History NoRealLife / NarrativeCharacterizationAndPlotTropes

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-> ''"In a movie, a character can make a decision and then walk away from the camera across the street and make the credits roll, freezing life in a perfect happily ever after. But in the real world, after you cross the street... you have to go home. The world goes on."''
--> -- '''Jack Angstreich''', ''Cinemania'' (2002)

These tropes, for which evidence in RealLife is disputed, require an author of a story to make a conscious storytelling decision, or otherwise involve the context within or outside of a work. Compare NoRealLife/ImpossibleInRealLife, which involves InUniverse scenarios that can't happen in the real world.

'''NOTE:''' Please consult [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13350380440A15238800 the Real Life section maintenance thread]] if you want to propose adding a trope here.
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild
* AdventureDuo
* AdventureFriendlyWorld
* AerithAndBob
* AgeStereotypicalFood
* AllJustADream
* AlmostKiss
* AlternateAesopInterpretation
* AluminumChristmasTrees
* AmericaWonWorldWarII
* AndTheAdventureContinues
* AndIMustScream
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling - Also potentially gossip
* AnticlimaxBoss
* AnyoneCanDie - also too common because indeed, anyone in RealLife can die.
* ArchEnemy - Also a morality trope.
* TheArtOfBraRemoval
* AstronomicZoom
* BabiesEverAfter
* BadassDecay
* BaldHeadOfToughness
* BaldOFAuthority
* BarrierMaiden - Also impossible in real life.
* BeautifulAllAlong - Also a sexuality trope.
* BettyAndVeronica
* BettyAndVeronicaSwitch
* BespectacledCutie – Also too common in real life and a sexuality trope.
* BetterIfNotBornPlot - Saying somebody shouldn't have been born is not a good idea and there is no way in real life to see or visit an alternate timeline where they weren't.
* BewareTheSillyOnes
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment
* BirthdayEpisode
* BittersweetEnding
* BizarreAndImprobableBallistics
* BizarreTasteInFood
* BlackDudeDiesFirst
* BlackVikings
* BreakingTheFourthWall
* BreatherEpisode
* BrilliantButLazy
* BrokenAesop
* BrokenBird
* BrokeEpisode
* BulletTime
* BuryYourGays
* ButtMonkey - We all run into bad luck now and then. We can't know for sure who has it worse, and that doesn't mean it was ''meant'' to be that way.
* CantYouReadTheSign
* CastHerd
* CelibateEccentricGenius
* CensoredChildDeath
* CharacterDerailment [[invoked]]
* ChekhovsGunman
* TheChosenOne
* TheChosenMany
* ChristmasEpisode
* ChummyCommies
* ComMons - Real world animals are not Mons.
* ContrivedCoincidence
* ConvenientlyClosePlanet
* ControlFreak
* CoolOldGuy - also too common
* CoolOldLady - also too common
* CorruptedCharacterCopy - also a morality trope.
* CrapsaccharineWorld - also too controversial.
* CrapsackWorld - also too controversial.
* CreditsGag
* CurbstompCushion
* DarkerAndEdgier - It was also being used for complaining about the state of the world.
* DarkestHour
* DayOfTheJackboot
* DefiedTrope
* DelicateAndSickly - sadly, also too common.
* DeusExMachina
* {{Deuteragonist}}
* DiabolusExMachina
* DiscoDan
* DisneyDeath
* DisposableSexWorker - Also a sex trope
* DisposableWoman
* DoesNotLikeSpam
* DoesntLikeGuns
* DownerBeginning
* DownerEnding
* DrinkBasedCharacterization
* DroppedABridgeOnHim
* DrugsAreBad
* DysfunctionJunction
* DystopiaIsHard
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness
* EarthIsYoung
* EmotionlessGirl
* EndingFatigue
* EnsembleDarkhorse
* EverybodyCries
* EverybodyDiesEnding
* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether
* EverythingTryingToKillYou
* EvilCounterpart - also a morality trope.
* ExtraStrengthMasquerade
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption
* FakeOutTwist
* FanficFuel
* FanPreferredCouple
* FantasticCasteSystem
* FantasticHonorifics
* FantasticNamingConvention
* FantasticRankSystem
* FiveTokenBand
* {{Flanderization}}
* ForbiddenChekhovsGun
* ForegoneConclusion
* ForeheadOfDoom
* {{Foreshadowing}}
* FourTemperamentEnsemble
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou - real life is not a television series
* FreudianTrio
* GagNose
* GainaxEnding
* {{Gasshole}}
* GayBestFriend
* GayPanic - also too common
* GeniusCripple
* GenreBusting
* GentleGiant - also too common
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar
* {{Gonk}}
* GrandFinale
* GratuitousNazis
* GreatOffscreenWar - There is no such thing as "offscreen" in RealLife, making it also impossible. And no, "before you were born" doesn't count.
* GreatWhiteHunter
* GrimUpNorth
* GrowingTheBeard
* GunNut
* HalloweenEpisode
* HappyEndingOverride
* HateSink - Also too controversial and a morality trope.
* HeadTurningBeauty - Also a sexuality trope.
* HereditarySuicide - also a controversial trope.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation
* HesBack - Also too common.
* HidingBehindYourBangs
* HoldingBackThePhlebotinum
* HollywoodPudgy
* HopeSpot
* HugeGuyTinyGirl - Also too common
* HufflepuffHouse
* HumorDissonance
* IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam
* IcyBlueEyes
* IdiotBall
* IdiotHero - Real Life doesn’t have a protagonist
* ImprobableAimingSkills
* ImprobablePilotingSkills
* InformedAbility
* InformedAttractiveness
* InformedFlaw
* InformedLoner
* InMediasRes
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation
* InternetSafetyAesop
* InvincibleHero - also impossible in real life.
* IronWoobie
* {{Irony}}
* ItsAlwaysSpring
* ItWillNeverCatchOn
* JeanneDArchetype
* JokerImmunity - Also impossible in real life.
* {{Keet}}
* KilledOffForReal - [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs All deaths in real life are irreversible]], making it also too common.
* TheKirk
* TheLancer
* LargeAndInCharge
* LargeHam - also too common.
* LasciviousBeautyMark
* LateArrivalSpoiler
* LighterAndSofter
* LittlestCancerPatient - also sadly too common.
* LivingInAFurnitureStore
* LivingWithTheVillain
* LethalChef
* MacGuffin
* MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext
* MalcolmXerox
* ManifestoMakingMalcontent
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy
* MauveShirt
* TheMcCoy
* MeaningfulName
* MiddleSchoolIsMiserable - also too common and too controversial.
* MillionToOneChance
* MindScrew
* MisaimedFandom
* MrFanservice - No one exists solely to be attractive; also a sexuality trope.
* MsFanservice - Same as above.
* MoodWhiplash
* NarmCharm
* NewAgeRetroHippie
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands
* NoBackwardsCompatibilityInTheFuture
* NoEnding
* NoFourthWall
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed
* NoodleImplements
* NoodleIncident
* NothingIsScarier
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore
* NotTheFirstVictim - Also a morality trope.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome
* OneHeadTaller - Also too common
* OneSteveLimit
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness - also too common
* TheOneGuy
* PairTheSpares
* ParentsAsPeople
* PermanentlyMissableContent – Real life is not a video game.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything
* PlanetOfSteves
* PlotArmor
* PlotSensitiveButton
* PointOfNoReturn
* PompousPoliticalPundit
* PrefersGoingBarefoot
* ProfessionalSlacker
* ProgressivelyPrettier
* PutOnAPrisonBus
* TheQuietOne
* RatedMForManly
* RealMenWearPink
* RealityIsUnrealistic
* RedOniBlueOni - also too common
* {{Redshirt}}
* RedshirtArmy
* ReligiousHorror
* ReplacementPedestal
* ReplacementScrappy
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap - also attracts complaints.
* ReverseWhodunnit
* RiddleForTheAges - also too common
* RingAroundTheCollar
* RRatedOpening
* RulesOfTheRoad
* SamusIsAGirl
* SarcasmBlind - Also too common and gossip.
* TheScrappy - Also attracted complaining.
* ScullySyndrome
* SequelDisplacement
* SerialEscalation
* ShrinkingViolet
* ShirtlessScene
* SiblingYinYang
* SingleAttemptGame
* SirSwearsALot
* TheSmurfettePrinciple
* SoundOnlyDeath
* SortingAlgorithmOfDeadness
* SpaceFillingEmpire
* TheSpock
* SpotlightStealingSquad
* StatusQuoIsGod
* StepfordSuburbia
* StrawAffiliation
* StrawCharacter
* StrawCritic
* StrawFeminist
* StrawHypocrite
* StrawmanHasAPoint
* StrawmanNewsMedia
* StrawMisogynist
* StrawVegetarian
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome
* TakeThatScrappy – Calling a real person a scrappy is not a good idea.
* TalkingAnimal - Too few real life examples, and misuse.
* TaremeEyes
* TeamRocketWins
* TheoryOfNarrativeCausality
* ThisLoserIsYou - also induces controversy.
* ThrowAwayCountry
* TinyGuyHugeGirl - Also too common
* TroubledTeen
* ToBeContinued
* TokenEnemyMinority
* TokenLesbian
* TokenMinority
* TokenMinorityCouple
* TokenReligiousTeammate
* TokenTrio
* TokenWhite
* TokenWholesome
* TooBleakStoppedCaring
* TooDumbToFool
* TownGirls
* TownWithADarkSecret
* ToxicPhlebotinum
* {{Troperiffic}}
* {{Tsundere}} - Also a morality trope that is too common in real life – most RealLife {{Jerkass}}es would fall somewhere on the {{Tsundere}} spectrum, making listing them pointless.
* TsurimeEyes
* TwoDecadesBehind
* TwoferTokenMinority
* UnderdogsNeverLose
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic
* TheUnapologetic
* UnmanlySecret
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee
* VillainOverForDinner
* VillainProtagonist - Also a morality trope
* TheVonTropeFamily[[note]]Intentional invocations with context still allowed, as mentioned [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13350380440A15238800&page=218#5428 here.]][[/note]]
* VoodooShark
* WackyAmericansHaveWackyNames
* WarIsGlorious - Also too controversial and a morality trope.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse
* WhamEpisode - RealLife is not ([[TrumanShowPlot to the best of our knowledge]]) pre-scripted.
* WhamLine
* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes
* TheWoobie - It would also attract gushing if we allowed examples.
* WoobieSpecies
* TheWorfEffect
* TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed
* WretchedHive - A city having a high crime rate in real life has no further meaning. Also too common.
* WrongAssumption
* WrongGenreSavvy – Real life doesn't have a genre.
* YankTheDogsChain
* YoungFutureFamousPeople
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* AlmostKiss - Also a sex trope.

* IDoNotLikeGreenHam