Tropes - Television Tropes & Idioms

alt title(s): General Tropes

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

Narrative Tropes

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

Genre Tropes

Genre Tropes
Action Adventure Tropes
Comedy Tropes
Commercials Tropes
Crime And Punishment Tropes
Drama Tropes
Espionage Tropes
Game Show 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

Media
Anime
Comic Book Tropes
Fan Fics (see: Fan Fic for the Main article )
Film
Game Tropes
- Tabletop RPGs
- Video Game Tropes
Literature
Manga
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
Emotion 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
- Good And Evil For Your Convenience
- Goodness Tropes
Pregnancy Tropes
Politics Tropes
Religion Tropes
Revenge Tropes
Royalty And Nobility Tropes
School Tropes
Sex Tropes
- Rape Tropes
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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 Style
- Index Failure
Fan Speak
Information Desk
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
Spoilered Rotten
Stock Room
There Are No Indexes
Trope Tropes
Truth And Lies
Truth In Television
Useful Notes
Weirdness Isolation Tropes
Wiki Tropes

Laconic Wiki - contains a huge list of tropes expressed/explained with just a few words.

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