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0 3Public Access Show
A TV show where members of the general public have editorial control over the content.
Created: 21 hours ago
1 18Love Makes You Saner (launching May 20th)
A person feels sane only because of their love for someone else.
Created: Mar 23rd 2012 at 2:52:13 PM
0 15Intramarital Affair
A couple has an "affair" with each other.
Created: Jan 20th 2024 at 8:57:49 AM
0 7There In Their Head
One character imagines another character is there, visualized by the two actors literally being in the scene together.
Created: May 13th 2024 at 10:37:02 AM
0 11Artificial World
A world that was built, not formed naturally. (Looking for discussion — do worlds created by magic count?)
Created: May 13th 2024 at 11:54:39 AM
0 26Snack-Stealing Seagulls
Seagulls are portrayed as greedy food thieves. (Launching Soon™, May 19th?)
Created: May 10th 2024 at 2:58:58 AM
1 7"Trying to be More Social" Plot (Needs Title Help!)
A plot where an introverted character tries to be more social.
Created: May 15th 2024 at 5:19:24 PM
1 5Sounding Silent Letters
Silent letters are pronounced out loud.
Created: May 15th 2024 at 8:00:44 AM
1 8Zener Cards
Cards used in parapsychology to measure Psychic Powers. Often used as a shorthand for psychic tropes.
Created: May 9th 2024 at 9:47:13 PM
2 11Election Denial
When a democratic process is ignored or declared invalid by the losing party. Drama and/or Hilarity Ensues.
Created: May 12th 2024 at 3:44:51 PM
0 14Prenatal Gender Picking
A way to control what gender a baby will be before it's born.
Created: May 4th 2024 at 4:53:09 PM
0 15Underground Alien Civilization (Formerly Underground Martian Civilization) (Ready to Launch?)
Aliens who live underneath the surface of another planet or celestial body
Created: Apr 2nd 2024 at 7:10:14 AM
0 14That One Summer
A summer that is looked back upon and talked about for years to come, whether for good or bad (and usually a combination), becoming a pivotal point in a character's life.
Created: Jan 2nd 2024 at 10:27:58 AM
9 0No political party was harmed
Fictional Political Party based on real one
0 2Holding Back Backfire
A character's insistence on holding back in a competition/fight ends up screwing them out of a victory.
Created: May 13th 2024 at 8:26:15 PM
6 7Celestial Space School
Interplanetary or intergalactic schools often popular in sci fi
Created: May 5th 2024 at 2:26:25 PM
7 23Arts and Crafts Episode (Ready to Launch?)
Episodes where the characters or setting indulges in the world of Fine Art; making it, selling it, learning from it and satirizing it. (adopted by Stoutlyn)
Created: Jun 7th 2022 at 4:45:22 PM
0 16Do Nothing Housewife
A "housewife" that doesn't actually do any housework. (Launching May 19)
Created: Jan 20th 2024 at 10:16:57 PM
Grounding Character
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6 25Pointlessly Possessive
A character has something they don't need (or want) but refuses to let anyone else have it. Up For Grabs
Created: Jan 10th 2019 at 10:47:08 AM