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0 41Zoomed-Out Reframing Gag
From a distance, this dramatic scene is more comedic than dramatic
Created: Apr 14th 2022 at 10:24:23 AM
0 41Behavioral Transformation First
A physical transformation is foreshadowed by a change in behavior.
Created: Apr 9th 2022 at 7:49:07 PM
14 41[Just For Fun] Can You Pet The Dog? (Grabbed by PlanetOfThePrimates)
Index of games where you can or cannot pet the dog
Created: Mar 23rd 2020 at 10:31:13 AM
0 41Cartoon Suction Cups (grabbed by AmourLeFou)
All cartoon suction cups are red and stick to anything
Created: Apr 25th 2014 at 4:08:23 PM
0 40Accidental Injury Guilt (launch when scope is settled)
A character accidentally injures someone they care about and is wracked with guilt.
Created: Feb 21st 2024 at 5:02:54 PM
0 40Lady Vessel (Launching 5/5)
A vessel (boat, car, ship, airplane, or starship) is treated as if it was a living woman.
Created: Mar 14th 2016 at 10:35:53 AM
0 40Adaptational Consistency
An adaptation alters a work featuring Early Installment Weirdness to make it more in line with other works in the franchise.
Created: Oct 10th 2022 at 12:51:56 PM
1 39Summoned by Sobbing
A character's weeping attracts the attention of someone who will either help or hurt them.
Created: Mar 5th 2023 at 11:47:42 AM
15 39Riding In The Palms Of Giants
A larger character lifts and carries a smaller character in their hand.
Created: Apr 21st 2023 at 6:35:17 PM
3 39Wing Whack Attack
Using the wings as an offensive bludgeoning weapon. Sister Trope to Razor Wings. Looking for help with description expansion.
Created: Apr 8th 2018 at 6:12:17 PM
0 39Centerfold Gag (Grabbed by El Buen Cuate)
A character opens a magazine centerfold, parodying a Playboy centerfold and implying sexual, shocking, or pleasing content.
Created: Jan 1st 2015 at 4:08:07 PM
5 39Our Bugbears Are Different (title crowner)
The archetypal or "default" monster — a big, hairy thing that lives to scare others. Title crowner
Created: Aug 4th 2017 at 5:44:13 PM
1 38Gratuitous Chinese
Using Chinese instead of the work's usual language in a non-Chinese language work. 時在原本不用中文作品內使用中文。 (adopted by AquaEclipse)
Created: Mar 10th 2024 at 4:59:46 AM
1 38Mistaken For Name (24h launch notice)
Characters humorously misunderstand or misinterpret cues or phrases as names
Created: Aug 22nd 2023 at 4:07:38 PM
3 38Updated Origin Story
A character's origin is retconned to fit with changing times.
Created: Jan 4th 2012 at 1:08:54 PM
4 38Last Level, New Rules
The final level of a video game discards or alters some of the core gameplay mechanics to signal a raise in the stakes.
Created: Aug 11th 2013 at 3:18:41 PM
7 38Visceral Robot
Mechanical robots with artificial, organic-like traits
Created: May 25th 2013 at 10:31:04 AM
3 38Brutal Butcher
Meat cutters in fiction are Ax Crazy murderers.
Created: Feb 3rd 2023 at 1:39:45 PM
Meat cutters in fiction are Ax Crazy murderers.
Sponsor: Unnerving_Posterior Created: Feb 3rd 2023 at 1:39:45 PM Last reply: Apr 7th 2024 at 10:04:57 PM by MGD107 View draft
2 41The Replacement Nobody Likes (Up For Grabs)
A character was replaced. The others are not happy.
Created: Jun 8th 2021 at 7:04:44 PM