SingingRain on Aug 26th 2018 at 1:16:07 AM
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SingingRain on Oct 10th 2018 at 8:01:37 PM
Page Type: trope
An index of tropes which require at least one crowd or a large group of characters.
See also the indexes Our Clones Are Identical and Military and Warfare Tropes (the section "Armies and units").
- All of the Other Reindeer: A large group of people constantly put someone down.
- Alone in a Crowd: A character feels lonely in a crowd.
- Angry Mob Song: A crowd expresses its anger through song.
- Animal Stampede: A large group of animals starts rampaging.
- Audience Murmurs: A crowd reacts to something by whispering among themselves.
- Crowd Chant: An entire crowd starts chanting something in unison.
- Crowded Cast Shot: The whole cast gathers to for a shot.
- Crowd Hockey: A character loses something in a crowd.
- Crowd Panic: An entire crowd freaks out.
- Crowd Song: A song sung by a large group of people.
- Crowd Surfing: A person moves on top of a crowd.
- Faceless Masses: A crowd without faces.
- The Freelance Shame Squad: A crowd reinforces social norms through shaming.
- Hiding in a Hijab: A character wears face-concealing Muslim clothing to blend in a crowd.
- Lost in a Crowd: A character blends into a crowd.
- Make Way for the Princess: A crowd parts for an important character, often the Alpha Bitch of a school.
- Mass "Oh, Crap!": An entire group has an Oh, Crap! moment.
- Media Scrum: A crowd of reporters.
- Million Mook March: A large crowd of marching mooks.
- Mobstacle Course: A character has to navigate through a crowd.
- Open the Door and See All the People: A character opens the door, sees a crowd, and closes the door in a panic.
- Powder Keg Crowd: A crowd that's ready to riot.
- Prison Riot: A crowd of rioting prisoners.
- Rabble Rouser: A character incites a crowd to riot.
- Shamed by a Mob: A crowd shames a character.
- Shaming the Mob: A character shames a crowd.
- Spontaneous Choreography: A crowd burst into dancing.
- Spontaneous Crowd Formation: A crowd appears out of nowhere.
- Torches and Pitchforks: These implements often show that a crowd is angry.
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- Alone In A Crowd
There are many more tropes to find by searching for "crowd".
I've tried adding all the related tropes by searching for "crowd". I didn't add In With The In Crowd because "in-crowd" actually refers to a small group of people. Other tropes like Win Back The Crowd are Audience Reactions tropes.
Not to be confused with Pothole Magnet, which is for tropes with a crowded wick section
Would Foreboding Fleeing Flock count?
I don't think Foreboding Fleeing Flock counts because it could be just a small group of fleeing animals. Granted, most of these tropes have edge cases where a small group could count as a crowd, but the focus of this trope is on the "foreboding" element, not the large number of animals fleeing.
Would All Of The Other Reindeer count, since it involves large groups, or is that too situational?
I think All Of The Other Reindeer would count as a large group of characters.
I don't think it does, since it's more about the effect on the character.
I added a laconic description of Torches And Pitchforks.
It could also be called Crowd Tropes, if "[Noun] Tropes" is more standardized for naming indexes.
^ Since "[Noun] Tropes" does seem to be a standard for these types of index names I've changed the name from Crowded Tropes to Crowd Tropes.
Added blurbs to those missing them.
Could Spontaneous Choreography fit here?
