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F

Face: [26]*
Facecam: SnorriCam
Face Framed in Shadow: Rembrandt lighting
Face–Heel Turn, Heel–Face Turn: Defection
Facepalm: [27]*
Facial Recognition Software: Facial recognition system
Fading into the Next Song: Segue
Fainting: Syncope (medicine)
The Fair Folk: Fairy
Fairy Devilmother: Wicked fairy godmother
Fairy Godmother: [28]*
Fake Shemp: [29]*
Faking the Dead: Faked death
Fallen Angel: [30]*
False Confession: [31]*
False Dichotomy: False dilemma
False Flag Operation: False flag
False Rape Accusation: False accusation of rape
Fake Memories: False memory
Familiar: Familiar spirit
Family Business: [32]*
Family Honor: [33]*
Famous for Being Famous: [34]*
Fan Convention: [35]*
Fan Edit: [36]*
Fanfare: [37]*
Fanservice: [38]*
Fan Community Nicknames: List of fandom nicknamesinvoked
Fan Translation: [39] *invoked
Farce: [40]*
The Farmer and the Viper [41]*
Farts on Fire: Fart lighting
Fashion Show: [42]*
Faster-Than-Light Travel: Faster-than-light
Fat Camp: Weight loss camp
Fat Suit: [43]*
Fatal Method Acting: List of entertainers who died during a performanceinvoked
Fauns and Satyrs: Faun and Satyr
Fear of Thunder: Astraphobia
Fearsome Critters of American Folklore: [44]
Feathered Serpent: [45]*
Feed the Mole: Canary trap
Feel No Pain: Congenital insensitivity to pain
Feghoot: [46]*
Fell Off the Back of a Truck: Possession of stolen goods or Handling stolen goods (focusing on what the buyers of those goods do) and Fence (criminal) (focusing on what the sellers do).
Female Misogynist: Internalized sexism
Fembot: [47]*
Femme Fatale [48]*
Fermat's Last Theorem: [49]*
Fermi Paradox: [50]*
Fictional Color: Impossible color, List of fictional colors
Fictional Political Party: List of Fictional Political Parties
Field Promotion: Brevet (military) and Battlefield promotion
Fiery Salamander: Salamanders in folklore and legend
Fighting with Chucks: Nunchaku
Le Film Artistique: Art film (though most of our examples are in-universe parodies)
Finagle's Law: [51]*
Final Death Mode: Permadeath*
Final Girl: [52]*
Finger Gun: [53]*
Fire-Breathing Weapon: Flamethrower
Firing in the Air a Lot: Celebratory gunfire
First Contact: First contact (science fiction) and Potential cultural impact of extraterrestrial contact
First World Problems: [54]*
Fisher King: Wasteland (mythology)
Fish-Eye Lens: [55]*
Fish Eyes: Exotropia, see also Strabismus
Fist Pump: [56]*
Five-Finger Fillet: Knife game
Five Stages of Grief: Kübler-Ross model
The Flapper: [57]*
Flare Gun: [58]*
Flashback: [59]*
Flatline: Asystole
Flat World: Flat Earth
Flaying Alive: Flaying
Fleur de Lis: Fleur-de-lis
Flipping the Bird: The finger
Floating Continent: Floating island (fiction)
Florence Nightingale Effect: [60]*
Flying Car: [61]*
Flying Dutchman: [62]* and Wandering Jew
Flying Saucer: [63]*
Foil: [64]
Folk Hero: [65]*
Folk Punk: [66]*
Follow the Bouncing Ball: Bouncing ball (music)
Food Fight: [67]*
Food Porn: [68]*
A Fool and His New Money Are Soon Parted: Sudden wealth syndrome
The Fool: Fool_(stock_character)
Football Hooligans: Football hooliganism
Forced Out of the Closet: Outing
Forced Perspective: [69]*
Force Feeding: [70]*
Forensic Accounting: [71]*
Foreshadowing: [72]*
Forgiveness: [73]*
Fortune Teller: Fortune-telling
For Want of a Nail: Butterfly effect
Found Footage Films: Found footage (film technique)
Four Is Death: Tetraphobia
Four-Leaf Clover: [74]*
Four-Temperament Ensemble: Four temperaments
Four Terms Fallacy: Fallacy of four terms
Fourth Wall: [75]*
Fox-Chicken-Grain Puzzle: Fox, goose and bag of beans puzzle
Frameup: [76]*
Framing Device: Frame story
The Freakshow: [77]*
"Freaky Friday" Flip: Body swap
Freemium: [78]*
Free Prize at the Bottom: Cereal box prize
Freeware Games: List of freeware video games
French Maid: [79]*
Freudian Slip: [80]*
Freudian Trio: Id,_ego_and_super-ego
Friday Night Death Slot: [81]*invoked
Frivolous Lawsuit: Frivolous litigation
Full-Frontal Assault: Nudity in combat
Functional Magic: Magic (paranormal)
The Fundamentalist: Fundamentalism
Fundoshi: [82]*
Funny Animal: [83]*
Fun with Acronyms: Backronym
The Future: [84]*

G

The Gadfly: Social gadfly
Gallows Humor: [85]*
The Gambling Addict: Problem gambling
Game Master: [86]*
Game Mod: Mod (video gaming)
Game Over: [87]*
Gameplay and Story Segregation: Ludonarrative (specifically the concept of "ludonarrative dissonance")
Gangsta Style: Side grip
Garage Sale: [88]*
Gas Chamber: [89]*
Gashadokuro: [90]*
Gaslamp Fantasy: [91]*
Gaslighting: [92]*
Gayborhood: Gay Village
Gay Conservative: LGBT conservatism
Gaydar: [93]*
Gayngst-Induced Suicide: LGBT-related suicides and Suicide among LGBT youth
Geas: [94]*
Geek: [95]*
Geisha: [96]*
Gendercide: [97]*
Generation Ships: [98]*
Genetic Memory: [99]*
Genre-Busting: [100]*
Gentleman Detective: [101]*
Gentleman Thief: [102]*
Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Big in Japan (phrase)invoked
Get-Rich-Quick Scheme: [103]*
The Ghost: Unseen character
Ghostapo: Nazism and occultism
Ghost in the Machine: [104]*
Ghost Leg Lottery: Ghost leg*
Ghost Ship: [105]*
Ghost Town: [106]*
Giant Squid: [107]*
G.I.F.T.: Online disinhibition effect
Gimmick: [108]*
Gingerbread House: [109]*
Girl Group: [110]*
Girl Next Door: [111]*
Girls Have Cooties: Cooties
Girls with Moustaches: Bearded lady
Girly Girl: [112]*
Gladiator Games: Gladiator
Glasgow Grin: Glasgow smile
Glass Eye: Ocular prosthesis
Global Currency: World currency
Goal-Oriented Evolution: Orthogenesis
God: [113]*
A God Am I: Grandiose delusions, God complex, Apotheosis
God Is Dead: [114]*
God of Thunder: Weather god
Godwin's Law: [115]*
Going Commando: [116]*
Going Down with the Ship: The captain goes down with the ship
Going Postal: [117]*
Gold Digger: Gold digging
Golden Mean Fallacy: Argument to moderation
Gold Tooth: Gold teeth
Golem: [118]*
Good Angel, Bad Angel: Shoulder angel
Good Cop/Bad Cop: [119]*
Good Luck Charm: [120]*
Gorn: Graphic violence
Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Minced oath
Goth: Goth subculture
Government in Exile: [121]*
Grade Skipper: Grade skipping
Grandfather Clause: [122]*
Grandfather Paradox: [123]*
Grave Robbing: Body snatching
Gravity Is Only a Theory: Intelligent falling
Greaser Delinquents: Greaser (subculture)
Greasy Spoon: [124]*
Great American Novel: [125]*
Greed: [126]*
Greek Chorus: [127]*
Greek Fire: [128]*
Green-Eyed Monster: Jealousy and Envy
Grenade Launcher: [129]*
Grey Goo [130]*
The Greys: Grey alien
Griefer: [131]*
The Grim Reaper: Death (personification)
Groin Attack: [132]*
"Groundhog Day" Loop: Time loop
Groupie: [133]*
Growling Gut: Stomach rumble
Guardian Angel: [134]*
Guilty Pleasures: [135]*
Gunboat Diplomacy: [136]*
The Gunslinger: Gunfighter
Gyaru Girl: Gyaru

H

Hair-Trigger Temper: Intermittent explosive disorder
Half-Truth: [137]*
Hallucinations: [138]*
Hammerspace: [139]*
Handguns: [140]*
Hand of Glory: [141]*
Hand-Waving: [142]*
Hanging Judge: [143]*
Happy Ending: [144]*
Harem Genre: Harem (genre)
The Hard Hat: [145]*
Harsh Vocals: Death growl (but the intro lists harsh vocals as a variant)
The Hashshashin: Assassins
Hash House Lingo: Diner lingo
Has Two Mommies: LGBT parenting
Hates Being Touched: Haphephobia
Hatsuyume: [146]*
Haunted House: [147]*
Have a Nice Cup of Tea and Sit Down: A nice cup of tea and a sit down
Hazmat Suit: [148]*
Headless Horseman: [149]*
Heads or Tails?: Coin flipping
Heads-Up Display: Head-up display
Healing Factor: [150]*
Heart Symbol: Heart (symbol)
Heat Wave: [151]*
Heaven: [152]*
Heävy Mëtal Ümlaut: Metal umlaut
The Hecate Sisters: Triple Goddess (Neopaganism)
The Heckler: [153]*
Hedge Maze: [154]*
Heel: [155]*
Held Back in School: Grade retention
Helicopter Pack: Backpack helicopter
Hell: [156]*
Hellhound: [157]*
Henohenomoheji: [158]*
Hentai: [159]*
Here There Be Dragons: Here be dragons
Hermaphrodite: Intersex
Hermetic Magic: Hermeticism
The Hermit: [160]*
The Hero: [161]*
Heroic Mime: Silent protagonist
The Hero's Journey: [162]*
Hidden Track: [163]*
Hideous Hangover Cure: Hangover food
The Highwayman: [164]*
Hikikomori: [165]*
Hillbilly Horrors: Hixploitation
Hime Cut: [166]*
Hipster: [167]*
History Repeats: Historic recurrence
Hitler Ate Sugar: Reductio ad Hitlerum
Hitodama Light: Hitodoma
Hive Mind: Group mind (science fiction)
Hobbits: [168]*
Holding Hands: [169]*
Hollow World: Hollow Earth
Hologram: Holography
Holy City: [170]*
Holy Halo: Halo (religious iconography)
Holy Water: [171]*
Homage: [172]*
Home Field Advantage: Home advantage
Homophobic Hate Crime: Violence against LGBT people
Honest Axe: The Honest Woodman
Honey Trap: Honeypots in espionage fiction
Hooker with a Heart of Gold: [173]*
Horny Devils: Succubus and Incubus
Horror Comedy: Comedy horror
Horse Archer: Mounted archery
Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Horseshoe Effect: Horseshoe theory
Host Club: Host and hostess clubs
Hotline: [174]*
Hot Potato: [175]*
House Husband: Stay-at-home-dad
House Pseudonym: Collective names
House Wife: [176]*
Hoverboard: [177]*
Human Cannonball: [178]*
Human Disguise: Human guise
Human-Interest Story: [179]*
Humanity's Wake: Human extinction
Human Popsicle: Cryonics
Human Sacrifice: [180]*
Human Shield: [181]*
Human Traffickers: Human trafficking
Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: Human hunting (Appearances in fiction)
Hybrid Power: Heterosis
Hypochondria: Hypochondriasis
Hypocrite: Hypocrisy

I

J

Jaccuse: [214] * (Article itself is about the letter described in the trope intro, but features a lengthy section on latter use in culture)
Jack the Ripoff: Copycat crime
Jail Bait: [215]*
Jerkass: Rudeness
The Jersey Devil: [216]*
The Jester: [217]*
Jesus: The Early Years: Lost years of Jesus
Jet Pack: [218]*
Jewish Mother: Jewish mother stereotype
Jitter Cam: Shaky camera
Job-Stealing Robot: Technological unemployment
Jobber: Job (professional wrestling)
Josei: Josei manga
The Judge: [219]*
Juggalo: [220]*
Jumping the Shark: [221]*
Jump Scare: [222]*
Jungle Princess: Jungle Girl (stock character)
Jury Duty: [223]*
Just Following Orders: Superior orders

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