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• Lacerating Love Language^note Too closely related to abuse, potential to attract gossip
• Lack of Empathy^note Morality trope, gossip about mental illness.
• The Lad-ette^note A stock character, gossip about women's party lives.
• Lady Macbeth^note Morality trope.
• The Lancer^note A stock character role.
• Land Down Under^note A stereotype.
• Language of Love^note Sex-related, too common.
• Lantern Jaw of Justice^note Morality trope.
• Large and in Charge^note Characterization based on appearance.
• Large Ham^note Too common, and attracted misuse - in real life, most "large hams" are just hammy as a stage presence.
• Lascivious Beauty Mark^note Characterization based on appearance.
• Laser-Guided Karma^note Morality trope.
• Last Disrespects^note Too controversial.
• Late-Arrival Spoiler^note The concept of a "spoiler" is too tied to narratives to apply to real life.
• Late Coming Out^note Gossip, too common.
• Latin Lover^note A stereotype.
• Latino Is Brown^note A stereotype.
• Laughably Evil^note Morality trope.
• Law of Disproportionate Response^note Too controversial.
• Law of Inverse Fertility^note Sex-related, a Narrative trope.
• Lawful Evilinvoked^note A Character Alignment trope, which are Morality and Too Controversial.
• Lawful Goodinvoked^note A Character Alignment trope, which are Morality and Too Controversial.
• Lawful Neutralinvoked^note A Character Alignment trope, which are Morality and Too Controversial.
• Lawful Stupid^note A Character Alignment trope, which are Morality and Too Controversial.
• Lawman Gone Bad^note Morality trope.
• Lazy Bum^note Too common, attracted complaining.
• Lean and Mean^note Morality trope.
• Lecherous Stepparent^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Legalized Evil^note Morality trope.
• Lemming Cops^note Too controversial.
• Lesbian Vampire ^note Attracted crappy examples of women consuming blood. Vampires aren't real.
• Less Disturbing in Context^note Narrative trope, attracted poor examples
• Lesser Star^note Too controversial.
• Lethal Chef^note A stock character, and attracted complaining about chefs you don't like.
• Let's Wait a While^note An innuendo stock phrase, albeit about not having sex.
• Lewd Lust, Chaste Sex^note Sex trope.
• Libertarians IN SPACE! ^note We haven't encountered any aliens yet, and they probably wouldn't have human-like political systems if we did. Also, thus far no libertarians, or any political group, have set up a civilization in space.
• Liberty Over Prosperity^note Attracts ROCEJ violations.
• Lie Back and Think of England^note Sex trope.
• Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics^note Too controversial, attracted ROCEJ violations.
• Life Will Kill You^note Too common, since people die all the time.
• Light Is Not Good^note Morality trope.
• Lighter and Softer^note Real life doesn't have a "tone".
• Likes Older Men^note Too Common. Also a sexuality and gossip trope.
• Likes Older Women^note Too Common. Also a sexuality and gossip trope.
• Limit Break ^note About video game mechanics. We don't have power meters or hit points.
• Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards ^note Requires wizards to exist and numerically measured stats, neither of which real people have.
• Lipstick Lesbian^note Sexuality trope.
• Literal Maneater^note Should only be for monsters/supernatural creatures. Also attracted troubling examples of human serial killers.
• Literal-Minded^note Gossip.
• Little Miss Badass^note Attracted gushing.
• The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday^note Impossible because it's about magic/supernatural shops. Mundane pop-up shops are not this trope.
• Littlest Cancer Patient^note A stock character, and "children with cancer/other fatal diseases" is unfortunately too common.
• Living Aphrodisiac^note Sex-related, impossible.
• Living in a Furniture Store^note A trope about unrealistic levels of cleanliness and furniture trendiness.
• Living with the Villain^note Morality trope.
• The Load^note Too controversial.
• Loan Shark^note Morality trope.
• The Loins Sleep Tonight^note Sex trope.
• Lonely at the Top^note Gossip.
• Loners Are Freaks^note Morality trope.
• Longest Pregnancy Ever ^note No one can stay pregnant for years and have the baby survive.
• The Loonie^note A stereotype of the mentally ill.
• Loony Fan^note Often Gossip about people who were murdered or stalked by their fans.
• Loser Son of Loser Dad^note Gossip trope.
• Loud Sleeper Gag^note Too common.
• Louis Cypher ^note As far as we know, Satan isn't real and can't masquerade as a real person.
• Lousy Lovers Are Losers^note Sex trope.
• Low-Tech Spears^note Stereotyping
• Lovable Alpha Bitch^note Morality trope.
• Lovable Sex Maniac^note Sex trope.
• Love Makes You Evil^note Morality trope.
• Love It or Hate It^note Too Common.
• Love Martyr^note Often related to abuse.
• Love Potion^note Sex-related, impossible.
• Love the Product, Hate the Producer^note Too controversial.
• A Love to Dismember^note Sex trope.
• Loved by All ^note Much like Universally Beloved Leader, it's impossible to please everyone in real life, because there are at least a few people who may have different opinions.
• Lover and Beloved^note Sex trope.
• Ludd Was Right^note Too controversial.
• Lust^note Sex trope.
• Lust Object^note Sex trope.
• Lysistrata Gambit^note Sex trope.

M

• MacGuffin^note A narrative trope.
• Macho Latino^note A stereotype.
• Mad Doctor^note Morality trope.
• Mad Mathematician^note Stereotype
• Made of Evil^note Morality trope, also impossible.
• Madonna-Whore Complex^note Sexuality trope.
• Mafia Princess^note Related to organized crime.
• Mage Species ^note Requires both non-human sapient species and wizards to exist.
• Magi Babble ^note Requires magic to exist.
• The Magic Goes Away^note As far as we know, magic didn't exist in the past, and it doesn't now.
• Magic and Powers^note Such abilities are, by definition, fantastical.
• Magic Realism^note Real life doesn't have a genre, is by definition realistic, and magic isn't real.
• Magical Gesture ^note Requires magic to exist.
• Magical Asian^note Requires magic to exist, and also a stereotype.
• Magical Minority Person^note Requires magic to exist, and also a stereotype.
• Magical Native American^note Requires magic to exist, and also a stereotype.
• Magical Negro^note Requires magic to exist, and also a stereotype.
• Magical Queer^note Sexuality trope.
• Magnificent Bastard^note Morality trope.
• Mail-Order Bride^note Too common, sex-related.
• Make It Look Like an Accident^note Attracted conspiracy theories.
• Make the Bear Angry Again^note Morality trope.
• Makes Just as Much Sense in Context^note Attracted anecdotes of people behaving in wacky ways, and ironically, anecdotes taken out of context, when they did, in fact, make more sense in "context".
• Makeup Is Evil^note Morality trope, also attracted trope decay in the form of "makeup being scandalous".
• Making Love in All the Wrong Places^note Sex trope.
• Malcolm Xerox^note Although many people have tried to emulate Malcolm X, no one has ever been designed to be his Expy.
• Male-to-Female Universal Adaptor^note Sex trope.
• Malevolent Mugshot^note Morality trope.
• Malicious Slander^note Too controversial.
• Maligned Mixed Marriage^note Too controversial.
• The Man Behind the Man^note Morality trope.
• Man, I Feel Like a Woman^note Related to Easy Sex Change. Instantaneous Gender Benders aren't real.
• A Man Is Always Eager^note Sex trope.
• The Man Is Sticking It to the Man^note Too controversial.
• Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex^note Sex related, requires impossible powers.
• Man of Wealth and Taste^note Morality trope.
• Manchild^note Too controversial.
• Manifesto-Making Malcontent^note Morality, a stock character, too common, often controversial.
• Manipulative Bastard^note Too common in real life, and calling someone manipulative is asking for trouble.
• Manly Gay^note Sexuality trope.
• Manufacturing Victims^note Too controversial.
• Marital Rape License^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Marriage of Convenience^note Gossip.
• Marry Them All^note Sexuality trope, also narrative since it's frequently a Harem Genre trope.
• Mars Needs Women^note Sex trope.
• Marshmallow Hell^note Too common, also often associated with sexuality.
• Martyrdom Culture^note Attracted ROCEJ violations about religious zealots.
• Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy^note A group characterization trope.
• Mass "Oh, Crap!"^note Too common, and a narrative trope.
• Masturbation Means Sexual Frustration^note Sex trope.
• Mate or Die^note Sex trope.
• Maternal Impression ^note Based on a disproven scientific theory.
• Mating Dance^note Sex trope.
• Matricide^note Attracted true crime grossness.
• Mauve Shirt^note A narrative trope.
• May–December Romance^note Too common, also a sexuality and gossip trope.
• Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane ^note Events in real life have defined explanations, and magic isn't real.
• Mayor Pain^note Either calling mayors evil, or complaining about incompetence.
• The McCoy^note A stock role.
• Mean Boss^note Morality trope.
• Mean Character, Nice Actor^note Gossip.
• Meaningful Name^note This trope requires a name to be picked by an external creator to be "meaningful". Also attracted ROCEJ violations.
• Meat Grinder Surgery ^note Real life attempts would not only fail a lot, they'd also be nauseating.
• Meat Versus Veggies^note Yes, the arguments get that intense.
• Media Scaremongering^note Too controversial, too common.
• Medical Rape and Impregnate^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Medieval Prehistory ^note Prehistoric creatures did not exist in the real world's Medieval period. Also a narrative trope.
• Meet the New Boss^note Morality trope.
• MegaCorp^note Too common, attracted complaining about large companies.
• Memetic Loser^note To call a character a loser is one thing, to call real people losers is another.
• Memetic Molester^note To call a character a molester is one thing, to call real people molesters is another, and could even be construed as libel
• Memetic Psychopath^note To call a character a psychopath is one thing, to call real people psychopaths is another, and could even be construed as libel
• Menagerie of Misery^note Attracted ROCEJ-violating arguments about zoos as a concept.
• Men Are Better Than Women^note Too controversial.
• Men Are the Expendable Gender^note Too controversial.
• Mental Affair^note A Gossip trope.
• Mental Handicap, Moral Deficiency^note Morality trope.
• The Mentally Disturbed^note Gossip
• Mercy Kill^note Human euthanasia and assisted suicide are extremely controversial subjects, attracted anecdotes.
• Mermaid Problem^note Sex trope, also impossible because mermaids.
• Microwave the Dog^note An animal abuse trope. Also attracted squick.
• Middle Eastern Terrorists^note Too controversial, a stereotype.
• Middle Name Basis^note Too common.
• Middle School Is Miserable^note Too common, was concerned about attracting unsavory anecdotes.
• Mid-Suicide Regret^note Gossip
• Mighty Whitey and Mellow Yellow^note A stereotype.
• Mistaken for Gay^note Related to sexuality, and Too Common.
• Mile-High Club^note Sex trope.
• A Million Is a Statistic^note Too controversial.
• Million to One Chance^note Too common.
• Mills and Boon Prose^note Sex-related, should only be used to describe written text.
• The Millstone^note Too controversial.
• Mind Rape^note Too controversial.
• Mind Screw^note Attracted misuse - this trope is not "any confusing thing", especially if it's only confusing to laypeople and not to experts.
• Mindlink Mates^note Telepathy is currently unconfirmed.
• Mini-Me^note Many real-life animals look like smaller versions of their parents. Plus scale models of larger things and toys that come in several sizes exist all over. [[note]]Toys can be made an exception if the example is played with.
• Minion with an F in Evil^note Morality trope.
• Mirror Self^note Requires there to be a Mirror Universe, which is currently unconfirmed.
• Mirror Universe^note Alternate universes are currently unconfirmed.
• Mirroring Factions^note Characterization.
• Mis-blamed^note Too common, and attracted complaining about people blaming the wrong person.
• Misaimed Fandom^note Attracted drama about political parties and serial killers that people were "misaimed" for liking.
• Misanthrope Supreme^note Morality trope.
• Miscarriage of Justice^note Too common, and attracted complaining about the state of the legal system.
• Missing Episode^note Real life has no episodes - "things you've forgotten" are not "Missing Episodes". Also previously attracted... concerning examples about people seeking out school shooters' manifestos and suicide tapes.
• Missing Steps Plan^note Too common.
• Mistaken for Fake Hair^note Too common.
• Mistaken for Misogynist^note Too controversial.
• Mistaken for Pedophile^note Too controversial.
• Mistaken for Racist^note Too controversial.
• Mistaken for Romance^note Too common, sex-adjacent.
• Mister Seahorse^note Sex related, and in fiction, this trope usually involves some sort of magic making a man pregnant, and Trope Talk threads have decided that male seahorses (who don't actually get pregnant) and trans men (who don't use magic to get pregnant) don't count.
• Mix-and-Match Critters ^note Real life hybrids don't count; this trope's about combinations of unrelated creatures.
• Mocking the Mourner^note Too controversial.
• The Modest Orgasm^note Sex trope.
• Modern Stasis^note Impossible in real life.
• Momma's Boy^note Too common, a stock character.
• Money Fetish^note Too controversial, sex-adjacent.
• Monochrome Casting ^note This trope is about works where the whole cast is of the same race. Real-life people are not part of a "cast", and people of different races exist in real life.
• Monster Clown^note Morality
• Monster Fangirl^note Attracted a long list of serial killers/mass murderers who attracted fangirls, compare All Girls Want Bad Boys
• Monster Misogyny^note Morality. Also needs literal monsters, which don't exist in real life.
• Monstrous Cannibalism^note Should only be used for "monsters", not real animals.
• Monument of Humiliation and Defeat^note Too common.
• Mood Whiplash^note Real life has no "mood".
• Mooks^note Impossible because "mooks" as seen in movies and video games in the like don't exist, and has a Morality component since they often serve evil.
• Mook Lieutenant^note Impossible because "mooks" as seen in movies and video games in the like don't exist, and has a Morality component since they often serve evil.
• Moose and Maple Syrup^note Stereotype trope.
• Moral Disambiguation^note Morality trope.
• Moral Event Horizon^note When or if a real person has crossed this is too subjective and controversial — yes, even Pol Pot.
• Moral Guardians^note Too Common, and attracted complaining.
• Morality Chain^note Morality trope.
• Morally Ambiguous Doctorate^note Morality trope.
• Moral Myopia^note Morality trope.
• Moral Pragmatist^note Morality trope.
• More Dakka^note Even stuff as simple as arguments about which gun shoots bullets faster have a weird tendency to devolve into Misplaced Nationalism.
• Morning Sickness^note Too common, and contrary to the way it's used in fiction, morning sickness is not a guaranteed sign of pregnancy.
• Mortality Phobia^note Too common, controversial.
• Mr. Fanservice^note No one exists just to be fanservice, also a sexy trope.
• Mr. Vice Guy^note Morality, and attracted misuse of the trope.
• Mrs. Robinson^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope, since it's often related to statutory rape.
• Ms. Fanservice^note No one exists just to be fanservice, also a sexy trope.
• Ms. Red Ink^note A stereotype.
• Muggles Do It Better ^note Requires there to be supernaturally empowered individuals to compare the "muggles" to.
• Multiple Endings ^note Impossible in real life. Also a narrative trope, real life is not a fictional story.
• Munchkin^note Too common.
• Mundanger^note All dangers in real life are mundane; this trope requires supernatural horrors to contrast with. Previously attracted problematic examples.
• Murder by Inaction^note Morality trope.
• Murder, Inc.^note Too controversial.
• Murder-Suicide^note NRLEP'd to prevent true crime natter.
• Museum of Boredom^note Too YMMV - one person's Museum of Boredom is another's awesome museum.
• Must Be Invited ^note Even though it would be impolite, there's nothing supernatural preventing someone from walking into your house uninvited.
• Must Not Die a Virgin^note Sex trope.
• Mutilation Interrogation^note Too controversial.
• My Beloved Smother^note Gossip.
• My Country, Right or Wrong^note Too controversial.
• My Future Self and Me ^note We cannot meet ourselves from the future.
• My Girl Is a Slut^note Sexuality trope.
• My Girl Is Not a Slut^note Sexuality trope.
• My God, What Have I Done?^note Too common, often suicide-related.
• My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That^note Sexuality trope.
• Mystical India^note A stereotype. Also often involves magic, which is Impossible.
• Mystical White Hair ^note Requires magic, which doesn't exist in real life. Also a characterization trope.

N

• N-Word Privileges^note There is no slur that is universally reclaimed, arguing about who should and shouldn't be saying them is Too Controversial.
• Naked Nutter^note Gossip.
• Name of Cain^note Morality - the trope is for evil people named Cain or a variant.
• Narcissist^note Morality trope, gossip, attracts name-calling.
• Narm^note Should only be for works.
• Narm Charm^note Narm is an out-of-universe reaction, also too subjective to trope.
• Narnia Time ^note As far as we know, other fantastical dimensions are not real.
• Nature Abhors a Virgin^note Sexuality trope.
• Nature Adores a Virgin^note Sexuality trope.
• Naughty by Night^note Sex trope.
• Naughty Under the Table^note Sex trope.
• Nausea Fuel^note Too subjective.
• Nay-Theist^note Too controversial.
• A Nazi by Any Other Name^note Calling people Nazis is not a good idea, and listing the historical Nazi Party or its direct offshoots would be redundant.
• Near-Rape Experience^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Near-Villain Victory^note Morality trope.
• Necessarily Evil^note Morality, and to call any evil "necessary" is asking for trouble.
• Necromantic^note Sexuality related, also it's not possible to bring dead bodies back to life.
• Need a Hand, or a Handjob?^note Sex trope.
• Neglectful Precursors^note Too controversial.
• Nepharious Pharaoh^note Morality - although we're far removed from the age of pharaohs, arguments about the morality of real leaders can get heated and ROCEJ violating.
• Nepotism^note Too controversial.
• Nerds Are Pervs^note Sexuality trope.
• Nerds Are Virgins^note Sexuality trope, a stereotype, and too common.
• Neutral Evilinvoked^note A Character Alignment trope, which are Morality and Too Controversial.
• Neutral Goodinvoked^note A Character Alignment trope, which are Morality and Too Controversial.
• Neutral in Name Only^note Morality trope.
• Never Live It Down^note Gossip.
• Never My Fault^note Attracted complaining about people who tried to pass off blame for something they did.
• Never Speak Ill of the Dead^note Too controversial.
• Never Suicide^note Attracted conspiracy theories.
• New-Age Retro Hippie^note A stock character, "hippies" are too common.
• New Jobs As The Plot Demands^note A "plot" trope.
• New Powers as the Plot Demands^note A "plot" trope, also "powers" are impossible.
• The New Rock & Roll^note Attracted complaining about Moral Guardians.
• Next Thing They Knew^note Sex trope.
• Nice Character, Mean Actor^note Gossip.
• Nice Guy^note Attracts gushing, a stock character, and is too common in real life.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero^note Morality trope.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain^note Morality trope.
• Nice to the Waiter^note Used in fiction to portray a character as "good", and also too common in real life.
• Nightmare Face^note Gossip.
• Nightmare Fetishist^note Gossip, a stock character, sex-related.
• Nightmare Fuel^note Abiding by the wiki's "gushing is preferable over complaining" mantra, a page of everything in real life that evokes a negative emotion isn't a good idea.
• Nightmare Fuel Coloring Book^note Too controversial.
• No Animals Allowed^note Too common.
• No Backwards Compatibility in the Future^note A future prediction trope.
• No Bisexuals^note Sexuality trope, a storytelling trope, also impossible in the broader sense since there will always be bisexual people.
• No Blood for Phlebotinum^note Too controversial.
• No Ending^note An ending trope.
• No Equal-Opportunity Time Travel^note While time travel is not definitively ruled out in real life, this trope is currently impossible.
• No Fourth Wall^note The real world has no "fourth wall".
• No Guy Wants to Be Chased^note Gossip, gave out unwarranted dating advice.
• No Heterosexual Sex Allowed^note Sexuality trope.
• No Historical Figures Were Harmed^note Related to how celebrities are portrayed in media.
• "No. Just… No" Reaction^note Too common, and too subjective.
• No Love for the Wicked^note Morality trope, related to sexuality.
• No Ontological Inertia ^note We can't retroactively change things in real life.
• No OSHA Compliance^note  Too Controversial. Also attracted examples that encouraged trope drift; not every workplace accident is this trope.
• No Pregger Sex^note Sexuality trope, attracted ROCEJ-violating medical advice.
• No Sense of Humor^note Gossip.
• No Sense of Personal Space^note Gossip.
• No Sex Allowed^note Sexuality trope.
• No Social Skills^note Too controversial, steretyping.
• No True Scotsman^note Gossip, Too controversial.
• No Woman's Land^note Too controversial.
• No Yay^note A Shipping trope, and attracted complaining about couples.
• Noble Bigot^note "Noble" implies "goodness", and calling a bigot "noble" is too controversial.
• Noble Bigot with a Badge^note "Noble" implies "goodness", and calling a bigot "noble" is too controversial.
• Noble Demon^note "Noble" implies "goodness".
• Noble Top Enforcer^note "Noble" implies "goodness".
• Nobody Can Die ^note An inability to die has not been proven, and real-life situations of improbable survival don't count since this is a narrative trope anyway.
• Nocturnal Emission^note Sex trope.
• Nominal Hero^note Morality, also requires a narrative to paint someone as a "hero".
• Nominated as a Prank^note For small-scale elections (like student council presidents) this is often truth in television (but not notable), but for more serious elections this is Too Controversial to accuse.
• Noodle Implements^note Someone will know the full details, as nothing in real life is "offscreen". Also, as a joke format, too common.
• Noodle Incident^note The incident in question has to have happened offscreen. You might not have witnessed an incident, but that doesn't mean nobody did, so it cannot count as "offscreen" in real life.
• Noodle People ^note People with Marfan Syndrome don’t count as a real life example.
• Northern Irish and Nasty^note A stereotype.
• Nosebleed^note A trope where nosebleeds indicate sexual arousal.
• Nostalgia Filter^note Too controversial.
• Not a Morning Person^note Too common.
• Not Enough to Bury^note Too common, attracted true crime grossness.
• Not Evil, Just Misunderstood^note Attracted Draco in Leather Pants portrayals of real people.
• "Not If They Enjoyed It" Rationalization^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Not Me This Time^note Morality (since it's about villains getting misblamed), attracted ROCEJ violations
• Not Quite the Right Thing^note Morality trope.
• Not Right in the Bed^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope, also impossible because it requires Demonic Possession or something of the like.
• Not So Above It All^note Related to how someone is "characterized" in media.
• Not-So-Harmless Villain^note Morality trope.
• Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering^note Too controversial.
• Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist^note Morality trope.
• Not the First Victim^note A plot twist trope.
• Not Using the "Z" Word^note The thread decided that the trope should only be used when censoring supernatural things.
• Not Wanting Kids Is Weird^note Too controversial.
• Nothing Is Scarier^note A narrative trope.
• Nothing Is the Same Anymore^note A narrative trope.

O

• O.O.C. Is Serious Business^note Related to "characterization", attracted ROCEJ-violating medical advice.
• Obfuscating Stupidity^note Too controversial.
• Obliviously Evil^note Morality trope.
• Obnoxious Entitled Housewife^note A stereotype.
• Obviously Evil^note Morality trope.
• Occupiers Out of Our Country^note Too common, attracted controversy.
• Of the People^note Few cultures refer to themselves this way.
• Off on a Technicality^note Attracted complaining about people tropers thought were a Karma Houdini.
• Offending a Foreign Country^note Too common, too controversial as it relates to Values Dissonance.
• Office Romance^note Gossip, too common in real life, prone to sexuality related content.
• Offing the Offspring^note Too common, attracted true crime natter.
• Official Couple^note Too common.
• Offscreen Inertia^note An "offscreen" trope, which is impossible.
• Offscreen Moment of Awesome^note An "offscreen" trope, which is impossible.
• Oh, Crap!^note Too common.
• Old Man Marrying a Child^note Sex-related, Gossip.
• Older Than They Look^note Attracted gossip about peoples' appearances.
• Omnicidal Maniac^note Morality trope.
• The One Guy^note In real life, when a group of otherwise all women has only one man in it, it's too meaningless to trope.
• One Head Taller^note Too Common.
• One-Neighbor Neighborhood ^note Anybody who doesn't live by themself in a very rural area has more than one neighbor, and someone who lives by themselves doesn't live in a neighborhood. Also a narrative trope to simplify things for the audience.
• One-Steve Limit^note A narrative trope, also impossible since people are allowed to share the same name - aversions are similarly too common.
• One Thing Led to Another^note An innuendo stock phrase.
• One-Winged Angel ^note Hulking Out is possible; outright transforming is not.
• Only Bad Guys Call Their Lawyers^note Morality, also attracted ROCEJ-violating legal advice.
• Only Friend^note Gossip about peoples' friends.
• Only in Florida^note A stereotype, attracted weblink only examples.
• Only Sane Man^note Related to how someone is characterized.
• Only You Can Repopulate My Race^note Sex trope.
• Open-Minded Parent^note Too common, characterization.
• Open Secret^note Too common.
• Operator Incompatibility^note Impossible
• The Ophelia^note A stock character, gossip about mental illness.
• Opinion Myopia^note Too controversial.
• Opinion Override^note Too controversial.
• Optional Sexual Encounter^note Sex trope, also an interactive media exclusive trope.
• Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?^note An innuendo stock phrase.
• Orcus on His Throne^note Morality trope.
• Orderlies are Creeps ^note Morality trope.
• Orgasmatron^note Sex trope.
• Orgasmically Delicious^note An innuendo trope.
• Original Position Fallacy^note Too controversial.
• Our Monsters Are Different^note Since there's currently no evidence for real monsters.
• Our Monsters Are Weird^note Since there's currently no evidence for real monsters.
• Our Dragons Are Different^note Since there's currently no evidence for real monsters.
• Our Mermaids Are Different^note Since there's currently no evidence for real monsters.
• Our Vampires Are Different^note Since there's currently no evidence for real monsters.
• Our Wyverns Are Different^note Since there's currently no evidence for real monsters.
• Our Zombies Are Different^note Impossible
• Out with a Bang^note Sex trope.
• Outcast Refuge^note Declaring groups to be oppressed/oppressors is too controversial.
• Outfit-Rip Sex Check^note Involves nudity.
• Outliving One's Offspring^note Too common, gossip about dead children.
• Outside Joke^note Too common.
• Overcome with Desire^note Sex trope.
• Overdrawn At The Bloodbank^note All creatures only have as much blood in them as their body can carry.
• Overlord Jr.^note Morality trope.
• Overreacting Airport Security^note Too controversial.
• Overshadowed by Awesome^note Too common.