Before people discovered the atomic elements, they hypothesized the existence of other elements that, as they thought, comprised the world around them. There were the classical elements: Earth, Fire, Water, Air, and often a fifth element (not Heart). Sometimes it was Ice, sometimes it was Lightning, sometimes Metal, sometimes nothingness (Void), sometimes Darkness, or even Light, and all will be counted here.
So these are tropes dealing with these old world elements.
Try not to get caught up in them, unless you have a counter element ready.
See also: Magic and Powers.
Tropes:
Categories:
- Bejeweled Tropes
- Darkness and Shadows Tropes
- Elemental Powers
- Heat Index
- Heliotropes
- The Ground Beneath Our Feet
- Index in the Sky
- Index on the Moon
- Instant Index: Just Add Water!
- Lava Tropes
- Metallic Tropes
- Precipitation Index
- Space Does Not Work That Way
- These Tropes Were Frozen Today
- This Index Blows
- This Index Glows
- This Index Is on Fire
- Thunderbolts and Lightning
- Time Tropes
- Tropes at Sea
- Tropes in Space
- Weather and Environment
The elements themselves:
- Ashes to Ashes (ash and smoke)
- Bizarro Elements
- Blow You Away (air, wind, and sky)
- Casting a Shadow (darkness and shadows)
- Dishing Out Dirt (earth and stone)
- Extra-ore-dinary (metals)
- Gemstone Assault (crystals)
- Gravity Master (gravity)
- Green Thumb (wood and plant-life)
- Having a Blast (explosions)
- Heart Beat-Down (the heart, love, and other mushy emotions)
- Holy Hand Grenade (goodness and holy essence)
- I Love Nuclear Power (radiation)
- An Ice Person (ice, snow, and cold)
- Light 'em Up (light)
- Lunacy (the moon and its energies)
- Magma Man (magma and lava)
- Magnetism Manipulation (magnetic energy)
- Make Me Wanna Shout (sound and sonic energy)
- Making a Splash (water)
- Non-Elemental
- Playing with Fire (fire and heat)
- Poisonous Person (toxic chemicals)
- The Power of the Sun (sunlight)
- Power of the Void (nothingness)
- Pure Energy
- Sand Blaster (sand and dust)
- Seasonal Baggage (Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring)
- Shock and Awe (electricity and lightning)
- Soul Power (spirit essence)
- Space Master (space and cosmic energy)
- Star Power (stars)
- Time Master (time)
- Unholy Nuke (evilness)
- Weather Manipulation (storms and rain)
Groupings and Relationships:
- Alchemic Elementals
- Color-Coded Elements
- Element #5 (quintessence)
- Fire/Ice Duo
- Fire, Ice, Lightning
- Fire/Water Juxtaposition
- Four-Element Ensemble
- Infinity +1 Element
- Land, Sea, Sky
- Life/Death Juxtaposition (when life and death are treated as elements)
- Light/Darkness Juxtaposition
- Lightning/Fire Juxtaposition
Applications and Motifs:
- Elemental Absorption
- Elemental Armor
- Elemental Baggage
- Elemental Barrier
- Elemental Embodiment
- Elemental Eye Colors
- Elemental Hair
- Elemental Ignorance
- Elemental Motifs
- Elemental Nation
- Elemental Plane
- Elemental Powers
- Elemental Punch
- Elemental Rivalry
- Elemental Rock–Paper–Scissors
- Elemental Shapeshifter
- Elemental Tiers
- Elemental Weapon
- Gale-Force Sound
- Scissors Cuts Rock
