Main Tropes Index

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Narrative

• Universal
• Applied Phlebotinum
• Characterization
• Characters
• Characters As Device
• Dialogue
• Motifs
• Narrative Devices
• Paratext
• Plots
• Settings
• Spectacle

Genre

• Action Adventure
• Comedy
• Commercials
• Crime And Punishment
• Drama
• Horror
• Love
• News
• Professional Wrestling
• Speculative Fiction
• Sports Story
• War

Media

• Animation (Western)
• Anime
• Comic Book
• Fan Fics
• Film
• Game
• Literature
• Music And Sound Effects
• New Media
• Print Media
• Radio
• Sequential Art
• Tabletop Games
• Television
• Theater
• Videogame
• Webcomics

Topical Tropes

• Betrayal
• Censorship
• Combat
• Death
• Family
• Fate And Prophecy
• Food
• Holiday
• Memory
• Money
• Morality
• Politics
• Religion
• School

Other Categories

• British Telly
• The Contributors
• Creator Speak
• Creators
• Derivative Works
• Did Not Do The Research
• Language
• Laws And Formulas
• Show Business
• Split Personality
• Stock Room
• Trope
• Truth And Lies
• Truth In Television
• Weirdness Isolation

Tropes are storytelling devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations.

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Universal Tropes

• Universal Tropes

Narrative Tropes - click for expanded treeview

• Applied Phlebotinum
• Characterization Tropes
• Characters
• Characters As Device
• Dialogue
• Motifs
• Narrative Devices
• Paratext
• Plots
• Settings
• Spectacle

Genre Tropes - click for expanded treeview

• Action Adventure Tropes
• Comedy Tropes
• Commercials Tropes
• Crime And Punishment Tropes
• Drama Tropes
• Espionage Tropes
• Horror Tropes
• Love Tropes
• Military And Warfare Tropes
• News Tropes
• Porn Tropes
• Professional Wrestling
• Speculative Fiction Tropes
• Sports Story Tropes
• Reality TV Tropes

Media - click for expanded treeview

• Anime
• Comic Book Tropes
• Fan Fics (see: Fan Fic for the Main article )
• Film
• Game Tropes
  • Tabletop RPGs
  • Video Game Tropes
• Literature
• Music And Sound Effects
• New Media Tropes
• Print Media Tropes
• Radio
• Sequential Art
• Television
• Theater
• Webcomics

Topical Tropes

• Animal Tropes
• Authority Tropes
• Betrayal Tropes
• Censorship Tropes
• Combat Tropes
  • Weapons And Wielding Tropes
    • Guns And Gunplay Tropes
• Death Tropes
  • Choosing Death
    • Heroic Sacrifices
  • Last Words
  • Murder Tropes
  • Television Is Trying To Kill Us
• Doctor Tropes
• Drug Tropes
• Failure Tropes
• Fame And Reputation Tropes
• Family Tropes
  • The Parent Trope
    • Parental Issues
  • Sibling Tropes
    • Twin Tropes
• Fate And Prophecy Tropes
• Food Tropes
• Friendship Tropes
• Indexitis
• Holiday Tropes
• Injury Tropes
• Instant Index Just Add Water
• Memory Tropes
• Money Tropes
  • Currency Tropes
• Morality Tropes
  • An Aesop
    • Stock Aesops
  • Evil Tropes
  • Goodness Tropes
• Pregnancy Tropes
• Politics Tropes
• Religion Tropes
• Revenge Tropes
• Royalty And Nobility Tropes
• School Tropes
• Sex Tropes
  • Rape Tropes
• This Index Is On Fire

Other Categories

• Artistic License
• Bloody Tropes
• Books On Trope
• British Media Tropes
• Chekhovs Pun
• The Contributors
• Creator Speak
• Creators
  • Actors
  • Artists
  • Authors
  • Composers
  • Directors
  • Mangaka
  • Names To Know In Anime
  • Producers
• Credits Tropes
• Derivative Works
  • Fan Work
    • Fan Fic
      • Fan Fic Tropes
• Did Not Do The Research
  • Hollywood Science
  • You Fail Biology Forever
• Fan Speak
• Intelligence Tropes
• Just For Fun
• Language Tropes
• Laws And Formulas
  • Just In Time
  • Probability Tropes
  • Rule Of Index
• More Like A Footnote Than Anything Else
• National Stereotyping Tropes
• Number Tropes
• The Oldest Ones In The Book
• Show Business
  • Networks
• Split Personality Tropes
• Stock Room
• There Are No Indexes
• Trope Tropes
• Truth And Lies
• Truth In Television
• Useful Notes
• Weirdness Isolation Tropes
• Wiki Tropes

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