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1An index of tropes which require at least one crowd or a large group of characters.
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3See also the indexes OurClonesAreIdentical and MilitaryAndWarfareTropes (the section "Armies and units").
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7* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: A large group of people constantly put someone down.
8* AloneInACrowd: A character feels lonely in a crowd.
9* AngryMobSong: A crowd expresses its anger through song.
10* AnimalStampede: A large group of animals starts rampaging.
11* AudienceMurmurs: A crowd reacts to something by whispering among themselves.
12* BookedFullOfMooks: A character in a public space discovers that all the bystanders around them are actually another character's employees or co-conspirators.
13* BystanderSyndrome: The more people there are, the least likely anyone will act in a crisis.
14* CollectiveDeathGlare: An entire group glares at someone for doing/saying something dumb.
15* CollectiveGroan: An entire group groans in response to lame joke.
16* ConformingOOCMoment: A group of people do something, including one person who'd normally never do that.
17* ConspicuousInTheCrowd: Someone in a crowd is acting differently...
18* CrowdChant: An entire crowd starts chanting something in unison.
19* CrowdedCastShot: The whole cast gathers to for a shot.
20* CrowdHockey: A character loses something in a crowd.
21* CrowdPanic: An entire crowd freaks out.
22* CrowdSong: A song sung by a large group of people.
23* CrowdSurfing: A person moves on top of a crowd.
24* EscalatingChase: The number of pursuers ramps up until a whole crowd is after someone.
25* FacelessMasses: A crowd without faces.
26* FlashMob: When a crowd plans a seemingly-spontaneous choreographed dance out of nowhere.
27* FlashMobCoverUp: Creating a distraction by orchestrating a flash mob.
28* TheFreelanceShameSquad: A crowd reinforces social norms through shaming.
29* GroupieBrigade: A horde of fans descend on a celebrity.
30* HidingInAHijab: A character wears face-concealing Muslim clothing to blend in a crowd.
31* HordeOfAlienLocusts: A horde of aliens want to eat everything.
32* LostInACrowd: A character blends into a crowd.
33* MakeWayForThePrincess: A crowd parts for an important character, often the AlphaBitch of a school.
34* MassOhCrap: An entire group has an OhCrap moment.
35* MediaScrum: A crowd of reporters.
36* MillionMookMarch: A large crowd of marching mooks.
37* MobstacleCourse: A character has to navigate through a crowd.
38* OpenTheDoorAndSeeAllThePeople: A character opens the door, sees a crowd, and closes the door in a panic.
39* PassingJudgment: Character does something embarrassing in public and gets stared at by appalled passengers of a vehicle.
40* PowderKegCrowd: A crowd that's ready to riot.
41* PrisonRiot: A crowd of rioting prisoners.
42* PullingYourChildAway: Someone is marked as an outcast when an entire crowd backs away from them, including a parent with their child.
43* RabbleRouser: A character incites a crowd to riot.
44* RetailRiot: A crowd of angry shoppers.
45* ShamedByAMob: A crowd shames a character.
46* ShamingTheMob: A character shames a crowd.
47* SpontaneousChoreography: A crowd bursts into dancing.
48* SpontaneousCrowdFormation: A crowd appears out of nowhere.
49* StudioAudience: The crowd is the audience behind the cameras where the show is taped or filmed.
50* AThicketOfSpears: Massed infantry using polearms in formation.
51* TorchesAndPitchforks: These implements often show that a crowd is angry.
52* TornApartByTheMob: Death at the hands of an angry mob.
53* TheWormThatWalks: A monster made out of many little creatures.
54* ZergRush: A crowd attacks all at once.
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