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Zuxtron (On A Trope Odyssey)
19th Sep, 2018 01:45:43 PM

I think so, but it's so broad that it might have to be a Super-Trope with no examples allowed.

ReynTime250 Since: Jan, 2015
19th Sep, 2018 02:54:58 PM

What would be the main example? Kaiju?

Edited by ReynTime250
WaterBlap Since: May, 2014
19th Sep, 2018 03:42:52 PM

Yeah but the name canbt just be Monster but Literal Monster or Stock Monsters, because of the prevalence of Complete Monster and its namespace ("Monster/").

Edit: Whelp, looks like this may already be covered...?

Edited by WaterBlap Look at all that shiny stuff ain't they pretty
GastonRabbit MOD (General of TV Troops)
20th Sep, 2018 01:12:57 AM

^That's specifically for when commonly seen monsters are noticeably different from typical portrayals, hence the name.

There may be a case of Missing Supertrope Syndrome here, and if the supertrope is indeed missing, I agree with Zuxtron regarding examples (or lack thereof) for any newly created supertrope, simply due to how prevalent it would be. (A while back, Sidekick came up because it had a very small example list, and said list ended up getting cut; I was in favor of the cut because fleshing it out would have made the page very long.)

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crazysamaritan MOD Since: Apr, 2010
20th Sep, 2018 03:37:18 AM

~jamespolk, why do you think fictional creatures that are physiologically distinct from baseline animals are not narrative shorthands that provide subtext for a story?

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
Fighteer MOD (Time Abyss)
20th Sep, 2018 04:12:09 AM

The concept of monsters has been a trope practically since stories were told. It's just that it's already covered on our site by dozens of more specific tropes, and could only live as a supertrope.

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