Trope Overdosed is when a series uses many tropes. The inverse, when a trope applies to many different series, is an Overdosed Trope. If you want a real challenge, look for a work page that doesn't use a single one of these tropes.
Many of these tropes are popular because they are used as a verbal shorthand (Squick, Oh, Crap!, etc.), and others are popular because they're more ways of discussing works than they are part of the work themselves (Nightmare Fuel, moments of awesome and funny). In any event, the only requirement to be included on this page is that a trope is referenced by at least 2,500 other pages, as listed in the "related" page.
The numbers given here are for rough estimation purposes only, since the pages will inevitably have changed since the trope was added or updated.
See Also: Omnipresent Tropes, Tropes Of Legend, Trope Overdosed. For tropes that attract a lot of potholes, see Pothole Magnet.
Over 10001
- Big Bad: 53230
- Shout Out: 47768
- Lampshade Hanging: 35026
- Jerkass: 33027
- Word Of God: 29362
- Deadpan Snarker: 28979
- Running Gag: 28951
- Oh, Crap!: 28349
- Up to Eleven: 27399
- Berserk Button: 26115
- Meaningful Name: 23669
- Heroic Sacrifice: 22959
- Nice Guy: 22452
- Heel–Face Turn: 22382
- Butt-Monkey: 22141
- Expy: 21973
- Ax-Crazy: 20930
- Tear Jerker: 20596
- Subverted Trope: 20410
- Foreshadowing: 20223
- Large Ham: 19995
- Call-Back: 19846
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: 19766
- Curb-Stomp Battle: 19655
- Memetic Mutation: 19193
- Cloudcuckoolander: 18904
- Action Girl: 18885
- Eldritch Abomination: 18550
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: 18296
- Catch Phrase: 18221
- The Dragon: 17923
- What Could Have Been: 17901
- Played for Laughs: 17762
- Character Development: 17736
- Pun: 17338
- Take That!: 17311
- Nightmare Fuel: 17093
- Heroic BSoD: 17007
- Determinator: 16622
- Big Damn Heroes: 16493
- Ho Yay: 16065
- It Makes Sense in Context: 15985
- The Reveal: 15968
- Kick the Dog: 15782
- Hilarious in Hindsight: 15664
- What the Hell, Hero?: 15542
- Only Sane Man: 15353
- The Hero: 15269
- Blatant Lies: 15233
- Reality Ensues: 15202
- In-Universe: 15181
- Too Dumb to Live: 15158
- Manipulative Bastard: 15011
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: 14700
- My God, What Have I Done?: 14589
- Driven to Suicide: 14507
- Took a Level in Badass: 14468
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!: 14357
- Continuity Nod: 14353
- Fridge Brilliance: 14330
- Not So Different: 14160
- Darker and Edgier: 14029
- Squick: 13972
- Title Drop: 13943
- Mad Scientist: 13871
- Abusive Parents: 13859
- Noodle Incident: 13741
- Mythology Gag: 13666
- Even Evil Has Standards: 13647
- Pet the Dog: 13595
- Sarcasm Mode: 13441
- Chekhov's Gun: 13345
- Fantastic Racism: 13202
- Body Horror: 13151
- Disproportionate Retribution: 13087
- Blood Knight: 13036
- Face–Heel Turn: 12982
- The Woobie: 12944
- Hoist by His Own Petard: 12939
- The Stoic: 12782
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: 12779
- All There in the Manual: 12769
- Hidden Depths: 12617
- Mooks: 12514
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: 12410
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here!: 12395
- Fridge Horror: 12322
- Mood Whiplash: 12318
- Karma Houdini: 12197
- Justified Trope: 12177
- Beware the Nice Ones: 12120
- Moral Event Horizon: 12115
- Awesome Music: 12026
- Ensemble Dark Horse: 11991
- Tempting Fate: 11957
- Bittersweet Ending: 11954
- Downer Ending: 11923
- Anti Hero: 11900
- Irony: 11567
- Averted Trope: 11528
- Ship Tease: 11500
- Brick Joke: 11471
- Adorkable: 11393
- Black Comedy: 11079
- Fridge Logic: 11079
- The Dreaded: 10967
- Ms. Fanservice: 10946
- Truth in Television: 10933
- The Cameo: 10913
- Evil Counterpart: 10909
- Dark and Troubled Past: 10887
- Affably Evil: 10782
- Alternative Character Interpretation: 10713
- Would Hurt a Child: 10669
- Tsundere: 10665
- Enemy Mine: 10579
- Badass Normal: 10532
- Precision F-Strike: 10472
- What Happened to the Mouse?: 10430
- Fan Nickname: 10420
- Laser-Guided Karma: 10406
- It's All About Me: 10404
- The Big Guy: 10374
- Wham Line: 10368
- Crapsack World: 10361
- Freudian Excuse: 10280
- And I Must Scream: 10220
- Back from the Dead: 10198
- Badass Boast: 10174
- Narm: 10069
- Hilarity Ensues: 10039
- Eye Scream: 10029
- Hypocritical Humor: 10025
- Smug Snake: 10018
- Big Eater: 10015
- Break the Cutie: 10014
7501-10000
- Villainous Breakdown: 9946
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: 9900
- Killed Off for Real: 9896
- Despair Event Horizon: 9888
- Moment of Awesome: 9886
- The Smart Guy: 9826
- Asshole Victim: 9822
- Fanservice: 9758
- Papa Wolf: 9705
- Reasonable Authority Figure: 9675
- Hypocrite: 9666
- Anti-Villain: 9614
- For the Evulz: 9610
- Fate Worse than Death: 9540
- Exact Words: 9532
- Playing with Fire: 9520
- Arch-Enemy: 9481
- OOC Is Serious Business: 9474
- Final Boss: 9445
- The Ace: 9404
- Getting Crap Past the Radar: 9327
- The Chessmaster: 9309
- Humongous Mecha: 9302
- Funny Moments: 9278
- Put on a Bus: 9234
- Nice Hat: 9231
- Harsher in Hindsight: 9221
- Comically Missing the Point: 9208
- Establishing Character Moment: 9201
- True Companions: 9200
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: 9175
- Groin Attack: 9159
- The Atoner: 9149
- The Lancer: 9127
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: 9099
- Wham Episode: 9063
- Genki Girl: 9050
- The Ditz: 9041
- Ascended Extra: 9037
- Mind Screw: 9024
- Knight Templar: 9018
- The Mole: 8998
- Sanity Slippage: 8985
- Punny Name: 8968
- Beat: 8893
- Bad Boss: 8867
- Serious Business: 8861
- Executive Meddling: 8840
- Mama Bear: 8819
- Hot-Blooded: 8791
- The Rival: 8791
- Foil: 8759
- Inverted Trope: 8746
- Batman Gambit: 8740
- Undying Loyalty: 8731
- Villain Protagonist: 8724
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: 8678
- Adult Fear: 8646
- Big Brother Instinct: 8600
- No-Sell: 8572
- MacGuffin: 8538
- Book Ends: 8533
- Mind Rape: 8496
- Worthy Opponent: 8478
- Big "NO!": 8476
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: 8423
- Older Than They Look: 8391
- Love Interests: 8383
- Magnificent Bastard: 8365
- Monster of the Week: 8365
- Combat Pragmatist: 8359
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: 8359
- Brainwashed and Crazy: 8347
- Player Character: 8346
- Damsel in Distress: 8329
- Deal with the Devil: 8308
- Rule of Cool: 8268
- Shock and Awe: 8265
- Happily Married: 8240
- A Day in the Limelight: 8191
- Broken Base: 8171
- Downplayed Trope: 8149
- Evil Laugh: 8137
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: 8128
- Physical God: 8110
- One-Man Army: 8075
- No Name Given: 8054
- One-Hit Kill: 8041
- From Bad to Worse: 8026
- Yandere: 8012
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: 8011
- Vitriolic Best Buds: 8005
- Heartwarming Moments: 8004
- The Stinger: 7985
- Troll: 7902
- Alpha Bitch: 7861
- Dirty Coward: 7848
- Spiritual Successor: 7847
- Early Installment Weirdness: 7846
- Epic Fail: 7835
- Big Good: 7817
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: 7800
- Made of Iron: 7780
- Stalker with a Crush: 7761
- Rule of Funny: 7745
- Retcon: 7739
- Lightning Bruiser: 7719
- Time Skip: 7672
- Dark Is Not Evil: 7671
- Shipper on Deck: 7668
- Lighter and Softer: 7653
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: 7652
- Faux Affably Evil: 7643
- Insistent Terminology: 7600
- Invoked Trope: 7571
- Never My Fault: 7551
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: 7534
5001-7500
- Actor Allusion: 7477
- Kill It with Fire: 7464
- Crazy-Prepared: 7448
- Rule of Three: 7442
- What an Idiot!: 7420
- Reality Warper: 7418
- An Aesop: 7416
- Trademark Favorite Food: 7411
- Greater-Scope Villain: 7410
- Omnicidal Maniac: 7389
- Hope Spot: 7378
- The Bus Came Back: 7377
- Shown Their Work: 7326
- Self-Deprecation: 7325
- One-Winged Angel: 7316
- Super Strength: 7314
- Parental Abandonment: 7308
- Disappeared Dad: 7303
- I'm a Humanitarian: 7296
- Alternate Universe: 7275
- Death Glare: 7274
- Idiot Ball: 7264
- Show Within a Show: 7256
- Your Cheating Heart: 7252
- Tranquil Fury: 7193
- Shrinking Violet: 7189
- Demoted to Extra: 7188
- Take a Third Option: 7183
- Serial Killer: 7155
- Sealed Evil in a Can: 7130
- There Is No Kill Like Overkill: 7103
- Stepford Smiler: 7091
- Cool Old Guy: 7089
- The Chosen One: 7073
- Unstoppable Rage: 7072
- Obfuscating Stupidity: 7048
- Jerkass Has a Point: 7030
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: 7009
- Hair-Trigger Temper: 7001
- A God Am I: 6964
- Earn Your Happy Ending: 6958
- Bishōnen: 6950
- Crosses the Line Twice: 6937
- Slasher Smile: 6911
- Everyone Has Standards: 6909
- The Sociopath: 6890
- The Man Behind the Man: 6849
- Values Dissonance: 6843
- Parental Substitute: 6822
- Official Couple: 6783
- Taking You with Me: 6769
- Genre Savvy: 6764
- Deconstruction: 6759
- Green-Eyed Monster: 6749
- The Scrappy: 6722
- Morality Pet: 6716
- Demonic Possession: 6713
- Refuge in Audacity: 6708
- Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: 6686
- Grand Finale: 6684
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: 6678
- Crossover: 6670
- Stealth Pun: 6664
- Spell My Name with an "S": 6653
- Healing Factor: 6638
- Uncanny Valley: 6636
- Game-Breaker: 6617
- Cool Big Sis: 6593
- Heel Realization: 6590
- The Leader: 6577
- The End of the World as We Know It: 6575
- The Alcoholic: 6565
- Loads and Loads of Characters: 6548
- Bait-and-Switch: 6522
- Missing Mom: 6521
- Really 700 Years Old: 6498
- Mercy Kill: 6438
- Badass Adorable: 6423
- Those Two Guys: 6417
- It's Personal: 6416
- Ironic Echo: 6414
- Manchild: 6413
- Honor Before Reason: 6402
- Awesome, but Impractical: 6383
- Kill 'Em All: 6364
- An Ice Person: 6360
- Psychic Powers: 6355
- The Starscream: 6339
- Animal Motifs: 6327
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: 6318
- La Résistance: 6299
- Name's the Same: 6295
- Unreliable Narrator: 6277
- Broken Bird: 6273
- Zig-Zagging Trope: 6266
- Arc Words: 6262
- Card-Carrying Villain: 6221
- Badass Bookworm: 6215
- Half-Human Hybrid: 6210
- Brutal Honesty: 6176
- Verbal Tic: 6168
- Loophole Abuse: 6158
- Only Known by Their Nickname: 6129
- Powered Armor: 6099
- Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: 6095
- Nigh-Invulnerability: 6092
- More Dakka: 6072
- Chekhov's Gunman: 6043
- Bilingual Bonus: 6035
- Humanoid Abomination: 6015
- Chick Magnet: 6014
- Insane Troll Logic: 6012
- Love Triangle: 6004
- Cassandra Truth: 5982
- Cruel and Unusual Death: 5958
- Complete Monster: 5955
- Unwitting Pawn: 5942
- Fiery Redhead: 5939
- Be Careful What You Wish For: 5938
- Cold-Blooded Torture: 5927
- Stuff Blowing Up: 5921
- Foregone Conclusion: 5915
- Hand Wave: 5911
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: 5905
- Defrosting Ice Queen: 5902
- The Chick: 5902
- Small Name, Big Ego: 5897
- Jerkass Woobie: 5895
- The Power of Love: 5895
- Not So Stoic: 5869
- The Movie: 5819
- Karmic Death: 5808
- The Other Darrin: 5807
- Elite Mooks: 5802
- Leitmotif: 5794
- Weapon of Choice: 5781
- Overly Long Gag: 5780
- Red Herring: 5770
- The Empire: 5756
- Sixth Ranger: 5746
- Broken Pedestal: 5744
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: 5740
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: 5731
- Red Baron: 5725
- Composite Character: 5722
- Distaff Counterpart: 5705
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: 5691
- Mr. Fanservice: 5689
- All Just a Dream: 5685
- Evil Overlord: 5654
- Paper-Thin Disguise: 5644
- Alliterative Name: 5623
- Funny Background Event: 5623
- Odd Friendship: 5622
- Didn't Think This Through: 5612
- Knife Nut: 5609
- Death Seeker: 5608
- Time Travel: 5589
- Mighty Glacier: 5578
- BFG: 5577
- BFS: 5564
- The Power of Friendship: 5551
- Early-Bird Cameo: 5549
- Genius Bruiser: 5543
- Gentle Giant: 5532
- Took a Level in Jerkass: 5528
- Dual Wielding: 5511
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: 5506
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: 5500
- Stripperiffic: 5491
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: 5483
- Posthumous Character: 5466
- "Well Done, Son!" Guy: 5461
- Super Mode: 5453
- Author Avatar: 5433
- Off with His Head!: 5427
- Captain Obvious: 5426
- Not So Above It All: 5425
- Voluntary Shapeshifting: 5425
- The Ghost: 5418
- Department of Redundancy Department: 5396
- Gone Horribly Right: 5396
- The Bad Guy Wins: 5369
- Blue-and-Orange Morality: 5367
- Fun with Acronyms: 5355
- Not Quite Dead: 5349
- Team Mom: 5342
- Interspecies Romance: 5336
- Properly Paranoid: 5328
- Glass Cannon: 5302
- Our Vampires Are Different: 5301
- The Quiet One: 5299
- Lack of Empathy: 5298
- The Comically Serious: 5297
- Poor Communication Kills: 5288
- Trope Codifier: 5278
- The Worf Effect: 5271
- Clingy Jealous Girl: 5268
- Ungrateful Bastard: 5244
- Badass Longcoat: 5237
- Creepy Child: 5216
- Light Is Not Good: 5216
- Motor Mouth: 5209
- Old Shame: 5205
- Took a Level in Kindness: 5205
- Superpowered Evil Side: 5202
- Cluster F-Bomb: 5201
- Take Over the World: 5190
- Fan Disservice: 5188
- Gadgeteer Genius: 5178
- Bad Future: 5174
- Good Is Not Nice: 5160
- My Greatest Failure: 5151
- Discussed Trope: 5150
- Imagine Spot: 5138
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: 5123
- Sequel Hook: 5114
- Easily Forgiven: 5103
- Dumb Muscle: 5097
- Mundane Utility: 5096
- After the End: 5094
- Childhood Friend Romance: 5089
- Blessed With Suck: 5088
- Hate Sink: 5084
- Super Speed: 5081
- A.I. Is a Crapshoot: 5075
- Guide Dang It!: 5052
- Psychopathic Manchild: 5048
- The Dog Bites Back: 5042
- Cain and Abel: 5041
- Ill Girl: 5041
- Nothing Is Scarier: 5023
- Really Gets Around: 5010
4001-5000
- You Have Failed Me: 4999
- Skewed Priorities: 4998
- Fragile Speedster: 4995
- Nintendo Hard: 4987
- Once per Episode: 4985
- Adaptational Villainy: 4968
- Flanderization: 4959
- Affectionate Parody: 4949
- Last of His Kind: 4948
- Double Entendre: 4946
- Recycled INSPACE: 4946
- Zombie Apocalypse: 4943
- Dark Action Girl: 4942
- Anyone Can Die: 4933
- Follow the Leader: 4929
- Five-Man Band: 4918
- Shut Up, Hannibal!: 4906
- Break the Haughty: 4888
- Evil Plan: 4879
- Evil Is Petty: 4871
- Mr. Exposition: 4868
- No Export for You: 4861
- Start of Darkness: 4861
- Bullying a Dragon: 4860
- Mundane Made Awesome: 4857
- Paranoia Fuel: 4855
- Scenery Porn: 4854
- Obviously Evil: 4811
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!: 4803
- Punch-Clock Villain: 4796
- The Brute: 4794
- Boring, but Practical: 4793
- Token Evil Teammate: 4792
- Super Soldier: 4783
- Status Quo Is God: 4777
- Armor-Piercing Question: 4775
- Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: 4775
- Affectionate Nickname: 4755
- All-Loving Hero: 4736
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: 4734
- Bare Your Midriff: 4728
- Knight of Cerebus: 4724
- Blow You Away: 4714
- For Want of a Nail: 4711
- No Indoor Voice: 4711
- An Arm and a Leg: 4710
- Theme Naming: 4706
- Pragmatic Villainy: 4680
- Special Effect Failure: 4676
- Ambiguously Gay: 4673
- Training from Hell: 4671
- Would Hit a Girl: 4669
- Authority Equals Asskicking: 4668
- Satan: 4660
- Deus ex Machina: 4656
- Always Chaotic Evil: 4636
- Sadistic Choice: 4634
- Bowdlerise: 4630
- One Steve Limit: 4627
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: 4620
- Oblivious to Love: 4617
- Villain with Good Publicity: 4610
- In-Series Nickname: 4608
- Walking Spoiler: 4604
- Taking the Bullet: 4598
- Defeat Means Friendship: 4595
- No Social Skills: 4591
- Out of Focus: 4591
- They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: 4579
- Boom, Headshot!: 4566
- Author Appeal: 4542
- Boisterous Bruiser: 4531
- Visual Pun: 4529
- Buffy Speak: 4525
- Foe Yay: 4521
- Schmuck Bait: 4521
- Stylistic Suck: 4517
- Distracted by the Sexy: 4514
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: 4509
- Art Evolution: 4509
- Let's Get Dangerous!: 4509
- Mentor Archetype: 4509
- Crazy Awesome: 4495
- Idiot Hero: 4488
- Genius Bonus: 4486
- Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: 4483
- Spin-Off: 4480
- Throw It In!: 4478
- Legacy Character: 4469
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: 4460
- Unusual Euphemism: 4447
- Dramatic Irony: 4443
- Applied Phlebotinum: 4439
- This Is Gonna Suck: 4439
- A Father to His Men: 4428
- The Un Favourite: 4428
- The Chew Toy: 4418
- An Axe to Grind: 4417
- Apocalypse How: 4417
- Redemption Equals Death: 4417
- Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: 4412
- Moe: 4403
- Multiple Endings: 4396
- He Who Fights Monsters: 4390
- Improbable Weapon User: 4388
- Fat Bastard: 4386
- Guile Hero: 4385
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: 4376
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: 4374
- Older Than They Think: 4374
- The Heart: 4373
- Gender Bender: 4370
- Handicapped Badass: 4370
- Gender Flip: 4356
- Person of Mass Destruction: 4356
- Fatal Flaw: 4323
- Updated Re-release: 4323
- Bonus Boss: 4316
- Insufferable Genius: 4315
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: 4314
- The Medic: 4298
- Double Subversion: 4293
- Evil Twin: 4290
- Token Good Teammate: 4288
- Wrong Genre Savvy: 4285
- Making a Splash: 4284
- Disney Death: 4283
- Wham Shot: 4283
- That One Boss: 4281
- Non-Indicative Name: 4275
- Depending on the Writer: 4273
- Captain Ersatz: 4272
- So Bad, It's Good: 4269
- Product Placement: 4264
- Flashback: 4260
- Grey-and-Gray Morality: 4260
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: 4254
- Art Shift: 4247
- Arranged Marriage: 4246
- Cool Sword: 4238
- Revenge: 4229
- Adaptational Badass: 4228
- A Date with Rosie Palms: 4225
- Unfortunate Implications: 4216
- Artifact of Doom: 4215
- Break Them by Talking: 4213
- Gameplay and Story Segregation: 4213
- The Smurfette Principle: 4213
- Red Shirt: 4212
- Trauma Conga Line: 4206
- Our Dragons Are Different: 4201
- The Faceless: 4199
- Becoming the Mask: 4195
- Zerg Rush: 4187
- Leeroy Jenkins: 4184
- The Load: 4180
- Friend to All Living Things: 4175
- Kick the Son of a Bitch: 4175
- They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: 4175
- Innocently Insensitive: 4163
- Noble Demon: 4156
- Memetic Badass: 4154
- Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: 4138
- Cyborg: 4136
- I Did What I Had to Do: 4132
- Wave-Motion Gun: 4130
- Awesome Mc Coolname: 4128
- Non-Action Guy: 4125
- Dirty Cop: 4116
- Shell-Shocked Veteran: 4116
- Lethal Chef: 4115
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": 4102
- Badass Beard: 4098
- Fire-Forged Friends: 4092
- Lady of War: 4086
- Proud Warrior Race Guy: 4078
- Baleful Polymorph: 4073
- Toilet Humour: 4071
- You Killed My Father: 4056
- Magical Girl: 4054
- Easter Egg: 4044
- Mission Control: 4044
- Narm Charm: 4044
- Number Two: 4037
- Keep Circulating the Tapes: 4031
- Cool Car: 4030
- Camp Gay: 4027
- It Amused Me: 4026
- Face Death with Dignity: 4024
- Squishy Wizard: 4020
- Evil Sorcerer: 4016
- Fusion Dance: 4008
3501-4000
- The Casanova: 3995
- Cliffhanger: 3991
- Femme Fatale: 3987
- The Wiki Rule: 3984
- Actually Pretty Funny: 3981
- Fallen Hero: 3981
- Never Live It Down: 3978
- Adaptational Heroism: 3974
- Childhood Friends: 3965
- Battle Couple: 3963
- Played for Drama: 3960
- Jump Scare: 3959
- Contrived Coincidence: 3958
- Taken for Granite: 3958
- Psycho for Hire: 3955
- Love at First Sight: 3948
- Domestic Abuse: 3944
- Failed a Spot Check: 3935
- From Nobody to Nightmare: 3934
- Anvilicious: 3933
- Secret Keeper: 3925
- Pintsized Powerhouse: 3921
- Humans Are Bastards: 3919
- Adaptation Expansion: 3918
- Gratuitous English: 3917
- "Funny Aneurysm" Moment: 3913
- Humiliation Conga: 3906
- Implacable Man: 3905
- Rousing Speech: 3903
- Cool Shades: 3896
- Deconstructed Trope: 3883
- Elemental Powers: 3873
- It's All My Fault: 3873
- Happily Adopted: 3867
- Sole Survivor: 3867
- Brilliant, but Lazy: 3843
- Evil Genius: 3841
- Palette Swap: 3841
- "Shaggy Dog" Story: 3835
- Calling Your Attacks: 3833
- Suddenly SHOUTING!: 3828
- Weaksauce Weakness: 3823
- Extreme Doormat: 3822
- One-Scene Wonder: 3822
- Cannot Spit It Out: 3817
- Faking the Dead: 3814
- Dark Is Evil: 3813
- Retroactive Recognition: 3809
- Friendly Enemy: 3807
- He Knows Too Much: 3797
- Jerk Jock: 3797
- Unresolved Sexual Tension: 3793
- Drowning My Sorrows: 3783
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: 3781
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: 3780
- Dropped a Bridge on Him: 3777
- Death Is Cheap: 3774
- Germans Love David Hasselhoff: 3771
- I Just Want to Be Normal: 3771
- Playing Against Type: 3771
- Grand Theft Me: 3770
- Christmas Episode: 3765
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: 3764
- Star-Crossed Lovers: 3762
- Sir Swearsalot: 3761
- Child Soldiers: 3759
- Younger Than They Look: 3757
- All of the Other Reindeer: 3748
- Rich Bitch: 3747
- Mega-Corp: 3746
- Defied Trope: 3745
- Meganekko: 3744
- Anachronism Stew: 3743
- Gory Discretion Shot: 3743
- Tomboy And Girly Girl: 3743
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: 3741
- The Fair Folk: 3734
- Split Personality: 3733
- The Voiceless: 3730
- Retired Badass: 3729
- Pre Ass Kicking One Liner: 3725
- Book Dumb: 3722
- Say My Name: 3722
- Dub Name Change: 3717
- Dissonant Serenity: 3712
- The Grim Reaper: 3708
- Don't Explain the Joke: 3704
- Luke, I Am Your Father: 3702
- Improbable Aiming Skills: 3699
- Manly Tears: 3699
- Plucky Girl: 3694
- My Friends... and Zoidberg: 3692
- That One Level: 3689
- Demonic Spiders: 3686
- Brother–Sister Incest: 3684
- Calling the Old Man Out: 3683
- Spoiled Brat: 3682
- Drop the Hammer: 3681
- Plucky Comic Relief: 3679
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: 3676
- For Science!: 3672
- Freak Out: 3672
- Laughing Mad: 3671
- Video Game Cruelty Potential: 3665
- Abhorrent Admirer: 3658
- Male Gaze: 3652
- Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: 3650
- Arc Villain: 3648
- Literal-Minded: 3646
- Power Incontinence: 3646
- Dirty Old Man: 3645
- The Berserker: 3641
- What Measure Is a Non-Human?: 3631
- Adapted Out: 3626
- Politically Incorrect Villain: 3623
- Knight in Shining Armor: 3607
- Evil vs. Evil: 3606
- Wide-Eyed Idealist: 3603
- Unusually Uninteresting Sight: 3602
- Eldritch Location: 3595
- The Bully: 3594
- Always Someone Better: 3593
- Disc-One Final Boss: 3592
- Author's Saving Throw: 3591
- Base-Breaking Character: 3587
- Enfant Terrible: 3584
- Awesomeness by Analysis: 3582
- Rapunzel Hair: 3572
- Thou Shalt Not Kill: 3568
- Final Battle: 3567
- Canon Foreigner: 3558
- Hero Killer: 3555
- Ambiguously Brown: 3551
- In Name Only: 3549
- Go Mad from the Revelation: 3544
- Generation Xerox: 3542
- Improvised Weapon: 3540
- The Social Darwinist: 3540
- Breakout Character: 3538
- Hero of Another Story: 3531
- Alas, Poor Villain: 3520
- Police Are Useless: 3519
- Chekhov's Skill: 3518
- Informed Ability: 3517
- Bald of Evil: 3508
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: 3505
- Gorn: 3505
- Creator Backlash: 3503
3001-3500
- Replacement Goldfish: 3497
- Blade on a Stick: 3493
- Madness Mantra: 3484
- Friend to All Children: 3482
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: 3481
- We Used to Be Friends: 3481
- Godzilla Threshold: 3479
- Real Men Wear Pink: 3478
- Came Back Wrong: 3469
- Sadist: 3467
- Girlish Pigtails: 3463
- Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: 3461
- Moral Guardians: 3461
- Dishing Out Dirt: 3453
- Finishing Move: 3452
- The Gadfly: 3446
- Makes Just as Much Sense in Context: 3445
- Hive Mind: 3442
- Black-and-Gray Morality: 3435
- Spared by the Adaptation: 3435
- Facepalm: 3429
- Characterization Marches On: 3412
- Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: 3411
- The Friend Nobody Likes: 3405
- The Un Reveal: 3405
- Gone Horribly Wrong: 3397
- Good Parents: 3394
- Development Hell: 3391
- Epileptic Trees: 3386
- Beware the Silly Ones: 3385
- Creator Cameo: 3384
- Evil Gloating: 3383
- Kaiju: 3379
- Magic Knight: 3379
- Ambiguous Disorder: 3371
- Kid Hero: 3365
- Yank the Dog's Chain: 3359
- Soundtrack Dissonance: 3357
- Gilligan Cut: 3340
- The Pollyanna: 3339
- Shaped Like Itself: 3329
- Emotionless Girl: 3328
- Serial Escalation: 3323
- Secret Test of Character: 3318
- Brought Down to Normal: 3314
- Strong Family Resemblance: 3314
- Ambiguous Gender: 3313
- Evil Is Sexy: 3312
- Pride: 3312
- We Hardly Knew Ye: 3308
- Magitek: 3305
- Off-Model: 3305
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: 3305
- Growing the Beard: 3304
- Our Demons Are Different: 3303
- Evil Sounds Deep: 3302
- The Lost Lenore: 3295
- Throw the Dog a Bone: 3294
- Jossed: 3289
- Villain Song: 3288
- Ascended Fanboy: 3287
- Guns Akimbo: 3278
- Walking Shirtless Scene: 3278
- Bratty Half-Pint: 3269
- Covert Pervert: 3269
- Distressed Dude: 3267
- The Unfettered: 3266
- Artistic License – Biology: 3262
- Those Wacky Nazis: 3262
- God: 3256
- Drill Sergeant Nasty: 3255
- Third-Person Person: 3252
- Masquerade: 3251
- Anthropomorphic Personification: 3250
- Limit Break: 3250
- Glowing Eyes of Doom: 3244
- Stable Time Loop: 3240
- Child Prodigy: 3237
- Bears Are Bad News: 3230
- Shirtless Scene: 3228
- Attention Whore: 3226
- Power Trio: 3226
- Wild Mass Guessing: 3226
- Chivalrous Pervert: 3225
- Obstructive Bureaucrat: 3224
- Fanon: 3218
- Eyepatch of Power: 3216
- Artificial Human: 3214
- Your Head A-Splode: 3214
- Monster Clown: 3213
- War Is Hell: 3212
- Nightmare Face: 3206
- All for Nothing: 3203
- Graceful Loser: 3199
- Disney Villain Death: 3198
- Cheerful Child: 3190
- With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: 3188
- You Can't Fight Fate: 3180
- Aborted Arc: 3176
- Critical Research Failure: 3173
- Ambiguous Situation: 3163
- Infinity +1 Sword: 3163
- Professional Killer: 3163
- The Big Damn Kiss: 3156
- Back Story: 3152
- Amusing Injuries: 3151
- Dawson Casting: 3150
- Comedic Sociopathy: 3148
- Relationship Upgrade: 3148
- Earth-Shattering Kaboom: 3145
- Locked Out of the Loop: 3140
- The Corrupter: 3140
- Chronic Hero Syndrome: 3138
- Human Aliens: 3136
- Knight In Sour Armor: 3136
- Know When to Fold 'Em: 3135
- She's Got Legs: 3133
- Cat Girl: 3132
- Scary Black Man: 3132
- Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: 3129
- Pay Evil unto Evil: 3128
- Horrible Judge of Character: 3127
- Evil Is Hammy: 3124
- Because You Were Nice to Me: 3122
- Ridiculously Human Robots: 3122
- Heel–Face Revolving Door: 3121
- Parental Neglect: 3120
- Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism: 3119
- Broken Ace: 3114
- Wholesome Crossdresser: 3114
- Defector from Decadence: 3108
- Casting a Shadow: 3106
- Here We Go Again!: 3105
- Homage: 3105
- Alternate History: 3102
- Our Zombies Are Different: 3102
- Bland-Name Product: 3097
- Original Character: 3097
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: 3094
- Funny Animal: 3092
- Breath Weapon: 3080
- We Have Reserves: 3076
- Cursed With Awesome: 3073
- Rage Breaking Point: 3073
- Ass Pull: 3071
- Large and in Charge: 3069
- The Nicknamer: 3069
- Informed Attribute: 3068
- Revenge Before Reason: 3067
- Ace Pilot: 3063
- They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: 3062
- Mind over Matter: 3060
- Straight Man: 3059
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are: 3056
- We Can Rule Together: 3055
- Flat "What": 3054
- Ninja: 3054
- Walking the Earth: 3054
- Casanova Wannabe: 3053
- Katanas Are Just Better: 3051
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: 3050
- Frickin' Laser Beams: 3049
- Action Survivor: 3041
- Accidental Innuendo: 3039
- Achilles' Heel: 3037
- Designated Hero: 3034
- Never Found the Body: 3032
- No Fourth Wall: 3032
- Mix-and-Match Critters: 3030
- Was Once a Man: 3027
- Pre-Mortem One-Liner: 3024
- The Captain: 3024
- Benevolent Boss: 3018
- Canon Discontinuity: 3016
- Reset Button: 3015
- Good Bad Bugs: 3014
- Only in It for the Money: 3012
- I Have Many Names: 3008
- Failure Is the Only Option: 3007
- Nightmare Fetishist: 3007
2751-3000
- Meaningful Echo: 2996
- Team Pet: 2995
- Big Bad Duumvirate: 2994
- Defiant to the End: 2992
- Last-Name Basis: 2983
- Nausea Fuel: 2981
- Cerebus Syndrome: 2980
- The Virus: 2979
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: 2975
- Unskilled, but Strong: 2974
- Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: 2973
- Badass Baritone: 2973
- Ret-Gone: 2969
- Ambition Is Evil: 2968
- Gonk: 2968
- 20 Minutes into the Future: 2962
- Draco in Leather Pants: 2959
- Zettai Ryouiki: 2959
- Canon Immigrant: 2951
- God of Evil: 2951
- Medium Awareness: 2949
- Ascended Meme: 2939
- Embarrassing Nickname: 2938
- Genius Ditz: 2934
- The Unintelligible: 2931
- Tomboy: 2931
- Totally Radical: 2929
- Wretched Hive: 2929
- Screw Destiny: 2928
- Ur-Example: 2924
- Offing the Offspring: 2923
- Deuteragonist: 2921
- Big Bad Wannabe: 2916
- Cool Old Lady: 2915
- Only One Name: 2915
- Our Werewolves Are Different: 2913
- Jack-of-All-Stats: 2912
- All Love Is Unrequited: 2910
- Lovable Rogue: 2907
- Dumb Blonde: 2905
- So Proud of You: 2901
- Asskicking Equals Authority: 2899
- Adults Are Useless: 2895
- Gender-Blender Name: 2895
- Flat Character: 2892
- Tragic Villain: 2890
- Not What It Looks Like: 2889
- Shoot the Dog: 2887
- Big Brother Mentor: 2885
- Dogged Nice Guy: 2880
- The Corruption: 2878
- Self-Made Orphan: 2874
- Teen Genius: 2874
- Fish out of Water: 2873
- Human Sacrifice: 2873
- Deflector Shields: 2870
- Aerith and Bob: 2867
- Ambiguously Bi: 2867
- Squee!: 2867
- Artificial Limbs: 2866
- Perpetual Frowner: 2865
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: 2863
- Never Trust a Trailer: 2862
- Supreme Chef: 2860
- Xanatos Gambit: 2857
- I Need a Freaking Drink: 2856
- Killer Rabbit: 2856
- The Danza: 2855
- Cloning Blues: 2852
- Combat Tentacles: 2852
- Drives Like Crazy: 2851
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: 2850
- Long-Runners: 2849
- Screwed by the Network: 2849
- Betty and Veronica: 2848
- Keet: 2848
- Double Standard: 2847
- Pyrrhic Victory: 2847
- Extreme Omnivore: 2846
- Crippling Overspecialization: 2841
- Cuteness Proximity: 2841
- My Beloved Smother: 2838
- Secret Identity: 2835
- Hammerspace: 2834
- Hyper-Competent Sidekick: 2834
- Troubled Production: 2833
- Whip It Good: 2833
- Evil All Along: 2831
- Green Thumb: 2828
- Set Right What Once Went Wrong: 2828
- Surrounded by Idiots: 2820
- The Cutie: 2820
- Master Swordsman: 2819
- Late-Arrival Spoiler: 2817
- Unexplained Recovery: 2817
- When She Smiles: 2817
- Team Dad: 2816
- Trope Makers: 2816
- Telepathy: 2813
- Annoying Younger Sibling: 2810
- Weak, but Skilled: 2807
- Death from Above: 2805
- Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: 2805
- Big Bad Ensemble: 2804
- Bald of Awesome: 2800
- Eureka Moment: 2798
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: 2798
- Combat Medic: 2797
- Good Is Not Soft: 2796
- Humans Are the Real Monsters: 2796
- Talking Animal: 2796
- Stone Wall: 2792
- Hero Antagonist: 2790
- Story Arc: 2790
- She Cleans Up Nicely: 2789
- Small Role, Big Impact: 2787
- Who Wants to Live Forever?: 2784
- The Cavalry: 2782
- Adaptation Name Change: 2780
- Light 'em Up: 2779
- Lotus-Eater Machine: 2776
- Dude, Not Funny!: 2771
- Eye Beams: 2770
- The Heavy: 2769
- Goddamned Bats: 2767
- Charles Atlas Superpower: 2766
- Dude, Where's My Respect?: 2765
- Wangst: 2764
- Fantasy Counterpart Culture: 2757
- Tastes Like Diabetes: 2757
- Cult Classic: 2755
- God Save Us from the Queen!: 2755
- Greed: 2752
- Unfortunate Names: 2752
- Bond One-Liner: 2751
- Straight Gay: 2751
2501-2750
- Curtains Match the Window: 2750
- Badass Mustache: 2749
- Chewing the Scenery: 2748
- Curse Cut Short: 2748
- Rule of Symbolism: 2744
- Alien Invasion: 2743
- Cool Mask: 2742
- Fan-Preferred Couple: 2740
- Eagleland: 2737
- Mysterious Past: 2734
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid: 2734
- Artificial Intelligence: 2733
- Dead All Along: 2731
- Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: 2731
- Beard of Evil: 2730
- Artificial Stupidity: 2728
- Cute Bruiser: 2728
- First-Name Basis: 2724
- Anti-Magic: 2723
- Genre Blindness: 2723
- Animated Adaptation: 2722
- Muggles: 2721
- Call-Forward: 2720
- Gainax Ending: 2719
- Healing Hands: 2718
- Companion Cube: 2716
- Schedule Slip: 2716
- Anticlimax Boss: 2715
- He's Back: 2709
- Half the Man He Used to Be: 2708
- Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: 2708
- Slice of Life: 2708
- Badass in a Nice Suit: 2706
- Power Copying: 2704
- "Groundhog Day" Loop: 2703
- Control Freak: 2700
- Does Not Like Shoes: 2700
- Sweet Tooth: 2699
- Deliberate Values Dissonance: 2697
- Hero with Bad Publicity: 2697
- Mistaken for Gay: 2697
- Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: 2697
- Dummied Out: 2693
- Incorruptible Pure Pureness: 2691
- Absentee Actor: 2690
- Acting for Two: 2686
- Children Are Innocent: 2686
- Attempted Rape: 2684
- Dull Surprise: 2684
- Love Makes You Evil: 2683
- Adaptation Dye-Job: 2682
- Heroic Mime: 2682
- Scrappy Mechanic: 2681
- Bash Brothers: 2680
- The Teaser: 2677
- That Man Is Dead: 2675
- Didn't See That Coming: 2672
- Winged Humanoid: 2672
- Aristocrats Are Evil: 2666
- Goshdang It To Heck: 2665
- Macross Missile Massacre: 2665
- Tomato in the Mirror: 2665
- Breather Episode: 2663
- Necromancer: 2663
- Murder the Hypotenuse: 2662
- Remember the New Guy?: 2660
- Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: 2659
- Race Lift: 2659
- Together in Death: 2659
- Limited Wardrobe: 2658
- Dynamic Entry: 2652
- Clothing Damage: 2651
- All Men Are Perverts: 2642
- Human Popsicle: 2641
- Everything Trying to Kill You: 2638
- The Caligula: 2636
- Colony Drop: 2631
- In the Hood: 2625
- Make Me Wanna Shout: 2625
- Game Mod: 2624
- Our Ghosts Are Different: 2624
- Quirky Miniboss Squad: 2624
- Accidental Misnaming: 2623
- Moment Killer: 2622
- Brown Note: 2621
- Talking to Himself: 2621
- Token Minority: 2620
- Cute Monster Girl: 2619
- Laughably Evil: 2611
- Darkest Hour: 2608
- Intrepid Reporter: 2608
- Gold Digger: 2607
- Our Elves Are Better: 2606
- Our Angels Are Different: 2593
- Bizarre Alien Biology: 2592
- Sociopathic Hero: 2592
- The Vamp: 2592
- Ludicrous Gibs: 2590
- Straw Nihilist: 2590
- Little Miss Badass: 2589
- Wounded Gazelle Gambit: 2589
- Excuse Plot: 2588
- Statuesque Stunner: 2588
- Genre Shift: 2586
- Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: 2583
- Dem Bones: 2582
- Decoy Protagonist: 2580
- Utopia Justifies the Means: 2579
- Dying Moment of Awesome: 2577
- A Wizard Did It: 2576
- Birds of a Feather: 2576
- Sore Loser: 2576
- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: 2575
- Tragic Keepsake: 2575
- As Himself: 2565
- Acceptable Targets: 2563
- Anti-Frustration Features: 2563
- Rape as Drama: 2560
- Underestimating Badassery: 2560
- Unknown Rival: 2560
- Badass Cape: 2557
- Frameup: 2556
- Like Father, Like Son: 2556
- Sharp-Dressed Man: 2555
- The Juggernaut: 2555
- Jerk With A Heart Of Jerk: 2554
- Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: 2553
- She Is Not My Girlfriend: 2552
- Due to the Dead: 2547
- Badass in Distress: 2545
- Rated M for Manly: 2545
- Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped: 2545
- Daddy's Girl: 2539
- Badass Crew: 2532
- Cats Are Mean: 2530
- Morality Chain: 2529
- Ordinary High-School Student: 2529
- The Trickster: 2528
- Wise Beyond Their Years: 2526
- Reality Subtext: 2525
- Big Creepy-Crawlies: 2523
- Massive Multiplayer Crossover: 2523
- Big "WHAT?!": 2522
- The Mafia: 2522
- Religion of Evil: 2518
- Visual Effects of Awesome: 2518
- Hell Is That Noise: 2516
- Naïve Newcomer: 2516
- Death by Adaptation: 2515
- Starfish Aliens: 2515
- Co-Dragons: 2514
- Survivor Guilt: 2514
- Tagalong Kid: 2513
- Historical Domain Character: 2506
- Cowardly Lion: 2502
- Teleportation: 2502
- Flash Step: 2501
