March 8, 2010)
- Standard FPS Enemies (April 29, 2011)
- States of Phlebotinum (April 9, 2010)
- Stepford Consumer (September 21, 2011)
- Stock Animal Facts (December 7, 2011)
- Stock Dinosaur Archetypes (May 30, 2023)
- Stock Object Colors (September 3, 2012)
- Stock Trailer Music (April 2, 2011)
- Strange Stage (June 13, 2019)
- Street Punk (May 9, 2012)
- Stress-Induced Mental Voices (July 6, 2019)
- Studio Episode (March 18, 2024)
- Subtle Superpowering (February 11, 2024)
- Sukhomlinov Effect (March 7, 2010)
- Sunday is Boring (April 23, 2023)
- Super Civil Services (January 3, 2022)
- Superweapon Suspense Subversion (July 25, 2019)
- Swag Rap (May 8, 2012)
- Symbol Drawing Interface (April 18, 2011)
- Teaching Through Accident (October 2, 2013)
- Televised Torture (July 10, 2011)
- Temperate Berserker (February 25, 2024)
- Temporary Name Change (January 12, 2019)
- That's What I Call "X"! (May 7, 2011)
- That Was the Reward (May 23, 2013)
- Theme Park Landscape (July 17, 2011)
- Theme Tuneless Episode (April 26, 2021)
- The Theorem of Narrow Interests (March 9, 2009)
- There Are No Bedsheets (May 18, 2011)
- Things Are More Effective in Hollywood (October 5, 2016)
- Thinking Wheels (December 26, 2020)
- Theme and Variations (April 20, 2010)
- Theotech (June 6, 2013)
- This Product Will Change Your Life (March 11, 2012)
- The Title Saga (January 4, 2012)
- Three-Volley Flinch (August 30, 2015)
- Throw the Sheath Away (January 31, 2013)
- Tile-Flipping Puzzle (February 8, 2024)
- Token Immortal (December 9, 2019)
- Tools of Sapience (June 4, 2013)
- Too Strange to Show (January 14, 2023)
- Top Ten Jingle (June 14, 2007)
- Trickster Game (March 26, 2021)
- Trope Trigger (Sept 3, 2012)
- 2 Tone (June 11, 2010)
- Two-Way Tapping (January 24, 2014)
- Typewriter Eating (June 17, 2011)
- Typical Tentacle Tactics (March 1, 2010)
- Underlighting (September 5, 2012)
- Unexpectedly Human Perception (August 26, 2018)
- Unfortunate Ingredients (May 14, 2009)
- Unique Moment Ruined (March 29, 2020)
- Universal Chaplain (May 8, 2019)
- Unseen Prototype (December 18, 2010)
- Utaite (March 31, 2022)
- VHS Game (December 27, 2018)
- Villain Baal (February 24, 2024)
- Villain Raises a Toast (October 21, 2023)
- Violence Detector (April 10, 2010)
- Virtual Danger Denial (June 7, 2014)
- Visibility Meter (October 12, 2016)
- Wait for Your Date (August 16, 2018)
- Waltz on Water (September 8, 2018)
- What Do You Mean, It's Phlebotinum? (May 23, 2010)
- White Glove Test (February 14, 2012)
- William Fakespeare (April 7, 2019)
- You Break It, You Profit (July 17, 2010)
- Zombie Fic (October 29, 2012)
