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1 3Unintentional Animal Poison Tester
A character is saved from eating poisoned food when an animal eats some first and dies.
Created: 13 hours ago
0 0Pinball Playfield Prop
Pinball tables with "toys" on the playfield.
1 17Gibberish Perspective (formerly Human Noises)
Dialogue or written words are gibberish from the perspective of characters who don't understand them
Created: May 21st 2022 at 9:51:36 PM
0 4High Altitude Homicide
Deliberately dropping someone to their death.
Created: 3 hours ago
0 4Gun Acquisition Explanation
A work goes out of its way to demonstrate how a character is able to acquire a firearm in a setting where gun ownership is unusual or heavily restricted.
Created: yesterday
0 4Cthu-Lookalike
Expies and Captains Ersatz of HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu.
Created: 5 hours ago
0 9Parental Love Triangle
A Love Triangle featuring a parent and child, usually as rivals in love.
Created: May 9th 2024 at 4:15:53 AM
0 4Rain Means Death (Image needed)
A rainy setting is used to signify a character's (near-)death.
Created: 23 hours ago
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
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
0 12Ill-Timed Infirmity (launch May 26)
A character gets sick or injured right before a big event comes up.
Created: May 16th 2024 at 10:38:43 AM
0 8Spurning The Salacious
A promiscuous character encounters a particular character who rejects them as a sex partner.
Created: Aug 29th 2023 at 6:57:12 PM
0 25Perverted Bully
A bully who is also a sexual predator.
Created: Aug 21st 2023 at 5:54:22 AM
1 9Foul Play Accusation
A character is falsely accused of having cheated to achieve a victory.
Created: Apr 27th 2024 at 10:45:12 AM
0 28Bad Reason To Do Good (Launching 20/5)
When someone does the right thing for the wrong reasons.
Created: Apr 22nd 2024 at 7:03:12 PM
0 2Cliffhanger Continuity
When the resolution to a cliffhanger is shot some time later and the time lapse is obvious
3 7Texas Hold 'Em-Up
A poker or other card game is robbed
Created: Oct 30th 2023 at 2:32:31 PM
2 12Mistaken Assumption of Attraction
Someone turns down someone else's "romantic advances," when that person was never romantically interested to begin with. (Launching on May 19th)
Created: May 14th 2024 at 1:12:49 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
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)
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1 8Unstable Horror Ally (launching in 24 hours)
A character in a horror work who genuinely wants to help the protagonist, but still manages to be scary or dangerous.
Created: May 16th 2024 at 4:20:50 PM