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Plots organize the action of an entire script. Most plots occupy a single episode or Story Arc.

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Tropes:

• Accidental Athlete
• Accidental Hero
• Achilles In His Tent
• Adventure Rebuff
• Alien Invasion
• All Devouring Black Hole Loan Sharks
• All For Nothing
• All That Glitters
• All Your Base Are Belong To Us
• Alternate Universe
• America Saves The Day
• Amnesia Danger
• And Then There Were None
• Animal Testing
• Annoying Patient
• Antagonist In Mourning
• Anticlimactic Parent
• Appease The Volcano God
• Assimilation Plot
• Attack Of The Town Festival
• Axes At School
• The B Grade
• Bachelor Auction
• Back To School
• Bad Samaritan
• Bad Santa
• Badass In Distress
• Baseball Episode
• Bathe Her And Bring Her To Me
• Batman Gambit
  • Paranoia Gambit
• Batman In My Basement
• Beach Episode
• Beauty Contest
• Be Careful What You Wish For
• Becoming The Costume
• Becoming The Mask
• Be Yourself
  • Billy Elliot Plot
• Big Lipped Alligator Moment
• Body Count Competition
• Body Horror
• Body Snatcher
• Body Surf
• Boot Camp Episode
• Brainwashed
  • Brainwashed And Crazy
• Breaking Out The Boss
• The Bride With A Past
• Brigadoon
• Bring News Back
• Broken Masquerade
• Broken Pedestal
• Broken Streak
• Broken Treasure
• Brought Down To Normal
• Bruce Wayne Held Hostage
• Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie
• Busman's Holiday
• But I Can't Be Pregnant!
• Cabin Fever
• Cant Get In Trouble For Nuthin
• Cain And Abel
• The Caper
  • Double Caper
• Captured Super Entity
• Cattle Drive
• Celebrity Is Overrated
• Celebrity Lie
• Celebrity Star
• Changing Of The Guard
• Chain Of Deals
• Character Focus
• Charlie And The Chocolate Parody
• The Chase
  • The Most Dangerous Game
• Chased By Angry Natives
• Clean Up The Town
• Childhood Memory Demolition Team
• Children Raise You
• Cinderella Circumstances
• Class Reunion
  • Reunion Revenge
  • Something's Different About You Now
• Clear My Name
• Clear Their Name
• Clip Show
  • Recap Episode
• Code Silver
• The Collector
• Coming Out Story
  • Have You Tried Not Being A Monster
• The Con
• Connecticut Yankee
• Consolation World Record
• Contagious Powers
• Contract On The Hitman
• The Convenient Store Next Door
• Cooking Duel
• Cosmetic Catastrophe
• Costumer
• Crash Course Landing
• Credit Card Plot
• Criminal Mind Games
• Crossing The Desert
• Cuckoo Nest
• Cutting The Knot
• The Cyrano
• Date Peepers
• Day In The Life
• A Day In The Limelight
• A Day In The Slimelight
• Deadly Game
• Deadly Graduation
• Deadly Upgrade
• Dead Pet Sketch
• Deal With The Devil
• Death In The Clouds
• Death Is A Sad Thing
• Death Takes A Holiday
• De Power
• Defector From Commie Land
• Despite The Plan
• Destructive Saviour
• Deus Exit Machina
• Die Hard On An X
• Digging To China
• Digital Piracy Is Evil
• Divide And Conquer
• Dont Go In The Woods
• Doomed Moral Victor
• Doorstop Baby
• Dork Horse Candidate
• Do They Know It's Christmas Time?
  • Christmas Carol
  • Gift Of The Magi
  • How The Character Stole Christmas
• Down The Rabbit Hole
• Driving Test
• Driving Question
• Duel To The Death
• Dug In Deeper
• The Ernest
• Easily Thwarted Alien Invasion
• Easter Bunny
• Egg Sitting
• Eigen Plot
• Empire With A Dark Secret
• Empty Quiver
• Enemy Mine
• End Of An Age
• The Epic
• Epiphanic Prison
• Escape From The Crazy Place
• Equivalent Exchange
• Evasive Fight Thread Episode
• Everybody Must Get Stoned
• Everybody's Dead Dave
• Everything But The Girl
• Eviler Than Thou
• Evil Twin
  • Spot The Imposter
• The Evils Of Free Will
• Exact Words
• Excellent Adventure
• Fable Remake
• Fairest Of Them All
• Family Feud
• Fantastic Voyage Plot
• False Crucible
• Farewell My Friend
• Faustian Rebellion
• Fauxtastic Voyage
• Favouritism Flip Flop
• Fawlty Towers Plot
• Fever Dream Episode
• Fidelity Test
• Fight Clubbing
• Fighting For A Homeland
• Finding Judas
• Find The Cure
• Fish Out Of Temporal Water
• Flatline Plotline
• Flower From The Mountaintop
• Flowers For Algernon Syndrome
• A Fool And His New Money Are Soon Parted
• Foreign Correspondent
• Forgiveness Requires Death
• Forgotten Birthday
• Forgot The Call
• For Science
• Free The Frogs
• A Friend In Need
• Frivolous Lawsuit
• From Nobody To Nightmare
• Fully Absorbed Finale
• The Fun In Funeral
• The Game Never Stopped
• The Game Plays You
• Game Show Appearance
• Garage Sale
• Geeky Glasses
• Generational Saga
• Genocide Backfire
• Ghost Ship
• Girls Behind Bars
• Girl's Night Out Episode
• Go Among Mad People
• Going Native
• Going To See The Elephant
• Golden Helmet Of Mambrino
• Gold Fever
• Gondor Calls For Aid
• Gonna Need A Bigger Warrant
• Government Conspiracy
• Grand Finale
• Grand Theft Me
• Great Escape
• The Greatest Story Never Told
• Groundhog Day Loop
• Guarding The Portal
• Guess Who Im Marrying
• Guise Will Be Guise
• Halfway Plot Switch
• Hanging Separately
• Happy Ending Massage
• Heart Of Darkness
• He Knows Too Much
• Hell Is Coming With Me
• Hell On Earth
• Her Code Name Was Mary Sue
• Hero For A Day
• Heroes Gone Fishing
• Hiccup Hijinks
• Horrible Camping Trip
• Hot For Student
• Hot Springs Episode
• Hourglass Plot
• House Inspection
• Hulk's Cooldown Hug Corollary
• Humanity On Trial
• Hyde And Seek
• Hyperlink Story
• Hypno Fool
• I Am Who?
• Identity Impersonator
• Impossible Mission
• In Another Mans Shoes
• Innocence Lost
• Inside A Computer System
• In With The In Crowd
• Inadequate Inheritor
• Inept Aptitude Test
• Indy Ploy
• The Infiltration
• Intergenerational Friendship
• Invisible Main Character
• Irritation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery
• It's A Costume Party, I Swear
• Its Personal
• I Will Find You
• I Wish It Were Real
• Jailbird Of Panama
• Jekyll And Hyde
• Jigsaw Puzzle Plot
• Journey To The Center Of The Mind
• Just Fine Without You
• Jackie Robinson Story
• Joker Jury
• Judgment Of Solomon
• Jumping Off The Slippery Slope
• Jury Of The Damned
• Just So Story
• Just Think Of The Potential
• Kafka Komedy
• Kangaroo Court
• Kansas City Shuffle
• Keystone Army
• Kids Versus Adults
• Kill Me Now Or Forever Stay Your Hand
• Killed To Uphold The Masquerade
• Kingmaker Scenario
• Kon Tiki Plot
• Lady For A Day
• Last Starfighter
• The Last Temptation
• Legion Of Doom
• Lemon Wacky Hello
• Like You Were Dying
• Little Kid Lover
• Live Action Escort Mission
• Live Episode
• Locked Room Mystery
• Lonely At The Top
• Long Game
• Lost Wedding Ring
• Lottery Of Doom
• Lottery Ticket
• Lotus Eater Machine
• Love Triangle
  • Betty And Veronica
  • Murder The Hypotenuse
  • Opposites Attract Revenge
  • Sibling Triangle
  • Triang Relations
• Mac Guffin Escort Mission
• Macho Disaster Expedition
• Madden Into Misanthropy
• Made A Slave
• The Magic Goes Away
  • The Magic Comes Back
• The Magnificent Seven Samurai
• Mail Order Bride
• Maintain The Lie
• Make The Bear Angry Again
• Make Up Or Break Up
• The Makeover
• Making The Masterpiece
• Malignant Tumor
• Mall Santa
• Mandatory Unretirement
• Man In The Iron Mask
• Mary Sue Classic
• Masquerade Ball
• Me's A Crowd
• Midnight Bakery Trip
• The Migration
• Miss Conception
• Mission From God
• Mistaken For Index
  • Mistaken For Aliens
  • Mistaken For Cheating
  • Mistaken For Dying
  • Mistaken For Gay
  • Mistaken For Junkie
  • Mistaken For Murderer
    • Guilt By Coincidence
  • Mistaken For Pregnant
  • Mistaken For Special Guest
  • Mistaken Message
• Monster Is A Mommy
• Monster Protection Racket
• More Than Mind Control
• The Moving Experience
• Moving The Goal Posts
• Mundanization
• My Biological Clock Is Ticking
• My Death Is Just The Beginning
• Nasty Party
• Never Learned To Read
• Never Lend To A Friend
• New Job Episode
• New Super Power
• No Doubt The Years Have Changed Me
• No Guy Wants An Amazon
• No Sympathy
• Not Himself
• Not So Imaginary Friend
• Oddly Common Rarity
• Off The Wagon
• An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • I Have Your Wife
• Older Hero Vs Younger Villain
• One Of Our Own
• One Born Every Minute
• On The Money
• Parent Trap Plot
• Parents For A Day
• Passed Over Inheritance
• Passed Over Promotion
• Passion Play
• Path Not Taken
• Peer Pressure Makes You Evil
• Pet Baby Wild Animal
• Pick Up Babes With Babes
• Picture Day
• Pirate Booty
• Plague Of Good Fortune
• Playing Both Sides
• Playing Sick
• Plot Leveling
• Plot Line Crossover
• Plot With Porn
• Poorly Disguised Pilot
• The Poseidon Adventure
• Post Robbery Trauma
• Premiere
  • Everyone Meets Everyone
  • One We Prepared Earlier
  • Welcome Episode
• Putting The Band Back Together
• Pride Before A Fall
• Prodigal Family
• Property Line
• Push Polling
• Pygmalion Plot
  • Pygmalion Snap Back
• The Quest
• Quest For Identity
• Quest For The Rest
• Race Against The Clock
• Radio Contest
• Radish Cure
• Rage Against The Heavens
• Rags To Royalty
• Random Events Plot
• Ransacked Room
• Reactionary Fantasy
• Read The Fine Print
• A Real Man Is A Killer
• Rear Window Investigation
• Rear Window Witness
• Reassignment Backfire
• Redemption Quest
• Reef Blower
• Reluctant Retiree
• Rescue Arc
• Return Of The King
• Revealing Coverup
• Revenge Of The Nerd
• Rip Van Winkle
  • Faked Rip Van Winkle
• River Of Insanity
• Roaring Rampage Of Revenge
• Robbing The Crusoe
• Rogue Juror
• RPG Episode
• Run For The Border
• Safety Worst
• Satchel Switcheroo
• Save Our Students
• Saving Christmas
• Saving The Orphanage
• Scare Dare
• Scarecrow Solution
• Scarpia Ultimatum
• Scary Surprise Party
• School For Scheming
• Schrodinger's Butterfly
• Science Is Useless
• Scooby Doo Hoax
• Screw The Rules, I'm Doing What's Right
• Season Finale
• Secret Diary
• Secret Relationship
• Selective Enforcement
• Separated At Birth
• Sex As Rite-Of-Passage
• Serial Killer
• Sex Equals Love
• Sexy Man Instant Harem
• Shaggy Dog Story
• ShapeShifting
• Sick Sad World
• Sidekick Glass Ceiling
• The Siege
• A Simple Plan
• Single Episode Handicap
• Sleep Learning
• Snipe Hunt
• Snowed In
• Soap Opera Justice
• The So Called Coward
• Something Completely Different
  • A Day At The Bizarro
  • The Documentary
  • Lower Deck Episode
  • Musical Episode
  • Parody Episode
  • Storybook Episode
• Sorcerers Apprentice
• Souvenir Land
• Spelling Bee
• Split And Reunion
• Stab The Salad
• Start My Own
• Start Of Darkness
• Step Three Profit
• Stone Soup
• Strange Bedfellows
• Strangers On A Train Plot Murder
• Succession Crisis
• Summon Everyman Hero
• Superhero Episode
• Superhero Origin
• Tag Team Suicide
• Talking Your Way Out
• The Taxi
• Teach Him Anger
• Technician Versus Performer
• Thank You Mister Evil
• The Jungle Opera
• The Show Must Go On
• Their First Time
• There's No Place Like Home
• This Looks Like A Job For Aquaman
• Through The Eyes Of Madness
• Time To Move
• Time Travel Escape
• Tourist Trap
  • Aloha Hawaii
  • A Very Star Wars Parody
  • Viva Las Vegas
• Tournament Arc
• Town Contest Episode
• Train Job
• Training The Peaceful Villagers
• Treasure Map
• Trouble Follows You Home
• Twelve Angry Men
• To Hell And Back
• Tontine
• Too Many Cooks Spoil The Soup
• Training Accident
• Trainwreck Episode
• Trapped In TV Land
• Turned Against Their Masters
• Turn In Your Badge
• Twelfth Night Adventure
• Twin Switch
• Two Timer Date
• Untrusting Community
• Unwanted Rescue
  • Embarrassing Rescue
• Unwanted Revival
• Utopia Justifies The Means
• Vampire Refugee
• Very False Advertising
• Very Special Episode
  • Too Smart For Strangers
• Villain Episode
• Visit By Divorced Dad
• Volde Mart
• Wake Up Go To School Save The World
• War For Fun And Profit
• Wayback Trip
• Wedding Day
• Well Intentioned Replacement
• We Need To Get Proof
• We Want Our Jerk Back
• We Would Have Told You But
• Whack A Mole
• What Could Possibly Go Wrong
• What Do They Fear Episode
• Who Will Take The Kids
• Whodunnit To Me
• Whole Plot Reference
• Witch Hunt
• Wonderful Life
• Working The Same Case
• Wounded Gazelle Gambit
  • Police Brutality Gambit
• Wrong Time Travel Savvy
• Xanatos Gambit
• Xanatos Roulette
• Xanatos Speed Chess
• Xtreme Sport Xcuse Plot
• You Already Changed The Past
• You Are Grounded
• You Can Keep Her
• You Go Girl
• You Have Waited Long Enough
• You Know What You Did
• You Wake Up In A Room
• Your Cheating Heart
• Your Worst Nightmare
• Yoyo Plot Point
• Zany Scheme
  • Counter Zany
    • Zany Scheme Chicken
• The Zotz

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Series Plots organise the actions of an entire series:

• Fish Out Of Water
  • Alien Among Us
  • Blithe Spirit
  • Changeling Fantasy
  • Rags To Riches
• Coming Of Age Story
• Gotta Catch Them All
• Gotta Kill Them All
• Rock Opera Plot
• Set Right What Once Went Wrong
• Stern Chase
  • Catch That Pigeon
• There Can Be Only One
• To Be A Master
• Vampire Detective Series
• Victorious Loser
• Victory Is Boring
• Walking The Earth
• Wrong Turn At Albuquerque
• You Are The New Trend
• Youngest Child Wins
• Youth Is Wasted On The Dumb
• Zombie Apocalypse

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