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wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#1: Feb 17th 2023 at 6:21:58 PM

Write examples of tropes that are massive stretches to claim fit that trope. That's it that's the game.

"Does this include YMMV and Trivia?" Sure.

"This sounds an awful lot like 'That's an awful Hindsight shoehorn!' but less specific." ... No it doesn't.


Developer's Foresight: At the beginning of Pokémon Red and Blue, you normally take Charmander because that's the obviously correct choice. However, there are two other Pokémon on the table, and taking them doesn't glitch out the game — instead, there are entire alternate movesets and evolution trees for this exact scenario

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Oct 12th 2025 at 6:15:00 AM

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
AnotherOnlinePersona Killed by Chills from Harlequin Forest Since: Dec, 2022
Killed by Chills
#2: Feb 17th 2023 at 7:50:16 PM

Roger Rabbit Effect: Latter-day Star Wars movies tend to be rather CGI-heavy, as shown when live humans interact with CGI aliens.

PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#3: Feb 17th 2023 at 7:58:40 PM

Heartwarming Moments: Mr. McBadguyvillainson may be a child-abusing, animal-abusing, fascist edgelord, but he still goes out of his way to feed the poor. What he feeds them is liquid bleach, but still.

Ian07 Since: Jul, 2022
#4: Mar 25th 2023 at 3:37:42 PM

Obligatory Bondage Song: "Chains" by The Cookies (Covered Up by The Beatles). It's even specified that the chains in question "ain't the kind that you can see", clearly a reference to the singer being blindfolded.

dookamatic Since: Jan, 2022 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
SkyCat32 The Draftsman of Doom (Five Year Plan) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
The Draftsman of Doom
#6: May 1st 2023 at 7:34:29 PM

Heartwarming.Real Life: Ted Bundy worked a suicide hotline despite being a serial killer and serial rapist.

Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#7: May 2nd 2023 at 2:35:07 PM

Dogs Are Dumb: In Martha Speaks, Martha is illiterate.

For every low there is a high.
PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#8: May 3rd 2023 at 9:03:27 AM

Forgetful Jones: I nearly forgot this game existed.

YourEternalTroper The Overlord of the Opera, Rin Penhorse from Tracen Academy (Uma Earth) Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
The Overlord of the Opera, Rin Penhorse
#9: May 3rd 2023 at 9:27:51 AM

I Let Gwen Stacy Die: "I failed to protect Martha, now she's dead."

Edited by YourEternalTroper on May 3rd 2023 at 11:28:12 PM

The stage is my opera! The race is my play! This performance is my drama! I am...T.M. Opera O!
wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#10: Aug 4th 2023 at 1:59:36 PM

The Bus Came Back: We bumped this thread.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
dookamatic Since: Jan, 2022 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#11: Aug 4th 2023 at 2:15:29 PM

Bus Crash: In Final Destination 5, a bus full of civilians is on a bridge that's under construction. When the bridge starts to crumble, all of the passengers safely get out, except for one unlucky individual who was in the back taking a phone call. This results in him dying when the bus falls off the bridge and into the water below.

NitroIndigo ♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves from West Midlands region, England Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves
#12: Aug 4th 2023 at 10:29:40 PM

Mellow Mantas: In the Dinosaur Train episode "Carla Cretoxyrhina", the kids meet a friendly shark, which are close enough to mantas because they're in the same subclass.

NitroIndigo ♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves from West Midlands region, England Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves
#13: Aug 14th 2023 at 11:44:03 AM

The Cretaceous Is Always Doomed: Played with in Walking with Monsters. The third episode covers a different mass extinction, the Great Dying.

Edited by NitroIndigo on Aug 14th 2023 at 7:44:12 PM

Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#14: Aug 14th 2023 at 3:49:57 PM

Cats Are Mean: I got scratched by a cat once.

For every low there is a high.
NitroIndigo ♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves from West Midlands region, England Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves
#15: Aug 31st 2023 at 10:46:01 AM

andrewthetroper from ...mislim, iz Srbije Since: May, 2022
#16: Aug 31st 2023 at 12:35:02 PM

Back from the Dead: This thread.

The pessimist sees a dark tunnel, the optimist sees a light, the realist sees two lights and the engineer sees three idiots.
SkyCat32 The Draftsman of Doom (Five Year Plan) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
The Draftsman of Doom
#17: Aug 31st 2023 at 3:29:36 PM

Mocking the Mourner: Alice makes fun of Bob for losing his toothbrush.

NitroIndigo ♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves from West Midlands region, England Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves
#18: Sep 1st 2023 at 9:34:21 AM

The Scrappy: One of the many abilities introduced in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire is Scrappy, which allows Normal and Fighting-type moves to hit Ghost-types.

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)
#19: Sep 5th 2023 at 10:12:02 AM

Femme Fatalons: Crazy Bitch from The Boondocks slashes a BET producer to death with her long, clawed fingernails.

Currently Reading: N/A
GamerLuna2022 Yurine Time! from Jinbocho Since: Jan, 2022 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Yurine Time!
#20: Sep 5th 2023 at 10:15:10 AM

Red Shirt: Yellow shirt in this case, but in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Mami Tomoe, the Cool Big Sis, is the first to kick the bucket.

"Happy Halloween, I suppose..."
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)
#21: Sep 15th 2023 at 10:08:04 AM

Messianic Archetype: The titular character from Wander over Yonder wants nothing more than to help those in need and show people a good time, and also endures many challenges and tribulations over the course of the series.

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NitroIndigo ♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves from West Midlands region, England Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves
#22: Sep 15th 2023 at 10:21:10 AM

Informed Species: The giant pterosaurs in Prehistoric Planet are said to be Quetzalcoatlus, but their wing tips are slightly too rounded.

NitroIndigo ♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves from West Midlands region, England Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves
#23: Sep 21st 2023 at 2:18:37 AM

Tomato in the Mirror: If you hold a tomato in front of a mirror, you can see its reflection.

dookamatic Since: Jan, 2022 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#24: Sep 21st 2023 at 7:22:51 AM

Beady-Eyed Loser: Chris McLean from Total Drama has these, and he's not well respected by the campers. It doesn't have anything to do with his war crimes, though. It's totally the beady eyes.

Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#25: Sep 21st 2023 at 3:03:57 PM

Big Bad: In Rugrats, Angelica is the naughtiest Rugrat.

For every low there is a high.

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