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• 0% Approval Rating^note Impossible - Politicians (even dictators who rule with iron fists) with low approval ratings would have already been removed from office before they hit the zero mark. And even then, no matter how bad or outright evil they may be, someone will still support them despite this.
• 100% Heroism Rating^note Another trope about everyone liking someone, which is impossible.
• 2 + Torture = 5^note Too controversial, too common

A

• A-Cup Angst^note Sexuality trope.
• Abomination Accusation Attack^note Too controversial.
• Abortion Fallout Drama^note Gossip about people who have had abortions.
• Above Good and Evil^note Morality trope, and hard to truly define since fiction often has stricter definitions of "good" and "evil" to be above.
• Above the Influence^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder^note Too common, often sex related.
• Absolute Xenophobe^note Morality trope.
• Absurdly Youthful Mother^note Sometimes this trope refers to mothers who are young because they had a baby as a teenager and thus aren't that much older than their kids, and we don't want gossip about teenagers getting pregnant. The other times it's people thirsting over (actually young or just young-looking) MILFs], and we don't need that here.
• Abuse Mistake^note Many actual abusers will claim this trope to get out of punishments, so we don't want to start edit wars over who is and isn't guilty of the abuse they've been accused of. This trope can be truth in television, but it's Too Controversial nonetheless.
• Abusive Offspring^note Morality trope.
• Abusive Parents^note Morality trope.
• Abusive Precursors^note Morality trope.
• Academic Alpha Bitch^note Morality trope.
• Academy of Evil^note Morality trope.
• Accidental Murder^note  Whether someone’s murder was an accident or not is highly contentious and can result in edit wars over the truth.
• Accidental Pornomancer^note Sex trope.
• Accidental Suicide^note A suicide trope, which is inherently gossipy.
• Accidentally Real Fake Address^note Too common. Whenever someone makes up an address or a phone number, there's always a possibility that it will end up being real.
• Acid Reflux Nightmare^note Too common.
• The Ace^note It's impossible to be as flawless as the fictional characters this trope covers; also would attract gushing.
• Action Girl^note Too common, a stock character, attracted creepy gushing about their looks.
• Activist-Fundamentalist Antics^note  Calling someone a religious fundamentalist is just asking for trouble.
• Adaptational Consent^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope, as well as an Adaptation trope.
• Adaptational Sympathy^note Too controversial, a narrative trope.
• Adorably Precocious Child^note A stock character. Also frequently gossip about children's traumas and mental health struggles.
• Adorkable^note Attracted gushing.
• Adult Hater^note Morality trope.
• Adults Are Useless^note Of course, many children often feel like adults are useless, and sometimes they're right, but just as often they're not useless.
• Adventure Duo^note Too Common.
• Adventure-Friendly World^note While you certainly can find adventure in the real world, the real world is not designed for adventure.
• Advert-Overloaded Future^note A future prediction trope.
• Aerith and Bob^note Too subjective to be worth troping, one person's "Aerith" name is often another's "Bob" name.
• Affably Evil^note Morality trope.
• African Terrorists^note Too common, a stereotype.
• Age-Inappropriate Art^note Attracted pearl-clutching and finger-wagging about what art children shouldn't be watching.
• Age-Stereotypical Food^note People of certain ages liking certain foods more than others is too common.
• Age Without Youth^note Impossible - about immortals.
• Ageless Birthday Episode^note Impossible - every time you have a birthday, you get older.
• Agonizing Stomach Wound^note Too common - attracting Squick related to other NRLEP Anatomy Agony tropes.
• Agony of the Feet^note Too common, attracted gross anecdotes.
• A.I. Is a Crapshoot^note Morality trope, and currently impossible as AI isn't that powerful yet to have the sapience to be considered "evil" by our standards.
• Alas, Poor Scrappy^note Attracted complaining, and is about characterization.
• Alas, Poor Villain^note Morality trope.
• Alcohol-Induced Bisexuality^note Sexuality trope.
• Alcohol-Induced Idiocy^note Too common, attracted gross anecdotes.
• The Alcoholic^note Too common, gossip.
• Alcoholic Parent^note Too common, gossip.
• The Alibi^note  Given the nature of an Alibi as evidence of a crime suspect’s innocence, allowing Real Life examples is too contentious and liable to cause edit wars.
• Alignment-Based Endings^note Morality trope, and real life lacks endings.
• All Abusers Are Male^note A stereotype, gossip, too controversial.
• All Asians Know Martial Arts^note A stereotype.
• All Crimes Are Equal^note Attracted ROCEJ-violating complaining about peoples' sentences for crimes.
• All Deaths Final^note Far too common as it's (currently) impossible to avert this in real life.
• All Dogs Are Pure Bred^note Impossible, mixed breed dogs, or "mutts", are very common.
• All Gays Are Pedophiles^note Sexuality trope.
• All Gays are Promiscuous^note Sexuality trope.
• All Gays Love Theater^note A stereotype.
• All Germans Are Nazis^note A stereotype, morality.
• All Girls Want Bad Boys^note A stereotype.
• All Issues Are Political Issues^note Perhaps the root cause of all the flame wars we're trying to avoid by NRLEP'ing these tropes.
• All Jews Are Cheapskates^note A stereotype.
• All Just a Dream^note An ending trope, and attracted iffy examples about the "simulation hypothesis".
• All-Loving Hero^note Morality trope.
• All Men Are Perverts^note Sexuality trope.
• All of the Other Reindeer^note Too controversial.
• All Planets Are Earthlike^note Impossible - in fact, most planets aren't earthlike.
• All Take and No Give^note Gossip about people’s interpersonal relationships.
• All the Good Men Are Gay^note Sexuality trope.
• All Therapists Are Muggles^note Impossible because it requires magic and a masquerade.
• All Women Are Lustful^note Sexuality trope.
• All Women Are Prudes^note Sexuality trope.
• All Women Love Shoes^note A stereotype.
• The Alleged Expert^note  Calling someone a fraud is not a good idea.
• The Alliance^note Morality trope as The Alliance is considered to be a heroic force.
• Alliterative Name^note Too common.
• Almost Famous Name^note Too common.
• Almost Kiss^note Too common, sexuality-related.
• Aloof Dark-Haired Girl^note Characterization based on appearance.
• Alpha Bitch^note Morality trope.
• Alternate Aesop Interpretation^note Real life has no "aesops" the way fiction does.
• Alternative Character Interpretation^note Too controversial.
• Aluminum Christmas Trees^note This trope assumes that something real "in-universe" is also real out-of-universe despite not being believed, there is no "out-of-universe" for real life.
• Always Chaotic Evil^note Morality trope.
• Always Someone Better^note Too Common, Gossip, and Characterization.
• Am I Just a Toy to You?^note Sex-related, gossip about peoples' relationships, and a stock phrase.
• Amazon Chaser^note Gossip.
• Ambiguous Gender Identity^note Sexuality trope.
• Ambiguous Innocence^note Morality trope.
• Ambiguous Syntax^note Too Common.
• Ambiguously Bi^note Sexuality trope.
• Ambiguously Brown^note Gossip.
• Ambiguously Evil^note Morality trope.
• Ambiguously Gay^note Sexuality trope.
• Ambiguously Jewish^note Gossip.
• Ambiguously Human^note Impossible.
• Ambition Is Evil^note Morality trope.
• Ambulance Chaser^note  Accusing lawyers of being sleazy is not a good idea.
• America Saves the Day^note Too Controversial.
• America Won World War II^note Not true in real life; would attract Misplaced Nationalism.
• Americans Hate Tingle^note Too controversial.
• Amicable Exes^note Too common, Gossip.
• Amoral Afrikaner^note Morality and Stereotyping trope.
• Amoral Attorney^note Morality and Stereotyping trope.
• Amulet of Dependency^note Impossible - it's not the same as a Companion Cube someone is obsessed with, nor is it a potentially lifesaving (but non-magical) item like an inhaler or an epi-pen, this trope requires supernatural elements.
• Anachronism Stew^note Real life is inherently historically accurate.
• Anal Probing^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope, also strongly tied to aliens, so not (currently) possible as there is no evidence of aliens.
• Anarcho-Tyranny^note Too controversial.
• And I Must Scream^note Bad examples attracted trope drift.
• And Now You Must Marry Me^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• And the Adventure Continues^note An ending trope.
• And There Was Much Rejoicing^note  Celebrating someone dying or facing misfortune is asking for trouble.
• Angel Face, Demon Face^note Morality trope.
• "Angry Black Man" Stereotype^note A stereotype.
• Angry Chef^note Gossip about peoples' mental health issues and a stereotype of culinary professionals.
• Angry White Man^note A stereotype.
• Animal Talk^note Attracted misuse.
• Animal Testing^note Too controversial.
• Animal Wrongs Group^note Morality trope, attracted complaining about animal rights activists.
• Animals Fear Neutering^note A xenofiction only trope. Requires being seen from the perspective of an animal.
• Animate Inanimate Object^note Impossible - objects with AI don't count as this trope.
• Animeland^note A stereotype.
• Annoying Younger Sibling^note A stock character, Gossip.
• Anorgasmia^note Sex trope.
• Answer to Prayers^note Invites arguments about religion, also a stock phrase.
• Anthropomorphic Food^note Impossible in its truest form.
• Anti-Air^note Attracted an indecipherable wall of military natter.
• Anti Anti Christ^note Morality trope, religious in nature.
• Anti-Armor^note Attracted an indecipherable wall of military natter.
• The Antichrist^note Morality trope, religious in nature.
• Anti-Cavalry^note Attracted an indecipherable wall of military natter.
• Anti-Climax Boss^note Real life does not have this sort of "boss".
• Anti-Hero^note Morality trope.
• Anti-Infantry^note Attracted an indecipherable wall of military natter.
• Anti-Mentor^note A stock character, gossip about real people.
• Anti-Villain^note Morality trope.
• Anyone Can Die^note A narrative trope, also too common because indeed, anyone in real life can die.
• Apocalypse Cult^note Invites religion bashing.
• Apocalypse Hitler^note Morality trope.
• Apologizes a Lot^note Too common, stereotyping.
• Appeal to Worse Problems^note Whether one issue is more important than another is too contentious.
• Arbitrary Skepticism^note  Invites bashing someone for their beliefs.
• Arbitrary Weapon Range^note Real life weapon ranges aren't arbitrary and are decided by physics.
• Arch-Enemy^note Only works in its truest form in a narrative, also too common, and could attract flame bait.
• Aren't You Going to Ravish Me?^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Armor Is Useless^note Attracted military natter, narrative (it's about a narrative showing armor as useless)
• Artifact of Death^note Threads have decided this trope must have some sort of magic to count - poisonous or radioactive objects don't count.
• Aristocrats Are Evil^note Morality trope.
• Armies Are Evil^note Morality trope.
• Armor-Piercing Question^note Attracted too many controversial examples.
• Armoured Closet Gay^note Sexuality trope.
• Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking^note Attracted ROCEJ violations.
• The Art of Bra Removal^note Sex trope.
• Artifact of Doom^note Morality trope.
• Artistic License – Gun Safety^note Too common, attracted gross and bloody anecdotes.
• Artistic License – Law^note Attracted complaining about legal decisions posters didn't like.
• Artistic License – Paleontology^note Attracted arguments. Paleontology can be Serious Business, you know.
• As Long as There Is Evil^note Morality trope.
• Ascended Fanboy^note Real life examples are under Promoted Fanboy instead.
• Asian Airhead^note A stereotype.
• Asian and Nerdy^note A stereotype.
• Asian Babymama^note A stereotype as well as gossip about peoples' sex lives and illegitimate children.
• Asian Drivers^note A stereotype.
• Asian Rudeness^note A stereotype.
• Asians Eat Pets^note A stereotype.
• "Ass" in Ambassador^note Morality trope.
• Ass Shove^note Too common, attracted gross anecdotes.
• Asshole Victim^note Tends to invite Victim-Blaming when applied to real people.
• As You Know^note A narrative trope since it's about explaining things for an audience's benefit, as well as a stock phrase
• Artistic License – Politics^note Attracted arguments about political parties.
• Assimilation Academy^note Too controversial and attracted arguments.
• Astronomic Zoom^note A camera trick trope impossible to do IRL.
• At Least I Admit It^note Morality trope and also too controversial.
• Ate His Gun^note A suicide trope, which is inherently gossipy.
• Athens and Sparta^note A group characterization trope, attracted ROCEJ violations.
• Athletically Challenged^note Making fun of the unathletic is not something we should be doing here.
• The Atoner^note Morality trope.
• Attack of the Political Ad^note Too common, and attracts political arguments.
• Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!^note Too common.
• Attention Whore^note Too common, was axed to prevent complaining.
• Attractive Bent-Gender^note Sexuality trope.
• Attempted Rape^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Avenging the Villain^note Morality trope.
• Awesome Ego^note Too controversial.
• Ax-Crazy^note Too controversial, gossip.

B

• Babies Ever After^note An ending trope, since it's about babies being born in epilogues.
• Baby as Payment^note Morality since this is often considered a crossing of the Moral Event Horizon.
• Baby Be Mine^note Attracted true crime natter.
• Baby Factory^note Sex-related, too controversial, often related to non-consensual sex.
• The Baby Trap^note Gossip that also weirdly attracted misogyny; for whatever reason some tropers got it into their heads that all women want to do this.
• Back from the Dead^note Impossible - closest real life equivalents are Not Quite Dead and Only Mostly Dead.
• Back to the Womb^note Sex related, attracted fetish-related examples.
• Backstabbing the Alpha Bitch^note Morality trope.
• Badass Israeli^note National stereotyping.
• Bad Boss^note Morality trope.
• Bad Cop/Incompetent Cop^note Too controversial.
• The Bad Guys Are Cops^note Morality trope.
• The Bad Guy Wins^note Morality trope.
• Bad Influencer^note Morality trope, attracted gossip about allegations about influencers.
• Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad^note Morality trope.
• Bad Mood as an Excuse^note Morality trope.
• Bad People Abuse Animals^note Morality trope.
• Bad Present^note Attracted complaining, and the trope requires comparing the present to an alternate timeline.
• Bad Review Threat^note Too controversial, too common.
• Bad Samaritan^note Morality trope.
• Badass Army^note Too common - all armies should be badass.
• Badass Decay^note A YMMV Audience Reaction trope, also attracted complaining.
• Badass Family^note Attracted gushing and ROCEJ violations
• Bag of Holding^note Impossible.
• Bait-and-Switch Boss^note A narrative trope, as real life doesn't contain this kind of "boss".
• Balance Between Good and Evil^note Morality trope.
• Bald Head of Toughness^note Characterization based on appearance.
• Bald of Authority^note Characterization based on appearance.
• Bald of Evil^note Morality trope.
• Baldness Mockery^note Gossip.
• Balkan Bastard^note A stereotype, morality.
• Balloon Belly^note Too common. Some animals and even humans can get this, usually if they eat too much food at once. This trope is also related to some notorious fetishes, which is why it's NRLEP.
• Barbarian Tribe^note A stereotype.
• Barefoot Suicide^note A suicide trope, which is inherently gossipy.
• Barred from Every Bar^note Gossip.
• Barrier Maiden^note Impossible, this trope requires there to be something supernaturally special about the "maiden".
• Based on a Great Big Lie^note Too controversial, arguably a Narrative trope. Attracted political complaining ("This politician's entire career is Based on a Great Big Lie!")
• Basement-Dweller^note Making fun of people who don't have a job and/or can't afford housing; also too common in real life.
• Big, Screwed-Up Family^note Gossip, too common.
• Bastard Understudy^note Morality trope.
• Bathe Her and Bring Her to Me^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Battleaxe Nurse^note Morality trope - This trope is for murderous or abusive nurses, not just any badass nurse.
• Bawdy Song^note Sex related, should only be for music.
• Bazaar of the Bizarre^note Impossible - the trope requires the bazaar to be selling goods that are supernatural, not just unusual or rare.
• Be a Whore to Get Your Man^note Sexuality trope.
• Be Careful What You Wish For^note Too common, a stock phrase, attracted complaining.
• Beard of Evil^note Morality trope.
• Beast Man^note Non-human anthropomorphic creatures don't exist. People in fursuits don't count.
• Beautiful All Along^note A narrative trope (as a Reveal trope), would attract gushing over hot people.
• Beautiful Sexual Assault Victim^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope, also attracted gushing.
• Beauty Equals Goodness^note Morality trope
• Beauty Is Bad^note Morality trope.
• Bed Trick^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Befriending the Enemy^note Morality trope, and too common.
• Beg the Dog^note An abuse-related trope.
• Being Evil Sucks^note Morality trope.
• Being Human Sucks^note Impossible because it requires humans being compared to other sapient species.
• Being Tortured Makes You Evil^note Morality trope.
• Belief Makes You Stupid^note  Invites religion bashing.
• Believing Their Own Lies^note Too controversial.
• Benevolent Boss^note Morality, characterization, and too common.
• Benevolent Dictator^note Calling dictators benevolent attracts controversy.
• Benevolent Precursors^note Morality trope.
• The Bermuda Triangle^note A theory disproven by science, and listing every nautical disaster or plane crash in this area of the Caribbean would be off-topic, especially since they weren't caused by "the Triangle."
• Berserk Button^note Anything and everything can make somebody angry, and what drives people mad is none of our business.
• Bestiality Is Depraved^note Sex trope.
• Bespectacled Cutie^note Sexuality trope, would attract gushing about peoples' appearances.
• "Better if Not Born" Plot^note This trope requires alternate timelines to be involved, which are an unproven theory. Also, saying a real person shouldn't have been born is needlessly cruel.
• Better than Sex^note Sex trope.
• Betty and Veronica^note A group characterization trope, also attracted gossip about peoples' love lives.
• Betty and Veronica Switch^note A group characterization trope, also attracted gossip about peoples' love lives.
• Beware the Nice Ones^note Related to characterization.
• Beware the Silly Ones^note Related to characterization.
• Beyond the Impossible^note Impossible, attracted gushing.
• Beware the Silly Ones^note Requires someone or thing to be characterized as "silly" by the narrative.
• Bi-Wildered^note Sexuality trope.
• Big Anime Eyes^note Impossible in real life; color contacts and makeup tutorials don't count.
• Big Bad^note Morality trope.
• Big Bad Duumvirate^note Morality trope.
• Big Bad Ensemble^note Morality trope.
• Big Bad Slippage^note Morality trope.
• Big Bad Wannabe^note Morality trope.
• Big Beautiful Man^note Sexuality trope.
• Big Beautiful Woman^note Sexuality trope.
• Big Brother Is Watching^note Invites conspiracy theorists. Government surveillance of civilians is also a very contentious issue.
• Big Eater^note A stock character, too common.
• Big Friendly Dog^note Too common.
• Big Good^note Morality trope.
• Big Guy, Little Guy^note Too common, attracted ZCEs.
• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment^note Impossible in real life because 1. this trope requires there to be no foreshadowing to the moment, and foreshadowing is a Narrative component, and 2. this trope requires there to be no mention of the event afterward, and thus mentioning a moment on a BLAM real life page would be mentioning the moment again, thus making it no longer a BLAM.
• Big Little Brother^note Too common, was a meaningless list of heights
• Big Prick, Big Problems^note Sexuality trope.
• Bigger Is Better in Bed^note Sex trope.
• Bigot with a Badge^note Morality trope.
• Bigot with a Crush^note  Gossip. Also calling someone a bigot is not a good idea.
• Birthday Episode^note Real life has no "episodes", and birthdays are too common.
• Bisexual Love Triangle^note Sexuality trope.
• Bishounen Line^note Impossible in real life.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing^note Morality trope, would attract complaining.
• Bittersweet Ending^note An ending trope.
• Bizarre Alien Biology^note Impossible - aliens aren't real.
• Bizarre and Improbable Ballistics^note Real life is, by definition, realistic, and this trope attracted military natter that was impenetrable to read if one wasn't a military historian.
• Bizarre Human Biology^note Impossible, and attracted examples that were offensive to people with genetic disorders.
• Bizarre Taste in Food^note Attracted stereotyping, and too subjective to trope - any food can look bizarre if you don't like it.
• Bizarro Universe^note Impossible - we have no alternate universes to compare ours to.
• Black-and-Gray Morality^note Morality trope.
• Black and Nerdy^note A stereotype.
• Black-and-White Insanity^note Morality trope.
• Black-and-White Morality^note Morality trope.
• Black Bead Eyes^note Impossible - color contacts and makeup tutorials don't count.
• Black Comedy^note Too common, and attracted some examples too tasteless to Cross the Line Twice.
• Black Comedy Rape^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope, also requires there to be a black comedy "tone" and real life has no tone.
• Black Dude Dies First^note Requires a narrative to have significance - in the real world, the race of the first person to die in an event has no grander significance (unless it's a hate crime, see Hate Crimes Are a Special Kind of Evil, which itself is NRLEP).
• Black Eyes of Crazy^note Morality, and characterization based on appearance.
• Black Eyes of Evil^note Morality, and characterization based on appearance.
• Black Gal on White Guy Drama^note A stereotype.
• Black Is Bigger in Bed^note A stereotype, a sex trope.
• Black Jezebel Stereotype^note A stereotype, a sex trope.
• "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word^note Too controversial.
• Black Republican^note Attracted complaining of the No True Scotsman and Category Traitor variety.
• Black Shirt^note About the fanatical followers of a villain, and to call a real person a "black shirt" implies that their leader is a villain.
• Black Speech^note Related to morality, also impossible.
• Black Vikings^note Related to NRLEP tropes like Politically Correct History, its supertrope, and Aluminum Christmas Trees.
• Black Widow^note Attracted gory anecdotes
• Blaming the Victim^note Too controversial.
• Blasting Time^note Impossible since we can't shoot energy beams from our hands.
• Blatant Lies^note Too controversial. So controversial in fact that the Politics subpage was in the Permanent Red Link Club years before the trope as a whole was NRLEP'd.
• Blonde Republican Sex Kitten^note Too controversial, sexuality related, and a stereotype.
• Blood Bath^note Primarily associated with evil.
• Blood Knight^note Morality and characterization - no real person lives to fight and nothing else.
• Blue-and-Orange Morality^note Impossible as this would require another sapient species to compare humanity to.
• The Bluebeard^note Attracted gory anecdotes
• Boarding School of Horrors^note Morality trope.
• Board to Death^note Morality trope.
• Body Horror^note Disrespectful and dehumanizing to the people mentioned.
• Body in a Breadbox^note Attracted true crime grossness.
• The Bogan^note A stereotype.
• Bold Explorer^note A stock character, too common.
• Boldly Coming^note Sex trope.
• Bolt of Divine Retribution^note Impossible, no one's ever been struck by lightning by a divine force.
• Bomb-Throwing Anarchists^note Regardless of personal views, the trope is generally intended for villainous characters.
• Bondage Is Bad^note A Sex trope, and also related to bondage being characterized as bad.
• Boob-Based Gag^note Sexuality trope.
• Book Burning^note If it helps, the page has a link to Wikipedia's page on this.
• Boomerang Bigot^note  Accusing people of hating the group they are a part of is asking for trouble.
• The Bore^note Too controversial, and somewhat subjective - some people might find these "bores" quite interesting.
• Born Unlucky^note Impossible in real life since luck is an arbitrary concept.
• Bourgeois Bohemian^note Often attracts complaining that they're "slacktivists".
• Bow Chicka Wow Wow^note Sexuality trope, potential natter magnet, as well as a stock phrase.
• Boyfriend-Blocking Dad^note Too common, gossip.
• Brainless Beauty^note Calling people stupid is just asking for trouble; also a sexuality trope.
• Brains and Bondage^note A Sex trope, and a stereotype of smart people.
• Brainwashed and Crazy^note Morality trope.
• Brainy Brunette^note Characterization based on appearance
• Bratty Teenage Daughter^note A stereotype.
• Brawn Hilda^note A stereotype.
• Bread and Circuses ^note The only exception is the Trope Namer, Ancient Rome.
• Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs^note Too Common a stock phrasing.
• Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick^note Attracted ROCEJ violations.
• Break the Cutie^note Too controversial, would attract gushing over cute people and gossip over their hardships.
• Breaking In Old Habits^note Sex trope.
• Breaking the Fourth Wall^note The real world has no fourth wall.
• Breast Attack^note Too common, attracted gross anecdotes.
• Breast Expansion^note Sexuality trope.
• Breather Episode^note Real life has no episodes.
• Breeding Slave^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Bridezilla^note Attracted needless condemnation of the "bridezillas".
• Briefs Boasting^note A Sexuality trope.
• Brilliant, but Lazy^note Attracted poor examples - most of the examples weren't Brilliant, but Lazy but more like "brilliant but had a healthy work-life balance and occasionally did silly things.
• British Royal Guards^note National stereotype
• Broke Episode^note Real life has no "episodes", and people being broke is Chairs.
• Broken Ace^note Gossip about peoples' trauma.
• Broken Aesop^note Real life has no aesops.
• Broken Bird^note A stock character, gossip about peoples' trauma, had the potential to attract gushing.
• Broken Pedestal^note Too controversial.
• Broken-System Dogmatist^note A double-whammy of Too Controversial, both complaining about "broken systems" and the people who are in them.
• Brother–Sister Incest^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Brought Down to Normal^note Impossible since it requires superpowers. No, "losing your cellphone" doesn't count as being "brought down to normal" (that was a real example once on the page, by the way)
• Brutal Honesty^note Too controversial.
• Bug War^note This trope requires fighting buglike aliens or supernatural bugs. Fighting real bugs doesn't count.
• Bullet Time^note Impossible in real life.
• The Bully^note Morality, a stock character, and too common.
• Bully Brutality^note Too controversial.
• Bulungi^note A stereotype, should be for fictional countries only
• Bumbling Dad^note A stereotype.
• Bungled Suicide^note A suicide trope, which is inherently gossipy.
• Bunny-Ears Lawyer^note A stock character, a Gossip trope.
• Burning the Flag^note Too Controversial, Too Common.
• Bury Your Disabled^note "Disabled people who have died" is Chairs; all disabled people die eventually in real life, so there isn't any meaning to it unless they're a victim of a hate crime.
• Bury Your Gays^note In real life, people of all sexual orientations eventually die, and generally when an LGBTQ+ person dies in real life it has no grander significance to the "plot" (the exception would be the victim of a fatal Homophobic Hate Crime, but that trope is NRLEP too). As well, "LGBTQ+ people who have died" are Chairs.
• But for Me, It Was Tuesday^note A morality trope.
• But I Can't Be Pregnant!^note Implies unprotected sex, gossip, attracted anecdotal examples.
• But I Would Really Enjoy It^note Sex trope.
• But Not Too Black^note Too controversial as it relates to Colorism.
• But Not Too Foreign^note Too controversial as it's often racism-related.
• But We Used a Condom!^note Sex trope.
• But Liquor Is Quicker^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• But Not Too Bi^note Sexuality trope.
• But Not Too Gay^note Sexuality trope.
• But Thou Must!^note An interactive media only trope.
• Butch Lesbian^note Sexuality trope.
• Butt-Dialing Mordor^note Requires supernatural evils, also morality.
• Butt-Monkey^note It is no one's stated purpose in life to be the butt of jokes and be unlucky; would also attract complaining.
• Butter Face^note Too controversial, and it's mean to call people this.
• Buxom Beauty Standard^note Sexuality trope.
• Byronic Hero^note Morality trope.
• Bystander Syndrome^note Too controversial, attracts complaining about Apathetic Bystanders.

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• The Caligula^note Morality - The sole exception is the Trope Namer and even then it’s debatable just how much he actually qualified as the trope.
• Calling Your Orgasms^note Sex trope.
• Camp Gay^note Sexuality trope, a stereotype.
• Camp Straight^note Sexuality trope.
• The Can Kicked Him^note Too controversial, gossip.
• Canine Companion^note Too common.
• Cannot Kill Their Loved Ones^note Too common, would attract true crime natter.
• Cannot Tell Fiction from Reality^note Gossip.
• Can't Act Perverted Toward a Love Interest^note Sexuality trope.
• Can't Get Away with Nuthin'^note Attracted complaining about overzealous cops and government surveillance.
• Can't Hold His Liquor^note Too common, attracted gossip.
• Can't Take Criticism^note Too controversial and gossip.
• Can't You Read the Sign?^note Too Common, attracted complaining about people not following signs.
• Capitalism Is Bad ^note Too controversial, attracts arguments.
• Captain Obvious^note Too common, would attract anecdotes.
• Card-Carrying Villain^note Morality trope.
• Cargo Cult^note  Attracts religion bashing. Also calling any religion a cult is a bad idea.
• Cargo Envy^note Sexuality trope.
• Cargo Ship^note Sex-related, a Shipping trope.
• Carnivore Confusion^note This trope involves Funny Animals eating an inappropriate diet.
• Cartoon Creature^note Impossible - all animals are, by definition, realistic-looking.
• Cartoonish Companions^note Impossible, attracted derogatory remarks about disorders that affect body proportions.
• The Casanova^note Sexuality trope, gossip.
• Cassandra Truth^note Too common, attracted ROCEJ violations.
• Cast Full of Gay^note Sexuality trope, also narrative because real life doesn't have a "cast".
• Cast Herd^note Requires a narrative to put characters in groups.
• Casting Couch^note Sex trope, also gossip.
• Casual Kink^note Sex trope.
• Category Traitor^note Too controversial.
• Catholic School Girls Rule^note Sexuality trope.
• Caught with Your Pants Down^note Sex trope.
• Celeb Crush^note Too common, sex-adjacent.
• Celebrating the Heroes^note Too common, morality-adjacent.
• Celebrity Is Overrated^note Gossip.
• Celibate Eccentric Genius^note A stock character, related to sexuality (or lack thereof).
• Celibate Hero^note Morality trope, related to sexuality (or lack thereof).
• Censored Child Death^note There is no "censored" in the real world.
• Cessation of Existence^note We don't speculate on the nature of the afterlife around here.
• Chained to a Bed^note Sex trope.
• Chainmail Bikini^note Impossible to actually use as armor, appearances in cosplay are too common and attract risque weblinks.
• Changeling Tale.^note Requires a baby being snatched by something supernatural, the thread decided "brood parasitism" (where animals of one species Kill and Replace another species' so they raise them in their stead) didn't count as this trope.
• Chaotic Evilinvoked^note A Character Alignment trope, which are Morality and Too Controversial.
• Chaotic Goodinvoked^note A Character Alignment trope, which are Morality and Too Controversial.
• Chaotic Neutralinvoked^note A Character Alignment trope, which are Morality and Too Controversial.
• Chaotic Stupid^note A Character Alignment trope, which are Morality and Too Controversial. Also, calling people stupid is really not a good idea.
• Character Alignment invoked^note Character Alignments are considered Too Controversial even for fictional characters (unless they're mentioned by the narrative) - see The Great Character Alignment Debate - so of course they're too controversial for real people or groups.
• Character Derailment^note Would attract complaining about people not acting the way you want them to.
• Charles Atlas Superpower^note Impossible; superpowers.
• Chatty Hairdresser^note A stereotype.
• Cheated Death, Died Anyway^note Too common.
• Cheating with the Milkman^note Gossip.
• Cheeky Mouth^note A cartoon-only trope.
• Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys^note A stereotype.
• Chekhov's Gunman^note Related to Foreshadowing, which is a narrative device.
• The Chew Toy^note Impossible because it requires a supernatural amount of bad luck.
• Chick Magnet^note Gossip.
• The Chikan^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Child by Rape^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope, also gossip.
• Child Eater^note Morality trope.
• Child Hater^note Morality trope.
• Child of Two Worlds^note Was used to mean "any mixed-race person", which is Too Common.
• Children Are a Waste^note Simultaneously attracted complaining about Child Haters and links to extremist anti-natalist groups.
• Ching Chong^note A stereotype.
• Chivalrous Pervert^note Sexuality trope.
• Chocolate Baby^note Gossip.
• The Chosen One^note A stock character, likely impossible in real life.
• The Chosen Many^note A stock character group, likely impossible in real life.
• Christmas Episode^note Real life has no episodes, and Christmas is too common.
• Chromosome Casting^note Technically impossible since all genders are here to stay, also attracted complaining about gender ratios of groups.
• Chronic Backstabbing Disorder^note Morality trope.
• Chronic Villainy^note Morality trope.
• Chummy Commies^note Related to how a work portrays communists; would likely attract politically-charged edits.
• Church of Happyology^note Attracts religion bashing.
• Church Police^note Too controversial.
• Churchgoing Villain^note Morality trope.
• CIA Evil, FBI Good^note Morality trope, Too Controversial, and Characterization since it requires the two agencies to be actively contrasted against one another - to cite every bad thing the CIA has done and every good thing the FBI has done in a list in the RL section would be misuse of the trope.
• Clingy Jealous Girl^note Gossip.
• Closet Gay^note Gossip.
• Cloudcuckoolander^note A stock character, too common.
• Co-Dragons^note Specifically the evil lieutenant to an Evil Overlord.
• Coattail-Riding Relative^note Too controversial, would attract complaining about nepotism.
• Coitus Uninterruptus^note Sex trope.
• Cold-Blooded Torture^note Too controversial, too common and disturbing.
• Com Mons^note Real world animals are not "Mons".
• Combat Sadomasochist^note Sexuality trope.
• Come Back to Bed, Honey^note An innuendo stock phrase.
• Comedic Sociopathy^note Calling someone’s real terrible actions funny is extremely disrespectful to the victims.
• Comedic Strangling ^note Strangling in real life is never a joke
• Comically Missing the Point^note Related to the tone of a work, attracted arguments.
• Comforting the Widow ^note Sex trope - usually a euphemism for having sex with the recently widowed.
• Comic Sutra^note Sex trope.
• Coming and Going^note Sex trope.
• Coming-Out Story^note Gossip.
• Commie Nazis^note A stereotype, too controversial.
• Common Knowledge^note Too common and would attract a list of pointless trivia.
• Compensating for Something^note Sexuality trope.
• The Complainer Is Always Wrong^note Attracted... well, complaining.
• Complaining About Complaining^note Too controversial.
• Complaining About People Not Liking the Show^note Too controversial.
• Complaining About Things You Haven't Paid For^note Too common.
• Complete Monster^note First, being the strongest Evil Trope, it's also the most controversial. Also, despite how you might feel, there is no such proven thing as a 100% evil person or thing in real life. Not even Hitler. Besides, it is possible for a real person to have redeeming traits completely unknown to others, but fictional characters can be chalked up as having "no redeeming qualities", rendering this a characterization trope as well.
• Compound-Interest Time Travel Gambit^note Time travel isn't real, also attracted ROCEJ-violating financial advice.
• Compulsive Liar^note Too controversial.
• Condescending Compassion^note Too controversial.
• Confirmed Bachelor^note Narrative, too common, gossip since it's often a euphemism for a closeted gay person
• Conservation of Ninjutsu^note A narrative trope.
• Conspicuous Consumption^note Gossip, attracted complaining.
• Conspiracy Kitchen Sink^note Attracted... well, conspiracy theories, and we don't want to give a platform to fringe, often ROCEJ-violating, conspiracy theories.
• Conspiracy Theorist^note Too controversial, and Gossip, since many conspiracy theorists suffer from mental health issues.
• The Constant^note Impossible - nothing truly lasts forever.
• Contraception Deception^note Sex trope.
• Contractual Immortality^note Impossible/Narrative since it revolves around meta reasons for keeping characters alive.
• Contrived Coincidence^note A narrative beat.
• Controversy-Proof Image^note Attracted complaining when tropers thought celebrities/politicians/whatever should have had more serious repercussions for their crimes (or accusations of crimes, or even more controversially totally fictitious gossip accusing them of crimes.)
• Conveniently Close Planet^note Impossible given current technologies.
• Convicted by Public Opinion^note Invites arguing over a criminal’s innocence.
• Control Freak^note Gossip about peoples' work behavior and personal lives.
• Conveniently Common Kink^note Sex trope.
• Cooked to Death^note Attracted gross anecdotes.
• Cool Boat^note Too YMMV when applied to real life; what constitutes "cool" varies greatly from person to person.
• Cool Car^note Too YMMV when applied to real life; what constitutes "cool" varies greatly from person to person.
• Cool Mask^note A Rule of Cool subtrope, attracted subjectively cool examples.
• Cool Old Guy^note A stock character, attracted gushing.
• Cool Old Lady^note A stock character, attracted gushing.
• Cool Plane^note Too YMMV when applied to real life; what constitutes "cool" varies greatly from person to person.
• Cool Versus Awesome^note Too subjective to trope, attracted gushy examples.
• Cop Hater^note Morality trope.
• Cop Killer^note Morality trope.
• Cop Killer Manhunt^note Morality trope.
• The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much^note Attracted conspiracy theories.
• Corrupt Church^note Morality trope.
• Corrupt Corporate Executive^note Morality trope.
• Corrupt Politician ^note Morality trope.
• Corrupted Character Copy^note Impossible - no one was designed as someone else's copy, had the potential to attract complaining and ROCEJ violations.
• Corrupting Pornography^note Sex-related, too controversial.
• The Corruption^note Impossible because it requires supernatural powers.
• "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot^note A narrative trope.
• The Coup^note A political trope that is too controversial for real life; see The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized.
• Covert Pervert^note Sexuality trope.
• Crack Defeat^note Too controversial.
• Crack is Cheaper^note Too common, attracted complaining.
• Cranky Landlord^note A stereotype.
• Crapsaccharine World^note A worldbuilding trope, would have attracted complaining about the state of the world.
• Crapsack Only by Comparison^note Too controversial.
• Crapsack World^note A worldbuilding trope, would have attracted complaining about the state of the world.
• Crazy Cat Lady^note A stereotype.
• Crazy in the Head, Crazy in the Bed^note A sex trope, and gossip about mental illnesses.
• Crazy Jealous Guy^note Gossip.
• Create Your Own Villain^note Morality trope.
• Credits Gag^note The real world has no "credits".
• Creepy Catholicism^note Attracts religion bashing.
• Creepy Child^note Morality trope, and "creepy" is highly subjective.
• Creepy Crossdresser^note Morality trope, and a stereotype of genderqueer and transgender people.
• Creepy Good^note Morality trope, and attracted some examples that were less "creepy but ultimately good" (the trope's real definition" and more "crazy but Glad He's On Our Side".
• Creepy Gym Coach^note Sexuality trope.
• Creepy Souvenir^note Morality trope, and "creepy" is highly subjective.
• Creepy Twins^note Morality trope, and "creepy" is highly subjective.
• Creepy Uncle^note Sexuality trope.
• Crime of Self-Defense^note Attracted back-and-forths about whether the self-defense was justified, or if the defendants were lying about it being self-defense.
• Criminal Craves Legitimacy^note Morality trope.
• Crippling Castration^note Too common, attracted gross anecdotes.
• Crisis of Faith^note Gossip about peoples' religious beliefs, and a Narrative beat.
• Crotch-Glance Sex Check^note Sexuality trope.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass^note Requires someone to be characterized as "badass", attracted gushing.
• Crowd Song^note Too common.
• Cruel Cheerleader^note A stereotype, morality.
• Cruelty by Feet^note Morality trope, attracted gross anecdotes.
• Crushing the Populace^note Too controversial.
• Crying Wolf^note Attracted ROCEJ violations.
• Cult^note  Attracts religion bashing. Also calling a group a cult is asking for trouble.
• Cult Defector^note Too controversial.
• Culture Justifies Anything^note Morality trope.
• Culture Police^note Too controversial.
• Curb-Stomp Battle^note A narrative trope, too common.
• Curb Stomp Cushion^note A narrative trope, too common.
• Cure Your Gays^note Suggesting that homosexuality can be cured or accusing someone of trying to cure homosexuality is asking for trouble. Also impossible in real life.
• Cute and Psycho^note Too controversial, gossip.
• Cut Lex Luthor a Check^note Morality trope.
• Cyberbullying^note Too common, gossip.