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| 6 | [[caption-width-right:350:"Something about this place feels [[{{Pun}} shady]]."\ |
| 7 | [-''Night Shadows'', Creator/EdwardHopper (1922)-]]] |
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| 12 | Darkness is what happens when there is no light. Shadows are darkness that happens when something gets in the way of a light source, rather than the lack of a source in the first place. |
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| 14 | This simple concept has created many tropes in fiction, '''although this index is just for tropes that actually relate to lack of light, not metaphorical meanings of "dark" and "shadow"''' (unless a trope involves both the literal and metaphorical meanings). |
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| 16 | Compare EvilTropes, HorrorTropes, TropesInBlack. [[{{Pun}} Contrast]] LightingTropes. |
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| 18 | !!Tropes |
| 19 | [[index]] |
| 20 | * BaitAndSwitchSilhouette |
| 21 | * BarrageOfBats: Dakness-aligned users are able to call upon swarms of bats as a type of darkness attack. |
| 22 | * BigShadowLittleCreature |
| 23 | * {{Blackground}}: For areas where a pitch-black background is used for artistic reasons. |
| 24 | * BlackoutBasement: A stock video game level that is constantly being plunged into darkness. |
| 25 | * BrightnessShadows: Shadows used to indicate brightness. |
| 26 | * CastingAShadow: Darkness as part of the ElementalPowers. |
| 27 | * CastsNoShadow: Where the shadow should be, it isn't. |
| 28 | * CensorShadow: Using shadows in place of a CensorBox. |
| 29 | * {{Chiaroscuro}}: Light and shadows as a visual artistic tool. |
| 30 | * CreepyCave: Caves derive much of their creep factor from their impenetrable darkness. |
| 31 | * CreepyShadowedUndereyes: The area around a character's eyes is darkened to make them look scary. |
| 32 | * DayHurtsDarkAdjustedEyes |
| 33 | * DarkIsEvil |
| 34 | * DarkIsNotEvil |
| 35 | * DarkWorld |
| 36 | * DarknessEqualsDeath |
| 37 | * TheDarknessGazesBack |
| 38 | * EmergingFromTheShadows |
| 39 | * EvilIsNotWellLit |
| 40 | * FaceFramedInShadow |
| 41 | * FadeAroundTheEyes |
| 42 | * FullMoonSilhouette |
| 43 | * GodOfDarkness |
| 44 | * HollywoodDarkness |
| 45 | * ImpossibleShadowPuppets |
| 46 | * InnateNightVision |
| 47 | * KillTheLights |
| 48 | * LightDarknessJuxtaposition |
| 49 | * LightningReveal (In that what is revealed was in darkness before) |
| 50 | * LightsOffSomebodyDies |
| 51 | * LightswitchSurprise |
| 52 | * LivingShadow |
| 53 | * LoomingSilhouetteOfRage |
| 54 | * MatchlightDangerRevelation (In that what is revealed was in darkness before) |
| 55 | * TheNightThatNeverEnds |
| 56 | * NightVisionGoggles: Goggles that allow the user to see in the darkness. |
| 57 | * NothingIsScarier: It's not the darkness that scares you. It's not knowing what's IN the darkness. |
| 58 | * NiceDayDeadlyNight (Things get more dangerous at night) |
| 59 | * PowerOfTheVoid |
| 60 | * TheSacredDarkness: When DarkIsNotEvil, it can be holy as well. |
| 61 | * ScaryFlashlightFace |
| 62 | * ScaryShadowFakeout |
| 63 | * SexySilhouette |
| 64 | * ShadowedFaceGlowingEyes |
| 65 | * ShadowDiscretionShot |
| 66 | * TheShadowKnows |
| 67 | * ShadowOfImpendingDoom |
| 68 | * ShadowPin |
| 69 | * ShadowWalker |
| 70 | * SinisterSilhouettes |
| 71 | * SoundOfDarkness |
| 72 | * StepIntoTheBlindingFight |
| 73 | * TendrilsOfDarkness |
| 74 | * YinYangBomb: A combination of dark and light. |
| 75 | [[/index]] |
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