You have a trope that you have seen a million times. It just needs a snappy name. Discuss it here! This is also a good place to call for examples.
How this works: Cruise through the list looking for a title or synopsis (which we call the 'laconic version') that might interest you. View the draft description with attached discussion, then give the sponsor your feedback and maybe an example or two of where you have seen the trope in media.
Have an awesome idea but think it might already exist? Check the Trope Finder or explore the TV Trope indexes to see whether another troper beat you to the punch.
Please see the TLP Guidelines for the full etiquette of TLP.
0 16Living Life By The Text (Needs Examples)
When a character uses a rulebook, guidebook, lesson course, or statistics to help themselves through life, with often-restrictive results.
Created: Sep 3rd 2021 at 11:38:36 PM
0 11Being the Brush
When a character douses themself in paint, and uses their body to paint the canvas.
Created: May 19th 2024 at 9:32:01 PM
2 4Forgotten Fingerprint
A criminal commits what they think is The Perfect Crime, only to discover they left behind fingerprints, DNA, etc. on something they forgot they handled
Created: May 14th 2024 at 3:44:05 AM
9 61Brainless, Spineless, and Heartless
A type of Power Trio where one character lacks intelligence, one lacks courage, and one lacks empathy. [Adopted by Asterlix]
Created: Sep 2nd 2022 at 1:26:39 PM
0 17Version Exclusive Boss
A boss fight is added in, removed, or altered in different versions of the same game, or new bosses are added in.
Created: Apr 7th 2024 at 11:07:17 AM
0 9Poppies of Sleep
The poppy flower is associated with sleep, dreaming, and death.
Created: May 10th 2024 at 9:05:38 AM
7 5Horny Truckers
All highway truckers are horndogs. [NEEDS EXAMPLES]
Created: May 21st 2024 at 10:24:24 AM
3 17Deadly Game Of Chance (launching 1/6)
A villain uses a game of chance to decide whether a character will be killed, or at least harmed.
Created: Apr 30th 2024 at 2:45:37 PM
0 23Disrespectful Feet on a Desk
A character puts their feet on a desk/table to display their smugness, disrespect, and impoliteness.
Created: May 7th 2023 at 5:12:30 PM
9 0Jurassic Quake
A large creature or machine causes a liquid to tremble, foreshadowing its arrival.
4 18Myth / Morgan Le Fay (aiming to launch on May 24th, 12:00 BST)
A female magic user in Arthurian Legend, often villainized as an Evil Sorceress.
Created: Apr 14th 2024 at 4:55:54 PM
3 12Election Denial
When a democratic process is ignored or declared invalid by the losing party. Drama and/or Hilarity Ensues.
Created: May 12th 2024 at 3:44:51 PM
1 9Zener Cards
Cards used in parapsychology to measure Psychic Powers. Often used as a shorthand for psychic tropes.
Created: May 9th 2024 at 9:47:13 PM
10 10Artificial Impregnation
Getting pregnant through artificial means
Created: Nov 23rd 2023 at 9:37:57 AM
1 31Terrified Transformation Witness (LAUCHING ON THE 25th)
A character reacts to another character's transformation - the moment or the aftermath - with shock and fear.
Created: May 6th 2024 at 7:35:40 AM
0 7Fanning the Hammer
A gunslinger uses their hand or thumb to "fan" the hammer of a single-action revolver to greatly increase the gun's fire rate.
3 2Metaphysical Energy Manipulation
The ability to manipulate a metaphysical Power Source.
Created: May 13th 2024 at 8:33:29 PM
14 5Cool Armor
Awsome and well decorated armor
Created: Jan 20th 2024 at 8:07:41 PM
1 7Opposites Juxtaposition Tropes "Launch in 24 hrs: 1:00 p.m. Friday, May 24, 2024 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
Tropes for the juxtaposition of opposites.
Created: May 20th 2024 at 7:52:57 AM
Tropes for the juxtaposition of opposites.
Sponsor: Malady Created: May 20th 2024 at 7:52:57 AM Last reply: 13 hours ago by walkenfan View draft
1 13Character Opens Up (Formerly "Be More Social" Plot)
A plot where an introverted character tries to be more social.
Created: May 15th 2024 at 5:19:24 PM