Urban Fantasy Tropes

This index consists of tropes commonly found in the Urban Fantasy genre. See that page for more information about the genre itself and a list of works associated with it.

The genre itself is closely related to Alternate History, Dungeon Punk, Gothic Punk, Horror, Magical Realism, Paranormal Romance, Paranormal Investigation, Supernatural Fiction and Supernatural Thriller. Gaslamp Fantasy, Historical Fantasy and Supernatural Soap Opera are sub-genres.

If you want to know how to write an Urban Fantasy story, please visit Write an Urban Fantasy.

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Sub-categories and related indexes

• Urban Fantasy (main topic)
• Magic and Powers
  • Witches and Wizards
• Otherness Tropes
  • Fantastic Racism
  • Fantastic Sapient Species Tropes
  • Index of Fictional Creatures
  • Our Monsters Are Different
• Otherworld Tropes
  • Metaphysical Place
• Paranormal Tropes
• Superhero Tropes

Genre and setting tropes

• A Mythology Is True
  • All Myths Are True
    • All Theories Are True
    • Crossover Cosmology (All Religions Are True)
• Alternate History
  • Historical Fantasy
• Extranormal Institute
  • All-Ghouls School
  • Superhero School
  • Wizarding School
• Fantastic Noir
• Functional Magic
• Kitchen Sinks:
  • Conspiracy Kitchen Sink
  • Fantasy Kitchen Sink
  • Sci-Fi Kitchen Sink
• Like Reality, Unless Noted
• Magic A Is Magic A
• The Magic Comes Back
• Magic Realism
  • Fantastically Indifferent
  • Mundane Fantastic
• Magical Society
• Masquerade
  • Broken Masquerade
  • Masquerade Enforcer
  • Masquerade Paradox
  • The Unmasqued World
    • To Unmasque the World
  • Weirdness Censor
• Mystical Hollywood
• Post-Modern Magik
• Occult Law Firm
• Science Fantasy
• Wainscot Society

Characters and fantasy races

• Alien Among Us
• Benevolent Monsters
  • Friendly Neighborhood Vampire
    • Vegetarian Vampire
• Blue-Collar Warlock
• Cassandra Truth
• Corporate Dragon
• Cute Monster Girl
• The Fair Folk
• Fur Against Fang
• Gods Need Prayer Badly
• House Fey
• Human Disguise
• Hunter of Monsters
• Mage Marksman
• The Men in Black
• Modernized God
• Muggle Best Friend
• Muggle with a Degree in Magic
• Occult Detective
  • Vampire Detective
• Our Monsters Are Different
  • Our Slashers Are Different
  • Our Vampires Are Different
  • Our Werewolves Are Different
• Seers
• Things That Go "Bump" in the Night
• Unfazed Everyman
• Vampires Own Night Clubs
• Vampire-Werewolf Love Triangle
• Weirdness Magnet
• Working-Class Werewolves

Miscellaneous tropes

• Canis Latinicus
• Clap Your Hands If You Believe
• Does Not Like Magic
• Domino Revelation
• Exposition of Immortality
• Extraordinary World, Ordinary Problems
• Fantastic Science
• I See Dead People
• Magic Must Defeat Magic
• Magic Versus Science
• Mind over Matter
• Muggle Sports, Super Athletes
• Mundane Utility
• My Significance Sense Is Tingling
• Paranormal Mundane Item
• Safety in Muggles
• Supernatural Phone

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