An index about trope that are about a character's weakness, people being characterized as weaklings, or things seen as a weakness.
See also Fear Tropes and Power at a Price. Contrast Power Tropes, and Overpowered Tropes.
Physical weakness
- Achilles' Heel
- Attack Its Weak Point
- Can't Catch Up
- Can't Use Stairs
- Cold Iron
- Convenient Weakness Placement
- Drama-Preserving Handicap
- Elemental Rock–Paper–Scissors
- Hobbling the Giant
- Kill It with Fire
- Kill It with Ice
- Kill It with Water
- Kryptonite Factor
- Kryptonite Is Everywhere
- Logical Weakness
- Man of Kryptonite
- Revive Kills Zombie
- Sensory Overload
- Sniping the Cockpit
- Supernatural Repellent
- Weak To Magic
- Weaksauce Weakness
- Weakened by the Light
- Willfully Weak
Emotional or psychological weakness
- Decapitated Army
- Meekness Is Weakness
- Verbal Weakness
- Weak-Willed
- Weakness Turns Her On
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Things or concepts considered to be weak or cause weakness
Character types
