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8 46Change vs Status Quo (adopted by skewview)
Conflict between people who want to change the world and those who don't.
Created: Oct 21st 2023 at 11:12:57 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
0 42Fantasy Creep (launching 4th May if no more major changes)
A work features more and more frequent fantasy or supernatural elements central to the plot as it progresses.
Created: Apr 15th 2015 at 6:11:39 PM
18 37Animal Fiction (Up For Grabs)
An index of works featuring primarily animal characters. Now open for non-game media — please add/suggest relevant works!
Created: Nov 18th 2021 at 10:20:43 AM
0 6Subtitles Instead Of Dialog
Subtitles used to convey dialog without voice acting within a medium that normally has voice acting.
Created: Sep 5th 2014 at 11:45:09 AM
4 30Animals Driving Cars
An animal can drive a car or any other vehicle, regardless of their anatomy and brain capacity in real life.
Created: May 3rd 2023 at 2:14:33 PM
13 23Handkerchief Comfort And Blowing
Character A offers crying Character B a handkerchief and/or substitute similar to a handkerchief or Character A has a handkerchief and/or substitute similar to a handkerchief to comfort him/herself with while crying
Created: Jun 13th 2022 at 5:37:31 AM
31 42Our Monsters Are Unstereotypical
Fantastic character has a very unstereotypic attribute.
Created: Jun 2nd 2011 at 6:44:09 PM
11 48Censor-Friendly Representation
A brief moment of non-subtextual homosexuality or gender ambiguity, which can be cut in queerphobic markets.
Created: Nov 28th 2023 at 4:55:16 PM
18 23Stock Cartoon Depictions (formerly Stock Cartoon Animal Depictions) (grabbed by PlanetOfThePrimates)
Things that are portrayed in a certain way that is exclusive to animated and illustrated media.
Created: Apr 14th 2022 at 4:07:24 PM
2 28Mistaken for Drunk (Up For Grabs)
When a character does something which makes them look like they're drunk or have been drinking.
Created: Jul 26th 2021 at 5:20:44 PM
7 33Renowned For Their Hair
A character's comely hair is a defining character trait.
Created: Sep 1st 2018 at 5:21:34 PM
2 82Protagonists Grow Into Poor Parents (Up For Grabs)
The Protagonist grows up and has kids- but turns out to be bad at parenting.
Created: Jun 16th 2020 at 10:10:23 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
7 29Emotional Code Switching (formerly Native Language Shift) (adopted by jhonsogflint)
Character reverts to their native language when surprised, scared, excited or annoyed - Title crowner here: Link
Created: May 21st 2011 at 7:46:17 PM
0 32The Unifier (Up For Adoption)
A character who gathers multiple groups under their name, not always by choice.
Created: Nov 27th 2012 at 2:21:15 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
8 60Bubbly Blonde (Up For Grabs)
A blonde character with a bubbly personality.
Created: Oct 4th 2017 at 6:39:43 PM
6 24Pointlessly Possessive
A character has something they don't need (or want) but refuses to let anyone else have it.
Created: Jan 10th 2019 at 10:47:08 AM
A character has something they don't need (or want) but refuses to let anyone else have it.
Sponsor: DrSleep Created: Jan 10th 2019 at 10:47:08 AM Last reply: Apr 12th 2024 at 5:10:22 AM by ThrawnCA View draft
2 32Metaphorical Suicide
A despondent character willingly resigns themself to a fate similar to death without actually dying.
Created: Aug 20th 2023 at 12:48:17 PM