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0 0Control Scheme Bonus
A video game gives players advantages for using certain control schemes.
0 1Meter Runs Out
A pre-paid utility meter runs out, causing drama.
Created: 2025-02-09 01:58:40
0 0Post-Synchronization
A silent film gets re-released with a soundtrack.
Created: 2025-02-09 22:27:19
0 1Punished For Punishment
Somebody is punished as a result of being punished elsewhere, for example at home as well as at school. (examples and description help welcome))
Created: 2025-05-27 03:49:32
0 0Index: Physical Media Tropes
Tropes about the physical objects, sets or structures used in media
0 0Character Custom Ringtone
A character uses different ringtones (often a song) to tell who's calling them without looking at the caller ID.
Created: 2025-08-17 14:49:15
0 0Intrusive Thoughts
Unbidden thoughts that enter someone's mind and interfere with their daily life and/or prevent them from interacting normally.
0 2Outside-Context Observer
A random person sees the plot unfold and has no idea what's going on.
Created: 2017-08-05 20:47:41
1 3Social Tropes
Index for tropes about social interaction.
Created: 2018-01-07 17:04:55
0 0Insufficiently Powerful Power-up
The hero gets a genuinely useful power-up while facing an opponent or preparing to face him, but it just isn't enough to do the trick.
Created: 2018-03-01 16:44:26
0 1Room Scale
Virtual Reality using the volume of a room to play in.
Created: 2018-05-07 12:25:49
0 3Romance Comic Genre
A genre of comic books that was themed around romance.
0 3Friend Com
Social Group Centric Situational Comedy
2 0Advertised Subplot
A subplot gets advertised as the main plot.
Created: 2018-09-17 07:34:29
2 0Character Name Finale
When a popular character gets a sendoff in a long-running series, they're bumped up to Title Character status.
Created: 2018-10-19 14:09:10
1 0Rounds (aka Perpetual Canon)
A repeating canon
1 1Glass Ceiling Breaker Character
the first charcter of a particular group to fulfill a role, or archetype in a franchise.
0 1Indigenous Australian Creators
Creators who are First Australians.
Created: 2020-05-14 01:13:35
Creators who are First Australians.
Sponsor: IukaSylvie Created: 2020-05-14 01:13:35 Last reply: 2020-05-14 01:13:56 by IukaSylvie View draft

0 3Foreign Language Distress
A character hears a language they don't understand, which distresses them.
Created: 2024-05-31 06:55:25