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17 38"Sustenance, Shower or Sex" Offer
The Breadwinner arrives home and is immediately offered comfort of 3 things: food, bath or sex
4 33Only Useful As Toilet Paper
The writing's bad, but the paper it's on might be useful
12 33Never Given A Name
Character doesn't have a "real name" because their parents never gave them one.
0 32Cricket Entrance (Title Crowner)
Eating, drinking, and activity stops upon seeing a newcomer, outsider or outcast enter
2 30Smart Jerk, Nice Moron
A pair consisting of a smart but mean person and a nice but dumb person.
2 29Artists Wear Berets
An artist (especially a funny one) must wear a beret.
3 28Bubbly Blonde
A blonde character with a bubbly personality.
0 27Villain Reveals The Secret
A character's or a group's secret is revealed by the Big Bad.
2 27Nerdy Bully
Yes, nerds can be bullies too.
0 25Non-Residential Residence
A character lives somewhere not intended as a residence.
6 24Ignorant About Fire
A clueless character allows a fire to burn, or can't handle fire.
2 24Purgatory And Limbo
The place between Heaven and Hell
2 24Expert In Underwater Basket Weaving
A character who has an utterly useless skill.
1 24Combat Lasso
A character (most commonly in a Wild West setting) engages an opponent by trapping them with a lasso.
8 24Stupidly Long Filler Sound
An Overly Long Gag involving a stupid or confused character saying "uhhhhhhhhhhhh..." for a really long time.
3 24Bitch Slap
A slap to the face meant to humiliate or assert one's dominance over one's opponent.
3 24YMMV/Competence Porn
The appeal of watching hypercapable characters do their thing
21 23Our Monsters Are Unstereotypical
Fantastic character has a very unstereotypic attribute.
5 23Signature Mon
A character, who may have many monsters, has one that is associated with them the most.
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4 44Death Flag
Once triggered, it's only a matter of time before someone dies.
Created: Aug 14th 2010 at 1:12:38 AM