Sandbox / Low In On Page Examples Pre 2010 Tropes

Examples

	Anemic	Critical	Adequate
Count	0-10	11-19	20+
Color	pink	gray	green
#	0	6	16

Wicks

	Barely	Standing	Healthy
Count	25-35	36-56	57+
Color	evil	purple	gold
#	1	8	13

Tropes from The 2000s that have an on-page example count lesser than 20 or a wick count lesser than 25. For future discussions on the Trope Repair Shop. Definition-Only Pages don't belong here. Sorted by date.

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The wick counts on the headers refer to the amount at the moment these tropes were first checked, not after they underwent some sort of fixing. Example counts shouldn't include general examples (see the How to Write an Example guidelines) or real-life ones.

Collect from:

1. Tropes Needing Examples
2. Pages Needing Wiki Magic
3. Time Immemorial Index (pre-June 14th, 2007)

Progress: 22/171

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Barely standing (top priority):

Total: 105 tropes.

2007 (11/35)

• Motionless Chin (March 23rd, 2007): Animated characters' chins never move along with the mouth. 35 wicks
• Unpronounceable Alias (March 28th, 2007): 27 wicks
• Unknown Phenomenon (April 19th, 2007): 34 wicks
• Just Fine Without You (May 1st, 2007): 33 wicks
• Televisually Transmitted Disease (June 13th, 2007): 33 wicks

June 14th, 2007

• Armed Altruism: A character giving weaponry to someone they want safe in immediate combat. 36 wicks, 14 on-page examples Standing Critical
• Delusions of Local Grandeur: Newsreaders believe they are local celebrities due to their jobs. 46 wicks, 22 on-page examples Standing Adequate
• Door Focus: The camera lingers on a door because it's going to be reopened after a Beat. 41 wicks, 27 on-page examples Standing Adequate
  • Improve the laconic.
  • Index it under Camera Tricks (fixed).
  • From News 2022-01
• Fifth Week Event: 33 wicks
  • Shouldn't it be trivia?
• Hollywood Giftwrap: 35 wicks, 16 on-page examples
• Instant Cooldown: 30 wicks
• Kewpie Doll Surprise: Anime women flap their arms in a "Y" pose when shocked or excited. 26 wicks, 15 on-page examples    Barely    Critical
  • Duplicate of Human Hummingbird? Do a wick check.
  • Sort examples by media (fixed).
• Mistaken Message: 35 wicks, 20 on-page examples
• Near Misses: Peak tension is achieved by a character almost getting hit by a projectile. 224 wicks, 19 on-page examples Healthy Critical
  • The Sisters Grimm is a zero-context example
  • Related to Bait-and-Switch?
  • Currently being discussed in the TRS, see this thread. Being redefined in Sandbox.Near Misses.
• Necro Cam: A Flashback-Montage Realization about how a character died. 70 wicks, 54 on-page examples Healthy Adequate
  • Shorten laconic (fixed).
  • From News 2021-08
• Property Line: 32 wicks, 18 on-page examples
• Proportional Article Importance: 32 wicks
• Redundant Romance Attempt: Acting out of character to impress a love interest who'd rather you Be Yourself. 62 wicks, 35 on-page examples Healthy Adequate
• Soap Wheel: 34 wicks
• SteadiCam: 29 wicks
• Swirling Dust: Battle Aura stirs a dust cloud around the character. 74 wicks, 32 on-page examples Healthy Adequate
  • From News 2023-03.
  • Lacks a laconic (fixed).
• The Wandering You: 29 wicks
• Within Parameters: Foreboding readings are brushed off as unimportant. 28 wicks
• You Always Hear the Bullet: 31 wicks
• Zany Scheme Chicken: 31 wicks, 12 on-page examples

• Mid-Vid Skit (July 9th, 2007): 33 wicks
• Finger on Lips (July 10th, 2007): Censuring swear words by putting a finger over one's mouth. 30 wicks
• Locard's Theory (July 13th, 2007): When two things touch there is always a small amount of each left behind. 31 wicks
• Review Blog (August 11th, 2007): Reviews in blog format. 72 wicks, 36 on-page examples Healthy Adequate
• Emote Command (August 22nd, 2007): 32 wicks
  • From News 2024-02
• Practical Voice-Over (August 27th, 2007): Diegetic narration of relevant events. 35 wicks
• Television Serial (September 4th, 2007): 35 wicks, 22 on-page examples
• Enemy Exchange Program (September 13th, 2007): The ability to gain control of the enemy faction's exclusive units. 206 wicks, 64 on-page examples Healthy Adequate
  • 10 non-gaming, on-page examples
  • See whether the following example counts
    ''Winx Club': Played With. Alfea and Cloud Tower are rival magic schools that teach fairies and witches, respectively —with their students occasionally engaging in street fights and regarding competitions as very Serious Business. In the second season, they become allies to fight against the season's Big Bad, Lord Darkar. In an attempt to protect Cloud Tower's Codex piece (the MacGuffin Darkar is after), Alfea's headmistress seams a team of fairies to Cloud Tower, the eponymous Winx Club. To continue their magical education while they are away, they are required to attend witch classes where they learn a little bit about negative magic. Cloud Tower's headmistress notices that Bloom, the Winx's leader, takes to it way more easily than any other fairy, probably because of Darkar's agent secretly corrupting her, and tries to convince her to become a witch. The suggestion only troubles Bloom and is foreshadowing about her having a dark side.
• Sequential Art (September 19th, 2007): Sequential pictures telling a story. 102 wicks, 13 examples Healthy Critical
• Old Media Playing Catch-Up (October 1st, 2007): Releasing outside the net takes longer. 49 wicks, 17 on-page examples Standing Critical
  • Lacks a laconic (fixed).
  • Improve description.
  • Looks like a trivia trope and has a concept similar to Short Run in Peru, which has issues of its own.

2008 (7/21)

• Game of Nim (January 13th, 2008): Removing matchsticks arranged in heaps in turns. The goal is to avoid taking the last. 42 wicks, 26 on-page examples Standing Adequate
• NPC Amnesia (January 14th, 2008): NPCs won't remember your actions for gameplay purposes. 49 wicks, 35 on-page examples Standing Adequate
• Translation Style Choices (January 14th, 2008): 34 wicks, 66 on-page examples
• Are We Getting This? (January 19th, 2008): A nearby news reporter or filming crew tries to videotape an unexpected, extraordinary event. 56 wicks, 26 on-page examples Standing Adequate
• Script-Reading Doors (February 9th, 2008): 30 wicks, 14 on-page examples
  • Ask whether soft-split should be reverted.
• Stage Money (February 9th, 2008): 35 wicks, 21 on-page examples
• Plot-Sensitive Items (March 5th, 2008): The Phlebotinum changes behavior because the plot demands it. 27 wicks, 8 on-page examples
• Enough to Go Around (March 7th, 2008): Items that are one-of-a-kind in-universe but can be obtained multiple times and/or by multiple players. 48 wicks, 31 on-page examples Standing Adequate
  • Search for non-gaming examples.
  • Shorten the laconic.
• Half-Hour Comedy (March 29th, 2008): Comedic shows that last roughly half an hour. 34 wicks, 33 on-page examples
  • All examples are zero-context.
• Status Line (April 5th, 2008): A display element showing the current disposition of the player, e.g. score, health, ammo, etc. 135 wicks, 27 on-page examples Healthy Adequate
• 3 + 5 = 4 (April 5th, 2008): 28 wicks
• Pet Interface (April 7th, 2008): A sidekick (usually a pet) is used as a guide in the virtual world. 32 wicks
• Too Sexy for This Timeslot (May 12th, 2008): 26 wicks, 23 on-page examples; YMMV
• Only in America (May 17th, 2008): 29 wicks
• Dramatic Half-Hour (June 10th, 2008): A dramatic series that can be run for around 30 minutes. 74 wicks, 62 on-page examples Healthy Adequate
• Continuity Announcement (July 14th, 2008): A short announcement between programs that identifies the network. 124 wicks, 11 on-page examples Healthy Critical
• The Eyes Have It (September 14th, 2008): 31 wicks
• What Cliffhanger (October 1st, 2008): 34 wicks, 22 on-page examples
• Buzzsaw Jaw (November 3rd, 2008): Eating so fast that your mouth turns into a buzz. 31 wicks
  • Sub-Trope of Metaphoric Metamorphosis.
  • Lacks a laconic.
  • From News 2022-11
• Metaphysical Fuel (December 4th, 2008): Applied Phlebotinum is fueled by a metaphor. 33 wicks
• Clerk (December 9th, 2008): 34 wicks

2009 (3/49)

• Dangerous Terrain (January 9th, 2009): A battlefield dangerous for both parties. 32 wicks
• What Measure Is a Humanoid? (January 30th, 2009): 35 wicks
• Foreigner for a Day (January 23rd, 2009): 27 wicks, 20 on-page examples
• The Genie in the Machine (February 4th, 2009): 28 wicks
• Things Get Real (February 5th, 2009): 29 wicks
• Shot/Reverse Shot (February 17th, 2009): 35 wicks, 14 on-page examples
• Least Is First (February 25th, 2009): A lowest-status character steps forward first, shaming the higher-status ones into supporting a course of action. 59 wicks, 30 on-page examples Healthy Adequate
  • Shorten the laconic.
• Instant Mystery, Just Delete Scene (February 28th, 2009): 35 wicks
• From Special to Series (March 29th, 2009): 25 wicks, 30 on-page examples
• Curtain Fic (April 2nd, 2009): 35 wicks
• Ace Of Spades (April 14th, 2009): 35 wicks
• Everything-Is-Smashable Area (June 3rd, 2009): 26 wicks, 32 on-page examples
• Hollywood Game Design (July 19th, 2009): 31 wicks, 27 on-page examples
• Space Cossacks (July 19th, 2009): Space-faring outcasts existing on the fringes of galactic authority. 85 wicks, 44 on-page examples Healthy Adequate
  • Even after applying Wiki Magic, I'm struggling to see a pattern here.
• Spring-Loaded Corpse (July 21st, 2009): When an undead character or enemy is Faking the Dead only to rise up and attack. 32 wicks, 23 on-page examples
  • Shorten the laconic
• Allegory Adventure (July 31st, 2009): Aspects of one work symbolically or literally parallel another work. 25 wicks, 11 on-page examples
  • Sub-Trope of Shout-Out.
• Senseless Phagia (August 1st, 2009): Eating something gross without realizing it. 30 wicks
  • Fix laconic.
  • From News 2022-10
• Sorry I'm Late (August 8th, 2009): Lucky I found you in the nick of time, though. 33 wicks
  • Add page image.
  • Improve description.
  • Improve the laconic.
• Trick Shot Puzzle (August 14th, 2009): 33 wicks, 24 on-page examples
• Adminisphere (August 23rd, 2009): 31 wicks
• Law of Inverse Paternity (August 27th, 2009): 30 wicks, 22 on-page examples
• The Sons and the Spears (August 27th, 2009): Alone, we are weak. United, we are strong. Sticks make the perfect metaphor for that. 27 wicks, 40 on-page examples
• Return to Shooter(September 8th, 2009): 26 wicks, 24 on-page examples
• You Get Knocked Down, You Get Back Up Again (September 10th, 2009): 35 wicks
• Webcomic of the Game (September 19th, 2009): 27 wicks, 20 on-page examples
  • Needs example sorting.
• Now I Know What to Name Him (September 22nd, 2009): 32 wicks, 25 on-page examples
• Official Parody (October 10th, 2009): 34 wicks, 29 on-page examples
• Reviewer Stock Phrases (October 11th, 2009): The sophomoric cliches in the reviewer’s writing in an attempt to transcend the boundaries of writing. 34 wicks, 100+ on-page examples
• The Ship's Motor (October 12th, 2009): YMMV; 31 wicks
• Skybox (October 18th, 2009): Rendering a 3D game's sky as a cube that wraps around the world. 65 wicks, 37 on-page examples Healthy Adequate
• Full Circle Portraying (October 24th, 2009): Trivia; 27 wicks
• No Intelligent Life Here (October 25th, 2009): 32 wicks,
• SI Prefix Name (November 5th, 2009): 27 wicks
• Trouble Follows You Home (November 5th, 2009): Even your home is not safe from your enemies. 35 wicks
  • From News 2023-01
• Default Setting Syndrome (November 11th, 2009): YMMV. 32 wicks
  • Needs example sorting.
• You Are Already Checked In (November 11th, 2009): 29 wicks
• Wind Turbine Power (November 12th, 2009): 32 wicks
• This Song Goes Out to TV Tropes (November 30th, 2009): 30 wicks
  • Listed in Tropes Needing TRS for using the word "trope" as a placeholder, which is a deprecated practice.
• We Gotta Stop Meeting Like This (December 5th, 2009): 33 wicks
• Limelight Series (December 9th, 2009): A Day in the Limelight as a Spin-Off. 32 wicks, 18 on-page examples
• Stylistic Callback (December 9th, 2009): 29 wicks, 18 on-page examples
• I Say What I Say (December 11th, 2009): 33 wicks, 23 on-page examples
• Trend Covers (December 11th, 2009): 25 wicks
  • Fix weird soft split.
  • All but ten examples are commented out due to lack of context.
• Title: Requiem (December 18th, 2009): 28 wicks, 54 on-page examples
  • Listed in the TRS Queue.
• Making the Masterpiece (December 20th, 2009): 35 wicks, 28 on-page examples
• First and Foremost (December 21st, 2009): 35 wicks, 88 on-page examples
  • Needs example sorting
• That Sounds Familiar (December 21st, 2009): 34 wicks, 30 on-page examples
• Chic and Awe (December 22nd, 2009): 34 wicks
• Puppet Gun (December 30th, 2009): 33 wicks, 44 on-page examples

36+ wicks but low on examples (medium priority):

Total: 42 tropes.

2007 (0/13)

June 14th, 2007

• And Man Grew Proud: A civilization collapses due to hubris. 302 wicks, 12 on-page examples
• Catch-Phrase Spouting Duo: 52 wicks, 17 on-page examples
• Comedic Hero: 104 wicks, 19 on-page examples
• Fade In: 157 wicks, 5 on-page examples
  Fade Out: 204 wicks, 5 on-page examples
  • Lack laconics.
  • Related tropes: Black Screen of Death, Every Episode Ending, Everything Fades, Dissolve, Fade Around the Eyes, Fading Away, Fading into the Next Song, Hard Cut, Iris Out, Offscreen Inertia, and Sexy Discretion Shot.
  • Wouldn't it be better to merge them into Fading Transition? Both are essentially the same concept, just that one it's at the start and the other at the end. Except, when it's a transition from one scene to another, there's no difference.
  • Wick check:
    • Just fade in:
    • Just fade out:
    • Cross-fade:
    • Fade in then fade out:
  • From News 2021-07
• Irregular Series: 36 wicks
• Plot-Sensitive Snooping Skills: 39 wicks, 20 on-page examples
  • Possibly misleading name.
• Scary Minority Suspect: An immoral-seeming Token Minority character is portrayed as a likely suspect of a crime. 55 wicks, 15 on-page examples
  • From News 2021-09
• Unflappable Guardian: An imperturbable mentor or caretaker. 41 wicks, 19 on-page examples
• "You!" Squared: Two or more characters shout "You?!" at the same time. 50 wicks, 13 on-page examples

• Fashionable Evil (July 23rd, 2007): 42 wicks, 6 on-page examples
• Motifs (September 13th, 2007): 867 wicks, 1 on-page example
• Chains of Love (October 10th, 2007): 44 wicks, 15 on-page examples

2008 (0/12)

• Killer Robot (January 13th, 2008): An intelligent non-living automaton designed to end human life. 2468 wicks, 18 on-page examples
• In and Out of Character (January 14th, 2008): Time stops when RPG players chatter over game mechanics. 70 wicks, 12 on-page examples
  • From News 2022-02
• Sic 'Em (January 31st, 2008): The villain orders his underlings to take out the hero. 47 wicks, 18 on-page examples
• More Than Infinite (March 2nd, 2008): Something is infinite, so something needs to go beyond that. 44 wicks, 15 on-page examples
• Dizzy Cam (May 25th, 2008): 37 wicks, 10 on-page examples
• Puzzle Pan (June 5th, 2008): 44 wicks, 15 on-page examples
• Original Video Animation (June 22nd, 2008): 1352 wicks, 2 on-page examples
• Political Cartoons (June 30th, 2008): 63 wicks, 1 on-page example
• Itasha (September 16th, 2008): Let me show you how much I love my anime by pasting decals of the characters on my car. 50 wicks, 19 on-page examples
• Ban on Politics (September 25th, 2008): 102 wicks, 16 on-page examples
• This Is a Competition (October 14th, 2008): 138 wicks, 18 on-page examples
• Cold Cash (October 20th, 2008): Hiding valuables in a freezer or refrigerator. 39 wicks
  • From News 2021-12

2009 (0/17)

• Superpower Silly Putty (April 14th, 2009): A person who gains extremely volatile superpowers that come and go frequently. 44 wicks, 15 on-page examples
• Dramatic Stutter (July 9th, 2009): 92 wicks, 19 examples
• Small Towns (July 10th, 2009): 60 wicks, 1 on-page example
• Doomed Contrarian (July 20th, 2009): 57 wicks, 18 on-page examples
• On Patrol Montage (July 23rd, 2009): A montage of a new hero doing a series of heroic deeds to display what can be done and how the world reacts. 36 wicks, 14 on-page examples
  • Shorten the laconic
• Kinetic Clicking (July 25th, 2009): Cool clicking sounds used to indicate off-screen actions. 36 wicks, 15 on-page examples
• No-Holds-Barred Contest (August 1st, 2009): 48 wicks, 17 on-page examples
• Dead End Job (August 18th, 2009): A job position that gets constantly replaced by whatever new character the show wants to introduce. 42 wicks, 10 on-page examples
• Spartan Sibling (August 29th, 2009): Family members don’t care if bad things happen to each other because they think each has to make it on their own. 40 wicks, 9 on-page examples
  • Shorten the laconic.
• The Tramp (September 24th, 2009): 96 wicks, 14 on-page examples
• Slumber Party Ploy (October 20th, 2009): 38 wicks, 16 on-page examples
  • Shorten the laconic.
• Seeker White Blood Cells (October 22nd, 2009): 50 wicks, 18 on-page examples
  • Check the description's 'Real Life' section for scientific accuracy.
• Spy Bot (November 2nd, 2009): 57 wicks, 14 on-page examples
• Awesomeness Withdrawal (November 19th, 2009): A lapse of depression directly caused by the ending of something So Cool, It's Awesome. YMMV; 134 wicks, 4 on-page examples
• Revenge Against Men (November 21st, 2009): A mistreated/scorned woman motivated to take revenge on men in general. 37 wicks
  • Of the 31 examples, only 18 are properly contextualized, that's why I'm including it.
• Character Roster Global Warming (December 17th, 2009): New games in a series rarely add more slow but powerful characters. 48 wicks, 20 on-page examples
• Strawman Emotional (December 23rd, 2009): 48 wicks, 11 on-page examples

Example-less (variable priority):

Check where they are super-tropes erroneously categorized as indexes. Total: 24 tropes.

2007 (0/9)

June 14th, 2007

• Dissolve: 44 wicks
• The Firefly Effect: Not getting into a new show because you fear it will be canceled quickly. YMMV; 100 wicks
  • It has 1 video example.
  • Shorten the laconic.
• Hard Cut: 44 wicks
• Premiere: 32 wicks
• Sci-Fi Name Buzzwords: 37 wicks
• Super Hero: 2344 wicks
• The Tag: A post-climax mini-act. 637 wicks
  • Lacks a laconic.
• Wipe: 60 wicks

• Treasure Hunter (August 26th, 2007): 89 wicks

2008 (0/8)

• Body Snatcher (February 17th, 2008): A person's body is taken over by some foreign intelligence. 724 wicks
• Three Cameras (April 6th, 2008): 38 wicks
• Tracking Shot (April 22nd, 2008): 31 wicks
• Super Villain (May 11th, 2008): 782 wicks
• Dramatic Hour Long (June 10th, 2008): 35 wicks
• Over the Shoulder (June 11th, 2008): 45 wicks
• Russian Humour (September 28th, 2008): 154 wicks
• Plot Bunny (December 18th, 2008): A story idea is very persistent in the creator's mind or breeds more ideas. 34 wicks

2009 (0/7)

• Loyal Animal Companion (March 10th, 2009): 1152 wicks
• Target Audience (April 25th, 2009): 106 wicks
• Letterbox (June 8th, 2009): 94 wicks
• Door Jam (July 15th, 2009): 35 wicks
• Hollywood Economics (August 2nd, 2009): 30 wicks
• Video Game Tutorial (August 13th, 2009): 309 wicks
• Stock Evil Overlord Tactics (October 13th, 2009): 27 wicks

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