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4''Tropes that are primarily found in dramas, are not restricted to another category, and are not universal to all media.''
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6!!Tropes:
7[[index]]
8[floatboxright:
9'''Main topics:'''
10+ PlayedForDrama
11+ RuleOfDrama
12+ TearJerker
13
14'''Genres:'''
15+ {{Dramedy}}
16+ {{Tragedy}}
17
18'''Other categories:'''
19+ BetrayalTropes
20+ ChewingTheScenery
21+ ConfessionTropes
22+ {{Conflict}}
23+ DeathTropes
24+ DysfunctionalFamilyIndex
25+ EmotionTropes
26+ IHaveYourIndex
27+ IndexToTheRescue
28+ InternalConflictTropes
29+ PriceOfPowerIndex
30+ RejectionIndex
31+ RevengeTropes
32+ ASeriousIndex
33+ SubvertedInnocence
34+ ThisIndexHasHadAHardLife
35+ VictimhoodTropes
36+ ViolenceTropes
37]
38* ABirthdayNotABreak: Today being the person's birthday does not exempt them from peril.
39* AbusiveParents: Fathers and mothers who bully and mistreat their own children.
40* AcheyScars: The scarring of a character hurts physically or emotionally.
41* AchillesHeel: The weakness of a character is exposed.
42* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: A quiet scene in an action-genre work that gives it substance.
43* ActorRoleConfusion: An actor gets mistaken for the fictional character they portray.
44* AdaptationalAchillesHeel: When a character receives a new weakness or drawback in an adaptation.
45* AintTooProudToBeg: A benevolent character (especially a hero) begs for mercy.
46* AllUpToYou: A character shows his full potential only when a loved one is in trouble.
47* AlwaysMurder: An episode of a series ends with a murder.
48* AlwaysSaveTheGirl
49* AmbiguousSituation
50* {{Anorgasmia}}
51* AntiInterferenceLockUp
52* ArcNumber
53* ArcSymbol
54* ArcWords
55* ArmedAltruism: A character giving their sole weapon to someone they want safe in immediate combat.
56* AsLongAsThereIsOneMan
57* AttemptedRape: A would-be rapist tries to attack someone but ultimately fails.
58* BackstoryHorror
59* BatmanGrabsAGun: A hero resorts to breaking their own rules.
60* BeggarWithASignboard
61* BerserkerTears
62* BestForLast
63* BigNo: Someone screams "NO" in response to seeing a misfortune they really didn't want to happen.
64* BigShutUp: Yelling at a person to shut up.
65* BigWhy
66* BigWordShout: Someone shouts a word for dramatic effect.
67* BigYes
68* BillyNeedsAnOrgan
69* BlackVikings
70* BluntYes
71* {{Blaxploitation}}
72* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors
73* BodyBridge
74* BondBreaker: Someone manages to make close friends distrust each other and drift apart.
75* BravingTheBlizzard
76* BreakingOutTheBoss: A gang of criminals orchestrate a plan to free their imprisoned leader.
77* BreakTheCutie
78* BrokenPedestal: Someone becomes disillusioned toward their favorite hero after learning that their idol isn't exactly as good and noble as they thought they were.
79* CalmBeforeTheStorm: A brief peaceful moment before the action starts.
80* CaperRationalization
81* CaptiveDate
82* CaregiverAngst
83* CasualtyInTheRing
84* CerebusCallBack: It was light-hearted or funny before, but in this situation, it's serious.
85* CerebusRetcon
86* CerebusRollercoaster: A story that keeps shifting from dramatic periods and light-hearted periods.
87* CerebusSyndrome: When the story's tone shifts from being mostly comedic to more dramatic.
88* TheChainOfHarm (usually as a subset of revenge, but it can also be used to show a down-on-their luck family being at the end of this chain)
89* ChainOfPeople
90* ChainsOfLove
91* ChildOfForbiddenLove
92* TheChosenOne
93* ChaosWhileTheyreNotLooking
94* ClimacticElevatorRide
95* ComedicWorkSeriousScene: A dramatic, possibly emotional moment in an otherwise comedic work that gives it depth.
96* ComingOfAgeStory
97* TheCommiesMadeMeDoIt
98* CopeByPretending
99* CPRCleanPrettyReliable
100* CrazyJealousGuy
101* CreepyPhysical
102* CrowdChant
103* CryingAfterSex
104* CuriosityKilledTheCast
105* CutHimselfShaving
106* CycleOfRevenge
107* DangerousTerrain
108* DarkAndTroubledPast: A character experienced great misery or traumatic events when they were younger.
109* DarkerAndEdgier: A work that started out light and humorous is retooled to be more "adult".
110* ADeadlyAffair: An extramarital affair that ends in murder.
111* DeadlyPrank: A prank that results in someone getting killed.
112* DeathIsDramatic
113* DestinationDefenestration: Crashing through a window.
114* DestroyTheAbusiveHome
115* DestroyTheEvidence
116* DestructiveRomance
117* DomesticAbuse: Abusing your spouse.
118* DontLookBack
119* DownerBeginning: The story begins on a tragic note.
120* DownerEnding: The story ends on a tragic note.
121* DownToTheLastPlay
122* DramaBomb
123* DramaBombFinale: The finale of a story is much darker than the parts preceding it.
124* DramaPanes: Someone walks over to a window at the height of drama.
125* DramaQueen: A person who whines about and exaggerates every inconvenience that bothers them.
126* DramaticallyMissingThePoint
127* DramaticAmmoDepletion
128* DramaticChoirNumber
129* DramaticDownstageTurn
130* DramaticDrop
131* DramaticIncontinence
132* DramaticNecklaceRemoval
133* DramaticShattering
134* DramaticSitDown
135* DreamRealityCheck
136* DustbinSchool
137* EmergencyCargoDump
138* EstrangedSoapFamily
139* EverybodyLives: The story ends with no one dying.
140* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The events of the entire story occur in a rather short amount of time.
141* FaceDeathWithDespair: A character death often played for drama.
142* FalseFriend
143* FamilyDisunion
144* FeudingFamilies
145* FingerTwitchingRevival
146* FirstDayFromHell
147* ForcedFromTheirHome
148* ForceFeeding: Forcing people to eat something they don't want to.
149* FreudianExcuse: A dysfunctional character's current behavior is the result of bad things that happened to them in their past.
150* FriendshipFavoritism
151* FriendsTurnedRomanticRivals: Friends start fighting over a shared love interest.
152* FuneralBanishment
153* GainingTheWillToKill
154* {{Gaslighting}}: Emotional manipulation taken to the extreme.
155* {{GASP}}
156* GenerationalTrauma: Conflict arises due to unresolved baggage passed down from generation to generation.
157* GiveHimANormalLife
158* AGlassInTheHand
159* GloryDays
160* GoodDocBadDoc
161* GRatedDrug: An ordinary substance is treated as if it were a drug.
162* GraveMarkingScene
163* GrewASpine
164* GutPunch
165* HangingByTheFingers
166* HatesTheirParent
167* HealthcareMotivation
168* HesBack: A character who's been in a fit of depression snaps out of their funk and gets back in the game.
169* HeroicBSOD
170* HeyLetsPutOnAShow
171* HollywoodHeartAttack
172* HopeSpringsEternal
173* HouseInspection: Inspectors are coming. The house is a mess despite your best efforts.
174* ICanChangeMyBeloved
175* IJustWantToBeNormal: A hero or an extraordinary person wishes that they could have a normal life.
176* IgnoranceIsBliss
177* IgnoredEpiphany: The villain considers redeeming themselves, but decides not to and continues being bad.
178* IWillWaitForYou
179* ImpromptuFortress
180* ImprovisedImprisonment
181* IndianSummer
182* InformedSelfDiagnosis
183* InitiationCeremony
184* TheInspectorIsComing
185* InstantDramaJustAddTracheotomy
186* InstantSedation
187* InverseDialogueDeathRule: A dying, important character gets several lines of {{dialogue}} before kicking it.
188* IronicBirthday
189* ItGetsEasier
190* ItNeverGetsAnyEasier
191* JustifiedCriminal
192* KillTheCutie
193* KirkSummation
194* KnightOfCerebus: An antagonist whose introduction or rise in prominence heralds the story becoming darker in tone.
195* LastSecondChance
196* LeaveYourQuestTest
197* LessonOfTheDaySpeech
198* LibationForTheDead: Pouring a drink onto the ground to honor the deceased.
199* LifeWillKillYou
200* LimitedAdvancementOpportunities
201* LinkedListClueMethodology
202* LiteralCliffhanger
203* LittleNo
204* LonelyPianoPiece
205* LovedINotHonorMore
206* LovingParentCruelParent: One parent is loving, the other is abusive or violent.
207* MacGyvering
208* MagicalDefibrillator
209* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal
210* MasqueradeBall
211* MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: When a mother dies giving birth, the resulting child is blamed for causing their mother's death.
212* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent
213* MeaningfulFuneral
214* {{Melodrama}}: Dramatic situations depicted through unsubtly exaggerated emotions.
215* MilkingTheGiantCow
216* MoralDilemma
217* MobWar
218* MontageOut
219* MustLetThemGetAway
220* MysteriousParent
221* {{Narm}}: When a dramatic moment intended to be serious turns into accidental comedy instead, due to poor writing and/or acting.
222* NearRapeExperience: Someone has to deal with the aftermath of almost getting raped.
223* NotableNonSequitur
224* NotInMyBackyard
225* OffTheTable
226* OfferingAHand
227* OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding: The main characters get a happy ending, but the rest of the characters are screwed.
228* OperationGameOfDoom
229* OrphanageOfFear: An orphanage where the orphans are abused and tormented by the people running the place.
230* OstentatiousSecret
231* ParentalFavoritism: The parent has one child they favor over the rest.
232* PenultimateOutburst: After several disturbances, the judge threatens to kick the offender out of the courtroom.
233* PhonyNewscast
234* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize
235* PlayerDeathIsDramatic
236* PleaseIWillDoAnything
237* PlethoraOfMistakes
238* PoliceBrutality
239* PoliceBrutalityGambit
240* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: A work taking place in the past ignores or whitewashes aspects of the past that might offend modern audiences.
241* PostSupportRegret: A character has always vouched for their {{Jerkass}} friend against haters, only for them to regret they did when they realize the jerk is just as bad as everyone says they are.
242* PowerAtAPrice
243* ProxyBreakup: Alice wants to break-up with Bob, so she has Cindy do it for her.
244* PullTheTriggerProvocation: A character is wavering over doing something irrevocable when they are suddenly goaded into committing.
245* PresentDayPresentTime
246* PromotionToParent: When the parents for some reason can't take care of their children, the responsibility falls on a relative or legal guardian.
247* PsychicDreamsForEveryone
248* PunchAWall
249* PushoverParents: Parents who are easily manipulated into letting their children have their way.
250* TheQueenWillBeWatching
251* RapeAsBackstory: [[DarkAndTroubledPast A person's past]] involves being sexually abused or assaulted.
252* RapeAsDrama: Someone suffers sexual violence, and it is portrayed completely seriously.
253* RealTime
254* TheReasonISuckSpeech: Someone confesses their own flaws.
255* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Someone goes on a rant where they list another person's flaws.
256* RebuiltPedestal: Someone gets upset upon learning that their idol isn't the flawless hero they assumed them to be but likes them again after their idol redeems themselves or proves that their imperfection does not make them any less noble as their fan assumed them to be.
257* RedSpiderLiliesOfMourning: A flower used to portray a tragic death or loss.
258* RememberedTooLate
259* ReunionVow
260* RevengeIsNotJustice
261* ReverseCerebusSyndrome: A story goes from being really dark to really lighthearted.
262* RewindReplayRepeat
263* RoadsideSurgery
264* RooftopConfrontation
265* RunawayTrain
266* SadisticChoice
267* SarcasticClapping
268* SelfHarm
269* SelfHarmInducedSuperpower: Causing self-damage activates this type of power.
270* SeriousWorkComedicScene: A comedic moment in an otherwise dramatic work that gives it some levity.
271* ShooOutTheClowns
272* ShotToTheHeart
273* ShowerOfAngst
274* SlowNo
275* SmallTownBigHell
276* SmokingGunControl
277* SoapOperaDisease
278* {{Soaperizing}}
279* SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome: A character becomes older between appearances with no explanation.
280* SorrowfulStutter
281* SternParentDotingParent: One parent is strict and the other parent is doting to their child.
282* TheStoolPigeon
283* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: The hero finally returns home, but the place has changed so much that it's no longer the place it was before the hero left.
284* StrikeMeDown
285* SuddenDownerEnding: A dark, depressing ending to an otherwise upbeat work.
286* SugaryMalice
287* SuspiciousMissedMessages: If a person hasn't replied to phone calls, emails or letters in a while, it's a sure sign that something is off.
288* TakeBackYourGift
289* TakeMyHand
290* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath
291* TarnishingTheirOwnBeauty
292* TearsOfFear
293* TeenDrama
294* TeensAreMonsters
295* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Teammates who openly dislike each other.
296* TelevisuallyTransmittedDisease
297* TheseHandsHaveKilled: A person gets upset at the realization that they just killed someone.
298* ThingsGetReal
299* ThirdActMisunderstanding
300* ThisIsMySide
301* TimmyInAWell
302* ToiletSeatDivorce: A couple divorce over something trivial.
303* TooDesperateToBePicky
304* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth
305* TooUpsetToCreate
306* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: When an unfortunate outcome befalls a character because they acted on their emotions without considering the ramifications of their actions.
307* TheTragicRose
308* TraumaSwing
309* TroubledFetalPosition
310* TwistedChristmas
311* UnableToCry
312* UnconfessedUnemployment
313* UnderestimatingBadassery
314* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: An unusually dark episode of a light-hearted series.
315* VerySpecialEpisode: An unusual episode in a light-entertainment series that suddenly tackles a serious issue, such as drugs, alcohol or gangs.
316* VigilanteInjustice: Vigilantes are problematic because they interfere with investigations and can kill innocent people.
317* WakingUpElsewhere
318* WarIsHell: Warfare and violence are inherently emotionally-distressful experiences for most people.
319* WartsAndAll
320* WeCanRuleTogether: The villain tries to make the offer that the hero can join them in their conquest.
321* WeDoNotKnowEachOther
322* WeUsedToBeFriends
323* WhereDidWeGoWrong
324* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou
325* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility
326* WitnessProtection
327* TheWoobie
328* WoundThatWillNotHeal
329* WoundedGazelleGambit: Manipulating people by tricking them into thinking the other guy hurt you.
330* WoundedGazelleWarcry
331* YouDidntAsk
332* YouExclamation
333* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Someone wishes a person they hate had died instead of a lost loved one.
334[[/index]]

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