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11 11Age Based Insult
An insult based on age, or implying age to use as an insult.
Created: Nov 2nd 2020 at 7:47:05 PM
11 8 No Denouement
An ending to a story that just stops, giving no following up on existing plot points or aftermath of a situation.
Created: Sep 19th 2020 at 1:19:34 PM
11 11Coverup Crime
A crime committed to conceal another crime
Created: Oct 19th 2013 at 12:41:00 PM
10 7Impossible Eating Dare
Challenge: eat a stupidly large or spicy amount of food. Failure is the only option.
Created: Sep 26th 2012 at 11:05:29 AM
10 44Fixed Adaptation
An adaptation is altered to put it up to date with either social convention or current science.
Created: Jan 11th 2012 at 3:28:38 PM
10 12Social Punk
Also called "Uber Punk" (the Uber taxi-alternative service); doesn't have punks so much as a disillusioned, burned-out middle class, however it has prompted the redefinition of Punk Punk as "authors in the genre already call it that".
Created: Jun 26th 2016 at 8:40:29 PM
10 10Heroic Dimples
People with dimples in their cheeks are kind-hearted, innocent, and brave. Always.
Created: Feb 3rd 2018 at 6:00:01 AM
10 22BBQ Episode
An episode that takes place at a barbecue.
Created: Feb 19th 2015 at 9:38:40 PM
10 4Superior Twin, Inferior Twin (More Examples Required, Please)
A twin being better than the other.
Created: Jul 21st 2021 at 3:29:12 PM
10 26The Group Died With Him
When a member's death or departure results in the group disbanding
Created: Jul 12th 2021 at 1:11:54 AM
10 11Signature Album
An artist's most popular and/or most defining album
Created: May 1st 2022 at 10:36:31 AM
10 7Sonic Shockwave
A sound so loud it causes physical destruction or is capable of knocking a character off their feet
Created: Jun 29th 2021 at 5:22:00 PM
10 8Mixed-Race Parentage Reveal
The biological parent a character is searching for was there all along, but was of a different ethnicity.
Created: Jul 20th 2022 at 1:04:59 PM
10 5Easily Angered Beauty
An attractive person with an unexpectedly short temper.
Created: Sep 19th 2021 at 3:17:10 AM
10 18Devoted Fan Bonus Detail
A Derivative Work can be easily followed by a newcomer but is best enjoyed by fans who can spot the Mythology Gags.
Created: Apr 29th 2023 at 1:12:48 AM
10 10Creativity Hostage by Audience
Authors are prevented from doing what they want by popular clamor
Created: Dec 14th 2022 at 3:14:42 PM
10 20Stock Analog Television
A small TV with dials. Often has antennas.
Created: Mar 23rd 2022 at 9:00:26 PM
10 8Everybad
A bad guy that can be put in any villainous role.
Created: Nov 15th 2022 at 4:26:34 PM
A bad guy that can be put in any villainous role.
Sponsor: dimentiorules Created: Nov 15th 2022 at 4:26:34 PM Last reply: Nov 21st 2022 at 4:34:16 PM by DrNoPuma View draft
11 26Arthropod Abomination
Arthropods as Eldritch Abominations
Created: Oct 18th 2019 at 12:13:50 PM