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Here, you give a trope, and the next troper makes up an example wholesale from a media work they made up on the spot.

Both prompts and responses should follow relevant wiki rules — exactly one trope per prompt/no tropeslashing, Playing With only applies to tropes (not Trivia or YMMV), and responses need to make sense without having seen the work (because the work doesn't exist), and so forth.

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Tiny Tyrannical Girl
In LightNovel.The Huge Universe Ruled By A Tiny Girl, the Big Bad of the movie is Alice, a dwarf woman who can make everyone submit to her by threatening their life.
    original OP 
Here, troper A gives a trope, and you make up an example wholesale from a media work you made up on the spot.

I'll give an example:

Genre Throwback


"The J9 Unit is one to 80's and 90's science fiction and Cyberpunk of the era."
Now your turn

Tiny Tyrannical Girl

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Mar 9th 2024 at 9:21:49 AM

The-Omniscient-Dex Just call me Jason, I suppose from Classified (Terrible Twos) Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
Just call me Jason, I suppose
#2126: Jul 26th 2025 at 11:22:23 PM

  • Bust a Move: A recurring theme in the series is how betrayal can affect a person and manifest itself into wanting revenge, with Lang's and Rei's arc in particular exploring howbadly they were affected by their former allies going against them and how they decide to react to their negative emotions. It doesn't get bad as one would expect, but their thoughts are still made quite clear.

Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence

Edited by The-Omniscient-Dex on Jul 27th 2025 at 6:33:19 AM

I'm much too lazy to come up with a caption.
Yamanekko it's TIIIIIIIIIME from Mariah Carey’s evil lair (at the North Pole) Since: Sep, 2024 Relationship Status: Whoa, they're bisexual! I didn't know that!
it's TIIIIIIIIIME
#2127: Jul 27th 2025 at 2:06:38 AM

Pokemon: Eternal Return practically revolves around this trope. In this universe, legendaries and mythicals except for Arceus can die, and when they die, their life forces return to Arceus, who then imparts that force onto their chosen humans to turn them into a replacement legendary/mythical.


Abstract Eater

Edited by Yamanekko on Jul 27th 2025 at 2:10:17 AM

i just want you for my own. more than you could ever know.
KingofNightmares Since: Aug, 2016 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#2128: Jul 27th 2025 at 3:17:51 AM

The 80's horror film Light Leech features a monster called an Obscurake, a grotesque reptile that can eat light, darkening the area and allowing it to hide in the darkness. Luckily, the monster itself isn't harmful, but a local Serial Killer has been exploiting the creature's light-eating ability to murder people in the dark and pin them on it...


Good All Along

"It was the best of times, it was the BLURST of times?"
Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#2129: Jul 27th 2025 at 2:30:10 PM

In Life On Third Avenue, Episode 11 has a guy named Duncan, who acts shifty and seems to be stalking Gwyneth and trying to kill Whiskers the cat. As it turns out, however, he was trying to protect Gwyneth and Whiskers from the real villain, Eustace.


Sucks at Dancing

For every low there is a high.
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
#2130: Jul 27th 2025 at 7:34:42 PM

Your Surreal Stories: Rodney tries to dance with a group of girls during a Valentine's Day party, insisting that his parents and sisters are dance masters, so naturally he is one. Turns out he can only kick his legs around and hop on one foot, much to his own disappointment.


Rebuilt Pedestal

Edited by Mildude on Jul 31st 2025 at 10:15:06 AM

Déjà vu, tell you what I'm gonna do, when they reminisce over you, my God
LilyTheLitten Inspector Irratino my beloved ❤️ from The Investigation Institute Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Inspector Irratino my beloved ❤️
#2131: Jul 28th 2025 at 9:20:53 PM

In Lighthouse, Alya is incredibly disheartened to learn that her beloved late father was an incredibly cutthroat businessman who treated his employees like dirt. Eventually, though, she decides she still loves him, even while acknowledging his flaws.


Locked Room Mystery

"Look inside yourself and to the stars; there, you will find your answers."
iwantedtoaddsomething Since: Feb, 2015
#2132: Jul 29th 2025 at 6:50:24 AM

Parodied in Eulogy Of The Crumbling Man, where this happens to the unpopular Count Hardman, and the answer is that the room did it:

Chancellor: We found him dead in his own room, which was locked. Any number of our men could've had his own reason and pulled one trick or other to off him, but we need you to figure out who.
Detective [with a chuckle]: Have you checked whether the room did it?
Chancellor: The room? Sir, there's no point to play a practical joke here. That's our finest room; used to be my own. It wouldn't hurt a fly.
Detective: Could very well be a case of jealousy.
Chancellor: That's impossible! I told it to be strong when I left it. I checked in on it every so often. It told me it was doing just fine.
Detective: Explain, if you might, why its wall has so much condensation running down it.
[The Chancellor turns to see the room is "crying". Its door suddenly opens, and it spits out recognizable regurgiated remains of Count Hardman. The detective turns to leave.]
Detective: I'll have a demolition crew come by tomorrow to take it in for arrest.


Disorganized Outline Speech

Edited by iwantedtoaddsomething on Jul 29th 2025 at 9:50:32 AM

Pogakure Umapyoi! Umapyoi! from The big pile of ryegrass in the sky Since: Apr, 2021 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
Umapyoi! Umapyoi!
#2133: Jul 29th 2025 at 10:00:51 AM

Captain Shigure Taito from Love Platoon is notoriously unable to put together a good speech. Very inconvenient when she has an entire squadron of soldiers at her command that like to treat her every word as gospel.

Cpt. Taito: First off! Make sure your AIcons are fully loaded and kept in good condition! Second, stick together with your crew, even though you should... probably already know that by now after working together for three years. Running, is, uh... for cowards, which I know you all aren't because I trained you not to be. Thirdly — and I'd hate to sound like a pansy for admitting it, but... I should... probably start writing these speeches down before I give them.

Pink Heroine: Averted

    My Idea 
Largely averted in the Zenbusters franchise: Most of the pink Zenbusters aren't the leaders of their respective groups, and most of the leading ladies wear colors other than pink (Kitsune White is, well, white, and so is Zen Mikorin; Scarlet Passionale is red, Data Walker is Purple, and Masked Kitty is classified as a yellow Zenbuster due to her white outfit having predominantly yellow accents). The only two ladies who fully fit the criteria are Magus Rose from Pretty Witch Zenbusters and "Angel" Candy Morris from Secret Angel Zenbust☆rs. This is lampshaded in one strip of Super Deformed Chibibusters! where Magus Rose sets up a "Pink Leaders Meeting" only to find that her and Angel Candy are the only attendees.

Don't you ever fix your lips to say that, bruh. I'm sitting right here and I got my daughter in the backseat
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
#2134: Jul 29th 2025 at 2:00:22 PM

Rainbow Squad 7: Averted with Rainbow Squad 7. The Leader of the group, Selena Quinn/Miss Prism, has a black-and-white color motif while the rest of the team, each named Lady [Color], is based on the colors of the rainbow, sans Indigo. A Miss Pink does exist as a Sixth Ranger, but she's more of an assistant to Miss Prism than an actual leader.


Mystical White Hair

Déjà vu, tell you what I'm gonna do, when they reminisce over you, my God
pyromancingsandwich RAM Day 3: Wakatsuki Nico from Yoyleland (Green Sprout) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
RAM Day 3: Wakatsuki Nico
#2135: Jul 30th 2025 at 7:59:10 AM

In Atai No Akihara Kun, the gang meets Aoki, who is a Iropire, which sucks colors out of literally anything. However, her hair is naturally white. In later episodes, Iropires need colour to live, as they have none of their own due to "the animators and colorists being too lazy to even colour them in".


Extreme Doormat

Edited by pyromancingsandwich on Jul 31st 2025 at 11:02:00 PM

Trying out Random Avatar Month (Main interest: Objectified)
LilyTheLitten Inspector Irratino my beloved ❤️ from The Investigation Institute Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Inspector Irratino my beloved ❤️
#2136: Jul 30th 2025 at 6:24:01 PM

In Best Roomies Forever, Logan Watson starts out as one, starry-eyed and eager to please his teachers and fellow classmates. This is explained by him having been severely bullied in his youth and desperately wanting to fit in at college, hindered by his naturally awkward demeanor and tendency to embarrass himself (as well as coming from a less-than-well-off family). As the comic goes on, he sheds these tendencies, at the cost of becoming a chilly, bitter recluse.


Closet Key

"Look inside yourself and to the stars; there, you will find your answers."
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
#2137: Jul 31st 2025 at 8:23:02 AM

The Tale Of Miss Mariam: Mariam's friend Karen found out she was a lesbian after an encounter with Rosie the waitress where the latter offered the former a bit of oral sex to help cope with the disappearance of her ex-fiancé.


Sweet Tooth

Déjà vu, tell you what I'm gonna do, when they reminisce over you, my God
ColdOnes It's Mime Time! (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
It's Mime Time!
#2138: Jul 31st 2025 at 8:31:22 AM

  • Boroni!!: Most of the citizens of New Neccosburg love eating sweets, mainly due to the Maselo region's first ever dessert store opening up there a hundred years ago. Talking to an NPC reveals that some Neccosburgians must wear specially-made metal dentures because "[they] eat so much sugar, even regular dentures would rot!"

Land Shark

Edited by ColdOnes on Jul 31st 2025 at 11:34:38 AM

"If actions speak louder than words then this silent deer never stops talking. His annoying actions will leave you speechless."
Yamanekko it's TIIIIIIIIIME from Mariah Carey’s evil lair (at the North Pole) Since: Sep, 2024 Relationship Status: Whoa, they're bisexual! I didn't know that!
it's TIIIIIIIIIME
#2139: Jul 31st 2025 at 1:07:56 PM

Made in Abyss: Prelude to Spring: Yonah’s design was heavily inspired by sharks, as well as bears, wolves and dinosaurs, so she resembles a fluffy shark with four ursine legs and a reptilian tail. She even has two rows of teeth, like a real shark!


Everybody's Dead, Dave

Edited by Yamanekko on Jul 31st 2025 at 1:17:18 AM

i just want you for my own. more than you could ever know.
LilyTheLitten Inspector Irratino my beloved ❤️ from The Investigation Institute Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Inspector Irratino my beloved ❤️
#2140: Jul 31st 2025 at 2:48:35 PM

In Ashes Ashes, when Renee wakes up in an isolated forest with no memory of how she got there and no sign of any other human, she guesses this trope might be in play; this is seemingly confirmed when she meets Foster, who reveals...something came down from the sky and destroyed civilization. However, it soon becomes clear Foster is wrong at absolute best.


Inside a Computer System

"Look inside yourself and to the stars; there, you will find your answers."
iwantedtoaddsomething Since: Feb, 2015
#2141: Jul 31st 2025 at 7:55:55 PM

In VideoGame.Doom Zoom And Boom, the Hub Level NPC of World 3 (The Laboratory) is a blue rectangle named Vinny stuck inside a vintage computer. He strikes a bargain with Tristan: fetch him enough Security Holes (which look like big green donuts) to break him out of the computer, and he'll open the path to the next world by hacking a big door open. Vinny turns out to be a virus, and you fight a super-sized version of him as the World 3 boss. After defeating him, Tristan throws him back into the computer, where he right-clicks on him and threatens to press "delete" unless he opens the door to the next world. Vinny also appears in his computer form in the interactive Level Editor guide, forgiving Tristan for his rudeness... just barely.


Beware the Skull Base

Edited by iwantedtoaddsomething on Jul 31st 2025 at 10:56:28 AM

ColdOnes It's Mime Time! (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
It's Mime Time!
#2142: Jul 31st 2025 at 8:24:59 PM

Zom-bros: Corporal Calcius, the Big Bad and ruler of the Skeleton Militia, exaggerates this trope by having his entire base be in the shape of a skeleton. This is mercilessly lampshaded throughout the series.

Calcius: (on the phone) "Y-yeah, I live in the giant skeleton-shaped house. It-it seemed like an awesome idea at the time, okay? And besides, I rule over the skeletons, so it makes sense, right?"

Acrophobic Bird

Edited by ColdOnes on Jul 31st 2025 at 11:26:24 AM

"If actions speak louder than words then this silent deer never stops talking. His annoying actions will leave you speechless."
Yamanekko it's TIIIIIIIIIME from Mariah Carey’s evil lair (at the North Pole) Since: Sep, 2024 Relationship Status: Whoa, they're bisexual! I didn't know that!
it's TIIIIIIIIIME
#2143: Jul 31st 2025 at 9:53:25 PM

In the Final Fantasy VII fancomic sepHiRoTh, newly minted Sephiroth clone Zeph finds himself cornered on a rooftop by Shinra personnel, with a steep drop behind him. When Cloud, Fiver and Jack call out to him, telling him to jump off and fly away, Zeph flies... into a panic, as he's never used his wing before.


Artistic License – Anatomy

i just want you for my own. more than you could ever know.
LilyTheLitten Inspector Irratino my beloved ❤️ from The Investigation Institute Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Inspector Irratino my beloved ❤️
#2144: Aug 1st 2025 at 5:56:00 PM

This trope is lampshaded in Red Sky Warning, the fourth book in the Moon Cat Mysteries series. Neptune is introduced as a star in the water and the best swimmer in Aurora Cove, but has a fairly skinny build that isn't well-suited for swimming, as similarly skinny Arcturus notes. Justified with it turns out it's not Neptune.


Celestial Theme Naming

"Look inside yourself and to the stars; there, you will find your answers."
The-Omniscient-Dex Just call me Jason, I suppose from Classified (Terrible Twos) Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
Just call me Jason, I suppose
#2145: Aug 2nd 2025 at 7:19:46 AM

Walking Into Fire: The Gods Andromeda and Niste name all of their children after things in the sky (or related things), such as Cosmos, Luna, and Asterix.


No Body Left Behind
    My example 
  • SavationBringer: This is the assassin Stealth's modus operandi. First, they wait until their target is all by themselves in a secluded area. Then, they use their scorpion tail (or sometimes their fangs) to kill their victim almost instantly with venom. Then, they use frost breath and turn their body to ice, then burn the ice down into a puddle with fire, and finally evaporate the left-over puddle to make sure nothing of the dragon gets left behind as evidence, and then escape using invisibility. They've been doing this since they were young, not for money, but out of loyalty to their queen.

I'm much too lazy to come up with a caption.
dvorak The World's Least Powerful Man from Hiding in your shadow (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
The World's Least Powerful Man
#2146: Aug 2nd 2025 at 7:41:03 PM

Gunslinger Knight usually has persistent corpses, but Fiends are instantly Dragged Off to Hell in a blast of hellfire on death.


Vampiric Werewolf

Edited by dvorak on Aug 31st 2025 at 11:08:13 AM

Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!
ColdOnes It's Mime Time! (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
It's Mime Time!
#2147: Aug 2nd 2025 at 8:19:30 PM

  • Boroni!!: Furratu, a Spectre-type Boroni, is a wolf-like creature with pitch-black fur that resembles the cloak worn by stock vampire characters. According to the Roni-Pedia, Furratus are squarely nocturnal creatures who travel in packs and feast on the blood of much bigger Buronis.

Non-Ironic Clown

Edited by ColdOnes on Aug 2nd 2025 at 11:20:57 AM

"If actions speak louder than words then this silent deer never stops talking. His annoying actions will leave you speechless."
LilyTheLitten Inspector Irratino my beloved ❤️ from The Investigation Institute Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Inspector Irratino my beloved ❤️
#2148: Aug 2nd 2025 at 9:28:00 PM

Amina in Twilight Circus is a clown for the titular Twilight Circus, and sincerely loves performing and making children happy. She does her best to make Elio feel welcome, and help him handle the magical abilities he develops after constant exposure to the Circus.


Magicians Are Wizards

"Look inside yourself and to the stars; there, you will find your answers."
Yamanekko it's TIIIIIIIIIME from Mariah Carey’s evil lair (at the North Pole) Since: Sep, 2024 Relationship Status: Whoa, they're bisexual! I didn't know that!
it's TIIIIIIIIIME
#2149: Aug 3rd 2025 at 2:04:53 AM

The Extraordinary Voyage Of The Alchemist Melis Moreau: Finian is the Cirque d’Elusion’s resident magician, though he’s less of a wizard and more of a warlock. He derives his powers from a demonic entity inside his favorite pocket watch, and when Sirocco breaks it during their battle in Chapter 15, the demon ends up painfully fusing with Finian’s body all so that he can keep his magic powers.


Abnormal Allergy

i just want you for my own. more than you could ever know.
Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#2150: Aug 3rd 2025 at 3:15:32 PM

In Life Is Not Always Like Chocolate, Darren is allergic to cows; being near one makes his eyes stream and gives him hives.


Big "SHUT UP!"

For every low there is a high.

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