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Likely legitimate parodies, expies, or overt references (or at least intended to be, shoehorns aside)

Anime and Manga

Comic Books

Film/Theater

Literature/Fairy Tales

Live-Action TV

Myth/Religion/Folklore

Wrestling

Actually a Trope Maker or Trope Codifier

Anime and Manga

Comic Books

Film

Literature/Fairy Tales

Live-Action TV

Video Games

Western Animation

Seems more like a broader archetype that they did not originate or codify, or one that has grown well beyond them

Anime and Manga

Comic Books

Fan Works

Film/Theatre

  • The Ophelia (Ophelia) Don't know my Shakespeare, but doesn't 'lovely unstable maiden' predate him?

Literature/Fairy Tales

Series

Myth/Religion/Folklore

Western Animation

From Video Games & Tabletop Games

Other "ripoff tropes"

Bland-Name Product

No Celebrities Were Harmed/No Historical Figures Were Harmed

Fictional Counterpart, etc.

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