Some works are really complex. Trying to explain them is like trying to tell the sky stop raining purple droplets of sugar-coated chocolate pieces go very nicely when you crush them through a toothpaste tube.
Then, there are these. A work with a single trope so central to it, that when said trope is mentioned, the work is the first thing that comes to mind. Enjoy!
Note: Very often, these will be Trope Codifiers or Trope Namers. Also some - though not many - could potentially be summarised in one trope in more than one way.
Compare X Meets Y.
Examples (sorted by Trope)
Absurdly High Level Cap
Absurdly High-Stakes Game
Adaptational Jerkass
Afrofuturism
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Alchemy Is Magic
Aliens in Cardiff
All-Ghouls School
All Myths Are True
All-Stereotype Cast
Almighty Janitor
Anachronism Stew
And Another Thing...
And Then What?
Animorphism
Anthropomorphized Anatomy
Anyone Can Die
Armed Farces
Arch-Enemy
Art Attacker
Artifact of Death
Artifact of Doom
Artistic License – Chemistry
Ass Kicks You
Badass Boast
Badass Family
Badass Normal
Badass Pacifist
Bad Future
Balloonacy
Batman Can Breathe in Space
Battle Butler
Battle of Wits
Battle Tops
Beach Episode
Bears Are Bad News
Beary Funny
Beary Friendly
Beautiful Condemned Building
Beautiful Void
Because Destiny Says So
Beware the Superman
Big Book of War
Big Brother Is Watching
Bigger on the Inside
Bizarrchitecture
Bizarre and Improbable Golf Game
Blended Family Drama
Bloody Hilarious
Bloody Horror
Bomb Disposal
Born Detective
Brainwashing for the Greater Good
Breaking Old Trends
Break the Cutie
Bubblegum Popping
Bug War
Bullet Time
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Call to Agriculture
Canis Major
Captain Ersatz
Car Fu
Caustic Critic
The Chosen One
Chronic Hero Syndrome
Colossus Climb
Complete Monster
Comedic Sociopathy
Comically Inept Healing
Cool Car
Cool Gate
Cool Plane
Comically Invincible Hero
Conditioned to Accept Horror
Corporate-Sponsored Superhero
Courtroom Antics
Crazy Is Cool
Crapsaccharine World
Crapsack World
Create Your Own Villain
Crosses the Line Twice
Cute Bookworm
Cute Witch
Cyber Ninja
Daddy DNA Test
Dancing Is Serious Business
Darker and Edgier
Darkness Equals Death
Dating Catwoman
Day of the Jackboot
The Dead Can Dance
Deadly Disc
Deadly Game
Deadpan Snarker
Decadent Court
Defective Detective
Delicate and Sickly
Depending on the Writer
Depth Deception
Destructive Savior
"Die Hard" on an X
Dimension Traveler
Do Wrong, Right
Don't Try This at Home
Doomy Dooms of Doom
Double Jump
Dr. Jerk
Drugs Are Bad
Duel of Seduction
Duels Decide Everything
Dungeon Crawling
A Dungeon Is You
Dysfunction Junction
Dysfunctional Family
Edutainment Show
Escort Mission
Everyone is a Super
Everything Breaks
Everything Is Online
Everything Trying to Kill You
Evil Is Not a Toy
Evil Versus Oblivion
Expendable Clone
Extendable Arms
Extranormal Institute
Face of a Thug
Fake Ultimate Hero
Fantasy Counterpart Culture
Fan Verse
Fast Tunnelling
Faux-To Guide
Field Trip to the Past
Fire-Forged Friends
First-Person Snapshooter
Five-Man Band
Food Porn
Food Songs Are Funny
For Science!
For Want of a Nail
Fossil Revival
Foul Waterfowl
Fractured Fairy Tale
"Freaky Friday" Flip
Friendly Enemy
Friendly Neighborhood Vampire
Friendly Pirate
Friendly Shopkeeper
The Friendly Texan
From the Mouths of Babes
Frontier Doctor
Gambit Pileup
Gender Bender Angst
Going Native
Good Hurts Evil
Gorn
"Groundhog Day" Loop
Guile Hero
Hand Blast
Hat of Power
Heal It with Blood
Heavy Mithril
Henshin Hero
Heroic Comedic Sociopath
Heroic Dog
High-Speed Hijack
Highly-Visible Ninja
Horrible Hollywood
Hostile Animatronics
How We Got Here
Human Weapon
Humongous Mecha
Hyper-Destructive Bouncing Ball
I Just Want to Have Friends
Idiot Hero
Impossible Thief
Improbable Weapon User
Information Wants to Be Free
Insufferable Genius
Intrepid Reporter
Intercourse with You
Inventory Management Puzzle
Item Crafting
Jackass Genie
Jigsaw Puzzle Plot
Journey to the Center of the Mind
The Joys of Torturing Mooks
Judge, Jury, and Executioner
"Just So" Story
Kaiju
Katanas Are Just Better
Kids Versus Adults
Large Ham
Le Parkour
Level Grinding
Like Brother and Sister
Living Lie Detector
Living Toys
Longer-Than-Life Sentence
Lolicon and Shotacon
Loophole Abuse
Lord British Postulate
Love Makes You Dumb
Loving Bully
MacGyvering
Mad Marble Maze
Magic Versus Science
Magical Girl Genre Deconstruction
Magical Girl Warrior
Macho Camp
Man-Eating Plant
The Many Deaths of You
Martial Arts and Crafts
Martial Pacifist
Messianic Archetype
The Men in Black
Military Moe
Mind Screw
Monster Adventurers
Monster Mash
Morton's Fork
Mons
Monster Clown
The Most Dangerous Video Game
Motor Mouth
Muggle Born of Mages
Mundane Made Awesome
Nations as People
Nested Story
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero
Nigh-Invulnerable
Nintendo Hard
Noble Demon
No Fourth Wall
Nothing Is Scarier
Nuns Are Funny
Obfuscating Stupidity
Oh, Crap!
Ominous Fog
One-Man Army
Only in Florida
Paranoia Fuel
Parents as People
Pacifist Run
Paper-Thin Disguise
Le Parkour
Pay Evil unto Evil
Peeve Goblins
Perverse Puppet
Phlebotinum Rebel
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything
Platform Game
Point-and-Laugh Show
Poor Communication Kills
Power Copying
Power Fist
The Power of Friendship
Power Incontinence
The Power of Friendship
Princess Phase
Pro Wrestling Is Real
Product as Superhero
Product Placement
Pungeon Master
Pure Is Not Good
Purple Prose
Quest for Sex
Radial Ass Kicking
Rage Against the Heavens
"Reading Is Cool" Aesop
Reality-Writing Book
Recycled INSPACE
Reel Torture
Refuge in Audacity
Religion Rant Song
Religious Bruiser
Religious Horror
Retired Badass
Reverse Cerebus Syndrome
Ring of Power
Road Trip Plot
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Robot War
Romantic Vampire Boy
Royal Brat
RPG Mechanics 'Verse
Samurai Shinobi
Sanity Slippage
Sadistic Choice
Scenery Porn
Science Hero
Screw You, Elves!
Scry vs. Scry
Serial-Killer Killer
Shovel Strike
Showy Invincible Hero
Sinister Surveillance
Smelly Skunk
The Snark Knight
So Bad, It's Good
Some Dexterity Required
Song Parody
Sociopathic Hero
Space Opera
Space Western
Speaks Fluent Animal
Spinoff Babies
Stern Old Judge
Stone Punk
Super Cop
Super Senses
Super Speed
Super Zeroes
Surprise Creepy
Sweet Tooth
Synthetic Plague
Tank Goodness
Tear Jerker
Teleport Gun
Testosterone Poisoning
There Are No Therapists
There Can Be Only One
They Killed Kenny Again
This Is a Drill
Toilet Humour
Toys-To-Life Game
Transforming Vehicle
Translation Train Wreck
Trickster Girlfriend
A True Hero
Two Gamers on a Couch
Unsorcerer
Unstoppable Rage
Vampire Hunter
Vampire-Werewolf Love Triangle
Video Game Caring Potential
Video Game Cruelty Potential
Viewers Are Geniuses
Vigilante Man
Villain Protagonist
Vitriolic Best Buds
Wacky Homeroom
Wacky Racing
Waif-Fu
War Has Never Been So Much Fun
- Nintendo Wars (excluding Advance Wars: Days of Ruin/Dark Conflict)
Watch It for the Meme
War Is Hell
Weapons Kitchen Sink
What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?
What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?
When It All Began
Wizarding School
World of Badass
Workplace Horror
World of Ham
Yandere
Yandere Couple
Yank the Dog's Chain
You Are Already Dead
You Bastard!
Zeerust
Zombie Apocalypse
