An index of all the tropes that deal with irony.
Tropes:
- Arbitrary Skepticism: Refusing to believe in something supernatural in spite of believing in or being aware of the existence of something equally supernatural.
- The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes: A person's professional skills are of no help towards their own problems.
- Cue Irony
- Death by Irony: Someone dies in a way that is ironic.
- The Death of Death: The embodiment of Death is the one that dies.
- The Dog Bites Back: A person who has been abused and tormented turns the tables on those who were mistreating them.
- Dramatic Irony: The irony comes from the audience knowing something that the characters are not aware of.
- Dude, Not Ironic: Someone describes something as ironic when there's really nothing ironic about the situation.
- He Who Fights Monsters: A person is so obsessed with vanquishing their opposition that they become as bad as the evils they fought.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: A person's undoing is brought upon by their own actions.
- The Hunter Becomes the Hunted
- If Only You Knew
- Ironic Allergy: A person has an allergy that is contradicting to their interests, profession, personality, or biology.
- Ironic Birthday: A person feeling miserable has to pretend to enjoy their birthday party when their friends throw a party against their wishes.
- Ironic Echo
- Ironic Episode Title
- Ironic Fear: A character is afraid of something that is ironic because their fear deals with something they wouldn't be expected to be afraid of (e.g. a firefighter who is afraid of fire).
- Ironic Juxtaposition
- Ironic Name: A person has a name that is ironic.
- Ironic Nickname: A person has a nickname that is ironic.
- Irony as She Is Cast
- Isn't It Ironic?: People use a song that they think is fitting without paying close attention to the actual lyrics.
- Joke and Receive
- Karmic Death: A bad person dies in a way that serves as a fitting punishment for their wrongdoings and is their own fault.
- Karmic Misfire: The person who's truly guilty gets off scot-free while an innocent person takes the fall.
- Karmic Rape: A person getting raped as their comeuppance can be ironic if the person was themselves a rapist.
- Karmic Transformation: A person is punished by being transformed into something they dislike.
- The Killer Becomes the Killed: A murderer gets murdered themselves.
- Laser-Guided Karma: A person who does something bad faces immediate punishment for their misdeed.
- Oblivious Guilt Slinging
- Retirony: A person gets killed when they were close to retirement.
- Saved by the Coffin
- Springtime for Hitler: A deliberate attempt at failure results in an unintentional success.
- This Is Reality: A joke where a fictional character addresses that the real world isn't at all like fiction.
- Vehicular Turnabout
