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1The alchemical process of transmuting the muse into money. The business, administrative, and promotional aspects of the creative life go here.
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3See also: AdvertisingTropes, CharactersAndCasting, {{Fandom}}, HocusTropus, MovieMakingIndex, and ReceptionDissonance.
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9Subindexes:
10+ CreativityLeash
11+ {{Networks}}
12+ ProductionProcess
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15* ThirtyDayFreeTrial
16* AcclaimedFlop: A movie wasn't commercially successful, but still has critical acclaim.
17* AdoredByTheNetwork: The network gives more airtime and promotion to the shows that the executives like better.
18* AdvertisingByAssociation
19* AfterShow
20* UsefulNotes/{{AMPTP}}
21* AudienceAlienatingPremise: A work fails to find an audience because its premise is widely considered to be too strange, boring, controversial, etc.
22* AwardCategoryFraud
23* AwardSnub: A work doesn't win an award, but people feel that it should have.
24* BackedByThePentagon
25* BillingDisplacement: The work gives top billing to more well-known actors even though they are not in starring roles.
26* BlandNameProduct
27* UsefulNotes/BlockProgramming
28* BottleEpisode: An episode that saves budget money by limiting the number of characters, backgrounds, etc. that can be used.
29* BoxOfficeBomb: A movie makes less money than its budget upon release.
30* BrandX
31* BreakthroughHit
32* BribingYourWayToVictory: Winning a game by spending real world currency.
33* CareerResurrection
34* CashCowFranchise: A franchise that continues production because it is very profitable for the company that owns it.
35* {{Cancellation}}: The network airing the show decides not to renew it for more episodes.
36* ChannelHop: A television series ends up airing new episodes on a different channel. This also applies to works changing publishers and distributors.
37* ColbertBump: An obscure work gets more attention after being referenced in a more well-known work.
38* ComedyGhetto: Audiences lose interest in a work for focusing on comedy.
39* ContentWarnings: The work starts with a disclaimer warning the audience about the kind of content featured in the work.
40* ContractualObligationProject: The work is made because the people involved are contractually obligated to do so.
41* ContractualPurity
42* ControversyProofImage
43* [[CostumeTropes Costumes]]
44* CoupleBomb
45* CultClassic
46* DancingBear
47* {{Demographics}}
48* DontTryThisAtHome: During scenes that feature imitable behavior, the audience is warned that they shouldn't copy what the characters are doing because they could hurt themselves.
49* DrawingBoardHiatus
50* UsefulNotes/DigitalRightsManagement
51* EditedForSyndication: Reruns of a show have scenes cut from the episodes' original broadcasts.
52* EngineeredHashtag
53* ExecutiveMeddling: The executives force the creators to make changes to their work.
54* ExecutiveVeto: The executives say no to the creator's idea, forcing the creator to come up with a new concept that accomplishes what they want without upsetting the executives.
55* {{Fan}}
56* FanCommunityNicknames: Nicknames for specific fandoms.
57* {{Fauxrrari}}
58* FollowTheLeader: Other works deliberately imitate a work that is proven to be successful.
59* FollowUpFailure
60* FormerChildStar: A person who used to be a celebrity as a child.
61* FranchiseKiller: The franchise installment that failed so badly it completely ended the franchise.
62* FranchiseOwnershipAcquisition: The franchise changes hands from one owner to another.
63* FranchiseZombie: The franchise keeps going long after the creator wanted it to end.
64* {{Freemium}}
65* FromTheAshes: A fictional work's ending is the starting point of a SpinOff.
66* FunnyCharacterBoringActor
67* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: The creator does not own the rights to their work, so the company that does own the rights can continue production or reboot the work without the original creator's involvement or approval.
68* HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight: Someone in the show bBusiness is cynical about their occupation but enjoys the perks nonetheless.
69* HollywoodHypeMachine
70* IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney: It's revealed that a character was in a pornographic film when they were younger because they were that desperate for money.
71* InternationalCoproduction: A work that is made by companies based in different countries.
72* LateExportForYou: A work isn't released overseas until well after its native release.
73* LayoutOfASeason: The kinda StrictlyFormula structuring of a show's seasons.
74* LeadIn
75* LimeyGoesToHollywood
76* {{Luvvies}}
77* LyingCreator: The creator deliberately fibs about their work.
78* MagnumOpusDissonance: Audiences and the creator have different opinions on what the creator's best work was.
79* MeanCharacterNiceActor: A mean character is played by an actor who is much nicer in real life.
80* UsefulNotes/MediaClassifications
81* TheMerch
82** ThemedStockBoardGame
83* MerchandiseDriven: The main reason the show exists is to advertise merchandise.
84* {{Microtransactions}}
85* MisaimedMerchandising: A work has advertisements and merchandise that either contradict the work's intended message or come off as very odd to people who've actually seen the work being advertised or merchandised.
86* MidseasonReplacement
87* MoneyDearBoy: They only got involved with the project so they'd get paid for their work.
88* MurderSimulators
89* MusicIsPolitics
90* NetworkDeath
91* NetworkDecay: A network appears to have strayed from the kind of content it was originally founded to broadcast.
92* UsefulNotes/NetworkExecutives
93* NetworkFinale: A channel about to go off the air goes out with a bang.
94* NetworkRedHeadedStepchild
95* NetworkToTheRescue: A network picks up and renews a series that was cancelled by another network.
96* NiceCharacterMeanActor
97* NoBudget
98* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: A work continues being popular in spite of bad press.
99* NoExportForYou: A work that never gets released overseas.
100* NotScreenedForCritics
101* NowBuyTheMerchandise
102* ObviousSecondChoice
103* OneForTheMoneyOneForTheArt
104* OneGameForThePriceOfTwo
105* OnlyBarelyRenewed
106* OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope
107* OutlivedItsCreator: The franchise continues after the original creator died.
108* PayingTheirDues
109* UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}}
110* PolishTheTurd: Making something look better than it actually is.
111* PresumedFlop
112* ProductPlacement: The work features use and appearances of real life products.
113** DestroyTheProductPlacement: Something from a real world brand gets destroyed.
114** EverybodyOwnsAFord
115** ProductDisplacement
116** ProductPromotionParade
117** PromotionalConsideration
118* PromotedFanboy: Someone who is a fan of the work ends up contributing to the franchise.
119** ContestWinnerCameo: Someone wins a contest where their prize is a cameo appearance in the work.
120** RunningTheAsylum: Fans end up being in charge and are now given free reign to make their ideas canon.
121* {{Prop}}: Something an actor holds or physically interacts with in a production.
122** PropRecycling: Reusing assets for another production.
123* PublicityStuntRelationship
124* UsefulNotes/{{Ratings}}
125* RatingsStunt
126* RealMoneyTrade
127* TheRedStapler: A work ends up increasing demand for a particular item.
128* RenewedBeforePremiere
129* {{Rerun}}: Re-airing previously aired episodes.
130* RevenueEnhancingDevices
131* {{Revival}}: A show that completed its run gets renewed for more episodes.
132* RevivalByCommercialization: A song becomes popular again after being used in modern media.
133* UsefulNotes/SafeHarbor
134* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Production or distribution of a work is ceased or hindered by legal issues.
135* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The show gets cancelled because the network didn't treat it well.
136* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll
137* SellingTheShow
138* SequelHook: A work features hints that a sequel may come up.
139* {{Showrunner}}
140* SleeperHit
141* SoMyKidsCanWatch: An actor agrees to appear in a work so their children can see them act.
142* SpoilAtYourOwnRisk
143* UsefulNotes/SportsPreemption
144* StarMakingRole: The role that led to an actor's rise in prominence.
145* UsefulNotes/{{Sweeps}}
146* TabloidMelodrama
147* TargetAudience
148* TechnicalAdvisor
149* TheatreIsTrueActing: The notion that stage acting is superior to screen acting.
150* TimeshiftChannel
151* TransAtlanticEquivalent
152* UsefulNotes/TVStrikes
153* UsefulNotes/UnionsInHollywood
154* UnisexSeriesGenderedMerchandise: The work is aimed at all audiences, but the merchandise is only targeted at one gender.
155* VacationDearBoy
156* VanityProject
157* ViewersLikeYou
158* ViralMarketing
159** InUniverseMarketing
160* WagTheDirector: The cast makes demands that must be met if they're going to act in the work.
161* {{Watershed}}
162* WritingAroundTrademarks: Avoiding lawsuits by never directly referring to copyrighted material by name.
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