Sometimes, a trope has more than one Opposite Trope. This usually happens when a trope is about outside appearances vs. inside actualities or gender roles.
For this purpose, we can create a Trope Grid for covering the bases. Here are a few.
Settings and Worldbuilding
| A setting, at large... | has outright heroes | lacks outright heroes |
| has outright villains | Black-and-White Morality, Morality Kitchen Sink | Black-and-Gray Morality, Evil Versus Evil |
| lacks outright villains | White-and-Grey Morality, Good Versus Good | Grey-and-Gray Morality |
| A creature... | is a predator | is an herbivore |
| is inherently friendly | Predation Is Natural | Herbivores Are Friendly |
| is inherently unfriendly | Predators Are Mean | Xenophobic Herbivore |
| A setting... | looks idyllic | looks cruel |
| is actually idyllic | Sugar Bowl | A World Half Fullnote |
| is actually cruel | Crapsaccharine World | Crapsack World |
Individual Characters
| A character... | lives by rules | is ethically neutral or ambiguous | lives outside rules |
| puts others above themself | Lawful Good | Neutral Good | Chaotic Good |
| is morally neutral or ambiguous | Lawful Neutral | True Neutral | Chaotic Neutral |
| puts others below themself | Lawful Evil | Neutral Evil | Chaotic Evil |
| A person... | acts nice | acts mean |
| is secretly nice | Sheep in Sheep's Clothing | Jerk with a Heart of Gold |
| is secretly a jerk | Bitch in Sheep's Clothing | Jerk with a Heart of Jerk |
| A woman... | has small breasts | has large breasts |
| is proud of her breast size | Petite Pride | Big-Breast Pride |
| is ashamed of her breast size | A-Cup Angst | D-Cup Distress |
| A homosexual... | is male | is female |
| is masculine | Manly Gay | Butch Lesbian |
| is feminine | Camp Gay | Lipstick Lesbian |
| A relationship... | is initially platonic | is initially romantic |
| becomes platonic | Platonic Life-Partners | Better as Friends |
| becomes romantic | Just Friends | Official Couple |
| A party member... | is physically strong | is physically weak |
| is skilled with magic | Magic Knight | Squishy Wizard |
| is unskilled with or lacking in magic | Magically Inept Fighter | Utility Party Membernote |
| Someone attracted to the opposite gender... | is attracted to meek people | is attracted to strong people |
| is male | No Guy Wants an Amazon | Amazon Chaser |
| is female | Weakness Turns Her On | Women Prefer Strong Men |
| A person... | does something good | does something bad |
| gets rewarded for their deed | Karmic Jackpot | Karma Houdini |
| gets punished for their deed | No Good Deed Goes Unpunished | Laser-Guided Karma |
| A character... | is nice | is a jerk |
| is smart | Gentleman and a Scholar | Insufferable Genius |
| is a ditz | Kindhearted Simpleton | Insufferable Imbecile |
| A major character... | is a hero | is a villain |
| is a protagonist | Hero Protagonist | Villain Protagonist |
| is an antagonist | Hero Antagonist | Villain Antagonist |
| Someone... | is good | is evil |
| likes their moral alignment | Good Feels Good | Evil Feels Good |
| hates their moral alignment | Being Good Sucks | Being Evil Sucks |
| A character... | has a kindly-sounding name | has a dangerous-sounding name |
| is kindly | Names to Trust Immediately | Deathbringer the Adorable |
| is dangerous | Fluffy the Terrible | Names to Run Away from Really Fast |
Moments and Motifs
| Someone or something... | has light aesthetic or abilities | has dark aesthetic or abilities |
| is good | Light Is Good | Dark Is Not Evil |
| is bad | Light Is Not Good | Dark Is Evil |
| Someone's angry expression... | is traditionally energetic | is traditionally unenergetic |
| is obviously negatively emotional | Unstoppable Rage | Berserker Tears |
| is normally associated with positive emotions | Grin of Rage | Tranquil Fury |
Gameplay
| A disproportionately tough part of a game... | is a level or region | is a boss |
| is a mandatory brick wall in the playthrough | That One Level | That One Boss |
| is intended to be an out-of-story challenge | Brutal Bonus Level | Superboss |
| An enemy... | is a supposed run-of-the-mill mook | is a boss |
| is more annoying than dangerous | Goddamned Bats | Goddamned Boss |
| is disproportionately powerful and dangerous | Demonic Spiders | That One Boss |
| A game... | involves kind choices | involves cruel choices |
| allows choices of variable morality | Video Game Caring Potential | Video Game Cruelty Potential |
| karmically responds to player choices | Mercy Rewarded | Video Game Cruelty Punishment |
