What was the first trope you saw on TVTropes?

The first page on TV Tropes I ever visited was Naruto, so whatever was the first trope there was the first trope I saw.

No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine. Thank you, Darths & Droids annotations.

Edited by AngrokVa on Nov 29th 2020 at 8:27:34 AM

Unflinching Walk.

Getting Crap Past the Radar. When I was 12, I found any reference to sex amusing even though I didn't really understand it. Now the trope is being reworked to discourage people like tween!me from being immature.

Status Quo Is God. The term kept getting mentioned in one of The Mysterious Mr. Enter's 2013 or 2014 videos—it was a Spongebob or Family Guy review, I think—so I looked up the term out of curiosity and discovered this wiki. While I don't watch his content anymore, Mr. Enter is how I discovered TV Tropes.

I believe it was Affably Evil.

I believe it was American Kirby Is Hardcore. Saw it through the link in Knowyourmeme.com in the comment section in U.S. Kirby Box Cover entry. The rest is history.

I think it was either Potty Emergency or A Dog Ate My Homework.

My memory is fuzzy, but I can remember that it was Hailfire Peaks, while the second I was Planet Heck (when it was known as "Bonus Level of Hell"). It was in April 2009, while I was browsing from a cyber cafe in my university during my free hours. I was looking for information on video games, and was curious to know if there was some Internet site noting the similarities between Hailfire Peaks from Banjo-Tooie and Freezeframe Galaxy.

Interchangeable Asian Cultures.

The entire Video Game Tropes page - I was looking for some generic JRPG tropes to riff on and I ended up here. It'd be another few months until I actually got an account for this place.

Mine was Sick Episode for some reason.

Cats Are Mean.

I was searching if a movie was based on a real event and i ended in Reality Is Unrealistic

I dunno, but it did have Reality Is Unrealistic in it's description.

Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp"

I actually cannot remember, since it was an external website that lead me here, but I do recall Fartillery being one of them, so let's consider that one the first Trope I saw.

EDIT NOTE: It was back in April 2020 that I actually first saw this website, but it wouldn't be until August that year that I would get an account here.

Edited by SmilyTrope112 on Jun 21st 2021 at 11:56:59 AM

I think mine was Getting Crap Past the Radar. Too bad that doesn't exist anymore.^* I know it didn't get cut, but with the way it's being used now, it might as well not exist.

Not a Trope, but a series. My friend turned me to this site and I saw The ClueFinders page as my first foray into this website. I remember thinking to myself “man, this page is kind of sparse.”

Edited by Logerith12 on Jun 21st 2021 at 7:31:03 AM

Webcomic.Tamuran back in like 2010

Someone made a tvtropes page and the author posted a link to it

Edited by Tremmor19 on Jun 23rd 2021 at 1:43:37 PM

Love Is a Weakness

I remember being angry at my parents when I was 11, and tried to find an answer to the question “why are adults so useless?”

Then I stumbled upon Adults Are Useless.

Either Berserk Button or all lowercase letters.

Edited by kaiida on Dec 14th 2021 at 2:31:44 AM

At this point I have no idea, but Hammerspace is a likely candidate. Someone posted a link to the site in the comments of a long-running fandom comic; I'm unsure whether it was Springaling or Handplates, but the former comic used the concept of hammerspace fairly regularly.

Suspiciously Similar Song.