What was the first trope you saw on TVTropes?

Being totally fair, that page was horribly disturbing.

Mine was one of the video game-specific tropes. The one I can think of the most (probably not the actual first but one of the earliest ones) was Adam Smith Hates Your Guts.

Dual Wielding was the first one I found. I remember I was trying to look up techniques for my writing, and instead I was sucked into the never-ending cycle that is TV Tropes.

but for me, it was healing shiv

@Odd 1:This is a bit off- topic but yeah..honestly if it wasn't for my tendacy to submit to Bile Fascination, I would have never became member of this site after seeing that page.

I still can't believe how different the wiki and the troper community was in 2009-2011 compared to today.

edited 21st Jun '15 9:23:16 PM by MacronNotes

Beyond the Impossible, at a time where Troper Tales was a thing and before most of the stuff inside got cleaned up and reworked to become Serial Escalation.

Nightmare Fuel if that counts, next was Cosmic Horror Story back before everyone paid attention to the difference between that and Eldritch Abomination.

edited 26th Jun '15 3:37:10 PM by Novis

I think it was Cutscene Power to the Max. I think someone linked it in a video game thread in a forum I used to frequent, but that was like 2009/2010.

Hot Skitty-on-Wailord Action, from a discussion on Metroid breeding on Gamefaqs.

Either Planet Heck (when it was known as Bonus Level Of Hell) or Hailfire Peaks. It was back when I was looking for information on the levels of Super Mario Galaxy.

A long, long, time ago, I somehow found my way onto this site, and found the Hammerspace trope. I have no idea how I did it, or how I missed this beautiful insanity, but eventually, after a few years I found my way back, using.... something.

Darker and Edgier, from the Homestar Runner wiki's page on the Xeriouxly Forxe cartoon.

Disney Villain Death

I was looking for actual villains who were killed off at the end of their movies. I happened to search for a trope name verbatim, and the rest is history.

My first trope was Disposable Fiancé. I was linked here from a forum somewhere and I've been trapped here ever since.

edited 3rd Aug '15 10:01:39 AM by Kroton

The End of the World as We Know It.

Nightmare Fuel. No one should be surprised that was the first trope I saw on this site.

Either All Myths Are True or Artistic License – Paleontology (I accessed both via the Scribblenauts page, which came up when I Googled "Scribblenauts word list").

But Thou Must!.

Mary Sue, from a SWTOR forum.

Flanderization, from a Sonic forum thread back in 2007 discussing the characters in the series.

I actually do remember! It was Sneeze of Doom. ...because of reasons.

Macross Missile Massacre

It was actually on Wikipedia before it got moved here I think.

I discovered Tv Tropes thanks to the wretchedness of Dingo Pictures, so the first thing I saw on this wiki was this

edited 19th Jan '16 3:44:58 AM by pepimanoli

Cluster F-Bomb. A friend and I were looking up something from Meet the Demoman when we happened across the page. I decided to explore it a bit more at home, made an account after a year or two, and here I am now.

I have a feeling it was Fantasy Kitchen Sink. I know I discovered TV Tropes through the Welcome to Night Vale article, though.

edited 21st Jan '16 2:52:16 AM by trashconverters