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0 15Outcast Refuge
A safe place for societal outcasts to take refuge.
0 37New Kid Stigma (24-Hour Launch Notice)
The new kid at school is liked by no one.
5 15Slice of Hobby
A Slice Of Life that invokes Unconventional Learning Experience to interest the audience in a particular hobby.
0 58Helpless Window Death
Someone dies behind a window while the protagonist can do nothing but watch. [feedback needed]
4 22Final Season Gay Couple
Especially in works aimed at younger viewers, a Queer Establishing Moment only happens when the show is about to end.
4 4Very Unbelievable Feat
A character's accomplishments are rightly or wrongly disbelieved for being beyond their capabilities.
0 10Answer To Prayers
A character prays, and gets results
0 6The First Supers
The story is told In A World where abnormal beings have never existed...until now.
0 15Signed With A Kiss (Active Title Crowner)
A character "signs" something intended for someone with a kiss, leaving a lipstick mark.
1 14Pursued Through Private Property
When somebody (usually the hero) runs through a stranger's house.
4 22Not On The Periodic Table
Saying something "isn't on our periodic table" is another way of saying "it's not from Earth."
1 38Funeral Cut (Grabbed by Macron)
Someone's about to die? Let's go straight to the funeral!
3 11Tag-along Declaration (Adopted by Macron)
A tagalong or secondary character insists on coming with the hero
0 27Adaptation Drift
An adaptation which starts off fairly close to the source material but drifts into its own thing over time
2 10Setting-Important Main Character
When the protagonist or a major main character has some type of importance in the setting that exists prior to the events of the story.
0 16Helicopter Parents
Parents who interfere too much with their children's lives, ostensibly for the sake of their well-being
0 10Doctor Defector
A scientist switches sides in a conflict and avoids punishment because their expertise is considered too valuable.
0 4Literal Wild Card
A card (or equivalent) that can be traded for any other card (or equivalent)
0 7Magicless Menial Labor (tentative title)
Someone with magical abilities, superpowers, etc. is punished by being forced to do menial labor without using said powers.
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7 33Accidental Incantation (launching Tuesday)
Someone accidentally triggers a spell by reading the incantation out loud.
Created: Jul 13th 2012 at 4:59:18 PM