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P

• Pacifism Backfire^note Too controversial.
• Pacifism Is Cowardice^note Morality trope.
• Pædo Hunt^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Pain Mistaken for Sex^note Sex-related.
• Pair the Spares^note A narrative trope - only a narrative can have "spares".
• Pants-Pulling Prank^note Often sexual harassment related, too common.
• Panty Thief^note Sex-related, gossip.
• Paralyzing Fear of Sexuality^note Sex-related.
• Paranoia Fuel^note Too controversial.
• The Paranoiac^note Gossip about peoples' mental illnesses.
• Parasites Are Evil^note Morality trope, also assigning morality to creatures that in real life cannot have morality.
• Parental Abandonment^note Gossip.
• Parental Favoritism^note Gossip.
• Parental Hypocrisy^note Too controversial.
• Parental Incest^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Parental Sexuality Squick^note Sexuality trope.
• Parents as People^note Related to how parents are characterized.
• Parents Walk In at the Worst Time^note Sexuality trope.
• A Party, Also Known as an Orgy^note Sex trope.
• Passed in Their Sleep^note Too common.
• Pater Familicide^note Attracted true crime grossness.
• Path of Inspiration^note Too controversial.
• Patricide^note Attracted true crime grossness.
• Pay Evil unto Evil^note Morality trope.
• Peace & Love Incorporated^note Morality trope.
• Pedophile Priest^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• People Farms^note Morality trope.
• People's Republic of Tyranny^note Too controversial.
• Period Shaming^note Sensitive topic
• Permadeath^note Too common - as far as we know, all deaths are permanent.
• Permanently Missable Content^note A media-exclusive trope.
• Permanent Elected Official^note Too Common. Also Too Controversial, since this trope can be the result of political corruption.
• Permissive Parents^note Too common, characterization.
• Persecuting Prosecutor^note Morality trope.
• Person of Mass Destruction ^note Nobody can cause mass destruction by their very presence. External weapons don't count.
• Pervert Dad^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Pervert Revenge Mode^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Perverted Sniffing^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Pervy Patdown^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Pet the Dog^note Morality trope.
• Petite Pride^note Gossip about breasts.
• Phallic Weapon^note Sex-related, too common, and attracted examples that subjectively compared any long, narrow weapon to penises.
• Phony Psychic^note Too controversial.
• Phony Veteran^note To accuse someone of stealing valor is terribly unkind, discussions about actual phony veterans (who have either confessed or been unmasked) often descends into arguments.
• Picky Eater^note Too common.
• Pillow Pregnancy^note Gossip.
• Pimped-Out Car^note Attracted gushing about cool cars.
• Pimping the Offspring^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Pineapple Ruins Pizza^note Yes, this is that controversial.
• Pink Is for Sissies^note Too common an attitude, especially among children.
• The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything^note An "informed attribute trope" - in real life, not doing the job you're supposed to do is likely to get you fired.
• Pity Sex^note Sex trope.
• Pizza Boy Special Delivery^note Sex trope.
• Place Worse Than Death^note Gossip.
• Plain Palate^note Too common.
• Planes, Trains, and Imbeciles^note Too controversial.
• Planet of Steves^note Attracted a lot of examples that were "a lot of people have this same name", which is too common.
• Plant Person ^note As far as we know, there aren't any sapient plants.
• Platonic Life-Partners^note Too common.
• Playing the Victim Card^note Morality trope.
• Please Wake Up^note Attracted Gossip about peoples' deaths.
• Plot Armor^note A narrative trope.
• Plot-Sensitive Button^note Impossible in real life.
• Plucky Girl^note A stock character, too common
• Point of No Return^note Primarily a video game trope, where the game asks you if you want to save before an important battle or story beat. Also a stock phrase, and too common in real life.
• Pointless Civic Project^note Too controversial.
• Poison Is Evil^note Morality trope.
• Pokémon Speak^note In real life, this would be a Verbal Tic Name, which was decided to be a better fit for the RL examples.
• Polar Bears and Penguins^note Impossible in real life. The extinct great auk doesn't count as a real life example, as it was not an actual penguin.
• Police Are Useless^note Too controversial.
• Police Brutality^note Too controversial.
• Police Brutality Gambit^note Too controversial.
• Police Pig^note The way that this trope is usually played, in that a Funny Animal pig is a cop, is also not possible in real life.
• Police State^note Too controversial.
• Political Correctness Is Evil^note Too controversial.
• Political Overcorrectness^note Too controversial.
• Politically Correct History^note Too controversial.
• Politically Correct Villain^note Morality, also because political correctness is highly controversial, and its objective meaning varies from zeitgeist to zeitgeist.
• Politically Incorrect Hero^note Morality, also political correctness is too contentious.
• Politically Incorrect Villain^note For the third time political correctness is too controversial, along with calling someone a "villain".
• Politically Motivated Teacher^note Too controversial, a stereotype.
• The Pollyanna^note Characterization, and optimistic people are too common.
• Polyamory^note Gossip.
• Poke the Poodle^note Morality trope.
• Pompous Political Pundit^note A stock character, too controversial.
• Poor Communication Kills^note Too common.
• Popping Buttons^note Too common.
• Porn Creator Going Mainstream ^note Pertains to sex work
• Porn Names ^note Pertains to sex work
• The Pornomancer^note Sex trope.
• Post-Modern Magik ^note Requires magic to exist.
• Post-Rape Taunt^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Post-Soviet Reunion^note Too controversial, and hasn't happened yet.
• Potty Emergency^note Too common, too gross.
• Potty Failure^note Too common, too gross.
• Pounds Are Animal Prisons^note Attracted discussions of animal abuse, and it was decided by the thread that this trope requires a pound to be seen as a prison from an animal's perspective, not a human's.
• POW Camp^note Too common, attracted drama about war crimes.
• Power is Sexy^note Sexuality trope.
• Power Perversion Potential^note Sexuality trope, also requires impossible superpowers.
• Power-Up Food ^note Video game mechanic trope.
• Powered by a Forsaken Child^note Too controversial.
• Powerful People Are Subs^note Sexuality trope.
• Practically Different Generations^note Too common.
• Pragmatic Pansexuality^note Sexuality trope.
• Pragmatic Villainy^note Morality trope.
• Prayer of Malice^note Too controversial.
• Pre-Climax Climax^note Sex trope.
• Preacher's Kid^note Morality trope.
• Predators Are Mean^note Morality trope. Also impossible in real life; animals don't have senses of morality and everyone has to eat.
• Predatory Business^note Morality trope, attracted complaining.
• Predatory Prostitute^note Morality trope, related to sex.
• Prefers Going Barefoot^note Too common, attracted foot-fetish related gushing.
• President Evil^note Either calling mayors evil, or complaining about incompetence.
• Press Hat^note Too common.
• Pretend Prejudice^note Too controversial.
• Pretty Boy^note A Sexuality trope that is too YMMV when applied to real life.
• The Prima Donna^note Gossip.
• Prima Donna Director^note Gossip.
• Primal Scene^note Sex trope.
• Principles Zealot^note Morality trope.
• Prison Rape^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Prisoner's Last Meal^note Too common.
• Prisoner's Work^note Too controversial.
• Privilege Makes You Evil^note Morality trope.
• Professional Killer^note Too controversial.
• Professional Sex Ed^note Sex trope.
• Professional Slacker^note A stock character.
• Professionals Do It on Desks^note Sex trope.
• Progressively Prettier^note A narrative trope, sexuality related.
• Promiscuity After Rape^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Properly Paranoid^note Too controversial, attracted misuse.
• Propping Up Their Patsy^note Discussing the guilt or innocence of accused or proven criminals is often a controversial topic, especially when the case allegedly involves someone being accused of someone else's crime. Also, calling real people "villains" is off mission for the wiki.
• Proud Merchant Race^note Real cultures are not specialized in this manner.
• Proud Scholar Race^note Real cultures are not specialized in this manner.
• Proud Warrior Race Guy^note Real cultures are not specialized in this manner.
• Pstandard Psychic Pstance ^note Requires Psychic Powers to exist.
• Psychic Link ^note Requires Psychic Powers to exist.
• Psycho for Hire^note Morality trope.
• Psycho Lesbian^note Sexuality trope, morality, a stereotype.
• Psychopathic Manchild^note Morality trope.
• Psycho Psychologist^note Morality trope.
• Public Exposure^note Sexuality trope, too common.
• Punch-Clock Villain^note Morality trope.
• Puni Plush ^note Real people are not artworks and thus cannot look like this.
• Pure Is Not Good^note Morality trope.
• Put on a Prison Bus^note Real people don't just disappear when they go to jail.
• Putting on the Reich^note Morality, also a characterization trope based on appearance and too controversial.
• Pyrrhic Victory^note Too controversial.

Q

• Qurac^note A stereotype, also not possible since this is for fictional countries.
• Queer People Are Funny^note Sexuality trope.
• Quest for Sex^note Sexuality trope.
• Questionable Consent^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• The Quiet One^note A stock character.
• Quirky Work ^note This is specifically about shows that are much weirder than the real world can be.

R

• R-Rated Opening^note A beginning trope.
• Racist Grandma^note Too controversial, a stereotype.
• Rage Quit^note Too common - anyone who's ever played online video games would know - and attracted ROCEJ violating political examples.
• Raging Stiffie^note Sex trope.
• Raised by Orcs^note Morality trope, also impossible because it requires an Always Chaotic Evil race or species.
• Random Species Offspring^note Your offspring are the same species as you. If they weren't, they wouldn't be your offspring.
• Rap Is Crap^note Attracted misuse - it's not just for any rap song people dislike.
• Rape and Revenge^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Rape as Backstory^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Rape by Proxy^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Rape Discretion Shot^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Rape Leads to Insanity^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Rape, Pillage, and Burn^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Rape Portrayed as Redemption^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Raptor Attack ^note This is about typical depictions of raptors in fiction, not in real life.
• Rasputinian Death^note Attracted true crime grossness.
• Rated M for Manly^note Related to the tone of a work, and "manly" things are too common.
• Raven Hair, Ivory Skin^note Characterization based on appearance.
• Ready for Lovemaking^note Sexuality trope.
• The Real Man^note A stock character.
• Real Men Wear Pink^note Too common, gossip.
• Real Women Don't Wear Dresses^note Too controversial.
• Reality Is Unrealistic^note Because real life is always realistic.
• Reality Warper ^note A trope about superpowers.
• Really Gets Around^note Sex trope, also gossip.
• Reasonable Authority Figure^note Morality trope.
• Red and Black and Evil All Over^note Morality trope.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning^note Morality trope.
• Red Light District^note Sex related, Too common.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni^note A group characterization trope.
• Redemption Equals Death^note Morality trope.
• Redemption Equals Sex^note Sex trope.
• Redheads Are Uncool^note A stereotype.
• Redshirt^note No real person exists just to get killed.
• Redshirt Army^note No real army exists just to get killed.
• Reign of Terror^note Too controversial.
• Relative Ridicule^note Too common.
• Religion Is Wrong^note Too controversial.
• Religion of Evil^note Morality trope.
• Religious Horror^note Too controversial, too common.
• Religious Stereotype^note A stereotype.
• Reluctant Psycho^note Gossip.
• Replacement Pedestal^note Too common, too controversial.
• Replacement Scrappy^note Attracts complaining.
• Repressive, but Efficient^note Too controversial.
• Reptiles Are Abhorrent^note Morality trope.
• Required Secondary Powers ^note Requires superpowers to exist.
• Rescue Sex^note Sex trope.
• Rescued from the Scrappy Heap^note Even this trope attracts complaining.
• Resign in Protest^note Too controversial.
• Resigned in Disgrace^note Too controversial.
• Resist the Beast^note Requires resisting a supernatural force. Also a morality trope.
• Retired Monster^note Calling someone a lifelong Karma Houdini is never a good idea.
• Returning Big Bad^note Morality trope.
• Reverse Whodunit^note A narrative trope.
• Revolutionaries Who Don't Do Anything^note Morality trope.
• The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized^note A political trope too controversial to use for real life instances.
• The Revolution Will Not Be Vilified^note A political trope too controversial to use for real life instances.
• Rich Bitch^note A stereotype, morality.
• The Rich Want to Be Richer^note Too controversial.
• Ridiculous Future Inflation^note Even small percentages of inflation can get massive in the far future, but fiction has a way of making it ridiculous. We also don't want people complaining about current inflation.
• Ridiculously Average Guy^note People can look average, but not ridiculously average, so too many of the real life examples have been "downplayed" cases. Also related to Stereotyping, since certain traits get stereotyped as "average".
• Ridiculously Potent Explosive ^note As the page states, the trope is about portrayals of explosives breaking the rules of real-world physics. If a real-world explosive actually broke the laws of real-world physics, we'd be looking at a Reality-Breaking Paradox.
• Riddle for the Ages^note Related to how a narrative treats its mysteries.
• Rigged Spectacle Fight^note Attracted arguments.
• Right-Hand Cat^note Morality trope.
• Right-Hand Hottie^note Attracted "sexy profession" gushing
• Right Through His Pants^note Sex trope.
• Right Through the Wall^note Sex trope.
• Right-Wing Militia Fanatic^note A stereotype, too controversial.
• Rightly Self-Righteous^note Morality trope.
• Ring Around the Collar^note Should be for animated characters only.
• Robosexual^note Sex trope.
• Roger Rabbit Effect ^note Cartoon characters don’t exist.
• Roguish Poacher^note Morality trope.
• Roguish Romani^note A stereotype, morality.
• The Roleplayer^note Too common.
• Romanticized Abuse^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Room 101^note Too controversial.
• Room Full of Crazy^note A stereotype.
• Rooting for the Empire^note Morality trope.
• Rose-Haired Sweetie^note A stereotype.
• Rousseau Was Right^note As heartwarming as it would be, it's too common in real life.
• Royal Brat^note Gossip.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something^note Too common - royals are supposed to do something.
• Ruined FOREVER invoked^note Too controversial.
• Rule-Abiding Rebel^note Too common and characterization.
• Rule of Cool^note Too subjective to trope. Attracted examples that were "I personally think this is cool."
• Rules of the Road^note Attracted misuse - the trope is "Overly literal street signs", misused to mean "any weird street sign."
• Ruritania^note A stereotype, also not possible since this is for fictional countries.

S

• Sadist^note Morality trope.
• Sadist Teacher^note Morality trope.
• Saintly Church^note Morality trope.
• Samus Is a Girl^note A plot twist trope, gossip, and attracted... iffy examples about trans men.
• Sanity Has Advantages^note Too controversial.
• Sanity Slippage^note Gossip.
• Sarcasm-Blind^note Gossip.
• Sassy Black Woman^note A stereotype.
• The Savage Indian^note Morality trope, a stereotype.
• Save the Jerk^note Morality trope.
• Scam Religion^note There is a reason that the trope is the example used on the main page.
• Scandalgate^note Too controversial as discussing scandals tends to attract arguments. Comes with a link to Wikipedia's article on scandals with the suffix "-gate"
• The Scapegoat^note Too common. Also attracted Too Contoversial examples.
• Scarpia Ultimatum^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Scary Amoral Religion^note Morality trope.
• Scary Black Man^note A stereotype.
• Scary Shiny Glasses^note Characterization based on appearance.
• School Grade Hacking^note Morality - It is often seen as a criminal offense.
• Science Is Bad^note Describes scientists as evil, and would attract all sorts of anti-scientific flame bait.
• Science Is Wrong^note Too controversial, attracted flame bait.
• School Is Murder^note Too controversial.
• School Rivalry^note Too common.
• The Scrappy^note Attracts complaining.
• Scrappy Mechanic ^note This is specific to video games.
• Screaming Plane Baby^note Too common.
• Screw Destiny^note Attracted complaining. This one might also be Impossible in real life, depending on if you consider "destiny" impossible.
• Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!^note A stereotype, Too Controversial.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!^note Too controversial.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Money!^note Too controversial.
• Screw the Rules, I Make Them!^note Too controversial.
• Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful!^note Too controversial.
• Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!^note Morality trope.
• Screw the Rules, I'm Famous!^note Too controversial.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here^note Too common.
• Screw Yourself^note Sex trope.
• The Scrooge^note A stock character.
• Scrubbing Off the Trauma^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Scully Syndrome^note Requires there to be real supernatural elements to explain in a mundane way. Also attracted ROCEJ violations.
• Sea Serpents ^note This is about a type of mythical sea monster, not actual sea snakes.
• Sealed Evil in a Can^note Morality trope.
• Second Place Is for Losers^note Too controversial.
• Secondary Sexual Characteristics^note Too common.
• Secretary of Evil^note Morality trope.
• Seduction as One-Upmanship^note Sexuality trope.
• Seduction-Proof Marriage^note Gossip, sex-related.
• Selective Enforcement^note Too controversial.
• Selective Obliviousness^note Too controversial.
• Self-Abuse^note Sexuality trope.
• Self-Defense Ruse^note Too controversial.
• Self-Fulfilling Prophecy^note A narrative trope, attracts anecdotes and ROCEJ-violating examples
• Self-Made Orphan^note Attracted true crime grossness.
• Sensitivity Training^note It's considered Too Controversial since it attracts natter about the usefulness of such programs or whether they did a good job handling their subject matter. It's also Too Common.
• Sensual Slavs^note A stereotype, sex related.
• Sentient Vehicle ^note We haven't yet developed sapient AI. No, robot cars aren't an appropriate example.
• Sequel Displacement^note A YMMV audience reaction trope.
• Serial Escalation^note A narrative trope.
• Serial Killer^note Morality, and way too common and attracts both needlessly gruesome retellings of real events and Draco in Leather Pants fangirling over them.
• Serial Rapist^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Serial-Killer Killer^note Morality trope.
• Serious Business^note Too common, and attracted arguments.
• Settled for Gay^note Sexuality trope.
• Sex as Rite-of-Passage^note Sex trope.
• Sex Bot^note Sex trope.
• Sex by Proxy^note Sex trope.
• Sex Comedy^note Sex trope, also a genre and real life has no genre.
• Sex Dressed^note Sex trope.
• Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll^note Attracted gossip about musicians' sex lives, drug issues, and frequently their early deaths. Also too common and a sex-adjacent trope.
• Sex Equals Love^note Sex trope.
• Sex–Face Turn^note Sex trope, Morality.
• Sex for Product^note Sex trope.
• Sex for Services^note Sex trope.
• Sex for Solace^note Sex trope.
• Sex God^note Sex trope.
• Sex in a Shared Room^note Sex trope.
• Sex Is Cool^note Sex trope.
• Sex Is Evil^note Sex trope.
• Sex Is Evil, and I Am Horny^note Sex trope.
• Sex Is Good^note Sex trope.
• Sex Is Interesting^note Sex trope.
• Sex Is Liberation^note Sex trope.
• Sex Is Violence^note Sex trope.
• Sex Magic^note Sex trope, also magic is impossible.
• Sex Miseducation Class^note Sex related, too controversial.
• Sex Montage^note Sex trope, also narrative because montages aren't possible outside of them.
• Sex Signals Death^note Sex trope, also related to foreshadowing.
• Sex Slave^note Sex trope.
• Sex Starts, Story Stops^note Sex trope, also narrative.
• Sex Tourism^note Sex trope.
• Sexiled^note Sex trope.
• Sexless Marriage^note Sex trope.
• Sexposition^note Sex trope, also related to narrative.
• Sextra Credit^note Sex trope.
• Sexual Extortion^note Sex trope.
• Sexual Karma^note Sex trope.
• Sexually Transmitted Superpowers^note Sex trope.
• Sexy Coat Flashing^note Sexuality trope.
• Sexy Discretion Shot^note Sex trope, also impossible as there are no discretion shots in real life.
• Sexy Priest^note Attracted gushing as another "hot [profession]" trope
• Sexy Scandinavian^note A stereotype, sex related.
• Sexy Sweater Girl^note Too common, and attracted gushing about hot people.
• Sexy Villains, Chaste Heroes^note Morality trope, related to sexuality.
• Shameful Strip^note Sexuality trope.
• Sharp-Dressed Man^note Too common, and attracted gushing about hot people.
• Shattered Sanity^note Gossip.
• She Is Not My Girlfriend^note Too common, gossip.
• Sheep in Sheep's Clothing^note Morality trope.
• Shell-Shocked Veteran^note Too common, gossip about peoples' mental health struggles.
• Shiksa Goddess^note A sex trope.
• Shirtless Scene^note Too common, attracted sexy posting.
• Shocking Moments^note Too common, and too subjective.
• Shoe Size Angst^note Gossip.
• Shotgun Wedding^note Gossip.
• Shower of Love^note Sex trope.
• Shrinking Violet^note A stock character.
• Shut Up, Hannibal!^note Morality trope.
• Shy Blue-Haired Girl^note A stereotype.
• Sibling Yin-Yang^note A group characterization trope.
• Significant Anagram^note The significance has to be deliberate on the part of the creator
• Significant Name Shift^note In the real world, rarely is a name change not significant.
• Silly Reason for War^note Too controversial.
• Silver Fox^note Too common, and attracted gushing about hot people.
• Silver Spoon Troublemaker^note A stereotype, gossip.
• Simple Solution Won't Work^note Too common.
• Simple, yet Awesome^note Too common.
• Single-Attempt Game^note A game only trope.
• Single Mom Stripper^note Sex-related, Gossip, Too Common, a Stock Character.
• A Sinister Clue^note A stereotype of lefties, morality.
• Sinister Minister^note Morality trope.
• Sinister Swine^note Morality, also not possible, as pigs do not have a concept of morality.
• Sinister Sorority Sisters^note Morality trope.
• Sinister Suffocation^note Morality trope.
• Sins of Our Fathers^note Too controversial.
• Sir Swears-a-Lot^note Too common.
• Sissy Villain^note Morality trope and stereotype.
• Sisterhood Eliminates Creep^note Often a result of rape or sexual assault.
• Sitcom Archnemesis^note A characterization trope - also attracted examples that generalized entire groups into being "archnemeses".
• Skewed Priorities^note Too common. Also potential Flame Bait.
• Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil^note Morality trope.
• Sleazy Photoshoot^note Sex-related, too common.
• Sleazy Politician^note Too controversial.
• Sleeping Their Way to the Top^note Sex trope.
• Sleeping with the Boss^note Sex trope.
• Sleeps with Everyone but You^note Sex trope.
• Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism^note Too controversial.
• Sliding Scale of Villain Effectiveness^note Morality trope.
• Sliding Scale of Villain Threat ^note Morality trope.
• Slimeball^note Morality trope.
• Slippery Swimsuit^note Attracted gossip
• Slipping a Mickey^note A Rape, Sexual Assault, and/or Incest trope.
• Slowly Slipping Into Evil^note Morality trope.
• Slut-Shaming^note Sex-related, Too Controversial.
• Small Name, Big Ego^note Too controversial.
• Small Parent, Huge Child^note Too common.
• Small-Town Tyrant^note Morality trope.
• Smoking Is Cool^note This trope and the one below are not only related to the controversial topic of smoking, but also relate to how smoking is portrayed in a Narrative. This trope also attracted people talking about how people subjectively look cool while smoking.
• Smoking Is Not Cool^note Too controversial. Also attracted a list of people who died of smoking-related causes, which is Too Common.
• Smug Snake^note Morality trope.
• The Smurfette Principle^note In real life, when a group of otherwise all men has only one woman in it, it's too meaningless to trope.
• Snakes Are Sinister^note Morality trope.
• Snark-to-Snark Combat^note Too Common, attracted gushing about Deadpan Snarkers.
• Snuff Film^note Attracted NSFW weblinks.
• So Beautiful, It's a Curse^note Gossip.
• Soapbox Sadie^note Too controversial, a stereotype.
• The Social Darwinist^note Morality trope.
• The Sociopath^note Morality - Calling people sociopaths is not a good idea. Also too common.
• Sociopathic Hero^note Again, we shouldn't be calling people sociopaths willy-nilly.
• Sociopathic Soldier^note For the third time, calling people sociopaths is asking for trouble. This trope has also attracted Misplaced Nationalism.
• Soldiers at the Rear^note Too controversial.
• Solid Clouds ^note Clouds are not solid in real life.
• Some of My Best Friends Are X^note Too controversial, a stock phrase.
• Someone to Remember Him By^note Too common.
• Something Else Also Rises^note Sex trope.
• Son of a Whore^note Sex-related, gossip.
• Sore Loser^note  Too Common, and a Characterization trope. Also attracted ROCEJ-violating political examples. Of course, anyone who's ever played an online competitive video game (or, often, any game) knows this trope is Truth In Television.
• Sorting Algorithm of Evil^note Morality trope.
• The Soulless^note Morality trope, also impossible as souls have never been proven.
• Sorting Algorithm of Deadness^note A narrative trope.
• Soul Brotha^note A stereotype.
• Sound-Only Death^note A trope that's impossible because it related to "offscreen."
• Sour Prudes^note Sex-related, Gossip.
• South Asian Terrorists^note Too controversial, a stereotype.
• Southern-Fried Genius^note Relies on the stereotype that most southerners are dumb.
• Southern-Fried Private^note A stereotype.
• Space-Filling Empire^note No real nation exists just to fill space.
• Speak Ill of the Dead^note Too controversial.
• Speak of the Devil ^note Nobody can be summoned just by you saying their name.
• Speed Sex^note Sex trope.
• Spicy Latina^note A stereotype, sexuality.
• Spikes of Villainy^note Morality trope, and characterization based on appearance.
• Spinosaurus Versus Trex ^note The two dinosaurs did not coexist, therefore the outcome of a fight between them is purely speculative.
• Spiteful Spoiler^note Too common, and to list examples would itself be a Spiteful Spoiler.
• Spiteful Suicide^note A suicide trope, which is inherently gossipy.
• The Spock^note A stock role.
• Spotlight-Stealing Squad^note Real life has no "spotlight" to be stolen.
• Staged Populist Uprising^note Too controversial.
• Stalking Is Funny if It Is Female After Male^note Too controversial.
• Stalker Shrine^note Too controversial.
• Stalker with a Crush^note Too controversial, gossip, often sex/rape related.
• Stalker with a Test Tube^note Gossip.
• The Starscream^note Morality trope.
• Start of Darkness^note Morality trope.
• Statuesque Stunner^note Too common, and attracted gushing about hot people.
• Status Quo Is God^note A narrative trope.
• STD Immunity^note Sex related, impossible.
• Stealth Insult^note Attracted ROCEJ-violating political examples.
• Steel Eardrums^note Hearing loss is a real thing, and avoiding it entirely is impossible.
• Stepford Smiler^note Gossip about people's private lives.
• Stepford Suburbia^note Gossip and characterization - not all planned communities are Stepford Suburbias.
• Stereotypical South Asian English^note A stereotype.
• Stigmatic Pregnancy Euphemism^note Gossip.
• The Stoic^note Too common and characterization.
• The Stoner^note Too common - many people smoke weed.
• Stop Being Stereotypical^note Attracted complaining.
• Stop Worshipping Me^note Too controversial.
• Straight Edge Evil^note Morality trope.
• Straight Gay^note Sexuality trope.
• Strangely Arousing^note Sexuality trope.
• Straw Affiliation^note Requires authorial intent, too controversial.
• Straw Character^note Requires authorial intent, too controversial.
• Straw Critic^note Requires authorial intent, too controversial.
• Straw Feminist^note Requires authorial intent, too controversial.
• Straw Hypocrite^note Requires authorial intent, too controversial.
• Straw Misogynist^note Requires authorial intent, too controversial.
• Straw Nihilist^note Morality trope and stereotype.
• Straw Vegetarian^note Requires authorial intent, too controversial.
• Strawman Has a Point^note Requires authorial intent, too controversial.
• Strawman Newsmedia^note Requires authorial intent, too controversial.
• "Stuck at the Airport" Plot^note Too common.
• Stupid Crooks^note Too common, stock characters.
• Stupid Evil^note Morality trope.
• Stupid Good^note Morality trope.
• Stupid Jetpack Hitler^note About alternate history and time travel, neither of which are real.
• Stupid Neutral^note Morality trope.
• Stupid Sexy Flanders^note Sexuality trope.
• Sub-Par Supremacist^note Too common, controversial as it relates to supremacists.
• Succubi and Incubi^note Sex-related, also these demons are not real.
• Sudden Anatomy ^note You have all of your body parts all the time, not just when the animation needs you to.
• Sudden Sequel Heel Syndrome^note Morality trope.
• Sugar Bowl^note The trope is about a specific type of fantasy setting.
• Suicide by Pills^note A suicide trope, which is inherently gossipy.
• Suicide by Sea^note A suicide trope, which is inherently gossipy.
• Suicide Dare^note A suicide trope, which is inherently gossipy.
• Suicide is Shameful^note A suicide trope, which are gossipy.
• Super-Deformed^note Real people don't have an art style they're drawn in.
• Super-Scream^note Requires supernatural powers to exist.
• Super Weight^note Heavy things exist in real life, but this trope is about things that are impossibly heavy.
• Superpower Lottery ^note Superpowers aren't real.
• Superpowered Evil Side^note Morality trope.
• Supervillain Lair^note Morality trope.
• Surprisingly Realistic Outcome^note Reality is, by definition, realistic.
• Surprisingly Sudden Death^note Too common.
• Surrounded by Idiots^note Morality, a stock phrase, attracte bad and ROCEJ-violating examples
• Survivor Guilt^note Gossip
• Sympathetic Adulterer^note Morality and sex trope.
• Sympathetic Murderer^note Morality trope.
• Sympathetic Slave Owner^note Morality trope.
• Sympathy for the Devil^note Morality trope, too controversial.