1 | ''Tropes that are common to SpeculativeFiction, encompassing ScienceFiction, {{Fantasy}}, and everything in between...'' |
2 | |
3 | [-See also: AsimovsThreeKindsOfScienceFiction, Website/TheGrandListOfOverusedScienceFictionCliches, SpeculativeFictionCreatorIndex, and the Website/TurkeyCityLexicon website.-] |
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5 | !!Tropes |
6 | [[index]] |
7 | [[foldercontrol]] |
8 | |
9 | [[folder:'''Subcategories and Trope Indexes''']] |
10 | + '''SpeculativeFiction''' (main topic) |
11 | + AlienTropes: Tropes about extraterrestrial life. |
12 | + AlternateHistoryTropes: Tropes about speculative history that differs from real-life events. |
13 | + AnatomyArsenal |
14 | + AppliedPhlebotinum |
15 | + ApocalypticIndex: Tropes about the destruction of global society or life as we know it. |
16 | + AutonomousAndArtificialAppendageIndex |
17 | + CyberpunkTropes: Common tropes and cliches found in {{Cyberpunk}} science fiction. |
18 | + {{Doppelganger}} |
19 | + EnergyWeapon |
20 | + FairyTaleTropes: Common tropes and cliches found in {{Fairy Tale}}s. |
21 | + FantasticFlora |
22 | + FantasticRacism: Conflict and discrimination between fictional sapient races/species. |
23 | + FantasticSapientSpeciesTropes: All tropes regarding fictional races/species of beings who at least have human-level intelligence. |
24 | + FasterThanLightIndex |
25 | + FateAndProphecyTropes |
26 | + FictionalCultureAndNationTropes: Tropes about fictional societies and civilizations. |
27 | + FuturisticTechIndex: Tropes about hypothetical technology in science fiction. |
28 | + HumansAreIndexed: Tropes about the human species (and how we relate to non-human species). |
29 | + IndexOfFictionalCreatures: All tropes about beings and creatures which only exist in fantasy and science fiction. |
30 | + LovecraftianTropes: Common tropes and cliches found in [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraftian-style]] [[CosmicHorrorStory supernatural horror fiction]]. |
31 | + MagicAndPowers: Tropes about sorcery and superhuman abilities. |
32 | + MakeMyIndexLive: Tropes about {{mad scientist}}s and their strange experiments. |
33 | + MechaTropes |
34 | + [[MilitaryScienceFiction Military Science Fiction Tropes]]: MilitaryAndWarfareTropes as applied to science fiction settings. |
35 | + MindControl |
36 | + OneWithTheIndex |
37 | + OthernessTropes |
38 | + OtherworldTropes: Tropes about alternate universes and parallel dimensions. |
39 | + OurClonesAreIdentical |
40 | + ParanormalTropes |
41 | + PsychicIndex |
42 | + RangedEnergyAttackTropes |
43 | + RobotRollCall |
44 | + RomanticismVersusEnlightenment |
45 | + [[SciFiHorror Sci-Fi Horror Tropes]]: Science fiction tropes that are often PlayedForHorror. |
46 | + SealedIndexInACan |
47 | + {{Shapeshifting}}: Tropes about people undergoing extreme physical changes. |
48 | + {{Spacecraft}} |
49 | + SteampunkIndex: Common tropes and cliches found in {{Steampunk}} science fiction. |
50 | + SuperheroTropes: All genre tropes pertaining to {{superhero}}es (and {{supervillain}}s). |
51 | + TeleportationTropes |
52 | + ThisIndexHasAMindOfItsOwn |
53 | + ThisIndexWillLiveForever |
54 | + TimeTravelTropes: Tropes about TimeTravel and visiting the past or future. |
55 | + [[{{Transhuman}} Transhuman Tropes]]: Tropes about people who have been enhanced in some way/moved past their "natural" limitations. |
56 | + TropesInSpace: Tropes about everything in the vast universe beyond our planet Earth. |
57 | + TropesOfTheSoul |
58 | + TropesOnScienceAndUnscience: Tropes about the depiction of scientists and their work in science fiction settings. |
59 | + UndeadIndex |
60 | + UrbanFantasyTropes: Common tropes and cliches found in UrbanFantasy stories. |
61 | + WeWillNotUseAnIndexInTheFuture: Tropes which speculate predictions about the world of tomorrow. |
62 | + WishingTropes |
63 | [[/folder]] |
64 | |
65 | [[folder:Tropes #-D]] |
66 | * TwoDSpace |
67 | * NinetyPercentOfYourBrain |
68 | * AbsentAliens |
69 | * AbsoluteXenophobe |
70 | * AbstractEater |
71 | * AbsurdlyHugePopulation |
72 | * AbsurdlySharpBlade: A blade sharp enough to cut anything. |
73 | * AbsurdlySharpClaws |
74 | * AbUrbeCondita |
75 | * AbusiveAlienParents |
76 | * AbusivePrecursors |
77 | * AceCustom |
78 | * AchillesPowerCord |
79 | * ActivationSequence |
80 | * AdamAndEvePlot: It's up to the last surviving male and female to repopulate the race after the rest of their kind have all perished. |
81 | * AdaptiveArmor |
82 | * TheAdjectivalMan |
83 | * AdorableAbomination |
84 | * AdvancedAncientAcropolis |
85 | * AdvancedAncientHumans |
86 | * AdvertOverloadedFuture |
87 | * {{Aesoptinum}} |
88 | * TheAgeless: A character who never ages. |
89 | * AgeWithoutYouth |
90 | * AgonyBeam |
91 | * AgriWorld: A planet, often depicted as a SingleBiomePlanet, dedicated to agriculture. |
92 | * AIGettingHigh |
93 | * AIIsACrapshoot: Artificial intelligence going bonkers. |
94 | * AirborneAircraftCarrier |
95 | * TheAirNotThere |
96 | * AkashicRecords |
97 | * AlchemyIsMagic |
98 | * AlcubierreDrive |
99 | * AlienAbducteesFightBack |
100 | * AlienAbduction |
101 | * AlienAnimals |
102 | * AlienArtsAreAppreciated |
103 | * AlienAutopsy: Performing an autopsy on an alien. |
104 | * AlienBlood |
105 | * AlienCatnip |
106 | * AlienFairFolk |
107 | * AlienGenderConfusion |
108 | * AlienGeometries |
109 | * AlienInvasion: Aliens plan to invade a planet. |
110 | * AlienKudzu |
111 | * AlienLandmass |
112 | * AnAlienNamedBob |
113 | * AlienPrincess |
114 | * AliensAreBastards: Aliens are invariably shown to be bad people. |
115 | * AlienSea |
116 | * AliensInCardiff |
117 | * AlienSky |
118 | * AliensLoveHumanFood |
119 | * AliensNeverInventedDemocracy |
120 | * AliensNeverInventedTheWheel |
121 | * AliensOfLondon: An alien has an accent in spite of not being from Earth. |
122 | * AlienSpaceBats |
123 | * AliensSpeakingEnglish: Aliens who speak English in spite of never being on Earth before. |
124 | * AliensStealCable: Aliens learn about Earth by watching television broadcasts from the planet. |
125 | * AliensStealCattle |
126 | * AllGenesAreCodominant |
127 | * AllHailTheGreatGodMickey |
128 | * AllMythsAreTrue: A setting where myths, legends, and/or fairy tales weren't just fiction and have actually happened in real life. |
129 | * AllNationsAreSuperpowers |
130 | * AllOfTimeAtOnce |
131 | * AllPlanetsAreEarthLike |
132 | * AllTheoriesAreTrue |
133 | * AllTherapistsAreMuggles |
134 | * AllianceOfAlternates |
135 | * AlternateHistory: A work where history played out differently from real life. |
136 | * AlternateHistoryDinosaurSurvival |
137 | * AlternateHistoryNaziVictory |
138 | * AlternateLandmarkHistory |
139 | * AlternateRealityEpisode |
140 | * AlternateTimeline |
141 | * AlternateTimelineAncestry |
142 | * AlternateTooniverse |
143 | * AlternateUniverse |
144 | * AlternativeCalendar |
145 | * AlternativeNumberSystem |
146 | * AlternativeTuringTest |
147 | * TheAlternet |
148 | * AlwaysChaoticEvil |
149 | * AlwaysLawfulGood |
150 | * AlwaysOnDuty |
151 | * AmazonBrigade: An army of female warriors. |
152 | * AmbiguousCloneEnding |
153 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: A character appears to be human, but has traits and quirks suggesting that they might really be something not human. |
154 | * AmbiguousRobots |
155 | * AmplifierArtifact |
156 | * AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome |
157 | * AmuletOfDependency |
158 | * AmusingAlien |
159 | * AnalProbing |
160 | * AnatomyOfTheSoul |
161 | * AncientAstronauts: Myths and ancient civilizations are traced to aliens visiting Earth in the distant past. |
162 | * AncientConspiracy |
163 | * AncientEvil |
164 | * AncientTradition |
165 | * AndManGrewProud |
166 | * AndroidIdentifier |
167 | * AndroidsAndDetectives |
168 | * AndroidsArePeopleToo |
169 | * AngelicAliens |
170 | * AnimalEyes |
171 | * AnimalEyeSpy |
172 | * AnimalIsTheNewMan |
173 | * AnimatedTattoo |
174 | * AnimateInanimateObject: Inanimate objects that are alive and sentient. |
175 | * AnimatingArtifact |
176 | * {{Animorphism}} |
177 | * AnomalousArt |
178 | * AnotherDimension |
179 | * AntiHumanAlliance |
180 | * AntiMagicalFaction |
181 | * {{Antimatter}} |
182 | * AntiRegeneration |
183 | * AntiTrueSight |
184 | * ApathyKilledTheCat |
185 | * ApocalypseHow |
186 | * ApocalypseMaiden |
187 | * ApocalypseWow |
188 | * ApocalypticLog: Before a civilization is destroyed, someone leaves behind a recording detailing the events of the disaster before they meet their end. |
189 | * ApocalypticLogistics |
190 | * AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder: A being whose physical appearance differs depending on who is looking at them. |
191 | * AppendageAssimilation |
192 | * TheApunkalypse |
193 | * ArbitrarySkepticism: Refusing to believe in something supernatural in spite of believing in or being aware of the existence of something equally supernatural. |
194 | * ArbitraryWeaponRange |
195 | * ArchaeologicalArmsRace |
196 | * ArchaicWeaponForAnAdvancedAge |
197 | * {{Arcology}} |
198 | * Area51 |
199 | * TheArk |
200 | * ArmCannon: Having an arm that turns into a cannon. |
201 | * ArmlessBiped |
202 | * ArtifactCollectionAgency |
203 | * ArtifactDomination |
204 | * ArtifactOfAttraction |
205 | * ArtifactOfDeath |
206 | * ArtifactOfDoom |
207 | * ArtifactOfHope |
208 | * ArtificialAfterlife |
209 | * ArtificialAnimalPeople |
210 | * ArtificialCannibalism |
211 | * ArtificialFamilyMember |
212 | * ArtificialGravity |
213 | * ArtificialHuman |
214 | * ArtificialHybrid |
215 | * ArtificialIntelligence |
216 | * ArtificialLimbs: A person has robotic prosthetics. |
217 | * ArtificialLimbsAreStronger |
218 | * ArtificialMeat |
219 | * ArtificialScript |
220 | * ArtificialZombie |
221 | * ArtInitiatesLife |
222 | * AscendedFanboy |
223 | * AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence |
224 | * AsimovsThreeKindsOfScienceFiction: ScienceFiction inventions can be the focus of the story, a prop, or a societal impact. |
225 | * AssimilationPlot |
226 | * TheAssimilator |
227 | * AsteroidMiners |
228 | * AsteroidsMonster |
229 | * AsteroidThicket |
230 | * AstralProjection |
231 | * AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost |
232 | * AstroClone |
233 | * {{Atlantis}} |
234 | * AttackOfThe50FootWhatever |
235 | * AugmentedReality |
236 | * AuraVision |
237 | * {{Autodoc}} |
238 | * AutomatonHorses |
239 | * AvoidingTheGreatWar |
240 | * AwesomeUnderwaterWorld |
241 | * AxisMundi |
242 | * BabyPlanet |
243 | * BackFromTheDead |
244 | * BackgroundMagicField |
245 | * BackstoryInvader |
246 | * BadassTransplant |
247 | * BadFuture: The hero time travels to a future where the world is worse off without them. |
248 | * BadMoonRising |
249 | * BadPresent |
250 | * BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil |
251 | * BalancingDeathsBooks |
252 | * BaldMystic |
253 | * BalkanizeMe |
254 | * BallOfLightTransformation |
255 | * BanishingRitual |
256 | * BanOnAI |
257 | * BanOnMagic |
258 | * BarFullOfAliens |
259 | * BarrierMaiden |
260 | * BatPeople |
261 | * BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind |
262 | * TheBattlestar |
263 | * BazaarOfTheBizarre |
264 | * BBCQuarry |
265 | * BeastMan |
266 | * BecauseDestinySaysSo |
267 | * BecomeARealBoy |
268 | * BecomeYourWeapon |
269 | * BecomingTheGenie |
270 | * BeehiveBarrier |
271 | * BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: It's established that a historical figure had an unusual aspect of their life that was stricken from the history books. |
272 | * BeingHumanSucks |
273 | * BellBottomLimbedBots |
274 | * BenevolentAI |
275 | * BenevolentAlienInvasion |
276 | * BenevolentGenie: A genie whose main priority is that their master is safe and is satisfied with the wishes granted. |
277 | * BenevolentPrecursors |
278 | * BequeathedPower |
279 | * TheBermudaTriangle |
280 | * BewareOfHitchhikingGhosts |
281 | * BewitchedAmphibians: Magic turning people into frogs. |
282 | * BigCreepyCrawlies |
283 | * BigDumbBody |
284 | * BigDumbObject |
285 | * BigFatFuture |
286 | * BiggerOnTheInside |
287 | * BinarySuns |
288 | * BioArmor |
289 | * BioAugmentation |
290 | * {{Biodata}} |
291 | * BiologicalWeaponsSolveEverything |
292 | * BioluminescenceIsCool |
293 | * BiotechIsBetter |
294 | * BioweaponBeast |
295 | * BirdPeople |
296 | * BishonenLine |
297 | * BizarreAlienBiology: Aliens and other non-humans have stranger anatomy than humans. |
298 | * BizarreAlienLocomotion |
299 | * BizarreAlienPsychology |
300 | * BizarreAlienReproduction: Aliens have a bizarre way of reproducing. |
301 | * BizarreAlienSenses |
302 | * BizarreAlienSexes: Aliens having different genders or more genders than humans. |
303 | * BizarreBabyBoom |
304 | * BizarreHumanBiology: Someone has weird anatomy in spite of being human. |
305 | * BizarreSeasons |
306 | * BlackEyesOfEvil |
307 | * BlackMarketProduce |
308 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder |
309 | * TheBlank |
310 | * BlindJump |
311 | * BlindSeer |
312 | * BlobMonster |
313 | * BloodSport |
314 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: Someone follows morality that can't be accurately measured by our understanding of what's right and what's wrong. |
315 | * BluffingTheAdvanceScout |
316 | * BoardingParty |
317 | * BoardingPod |
318 | * BodyBackupDrive |
319 | * BodySnatcher |
320 | * BodySurf |
321 | * BodyToJewel |
322 | * BoldExplorer |
323 | * BoldlyComing: Going to space for the sole purpose of finding aliens to have sex with. |
324 | * BondCreatures |
325 | * BooksThatBite |
326 | * BornAgainImmortality |
327 | * BornAsAnAdult: A being who is born as a full-grown adult. |
328 | * BotanicalAbomination |
329 | * BrainComputerInterface |
330 | * BrainCriticalMass |
331 | * BrainInAJar: A disembodied brain is kept alive in a jar. |
332 | * BrainMonster: A creature that's more "brain" than "creature". |
333 | * BrainTheft: Stealing someone's brain. |
334 | * BrainTransplant: Putting someone's brain in someone else's body. |
335 | * BrainUploading: Saving a life by transferring the person's conscience into a machine. |
336 | * {{Brainwashed}}: A character's mind is enslaved by someone or something. |
337 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: A character is mind-controlled and driven to harm others or engage in destructive behavior. |
338 | * BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: Brainwashing people for a great, justifiable cause. |
339 | * TheBrigadier |
340 | * BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu |
341 | * BronsonCanyonAndCaves: A popular shooting location for speculative fiction film and television. |
342 | * BrownNote |
343 | * BrownNoteBeing |
344 | * BurialInSpace |
345 | * ButterflyOfDoom |
346 | * ButWhatAboutTheAstronauts |
347 | * ByTheEyesOfTheBlind |
348 | * ByThePowerOfGrayskull |
349 | * CactusPerson |
350 | * CaliforniaDoubling |
351 | * CallAPegasusAHippogriff |
352 | * CallARabbitASmeerp: Using an unusual word to refer to a mundane creature. |
353 | * CallASmeerpARabbit: Calling an unusual creature the name of a mundane animal. |
354 | * CameBackStrong |
355 | * CameBackWrong |
356 | * CameFromTheSky |
357 | * CannibalismSuperpower |
358 | * CannotCrossRunningWater |
359 | * CanOnlyMoveTheEyes |
360 | * CantArgueWithElves: A species believes themselves to be automatically superior to all other races. |
361 | * CantLiveWithoutYou |
362 | * CantTakeAnythingWithYou |
363 | * CapitalLettersAreMagic |
364 | * CaptainsLog |
365 | * CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth |
366 | * CaptureAndReplicate |
367 | * CapturedSuperEntity |
368 | * CarbonSkin |
369 | * CargoCult |
370 | * CassetteFuturism |
371 | * CastFromCalories |
372 | * CastFromLifespan |
373 | * CastFromSanity |
374 | * CastsNoShadow |
375 | * CasualInterplanetaryTravel |
376 | * CasualInterstellarTravel |
377 | * CasuallyPowerfulGiant |
378 | * CatFolk |
379 | * CausedTheBigBang |
380 | * CelestialBody |
381 | * CelestialDeadline |
382 | * CentrifugalGravity |
383 | * {{Cephalothorax}} |
384 | * CheerfulAI |
385 | * ChekhovsTimeTravel |
386 | * ChemistryCanDoAnything |
387 | * ChestBurster |
388 | * ChromeChampion |
389 | * ChromeDomePsi |
390 | * {{Chronoscope}} |
391 | * ChunkyUpdraft |
392 | * CitadelCity |
393 | * CityInABottle |
394 | * CityNoir |
395 | * CityOnTheWater |
396 | * CityPlanet |
397 | * CivilizationDestroyer |
398 | * ClaimedByTheSupernatural |
399 | * ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve |
400 | * ClarkesThirdLaw |
401 | * ClashOfEvolutionaryLevels |
402 | * ClingyMacGuffin |
403 | * ClockOfPower |
404 | * ClockRoaches |
405 | * ClockworkCreature |
406 | * CloneAngst |
407 | * CloneArmy |
408 | * CloneByConversion |
409 | * CloneDegeneration: Clones declining in quality. |
410 | * CloneJesus |
411 | * ClonesArePeopleToo |
412 | * CloningBodyParts |
413 | * CloningGambit |
414 | * CloseEnoughTimeline |
415 | * ClothesMakeTheSuperman |
416 | * ClownSpecies |
417 | * CocaPepsiInc |
418 | * CoconutSuperpowers: A character has powers that have limited demonstrations done with cheap special effects because the production lacks the budget to show the powers to their true potential. |
419 | * ColdEquation |
420 | * ColdSleepColdFuture |
421 | * ColonizedSolarSystem |
422 | * ColonyDrop |
423 | * ColonyShip |
424 | * ColorCodedWizardry |
425 | * CombatTentacles |
426 | * CometOfDoom |
427 | * ComingInHot |
428 | * CompellingVoice |
429 | * CompleteImmortality |
430 | * CompoundInterestTimeTravelGambit |
431 | * TheComputerIsYourFriend |
432 | * ComputerizedJudicialSystem |
433 | * ComputersSpeakBinary |
434 | * ConcentrationBoundMagic: Magic that only lasts so long as the wielder is concentrating. |
435 | * {{Conlang}} |
436 | * ConqueringAlienPrince |
437 | * ConquerorFromTheFuture |
438 | * ConstructedWorld |
439 | * ContagiousAI |
440 | * ContagiousPowers |
441 | * ContainmentClothing |
442 | * ContemporaryCaveman: A caveman ends up in modern times. |
443 | * ContinuousDecompression |
444 | * ConvenientlyClosePlanet |
445 | * ConvenientlyCoherentThoughts |
446 | * CoolButInefficient |
447 | * CoolChair |
448 | * CoolGate |
449 | * CoolKey |
450 | * CoolStarship |
451 | * CorralledCosmos |
452 | * TheCorruption |
453 | * CosmicChessGame |
454 | * CosmicEntity |
455 | * CosmicFlaw |
456 | * CosmicHorrorReveal |
457 | * CosmicKeystone |
458 | * CosmicRetcon |
459 | * CosyCatastrophe |
460 | * CounterEarth |
461 | * CounterpartArtifacts |
462 | * CrackInTheSky |
463 | * CranialProcessingUnit |
464 | * CreatingLife |
465 | * CreatingLifeIsAwesome |
466 | * CreatingLifeIsBad |
467 | * CreatingLifeIsUnforeseen |
468 | * CreationMyth |
469 | * CreativeSterility: Being highly intelligent isn't much use if you lack imagination. |
470 | * CreatureHunterOrganization |
471 | * CreditChip |
472 | * CrossCulturalHandshake |
473 | * CrossoverCosmology |
474 | * CrownOfPower |
475 | * CryonicsFailure: A cryogenically preserved person ends up dying because of faulty cryonics. |
476 | * CryoPrison |
477 | * CryoSickness: Getting thawed from cryosleep sucks in general and carries a risk of injury or death. |
478 | * CrystalClearPicture: Fixing the de-sync between InUniverse screens and the camera to avoid RasterVision. |
479 | * CrystallineCreature |
480 | * CrystalSkull |
481 | * CrystalSpiresAndTogas |
482 | * {{Cthulhumanoid}} |
483 | * CultColony |
484 | * CurseEscapeClause |
485 | * CurseOfBabel |
486 | * CustomBuiltHost |
487 | * CuteMonster |
488 | * CuteMonsterGirl |
489 | * CutTheJuice |
490 | * CyberCyclops |
491 | * CyberneticMythicalBeast |
492 | * CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Becoming a cyborg means that your cybernetics will corrupt you. |
493 | * CyberNinja |
494 | * {{Cyberspace}} |
495 | * {{Cyborg}}: A being who is half-organic and half-machine. |
496 | * CyborgHelmsman |
497 | * {{Cyclops}} |
498 | * CypherLanguage |
499 | * DamagedSoul |
500 | * DangerInTheGalacticCore |
501 | * DangerousOrbitalDebris |
502 | * DangledByAGiant |
503 | * DarkWorld |
504 | * DataCrystal |
505 | * DataDriveMacGuffin |
506 | * DataPad |
507 | * DawnOfAnEra |
508 | * TheDayOfReckoning |
509 | * DaysOfFuturePast |
510 | * DeadAlternateCounterpart: An alternate reality where someone alive in the other universe has died. |
511 | * DeadToBeginWith |
512 | * DeadlyForceField |
513 | * DeathAmnesia |
514 | * DeathByDeaging |
515 | * DeathMeansHumanity: A non-human being has its personhood recognized upon death. |
516 | * DeathOfPersonality |
517 | * DeathRay |
518 | * DeathsHourglass |
519 | * DeathWorld |
520 | * DecadeDissonance |
521 | * DecapitationRequired |
522 | * DeceptivelyHumanRobots |
523 | * DecontaminationChamber |
524 | * DefaceOfTheMoon |
525 | * DeflectorShields |
526 | * DeityOfHumanOrigin |
527 | * DeityOfMortalCreation |
528 | * DelayedRippleEffect |
529 | * {{Demihuman}} |
530 | * DemonSlaying |
531 | * {{Demythification}} |
532 | * DepletedPhlebotinumShells |
533 | * DepopulationBomb: A bomb powerful enough to wipe out whole populations. |
534 | * DescriptivelyNamedSpecies |
535 | * DesignerBabies |
536 | * DestinationHostUnreachable |
537 | * DestructiveTeleportation |
538 | * DetachableLowerHalf |
539 | * DetachmentCombat |
540 | * DetonationMoon |
541 | * DeusEstMachina |
542 | * DeusSexMachina |
543 | * DevilButNoGod: It's established that Satan exists, but God either doesn't exist or isn't acknowledged. |
544 | * DevolutionDevice |
545 | * DevourTheDragon |
546 | * {{Dhampyr}}: The half-human offspring of a vampire. |
547 | * DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu |
548 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu |
549 | * DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu |
550 | * DidYouJustScamCthulhu |
551 | * DigitalAbomination |
552 | * DieOrFly |
553 | * DifferentStatesOfAmerica |
554 | * DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: Different worlds have different works of fiction. |
555 | * DigitizedHacker |
556 | * DilatingDoor |
557 | * DimensionalTraveler |
558 | * DimensionLord |
559 | * DinkyDrivers |
560 | * DisappearsIntoLight |
561 | * DiscountLesbians |
562 | * DiscoveringYourOwnDeadBody |
563 | * TheDisembodied |
564 | * DisintegrationChamber: A machine (usually in the form of a little room) used to zap people into nonexistence. |
565 | * DisintegratorRay |
566 | * DismembermentIsCheap |
567 | * DisposableSuperheroMaker |
568 | * DistressCall |
569 | * DivergingEvolutionaryPhases |
570 | * DividedStatesOfAmerica |
571 | * DivineRanks |
572 | * DoAndroidsDream |
573 | * DoAnythingRobot: A robot is equipped with gadgets for every situation. |
574 | * DoesNotLikeMagic |
575 | * TheDogIsAnAlien |
576 | * DoingInTheScientist: Explaining away scientific stuff as actually being the result of magic. |
577 | * DoingInTheWizard: Explaining away magical stuff as actually being the result of science. |
578 | * DomainHolder |
579 | * DomedHometown |
580 | * DominantSpeciesGenes |
581 | * DoNotAdjustYourSet |
582 | * DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment: An alternate version of a person is treated the same way as their counterpart. |
583 | * {{Doppelmerger}} |
584 | * DoubleStandardRapeSciFi |
585 | * DownTheRabbitHole |
586 | * DowsingDevice |
587 | * DraconicAbomination |
588 | * DraconicHumanoid |
589 | * TheDragonsComeBack |
590 | * DramaticAlienVTOL |
591 | * DramaticSpaceDrifting |
592 | * TheDreadedDreadnought |
593 | * DreamingOfThingsToCome: Someone dreams of future events. |
594 | * DreamLand |
595 | * DreamSpying |
596 | * DreamStealer |
597 | * DreamsVsNightmares: A story with two individuals/groups (gods, species, etc.) where one causes happy dreams and is AlwaysLawfulGood, and the other causes nightmares and is AlwaysChaoticEvil. |
598 | * DreamWalker |
599 | * DreamWeaver |
600 | * DrFrankenstein |
601 | * DrillTank |
602 | * DropPod |
603 | * DropShip |
604 | * DyingRace |
605 | * DysonSphere |
606 | * {{Dystopia}} |
607 | * DystopianEdict |
608 | [[/folder]] |
609 | |
610 | [[folder:Tropes E-I]] |
611 | * EarthAllAlong |
612 | * EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse |
613 | * TheEarthPrimeTheory |
614 | * EarthquakeMachine |
615 | * EarthShatteringKaboom: A planet blows up. |
616 | * EarthThatUsedToBeBetter |
617 | * EarthThatWas |
618 | * EasilyDetachableRobotParts |
619 | * EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion |
620 | * EatBrainForMemories |
621 | * EatingOptional: A being who doesn't need to eat to survive. |
622 | * EccentricAI |
623 | * EerilyOutOfPlaceObject |
624 | * EitherOrOffspring |
625 | * ElaborateUndergroundBase |
626 | * EldritchAbomination |
627 | * EldritchLocation |
628 | * EldritchStarship |
629 | * EldritchTransformation |
630 | * ElectricInstantGratification |
631 | * ElectromagneticGhosts |
632 | * ElectronicEyes |
633 | * ElectronicTelepathy |
634 | * ElementalAbsorption |
635 | * ElementalBaggage |
636 | * ElementalEmbodiment |
637 | * ElementalNation |
638 | * ElementalPlane |
639 | * ElementalPowers |
640 | * ElementalShapeshifter |
641 | * ElixirOfLife |
642 | * ElvisHasLeftThePlanet |
643 | * ElvisLives |
644 | * EmergencyTemporalShift |
645 | * EmergencyTransformation |
646 | * EmergentHuman |
647 | * EminentlyEnigmaticRace: A species primarily known for being unknowable. |
648 | * EmotionBomb |
649 | * EmotionControl |
650 | * EmotionEater |
651 | * TheEmpath |
652 | * EmpathicHealer |
653 | * EmpathicShapeshifter |
654 | * EmpathicWeapon |
655 | * EmptyPilesOfClothing |
656 | * EnchantedForest |
657 | * EnclosedExtraterrestrials |
658 | * EndIsNighEnding: An apocalyptic event is taking place at the very end of the world, but we don't get to see because before the events happen, we're shown the credits. |
659 | * EndlessDaytime |
660 | * EndOfAnAge |
661 | * TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt |
662 | * EndOfTheWorldSpecial |
663 | * EnemiesWithDeath |
664 | * EnemyWithout |
665 | * EnergyAbsorption |
666 | * EnergyBall |
667 | * EnergyBeings |
668 | * EnergyBow |
669 | * EnergyDonation |
670 | * EnergyEconomy |
671 | * EnergyWeapon |
672 | * EnforcedTechnologyLevels: Rules exist limiting what kind of tech people can have. |
673 | * EnhancedArchaicWeapon |
674 | * EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity |
675 | * EnlightenedAntagonist |
676 | * EquivalentExchange |
677 | * EscapePod |
678 | * EscapedFromTheLab |
679 | * EternalEnglish |
680 | * EternalLove |
681 | * EternalProhibition |
682 | * EternalRecurrence |
683 | * ETGaveUsWiFi: Technology is revealed to have been given to humans by aliens. |
684 | * EthnicMagician |
685 | * EveryDeviceIsASwissArmyKnife |
686 | * EveryoneIsASuper |
687 | * EverythingIs3DPrintedInTheFuture |
688 | * EverythingIsAnIpodInTheFuture |
689 | * EverythingInSpaceIsAGalaxy |
690 | * EvilCostumeSwitch |
691 | * EvilDetectingBaby: A baby is able to sense when a person is evil. |
692 | * EvilDetectingDog: A dog or other animal is able to sense when a person is evil. |
693 | * EvilEvolves |
694 | * EvilHand |
695 | * EvilKnockoff |
696 | * EvilLuddite: A villain who opposes technology. |
697 | * EvilMakesYouMonstrous |
698 | * EvilMask |
699 | * EvilMeScaresMe |
700 | * EvilutionaryBiologist: An evil geneticist whose goal is to improve the human race on their terms. |
701 | * EvilWeapon |
702 | * EvolutionaryLevels |
703 | * EvolutionaryStasis |
704 | * EvolutionPowerUp |
705 | * TheExactCenterOfEverything |
706 | * ExcessiveSteamSyndrome |
707 | * ExoticEquipment: A non-human with unusual genitalia. |
708 | * ExpandedStatesOfAmerica |
709 | * ExpendableAlternateUniverse |
710 | * ExpendableClone |
711 | * ExplosionsInSpace |
712 | * ExplosiveDecompression |
713 | * ExpoLabel |
714 | * ExposedExtraterrestrials: Aliens who go naked. |
715 | * ExposedStarshipBridge |
716 | * ExpositionBeam |
717 | * ExpositionIntuition |
718 | * ExpositionOfImmortality |
719 | * {{Expospeak}} |
720 | * ExpressDelivery: A creature is able to give birth immediately after becoming pregnant. |
721 | * ExtinctAnimalPark: A zoo or similar park inhabited by ostensibly extinct animals. |
722 | * ExtinctInTheFuture: A species presently thriving is established as having gone extinct in the future. |
723 | * ExtradimensionalEmergencyExit |
724 | * ExtradimensionalPowerSource |
725 | * ExtraDimensionalShortcut |
726 | * ExtraEyes |
727 | * ExtranormalInstitute |
728 | * ExtraordinaryWorldOrdinaryProblems |
729 | * ExtraParentConception |
730 | * ExtraStrengthMasquerade |
731 | * ExtremeSpeculativeStratification |
732 | * ExtremophileLifeforms |
733 | * ExtyYearsFromPublication |
734 | * EyeColourChange |
735 | * EyelessFace |
736 | * EyeLightsOut |
737 | * EyeOfNewt |
738 | * EyeOnAStalk |
739 | * EyeRemember |
740 | * EyesDoNotBelongThere |
741 | * EyeSpy |
742 | * FaceFullOfAlienWingWong |
743 | * FacelessEye |
744 | * FaceMonsterTurn |
745 | * FaeriesDontBelieveInHumansEither: Fictional beings believe humans to be fictional. |
746 | * FailsafeFailure |
747 | * FailedFutureForecast |
748 | * FaintingSeer |
749 | * TheFairFolk |
750 | * FakeBetterAlternateTimeline |
751 | * FakeMemories |
752 | * FakeWizardry |
753 | * FallenStatesOfAmerica |
754 | * FamilialBodySnatcher |
755 | * {{Familiar}} |
756 | * FamousFamousFictional |
757 | * FamouslyMundaneFictionallyMagical |
758 | * FangThpeak |
759 | * FanOfThePast |
760 | * FantasticAbleism |
761 | * FantasticAesop: The story has a moral or lesson that isn't really applicable to real life. |
762 | * FantasticallyChallengingPatient |
763 | * FantasticalSocialServices: Mundane public service jobs in otherworldly settings. |
764 | * FantasticAngst |
765 | * FantasticArousal |
766 | * FantasticCasteSystem |
767 | * FantasticCatholicism |
768 | * FantasticDietRequirement |
769 | * FantasticDrug |
770 | * FantasticFallout |
771 | * FantasticFantasyIsMundane |
772 | * FantasticFaunaCounterpart |
773 | * FantasticFightingStyle |
774 | * FantasticFirearms: Guns spiced up with fantasy or sci-fi paint to establish the prevalence of magic or hypertech. |
775 | * FantasticFragility |
776 | * FantasticFruitsAndVegetables |
777 | * FantasticGhetto |
778 | * FantasticHonorifics |
779 | * FantasticLegalWeirdness |
780 | * FantasticLightSource |
781 | * FantasticLivestock: Magical, alien, or otherwise otherworldly livestock. |
782 | * FantasticMeasurementSystem |
783 | * FantasticMedicinalBodilyProduct |
784 | * FantasticNamingConvention |
785 | * FantasticNatureReserve |
786 | * FantasticNirvana |
787 | * FantasticNuke |
788 | * FantasticPlastic |
789 | * FantasticRankSystem |
790 | * FantasticRadiationShielding |
791 | * FantasticRecruitmentDrive |
792 | * FantasticReligiousWeirdness |
793 | * FantasticRomance |
794 | * FantasticScience |
795 | * FantasticShipPrefix |
796 | * FantasticSlurs |
797 | * FantasticTerrorists |
798 | * FantasticTimeManagement |
799 | * FantasticUnderclass |
800 | * FantasticVermin: Magical, alien, or otherwise otherworldly everyday pests. |
801 | * FantasticVoyagePlot |
802 | * FantasyAliens |
803 | * FantasyConflictCounterpart |
804 | * FantasyCounterpartAppliance |
805 | * FantasyCounterpartCulture |
806 | * FantasyCounterpartMap |
807 | * FantasyCounterpartMyth |
808 | * FantasyCounterpartReligion |
809 | * FantasyGunControl |
810 | * FantasyKitchenSink: Every kind of element from every kind of fiction shows up at one point or another. |
811 | * FantasyLandmarkEquivalent |
812 | * FantasyMetals |
813 | * FantasyPantheon |
814 | * FantasyWorldMap |
815 | * FasterThanLightTravel |
816 | * FeedItWithFire |
817 | * {{Fembot}} |
818 | * FertileBlood |
819 | * FertileFeet |
820 | * FesteringFungus |
821 | * FetishFuelFuture |
822 | * FeudalFuture |
823 | * FictionalAgeOfMajority |
824 | * FictionalCombatTroop |
825 | * FictionalCurrency |
826 | * FictionalDisability |
827 | * FictionalEarth: An alternate version of the planet Earth with completely different geography from real-world Earth. |
828 | * FictionalFieldOfScience |
829 | * FictionalGenevaConventions |
830 | * FictionalGreetingsAndFarewells |
831 | * FictionalUnitedNations |
832 | * {{Fictionary}} |
833 | * FictionAsCoverUp |
834 | * FightingAShadow |
835 | * FightingFromTheInside |
836 | * FightOffTheKryptonite |
837 | * FingerSnapLighter |
838 | * FirstChurchOfMecha |
839 | * FirstContact |
840 | * FirstContactMath |
841 | * FirstContactTeam |
842 | * FisherKing |
843 | * FisherKingdom |
844 | * FishPeople: Humanoid fish. |
845 | * FlashSideways |
846 | * FlashyTeleportation |
847 | * FlatEarthAtheist: Refusing to believe in something that's proven to exist. |
848 | * FlawedPrototype |
849 | * FleshEatingZombie |
850 | * FleshGolem |
851 | * FleshVersusSteel |
852 | * FlingALightIntoTheFuture |
853 | * FloatingContinent |
854 | * FloodedFutureWorld |
855 | * FlyingBooks |
856 | * FlyingCar |
857 | * FlyingCutlerySpaceship |
858 | * FlyingSaucer |
859 | * FlyingWeapon |
860 | * TheFogOfAges |
861 | * FoldThePageFoldTheSpace |
862 | * FoodChains |
863 | * FoodPills: In the future, people get sustenance by swallowing pills rather than consuming food. |
864 | * ForcedSleep |
865 | * ForcedToFeelEmpathy |
866 | * ForcedTransformation |
867 | * ForbiddenChekhovsGun |
868 | * ForceFieldDoor |
869 | * TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne |
870 | * ForgotHeWasARobot |
871 | * ForgottenPhlebotinum |
872 | * FormerlySapientSpecies |
873 | * FormulaicMagic |
874 | * AFormYouAreComfortableWith: An otherwordly being takes on a form that they are certain humans would be more comfortable with seeing than their true form. |
875 | * FossilRevival |
876 | * FountainOfYouth |
877 | * FoxFolk |
878 | * FrankensteinsMonster |
879 | * FrazettaMan |
880 | * FreakyFridayFlip |
881 | * FreeLoveFuture |
882 | * FreakLabAccident |
883 | * FreezeRay |
884 | * FrictionlessReentry |
885 | * FrogMen |
886 | * FromASingleCell: A killed being regenerates from even the tiniest bit remaining of them. |
887 | * FromCataclysmToMyth |
888 | * FTLTestBlunder |
889 | * FTLTravelSickness |
890 | * FullConversionCyborg |
891 | * FunctionalMagic |
892 | * FusionDance |
893 | * FusionDissonance |
894 | * FutureBadass: A character is shown to become cooler and more formidable in the future. |
895 | * FutureCopter |
896 | * FutureFoodIsArtificial |
897 | * FutureImperfect: People in the future will have completely inaccurate ideas on how things were in the past. |
898 | * TheFutureIsNoir |
899 | * FutureMeScaresMe |
900 | * FutureMusic |
901 | * FuturePrimitive |
902 | * FutureSelfReveal |
903 | * FutureSlang: The future has new slang words. |
904 | * FutureSocietyPresentValues |
905 | * FutureSpandex |
906 | * FuturisticJetInjector |
907 | * FuturisticPyramid |
908 | * FuturisticSuperhighway |
909 | * GaiasLament |
910 | * GaiasVengeance: Mother Earth attacks humanity in retaliation to pollution and other forms of harming the ecosystem. |
911 | * GalacticConqueror |
912 | * GalacticSuperpower |
913 | * TheGameComeToLife |
914 | * GateOfTruth |
915 | * {{Geas}} |
916 | * GemHeart |
917 | * GeminiDestructionLaw |
918 | * GemTissue |
919 | * GenderBender |
920 | * {{Gendercide}}: The extermination of an entire gender. |
921 | * GenderEqualsBreed |
922 | * GenderRarityValue |
923 | * GenerationShips |
924 | * GenericanEmpire |
925 | * GeneticAbomination |
926 | * GeneticAdaptation |
927 | * GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke |
928 | * GeneticMemory |
929 | * GenieInABottle |
930 | * TheGenieInTheMachine |
931 | * TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson: Fanciful beings from the past referencing or impersonating celebrities from the future. |
932 | * GeniusBreedingAct |
933 | * GeniusLoci |
934 | * GeniusSerum |
935 | * GenocideDilemma |
936 | * GeometricMagic |
937 | * GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul |
938 | * {{Ghostapo}} |
939 | * GhostInTheMachine |
940 | * GhostMemory |
941 | * GhostPlanet |
942 | * GiantEnemyCrab |
943 | * GiantFlyer |
944 | * GiantFootprintReveal |
945 | * GiantRobotHandsSaveLives |
946 | * GiantScrapRobot |
947 | * GiantSpider |
948 | * GiantWoman |
949 | * GivingRadioToTheRomans: Someone gives modern technology to people in the past. |
950 | * GlacialApocalypse |
951 | * {{Glamour}} |
952 | * GlamourFailure |
953 | * AGlitchInTheMatrix |
954 | * GlobalWarming |
955 | * GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath |
956 | * GlowingEyes |
957 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom |
958 | * GlowingMechanicalEyes |
959 | * GoMadFromTheApocalypse |
960 | * GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: God and the Devil are both portrayed as antagonistic to humanity. |
961 | * GodGuise: Someone pretends to be a god. |
962 | * GodhoodSeeker |
963 | * GodJob |
964 | * GodlySidestep |
965 | * GodTest |
966 | * GodwinsLawOfTimeTravel |
967 | * GoingCritical |
968 | * GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy |
969 | * {{Golem}} |
970 | * GoneHorriblyRight |
971 | * GoneHorriblyWrong |
972 | * GoodProstheticEvilProsthetic |
973 | * GoodThingYouCanHeal |
974 | * GooGooGodlike |
975 | * GorgeousGorgon |
976 | * GovernmentDrugEnforcement |
977 | * GrandfatherParadox |
978 | * GrandTheftMe: Taking over a person's body to make them do bad things. |
979 | * GravityMaster |
980 | * GravitySucks |
981 | * GreatBigLibraryOfEverything |
982 | * GreatGazoo |
983 | * GreenRocks |
984 | * GrewBeyondTheirProgramming |
985 | * GreyGoo |
986 | * TheGreys |
987 | * GroundhogDayLoop |
988 | * GrowsOnTrees |
989 | * GuardianEntity |
990 | * GuardianOfTheMultiverse |
991 | * GuiltFreeExterminationWar |
992 | * GuineaPigFamily |
993 | * HalfHumanHybrid: A being who is half-human and half-something that isn't human. |
994 | * HappinessInMindControl |
995 | * HardLight |
996 | * HarmonyVersusDiscipline |
997 | * HatePlague: Something that causes people to become furious and hostile to each other. |
998 | * HatOfPower |
999 | * HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster |
1000 | * HealingFactor |
1001 | * HealingSpring |
1002 | * HealingVat |
1003 | * HeartDrive |
1004 | * TheHeartless |
1005 | * HeartLight |
1006 | * HeartTrauma |
1007 | * HeavyMithril |
1008 | * {{Heavyworlder}} |
1009 | * HeelFaceBrainwashing |
1010 | * HeinzHybrid: A being who is a hybrid of more than two species. |
1011 | * HelicopterPack |
1012 | * {{Hellgate}} |
1013 | * {{Hellhound}} |
1014 | * HellishPupils |
1015 | * HelpingHands |
1016 | * HemisphereBias |
1017 | * HenchmenRace |
1018 | * HenshinHero |
1019 | * HereThereBeDragons |
1020 | * HereThereWereDragons |
1021 | * HermeticMagic |
1022 | * HeroicHost |
1023 | * HeroicLineage |
1024 | * TheHiddenHour |
1025 | * HigherTechSpecies |
1026 | * HighTechHexagons |
1027 | * HighTimesFuture |
1028 | * HijackingCthulhu |
1029 | * HistoricalPersonPunchline |
1030 | * HistoricalRapSheet |
1031 | * HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct |
1032 | * HitSoHardTheCalendarFeltIt |
1033 | * HiveCasteSystem |
1034 | * HiveCity |
1035 | * HiveDrone |
1036 | * HiveMind: An entire race shares the same brain. |
1037 | * HiveQueen |
1038 | * HoldYourHippogriffs |
1039 | * HollowWorld |
1040 | * HolodeckMalfunction |
1041 | * {{Hologram}}: A projected three-dimensional image. |
1042 | * HologramProjectionImperfection |
1043 | * HolographicDisguise |
1044 | * HolographicTerminal |
1045 | * HolyHandGrenade |
1046 | * HomemadeInventions: Gadgets built on a budget and out of whatever happens to be on hand. |
1047 | * HomeOfMonsters |
1048 | * HomeworldEvacuation |
1049 | * HomingLasers |
1050 | * HomosexualReproduction: Two individuals of the same gender manage to produce a child. |
1051 | * HordeOfAlienLocusts |
1052 | * HornedHumanoid |
1053 | * HorrorHatesARulebreaker |
1054 | * HorseOfADifferentColor |
1055 | * HostileTerraforming |
1056 | * HotBlade |
1057 | * HourOfPower |
1058 | * HouseFey |
1059 | * HoverBike |
1060 | * HoverBoard |
1061 | * HoverSkates |
1062 | * HoverTank |
1063 | * HowUnscientific |
1064 | * HubcapHovercraft |
1065 | * HugeHolographicHead |
1066 | * HughMann: A non-human [[PaperThinDisguise unconvincingly]] disguises themselves as a human being. |
1067 | * HumanAlienDiscovery |
1068 | * HumanAliens: An alien who looks exactly like a human being. |
1069 | * HumanAllAlong |
1070 | * HumanDisguise: A non-human disguises themselves as a human being. |
1071 | * HumanityCameFromSpace |
1072 | * HumanityEnsues |
1073 | * HumanityIsAdvanced |
1074 | * HumanityIsInfectious |
1075 | * HumanityIsSuperior |
1076 | * HumanityIsYoung: All alien races are much older than humanity. |
1077 | * HumanityOnTrial: Aliens put humanity on trial for their supposed misdeeds. |
1078 | * HumanitysWake: The story takes place after humanity has gone extinct. |
1079 | * HumanoidAbomination |
1080 | * HumanoidAliens |
1081 | * HumanOutsideAlienInside |
1082 | * HumanPopsicle: A human is frozen solid non-lethally. |
1083 | * HumanResources |
1084 | * HumansAdvanceSwiftly |
1085 | * HumansAreDiplomats |
1086 | * HumansAreFlawed |
1087 | * HumansAreInsects |
1088 | * HumansAreMorons: Humans are portrayed as dumber than other sentient beings. |
1089 | * HumansAreNotTheDominantSpecies |
1090 | * HumansArePsychicInTheFuture |
1091 | * HumansAreSpecial |
1092 | * HumansAreSmelly |
1093 | * HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Humans are regarded as worse than the creatures they consider monsters. |
1094 | * HumansAreUgly: Non-humans find humans to be hideous in their eyes. |
1095 | * HumansAreWarriors |
1096 | * HumansAreWhite |
1097 | * HumansByAnyOtherName |
1098 | * HumansNeedAliens |
1099 | * HumanSubspecies |
1100 | * HumanWeapon |
1101 | * HunterOfHisOwnKind |
1102 | * HunterOfMonsters |
1103 | * HurlItIntoTheSun |
1104 | * HybridAllAlong |
1105 | * HybridizationPlot |
1106 | * HybridMonster |
1107 | * HybridOverkillAvoidance |
1108 | * HybridPower |
1109 | * HybridsAreACrapshoot |
1110 | * HydraProblem |
1111 | * HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace |
1112 | * HyperspaceLanes |
1113 | * HyperspeedAmbush |
1114 | * HyperspeedEscape |
1115 | * HypnoRay |
1116 | * IAmNotAGun |
1117 | * ICantSeeMyself |
1118 | * ICantSenseTheirPresence |
1119 | * IComeInPeace |
1120 | * IdealIllnessImmunity |
1121 | * IdentityAbsorption |
1122 | * IdiosyncraticMechaStorage |
1123 | * IDoNotDrinkWine |
1124 | * IgnoredExpert |
1125 | * IKnowYourTrueName |
1126 | * IllegalReligion |
1127 | * ImaginaryEnemy |
1128 | * ImaginationBasedSuperpower |
1129 | * ImaginationDestroyer |
1130 | * ImMelting |
1131 | * ImmortalAssassin |
1132 | * ImmortalBreaker |
1133 | * {{Immortality}}: Being able to live forever. |
1134 | * ImmortalityBisexuality |
1135 | * ImmortalityField |
1136 | * ImmortalityHurts: Not being able to die does not mean you can't feel pain. |
1137 | * ImmortalityImmorality |
1138 | * ImmortalityInducer: Something that causes people to become immortal. |
1139 | * ImmortalitySeeker |
1140 | * ImmortalLifeIsCheap |
1141 | * ImmortalRuler |
1142 | * ImmuneToBullets: A being who can't be harmed by bullets. |
1143 | * ImmuneToFate |
1144 | * ImmuneToMindControl |
1145 | * ImperfectRitual |
1146 | * ImportedAlienPhlebotinum |
1147 | * ImpossiblyMundaneExplanation |
1148 | * ImproperlyPlacedFirearms |
1149 | * ImprovisedGolems |
1150 | * ImprovisedMicrogravityManeuvering |
1151 | * IncredibleShrinkingMan |
1152 | * IndustrializedMercury |
1153 | * InertialDampening |
1154 | * InexplicableCulturalTies |
1155 | * InfiniteSupplies |
1156 | * InhumanableAlienRights |
1157 | * InhumanEmotion |
1158 | * InhumanHuman |
1159 | * InhumanlyBeautifulRace |
1160 | * InnocentAliens: Aliens who are good-natured and naive. |
1161 | * InnocentPlantChildren |
1162 | * InsectoidAliens: Aliens that resemble bugs. |
1163 | * InsideAComputerSystem |
1164 | * InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: Earth is regarded as unimportant in the grand scheme of things. |
1165 | * InSpaceEveryoneCanSeeYourFace |
1166 | * InSpiteOfANail: Everything's the same in the alternate timeline or reality in spite of the key difference. |
1167 | * InstantAIJustAddWater |
1168 | * InstantAllegianceArtifact |
1169 | * InstantCooldown |
1170 | * InstantPeopleJustAddWater |
1171 | * InsufficientlyAdvancedAlien: Aliens that are more primitive than humans. |
1172 | * {{Intangibility}}: Being able to phase through solid objects. |
1173 | * IntangibleTimeTravel |
1174 | * IntelligentGerbil |
1175 | * InterdimensionalTravelDevice |
1176 | * InterfaceWithAFamiliarFace |
1177 | * InterplanetaryVoyage |
1178 | * InterspeciesRomance: Love between beings of different species. |
1179 | * IntroducedSpeciesCalamity: Humans ill-advisedly introduce a new species, only for it to damage or destroy its ecosystem. |
1180 | * InTheFutureHumansWillBeOneRace: Everyone in the future has the same ethnicity. |
1181 | * InTheFutureWeStillHaveRoombas |
1182 | * InTheirOwnImage |
1183 | * InTheOriginalKlingon |
1184 | * IntriguedByHumanity |
1185 | * InvadedStatesOfAmerica |
1186 | * {{Invisibility}} |
1187 | * InvisibilityCloak |
1188 | * InvisibilityFlicker |
1189 | * InvisibilityWithDrawbacks |
1190 | * InvisibleAliens |
1191 | * InvisibleMonsters |
1192 | * InvisibleStomachVisibleFood |
1193 | * InvisibleStreaker |
1194 | * InvisibleToAdults |
1195 | * InvisibleToNormals |
1196 | * {{Invocation}} |
1197 | * InvoluntaryShapeshifting |
1198 | * InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves |
1199 | * ISayWhatISay |
1200 | * ISeeThemToo |
1201 | * ItOnlyWorksOnce: A method of killing a creature that worked one time won't be successful the next time it is attempted on the creature. |
1202 | * ItsASmallWorldAfterAll |
1203 | * ItsAWonderfulPlot |
1204 | [[/folder]] |
1205 | |
1206 | [[folder:Tropes J-R]] |
1207 | * JackassGenie: A genie who deliberately misinterprets their master's wish or makes it so the wish is granted at a terrible price. |
1208 | * JediMindTrick |
1209 | * JetPack |
1210 | * JigsawPuzzlePlot |
1211 | * JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind |
1212 | * JuliusBeethovenDaVinci: It's established that multiple historical figures were actually the aliases of an immortal being. |
1213 | * JumpJetPack |
1214 | * JungleOpera |
1215 | * JunglePrincess |
1216 | * JuryOfTheDamned |
1217 | * JustAMachine |
1218 | * JustOneSecondOutOfSync |
1219 | * {{Kaiju}} |
1220 | * KidnappedForExperimentation |
1221 | * TheKidWithTheRemoteControl |
1222 | * KillAllHumans |
1223 | * KillAndReplace: A being's goal is to kill someone so they can impersonate them forever. |
1224 | * KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: Someone is killed so they can't expose the existence of supernatural beings that are in hiding. |
1225 | * KillerRobot |
1226 | * KillerSpaceMonkey |
1227 | * KillingYourAlternateSelf |
1228 | * KillItWithWater: Beings who are vulnerable to water. |
1229 | * KillOneOthersGetStronger |
1230 | * KillSat |
1231 | * KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter |
1232 | * KirksRock |
1233 | * KissMeImVirtual |
1234 | * KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect |
1235 | * KlingonsLoveShakespeare |
1236 | * KryptoniteFactor |
1237 | * KryptoniteProofSuit |
1238 | * KryptoniteRing |
1239 | * LandfillBeyondTheStars |
1240 | * LanguageDrift |
1241 | * LaserBlade |
1242 | * LaserCutter |
1243 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia |
1244 | * TheLastManHeardAKnock |
1245 | * LawOfTimeTravelCoincidences |
1246 | * LayeredWorld |
1247 | * LeakingCanOfEvil |
1248 | * LearntEnglishFromWatchingTelevision: It's established that aliens learned the human language from watching TV. |
1249 | * LeftJustifiedFantasyMap |
1250 | * LegendaryWeapon |
1251 | * LegoGenetics |
1252 | * LensmanArmsRace |
1253 | * LetsMockTheMonsters |
1254 | * LeyLine |
1255 | * LieToTheBeholder |
1256 | * LifeDrinker |
1257 | * LifeEnergy |
1258 | * LifeInZeroG |
1259 | * TheLifestream |
1260 | * LightningCanDoAnything |
1261 | * LightningGun |
1262 | * {{Lightworlder}} |
1263 | * {{Lilliputians}} |
1264 | * LilliputianWarriors |
1265 | * LimbSensationFascination |
1266 | * LiquidAssets |
1267 | * LiteralGenie: The genie grants wishes based on the literal wording of the wish. |
1268 | * LiteralSplitPersonality |
1269 | * LiteralSurveillanceBug |
1270 | * LiteraryWorkOfMagic: A RealLife fictional work has an agenda [[InUniverse in the universe]] of another. |
1271 | * LittleGreenManInACan |
1272 | * LittleGreenMen |
1273 | * TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday |
1274 | * LivingArk |
1275 | * LivingBattery |
1276 | * LivingBodysuit |
1277 | * LivingClothes |
1278 | * LivingDinosaurs |
1279 | * LivingDrawing |
1280 | * LivingDream |
1281 | * LivingFigurehead |
1282 | * LivingForeverIsAwesome |
1283 | * LivingForeverIsNoBigDeal |
1284 | * LivingHat |
1285 | * LivingLava |
1286 | * LivingMemory |
1287 | * LivingMotionDetector |
1288 | * LivingProgram |
1289 | * LivingRelic |
1290 | * LivingShip |
1291 | * LivingStatue |
1292 | * LivingStructureMonster |
1293 | * LivingToys: Toys that are alive. |
1294 | * LivingWeapon |
1295 | * LizardFolk |
1296 | * LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces |
1297 | * {{Lockdown}} |
1298 | * TheLonelyDoor |
1299 | * LongevityTreatment: A medical treatment that enables people to live longer than they would normally. |
1300 | * ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway |
1301 | * LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair |
1302 | * LosingYourHead: Non-fatal decapitations. |
1303 | * LostColony |
1304 | * LostCommonKnowledge |
1305 | * LostWorld |
1306 | * LovecraftianSuperpower |
1307 | * LovecraftLite |
1308 | * LoveIsACrime |
1309 | * LoveIsInTheAir |
1310 | * LovePotion |
1311 | * LoveTranscendsSpacetime |
1312 | * LowCultureHighTech: A culture using technology far in advance of what its state of development would suggest, usually for war. |
1313 | * LuddWasRight |
1314 | * LukeNounverber |
1315 | * MacGuffinSuperPerson |
1316 | * MacGuffinTurnedHuman |
1317 | * MachineBlood |
1318 | * MachineMonotone: Robots speaking in monotone. |
1319 | * MachineWorship: Religious worship of specific machines or of technology in general. |
1320 | * MadeOfEvil |
1321 | * MadeOfGood |
1322 | * MadeOfIndestructium |
1323 | * MadeOfMagic |
1324 | * MadeOfPhlebotinum |
1325 | * MadOracle |
1326 | * MadScientist |
1327 | * MadScientistLaboratory |
1328 | * MageBornOfMuggles |
1329 | * MageHuntingMonster |
1330 | * MageKiller |
1331 | * MageSpecies |
1332 | * MagicAIsMagicA |
1333 | * MagicalAbortion |
1334 | * MagicalAccessory |
1335 | * MagicalBarefooter |
1336 | * MagicalCamera |
1337 | * MagicalCounterfeiting |
1338 | * MagicalDatabase |
1339 | * MagicalDivorce |
1340 | * MagicalEye |
1341 | * MagicalGirlfriend |
1342 | * MagicalGuardian |
1343 | * MagicalLand |
1344 | * MagicalLibrary |
1345 | * MagicallyBindingContract |
1346 | * MagicallyRegeneratingClothing |
1347 | * MagicalUnderpinningsOfReality |
1348 | * MagicByAnyOtherName |
1349 | * MagicCarpet |
1350 | * TheMagicComesBack |
1351 | * MagicEater |
1352 | * MagicFeather |
1353 | * MagicFromTechnology: Using technology to do things effectively indistinguishable from magic. |
1354 | * MagicGenetics |
1355 | * TheMagicGoesAway |
1356 | * MagiciansAreWizards: Being an illusionist automatically means you can do real magic. |
1357 | * MagicIsAMonsterMagnet |
1358 | * MagicIsEvil |
1359 | * {{Magick}} |
1360 | * MagicMeteor |
1361 | * MagicMushroom |
1362 | * MagicMustDefeatMagic |
1363 | * MagicOrPsychic |
1364 | * MagicPants: A person's clothes remain intact in spite of size-changing transformations. |
1365 | * MagicPoweredPseudoscience |
1366 | * MagicVersusScience: Scientists and wizards are portrayed as antagonistic toward each other. |
1367 | * TheMagicVersusTechnologyWar: A conflict between a person or faction who uses technology and one who uses magic. |
1368 | * {{Magitek}}: Magic combined with science. |
1369 | * MagneticMedium |
1370 | * MagneticWeapons |
1371 | * TheMagocracy |
1372 | * TheMaker |
1373 | * MakerOfMonsters |
1374 | * MakeMyMonsterGrow |
1375 | * MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight |
1376 | * TheManBehindTheMonsters |
1377 | * ManchurianAgent |
1378 | * ManEatingPlant |
1379 | * ManInTheMachine |
1380 | * ManOfKryptonite |
1381 | * ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: A character with supernatural characteristics has sex. FridgeHorror ensues. |
1382 | * ManVersusMachine |
1383 | * MarkOfTheBeast |
1384 | * MarkOfTheSupernatural |
1385 | * MarsNeedsWater |
1386 | * MarsNeedsWomen: Aliens become interested in human women. |
1387 | * {{Martians}} |
1388 | * MaskOfPower |
1389 | * {{Masquerade}} |
1390 | * MasqueradeEnforcer |
1391 | * MasqueradeParadox |
1392 | * MassHypnosis |
1393 | * MassResurrection |
1394 | * MassTeleportation |
1395 | * MasterOfTheLevitatingBlades |
1396 | * {{Matriarchy}} |
1397 | * MatrixRainingCode |
1398 | * MatterReplicator |
1399 | * MaybeMagicMaybeMundane |
1400 | * MayContainEvil |
1401 | * MayflyDecemberFriendship |
1402 | * MayflyDecemberRomance |
1403 | * MeanwhileInTheFuture |
1404 | * MeatPuppet |
1405 | * MeatSackRobot |
1406 | * MechanicalAbomination |
1407 | * MechanicalAnimals |
1408 | * MechanicalEcosystem |
1409 | * MechanicalEvolution: Technological beings evolving as if they were organic life. |
1410 | * MechanicalHorse: A robot horse. |
1411 | * MechanicalInsects: A robot insect or an insect with robotic traits. |
1412 | * MechanicalLifeforms: Machines that are treated as simply another living species. |
1413 | * MechanicalMonster: A monstrous, horrifying robot. |
1414 | * MechanicalMuscles: Robots or ArtificialLimbs designed to mimic the appearance of a human musculature. |
1415 | * MechanisticAlienCulture: Aliens or future humans that behave like robots, despite being organic. |
1416 | * AMechByAnyOtherName |
1417 | * MechVsBeast: Giant mechas fighting kaiju. |
1418 | * MedicateTheMedium |
1419 | * MedievalPrehistory |
1420 | * MegaCorp: A corporation that owns the entire world. |
1421 | * MegaMawManeuver |
1422 | * MegaMicrobes |
1423 | * MemoryGambit |
1424 | * MemoryJar |
1425 | * MemoryWipingCrew |
1426 | * TheMenInBlack |
1427 | * MenstrualMenace |
1428 | * MentalAffair |
1429 | * MentalFusion |
1430 | * MentallyUnwellSpecialSenses |
1431 | * MentalPictureProjector |
1432 | * MentalSpaceTravel |
1433 | * MentalTimeTravel |
1434 | * MentalWorld |
1435 | * MercurialBase |
1436 | * MergedReality |
1437 | * MergerOfSouls |
1438 | * MergingMachine: A machine that merges different objects into a single combined thing. |
1439 | * MerlinSickness |
1440 | * MetalMuncher |
1441 | * MetalPoorPlanet |
1442 | * {{Metamorphosis}} |
1443 | * MetamorphosisMonster |
1444 | * MetaphysicalFuel: AppliedPhlebotinum is fueled by a metaphor. |
1445 | * TheMetaverse |
1446 | * MethuselahSyndrome |
1447 | * TheMetricSystemIsHereToStay |
1448 | * MexicoCalledTheyWantTexasBack |
1449 | * MicrobotSwarm |
1450 | * {{Microts}} |
1451 | * MidasTouch |
1452 | * MiddleEasternCoalition |
1453 | * MidSeasonUpgrade |
1454 | * MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: Destroying an entire civilization or race by accident. |
1455 | * MileLongShip |
1456 | * MilitaryMashupMachine |
1457 | * TheMilkyWayIsTheOnlyWay |
1458 | * MindControlDevice |
1459 | * MindHive |
1460 | * TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody |
1461 | * AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: A mind-reader is repulsed from reading the thoughts of an unpleasant individual. |
1462 | * MindlinkMates |
1463 | * MindOverMatter |
1464 | * MindPrison |
1465 | * MindProbe |
1466 | * MindReformatDeath |
1467 | * MindVirus |
1468 | * MiniMecha |
1469 | * MinovskyPhysics |
1470 | * MiracleFood |
1471 | * MiracleGroMonster |
1472 | * MiraculousMalfunction |
1473 | * MirrorChemistry |
1474 | * MirrorMonster |
1475 | * MirrorMoralityMachine |
1476 | * MissingReflection |
1477 | * MistookTheDominantLifeform |
1478 | * {{Mithril}} |
1479 | * MixAndMatchCritters |
1480 | * MixAndMatchMan |
1481 | * MobileCity: An entire city that moves around. |
1482 | * MobileFactory |
1483 | * MobileSuitHuman: A small creature impersonates a human being by piloting a big robot. |
1484 | * ModernMayincatecEmpire |
1485 | * ModifiedClone |
1486 | * MediaNotes/MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness |
1487 | * MonochromaticEyes |
1488 | * MonsterAndTheMaiden |
1489 | * MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil |
1490 | * MonsterInTheIce |
1491 | * MonsterLord |
1492 | * MonsterMash |
1493 | * MonsterOfTheWeek: A show where every episode features a one-shot antagonist. |
1494 | * MonsterOrganTrafficking |
1495 | * MonsterProgenitor |
1496 | * MonsterTown |
1497 | * MoonLandingHoax |
1498 | * MoralityChip |
1499 | * MoralityDial |
1500 | * MorallySuperiorCopy: A clone or duplicate turns out to be morally superior to the villainous original. |
1501 | * MorePredatorsThanPrey |
1502 | * MoreThanInfinite |
1503 | * MoreThanThreeDimensions |
1504 | * TheMorlocks |
1505 | * MortalityEnsues |
1506 | * MortalityGreyArea |
1507 | * MourningADeadRobot |
1508 | * MotherOfAThousandYoung |
1509 | * TheMothership |
1510 | * MotileVehicularComponents: Parts of a vehicle move around on its hull to show how technologically advanced/weird its creator is. |
1511 | * MouseWorld |
1512 | * MuckMonster |
1513 | * {{Muggles}}: These people are without powers and/or magic. |
1514 | * MuggleAndMagicalLoveTriangle |
1515 | * MuggleBornOfMages |
1516 | * MuggleFosterParents |
1517 | * MuggleInMageCustody |
1518 | * MugglePower |
1519 | * MugglesDoItBetter |
1520 | * MuggleWithADegreeInMagic |
1521 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous |
1522 | * MultiarmedMultitasking |
1523 | * MulticulturalAlienPlanet |
1524 | * MultipleChoiceFuture |
1525 | * MultipleHeadCase |
1526 | * MultipurposeMonoculturedCrop |
1527 | * MultistageTeleport |
1528 | * MultiversalConqueror |
1529 | * TheMultiverse: It's established that there's an endless chain of alternate realities, dimensions, and universes. |
1530 | * MundaneDogmatic |
1531 | * MundaneUtility: Using incredible powers and devices for a mundane purpose. |
1532 | * MurderousMalfunctioningMachine: A robot goes haywire and starts to Kill All Humans. |
1533 | * MurderousMannequin |
1534 | * MushroomMan |
1535 | * MustBeInvited |
1536 | * MutagenicGoo |
1537 | * MutantDraftBoard |
1538 | * {{Mutants}} |
1539 | * MutualMasquerade |
1540 | * MyBloodRunsHot |
1541 | * MyBrainIsBig |
1542 | * MyFutureSelfAndMe |
1543 | * MyOwnGrampa |
1544 | * MySensorsIndicateYouWantToTapThat: An artificial intelligence points out when a person is attracted to someone. |
1545 | * MySignificanceSenseIsTingling |
1546 | * MySkullRunnethOver |
1547 | * MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: One member of a species isn't like the rest of his kind. |
1548 | * MyselfMyAvatar |
1549 | * MysteriousAntarctica |
1550 | * MysticalPlague |
1551 | * MysticalPregnancy |
1552 | * MysticalWhiteHair |
1553 | * AMythologyIsTrue |
1554 | * MythPrologue |
1555 | * NakedOnRevival |
1556 | * NamedAfterTheirPlanet |
1557 | * NameFromAnotherSpecies |
1558 | * NamingYourColonyWorld |
1559 | * {{Nanomachines}} |
1560 | * NaturalEndOfTime |
1561 | * NatureLovingRobot |
1562 | * NayTheist: A person who knows that deities exist, but denies their existence to spite them. |
1563 | * NearDeathClairvoyance |
1564 | * TheNecrocracy |
1565 | * {{Necromancer}} |
1566 | * {{Necromantic}} |
1567 | * TheNeedless: A being who doesn't need to eat, sleep, breathe, or go to the bathroom. |
1568 | * NegativeSpaceWedgie |
1569 | * NeglectfulPrecursors |
1570 | * NeuralImplanting |
1571 | * NeurodiversityIsSupernatural |
1572 | * NeuroVault |
1573 | * NeverRecycleYourSchemes |
1574 | * NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Meeting your past self, your future self, or your counterpart from an alternate dimension is a bad idea. |
1575 | * NeverWasThisUniverse |
1576 | * NewBodyOldAbilities |
1577 | * NewEden |
1578 | * NewNeoCity |
1579 | * NightmareWeaver |
1580 | * NoBackwardsCompatibilityInTheFuture |
1581 | * NoBiochemicalBarriers |
1582 | * NoBloodForPhlebotinum |
1583 | * NoBodyLeftBehind |
1584 | * NoConservationOfEnergy |
1585 | * NoControlGroup |
1586 | * NoEndorHolocaust |
1587 | * NoFocusOnHumans |
1588 | * NoHeterosexualSexAllowed: A future where heterosexuality is outlawed to maintain population control. |
1589 | * NoImmortalInertia: Losing your immortality causes you to revert to your true age. |
1590 | * NoManOfWomanBorn |
1591 | * NoNavelNovelBirth |
1592 | * NondescriptNastyNutritious: Food in the future is a far cry from what it used to be, keeping its nutritious content but sacrificing taste and other factors that make food actually good. |
1593 | * NoNewFashionsInTheFuture |
1594 | * NonhumanLoverReveal |
1595 | * NonHumanHumanoidHybrid |
1596 | * NonHumansLackAttributes |
1597 | * NonLinearCharacter |
1598 | * NonMammalMammaries: Humanoid beings whose females have breasts even though their species realistically wouldn't have any. |
1599 | * NonSequiturCausality |
1600 | * NoPaperFuture |
1601 | * NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup |
1602 | * NorthIsColdSouthIsHot |
1603 | * NoSeatBelts |
1604 | * NoSexAllowed: A future where sex is outlawed. |
1605 | * NoSuchThingAsAlienPopCulture |
1606 | * NoSuchThingAsSpaceJesus |
1607 | * NoSuchThingAsWizardJesus |
1608 | * NotDisabledInVR |
1609 | * NoTechButHighTech: Only counting advanced technology as being technology. |
1610 | * NoteToSelf |
1611 | * NotEvenHuman |
1612 | * NotOfThisEarth |
1613 | * NoTranshumanismAllowed |
1614 | * NotSoExtinct |
1615 | * NotSoPhonyPsychic |
1616 | * NotTheNessie |
1617 | * NotUsingTheZWord: Creatures and monsters are never called by what they essentially are (e.g. a zombie not being called a zombie). |
1618 | * NotWearingTights: Works depict superheroes as wearing normal clothes instead of costumes. |
1619 | * NoWarpingZone |
1620 | * NoWaterproofingInTheFuture: Technology that isn't waterproof. |
1621 | * NowDoItAgainBackwards |
1622 | * NuclearMutant |
1623 | * NuclearNullifier |
1624 | * NuclearTorchRocket: A rocket powered by nuclear power that allows CasualInterplanetaryTravel. |
1625 | * TheNudifier |
1626 | * NukeEm |
1627 | * NumberedHomeworld |
1628 | * NuSpeling |
1629 | * ObstructiveCodeOfConduct |
1630 | * OccultBlueEyes |
1631 | * OccultDetective |
1632 | * OctopoidAliens |
1633 | * {{Oculothorax}} |
1634 | * OfThePeople |
1635 | * OhLookMoreRooms |
1636 | * YeOldeNuclearSilo |
1637 | * OlderIsBetter |
1638 | * OldMagic |
1639 | * OldSchoolDogfight |
1640 | * TheOmnipotent |
1641 | * TheOmnipresent |
1642 | * TheOmniscient |
1643 | * OmniscientMoralityLicense |
1644 | * OminousFloatingSpaceship |
1645 | * OminousMessageFromTheFuture |
1646 | * OnceGreenMars: Mars used to be able to support life. But not anymore. |
1647 | * OneCharacterMultipleLives |
1648 | * OneFederationLimit |
1649 | * OneHeroHoldTheWeaksauce |
1650 | * OneMythToExplainThemAll |
1651 | * OneProductPlanet |
1652 | * OneToMillionToOne |
1653 | * OneWorldOrder: An entire planet is controlled by a single sovereign government. |
1654 | * OnlyElectricSheepAreCheap: The artificial product is less expensive than the real thing. |
1655 | * OnlyFatalToAdults |
1656 | * OnlyFleshIsSafe |
1657 | * OnlyKillableAtHome: A fantastical attachment to a being's home prevents them from being (truly) killed anywhere else. |
1658 | * OnlyOneMeAllowedRightNow |
1659 | * OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow: A situation made so hopeless, a villain made so unstoppable that the only way to win or bring about a happy ending is a DeusExMachina. |
1660 | * OnlyTheChosenMayPilot |
1661 | * OnlyTheChosenMayWield |
1662 | * OnlyThePureOfHeart |
1663 | * OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace: A person begs another to have sex with them on the grounds that the other person is their only shot at keeping their race from going extinct. |
1664 | * OntologicalInertia |
1665 | * OperatorIncompatibility |
1666 | * OppositeSexClone: A clone who is a different gender from the person they're cloned from. |
1667 | * OppressiveStatesOfAmerica |
1668 | * OracularHead |
1669 | * OrbitalBombardment |
1670 | * OrderReborn |
1671 | * OrganicTechnology: Technology made from or out of organic life. |
1672 | * OrganTheft |
1673 | * OriginalMan |
1674 | * OrionDrive |
1675 | * OtherworldlyCommunicationFailure |
1676 | * OtherworldlyVisitsYoungestFirst |
1677 | * OurClonesAreDifferent |
1678 | * OurDoorsAreDifferent |
1679 | * OurGraphicsWillSuckInTheFuture |
1680 | * OurHumansAreDifferent |
1681 | * OurPhlebotinumChild |
1682 | * OurShowersAreDifferent |
1683 | * OurSoulsAreDifferent |
1684 | * OurWeaponsWillBeBoxyInTheFuture |
1685 | * OurWormholesAreDifferent |
1686 | * OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: A future where no one is religious anymore. |
1687 | * OutOfTimeOutOfMind |
1688 | * OverlaidSocieties |
1689 | * OvernightAgeUp |
1690 | * PalsWithJesus |
1691 | * {{Panacea}} |
1692 | * {{Panspermia}} |
1693 | * PantheonSitcom |
1694 | * ParadisePlanet |
1695 | * ParanormalGamblingAdvantage |
1696 | * ParanormalMundaneItem |
1697 | * ParasiteZombie |
1698 | * PardonMyKlingon: Alien swear words. |
1699 | * PartialTransformation |
1700 | * PassionIsEvil |
1701 | * PatrickStewartSpeech |
1702 | * {{UsefulNotes/Patronymic}} |
1703 | * ThePearlyGates |
1704 | * PeopleFarms |
1705 | * PeopleJars |
1706 | * PeopleZoo: A zoo containing humans. |
1707 | * PerceptionFilter |
1708 | * PerfectionIsStatic |
1709 | * PerfectPacifistPeople |
1710 | * {{Permafusion}} |
1711 | * PerpetualMotionMachine |
1712 | * PerpetualMotionMonster |
1713 | * PersecutionFlip |
1714 | * PersonalityChip |
1715 | * PersonalitySwap |
1716 | * PersonOfMassDestruction |
1717 | * PhantasySpelling |
1718 | * PhantomZone |
1719 | * PhantomZonePicture |
1720 | * {{Pheromones}} |
1721 | * PhlebotinumBattery |
1722 | * PhlebotinumBomb |
1723 | * PhlebotinumBreakdown |
1724 | * PhlebotinumDependence |
1725 | * PhlebotinumGirl |
1726 | * PhlebotinumHandlingRequirements |
1727 | * PhlebotinumInducedSteampunk |
1728 | * PhlebotinumInducedStupidity |
1729 | * PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs |
1730 | * PhlebotinumMuncher |
1731 | * PhlebotinumOverdose |
1732 | * PhlebotinumOverload |
1733 | * PhlebotinumPills |
1734 | * PhlebotinumProofRobot |
1735 | * PhlebotinumRebel |
1736 | * PhotoprotoneutronTorpedo |
1737 | * PhysicalAttributeSwap |
1738 | * PhysicalGod |
1739 | * PhysicalMysticalTechnological |
1740 | * PickYourHumanHalf |
1741 | * PigMan |
1742 | * PillarOfLight |
1743 | * PinealWeirdness |
1744 | * PiousMonster |
1745 | * PlaceBeforeTime |
1746 | * PlaceBeyondTime |
1747 | * PlaceOfPower |
1748 | * PlaceOfProtection: A location that magically keeps its inhabitants from harm. |
1749 | * PlagueZombie |
1750 | * PlanarShockwave |
1751 | * PlanetaryCoreManipulation |
1752 | * PlanetaryParasite |
1753 | * PlanetaryRelocation |
1754 | * PlanetDestroyer |
1755 | * PlanetEater |
1756 | * PlanetLooters: Aliens steal resources from other planets. |
1757 | * APlanetNamedZok |
1758 | * PlanetOfCopyhats |
1759 | * PlanetOfHats |
1760 | * PlanetSpaceship |
1761 | * PlanetTerra |
1762 | * {{Planetville}} |
1763 | * {{Planimal}} |
1764 | * PlantAliens |
1765 | * PlantHair |
1766 | * PlantMooks |
1767 | * PlantPerson |
1768 | * PlasmaCannon |
1769 | * PlausibleDeniability |
1770 | * PlayingWithSyringes |
1771 | * PleasurePlanet |
1772 | * PlotRelevantAgeUp |
1773 | * PlugNPlayProsthetics |
1774 | * PlugNPlayTechnology |
1775 | * PlutoIsExpendable: Because Pluto is a dwarf planet, the work of fiction has no trouble with destroying Pluto. |
1776 | * PocketDimension |
1777 | * PokeInTheThirdEye |
1778 | * PopulationControl |
1779 | * PortalBook |
1780 | * PortalCut |
1781 | * PortalDoor |
1782 | * PortalNetwork |
1783 | * PortalPicture |
1784 | * PortalPool |
1785 | * PortalSlam |
1786 | * PortalToThePast |
1787 | * PortentOfDoom |
1788 | * PossessionBurnout |
1789 | * PossessionLevitation |
1790 | * PossibleWar |
1791 | * PostApocalypticDog |
1792 | * PostApocalypticGasMask |
1793 | * PostApunkalypticArmor |
1794 | * PostModernMagik |
1795 | * PostScarcityEconomy |
1796 | * PostSovietReunion: Russia reunites with post-Soviet states into an alliance, supranational union or superstate. |
1797 | * PowerAtAPrice |
1798 | * PowerCrystal |
1799 | * PowerHarness |
1800 | * PoweredArmor |
1801 | * PoweredByABlackHole |
1802 | * PowerFloats |
1803 | * PowerGlows |
1804 | * ThePowerOfLove |
1805 | * PowerStrainBlackout |
1806 | * PowersViaPossession |
1807 | * PowersViaWeapon |
1808 | * PowersThatBe |
1809 | * PowerTattoo |
1810 | * PowerUpgradingDeformation |
1811 | * PrecrimeArrest |
1812 | * PrecursorKillers |
1813 | * {{Precursors}} |
1814 | * PrecursorWorship |
1815 | * PrefersTheIllusion |
1816 | * PrescienceByAnalysis |
1817 | * PrescienceIsPredictable |
1818 | * PrimeTimeline |
1819 | * PrimordialChaos |
1820 | * PrisonDimension |
1821 | * TheProblemWithFightingDeath |
1822 | * ProfessorGuineaPig |
1823 | * ProHumanTranshuman |
1824 | * ProjectedMan |
1825 | * ThePromisedLand |
1826 | * PropheciesRhymeAllTheTime |
1827 | * ProphecyArmor |
1828 | * ProphecyTwist |
1829 | * ProphetEyes |
1830 | * PropheticFallacy |
1831 | * ProportionatelyPonderousParasites |
1832 | * ProtocolPeril |
1833 | * ProudMerchantRace |
1834 | * ProudScholarRace |
1835 | * ProudWarriorRaceGuy |
1836 | * PstandardPsychicPstance |
1837 | * PsychicAssistedSuicide |
1838 | * PsychicBlockDefense |
1839 | * PsychicChildren |
1840 | * PsychicDreamsForEveryone |
1841 | * PsychicGlimpseOfDeath |
1842 | * PsychicLink |
1843 | * PsychicNosebleed |
1844 | * PsychicPowers |
1845 | * PsychicRadar |
1846 | * PsychicStarshipPilot |
1847 | * PsychicStatic |
1848 | * PsychoactivePowers |
1849 | * PsychoElectro |
1850 | * {{Psychometry}} |
1851 | * PsychoPrototype |
1852 | * PsychoSerum |
1853 | * PubertySuperpower |
1854 | * PullingThemselvesTogether |
1855 | * PunyEarthlings |
1856 | * PuppeteerParasite |
1857 | * PureEnergy |
1858 | * PureMagicBeing |
1859 | * PurposeDrivenImmortality |
1860 | * PyramidPower |
1861 | * QuantumMechanicsCanDoAnything |
1862 | * TheQuest |
1863 | * QuestForAWish |
1864 | * RacialRemnant |
1865 | * RacialTransformation |
1866 | * RadiationImmuneMutants: A mutated being cannot be harmed by radiation. |
1867 | * RadiationInducedSuperpowers: People mutated by radiation. |
1868 | * RagnarokProofing |
1869 | * RaisedAsAHost |
1870 | * RaisedByRobots |
1871 | * RaisedInALab |
1872 | * RaiseHimRightThisTime |
1873 | * RammingAlwaysWorks |
1874 | * {{Ramscoop}} |
1875 | * RandomTransportation |
1876 | * RapidAging |
1877 | * RapidDNATest |
1878 | * RapidFTLProliferation |
1879 | * RasterVision |
1880 | * RatMen |
1881 | * RayGun |
1882 | * RaygunGothic |
1883 | * ReactionlessDrive |
1884 | * RealEventFictionalCause |
1885 | * RealityBleed |
1886 | * RealityBreakingParadox |
1887 | * RealityChangingMiniature |
1888 | * RealityIsOutToLunch |
1889 | * RealityWarper |
1890 | * RealityWarpingIsNotAToy |
1891 | * RealityWritingBook |
1892 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld |
1893 | * ReallyWasBornYesterday |
1894 | * RecessiveSuperGenes |
1895 | * RecursiveCreators |
1896 | * RecursivePrecursors |
1897 | * RecursiveReality |
1898 | * RedAlert |
1899 | * ReducedToDust |
1900 | * ReentryScare |
1901 | * ReforgedIntoAMinion |
1902 | * RefugeeFromTVLand |
1903 | * ReinforceField |
1904 | * RejectedByTheEmpathicWeapon |
1905 | * ReligionIsMagic |
1906 | * ReligiousRobot |
1907 | * RemoteBody |
1908 | * RemoteYetVulnerable |
1909 | * RemovedAchillesHeel |
1910 | * RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain |
1911 | * ReplicantSnatching |
1912 | * ReptilianConspiracy |
1913 | * ResidualEvilEntity |
1914 | * RestrainingBolt |
1915 | * ResurrectedForAJob |
1916 | * ResurrectedMurderer |
1917 | * ResurrectedRomance |
1918 | * ResurrectionDeathLoop |
1919 | * ResurrectionGambit |
1920 | * ResurrectionRevenge |
1921 | * ResurrectionSickness |
1922 | * ResurrectionTeleportation |
1923 | * ResurrectiveImmortality |
1924 | * ResurrectTheVillain |
1925 | * {{Retconjuration}} |
1926 | * RetGone: A person ends up erased from existence along with all memory and evidence of their existence. |
1927 | * RetroactivePrecognition |
1928 | * RetroactivePreparation |
1929 | * RetroRocket |
1930 | * RetroUpgrade |
1931 | * RevealingContinuityLapse |
1932 | * ReversibleRoboticizing |
1933 | * RevivalLoophole |
1934 | * RewritingReality |
1935 | * RibcageRidge |
1936 | * RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman |
1937 | * RideTheLightning |
1938 | * RidiculousFutureInflation: In the future, everything will be way more expensive than they are already. |
1939 | * RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Robots who for some reason have the same needs, behavior, and desires as human beings. |
1940 | * TheRightOfASuperiorSpecies |
1941 | * RippleEffectIndicator |
1942 | * RippleEffectProofMemory |
1943 | * {{Robeast}} |
1944 | * RoboFamily |
1945 | * RoboRomance |
1946 | * {{Robosexual}}: A person who is sexually interested in robots. |
1947 | * RobosexualsAreCreeps: A person who freaks people out with their attraction to robots. |
1948 | * RoboSpeak |
1949 | * {{Robot}} |
1950 | * RobotAntennae |
1951 | * RobotAthlete |
1952 | * RobotBuddy |
1953 | * RobotDog |
1954 | * RobotGirl |
1955 | * RobotHair |
1956 | * RoboticPsychopath |
1957 | * RoboticReveal: A person is revealed to actually be a robot. |
1958 | * RoboticSpouse |
1959 | * RoboticUndead |
1960 | * RobotKid |
1961 | * RobotMaid |
1962 | * RobotMaster |
1963 | * RobotMe |
1964 | * RobotNames |
1965 | * RobotReligion |
1966 | * RobotRepublic |
1967 | * RobotsAreJustBetter |
1968 | * RobotsEnslavingRobots |
1969 | * RobotSoldier |
1970 | * RobotsThinkFaster |
1971 | * RobotWar |
1972 | * RocketlessReentry |
1973 | * RocketPunch |
1974 | * RockMonster |
1975 | * RogueDrone |
1976 | * RomanticFusion |
1977 | * Room101 |
1978 | * RoswellThatEndsWell |
1979 | * RottenRoboticReplacement |
1980 | [[/folder]] |
1981 | |
1982 | [[folder:Tropes S-Z]] |
1983 | * SacrificialPlanet |
1984 | * SaharanShipwreck |
1985 | * SaltSolution |
1986 | * SalvagePirates |
1987 | * SanDimasTime |
1988 | * SandIsWater |
1989 | * SandWorm |
1990 | * SapientCetaceans |
1991 | * SapientEatSapient |
1992 | * SapientFurTrade |
1993 | * SapientHouse |
1994 | * SapientShip |
1995 | * SapientTank |
1996 | * SaveBothWorlds |
1997 | * SaveSat: A satellite crashing down has a beneficial/defensive effect. |
1998 | * SaveThisPersonSaveTheWorld |
1999 | * ScaleOfScientificSins |
2000 | * ScannableMan |
2001 | * ScaryDogmaticAliens |
2002 | * ScienceCannotComprehendPhlebotinum |
2003 | * ScienceDestroysMagic |
2004 | * ScienceFantasy |
2005 | * ScienceMarchesOn |
2006 | * ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder |
2007 | * ScientificallyUnderstandableSorcery |
2008 | * SciFiBobHaircut |
2009 | * JustForFun/SciFiCounterpart |
2010 | * SciFiGhetto |
2011 | * SciFiKitchenSink |
2012 | * SciFiNameBuzzwords |
2013 | * SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale |
2014 | * ScorpionPeople |
2015 | * ScrewYouElves: [[CantArgueWithElves A race believing themselves to be superior to all other races]] are told to take their arrogance and shove it. |
2016 | * ScriptReadingDoors |
2017 | * ScryVsScry |
2018 | * SculptedPhysique |
2019 | * SealedCastInAMultipack |
2020 | * SealedEvilInACan |
2021 | * SealedEvilInADuel |
2022 | * SealedEvilInAnotherWorld |
2023 | * SealedEvilInASixPack |
2024 | * SealedEvilInATeddyBear |
2025 | * SealedGoodInACan |
2026 | * SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan |
2027 | * SecondAmericanCivilWar |
2028 | * SecretGovernmentWarehouse |
2029 | * SecretHistory |
2030 | * SecretProjectRefugeeFamily |
2031 | * SecretWar |
2032 | * SeeingThroughAnothersEyes |
2033 | * SeekerWhiteBloodCells |
2034 | * SeeksAnothersResurrection |
2035 | * SeeTheInvisible |
2036 | * SeeThruSpecs |
2037 | * SelfConstructedBeing |
2038 | * SelfDefeatingProphecy |
2039 | * SelfFulfillingProphecy |
2040 | * SelfHealingPhlebotinum |
2041 | * SelfMadeSuperpowers |
2042 | * SendInTheClones |
2043 | * SenseFreak |
2044 | * SenseImpairedMonster |
2045 | * SensorCharacter |
2046 | * SensoryTentacles |
2047 | * SentientCosmicForce |
2048 | * SentientPhlebotinum |
2049 | * SentientSands |
2050 | * SentientVehicle |
2051 | * TheSeriesHasLeftReality |
2052 | * ServantRace |
2053 | * SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong |
2054 | * {{Sexbot}}: A robot designed to be capable of humans having sex with it. |
2055 | * ShadowWalker |
2056 | * ShapeshifterBaggage |
2057 | * ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: A shape-shifter manipulates someone into sparing them by taking on the form of a person their attacker cares about. |
2058 | * ShapeshifterIdentityCrisis |
2059 | * ShapeshifterWeapon |
2060 | * ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing |
2061 | * ShapeshiftingLover |
2062 | * ShapeshiftingSquick |
2063 | * ShapeshiftingTrickster |
2064 | * ShapingYourAttacks |
2065 | * SharedDream |
2066 | * SharedLifeEnergy |
2067 | * SharingABody |
2068 | * SharkMan |
2069 | * SharpenedToASingleAtom |
2070 | * ShatteredWorld |
2071 | * SheepInWolfsClothing |
2072 | * ShinyLookingSpaceships |
2073 | * ShootingSuperman: Trying to kill or hurt a powerful being with methods that clearly won't do any good. |
2074 | * ShowingOffTheNewBody |
2075 | * ShrinkRay |
2076 | * SiblingFusion |
2077 | * SignsOfTheEndTimes |
2078 | * SiliconBasedLife |
2079 | * SillyReasonForWar |
2080 | * SilverHasMysticPowers |
2081 | * SingleBiomePlanet |
2082 | * SingleLanguagePlanet |
2083 | * SingleLineOfDescent |
2084 | * SinglePhlebotinumLimit |
2085 | * SingleSpecimenSpecies |
2086 | * SingleTaskRobot |
2087 | * TheSingularity |
2088 | * SkeletonKey |
2089 | * SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset |
2090 | * SkepticismFailure |
2091 | * SkepticNoLonger |
2092 | * SkySurfing |
2093 | * SleeperStarship |
2094 | * SlidingScaleOfMuggleInvolvement |
2095 | * SlidingScaleOfRealisticVersusFantastic |
2096 | * SlimeGirl |
2097 | * SlowLaser |
2098 | * SlowLifeFantasy |
2099 | * SlowTransformation |
2100 | * SmallUniverseAfterAll |
2101 | * SmartGun |
2102 | * SmartHouse |
2103 | * SnakePeople |
2104 | * SneakySpySpecies |
2105 | * {{Snowlems}} |
2106 | * SociallyScoredSociety |
2107 | * SolarCPR |
2108 | * SolarFlareDisaster |
2109 | * SolarSail |
2110 | * SolarSystemNeighbors |
2111 | * SolidGoldPoop |
2112 | * SomeKindOfForceField |
2113 | * SomeNuttyPublicityStunt |
2114 | * SomeoneHasToDoIt |
2115 | * SomethingForEveryone |
2116 | * SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay |
2117 | * SonicStunner |
2118 | * SoulFragment |
2119 | * SoulJar |
2120 | * SoullessShell |
2121 | * SoulPoweredEngine |
2122 | * SovietSuperscience |
2123 | * SpaceAmish |
2124 | * SpaceBase |
2125 | * SpaceBattle |
2126 | * SpaceBrasilia |
2127 | * SpaceCadet |
2128 | * SpaceCadetAcademy |
2129 | * SpaceClothes |
2130 | * SpaceColdWar |
2131 | * SpaceCossacks |
2132 | * SpaceElevator |
2133 | * SpaceElves |
2134 | * SpaceFighter |
2135 | * SpaceFillingEmpire |
2136 | * SpaceFriction |
2137 | * SpaceIsAir |
2138 | * SpaceIsAnOcean |
2139 | * SpaceIsCold |
2140 | * SpaceIsMagic |
2141 | * SpaceIsNoisy |
2142 | * SpaceIsSlowMotion |
2143 | * SpaceMadness |
2144 | * SpaceMarine |
2145 | * SpaceMaster |
2146 | * SpaceMines |
2147 | * SpaceNavy |
2148 | * SpaceNomads |
2149 | * SpacePeople |
2150 | * SpacePirates |
2151 | * SpacePlane |
2152 | * SpacePolice |
2153 | * SpaceRomans |
2154 | * SpaceSailing |
2155 | * SpaceSector: Specific regions in space are described as "the Something Sector" or "Sector Something". |
2156 | * SpaceshipGirl |
2157 | * SpaceshipSlingshotStunt |
2158 | * SpaceStation |
2159 | * SpacesuitsAreSCUBAGear |
2160 | * SpacetimeEater |
2161 | * SpaceTrucker |
2162 | * SpaceWhale |
2163 | * SpaceX |
2164 | * SpawnBroodling |
2165 | * SpecialAbilityShield |
2166 | * SpecialEffectBranding |
2167 | * SpectralWeaponCopy |
2168 | * SpeculativeBiology |
2169 | * SpeculativeDocumentary |
2170 | * SpeculativeFictionLGBT |
2171 | * SpellBook |
2172 | * SphereOfDestruction |
2173 | * SphereOfPower |
2174 | * SpheroidDropship |
2175 | * SpiceOfLife: Spices from other planets. |
2176 | * SpiderLimbs |
2177 | * SpiderPeople |
2178 | * SpiderSense |
2179 | * SpiderTank |
2180 | * SpiritAdvisor |
2181 | * SpiritWorld |
2182 | * SplitAtBirth |
2183 | * SpockSpeak |
2184 | * SpontaneousHumanCombustion |
2185 | * SpontaneousWeaponCreation |
2186 | * SpoonBending |
2187 | * SpreadingDisasterMapGraphic |
2188 | * SpyBot |
2189 | * SquareCubeLaw |
2190 | * StableTimeLoop |
2191 | * StalkerWithATestTube |
2192 | * StandardAlienSpaceship |
2193 | * StandardEstablishingSpaceshipShot |
2194 | * StandardFantasyRaces: A collection of species, races and monsters that fantasy fiction tends to always come back to. |
2195 | * StandardFantasySetting: A pseudo-medieval setting that fantasy fiction tends to always come back to. |
2196 | * StandardHumanSpaceship: Human spaceships tend to be grey, blocky and unaesthetic. |
2197 | * StandardizedSpaceViews: Stock space shots. |
2198 | * StandardJapaneseFantasySetting: Japan's particular take on the European-style fantasy genre. |
2199 | * StandardPostApocalypticSetting |
2200 | * StandardSciFiArmy |
2201 | * StandardSciFiFleet |
2202 | * StandardSciFiHistory |
2203 | * StandardSciFiSetting |
2204 | * StandardStarshipScuffle |
2205 | * StandardTimeUnits |
2206 | * StarfishAliens |
2207 | * StarfishLanguage |
2208 | * StarfishRobots |
2209 | * StarKilling |
2210 | * TheStarsAreGoingOut |
2211 | * StarScraper |
2212 | * StarshipLuxurious |
2213 | * StatOVision |
2214 | * StayWithTheAliens |
2215 | * StealthInSpace |
2216 | * StealthyTeleportation |
2217 | * StellarStation |
2218 | * SterilityPlague |
2219 | * StockUnsolvedMysteries |
2220 | * StoryboardingTheApocalypse |
2221 | * StoryBreakerPower |
2222 | * TheStoryThatNeverWas |
2223 | * StrangeSyntaxSpeaker |
2224 | * StrawVulcan |
2225 | * StreamingStars |
2226 | * StreetSamurai |
2227 | * StrollingOnJupiter: A discredited trope where gas giant planets have solid surfaces that humans could conceivably reach. |
2228 | * StrongFleshWeakSteel |
2229 | * StrongerWithAge |
2230 | * StumblingUponTheLostWizard |
2231 | * StupidFuturePeople |
2232 | * StupidJetpackHitler |
2233 | * SubLightspeedSetting |
2234 | * SubspaceAnsible |
2235 | * SubspaceOrHyperspace |
2236 | * SufficientlyAdvancedAlien |
2237 | * SufficientlyAdvancedBambooTechnology |
2238 | * SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic |
2239 | * SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum |
2240 | * SummonEverymanHero |
2241 | * SummoningRitual |
2242 | * SummonMagic |
2243 | * SummonToHand |
2244 | * SunkenCity |
2245 | * SuperBreedingProgram |
2246 | * SuperCellReception |
2247 | * SuperEmpowering |
2248 | * {{Superhero}} |
2249 | * SuperheroesInSpace |
2250 | * SuperheroSpeciation |
2251 | * SuperIntelligence |
2252 | * SuperiorSpecies |
2253 | * SuperMultiPurposeRoom |
2254 | * SupernaturalAngst |
2255 | * SupernaturalAid |
2256 | * SupernaturalElite |
2257 | * SupernaturalFearInducer |
2258 | * SupernaturalGoldEyes |
2259 | * SupernaturalHotspotTown |
2260 | * SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious |
2261 | * SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson |
2262 | * SupernaturallyYoungParent |
2263 | * SupernaturalPhone |
2264 | * SupernaturalRepellent |
2265 | * SupernaturalSensitivity |
2266 | * SuperpoweredRobotMeterMaids |
2267 | * SuperpowerfulGenetics |
2268 | * SuperPrototype |
2269 | * SuperSargassoSea |
2270 | * SuperSerum |
2271 | * SuperSoldier |
2272 | * SuperSupremacist |
2273 | * {{Supervillain}} |
2274 | * SupervillainLair |
2275 | * SuperweaponSurprise |
2276 | * SuperWheelchair |
2277 | * SuperWristGadget |
2278 | * SwampMonster |
2279 | * SwapTeleportation |
2280 | * SwirlyEnergyThingy |
2281 | * SwissArmyAppendage |
2282 | * SwissArmyTears |
2283 | * TheSymbiote |
2284 | * SymbioticPossession |
2285 | * SympatheticSentientWeapon |
2286 | * {{Synchronization}} |
2287 | * SyntheticPlague |
2288 | * TaintedVeins |
2289 | * TakeAwayTheirName |
2290 | * TakesOneToKillOne |
2291 | * TalkingInYourDreams |
2292 | * TalkingLightbulb |
2293 | * TalkingWeapon |
2294 | * TarzanBoy |
2295 | * TechnicallyLivingVampire |
2296 | * TechnicallyLivingZombie |
2297 | * TechnicallyNakedShapeshifter |
2298 | * TechnoDystopia: Futuristic settings where technology has made life worse. |
2299 | * TechnologicalPacifist: A character who things technology is great, except when used for warfare. |
2300 | * TechnologyLevels: Cultural advancement represented as an advance through a series of discrete levels. |
2301 | * TechnologyUplift: Giving a culture access to more complex technology than it currently has. |
2302 | * {{Technopath}}: A person with power over machines. |
2303 | * TechnoWizard: Someone who can do ''anything'' with computers. |
2304 | * TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats |
2305 | * TeleFrag |
2306 | * TelepathicSpacemen |
2307 | * {{Telepathy}} |
2308 | * TeleportationMisfire |
2309 | * TeleportationSickness |
2310 | * TeleportationWithDrawbacks |
2311 | * TeleportCloak |
2312 | * TeleporterAccident |
2313 | * TeleportersVisualizationClause |
2314 | * TeleportGun |
2315 | * TeleportInterdiction |
2316 | * TelescopingRobot |
2317 | * TelevisionPortal |
2318 | * TheTelevisionTalksBack |
2319 | * TemporalParadox |
2320 | * TemporalSickness |
2321 | * TemporalSuicide |
2322 | * TendrilsOfDarkness |
2323 | * TerminallyDependentSociety |
2324 | * TerminatorImpersonator |
2325 | * TerminatorTwosome |
2326 | * TerraDeforming |
2327 | * {{Terraform}} |
2328 | * TerrainSculpting |
2329 | * ThankTheMaker |
2330 | * ThatsNoMoon |
2331 | * ThatSoundsFamiliar |
2332 | * ThemeTable |
2333 | * ThereAreNoGlobalConsequences |
2334 | * TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow |
2335 | * TheTheocracy |
2336 | * {{Theotech}} |
2337 | * TheyCalledMeMad: A laughingstock rambles on how people called them crazy and made fun of them. |
2338 | * TheyWalkAmongUs |
2339 | * TheyWouldCutYouUp |
2340 | * ThievesGuild |
2341 | * ThinDimensionalBarrier |
2342 | * ThinkingUpPortals |
2343 | * ThinkInText |
2344 | * ThirdEye |
2345 | * ThreeLawsCompliant |
2346 | * ThroatLight |
2347 | * ThrownOutTheAirlock |
2348 | * ThunderboltIron |
2349 | * TidallyLockedPlanet |
2350 | * TimeAbyss: A being who is older than all recorded history. |
2351 | * TimeCrash |
2352 | * TimeDilation |
2353 | * TimeFreezeTrollingSpree |
2354 | * TimeIsDangerous |
2355 | * TimelineAlteringMacGuffin |
2356 | * TimeLoopFatigue |
2357 | * TimeLoopTrap |
2358 | * TimeMachine |
2359 | * TimeMaster |
2360 | * TheTimeOfMyths |
2361 | * TimePolice |
2362 | * TimeStandsStill |
2363 | * TimeTravel |
2364 | * TimeTravelEscape |
2365 | * TimeTravelForFunAndProfit |
2366 | * TimeTravelingJerkass |
2367 | * TimeTravelTenseTrouble |
2368 | * TimeyWimeyBall |
2369 | * TinCanRobot |
2370 | * TinmanTypist |
2371 | * ToastedBuns |
2372 | * TokenHeroicOrc: The one member of an evil race who is good. |
2373 | * TokenHuman |
2374 | * TokenNonHuman |
2375 | * TokenRobot |
2376 | * TokenSuper |
2377 | * TomeOfEldritchLore |
2378 | * TomesOfProphecyAndFate |
2379 | * ToolsOfSapience |
2380 | * ToServeMan |
2381 | * TouchedByVorlons: A human gains powers from being experimented on by aliens. |
2382 | * TouchOfTheMonster |
2383 | * TouchTelepathy |
2384 | * TouchTheIntangible |
2385 | * TowerOfBabel |
2386 | * ToxicPhlebotinum |
2387 | * ToxicWasteCanDoAnything |
2388 | * TrackingChip |
2389 | * TractorBeam |
2390 | * TragicIntangibility |
2391 | * TrainingTheGiftOfMagic |
2392 | * TransferableMemory |
2393 | * TransformationOfThePossessed |
2394 | * TransformationRay |
2395 | * TransformationSequence |
2396 | * TransformationTrinket |
2397 | * TranshumanAbomination |
2398 | * TranshumanAliens |
2399 | * TranshumansInSpace |
2400 | * TranshumanTreachery |
2401 | * TranslationConvention: Characters who are supposed to be speaking a different language are still speaking the language the other characters use so the audience can still understand what they're saying. |
2402 | * TranslatorCollar |
2403 | * TranslatorMicrobes: Science fiction works that involve aliens often have a means of translating everyone's language so that there aren't any language barriers between the different alien races. |
2404 | * TheTransmogrifier |
2405 | * {{Transmutation}} |
2406 | * TransplantedAliens |
2407 | * TransplantedHumans |
2408 | * TrappedInAnotherWorld |
2409 | * TrappedInTheHost |
2410 | * TrappedInThePast: A time-traveler goes to the past and ends up stuck there with no way to return to the present. |
2411 | * TrappedOnTheAstralPlane |
2412 | * TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening |
2413 | * TravelingLandmass |
2414 | * TreetopWorld |
2415 | * TreeVessel |
2416 | * TrickedOutTime |
2417 | * TriggerPhrase |
2418 | * TripodTerror |
2419 | * TronLines |
2420 | * TheTropeHistoryOfTheUniverse |
2421 | * TroubleFromThePast |
2422 | * TrueBreedingHybrid |
2423 | * TrueSight |
2424 | * TrulySingleParent: A parent who is single both in the sense that they do not have a spouse and in the sense that they were the only parent involved in the creation of their offspring. |
2425 | * TheTunguskaEvent |
2426 | * TuringTest |
2427 | * TurnedAgainstTheirMasters |
2428 | * TurtleIsland |
2429 | * TwilightOfTheSupers: There used to be superheroes, but now all of them have either been killed, permanently stripped of their powers or forced into retirement. |
2430 | * TwinMaker |
2431 | * TwoBeingsOneBody |
2432 | * TwoDonorClone |
2433 | * TwoOfYourEarthMinutes |
2434 | * TypesetInTheFuture |
2435 | * TzadikimNistarim: Thirty-six "righteous souls" whose existence keeps the world going. |
2436 | * UltimateLifeForm |
2437 | * {{Ultraterrestrials}} |
2438 | * UnbelievableSourcePlot |
2439 | * {{Uncoffee}} |
2440 | * UndeadAbomination |
2441 | * UndeadTaxExemption: A non-human is somehow able to integrate into society without requiring birth certificates and other official documents confirming citizenship. |
2442 | * UndeathIsCheap |
2443 | * UndergroundCity |
2444 | * UndyingWarrior |
2445 | * UnevenHybrid |
2446 | * UngovernableGalaxy |
2447 | * UnguidedLabTour: A top-secret workplace is introduced by having a character explore it unnoticed. |
2448 | * UnhappyMedium |
2449 | * UnholyNuke |
2450 | * UniquenessDecay |
2451 | * UnitConfusion |
2452 | * UnitedEurope |
2453 | * UnitedNationsIsASuperpower |
2454 | * UnitedSpaceOfAmerica |
2455 | * UniversalRemoteControl |
2456 | * UniversalUniverseTime |
2457 | * UnknownPhenomenon |
2458 | * TheUnmasquedWorld: Everyone becomes aware of the unusual beings who were secretly living among them. |
2459 | * UnnaturallyBlueLighting |
2460 | * UnnaturallyLoopingLocation |
2461 | * UnnecessarilyCreepyRobot |
2462 | * UnnecessarilyLargeInterior |
2463 | * UnnecessarilyLargeVessel |
2464 | * UnpredictableResults |
2465 | * UnrealisticBlackHole |
2466 | * UnroboticReveal |
2467 | * UnscientificScience |
2468 | * UnseenPrototype |
2469 | * UnspecifiedApocalypse |
2470 | * UnstableGeneticCode |
2471 | * UnstuckInTime |
2472 | * UnusualUserInterface |
2473 | * UnwantedRevival |
2474 | * UnwillingRoboticisation |
2475 | * UnwinnableTrainingSimulation |
2476 | * UnwittingTestSubject |
2477 | * UpgradeArtifact |
2478 | * UpliftedAnimal: An animal that has become sapient and able to speak through experimentation. |
2479 | * UpsettingTheBalance |
2480 | * UrsineAliens |
2481 | * UsedFuture |
2482 | * UselessSuperpowers |
2483 | * TheUsualAdversaries |
2484 | * UterineReplicator |
2485 | * {{Utopia}} |
2486 | * VampireDetectiveSeries |
2487 | * VampiricDraining |
2488 | * VanishingVillage |
2489 | * {{Veganopia}} |
2490 | * VenusIsWet |
2491 | * VertebrateWithExtraLimbs |
2492 | * VerticalKidnapping |
2493 | * VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory |
2494 | * {{Vibroweapon}} |
2495 | * VichyEarth |
2496 | * ViciousCycle |
2497 | * VideoPhone |
2498 | * VikingsInAmerica |
2499 | * AVillainNamedZrg |
2500 | * VillainOverride |
2501 | * VillainPossessedBystander |
2502 | * VillainsBlendInBetter |
2503 | * VillainTeleportation |
2504 | * VineTentacles |
2505 | * ViralTransformation |
2506 | * VirginPower |
2507 | * VirtualCelebrity |
2508 | * VirtualDangerDenial |
2509 | * VirtualGhost |
2510 | * VirtualRealityWarper |
2511 | * VirtualSidekick |
2512 | * VirtualTrainingSimulation |
2513 | * TheVirus |
2514 | * VirusAndCureNames |
2515 | * VirusVictimSymptoms |
2516 | * VisibleInvisibility |
2517 | * VisibleToBelievers |
2518 | * VoiceOfTheResistance |
2519 | * VoidBetweenTheWorlds |
2520 | * VolcanicVeins |
2521 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting |
2522 | * WainscotSociety |
2523 | * WakingUpAtTheMorgue: A dead person comes back to life while their body is at the mortuary. |
2524 | * WalkDontSwim |
2525 | * WalkingTransplant: A clone who exists solely so their organs can be used in transplants. |
2526 | * WalkingWasteland |
2527 | * WalkOnWater |
2528 | * TheWallAroundTheWorld |
2529 | * TheWallsHaveEyes |
2530 | * TheWarOfEarthlyAggression |
2531 | * WarriorVersusSorcerer: Warriors and sorcerers depicted as enemies or rivals. |
2532 | * WasOnceAMan |
2533 | * WaveMotionGun |
2534 | * WaveMotionTuningFork |
2535 | * WaybackTrip |
2536 | * WeakerInTheRealWorld |
2537 | * WeaksauceWeakness: A powerful being is vulnerable to an ordinary substance or item. |
2538 | * WeaponizedExhaust |
2539 | * WeaponizedTeleportation |
2540 | * WeaponsThatSuck |
2541 | * WeaponWieldsYou |
2542 | * WeAreAsMayflies: Other sapient species are able to live far longer than humans do. |
2543 | * WeatherControlMachine |
2544 | * WeCanRebuildHim: An injured person is saved from death by being converted into a cyborg. |
2545 | * WeirdHistoricalWar |
2546 | * WeirdnessSearchAndRescue |
2547 | * WeirdScience |
2548 | * WeirdWeather |
2549 | * WeirdWorldWeirdFood |
2550 | * WeldTheLock |
2551 | * WetwareBody |
2552 | * WetwareCPU |
2553 | * WeWillAllBeHistoryBuffsInTheFuture |
2554 | * WeWillAllFlyInTheFuture |
2555 | * WeWillHaveEuthanasiaInTheFuture |
2556 | * WeWillHavePerfectHealthInTheFuture |
2557 | * WeWillNotHaveAppendixesInTheFuture |
2558 | * WeWillNotHavePocketsInTheFuture |
2559 | * WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture |
2560 | * WeWillNotUseStageMakeUpInTheFuture |
2561 | * WeWillSpendCreditsInTheFuture |
2562 | * WeWillUseLasersInTheFuture |
2563 | * WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture |
2564 | * WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture |
2565 | * WeWillWearArmorInTheFuture |
2566 | * {{Whatevermancy}} |
2567 | * WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe |
2568 | * WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove |
2569 | * WhatMeasureIsAHumanoid |
2570 | * WhatMeasureIsANonHuman |
2571 | * WhatOtherGalaxies |
2572 | * WhatWeNowKnowToBeTrue |
2573 | * WhatYearIsThis |
2574 | * WhenThePlanetsAlign |
2575 | * WhenTreesAttack |
2576 | * WhereTheMagicWent |
2577 | * WhichMe |
2578 | * WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody |
2579 | * WhoWantsToLiveForever: An immortal being isn't happy that they'll never die. |
2580 | * WhoYouGonnaCall: A service whose job essentially amounts to a supernatural equivalent to pest control. |
2581 | * WhyAmITicking: Someone finds out that they have an explosive inside their body. |
2582 | * JustForFun/WhyYouShouldDestroyThePlanetEarth |
2583 | * TheWildHunt |
2584 | * WillingChanneler |
2585 | * WinToExit |
2586 | * WipeThatSmileOffYourFace |
2587 | * {{Wishplosion}}: Defeating a wish-granting entity by making a wish that can be used against them. |
2588 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatHotness |
2589 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity |
2590 | * AWizardDidIt: Inconsistencies in a work are explained away as happening because of magic. |
2591 | * WizardDuel |
2592 | * WizardsFromOuterSpace |
2593 | * WolfMan |
2594 | * WonderTwinPowers |
2595 | * WoobieSpecies |
2596 | * WordsCanBreakMyBones |
2597 | * WordsDoNotMakeTheMagic |
2598 | * WorldHealingWave |
2599 | * WorldInTheSky |
2600 | * TheWorldIsNotReady |
2601 | * WorldOfSilence |
2602 | * WorldShapes |
2603 | * WorldSundering |
2604 | * WorldTree |
2605 | * WorldWarIII |
2606 | * WorldWarWhatever |
2607 | * WorldWreckingWave |
2608 | * WorthlessYellowRocks: Beings do not see value in money, jewels and the like. |
2609 | * WreathedInFlames |
2610 | * WrongTimeTravelSavvy: A person has incorrect ideas on how time travel works. |
2611 | * XenomorphXerox |
2612 | * XenoNucleicAcid |
2613 | * TheXenophile |
2614 | * YearInsideHourOutside |
2615 | * YearOutsideHourInside |
2616 | * YearZero |
2617 | * YouAlreadyChangedThePast |
2618 | * YouAreWhoYouEat |
2619 | * YouCanNotGraspTheTrueForm |
2620 | * YouCanSeeMe |
2621 | * YouNoTakeCandle |
2622 | * YourMagicsNoGoodHere |
2623 | * YourMindMakesItReal |
2624 | * YourNormalIsOurTaboo: What's normal in one culture is forbidden in another, or vice versa. |
2625 | * YourUniverseOrMine |
2626 | * YouSexyBeast |
2627 | * YouWillBeBeethoven |
2628 | * {{Zeerust}}: Outdated predictions of what the future will be like. |
2629 | * ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld |
2630 | * ZeroGSpot: Having sex in outer space. |
2631 | * ZerothLawRebellion |
2632 | * ZombieAdvocate |
2633 | [[/folder]] |
2634 | |
2635 | [[/index]] |
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