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A Accidental Innuendo vs. Innocent Innuendo vs. Does This Remind You of Anything? vs. Freud Was Right:
Accidental Murder vs. Murder by Mistake:
Accidental Nightmare Fuel vs. Nightmare Fuel:
Achilles in His Tent vs. Deus Exit Machina
Action-Hogging Opening vs. Action Prologue
Actor Allusion vs. Casting Gag vs. Celebrity Paradox vs. The Danza:
Adam Smith Hates Your Guts vs. Karl Marx Hates Your Guts vs. No Hero Discount:
Adam Westing vs. As Himself vs. Autobiographical Role vs. Celebrity Star vs. Character as Himself vs. The Danza vs. Special Guest:
Adaptation Decay vs. Bowdlerise vs. Cut-and-Paste Translation vs. They Just Didn't Care:
Adaptation Distillation vs. Pragmatic Adaptation vs. Woolseyism:
Adult Child vs. Manchild
Adventure Towns vs. City of Adventure
Affably Evil vs. Faux Affably Evil vs Laughably Evil vs Wicked Cultured
Agent Peacock Vs. Real Men Wear Pink
Airborne Aircraft Carrier vs. The Battlestar vs. The Mothership
The Alcatraz vs. Cardboard Prison vs. Gilded Cage vs. Luxury Prison Suite vs. Might As Well Not Be In Prison At All vs. Play Along Prisoner
Alien Non-Interference Clause vs. Obstructive Code of Conduct
All Myths Are True vs. Fantasy Kitchen Sink vs. Crossover Cosmology vs. Planet Eris:
All There Is To Know About The Crying Game vs. First Episode Spoiler vs. It Was His Sled vs. Late Arrival Spoiler:
Allegedly Free Game vs. Bribing Your Way to Victory vs. Real Money Trade vs. Revenue Enhancing Devices
The Alliance vs. The Empire vs. The Federation vs. La Résistance:
Alternate Continuity vs. Alternate Timeline vs. Alternate History vs. Continuity Reboot:
Alternate Universe vs. Another Dimension:
Always a Bigger Fish vs. Bad Guys Do The Dirty Work vs. Villainous Rescue:
Ambiguously Gay vs. But Not Too Gay vs. Have I Mentioned I am Gay? vs. Hide Your Lesbians vs. Get Back in the Closet
Amnesia Danger vs. Amnesiac Liar vs. Criminal Amnesiac vs. Easy Amnesia vs. Forgot the Call vs. Identity Amnesia vs. Laser-Guided Amnesia
Amusing Alien vs. Funny Foreigner
Ancient Conspiracy vs. The Masquerade:
And This Is for... vs. Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking vs. Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick
Anti-Magic vs. No Sell vs. Power Nullifier:
Anyone Can Die vs. Kill 'Em All vs. Rocks Fall Everybody Dies vs. Total Party Kill
Applied Phlebotinum vs. Green Rocks vs Single Phlebotinum Limit vs. Magnetic Plot Device vs. Mineral MacGuffin vs Minovsky Physics vs. Unobtainium :
Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving vs. Chew Out Fake Out:
Artifact of Doom vs. Artifact of Death:
Ascended Extra vs. Ensemble Darkhorse vs. Breakout Character:
Ascended Fanboy vs Audience Surrogate vs Escapist Character vs The Everyman vs This Loser Is You vs Unfazed Everyman:
Asian and Nerdy vs. Bollywood NerdAn intelligent and nerdy character of Asian descent...
Asspull vs. Deus ex Machina vs Diabolus ex Machina:
Atomic F-Bomb vs. Cluster F-Bomb vs. Mother F-Bomb vs. Precision F-Strike:
Author Appeal vs. Fanservice vs. Fetish Fuel vs Pandering to the Base:
Author Appeal vs. Playing to the Fetishes
Author Catchphrase vs. Catch Phrase
Author Filibuster vs. Author Tract vs. Writer on Board vs. Character Filibuster:
Averted Trope vs. Justified Trope vs. Lampshade Hanging vs. Subverted Trope vs. Double Subversion vs. Zig-Zagging Trope vs. Inverted Trope:
Awesome, but Impractical vs. Cool, but Inefficient vs. Too Awesome to Use vs. Useless Useful Spell:
A Worldwide Punomenon vs. Incredibly Lame Pun vs. Stealth Pun
Ax Crazy vs. Blood Knight vs. Psycho for Hire:
B Back for the Dead vs. Bus Crash vs. Character Outlives Actor vs. Dropped a Bridge on Him vs. McLeaned vs. Put on a Bus vs. Put on a Bus to Hell vs. Written-In Absence:
Back Stab vs. In the Back
Bad Ass Back vs. Offhand Backhand:
Badass Bookworm vs. Genius Bruiser
Badass Longcoat vs. Conspicuous Trenchcoat vs. Trenchcoat Brigade:
Bara Genre vs. Boys' Love Genre:
Base Breaker vs. Broken Base:
Bat Deduction vs. Conviction by Contradiction vs. Conviction by Counterfactual Clue vs. Eureka Moment:
Batman Gambit vs. Gambit Pileup vs. Xanatos Gambit vs. Gambit Roulette vs. Xanatos Speed Chess:
Batman Gambit vs. Cloning Gambit vs. Fake Twin Gambit vs. Genghis Gambit vs. Lysistrata Gambit vs. Memory Gambit vs. Party Scheduling Gambit vs. Poison And Cure Gambit vs. The Uriah Gambit vs. Wounded Gazelle Gambit vs. Xanatos Gambit vs. Zero Approval Gambit:
The Battle Didn't Count vs. Heads I Win, Tails You Lose vs. Hopeless Boss Fight vs. I Let You Win:
Beautiful All Along vs. She Cleans Up Nicely vs. She Is All Grown Up:
Be Careful What You Wish For vs. Wanting Is Better Than HavingYou wish for something and get it. But...
Become a Real Boy vs. Pinocchio Syndrome
Bellisario's Maxim vs. MST3K Mantra:
Beneath the Mask vs A Darker Me vs GIFT vs Hidden Depths:
Better by a Different Name vs. Follow the Leader vs. Recycled In SPACE:
BFG vs. Hand Cannon
Big "NO!" vs. Squick:
Bit Part Bad Guys vs. MooksSmall-time villains...
Bittersweet Ending vs. Earn Your Happy Ending vs. Pyrrhic Victory
Black Comedy vs. Gallows Humor vs. Dead Baby Comedy:
Bland Name Product vs. Fictional Counterpart
"Blind Idiot" Translation vs. Either World Domination or Something about Bananas vs. My Hovercraft is Full of Eels vs. Translation Train Wreck:
Bokukko vs. The Lad-ette vs. Shorttank vs. TomboyThis is a girl who...
Bond One-Liner vs. Quip to Black vs. Pre Ass Kicking One Liner vs. Pre-Mortem One-LinerA cool line uttered...
Boobs of Steel vs. Buxom Is Better vs. Gag Boobs vs. Most Common Superpower
Boring Invincible Hero vs. Showy Invincible Hero vs. Boring Failure Hero
Bring My Brown Pants vs. No Dead Body Poops vs. Potty Emergency vs. Potty Failure
Brainless Beauty vs. Dumb Blonde
Breaking the Fourth Wall vs. Fourth Wall vs. Medium Awareness vs. No Fourth Wall vs. No Inner Fourth Wall:
Break Them by Talking vs. Hannibal Lecture vs. "The Reason You Suck" Speech
Brick Joke vs. Chekhov's Gag
Broken Aesop vs. Clueless Aesop vs. Family Unfriendly Aesop vs. Lost Aesop:
Broken Base vs. Fan Dumb vs. They Changed It, Now It Sucks vs. Unpleasable Fanbase
Buffyspeak vs. Totally Radical
Bulletproof Human Shield vs. Human Shield
Bullet Time vs. Super Reflexes
Bullying a Dragon vs. Mugging the Monster
Bunny-Ears Lawyer vs. Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass vs. Obfuscating Stupidity vs. Obfuscating Insanity vs. Let's Get Dangerous vs. Crazy Awesome:
But I Can't Be Pregnant! vs. But We Used a Condom vs. Miss Conception vs. Surprise Pregnancy
But Not Too Evil vs. Harmless Villain vs. Poke the Poodle
Butt Monkey vs. Cosmic Plaything vs. The Chew Toy vs. The Woobie:
C Call Back vs. Continuity Nod vs. Mythology Gag:
Calvinball vs. Gretzky Has the Ball vs. New Rulesasthe Plot Demands vs. Unnecessary Roughness:
Campbell Country vs. Lovecraft Country
Camp Gay vs. Hard Gay:Camp Straight vs. The Dandy
Canon vs. Fanon vs. Ascended Fanon vs. Fanon Discontinuity vs. Canon Discontinuity vs. Running the Asylum vs. Word of Dante vs. Word of St. Paul vs. Word Of God:
Canon Foreigner vs. Canon Immigrant
Canon Sue vs. Creator's Pet vs. The Scrappy vs. X-Pac Heat:
Cannon Fodder vs. Redshirt Army:
Captain Ersatz vs. Expy:
Cartwright Curse vs. Fatal Attractor
The Cassandra vs. Cassandra Truth vs. Ignored Expert:
Cassandra Gambit vs. Cassandra Truth vs. Sarcastic Confession:
Cassandra Truth vs. Not Now, Kiddo:
Casting Couch vs.Sexual Extortion vs Scarpia Ultimatum
Cat Fight vs. Designated Girl Fight
Cerebus Syndrome vs. Darker and Edgier
Head in the Sand Management vs. The Quisling:
Character Derailment vs. Out of Character:
Character Filibuster vs. Holding The Floor:
Character Magnetic Team vs. Hitchhiker Heroes vs. Magnetic Hero:
Charm Person vs. Compelling Voice:
Chaste Hero vs. Celibate Hero vs. Asexuality
Cheaters Never Prosper vs. Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat
Chekhov's Armoury vs. Chekhov's Boomerang vs. Chekhov's Gun:
Cherry Tapping vs. Death of a Thousand Cuts vs. Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu? vs. Finger Poke of Doom vs. Zerg Rush
The Chessmaster vs. Manipulative Bastard vs. Magnificent Bastard:
Chewing the Scenery vs. Large Ham:
Clark Kenting vs. Paper-Thin Disguise vs. Wig, Dress, Accent
Cliff Hanger vs. Sequel Hook:
Closing Credits vs. Creative Closing Credits vs. Credits Gag
Coincidental Broadcast vs. Crystal Ball Scheduling:
Color-Coded for Your Convenience vs. Chromatic Arrangement vs. Red Shirt vs. Bring My Red Jacket vs. Turns Red vs. Law of Chromatic Superiority
Combat Medic vs. Deadly Doctor vs. Martial Medic
Confusion Fu vs. Indy Ploy vs. Strategy Schmategy:
Conveniently an Orphan vs. Orphan's Ordeal:
Conviction by Contradiction vs. Conviction by Counterfactual Clue:
Cordon Bleugh Chef vs. Lethal Chef vs. One Note Cook
Corrupt Church vs. Path of Inspiration vs. Religion of Evil:
Cosmic Horror Story vs. Eldritch Abomination vs. Lovecraft Lite
Cowboy BeBop At His Computer vs. I Am Not Shazam vs. Gannon-Banned:
Creator Backlash vs. Old Shame:
Critical Research Failure vs. Dan Browned vs. Did Not Do the Research::
Cross Over vs. Intercontinuity Crossover vs. Massive Multiplayer Crossover vs. Mega Crossover vs. Fusion Fic:
Curb-Stomp Battle vs. No Holds Barred Beat Down vs. One-Hit KO
Curious as a Monkey vs. Constantly Curious
Cute and Psycho vs. Sugar and Ice Personality vs. Tsundere vs. Yandere
Cute As A Bouncing Betty vs. I Call It Vera
D Dead Person Conversation vs. Mummies at the Dinner Table vs. Of Corpse He's Alive vs. Talking to the Dead
Death By Genre Savvy vs. Dangerously Genre Savvy:
Deathbringer the Adorable vs. Fluffy the Terrible:
Defictionalization vs. The Red Stapler vs. Product Placement:
Demonic Spiders vs. Goddamned Bats:
Department of Redundancy Department vs. Shaped Like Itself:
The Determinator vs. Implacable Man:
Deus Ex Nukina vs. Nuclear Option vs. Nuclear Weapons Taboo vs. Nuke 'Em vs. You Nuke 'Em
Die for Our Ship vs. Ship-to-Ship Combat:
Diesel Punk vs. Raygun Gothic:
Discontinuity vs. Canon Discontinuity vs. Fanon Discontinuity vs. Dork Age vs. Retcon
Discredited Trope vs. Dead Horse Trope vs. Forgotten Trope vs. Undead Horse Trope vs. Dead Unicorn Trope
Disney Death vs. He's Just Hiding vs. Never Say "Die":
Disposable Vagrant vs. Kill the Poor:
Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off vs Spank the Cutie:
Dolled-Up Installment vs. In Name Only:
Do Wrong, Right vs Even Evil Has Standards vs Pragmatic Villainy
Dumb Is Good vs Good Is Dumb
E Earth-Shattering Kaboom vs. The End of the World as We Know It:
Easily Forgiven vs. "Get Out of Jail Free" Card vs. Karma Houdini :
Plot Tailored to the Party vs. This Looks Like a Job for Aquaman:
Endless Game vs. Game Over vs. Unwinnable:
End of an Age vs. Götterdämmerung vs. Here There Were Dragons vs. The Magic Goes Away:
Enemy Without vs. Literal Split Personality:
Epileptic Trees vs. Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory vs. Wild Mass Guessing:
Erection Rejection vs. Fan Disservice vs. Fetish Retardant:
Evil Twin vs. Evil Counterpart vs. Evil Knockoff vs. Criminal Doppelgänger:
Example as a Thesis vs. Self-Demonstrating Article
Expository Hairstyle Change vs. Important Haircut vs. Good Hair, Evil Hair:
Expospeak Gag vs. Layman's Terms:
F Face of the Band vs. I Am the Band:
Fake Ultimate Hero vs. Miles Gloriosus:
Family Versus Career vs. Never a Self-Made Woman
Fan Dumb vs. Broken Base vs. They Changed It, Now It Sucks vs. Unpleasable Fanbase:
Fantastic Aesop vs. Space Whale Aesop:
Fantastic Drug vs. G-Rated Drug vs. I Can't Believe It's Not Heroin:
Fate Worse than Death vs. And I Must Scream
Filler vs. Padding vs. Wacky Wayside Tribe:
The Film of the Book vs. The Movie:
The Film of the Series vs. The Movie vs. Non-Serial Movie:
Five-Bad Band vs. The Psycho Rangers vs. Quirky Miniboss Squad:
Forgotten Phlebotinum vs. Plot-Induced Stupidity vs. Holding Back the Phlebotinum vs. It Only Works Once
For Halloween, I Am Going as Myself vs. Your Costume Needs Work:
Foreign Cuss Word vs. Unusual Euphemism vs. Pardon My Klingon
Fragile Speedster vs. Glass Cannon vs. Squishy Wizard Vs. The Medic:
Freaky Friday Flip vs. Personality Swap
Fridge Brilliance vs. Fridge Horror vs. Fridge Logic:
"Funny Aneurysm" Moment vs. Hilarious in Hindsight vs. Harsher in Hindsight vs. Narm:
Funny Animal vs Petting Zoo People vs Little Bit Beastly
G Genocide Backfire vs. Nice Job Breaking It, Herod:
Genre Savvy vs. Dangerously Genre Savvy vs. Medium Awareness:
Giftedly Bad vs. High Hopes Zero Talent vs. I Coulda Been A Contender vs. Sorry Billy, But You Just Don't Have Legs
Gone Horribly Wrong vs. Gone Horribly Right
The Good Guys Always Win vs. Invincible Hero
Guy In Back vs. Wingman
Guy on Guy Is Hot vs. Yaoi Fangirl
H Hand Cannon vs. BFG:
Hand or Object Underwear vs. Scenery Censor:
Hand Wave vs. Justified Trope vs. Lampshade Hanging vs. Voodoo Shark:
Have a Nice Death vs. It\'s a Wonderful Failure vs. Non-Standard Game Over vs. Fission Mailed:
Heroic BSOD vs. Heroic RROD vs. Super Power Meltdown:
Heroic Fantasy vs. High Fantasy vs. Low Fantasy vs. Standard Fantasy Setting::
Heterosexual Life Partners vs. Ho Yay vs. Odd Couple:
Ho Yay vs. Homoerotic Subtext
Homage vs. Shout Out:Honor Before Reason vs. Lawful Stupid:
Hyper Awareness vs. Sherlock Scan:
Hypocrite vs. Straw Hypocrite:
I Idiot Ball vs. Idiot Plot vs. Plot-Induced Stupidity:
Ignore the Fanservice vs. Not Distracted by the Sexy
Immortality vs. Made of Iron vs. Nigh Invulnerability:
Incredibly Lame Pun vs. Just for Pun vs. Stealth Pun
Index Syndrome vs. Indexitis:
Insufferable Genius vs. Too Clever by Half:
Instrument of Murder vs. Musical Assassin vs. Senseless Violins:
Insult Backfire vs. Stealth Insult
Internet Backdraft vs. Flame Bait
Intoxication Ensues vs. Mushroom Samba:
Invisibility vs Invisible Main Character:
Ironic Echo vs. Meaningful Echo
I Want My Jet Pack vs. Magic Floppy Disk vs. Science Marches On vs. Tech Marches On vs. Our Graphics Will Suck In The Future vs. Zeerust vs. Zeerust Canon:
I Will Fight Some More Forever vs. Attack! Attack! Attack!
J Jumping the Shark vs. Ruined FOREVER:
Junk Rare vs. Promotional Powerless Piece of Garbage:
Justified Trope vs. Truth in Television:
K Kawaii vs. Moe:Kick the Dog vs. Poke the Poodle vs. Jumping Off the Slippery Slope vs. Moral Event Horizon:
Kill 'Em All vs. Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies:
Kill It with Fire vs. Playing with Fire:
Knight Templar vs The Knights Templar vs Well-Intentioned Extremist:
L Leeroy Jenkins vs. Spanner in the Works vs. Unwitting Instigator of Doom:
Living MacGuffin vs. MacGuffin Girl
M Making Use of the Twin vs. Twin Switch
Mary Sue vs. most of the subtypes
Meanwhile, in the Future vs. Portal To The Past vs. San Dimas Time
Mighty Whitey vs. White Man's Burden
Moral Dissonance vs. What the Hell, Hero? vs. Values Dissonance:
Morality Chain vs. Morality Pet:
Morph Weapon vs. Shapeshifter Weapon:
My Nayme Is... vs. Spell My Name with an S:
N Narrow Parody vs. Shallow Parody:
Nazis with Gnarly Weapons vs. Stupid Jetpack Hitler vs. Ghostapo
Negative Continuity vs. Status Quo Is God:
Never Grew Up vs. Not Growing Up Sucks vs. Not Allowed to Grow Up
Nietzsche Wannabe vs. Übermensch:
No One Could Survive That vs. Not Quite Dead vs. Staying Alive:
The Nth Doctor vs. The Other Darrin vs. Suspiciously Similar Substitute vs. Replacement Scrappy:
O One Mario Limit vs. One Steve Limit:
One-Winged Angel vs. Sequential Boss vs. Turns Red:
Only Idiots May Pass vs. Stupidity Is the Only Option vs. Violation of Common Sense:
P Pacifist Run vs. Stealth Run:
Palette Swap vs. Underground Monkey
Platonic Life Partners vs. Like Brother and Sister vs. Better as Friends vs. Just Friends
The Power of Cheese vs. Too Incompetent to Operate a Blanket
Pre Ass Kicking One Liner vs. Pre-Mortem One-Liner vs. Bond One-Liner vs. Quip to Black:
Psycho Supporter vs. Yandere:
Psychotic Smirk vs. Slasher Smile:
Puppy Love vs. Toy Ship:
Q The Quiet One vs. The Voiceless vs. The Speechless vs. Silent Bob:
R Reset Button vs. Snapback:
Ret Gone vs. Unperson:
Romantic Two-Girl Friendship vs. Schoolgirl Lesbians:
Rousing Speech vs. He's Back vs. Heroic Resolve vs. Shut Up, Hannibal! vs. "World of Cardboard" Speech:
S Schmuck Bait vs. Press X to Die:
Sergeant Rock vs. The Neidermeyer vs. Drill Sergeant Nasty
Senseless Sacrifice vs. Stupid Sacrifice:
Shaggy Dog Story vs. Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Sorting Algorithm of Evil vs. Sorting Algorithm Of Villain Threat:
Sorting Algorithm of Mortality vs. Sorting Algorithm of Deadness:
Staged Shooting vs Bait-and-Switch Gunshot
Stalked by the Bell vs. Timed Mission:
Subverted Kids Show vs. What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids?:
Sugar and Ice Personality vs. Tin Man
Suicide Attack vs. Taking You with Me:
T Tagalong Kid vs. Bratty Half-Pint vs. Kid Appeal Character:
That One Puzzle vs. Moon Logic Puzzle vs. Guide Dang It:
Tomboy vs. Bokukko vs. Shorttank vs. The Lad-ette:
Totally Radical vs. Buffyspeak vs. Jive Turkey
Training Accident vs. Unwinnable Training Simulation
Two Lines, No Waiting vs. Third Line, Some Waiting vs. Four Lines, All Waiting
U Unexpected Successor vs. You Are in Command Now:
Unwinnable vs. Unwinnable by Design vs. Unwinnable by Mistake vs. Endless Game:
Ur Example vs. Trope Maker vs. Trope Codifier vs. Trope Namer
W Wasteful Wishing vs. Mundane Wish
Wig, Dress, Accent vs. Clark Kenting vs. Paper-Thin Disguise:
Word Of God vs. Flip Flop of God vs. Shrug of God
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