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ArtemisStrong
Since: Jun, 2011
2011-07-21 17:01:35
Nothing? If not, it's super-tropable.
Get a slant at this glossary of Pulp Detective terms. It rates. Pipe that?

Is there a trope for the Inciting Incident?
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/playwriting/inciting.html
It's the thing that sets off the plot, and in more mythic setting is the Call to Adventure. But not all stories have a Call to Adventure, just something mundane happens that sets things in motion.
I've looked, but can't seem to find it.