History Main / PurpleProse

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', Luz's favorite fantasy book series “The Good Witch Azura” is written in extremely flowery (not to mention redundant and repetitive) prose.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'':

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', Luz's favourite fantasy book series “The Good Witch Azura” is written in extremely flowery (not to mention redundant and repetitive) prose.
-->''"You shall not shan’t doeth no more harm" Azura callethed out all in the native tongue of her foe most formidable. Hecate could only screech, screecheth did she, for the screeching did worseneth…''\\

Several excellent examples, things of beauty and confusion, can be found on the [[Quotes/PurpleProse quotes page]]. This trope does not cover works in a ''florid'' but not ''intrusive'' style -- the sacrifice of Utility on the altar of Eloquence is an essential feature of Purple Prose. It should also be noted that Purple Prose usually pairs flamboyant vocabulary with fairly plain grammar (that can get outright primitive in extreme cases) which differentiates it from true SesquipedalianLoquaciousness. Bear in mind that Administrivia/TropesAreTools. Some of the examples below are intentional: the Purple Prose is a stylistic choice, a comedic turn or in aid of characterisation.

Compare contrastingly with the phenomenon given the appellation of BeigeProse. Seek furthermore the silicon entries known as: WallsOfText, SesquipedalianLoquaciousness, BurlyDetectiveSyndrome, and MeaninglessMeaningfulWords. MillsAndBoonProse is a SubTrope; furthermore, that affliction known as SaidBookism is a customary peculiarity of this mode of communication. The most rococo of NarrativeFiligree may a'times shade into this. Some communications open on the traditional [[ItWasADarkAndStormyNight Dark and Stormy Night]]. When narrators characterise their visual appearance via a DescriptionInTheMirror, the resultant prose oftentimes can be purple. See also NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom, for when this is applied to names.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Applies in-universe to the smut fanfic referenced in "The Cameo," described as "featuring some of the most overripe prose since Creator/EdwardBulwerLytton's heyday." The few oblique references made to the writing fully support this.

-->''Mario can't die. The game won't let him. However many things are thrown at him, in however many ways he is brutally maimed, mortality will not escape him. For a time, that is. He will continue to be sustained by whatever dark force or sick mind that drives the rest of these occurrences to passing until the game's eventual end, in which he will ruefully and painfully perish.''[[labelnote:Without Purple Prose]]"Mario can't die, because the game won't let him. No matter how much pain he goes through, he'll continue to suffer until the game is completed, and only then will he finally die."[[/labelnote]]

* Far too many a {{Creepypasta}} read as though their author just browsed through a dictionary while coming up with the dialogue and text. ''Fanfic/BloodWhistle'' is a perfect example; it almost seems allergic to using simpler descriptions, instead going on grandiose rambles about things that could easily be summarised in a single sentence or two rather than a whole paragraph.

--->''Mario can't die. The game won't let him. However many things are thrown at him, in however many ways he is brutally maimed, mortality will not escape him. For a time, that is. He will continue to be sustained by whatever dark force or sick mind that drives the rest of these occurrences to passing until the game's eventual end, in which he will ruefully and painfully perish.''[[labelnote:Without Purple Prose]]"Mario can't die, because the game won't let him. No matter how much pain he goes through, he'll continue to suffer until the game is completed, and only then will he finally die."[[/labelnote]]

--->''Mario can't die. The game won't let him. However many things are thrown at him, in however many ways he is brutally maimed, mortality will not escape him. For a time, that is. He will continue to be sustained by whatever dark force or sick mind that drives the rest of these occurrences to passing until the game's eventual end, in which he will ruefully and painfully perish.''[[labelnote:Without Purple Prose]]"Mario can't die, because the game won't let him, no matter how much pain he goes through. He'll continue to suffer until the game is completed, and only then will he finally die."[[/labelnote]]

* Far too many a {{Creepypasta}} read as though their author just browsed through a dictionary while coming up with the dialogue and text. ''Fanfic/BloodWhistle'' is a perfect example; it almost seems allergic to using simpler descriptions, instead going on grandiose rambles about things that could easily be summarised in a single sentence rather than a whole paragraph.
--->''Mario can't die. The game won't let him. However many things are thrown at him, in however many ways he is brutally maimed, mortality will not escape him. For a time, that is. He will continue to be sustained by whatever dark force or sick mind that drives the rest of these occurrences to passing until the game's eventual end, in which he will ruefully and painfully perish.''[[labelnote:Without Purple Prose]]"Mario can't die, because the game won't let him. He'll continue to suffer until the game is completed, and only then will he finally die.[[/labelnote]]

* Far too many a {{Creepypasta}} read as though their author just browsed through a dictionary while coming up with the dialogue and text. ''Fanfic/BloodWhistle'' is a perfect example.