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Face: [24]*
Facecam: SnorriCam
Face Framed in Shadow: Rembrandt lighting
Face–Heel Turn, Heel–Face Turn: Defection
Facepalm: [25]*
Facial Recognition Software: Facial recognition system
Fainting: Syncope (medicine)
Fair Folk: Fairy
Fairy Devilmother: Wicked fairy godmother
Fairy Godmother: [26]*
Fake Shemp: [27]*
Faking the Dead: Faked death
Fallen Angel: [28]*
False Confession: [29]*
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: [30]*
Family Honor: [31]*
Famous for Being Famous: [32]*
Fan Convention: [33]*
Fan Edit: [34]*
Fanfare: [35]*
Fanservice: [36]*
Fan Community Nicknames: List of fandom nicknames
Fan Translation: [37] *
Farce: [38]*
The Farmer and the Viper [39]*
Farts on Fire: Fart lighting
Fashion Show: [40]*
Faster-Than-Light Travel: Faster-than-light
Fat Camp: Weight loss camp
Fat Suit: [41]*
Fatal Method Acting: List of entertainers who died during a performance
Fauns and Satyrs: Faun and Satyr
Fear of Thunder: Astraphobia
Fearsome Critters of American Folklore: [42]
Feathered Serpent: [43]*
Feed the Mole: Canary trap
Feel No Pain: Congenital insensitivity to pain
Feghoot: [44]*
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: [45]*
Femme Fatale [46]*
Fermat's Last Theorem: [47]*
Fermi Paradox: [48]*
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: [49]*
Final Death Mode: Permadeath*
Final Girl: [50]*
Finger Gun: [51]*
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: [52]*
Fisher King: Wasteland (mythology)
Fish-Eye Lens: [53]*
Fist Pump: [54]*
Five-Finger Fillet: Knife game
Five Stages of Grief: Kübler-Ross model
The Flapper: [55]*
Flare Gun: [56]*
Flashback: [57]*
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: [58]*
Flying Car: [59]*
Flying Dutchman: [60]* and Wandering Jew
Flying Saucer: [61]*
Foil: [62]
Folk Hero: [63]*
Follow the Bouncing Ball: Bouncing ball
Food Fight: [64]*
Food Porn: [65]*
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: [66]*
Force Feeding: [67]*
Forensic Accounting: [68]*
Foreshadowing: [69]*
Forgiveness: [70]*
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: [71]*
Four-Temperament Ensemble: Four temperaments
Fourth Wall: [72]*
Fox-Chicken-Grain Puzzle: Fox, goose and bag of beans puzzle
Frameup: [73]*
Framing Device: Frame story
The Freakshow: [74]*
"Freaky Friday" Flip: Body swap
Freemium: [75]*
Free Prize at the Bottom: Cereal box prize
Freeware Games: List of freeware video games
French Maid: [76]*
Freudian Slip: [77]*
Freudian Trio: Id,_ego_and_super-ego
Friday Night Death Slot: [78]*
Frivolous Lawsuit: Frivolous litigation
Full Motion Video: [79]*
Functional Magic: Magic (paranormal)
The Fundamentalist: Fundamentalism
Fundoshi: [80]*
Funny Animal: [81]*
Fun with Acronyms: Backronym
The Future: [82]*

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The Gadfly: Social gadfly
Gallows Humor: [83]*
The Gambling Addict: Problem gambling
Game Master: [84]*
Game Mod: Mod (video gaming)
Game Over: [85]*
Gameplay and Story Segregation: Ludonarrative (specifically the concept of "ludonarrative dissonance")
Gangsta Style: Side grip
Garage Sale: [86]*
Gas Chamber: [87]*
Gaslamp Fantasy: [88]*
Gaslighting: [89]*
Gayborhood: Gay Village
Gay Conservative: LGBT conservatism
Gaydar: [90]*
Gayngst-Induced Suicide: LGBT-related suicides and Suicide among LGBT youth
Geas: [91]*
Geek: [92]*
Geisha: [93]*
Gendercide: [94]*
Generation Ships: [95]*
Genetic Memory: [96]*
Genre-Busting: [97]*
Gentleman Detective: [98]*
Gentleman Thief: [99]*
Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Big in Japan (phrase)
Get Rich Quick Scheme: [100]*
The Ghost: Unseen character
Ghostapo: Nazism and occultism
Ghost in the Machine: [101]*
Ghost Ship: [102]*
Ghost Town: [103]*
Giant Squid: [104]*
G.I.F.T.: Online disinhibition effect
Gimmick: [105]*
Gingerbread House: [106]*
Girl Group: [107]*
Girl Next Door: [108]*
Girls Have Cooties: Cooties
Girls with Moustaches: Bearded lady
Girly Girl: [109]*
Gladiator Games: Gladiator
Glasgow Grin: Glasgow smile
Glass Eye: Ocular prosthesis
Global Currency: World currency
God: [110]*
A God Am I: Grandiose delusions, God complex, Apotheosis
God Is Dead: [111]*
Godwin's Law: [112]*
Going Commando: [113]*
Going Postal: [114]*
Gold Digger: Gold digging
Golden Mean Fallacy: Argument to moderation
Gold Tooth: Gold teeth
Golem: [115]*
Good Angel, Bad Angel: Shoulder angel
Good Cop/Bad Cop: [116]*
Good Luck Charm: [117]*
Gorn: Graphic violence
Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Minced oath
Goth: Goth subculture
Government in Exile: [118]*
Grade Skipper: Grade skipping
Grandfather Clause: [119]*
Grandfather Paradox: [120]*
Grave Robbing: Body snatching
Gravity Is Only a Theory: Intelligent falling
Greaser Delinquents: Greaser (subculture)
Greasy Spoon: [121]*
Great American Novel: [122]*
Greed: [123]*
Greek Chorus: [124]*
Greek Fire: [125]*
Green-Eyed Monster: Jealousy and Envy
Grenade Launcher: [126]*
Grey Goo [127]*
The Greys: Grey alien
Griefer: [128]*
The Grim Reaper: Death (personification)
Groin Attack: [129]*
"Groundhog Day" Loop: Time loop
Growling Gut: Stomach rumble
Guardian Angel: [130]*
Guilty Pleasures: [131]*
Gunboat Diplomacy: [132]*
The Gunslinger: Gunfighter
Gyaru Girl: Gyaru

H

Half Truth: [133]*
Hallucinations: [134]*
Hammerspace: [135]*
Handguns: [136]*
Hand of Glory: [137]*
Hand-Waving: [138]*
Hanging Judge: [139]*
Happy Ending: [140]*
The Hard Hat: [141]*
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: [142]*
Haunted House: [143]*
Have a Nice Cup of Tea and Sit Down: A nice cup of tea and a sit down
Hazmat Suit: [144]*
Headless Horseman: [145]*
Heads or Tails?: Coin flipping
Heads-Up Display: Head-up display
Healing Factor: [146]*
Heart Symbol: Heart (symbol)
Heat Wave: [147]*
Heaven: [148]*
Heävy Mëtal Ümlaut: Metal umlaut
The Hecate Sisters: Triple Goddess (Neopaganism)
The Heckler: [149]*
Hedge Maze: [150]*
Heel: [151]*
Held Back in School: Grade retention
Helicopter Pack: Backpack helicopter
Hell: [152]*
Hellhound: [153]*
Henohenomoheji: [154]*
Here There Be Dragons: Here be dragons
Hermaphrodite: Intersex
Hermetic Magic: Hermeticism
The Hermit: [155]*
The Hero: [156]*
Heroic Mime: Silent protagonist
The Hero's Journey: [157]*
Hidden Track: [158]*
The Highwayman: [159]*
Hikikomori: [160]*
Hillbilly Horrors: Hixploitation
Hime Cut: [161]*
Hipster: [162]*
History Repeats: Historic recurrence
Hitler Ate Sugar: Reductio ad Hitlerum
Hitodama Light: Hitodoma
Hive Mind: Group mind (science fiction)
Hobbits: [163]*
Holding Hands: [164]*
Hollow World: Hollow Earth
Hologram: Holography
Holy Halo: Halo (religious iconography)
Homage: [165]*
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: [166]*
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: [167]*
Hot Potato: [168]*
House Husband: Stay-at-home-dad
House Pseudonym: Collective names
House Wife: [169]*
Hoverboard: [170]*
Human Cannonball: [171]*
Human-Interest Story: [172]*
Humanity's Wake: Human extinction
Human Popsicle: Cryonics
Human Sacrifice: [173]*
Human Shield: [174]*
Human Traffickers: Human trafficking
Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: Human hunting (Appearances in fiction)
Hybrid Power: Heterosis
Hypochondria: Hypochondriasis
Hypocrite: Hypocrisy

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J

Jaccuse: [207] * (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: [208]*
The Jester: [209]*
Jesus: The Early Years: Lost years of Jesus
Jet Pack: [210]*
Jewish Mother: Jewish mother stereotype
Jitter Cam: Shaky camera
Job-Stealing Robot: Technological unemployment
Jobber: Job (professional wrestling)
Josei: Josei manga
The Judge: [211]*
Jumping the Shark: [212]*
Jump Scare: [213]*
Jungle Princess: Jungle Girl (stock character)
Jury Duty: [214]*
Just Following Orders: Superior orders

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Kaiju: [215]*
Kangaroo Court: [216]*
Kansas City Shuffle: [217]*
Kappa: [218]*
Karakasa: Kasa-obake
Karaoke Box: [219]*
Kawaisa: [220]*
Kayfabe: [221]*
Keigo: Honorific speech in Japanese
Kensington Gore: Theatrical blood
Kiai: [222]*
Kick the Dog: Kick the cat
Kigo: [223]*
Killer App: Killer applicationinvoked
Kill the God: Deicide
King in the Mountain: [224]*
The Kingslayer: Regicide
Kirby Dots: Kirby krackle
Kirin: Qilin
Kitsune: [225]*
Klaatu Barada Nikto: [226]*
Klotski: [227]*
Knight Errant: [228]*
Knighting: Accolade
Knights and Knaves: [229]*
Knockout Gas: Sleeping gas
Knowledge Broker: [230]*
Knuckle Cracking: Cracking joints
Koan: [231]*
Kodomomuke: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_anime_and_manga Children's anime and manga]]
Konami Code: [232]*
Kosher Nostra: Jewish-American organized crime
Kotatsu: [233]*
Kraken and Leviathan: Kraken and Leviathan
The Krampus: [234]*
Kyu and Dan Ranks: Kyū and Dan (rank)

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