1 | Narrative Devices ''move the story forward or organize a {{scene|s}} or sequence.'' |
2 | |
3 | The following lists of narrative devices are not categorized elsewhere. |
4 | ---- |
5 | [[index]] |
6 | !!Indexes |
7 | |
8 | + AnAesop |
9 | + BeginningTropes: Tropes pertaining to how the story begins. |
10 | + CharactersAsDevice |
11 | + ChaseScene |
12 | + ClimacticTropes |
13 | + CompetitionIndex |
14 | + ContinuityTropes |
15 | + ContrivedStupidityTropes |
16 | + CutToTheIndex |
17 | + DeathTrap |
18 | + DistractionTropes |
19 | + DreamTropes |
20 | + EndingTropes: Tropes pertaining to how the story ends. |
21 | + {{Episodes}}: The kinds of plots episodes of a television series tend to have. |
22 | + EscapeTropes |
23 | + FamilyTwistsIndex |
24 | + FightScene |
25 | + FlashbacksAndChronology |
26 | + GambitIndex |
27 | + HumilityTropes |
28 | + IndexAllAlong |
29 | + IndexFirst |
30 | + IronicIndex |
31 | + JuxtapositionTropes |
32 | + MacGuffin |
33 | + {{Montages}} |
34 | + MovieTwistList |
35 | + PlotTwist |
36 | + PridefulTropes |
37 | + RoomShuffle |
38 | + ASafeIndexToHide |
39 | + {{Scenes}} |
40 | + SewerTropes |
41 | + {{Shapeshifting}}: The ability to alter one's physical appearance. |
42 | + ShortStoryLong |
43 | + ShoutOutsIndex |
44 | + SleepAndWakefulnessTropes |
45 | + SlipperyTropes |
46 | + StealThisIndex |
47 | + StockPuzzle |
48 | + StockSuperpowersIndex |
49 | + TelevisionTropes |
50 | + ThisIndexWillBeImportantLater |
51 | + ThisMightBeAnIndex |
52 | + TwistEnding |
53 | + ThatWhichMustNotBeIndexed |
54 | + VandalismTropes |
55 | + VictoryAndDefeat: Tropes about when characters win or lose. |
56 | + YouHateWhatYouAre |
57 | |
58 | !!Tropes: |
59 | * AbileneParadox |
60 | * AccidentalBid |
61 | * AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp: Character tries to give up their powers or weapon, then ends up in a situation that they could've dealt with easily had they kept their powers or weapon by then. |
62 | * BagsOfLetters |
63 | * BarnRaising |
64 | * BathroomStallGraffiti |
65 | * BigBlackout |
66 | * BigEgoHiddenDepths |
67 | * BlunderCorrectingImpulse |
68 | * BodyBridge |
69 | * BotheringByTheBook |
70 | * BoxAndStickTrap |
71 | * BrokenGlassPenalty |
72 | * BumpIntoConfrontation |
73 | * BurningTheFlag |
74 | * ButtDialingMordor |
75 | * CanaryInACoalMine |
76 | * Catch22Dilemma |
77 | * CaughtOnTape |
78 | * CaughtUpInARobbery |
79 | * ChanceActivation |
80 | * ChariotRace |
81 | * CheatingWithTheMilkman: A wife cheats on her husband with the milkman or some other man in a profession that requires visiting houses. |
82 | * ChickenAndEggParadox: Element A causes Element B, and Element B causes Element A. Which came first? |
83 | * ColdSnap |
84 | * ConvenientlySeated |
85 | * ConvenientPhotograph |
86 | * CrackDefeat |
87 | * CrowdPanic |
88 | * CrypticBackgroundReference |
89 | * CrystalBallScheduling |
90 | * CuttingTheElectronicLeash |
91 | * DarkHorseVictory |
92 | * DaydreamSurprise: A brief scene quickly turns out to be a daydream one of the characters is having. |
93 | * DeadEndJob |
94 | * DecoyGetaway |
95 | * DefusingTheTykeBomb |
96 | * DestroyTheVillainsWeapon |
97 | * DismantledMacGuffin |
98 | * DivingSave |
99 | * DocumentaryEpisode |
100 | * DoNotAdjustYourSet |
101 | * DoNotGoGentle |
102 | * DontAskJustRun |
103 | * DontCelebrateJustYet |
104 | * DontSplitUsUp |
105 | * DoomedHometown |
106 | * DoorJam |
107 | * DoorstopBaby: A baby gets left on someone's doorstep and ends up adopted by whoever lives in the house. |
108 | * DoubleDate |
109 | * DramaBomb |
110 | * DramaticCurtainToss |
111 | * DramaticDislocation |
112 | * DramaticIrony: The audience knows something that the characters don't. |
113 | * DreamLand |
114 | * DreamWithinADream: Someone wakes up from a dream only to find that they're still dreaming. |
115 | * DreamSequence |
116 | * DrivingQuestion |
117 | * DrivingTestSmashers |
118 | * DungeonBypass |
119 | * DrunkOnTheDarkSide |
120 | * DuelingHackers |
121 | * DysfunctionJunction |
122 | * EarthAllAlong: It turns out the alien planet was actually Earth. |
123 | * EarthShatteringKaboom: A planet blows up. |
124 | * EasilyForgiven: In spite of what this character has done, the people they have wronged are all too eager to let bygones be bygones. |
125 | * EatTheEvidence: Someone tries to avoid getting in trouble by eating the evidence of what they've done. |
126 | * EggMacGuffin |
127 | * EitherOrProphecy |
128 | * ElectrifiedBathtub: Killing someone by dropping active electronics into the bathtub while they are bathing. |
129 | * ElvesVersusDwarves |
130 | * EmergencyFoodSupplyAnimal |
131 | * EmergencyPresidentialAddress |
132 | * EmpathicWeapon |
133 | * EmptyCopThreat |
134 | * EndangeredSouffle |
135 | * EndOfEpisodeSilliness |
136 | * EnforcedColdWar |
137 | * EngagementChallenge |
138 | * EngineeredPublicConfession: A villain [[VillainWithGoodPublicity beloved by the public]] gets exposed when the heroes trick him into openly confessing that he's really a rotten scumbag manipulating everyone. |
139 | * EpicFail: Someone fails so badly that they manage to achieve a failure that isn't physically possible. |
140 | * EpiphanicPrison |
141 | * EstrangedSoapFamily |
142 | * EtTuBrute |
143 | * EvenTheDogIsAshamed: The character has screwed up so badly that not even their loyal companion is willing to stick by them anymore. |
144 | * EverybodyKnewAlready |
145 | * EverybodysDeadDave |
146 | * EveryoneKnowsMorse |
147 | * EveryonesInTheLoop |
148 | * TheEvilsOfFreeWill: Someone believes that utopia can only be achieved by eliminating free will. |
149 | * EvilPhone |
150 | * EvilPlan: The villain's scheme to do something bad. |
151 | * ExactEavesdropping |
152 | * ExactWords: It turns out that the character meant exactly what they said and weren't using a figure of speech or anything like that. |
153 | * ExpansionPackWorld |
154 | * ExpendableClone: Clones are considered okay to sacrifice because we can always make more. |
155 | * ExplainingTheSoap |
156 | * ExplosiveLeash: Someone has a collar forced onto them that will kill or torture them if they try to defy the one enslaving them. |
157 | * ExplosionPropulsion |
158 | * ExpositionOfImmortality |
159 | * ExtremelyShortTimespan: The entire story occurs in a very short amount of time. |
160 | * EyeRemember |
161 | * FailedASpotCheck: Character doesn't notice something missing or someone or something that shouldn't be there until it is too late. |
162 | * FailureIsTheOnlyOption: No matter what the character tries, they'll never succeed in achieving their goal. |
163 | * FaintingSeer |
164 | * FakeDefector: A hero pretends to switch sides in order to bring down the enemy from within. |
165 | * FakeStatic: Character pretends that there's a problem with their communications equpment in order to avoid conversation. |
166 | * FallenOnHardTimesJob |
167 | * FallOfTheHouseOfCards |
168 | * FancyDinner |
169 | * FascistsBedTime: A curfew is enforced where everyone has to be home and in bed by an unreasonably early time. |
170 | * FaustianRebellion: Overthrowing Satan. |
171 | * FauxDeath |
172 | * FauxlosophicNarration |
173 | * {{Fauxshadow}} |
174 | * FeetOfClay |
175 | * FencePainting |
176 | * FictionIsntFair |
177 | * FieldPromotion |
178 | * FisherKing |
179 | * FinalExamFinale |
180 | * FiveSecondForeshadowing: Alluding to events that will happen or be revealed shortly. |
181 | * {{Flatline}} |
182 | * FlingALightIntoTheFuture |
183 | * FlyingDutchman |
184 | * FoodChains |
185 | * FollowTheWhiteRabbit |
186 | * AFoolForAClient: Someone tries to defend themselves in court. |
187 | * ForbiddenFruit |
188 | * ForcedPrizeFight |
189 | * ForeignerForADay |
190 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Alluding to events that will happen or be revealed later in the story. |
191 | * TheFourLoves |
192 | * FramedClue |
193 | * {{Frameup}} |
194 | * FramingTheGuiltyParty |
195 | * FramedForHeroism |
196 | * FranticObjectConcealment |
197 | * FreakOut |
198 | * FreakyFridayFlip: Two or more characters switch minds and have to figure out how to get each other's brains back in their proper bodies. |
199 | * FriendOrIdolDecision |
200 | * FriendsAllAlong |
201 | * FrequentlyBrokenUnbreakableVow |
202 | * FrothyMugsOfWater |
203 | * FurAgainstFang: Conflict between werewolves and vampires. |
204 | * FutureBadass: Someone becomes cooler and more impressive in the future. |
205 | * GambitPileup |
206 | * GambitRoulette |
207 | * GenocideDilemma |
208 | * GeodesicCast |
209 | * GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: Someone gets fired or a trivial reason or no reason at all. |
210 | * GeorgeWashingtonSleptHere |
211 | * GenericGraffiti |
212 | * GetOutOfJailFreeCard: The heroes cut the bad guy some slack and ler him go free. |
213 | * GettingHotInHere |
214 | * GiveMeASign |
215 | * GiveMeLibertyOrGiveMeDeath |
216 | * GoAmongMadPeople |
217 | * GoBackToTheSource |
218 | * AGodAmI: Someone believes themselves to be a god. |
219 | * GodzillaThreshold: Resorting to extremely risky and dangerous strategies out of desperation. |
220 | * GoingInCircles |
221 | * GoingToSeeTheElephant |
222 | * GoingPostal: Postal workers going crazy. |
223 | * GoldenSnitch |
224 | * GossipEvolution |
225 | * GotVolunteered |
226 | * GrailInTheGarbage |
227 | * GreenRooming |
228 | * GuessWhoImMarrying |
229 | * HannibalLecture |
230 | * HappierHomeMovie |
231 | * HarmfulToMinors |
232 | * HauntedHeadquarters |
233 | * HeatWave |
234 | * HeartTrauma |
235 | * HeelRealization: Someone realizes that they've been the bad guy. |
236 | * HellOnEarth |
237 | * HereWeGoAgain: The story ends with the conflict repeating or the characters going through a new conflict similar to the one that was already resolved. |
238 | * HeroicHeelizationSpeech |
239 | * HeroicVow |
240 | * HiddenInPlainSight |
241 | * HighTurnoverRate |
242 | * HighVoltageDeath: Someone gets electrocuted to death. |
243 | * TheHilariousTable |
244 | * HiredOnTheSpot |
245 | * HisStoryRepeatsItself |
246 | * HistoryRepeats |
247 | * HoldingOutForAHero: People don't bother saving themselves in hopes that a hero will come and save them. |
248 | * HoldingTheFloor |
249 | * {{Homage}} |
250 | * HopeSpringsEternal |
251 | * HorrorHatesARulebreaker |
252 | * HostageForMacGuffin |
253 | * HostageSituation |
254 | * HostileWeather |
255 | * HourglassPlot |
256 | * HowDidWeGetBackHome: Transporting the main characters back to their home without giving an explanation. |
257 | * HowMuchDidYouHear |
258 | * HumanLadder |
259 | * HumanPopsicle: Someone gets frozen solid non-lethally. |
260 | * HumanResources |
261 | * HumanShield: Using a living person to protect yourself from danger. |
262 | * HumblePie |
263 | * HumiliationConga: The bad guy's defeat has him suffer a string of embarrassing misfortunes. |
264 | * IAmOneOfThoseToo |
265 | * IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam: A character spends the story claiming they hate something, then finds that they actually like it when they finally give it a chance. |
266 | * IHateYouVampireDad |
267 | * IHaveYourWife: The villain manipulates someone into doing as they say by capturing the person's loved ones. |
268 | * IJustWantToBeBadass |
269 | * IJustWantToBeNormal: A superhero or extraordinary person wishes that they had a normal life. |
270 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial |
271 | * IKnowWhatWeCanDoCut |
272 | * INever |
273 | * IOweYouMyLife |
274 | * ISeeThemToo |
275 | * IWasHavingSuchANiceDream |
276 | * IWillFindYou |
277 | * IgnoredVitalNewsReports |
278 | * InvisibleSubtleDifference |
279 | * IdenticalGrandson: A character has an ancestor or descendant who looks just like them. |
280 | * IfICanOnlyMove |
281 | * IfYouWontIWill |
282 | * ImpersonatingTheEvilTwin: The hero pretends to be their evil twin. |
283 | * ImpossibleTask |
284 | * ImAHumanitarian: A character who kills and consumes members of their own kind. |
285 | * InadvertentEntranceCue |
286 | * InevitableMutualBetrayal |
287 | * InfoDrop |
288 | * InfoDump |
289 | * InnocentInaccurate: A child or naive person has a clueless interpretation of adult stuff. |
290 | * InnocentInnuendo: A scene that deliberately looks or sounds naughty, but is actually more wholesome than it seems. |
291 | * InstantExpert |
292 | * InsultedAwake |
293 | * InternalHomage |
294 | * InternalizedCategorism |
295 | * IntercontinuityCrossover |
296 | * InterrogationByVandalism |
297 | * InterrogatingTheDead |
298 | * InterruptedSuicide |
299 | * IntimidatingRevenueService: The IRS will take away all of your belongings if you don't pay your taxes. |
300 | * IntrepidFictioneer |
301 | * InventedInvalid: Someone lies about having to tend to a sick relative so they don't have to come. |
302 | * InvisibleToAdults: A supernatural being that only children can see. |
303 | * InvisibleToNormals: Only weirdos can see the supernatural. |
304 | * IrrevocableMessage: Someone ends up sending a rude message and now regrets sending it. |
305 | * IsThisThingStillOn |
306 | * ItMustBeMine |
307 | * ItsAllJunk |
308 | * ItsTheJourneyThatCounts |
309 | * ItsProbablyNothing |
310 | * ItWasAGift |
311 | * ItWasWithYouAllAlong |
312 | * JacobMarleyWarning |
313 | * JailBake: Helping someone escape jail by sending them baked goods that have materials they can use to escape prison hidden inside. |
314 | * JeopardyIntelligenceTest |
315 | * JokerJury |
316 | * JugglingDangerously |
317 | * JuryOfTheDamned |
318 | * KilroyWasHere |
319 | * KeepTheReward |
320 | * KentBrockmanNews |
321 | * TheKeyIsBehindTheLock |
322 | * KickedUpstairs: Promoting an incompetent employee to an ostensibly important position so that they can't directly cause too much damage. |
323 | * KidnappedByAnAlly |
324 | * {{Kishotenketsu}} |
325 | * KnifeThrowingAct |
326 | * KnightsAndKnaves |
327 | * LamazeClass |
328 | * LaserGuidedBroadcast |
329 | * LastStand |
330 | * TheLawsOfMagic |
331 | * LeafBoat |
332 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: A character makes a statement that makes sense in-universe, but can also be interpreted as the character acknowledging that they are in a work of fiction. |
333 | * LeastIsFirst: A lowest-status character steps forward first, shaming the higher-status ones into supporting a course of action. |
334 | * LeaveHimToMe |
335 | * LeaveTheCameraRunning |
336 | * LeonineContract |
337 | * LenoDevice |
338 | * LessonOfTheDaySpeech |
339 | * LethallyExpensive |
340 | * ALightInTheDistance |
341 | * LimitedDestinationTime |
342 | * ListOfTransgressions |
343 | * TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday |
344 | * LivingADoubleLife |
345 | * LivingOnBorrowedTime |
346 | * LivingWithTheVillain |
347 | * LockedInAFreezer |
348 | * LockedInARoom |
349 | * LockedOutOfTheFight |
350 | * LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard |
351 | * LookMaNoPlane |
352 | * LoserGetsTheGirl |
353 | * LoserHasYourBack |
354 | * LovesMeNot |
355 | * LukeIAmYourFather: A character reveals that they are another character's father. |
356 | * LukeYouAreMyFather: A character reveals that they are another character's child. |
357 | * LuredIntoATrap |
358 | * {{MacGuffin}}: A powerful or mysterious object that the plot hinges on. |
359 | * MacGuffinDeliveryService |
360 | * MacGuffinLocation |
361 | * MadeOfTemptation |
362 | * MagicHat |
363 | * MagicalGirlQueenlinessTest |
364 | * MagicalGuide |
365 | * MagneticPlotDevice |
366 | * TheMainCharactersDoEverything |
367 | * MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Someone suffers a severe injury but acts as if it's just a minor scratch. |
368 | * MakeAWish: A character wishes for something. |
369 | * MakingTheChoiceForYou |
370 | * ManufacturingVictims |
371 | * MatingDance |
372 | * MatryoshkaObject |
373 | * MeaningfulEcho |
374 | * MedalOfDishonor |
375 | * MeetTheInLaws |
376 | * MelodramaticPause |
377 | * MementoMacGuffin |
378 | * MercyLead |
379 | * MessageInABottle |
380 | * MimingTheCues |
381 | * AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: A mind-reader gets repulsed from reading the thoughts of an unpleasant person. |
382 | * MindRape |
383 | * MindScrewdriver |
384 | * SoYouWantTo/MindScrewTheAudience |
385 | * MineralMacGuffin |
386 | * MinorFlawMajorBreakup: A character dumps their love interest over something petty. |
387 | * MiracleFood |
388 | * MiracleRally |
389 | * MirandaRights |
390 | * MisfitMobilizationMoment |
391 | * MistakenForBadass |
392 | * MistakenIdentity |
393 | * MisterSandmanSequence |
394 | * MistimedRevival |
395 | * ModelScam |
396 | * MonsterThreatExpiration |
397 | * MoodWhiplash |
398 | * MorningRoutine |
399 | * MortonsFork: A character has to pick one of two choices and both choices have bad consequences. |
400 | * MosesInTheBulrushes |
401 | * MostDefinitelyNotAccompanyingUs |
402 | * MundaneSolution: The problem gets solved in an easy manner. |
403 | * MushroomSamba |
404 | * MustHaveNicotine |
405 | * MustNotDieAVirgin |
406 | * MutilationInterrogation |
407 | * TheMutiny |
408 | * MyFistForgivesYou |
409 | * MyGreatestFailure |
410 | * MyGreatestSecondChance |
411 | * MysteriousEmployer |
412 | * MysteriousNote |
413 | * MythologyGag: The current adaptation references one or more of the previous continuities. |
414 | * NarratorAllAlong: A character within the story turns out to be the one narrating. |
415 | * NaughtyBirdwatching: Using birdwatching as an excuse for voyeurism. |
416 | * NearDeathClairvoyance |
417 | * NearDeathExperience |
418 | * NecessaryFail |
419 | * NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: It's acknowledged that an individual would be likely hard to find because of their traits not being all that unique. |
420 | * NeverSplitTheParty |
421 | * NewspaperDating |
422 | * NicheNetwork |
423 | * NoFourthWall: The fourth wall is broken so frequently that it might as well not even exist. |
424 | * NoMacGuffinNoWinner (aka DetenteComrade, EatenTheMacGuffin) |
425 | * NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: People resort to cannibalism to avoid starving to death. |
426 | * NonSequitur: A weird statement spoken out of nowhere that has nothing to do with the current discussion. |
427 | * NoodleIncident: Characters talk about an unseen past event, but the details are too unclear for the audience to verify exactly what happened or why. |
428 | * NotableNonSequitur |
429 | * NotADate |
430 | * NotAfraidOfYouAnymore |
431 | * NotAsYouKnowThem |
432 | * NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught |
433 | * NotHelpingYourCase: A character tries to prove they are not what they're accused of being, but their attempts only add fuel to suspicions that the accusations are true. |
434 | * NotInFrontOfTheParrot: A character screws up by revealing secret or embarrassing information in front of a parrot. |
435 | * NotInMyContract |
436 | * NotMyDriver |
437 | * NotMyLuckyDay |
438 | * NotWhatItLooksLike |
439 | * NotWhatISignedOnFor |
440 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: A character pretends to be an idiot. |
441 | * ObliviousAdoption: A character doesn't know that they were adopted. |
442 | * ObliviousGuiltSlinging |
443 | * OffToBoardingSchool |
444 | * OfferedTheCrown |
445 | * OffhandBackhand: Punching out someone sneaking up on you without looking at them. |
446 | * OffingTheOffspring: Someone kills their own children. |
447 | * OhCisco |
448 | * OminousMessageFromTheFuture |
449 | * OminousMultipleScreens |
450 | * OminousTelevision |
451 | * OneDegreeOfSeparation |
452 | * OneJudgeToRuleThemAll |
453 | * OneCrazyNight |
454 | * OneSideOfTheStory |
455 | * OneWayTrip |
456 | * OnlyGoodPeopleMayPass |
457 | * OnlyTheKnowledgableMayPass |
458 | * OnlySmartPeopleMayPass |
459 | * OnlyTheWorthyMayPass |
460 | * OrWasItADream: A character appears to have dreamed everything, but it is then hinted that what they appeared to dream about actually happened. |
461 | * OrphansOrdeal |
462 | * OrphansPlotTrinket |
463 | * OutGivingBirthBackInTwoMinutes |
464 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: A parent ends up outliving their children. |
465 | * OutOfClothesExperience: A character is naked during an out-of-body experience. |
466 | * OutOfContextEavesdropping |
467 | * OvercomeTheirDifferences |
468 | * OverlyLongGag |
469 | * {{Padding}}: Content that the audience feels was added just to keep the story going. |
470 | * ParentalFavoritism: The parents have one child they like more than the rest of their children. |
471 | * PartySchedulingGambit |
472 | * PassedOverPromotion |
473 | * PassiveRescue |
474 | * PaterFamilicide: Someone kills their relatives and then kills themselves. |
475 | * PelvicThrust |
476 | * PenultimateOutburst: After several disturbances, the judge threatens to kick the offender out of the courtroom. |
477 | * PeopleJars |
478 | * PermissionToSpeakFreely |
479 | * PerpetualPoverty |
480 | * PerspectiveMagic |
481 | * PerspectiveReversal |
482 | * PervertedSniffing |
483 | * PhlebotinumBattery |
484 | * PhotoMemento |
485 | * PlayingBothSides |
486 | * PlayingNiceForNow |
487 | * PlayingSick |
488 | * PlotCoupon |
489 | * PlotDetour |
490 | * PlotDemandedManualMode |
491 | * PlotDevice |
492 | * PlotDrivenBreakdown |
493 | * PlotParallel |
494 | * PlotSensitiveLatch |
495 | * PlotTechnology |
496 | * PlummetPerspective |
497 | * PoisonAndCureGambit: Manipulating people by poisoning them and refusing to give the antidote until they do what you tell them to. |
498 | * PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo |
499 | * PoliceAreUseless: Police are shown to be too incompetent to do anything without the heroes' help. |
500 | * PoorCommunicationKills: A failure to communicate properly ends in disaster. |
501 | * PornStash: Someone has a collection of pornography hidden away. |
502 | * PortalPool |
503 | * PossessiveParadise |
504 | * PosthumousCharacter: A character who has already died by the time the audience learns of their existence. |
505 | * PowderKegCrowd |
506 | * PowerFantasy |
507 | * PracticalVoiceOver |
508 | * PreBattleBanter: Fighters exchange banter before an imminent battle. |
509 | * ThePrecariousLedge |
510 | * PrematureEulogy: Giving a eulogy to someone who hasn't actually died. |
511 | * PressGanged |
512 | * PressurePoint |
513 | * PricelessPaperweight |
514 | * PrincessForADay |
515 | * PromotedToScapegoat |
516 | * ProtectorBehindBars |
517 | * ProtocolPeril |
518 | * PseudoCrisis |
519 | * PsychologicalHorror |
520 | * PsychosexualHorror |
521 | * PubertySuperpower: A teenager gains super powers upon hitting puberty. |
522 | * ThePublicDomainChannel |
523 | * PublicExecution |
524 | * PunkInTheTrunk: Locking someone up in the back of a car. |
525 | * ThePurge |
526 | * QuarantineWithExtremePrejudice |
527 | * PutDownYourGunAndStepAway |
528 | * PutMeInCoach |
529 | * RageAgainstTheAuthor: The characters try to defy what the creator wants to do with the work. |
530 | * RageAgainstTheMentor |
531 | * RashEquilibrium |
532 | * ReadTheFreakingManual |
533 | * RealityBleed |
534 | * RearWindowWitness |
535 | * RecordedSplicedConversation |
536 | * RedHerringTwist |
537 | * RegularCaller |
538 | * {{Reincarnation}}: A character dies and is subsequently reborn in a new life. |
539 | * ReincarnationIdentifyingTrait |
540 | * ReincarnationRomance |
541 | * RelationshipChart |
542 | * RelationshipReboot |
543 | * RelationshipSalvagingDisaster |
544 | * ReligiousRussianRoulette |
545 | * RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun |
546 | * RemoteVitalsMonitoring |
547 | * RescueRomance |
548 | * RescuedFromTheUnderworld |
549 | * ResurrectedRomance: A couple continue their relationship after one of them dies and is brought back to life. |
550 | * {{Retcon}}: Making retroactive changes to the continuity. |
551 | * RestrainedRevenge |
552 | * TheRevealPromptsRomance |
553 | * {{Revision}} |
554 | * RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: If you betray someone, you'll end up punished for it severely. |
555 | * RewatchBonus: Parts of the story that become more noticeable when viewing a second time. |
556 | * {{Rewrite}} |
557 | * RhetoricalRequestBlunder |
558 | * RibbonCuttingCeremony |
559 | * RidiculouslyDifficultRoute |
560 | * RightHandVersusLeftHand |
561 | * RightOnTheTick |
562 | * RightPlaceRightTimeWrongReason |
563 | * RippedFromTheHeadlines: The story is influenced by recent news reports. |
564 | * RippedFromThePhoneBook |
565 | * RoadTripPlot |
566 | * RockBottom |
567 | * RomanticResolutions |
568 | * RoomDisservice |
569 | * RulesOfOrphanEconomics |
570 | * SadisticChoice: The villain forces the hero to choose between saving one loved one and letting the other die. |
571 | * SarcasmFailure: A character tries to make a dry remark, but can't. |
572 | * ScheherezadeGambit |
573 | * SchmuckBanquet |
574 | * ScienceIsBad |
575 | * ScienceIsGood |
576 | * ScienceIsWrong |
577 | * SchoolPlay |
578 | * ScreamingBirth |
579 | * ScrewDestiny |
580 | * ScullySyndrome |
581 | * ScyllaAndCharybdis |
582 | * SealedEvilInADuel: A good being and an evil being spend eternity trapped somewhere while fighting each other. |
583 | * SecondHandStorytelling |
584 | * SecondPlaceIsForWinners: Not placing first in a competition ends up producing a better outcome. |
585 | * SecondPrize: A character was expecting a different outcome in a competition. |
586 | * SecretIdentity |
587 | * SecretLegacy |
588 | * SecretPath |
589 | * SecretTestOfCharacter |
590 | * SeekingSanctuary |
591 | * SendMeBack |
592 | * SeparatedByTheWall |
593 | * SequelReset |
594 | * SeriousBusiness: Something insignificant is treated as if it's a big deal. |
595 | * SentimentalSacrifice |
596 | * SetAMookToKillAMook |
597 | * ShamedByAMob |
598 | * ShamefulStrip: Someone gets undressed as punishment. |
599 | * ShamingTheMob |
600 | * SharingABody |
601 | * ShellGame |
602 | * ShockCollar |
603 | * ShortCutsMakeLongDelays: Taking the shortcut takes longer than going the regular route. |
604 | * ShortDistancePhoneCall |
605 | * ShowWithinAShow |
606 | * ShowerOfAngst |
607 | * ShutUpHannibal: The villain mocks the hero for being idealistic and the hero gives a rebuttal. |
608 | * SidelongGlanceBiopic |
609 | * SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids |
610 | * SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids |
611 | * SlidingScaleOfPlotVersusCharacters |
612 | * SlipperySoap |
613 | * SlobsVersusSnobs: Conflict between neat freaks and people who like being messy. |
614 | * SlowClap |
615 | * SlumberParty |
616 | * SlumberPartyPloy |
617 | * SmallTownRivalry |
618 | * SmartBall |
619 | * SmiteMeOMightySmiter |
620 | * SneakyDeparture |
621 | * SnowballLie |
622 | * SnowedIn |
623 | * SoMuchForStealth |
624 | * SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb |
625 | * SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay |
626 | * SorkinRelationshipMoment |
627 | * SorryToInterrupt |
628 | * SoundStone |
629 | * SpeakFriendAndEnter |
630 | * SpeakOfTheDevil |
631 | * SpeedDating |
632 | * StableTimeLoop: Events happened because someone went back in time and vice versa. |
633 | * StaringContest |
634 | * StatusQuoGameShow |
635 | * StayOnThePath |
636 | * StayingWithFriends |
637 | * SteppingOutForAQuickCupOfCoffee |
638 | * StolenGoodReturnedBetter: An item gets stolen and then returned to its owner after being improved. |
639 | * StolenMacGuffinReveal |
640 | * StoppedClock |
641 | * StoryboardBody |
642 | * StoryBreadcrumbs |
643 | * StuffBlowingUp |
644 | * StuffedIntoALocker |
645 | * StuffedIntoATrashcan |
646 | * SubGenre |
647 | * SuckinessIsPainful: A work is of such bad quality that being forced to view or listen to it is considered torture. |
648 | * SuddenVideogameMoment |
649 | * SugaryMalice |
650 | * SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum |
651 | * SummoningRitual |
652 | * SuperDetailedFightNarration |
653 | * SupernaturalAid |
654 | * SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious |
655 | * SurvivalistStash |
656 | * SurvivedTheBeginning: A cast massacre opens the story, those who survive get some PlotArmor. |
657 | * SuspiciouslySpecificSermon |
658 | * SweetPollyOliver: A woman disguises herself as a man. |
659 | * SwitchedAtBirth |
660 | * SympatheticPOV |
661 | * TalkingInBed |
662 | * TakeAThirdOption: When a character has to make a choice, they opt for a new decision that wasn't among the options already given to them. |
663 | * TakeBackYourGift |
664 | * TakeOverTheWorld: The villain plans to conquer the world. |
665 | * TapOnTheHead |
666 | * TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: Someone talks to a recorded message from someone and the person in the video or recording is able to accurately respond to the statements even though they're not really around to hear what the other person is saying. |
667 | * TeamRocketWins: Ineffectual villains achieve a minor victory. |
668 | * TeamSpirit |
669 | * TelevisedTorture |
670 | * TemporalParadox |
671 | * TemporaryBlindness: A story where a character temporarily gains a disability. |
672 | * TemptingFate |
673 | * TenMinutesInTheCloset |
674 | * TestAndTrialTropes |
675 | * ThereIsNoTry |
676 | * TheseQuestionsThree |
677 | * TheseusShipParadox: The question of whether something is still the original if every part has been replaced. |
678 | * TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: A guest overstays their welcome, much to the dismay of their host. |
679 | * TheyWouldCutYouUp |
680 | * ThingsGetReal |
681 | * ThinkHappyThoughts |
682 | * ThinksLikeARomanceNovel |
683 | * ThisIsMyStory |
684 | * ThisIsAsFarAsIGo |
685 | * ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself |
686 | * ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil |
687 | * ThisMeansWar |
688 | * ThoughtTheyKnewAlready |
689 | * ThreeActStructure |
690 | * ThrownDownAWell |
691 | * ThwartedEscape |
692 | * TiedTogetherShoelaceTrip |
693 | * TimeTravel: Traveling to the future or past. |
694 | * ToBeContinuedRightNow: The story continues immediately after a fake-out of saying that the story will continue in the next installment. |
695 | * TokenGoodCop |
696 | * TomatoSurprise |
697 | * TongueTied |
698 | * TotalEclipseOfThePlot |
699 | * ToThePain |
700 | * TragicMistake |
701 | * TransformationRay |
702 | * TrapDoor |
703 | * TrapDoorFail |
704 | * TrapIsTheOnlyOption |
705 | * TheTreacheryOfImages |
706 | * TreasureMap |
707 | * TrialPeriodDating |
708 | * TrollBridge |
709 | * TropeTrigger |
710 | * TrustPassword |
711 | * TwistedEchoCut |
712 | * TwoGirlsAndAGuy |
713 | * TwoGuysAndAGirl |
714 | * TwoHalvesMakeAPlot |
715 | * TwoPlusTortureMakesFive |
716 | * TwoScenesOneDialogue |
717 | * TwoTimerDate |
718 | * UnbalancedByRivalsKid |
719 | * UnConfession |
720 | * UnexpectedInheritance |
721 | * UnexpectedPositive |
722 | * UnfoldingPlanMontage |
723 | * UnhandThemVillain |
724 | * UnPerson: A person for whatever reason (commonly because they've become disgraced) has all evidence and records of their existence removed or revised to make it seem as if they never existed in the first place. |
725 | * UnsafeHaven: A sanctuary that is easy to break into. |
726 | * UnseenAudience |
727 | * UnspokenPlanGuarantee |
728 | * UnusuallyUninterestingName |
729 | * UsingYouAllAlong: The hero finds out that their ally was really the villain manipulating them. |
730 | * VictoryGuidedAmnesia: A character wins, but ends up losing their memory of the incident. |
731 | * VideoWills |
732 | * VillainBall: The villain's downfall comes from the inability to resist the urge to continue doing bad things in situations where doing so would be impractical. |
733 | * VillainExitStageLeft: The villain ends up escaping after their plan is thwarted. |
734 | * VisibleToBelievers |
735 | * VisionQuest |
736 | * VisionsOfAnotherSelf |
737 | * VolleyingInsults |
738 | * VortexBarrier: The weather itself is used as a means to block the hero from entering an important location. |
739 | * WackyWaysideTribe: A secondary conflict added to keep the story from ending too soon. |
740 | * WakingUpAtTheMorgue |
741 | * WalkingOutOnTheShow |
742 | * WashingtonDCInvasion |
743 | * WatchingTroyBurn |
744 | * WeAREStrugglingTogether |
745 | * WeAreTeamCannonFodder |
746 | * WeComeInPeaceShootToKill |
747 | * WeNeedToGetProof |
748 | * WeReallyDoCare |
749 | * WeShouldGetAnotherTape |
750 | * WelcomeToTheBigCity |
751 | * WhatYearIsThis |
752 | * WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve |
753 | * WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The story ends with an epilogue explaining what happened to the characters after the events of the story. |
754 | * WhereItAllBegan |
755 | * WhiteFlag |
756 | * WhoNeedsEnemies |
757 | * WhoWillBellTheCat |
758 | * WhyIsntItAttacking |
759 | * WildTeenParty |
760 | * WithAFriendAndAStranger |
761 | * WithDueRespect |
762 | * WitlessProtectionProgram |
763 | * WitnessProtection |
764 | * TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed |
765 | * WorldOfSilence |
766 | * TheWorstSeatInTheHouse |
767 | * WreckedWeapon |
768 | * WriteBackToTheFuture |
769 | * WritersBlock |
770 | * WritingLines |
771 | * WrittenInAbsence: When an actor is unavailable for the current episode, the writers given an in-universe explanation for their character's absence. |
772 | * XanatosGambit |
773 | * YellowSashOfPower |
774 | * YouALLShareMyStory |
775 | * YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre |
776 | * YouAreGrounded |
777 | * YouAreInCommandNow |
778 | * YouAreTheNewTrend |
779 | * YouCanKeepHer |
780 | * YouCantFightFate |
781 | * YouCantGoHomeAgain |
782 | * YouCantThwartStageOne |
783 | * YouDontWantToCatchThis |
784 | * YouKilledMyFather: Hero confronts the villain for killing a loved one. |
785 | * YouKnowWhoSaidThat |
786 | * YouWereTryingTooHard |
787 | * YouWillBeBeethoven |
788 | [[/index]] |
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