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11Index for paper stuff: letters, documents, contracts, reports, homework, notes, messages, notebooks, posters, newspapers, toilet paper and so on, and various related plots.
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13Compare BookishTropes, BoxTropes, MailAndDeliveryTropes and PhotographyAndIllustration. See also TextTropes and WritingAndDrawingIndex.
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15BadassOnPaper, PaperCutting, PaperPeople and PaperTiger are unrelated.
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17[[index]]
18
19!!Art, crafting, creating and stuff made of paper
20* DunceCap: A student who misbehaves or does poorly in school is punished by being made to sit in the corner and wear a pointy cap made of paper.
21* ImprovisedUmbrella: Can be improvised with a large piece of paper, usually a newspaper.
22* LoveDoodles
23* NightmareFuelColoringBook
24* ThousandOrigamiCranes
25
26!!Contracts and documents
27* ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument
28* DestroyTheEvidence: If the evidence is a document, e.g. a letter, a contract or something similar.
29* EatTheEvidence: If the evidence in question is something made of paper.
30* FictionalDocument
31* MagicallyBindingContract
32* ReadTheFinePrint
33* TearUpTheContract
34* TrickedIntoSigning
35* UnreadableDisclaimer
36
37!!Letters and messages
38* BloodStainedLetter
39* ChainLetter
40* DeadManWriting
41* DearJohnLetter
42* EpistolaryNovel: Consists of letters.
43* LoveLetter
44* LoveLetterLunacy
45* MessageInABottle
46* ObsessiveLoveLetter
47* PassingNotesInClass
48* StronglyWordedLetter
49* VoiceoverLetter
50
51!!Newspapers
52* AuthenticationByNewspaper
53* ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt
54* NewspaperDating
55* NewspaperThinDisguise: Holding up a newspaper or other form of reading material to avoid being seen.
56* SpinningPaper
57
58!!Paper bags
59* BrownBagMask
60* HyperventilationBag: Breathing into a paper bag to calm down.
61* PaperBagPopping
62
63!!Posters
64* AdmiringThePoster: Character lusting in front of a pin-up poster.
65* FauxtivationalPoster
66* JustTakeThePoster
67* PosterGalleryBedroom
68* PosterPatchup
69* WantedPoster
70
71!!Toilet paper
72* OnlyUsefulAsToiletPaper: A piece of writing is considered so poor that its only good use is for wiping your ass or some other purpose that involves defiling the paper.
73* ToiletPaperPrank: A prank where you wrap rolls of toilet paper around everything.
74* ToiletPaperSubstitute: Running out of toilet paper and having to use something else.
75* ToiletPaperTrail: Someone leaves the bathroom with a piece of toilet paper stuck to their foot.
76* ThereWillBeToiletPaper: People who cut themselves shaving always use bits of toilet paper to stop the bleeding.
77
78!!{{Writing|AndDrawingIndex}}
79* TheIllegible: A character who writes in a way only they can understand.
80* RewritingReality: Want to change reality? Just get a notebook and write!
81* SecretDiary: Discovering someone else's secret/"secret" diary which has all their darkest secrets.
82* ScrapbookStory
83* ThatWasTheLastEntry: Sudden diary discontinuation means that something happened to the writer that left them unable to continue writing; typically death.
84
85!!Written assignments and homework
86* CompletelyOffTopicReport: A student is asked to write a paper, but somehow has it written on a subject that has nothing to do with the topic that was assigned.
87* ADogAteMyHomework: A student who neglected to do their homework (frequently something written on paper) avoids getting in trouble by claiming their dog ate the homework.
88* HomeworkSlave: Bullying someone else into doing your homework for you.
89* WritingLines: The lines can be assigned to be written into a notebook/piece of paper.
90
91!!Other
92* BreakUpBonfire
93* BurnBabyBurn
94* CardboardBoxOfUnemployment: When a person gets fired, they have to carry their possessions in a cardboard box.
95* KidsPreferBoxes: Children prefer playing with the box rather than the toy the box contained.
96* NoPaperFuture
97* OrigamiGag: Doing something funny with paper and papercraft.
98* PaddingThePaper: Someone is assigned to write a document and pads it out by adding unnecessary words, larger fonts, pictures, etc.
99* PaperDestructionOfAnger
100* PaperFanOfDoom
101* PaperMaster
102* PaperTalisman
103* PenPals: Friends who exchange letters.
104* PlotTriggeringBook: A character either discovers a special book or is given one which kickstarts the plot.
105* PressHat: A piece of paper that says PRESS tucked in a reporter's hat.
106* RippedFromThePhoneBook: Tearing out a phone book page instead of writing the number down.
107* ScantronPicture: Someone taking a Scantron test fools around by filling in the dots to make a picture.
108* SignedWithAKiss: A character signs a letter, photograph, or other piece of paper with a kiss mark in addition to or in place of their name.
109* StalkerShrine
110* StoppedReadingTooSoon: Character mistakes a break in a document for its actual end, missing an important part of the message.
111* WastebasketBall
112* WritersBlockMontage
113* ZigzagPaperTassel
114[[/index]]

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