The following pages are a mix of common storytelling tropes and common fandom terms. These pages might be usable in example contextexceptions , but never listed as an example within a work (with the occasional exception made for In-Universe examples; to provide concrete examples of such, a character who writes slashfic actually says "Het is Ew", or a reviewer has a video essay about Moff’s Law). Pages that become Example-less Super Tropes go here; they index subtropes which collect examples and crosswicks as normal.
- About the Author - Only defines the term.
- Accidental Nightmare Fuel - Covered by regular Nightmare Fuel.
- Adults Only Rating (ESRB) - Industry terminology
- Album Single - Industry terminology
- Attraction to Outliers - Exampleless Supertrope
- Audio Diegesis - Exampleless Supertrope
- Backyard Wrestling - Only exists to define the term
- Badass - Exampleless Supertrope
- Bellisario's Maxim - Only exists to define the term
- Bishōnen - Anime fanspeak term covered by Pretty Boy
- Bokukko - Fanspeak term
- Bulverism - Logical Fallacies are more useful in being linked to by other pages than providing specific examples
- Characters - Too common
- Circular Definition - Logical Fallacies are more useful in being linked to by other pages than providing specific examples
- The Climax - Too common
- Concept Art - Industry terminology.
- Cuckold - Only exists to define the term
- Conceit - Industry Terminology
- Conflict - Too common
- Consistency - Industry Terminology
- Cucoloris - Industry terminology
- Current Events Blog - Too common, not sufficiently fictional
- Dainty Combat - More of a supertrope for multiple subtropes than a trope of its own.
- Dandere - Anime fanspeak term covered by other tropes
- Dateline - Industry Terminology
- Delicate Is Beautiful - Too common, too YMMV
- Dojikko - Anime fanspeak term covered by Cute Clumsy Girl
- Dolly - Industry terminology
- Dynamic Character - Too common
- Editing Works - More of a supertrope for multiple subtropes than a trope of its own.
- Eight Deadly Words - Too contentious, too YMMV
- Entrance - Too common
- Explicit Content - From the get-go a definition page
- Fabula and Sujet - More of a supertrope for multiple subtropes than a trope of its own.
- Fact/Opinion/Argument - Important in differentiation. Not important in anything else.
- Fan Dumb - Too contentious, too YMMV
- SugarWiki.Favorite Trope - Too contentious, too YMMV, too personal.
- Fetish Fuel - Too YMMV, too NSFW
- Fiction Never Lies - More of a supertrope for multiple subtropes than a trope of its own.
- Ficton - Providing examples seems rather pointless
- Filk Song - Fan Speak term
- Fourth Wall - Too common
- Fuku Fic - Anime Fan Speak covered by other tropes.
- Full Bleed - More of a Useful Note that's sufficiently common to fit in the main namespace.
- Fusion - More of a supertrope to multiple subtropes
- Gainaxing - Fan Speak term
- Gameplay Randomization - Exampleless Supertrope
- Gaze - A concept which is effectively more of a supertrope for multiple subtropes than a trope of its own.
- Hat-and-Coat Shot - Too common
- Hatedom - Too contentious, too YMMV
- Hate Dumb - Too contentious, too YMMV
- The Hero - Exampleless supertrope
- Het - Too common
- Het is Ew - Fanfic fanspeak term
- High Concept - Industry terminology
- Higher Self - Too common
- Idiot Plot - Too contentious, too YMMV
- Inciting Incident - Too common
- Informed Conversation - It's a dialogue trope about not showing dialogue
- Internet Ads - Not really a trope by itself
- Internet Backdraft - Too contentious
- In-Universe Marketing
- Jargon Debate - Too common
- Jossed - Fan terminology for debunked Wild Mass Guessing
- Kichiku - Only exists to define the term
- Kichiku Megane - Only exists to define the term
- Kigo - Background information needed to explain certain Anime tropes.
- Kuudere - Fan terminology that overlaps with Sugar-and-Ice Personality
- Lemon - Too common, too NSFW
- Lolicon and Shotacon - Too NSFW
- Level Breaker - Too contentious
- Master Plots - More of a supertrope for multiple subtropes than a trope of its own
- Mature Rating - Only exists to define the term
- Medium Two-Shot - Too common
- Megane - Only exists to define the term
- Meganekko - Anime Fanspeak term covered by Bespectacled Cutie
- Melody - Too common
- Men Are Tough - Too common, more of a Trope In Aggregate than a trope of its own.
- Metro-Specific Underworld - More of a Trope In Aggregate than a trope of its own
- Miniatures Conversions - Too common
- Model Sheet - Too common, too technical
- Moff’s Law - Too specific, not really a trope in and of itself
- Mondegreen - Only exists to define the term
- Most Fanfic Writers Are Fans - Too common, more of a Trope In Aggregate than a trope of its own.
- MST3K Mantra - Only exists to define the term
- Murderers Are Rapists - Too nasty, covered by other tropes, more of a Trope In Aggregate than a trope of its own
- Mummers - We don't cover this kind of thing directly
- Murphy's Law - Only exists to define the term.
- Narrative Beats - Only exists to define the term
- Netorare - Fan Terminology
- Not Safe for Work - Only exists to define the term.
- Oba-san - Fan Terminology
- Odango Hair - Originally a trope, was turned definition only once it was found that all examples were either ZCE or chairs
- Occam's Razor - Only exists to define the term
- Off-Model - Only exists to define the term, which is covered by other tropes.
- Open-and-Shut Case - Too omnipresent to provide specific examples
- Parity Product Paradox - We don't have the legal knowledge available to judge quite how the effect applies.
- Panty Shot - Too NSFW, fan terminology
- Pitch - Industry Terminology
- Plot - Too common
- Plot Hole - Industry terminology
- Point of View - Too common
- Prop: Industry Terminology + index as example-less supertrope
- Rational Fic - Fan terminology
- Regular Character - Fan Terminology
- Riddle - Only exists to define the term, which is covered by other tropes.
- Rising Conflict - Too common
- Roadshow Theatrical Release - Examples are more than covered by outside lists.
- Satyr Play - Only one complete example exists.
- Scales - Industry Terminology
- Settings - Too common
- Shipping Goggles - Too contentious
- Short Story Long - Too common
- Silent Majority - Too YMMV
- Small Taxonomy Pools - Too common
- Snark Bait - Too contentious
- Speedrun - Fan terminology
- Spork - Fan Terminology
- Static Character - Too common
- Storyboard - Industry Terminology
- Strobing - Industry Terminology
- Stuffed into the Fridge - Only exists to define the term, which is covered by other tropes.
- Subtitle - Exampleless Supertrope
- Tenchi Solution - Effectively a disambiguation
- Text Parser - Too common
- Tilt - Too common
- Toy Ship - Fan terminology
- Transition Track - Industry terminology
- Trope Enjoyment Loophole - Too contentious
- True Art Is Ancient - Too common, too contentious, too YMMV
- True Art Is Boring - Too common, too contentious, too YMMV
- Truck - Too common, too technical
- Unpleasable Fanbase - Too contentious
- Up to __ or More - Industry terminology
- Video Editing Terminology - Industry terminology
- Video Game Weapon Stats - Too common
- Villain Antagonist - Omnipresent, to the point where aversions are their own tropes (Hero Antagonist/Villain Protagonist)
- Visual Compression - Too common, too technical
- Where, When, Who - Industry Terminology
- Whoring - Too common, too contentious, too YMMV
- The Wiki Rule - Too common, and only exists to define the concept
- Will They or Won't They? - Fanspeak term covered by other tropes.
- Yiff - Fan Terminology
- Zettai Ryouiki - Fanspeak term, attracts creepy gushing.
The following Mary Sue Tropes are too contentious to provide specific examples:
- 30-Sue Pileup
- Anti-Sue
- Black Hole Sue
- Canon Sue
- Copy Cat Sue
- Einstein Sue
- Fixer Sue
- God-Mode Sue
- Jerk Sue
- Lemon Stu
- Marty Stu
- Mary Sue
- Mary Sue Classic
- Mary Tzu
- Neutrality Sue
- Possession Sue
- Purity Sue
- Relationship Sue
- Sympathetic Sue
- Villain Sue
