An index of all the tropes that deal with irony.
Tropes:
- Arbitrary Skepticism: Refusing to believe in something supernatural in spite of believing in or being aware of the existence of something equally supernatural.
- The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes: A person's professional skills are of no help towards their own problems.
- Color Me Black: A bigot gets turned into the very kind of person they discriminate against.
- Construction Vehicle Rampage: Vehicles intended for construction are used for destruction.
- Death by Irony: Someone dies in a way that is ironic.
- The Death of Death: The embodiment of Death is the one that dies.
- Died in Ignorance: A character who dies before learning a major truth that renders their actions sadly ironic.
- Died on Their Birthday: A character dies on the anniversary of the date on which they were born.
- The Dog Bites Back: A person who has been abused and tormented turns the tables on those who were mistreating them.
- Dramatic Irony: The irony comes from the audience knowing something that the characters are not aware of.
- Dude, Not Ironic: Someone describes something as ironic when there's really nothing ironic about the situation.
- Evil Parents Want Good Kids: An evil mom/dad/set of parents want their kids to be better than them.
- Hapless Self-Help: A person working in self-help doesn't live up to their own teachings.
- Gave Up Too Soon: A character decides to give up right before their plan would've succeeded.
- Greatness Mistaken for Failure: A character is so far beyond the norm that their brilliance is mistaken for incompetence.
- He Who Fights Monsters: A person is so obsessed with vanquishing their opposition that they become as bad as the evils they fought.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: A person's undoing is brought upon by their own actions.
- The Hunter Becomes the Hunted: Someone is threatened by someone else who they used to pursue.
- If Only You Knew: A character says something that connects to something they don't know (e.g. telling a woman disguised as a man that she "fights like a girl").
- Ironic Allergy: A person has an allergy that is contradicting to their interests, profession, personality, or biology.
- Ironically Disabled Artist: A creator has a disability that seemingly contradicts their method of creating art.
- Ironic Birthday: A person feeling miserable has to pretend to enjoy their birthday party when their friends throw a party against their wishes.
- Ironic Echo: A line of dialogue is repeated later on with a much different meaning.
- Ironic Episode Title: A dark episode has a happy-sounding title.
- Ironic Fear: A character is afraid of something that is ironic because their fear deals with something they wouldn't be expected to be afraid of (e.g. a firefighter who is afraid of fire).
- Ironic Juxtaposition: Two contradicting things are shown (like someone smoking next to a "no smoking" sign).
- Ironic Last Words: The last thing a person says carries some form of irony.
- Ironic Name: A person has a name that is ironic.
- Ironic Nickname: A person has a nickname that is ironic.
- Irony as She Is Cast: An actor plays a character a lot different from them (like a Jewish actor playing a Nazi).
- Isn't It Ironic?: People use a song that they think is fitting without paying close attention to the actual lyrics.
- Jews Playing Nazis: A Nazi or anti-Semitic character is portrayed by a Jewish actor.
- Joke and Receive: Someone says something as a joke, but then the thing turns out to be true.
- Karmic Death: A bad person dies in a way that serves as a fitting punishment for their wrongdoings and is their own fault.
- Karmic Misfire: The person who's truly guilty gets off scot-free while an innocent person takes the fall.
- Karmic Rape: A person getting raped as their comeuppance can be ironic if the person was themselves a rapist.
- Karmic Transformation: A person is punished by being transformed into something they dislike.
- The Killer Becomes the Killed: A murderer gets murdered themselves.
- Laser-Guided Karma: A person who does something bad faces immediate and/or poetic punishment for their misdeed.
- Literal Money Metaphor: People think it's money, only to reveal that it isn't a euphemism.
- Noble Bigot: Even though prejudiced towards a certain race, those characters still values their lives.
- Oblivious Guilt Slinging: Someone is doing something that will hurt someone else's feelings, and that person says something that inadvertently makes them feel guiltier.
- Retirony: A person gets killed when they were close to retirement.
- Rousing Lullaby: A lullaby that is in some way disturbing to the listener and as a result keeps them awake instead of helping them sleep.
- Saved by the Coffin: Someone's life is saved by the timely appearance of a casket.
- Solid Gold Poop: Bodily waste that would ordinarily be worthless is instead highly valuable.
- Springtime for Hitler: A deliberate attempt at failure results in an unintentional success.
- Start X to Stop X: A character's extremist methodology revolves around stopping something by adding more to the problem.
- This Is Reality: A joke where a fictional character addresses that the real world isn't at all like fiction.
- Use Their Own Weapon Against Them: Killing or otherwise injuring your opponent with their own weapon.
- Vehicular Turnabout: Just paid it off? Kiss it goodbye.
