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1 5Literally Figurative
Someone uses "literal" when they actually mean "Figurative"
0 1Big Butt Shame
A character (usually a female) with big butt who hates it.
Created: 2025-11-07 15:35:31
0 2Awakening At The End
A story set in some kind of dream or illusion ends with the character(s) returning to the real world
Created: 2025-11-06 00:54:48
0 1Sequel Gets Dubbed First (Trivia)
A later installment receives a dub first before the first installment does.
Created: 2025-11-07 18:37:59
5 0Belated Meme
Memes that only became popular years after the source material's release
Created: 2025-11-05 04:35:55
0 1Pride In Their Behind
A character (usually a female) takes pride in having a big butt.
Created: 2025-11-07 10:08:05
0 3"Go Home" Instruction
Things are really bad or they're about to get bad. The only thing to do is to go home / to find your family and/or loved ones.
Created: 2025-11-04 03:59:10
1 6Black Cat Luck
Black cats symbolize luck, bad or good.
Created: 2025-11-05 21:24:19
0 7Internalized Insult
A character receives an insult that is shown to have changed their self-perception.
Created: 2025-11-05 12:35:18
0 2Repeatedly Re-randomized Text
Something's description has a chance to change on each look.
Created: 2025-10-25 20:27:27
0 7Films of the 2020s – Franchises (launching Nov 8)
Films of the 2020s page is starting to get long, figure it's time to create a sub-page now that we're more than halfway through the decade.
Created: 2025-11-04 08:42:44
1 7Racially Exclusive Magic
Some magic is exclusive to members of specific races or different races have different types of magic.
Created: 2025-11-02 17:04:15
0 3Obviously Unqualified
Someone is appointed to a job they clearly aren't qualified to do.
Created: 2025-11-06 07:43:34
0 0The Big Move
The common tenets of moving to a new home.
0 5Powerless To "Pretty Please"
When a character uses a "Please", someone is powerless to resist them.
Created: 2025-08-16 14:19:02
0 2"What X Would Want" Backfire
Character A tries to convince Character B of something by invoking someone Character B cares about, which doesn't work. (Needs examples)
Created: 2025-11-04 13:21:13
0 0Brooklyn Rats
Rats, or characters associated with rats, are portrayed with New York accents.
0 9Dumping On The Besiegers - Launch november 08
During a siege, the besieged party dumps something (usually lethal) on the attackers.
Created: 2025-10-13 03:02:35
4 7Resource-Exempt Race
A faction in a strategy game that doesn't need one of the game resources or uses it differently.
Created: 2025-10-21 07:02:57
A faction in a strategy game that doesn't need one of the game resources or uses it differently.
Sponsor: Chabal2 Created: 2025-10-21 07:02:57 Last reply: 2025-11-07 18:18:30 by dvorak View draftLooking for a discussion you thought was here? One of two things could have happened.
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0 1Inescapable Illusion Ending
The story ends with the characters trapped in a dream, unable or unwilling to awake.
Created: 2025-11-07 03:12:49