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6 5Token Only Child
Where a member (or in some cases, more than one member) of a group is an only child while the rest of their group has siblings.
Created: 15 hours ago
1 1Blindfold Game
Games where players are blindfolded, or close their eyes.
Created: Mar 17th 2024 at 2:00:41 AM
0 3Adaptational Sibling Relationship (Needs Examples, Please!)
Characters who were/weren't siblings in one work have their relationship changed in an adaptation.
Created: 7 hours ago
0 1Collect-the-Spines (Trivia?)
Volume spines for a book (or DVD) series form a larger picture if stacked in order
Created: 5 hours ago
2 32Metaphorical Suicide
A despondent character willingly resigns themself to a fate similar to death without actually dying.
Created: Aug 20th 2023 at 12:48:17 PM
1 3Repetitive Dramatic Note
A musical note is repeated in music for the sake of dramatic tension, or to add a flourish of completion.
Created: yesterday
9 66Heroes Prefer Fire
The Hero or The Leader wields fire-based powers or weapons. Page image and quote needed. Launching in two to three days.
Created: Nov 22nd 2020 at 4:21:01 AM
0 13Same Power, Different Flavor
A stock power is repeated in-universe, but styled differently.
Created: yesterday
3 11Talent Incubator
A show or publication launches many careers
Created: Mar 10th 2024 at 11:54:51 AM
0 6Rekindled Sparks
A Dead Sparks relationship is rekindled.
Created: Mar 12th 2024 at 1:09:50 AM
4 4Epanalepsis
A phrase has the same word at its beginning and end.
Created: Mar 15th 2024 at 10:55:27 AM
0 26Unnecessarily Cruel Rejection
A character rejects someone platonically or romantically in a needlessly cruel way.
Created: Feb 5th 2024 at 8:59:48 PM
3 12Glitter Litter (formerly Glitter Is Messy)
Glitter is portrayed as messy and difficult to clean up.
Created: Mar 2nd 2024 at 3:51:05 AM
1 1Reckless Invulnerability
A character with either a strong immunity or powerful Healing Factor has little to no defense due to believing themselves unbeatable
1 10Unfair Mirror Match
Fighting someone who's your equal—except they have an additional advantage.
Created: Mar 14th 2024 at 12:31:58 PM
0 11Most Marketable Form
A character is usually stuck being depicted in one form in other media even after their appearance changes
Created: 22 hours ago
1 18Gag Ears (Grabbed by DrNoPuma)
A character with comically large ears.
Created: Oct 3rd 2022 at 2:07:52 PM
8 14Animal Attracted to Human
An animal feels and displays attraction towards humans.
Created: Dec 3rd 2019 at 8:44:38 PM
An animal feels and displays attraction towards humans.
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1 5Tear-Stained Stationery (Please help with the description!)
A person cries on a piece of stationery or photograph
Created: Mar 14th 2024 at 8:31:54 PM