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17 46"Sustenance, Shower or Sex" Offer
The Breadwinner arrives home and is immediately offered comfort of 3 things: food, bath or sex
2 42Artists Wear Berets [2nd Title crowner]
An artist (especially a funny one) must wear a beret. Title crowner
5 39From Zero To Hero
A character evolves from humble beginnings to the Big Good or the Hero.
3 35Expert In Underwater Basket Weaving
A character who has an utterly useless skill. Title Crowner
4 30Cartoon Meat (launching soon)
Stock depictions of meat in cartoons and comics, both western and eastern.
1 30Master Forger
A character who specialises in creating fakes which are undistinguishable from the real thing. - Should Launch Soon
3 30Blue Means Cold
The colour blue is associated with low temperatures. (Link to crowner in description; more votes needed)
19 29Bisexual Love Triangle
A love triangle where someone has admirers of two different genders.
0 28Helpless Window Death
Someone dies behind a window while the protagonist can do nothing but watch. Up For Grabs
0 28Sensual Massage
A massage-as-Ship Tease
5 28Bubbly Blonde
A blonde character with a bubbly personality.
2 27Purgatory And Limbo
The place between Heaven and Hell
2 26Through The Listening Glass
Can't hear through the door? Put a glass against it.
1 26Combat Lasso
A character (most commonly in a Wild West setting) engages an opponent by trapping them with a lasso.
1 26Muggle With A Degree In Magic
A Badass Normal who uses an encyclopedic knowledge of magic to indirectly make use of it.
0 26Science Is Good
Science portrayed as good in fiction.
1 26"You Used To Be Better" Speech
What happened to you? You were better than this! (Needs more examples)
8 25Stupidly Long Filler Sound
An Overly Long Gag involving a stupid or confused character saying "uhhhhhhhhhhhh..." for a really long time.
1 25Works Set In World War I
Works of fiction using World War I as a setting.
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4 65Death Flag
Once triggered, it's only a matter of time before someone dies.
Created: Aug 14th 2010 at 1:12:38 AM