History Main / CharacteristicTrope

* ''VideoGame/Crysis'' is best known for being a TechDemoGame, the the point where it was used as a benchmark for gaming hardware years after its release, and any subsequent game that pushes the boundaries of what can be achieved with contemporary gaming hardware will be compared to ''Crysis''.

* When you see a SongParody, you probably immediately think of Music/WeirdAlYankovic. It's probably why so many of them are [[Misattributed misattributed to him]].

** VaderBreath; many examples listed on the trope page are clearly deliberate ShoutOuts to the original.

* {{Metroidvania}} is heavily associated with the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' and post-''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Symphony of the Night'']] ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series.

* {{Metroidvania}} is heavily associated with the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' and post-[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight ''Symphony of the Night'']] ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series.

The {{dead horse|Trope}} counterpart to this trope would be StockParodies. See also FountainOfExpies for character-specific examples, JustForFun/OneMarioLimit for name-specific examples, StockShoutOuts, and WholePlotReference. Compare TropeCodifier and TropeNamers, which both identify a work for becoming well known for a trope, but not necessarily laying such claims on future use of it. Contrast UrExample, which is when a work uses what will eventually become a trope, but wasn't actually one at the time. See also FollowTheLeader for intentional trope invocation based off of that one particular work. If a work is the TropeNamer for a trope, there's a good chance this trope is in effect--doubly so if the name of the work itself appears in the trope name--though this isn't always the case.

The {{dead horse|Trope}} counterpart to this trope would be StockParodies. See also FountainOfExpies for character-specific examples, JustForFun/OneMarioLimit for name-specific examples, StockShoutOuts, and WholePlotReference. Compare TropeCodifier and TropeNamers, which both identify a work for becoming well known for a trope, but not necessarily laying such claims on future use of it. Contrast UrExample, which is when a work uses what will eventually become a trope, but wasn't actually one at the time. See also FollowTheLeader for intentional trope invocation based off of that one particular work.

* Any NintendoHard video game will invariably draw comparisons to ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', to the point where it's become cliche to refer to something as "X meets Dark Souls" when a franchise entry spikes in difficulty.

* Since 1954, you can't make a {{Kaiju}} movie without ''Film/Godzilla'' being brought to mind.

* Since 1954, you can't make a {{Kaiju}} movie without ''Franchise/Godzilla'' being brought to mind.

Some tropes may be more characteristic in some circles than others. For example, while the iconic PlayboyBunny suit is too characteristic of the Magazine/{{Playboy}} franchise to be seen in Western works, it's ubiquitous in {{anime}}. FanMyopia can also play a part for works that are well-known within a specific niche, but are virtually unknown outside of that niche. A fan of WebAnimation/YouTubePoop will immediately think of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames King Harkinian]] upon seeing an AdiposeRex in another work, but anyone who isn't familiar with either WebAnimation/YouTubePoop or VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDIGames won't think anything of it. This page mainly concerns tropes that are universally characteristic to a well-known work.

The {{dead horse|Trope}} counterpart to this trope would be StockParodies. See also FountainOfExpies for character-specific examples, JustForFun/OneMarioLimit for name-specific examples, StockShoutOuts, and WholePlotReference. Compare TropeCodifier and TropeNamers, which both identify a work for becoming well known for a trope, but not necessarily laying such claims on future use of it. Contrast UrExample, which is when a work uses what will eventually become a trope, but wasn't actually one at the time; and FromClonesToGenre, for when a trope becomes too saturated within a genre to remain characteristic to a certain work. See also FollowTheLeader for intentional trope invocation based off of that one particular work.

* As the trope name implies, the IndyEscape is one to ''Franchise/IndianaJones''. If it isn't a ShoutOut in and of itself, audiences will start humming the ''Indiana Jones'' theme to themselves as they see the boulder rolling towards the character on the screen.

* Almost all ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' [[DarkFic Dark Fics]] are in some way connected to ''{{Fanfic/Cupcakes}}'', be it through the use of the same tropes ([[RunningGag a favorite]] being [[VasquezAlwaysDies Rainbow Dash as the victim]]) or even through the use of a ShoutOut or TakeThat. Even a reference to Pinkie Pie having straight hair or acting crazier than usual will do it.

* Literature/TheBible is one of the most influential works in Western civilization, making [[BiblicalMotifs every notable trope it uses]] characteristic to it. [[UpToEleven This even happens to]] [[HijackedByJesus mythologies, religions, and works that have been developed independently from it]].

* In a darker example, many tropes associated with UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler or [[ThoseWackyNazis the Nazis]] have become this due to the two's infamy, even if such tropes dated before them and originally had benign connotations. For example, the swastika was originally [[NonNaziSwastika a symbol of good luck]] (and was created independently in several cultures) before it became specifically associated with the Nazi party, whereas the Bellamy salute was discontinued in the United States to avoid replicating the similar Nazi salute.

The {{dead horse|Trope}} counterpart to this trope would be StockParodies. See also FountainOfExpies for character-specific examples, JustForFun/OneMarioLimit for name-specific examples, StockShoutOuts, and WholePlotReference. Compare TropeCodifier and TropeNamer, which both identify a work for becoming well known for a trope, but not necessarily laying such claims on future use of it. Contrast UrExample, which is when a work uses what will eventually become a trope, but wasn't actually one at the time; and FromClonesToGenre, for when a trope becomes too saturated within a genre to remain characteristic to a certain work. See also FollowTheLeader for intentional trope invocation based off of that one particular work.

For that matter, most of the {{trope}}s in this catalogue which are actually [[TropeNamer named for a particular show]] are probably so characteristic of those shows that it's dangerous to use them if you can't handle the association. Sorry if you're disappointed about it, but you want the truth? [[Film/AfewGoodMen You can't handle the truth!]]

* There are particular styles of TechnoBabble that are distinctly ''Franchise/StarTrek''.