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You know how a trope needs to be common enough to be a trend on multiple pieces of media, but also have enough meaning to affect the story in a way that defines it? Well, not on my watch, it doesn’t. Post the name and description, and maybe even some examples, of a trope you’d never want to see on this wiki. It can be People Sit On Chairs, Too Rare To Trope, The Same But More (Specific), or any other violation of wiki policy. It can even be YMMV or Trivia, too!

Also, no references to Mario Pissing or Gay—especially not the latter. If you do that, I will holler your post. Please be original.

Without further ado, let’s begin.


Toriyama Art Style: The work was drawn by Akira Toriyama or someone impersonating his art style.

Edited by PurpleEyedGuma on Nov 16th 2022 at 1:27:10 PM

clemont107 Lida from Kalos (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Lida
#7901: Jul 6th 2025 at 11:04:48 AM

Dragon Drools: A dragon drools.

"So, what have you been up to lately?" - Lida
Mildude A Member of the Midnight Crew from the you-know-what Since: Sep, 2021 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
A Member of the Midnight Crew
#7902: Jul 6th 2025 at 11:34:21 AM

Wearable MacGuffin: Character protects the MacGuffin by wearing it as a necklace, ring, hat, etc.

Déjà vu, tell you what I'm gonna do, when they reminisce over you, my God
FireArrowEightSeventy The murderer. 🗾🇯🇵 from John Gutter Since: Apr, 2024 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
The murderer. 🗾🇯🇵
#7904: Jul 6th 2025 at 11:42:35 AM

A Fictional Plumber, Named Mr. Mario Mario, Who At The Moment Is Urinating: Overly verbose wording, while referring to especially horrible tropes. I know I am not allowed to reference Mario Pissing, but I just had that idea in my mind right now.

Character in Avatar: Shouki Naifunage, OC. She has killed at least 99 people. I'm a man. NEW ADDITION TO AVATAR: COUNTRY FLAGS
DeadlyEspresso Louisiana Heartstopper from your local Popeyes Since: Apr, 2023
Louisiana Heartstopper
#7905: Jul 6th 2025 at 12:51:13 PM

[up]You've got to be kidding me...

There is no Wendy's: Turns out you got served duck meat instead.

I sadly doubt he would like Popeyes, though...
Mildude A Member of the Midnight Crew from the you-know-what Since: Sep, 2021 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
A Member of the Midnight Crew
#7906: Jul 6th 2025 at 12:54:17 PM

Hollered Tropes: Bad trope ideas that got hollered for violating the rules of the game.

Déjà vu, tell you what I'm gonna do, when they reminisce over you, my God
FireArrowEightSeventy The murderer. 🗾🇯🇵 from John Gutter Since: Apr, 2024 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
The murderer. 🗾🇯🇵
#7907: Jul 6th 2025 at 1:12:39 PM

Collard Tropes: Tropes that are related to lettuce and kale.

Edited by FireArrowEightSeventy on Jul 6th 2025 at 3:12:54 AM

Character in Avatar: Shouki Naifunage, OC. She has killed at least 99 people. I'm a man. NEW ADDITION TO AVATAR: COUNTRY FLAGS
clemont107 Lida from Kalos (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Lida
#7908: Jul 6th 2025 at 1:15:49 PM

Kale And Caulifla: Redirect to Those Two Girls.

"So, what have you been up to lately?" - Lida
Sourguy Doesn't do much (He/Him) from The Peach State Since: Oct, 2021 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Doesn't do much (He/Him)
#7909: Jul 6th 2025 at 2:52:17 PM

EXXXpyTentacion: A No Celebrities Were Harmed version of XXXTentacion.

Currently Reading: N/A
Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#7910: Jul 6th 2025 at 3:22:36 PM

Weeping Beauty: A crying princess.

For every low there is a high.
NoName404 [Insert Title Here] from Sealand Since: May, 2024 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
HunterGr33n Let's rock! from Hudson Valley (Y2: Electric Boogaloo) Relationship Status: P.S. I love you
Let's rock!
#7912: Jul 6th 2025 at 3:54:12 PM

'Dennis the Menace' Syndrome: Where two works, the trope namers, for example, share similar if not identical titles and premises, but with little to no evidence of plagiarism on either end. Bonus points if their release dates were close together, if not the same day like the trope namers, though this is not a prerequisite.Example of that

Wait, no, this is just The Same, but More of Similarly-Named Works. And that's technically trivia, meaning I didn't even...

Edited by HunterGr33n on Jul 6th 2025 at 3:56:20 AM

I think Zetabrand is a pretty cool guy. Eh has a license to combo and doesn't afraid of anything.
pyromancingsandwich RAM Day 8: Taco from Yoyleland (Green Sprout) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
RAM Day 8: Taco
#7913: Jul 6th 2025 at 4:45:53 PM

Nonsensical Spear Counterpart to [up][up][up]

Joyous Handsome: A laughing prince. Evil or not, he's laughing.

Edited by pyromancingsandwich on Jul 6th 2025 at 7:46:04 PM

Trying out Random Avatar Month (Main interest: Objectified)
clemont107 Lida from Kalos (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Lida
#7914: Jul 6th 2025 at 4:46:28 PM

Cynthia Expy: An expy of Cynthia.

"So, what have you been up to lately?" - Lida
iwantedtoaddsomething Since: Feb, 2015
#7915: Jul 6th 2025 at 8:33:30 PM

Zero Steve Limit: No-one is allowed to be named Steve.

Mildude A Member of the Midnight Crew from the you-know-what Since: Sep, 2021 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
A Member of the Midnight Crew
#7916: Jul 7th 2025 at 10:17:01 AM

Feeding A Medieval Peasant A Dorito: Giving a peasant or peasant-like character something that's mundane in your eyes but not in theirs. Reactions may vary.

Déjà vu, tell you what I'm gonna do, when they reminisce over you, my God
newaccount Naked kitten from Super Hell (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Naked kitten
#7917: Jul 7th 2025 at 10:19:18 AM

Peeing Beauty: A urinating princess.

Free the hostages in the Troubled Teen Industry
Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#7918: Jul 7th 2025 at 4:30:04 PM

Thelma And Louis: Two crimefighting buddies, but one's a woman and one's a man.

For every low there is a high.
ToonAbby Have a Death-End Thanksgiving, y'all! from Gamindustri Since: Jan, 2022 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Have a Death-End Thanksgiving, y'all!
#7919: Jul 7th 2025 at 5:30:54 PM

[up] Is that a reference to Thelma (2024) or Thelma the Unicorn

Edit: Got the namespace formatting on Thelma wrong. 😭

Edited by ToonAbby on Jul 7th 2025 at 7:31:58 AM

"It's requested that your death ends here, now!" - Sayaka, Death end re;Quest Code Z.
pyromancingsandwich RAM Day 8: Taco from Yoyleland (Green Sprout) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
RAM Day 8: Taco
#7920: Jul 7th 2025 at 6:41:36 PM

Trans Transhuman: A transhuman who eventually has a Trans Awakening.

Trying out Random Avatar Month (Main interest: Objectified)
clemont107 Lida from Kalos (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Lida
#7921: Jul 7th 2025 at 6:53:12 PM

Bikini Episode: an episode has its female characters wearing bikinis the entire time, even when there's no ocean or beach.

"So, what have you been up to lately?" - Lida
SeaMonkey851 Autistic Gamer from Topeka, Kansas (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Autistic Gamer
#7922: Jul 8th 2025 at 7:50:21 AM

Hated by the Everyone: A show that absolutely everyone—the network that airs it, the writer, the actors, every single viewer, all the reviewers, people who have watched it, people who haven't watched it, absolutely everyone without exception—utterly loathes and detests and holds in utter contempt. Nobody likes it, full stop…yet it somehow keeps getting produced and aired.

Edited by SeaMonkey851 on Jul 8th 2025 at 9:51:22 AM

My mother nicknamed me, hence the username.
ToonAbby Have a Death-End Thanksgiving, y'all! from Gamindustri Since: Jan, 2022 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Have a Death-End Thanksgiving, y'all!
#7923: Jul 8th 2025 at 8:36:23 AM

[up] Alternatively, "The Velma" or "The Big Mouth"

Loved By the Everyone: The inverse to the above, where a show is loved by everyone on the planet, including the network it airs on, the writers, critics and reviewers, the production company, etc. Not a single soul on the planet hates it.

"It's requested that your death ends here, now!" - Sayaka, Death end re;Quest Code Z.
FireArrowEightSeventy The murderer. 🗾🇯🇵 from John Gutter Since: Apr, 2024 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
The murderer. 🗾🇯🇵
#7924: Jul 8th 2025 at 10:34:52 AM

I Can't Stand My Badass Sister: When someone mistakes "badass" as "bad ass".

Unfavorableanus: A fancy badass.

Goodmouth: The opposite of a badass.

Edited by FireArrowEightSeventy on Jul 8th 2025 at 12:36:26 PM

Character in Avatar: Shouki Naifunage, OC. She has killed at least 99 people. I'm a man. NEW ADDITION TO AVATAR: COUNTRY FLAGS
Mildude A Member of the Midnight Crew from the you-know-what Since: Sep, 2021 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
A Member of the Midnight Crew
#7925: Jul 8th 2025 at 12:33:44 PM

Neapolitan Girl: A female character with pink, brown, and white/off-white colors.

Déjà vu, tell you what I'm gonna do, when they reminisce over you, my God

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