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E

• Eagleland: Stereotypes of Americans
• Eagleland Osmosis: Americanization
• Earworm: [1]*
• Easter Bunny: [2]*
• Easter Egg: [3]*
• Eastern Zodiac: Chinese zodiac
• Eating Contest: Competitive eating
• Eco-Terrorist: Eco-terrorism
• Education Mama: Kyōiku mama
• Eek, a Mouse!!: Fear of mice
• Egging: [4]*
• Ejection Seat: [5]*
• Elder Abuse: [6]*
• Elderly Blue-Haired Lady: Blue rinse
• Elective Monarchy: [7]*
• Electronic Eyes: Visual prosthesis
• Elephant in the Living Room: Elephant in the room
• Elephants' Graveyard: [8]*
• Elvis Impersonator: [9] *
• Emancipated Child: Emancipation of minors
• Emergency Services: [10]*
• Emoticon: [11]*
• EMP: Electromagnetic pulse
• Emperor Scientist: Technocracy
• Empty Nest: Empty nest syndrome
• Endangered Species: [12]*
• The End of the World as We Know It: Global catastrophic risk
• Enemy Mine: The enemy of my enemy is my friend
• Energy Weapon: Directed-energy weapon
• Enlightened Self-Interest: [13]*
• Environmental Narrative Game: Exploration game
• Epic Flail: Flail (weapon)
• Epigraph: [14]*
• Escapism: [15]*
• Eureka Moment: Eureka effect
• The Everyman: [16]*
• Everything Is Online: Internet of things
• Evil, Inc.: Evil corporation
• Evil Laugh: Evil laughter
• Evil Lawyer Joke: Lawyer joke
• Evil Overlord: Dark Lord (fiction)
• Evil Twin: [17]*
• Exact Words: Quibble (plot device)
• Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Does exactly what it says on the tin
• Excalibur: [18]*
• Exergaming: [19]*
• Exhausted Eye Bags: Periorbital puffiness
• Expanded Universe: [20]*
• Expansion Pack: [21]*
• Experience Points: [22]*
• Extra Digits: Polydactyly

F

• Face: [23]*
• Facecam: SnorriCam
• Face Framed in Shadow: Rembrandt lighting
• Face–Heel Turn, Heel–Face Turn: Defection
• Facepalm: [24]*
• Facial Recognition Software: Facial recognition system
• Fainting: Syncope (medicine)
• Fair Folk: Fairy
• Fairy Godmother: [25]*
• Fake Shemp: [26]*
• Faking the Dead: Faked death
• Fallen Angel: [27]*
• False Confession: [28]*
• 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: [29]*
• Family Honor: [30]*
• Famous for Being Famous: [31]*
• Fan Convention: [32]*
• Fan Edit: [33]*
• Fanfare: [34]*
• Fanservice: [35]*
• Fan Community Nicknames: List of fandom nicknames
• Fan Translation: [36] *
• Farce: [37]*
• The Farmer and the Viper [38]*
• Farts on Fire: Fart lighting
• Fashion Show: [39]*
• Faster-Than-Light Travel: Faster-than-light
• Fat Camp: Weight loss camp
• Fat Suit: [40]*
• Fauns and Satyrs: Faun and Satyr
• Fear of Thunder: Astraphobia
• Fearsome Critters of American Folklore: [41]
• Feathered Serpent: [42]*
• Feel No Pain: Congenital insensitivity to pain
• Feghoot: [43]*
• 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).
• Fembot: [44]*
• Femme Fatale [45]*
• Fermat's Last Theorem: [46]*
• Fermi Paradox: [47]*
• 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
• Finagle's Law: [48]*
• Final Death Mode: Permadeath*
• Final Girl: [49]*
• Finger Gun: [50]*
• Firing in the Air a Lot: Celebratory gunfire
• First Contact: First contact (science fiction) and Potential cultural impact of extraterrestrial contact
• First World Problems: [51]*
• Fisher King: Wasteland (mythology)
• Fish-Eye Lens: [52]*
• Fist Pump: [53]*
• Five-Finger Fillet: Knife game
• Five Stages of Grief: Kübler-Ross model
• The Flapper: [54]*
• Flare Gun: [55]*
• Flashback: [56]*
• 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: [57]*
• Flying Car: [58]*
• Flying Dutchman: [59]* and Wandering Jew
• Flying Saucer: [60]*
• Foil: [61]
• Folk Hero: [62]*
• Follow the Bouncing Ball: Bouncing ball
• Food Fight: [63]*
• Food Porn: [64]*
• 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: [65]*
• Force Feeding: [66]*
• Forensic Accounting: [67]*
• Foreshadowing: [68]*
• Forgiveness: [69]*
• 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: [70]*
• Four-Temperament Ensemble: Four temperaments
• Fourth Wall: [71]*
• Fox-Chicken-Grain Puzzle: Fox, goose and bag of beans puzzle
• Frameup: [72]*
• Framing Device: Frame story
• The Freakshow: [73]*
• "Freaky Friday" Flip: Body swap
• Freemium: [74]*
• Free Prize at the Bottom: Cereal box prize
• Freeware Games: List of freeware video games
• French Maid: [75]*
• Freudian Slip: [76]*
• Freudian Trio: Id,_ego_and_super-ego
• Friday Night Death Slot: [77]*
• Frivolous Lawsuit: Frivolous litigation
• Full Motion Video: [78]*
• Functional Magic: Magic (paranormal)
• The Fundamentalist: Fundamentalism
• Fundoshi: [79]*
• Funny Animal: [80]*
• Fun with Acronyms: Backronym
• The Future: [81]*

G

• The Gadfly: Social gadfly
• Gallows Humor: [82]*
• The Gambling Addict: Problem gambling
• Game Master: [83]*
• Game Mod: Mod (video gaming)
• Game Over: [84]*
• Gameplay and Story Segregation: Ludonarrative (specifically the concept of "ludonarrative dissonance")
• Gangsta Style: Side grip
• Garage Sale: [85]*
• Gas Chamber: [86]*
• Gaslamp Fantasy: [87]*
• Gaslighting: [88]*
• Gayborhood: Gay Village
• Gay Conservative: LGBT conservatism
• Gaydar: [89]*
• Gayngst-Induced Suicide: LGBT-related suicides and Suicide among LGBT youth
• Geas: [90]*
• Geek: [91]*
• Geisha: [92]*
• Gendercide: [93]*
• Generation Ships: [94]*
• Genetic Memory: [95]*
• Genre-Busting: [96]*
• Gentleman Detective: [97]*
• Gentleman Thief: [98]*
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Big in Japan (phrase)
• Get Rich Quick Scheme: [99]*
• The Ghost: Unseen character
• Ghostapo: Nazism and occultism
• Ghost in the Machine: [100]*
• Ghost Ship: [101]*
• Ghost Town: [102]*
• Giant Squid: [103]*
• G.I.F.T.: Online disinhibition effect
• Gimmick: [104]*
• Gingerbread House: [105]*
• Girl Group: [106]*
• Girl Next Door: [107]*
• Girls Have Cooties: Cooties
• Girls with Moustaches: Bearded lady
• Girly Girl: [108]*
• Gladiator Games: Gladiator
• Glasgow Grin: Glasgow smile
• Glass Eye: Ocular prosthesis
• Global Currency: World currency
• God: [109]*
• A God Am I: Grandiose delusions, God complex, Apotheosis
• God Is Dead: [110]*
• Godwin's Law: [111]*
• Going Commando: [112]*
• Going Postal: [113]*
• Gold Digger: Gold digging
• Golden Mean Fallacy: Argument to moderation
• Gold Tooth: Gold teeth
• Golem: [114]*
• Good Angel, Bad Angel: Shoulder angel
• Good Cop/Bad Cop: [115]*
• Good Luck Charm: [116]*
• Gorn: Graphic violence
• Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Minced oath
• Goth: Goth subculture
• Government in Exile: [117]*
• Grade Skipper: Grade skipping
• Grandfather Clause: [118]*
• Grandfather Paradox: [119]*
• Grave Robbing: Body snatching
• Gravity Is Only a Theory: Intelligent falling
• Greaser Delinquents: Greaser (subculture)
• Greasy Spoon: [120]*
• Great American Novel: [121]*
• Greed: [122]*
• Greek Chorus: [123]*
• Greek Fire: [124]*
• Green-Eyed Monster: Jealousy and Envy
• Grenade Launcher: [125]*
• Grey Goo [126]*
• The Greys: Grey alien
• Griefer: [127]*
• The Grim Reaper: Death (personification)
• Groin Attack: [128]*
• "Groundhog Day" Loop: Time loop
• Growling Gut: Stomach rumble
• Guardian Angel: [129]*
• Guilty Pleasures: [130]*
• Gunboat Diplomacy: [131]*
• The Gunslinger: Gunfighter
• Gyaru Girl: Gyaru

H

• Half Truth: [132]*
• Hallucinations: [133]*
• Hammerspace: [134]*
• Handguns: Handgun
• Hand of Glory: [135]*
• Hand-Waving: [136]*
• Hanging Judge: [137]*
• Happy Ending: [138]*
• The Hard Hat: [139]*
• 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: [140]*
• Haunted House: [141]*
• Have a Nice Cup of Tea and Sit Down: A nice cup of tea and a sit down
• Hazmat Suit: [142]*
• Headless Horseman: [143]*
• Heads or Tails?: Coin flipping
• Heads-Up Display: Head-up display
• Healing Factor: [144]*
• Heart Symbol: Heart (symbol)
• Heat Wave: [145]*
• Heaven: [146]*
• Heävy Mëtal Ümlaut: Metal umlaut
• The Hecate Sisters: Triple Goddess (Neopaganism)
• The Heckler: [147]*
• Hedge Maze: [148]*
• Heel: [149]*
• Held Back in School: Grade retention
• Helicopter Pack: Backpack helicopter
• Hell: [150]*
• Hellhound: [151]*
• Henohenomoheji: [152]*
• Here There Be Dragons: Here be dragons
• Hermaphrodite: Intersex
• Hermetic Magic: Hermeticism
• The Hermit: [153]*
• The Hero: [154]*
• The Hero's Journey: [155]*
• Hidden Track: [156]*
• The Highwayman: [157]*
• Hikikomori: [158]*
• Hillbilly Horrors: Hixploitation
• Hime Cut: [159]*
• Hipster: [160]*
• History Repeats: Historic recurrence
• Hitler Ate Sugar: Reductio ad Hitlerum
• Hitodama Light: Hitodoma
• Hive Mind: Group mind (science fiction)
• Hobbits: [161]*
• Holding Hands: [162]*
• Hollow World: Hollow Earth
• Hologram: Holography
• Holy Halo: Halo (religious iconography)
• Homage: [163]*
• 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: [164]*
• Horny Devils: Succubus and Incubus
• 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: [165]*
• Hot Potato: [166]*
• House Husband: Stay-at-home-dad
• House Pseudonym: Collective names
• House Wife: [167]*
• Hoverboard: [168]*
• Human Cannonball: [169]*
• Human-Interest Story: [170]*
• Humanity's Wake: Human extinction
• Human Popsicle: Cryonics
• Human Sacrifice: [171]*
• Human Shield: [172]*
• Human Traffickers: Human trafficking
• Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: Human hunting (Appearances in fiction)
• Hypochondria: Hypochondriasis
• Hypocrite: Hypocrisy

I

• I Am Very British: Received Pronunciation
• An Ice Person: Ice power
• Iconic Logo: Logo
• Idiot Plot: [173]*
• Idiot Savant: Savant syndrome
• Idle Animation: [174]*
• Idol Singer: Japanese idol
• Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance: Illusory superiority and Dunning-Kruger effect
• I Have No Son: Disownment
• The Illegal: Alien (law)
• The Illuminati: [175]* [176]
• Image Macro: [177]*
• Imaginary Friend: [178]*
• I'm a Humanitarian: Cannibalism in popular culture
• Immortality: [179]*
• Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Impalement
• Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: Principle of Evil Marksmanship (also covers Mook Chivalry and Conservation of Ninjutsu)
• Impersonating an Officer: [180]*
• Imprinting: [181]*
• In-Camera Effects: [182]*
• Indentured Servitude: Indentured servant
• Indian Summer: [183]*
• Indie Game: [184]*
• Infinite Canvas: [185]*
• The Informant: [186]*
• The Ingenue: [187]*
• Inherently Funny Words: [188]*
• Inkblot Cartoon Style: Rubber hose animation
• Inkblot Test: Rorschach test
• In Medias Res: [189]*
• Insanity Defense: [190]*
• Inside Job: [191]*
• The Insomniac: Insomnia
• Insult Comic: Insult comedy
• Insurance Fraud: [192]*
• Internal Affairs: [193]*
• International Coproduction: [194] *
• In the Future, Humans Will Be One Race: Race of the future
• In Touch with His Feminine Side: Sissy
• In Vino Veritas: [195]*
• Invisibility: [196]* in fiction
• Invisibility Cloak: Cloaking device
• Invisible Wall: [197]*
• The Irish Mob: [198]*
• Irony: [199]*
• Isometric Projection: [200]*
• Itasha: [201]*
• It Amused Me: Amusement
• It Can't Be Helped: Shikata ga nai
• It Looks Like This: Like this one
• It's All About Me: Egoism, Egotism, Selfishness
• It Was a Dark and Stormy Night [202]*
• "I Want" Song: [203]*

J

• Jaccuse: [204] * (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
• Jerkass: Rudeness
• The Jersey Devil: [205]*
• The Jester: [206]*
• Jesus: The Early Years: Lost years of Jesus
• Jet Pack: [207]*
• Jewish Mother: Jewish mother stereotype
• Jitter Cam: Shaky camera
• Job-Stealing Robot: Technological unemployment
• Jobber: Job (professional wrestling)
• Josei: Josei manga
• The Judge: [208]*
• Jumping the Shark: [209]*
• Jump Scare: [210]*
• Jungle Princess: Jungle Girl (stock character)
• Jury Duty: [211]*
• Just Following Orders: Superior orders

K

• Kaiju: [212]*
• Kangaroo Court: [213]*
• Kansas City Shuffle: [214]*
• Kappa: [215]*
• Karakasa: Kasa-obake
• Karaoke Box: [216]*
• Kawaisa: [217]*
• Kayfabe: [218]*
• Keigo: Honorific speech in Japanese
• Kensington Gore: Theatrical blood
• Kiai: [219]*
• Kick the Dog: Kick the cat
• Kigo: [220]*
• Killer App: Killer applicationinvoked
• Kill the God: Deicide
• King in the Mountain: [221]*
• The Kingslayer: Regicide
• Kirby Dots: Kirby krackle
• Kitsune: [222]*
• Klaatu Barada Nikto: [223]*
• Klotski: [224]*
• Knight Errant: [225]*
• Knighting: Accolade
• Knights and Knaves: [226]*
• Knockout Gas: Sleeping gas
• Knowledge Broker: [227]*
• Koan: [228]*
• Kodomomuke: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_anime_and_manga Children's anime and manga]]
• Konami Code: [229]*
• Kosher Nostra: Jewish-American organized crime
• Kotatsu: [230]*
• Kraken and Leviathan: Kraken and Leviathan
• The Krampus: [231]*
• Kyu and Dan Ranks: Kyū and Dan (rank)

L

• Labcoat of Science and Medicine: White coat
• Landlord: [232]*
• Land of Faerie: Fairyland
• Language Barrier: [233]*
• Lantern Jaw of Justice: Prognathism
• Laser Blade: Energy sword
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: Amnesia
• Laser-Guided Karma: Karma and Poetic justice
• Last Stand: [234]*
• Laugh Track: [235]*
• Layman's Terms: Plain English
• The Leader: Leadership
• Leatherman: Leather subculture
• Leeroy Jenkins: [236]*
• L33t L1ng0: Leet
• Le Film Artistique: Art film (though most of our examples are in-universe parodies)
• Legally Dead: Declared death in absentia
• Leitmotif: [237]*
• Lens Flare: Lens flare: Deliberate use
• Leonine Contract: Unconscionability
• Leprechaun: [238]*
• Lesbian Vampire: [239]*
• Lesser of Two Evils: Lesser of two evils principle
• Level Grinding: Grinding (video gaming)
• Ley Line: [240]*
• Life Imitates Art: Life imitating art
• Life Imitates Art (Black Mirror: Nosedive): Nosedive: Comparisons to Social Credit System
• Lighthouse Point: Lighthouse
• Limey Goes to Hollywood: Hollywood and the United Kingdom
• Liminal Being: [241]*
• Liminal Time: Liminality
• Limited Animation: [242]*
• Lipstick Lesbian: [243]*
• Lite Crème: Sensational spelling
• Literary Allusion Title: Book titles taken from literature and from Shakespeare
• Little Green Men: [244]*
• Live but Delayed: Broadcast delay
• Living Dinosaurs [245]*
• Living Ship: Bioship
• Locked Room Mystery: [246]*
• Loading Screen: [247]*
• Loan Shark: [248]*
• Lobotomy: [249]*
• Locard's Theory: Locard's exchange principle
• Logic Bomb: Does not compute
• Loincloth: [250]*
• Loony Fan: Stan (fan)
• Loophole Abuse: Gaming the system
• Loose Lips: Loose lips sink ships as well as Wikipedia is in the real world
• Loot Boxes: [251]*
• Loudness War: [252]*
• Lounge Lizard: [253]*
• Lovable Rogue: [254]*
• Love at First Sight: [255]*
• Love Hotels: [256] *
• Love Triangle: [257]*
• Lovecraft Country [258]*
• Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Shield
• Lucky Rabbit's Foot: Rabbit's foot
• Ludicrous Gibs: Gib (video_gaming)
• The Ludovico Technique [259]*
• Lumper vs. Splitter: Lumpers and splitters
• Lust: [260]*

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