1 | %% |
2 | %% Image selected per crowner in the Image Suggestion thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php?crowner_id=65p15lla |
3 | %% https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1452266899092104700 |
4 | %% Please don't change or remove without starting a new thread. |
5 | %% |
6 | [[quoteright:350:[[Anime/PatemaInverted https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/patemasub.png]]]] |
7 | %% |
8 | A list of tropes pertaining to subterranean locations, the things found therein and stories set in underground places. |
9 | |
10 | Compare UnderwaterIndex and IndexInTheSky. |
11 | |
12 | Despite the names, NoobCave (the earliest, easiest level in a game) and PlatonicCave (named for Plato's allegory likening a deceptive artificial controlled "world" to being trapped in a cave) are not examples. |
13 | ---- |
14 | !! Tropes: |
15 | |
16 | [[index]] |
17 | * AbandonedMine: Abandoned mineshafts and mining complexes used as unnerving and foreboding locations, concealing unpleasant things in their shadows. |
18 | * AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Strangely roomy, extensive, traversable and well-lit sewer systems. |
19 | * AncientTomb: Often found underground. |
20 | * BeneathTheEarth: Vast and complex underworlds abound in fictional settings. |
21 | * BewareTheSkullBase: Giant skulls acting as dungeons or fortresses. |
22 | * BunkerWoman: A woman is kidnapped and held in a contained location (usually underground). |
23 | * BuriedAlive: Being sealed underground while still alive. |
24 | * CaveBehindTheFalls: A cave whose entrance is hidden by a waterfall. |
25 | * CaveMouth: A cave whose entrance looks like a mouth. |
26 | * {{Claustrophobia}}: Caves often prompt feelings of being trapped. |
27 | * CreepyBasement: Rooms underground are dank and frightening. |
28 | * CreepyCave: Natural caves are scary and dangerous. |
29 | * CrystalLandscape: Often found in caves. |
30 | * DigAttack: Attacking an enemy by burrowing underneath them. |
31 | * DiggingToChina: Digging through the Earth to emerge at another point on its surface. |
32 | * DownTheDrain: A level that takes place inside a sewer or other pipe system. |
33 | * DrillMole: Moles tunneling with literal drills. |
34 | * DrillTank: A weaponized vehicle that drills its way through the earth. |
35 | * DugTooDeep: People who dig too deep into the earth risk encountering dangerous things indeed, deep underground. |
36 | * ElaborateUndergroundBase: Villains often set up shop in complex and high-tech bases hidden underground. |
37 | * FastTunnelling: Characters who can dig unnaturally fast, or just unrealistically so. |
38 | * FunnyTerrainCrossSection: Cross-sections of the soil showing all sorts of wacky and humorous things buried in the earth. |
39 | * LandShark: When threatening sharks decide to swim in the ground instead of the sea. |
40 | * MinecartMadness: Mine level in videogames using the minecarts and their tracks as transportation. |
41 | * MoleMen: An underground civilization of vaguely humanoid creatures. |
42 | * MoleMiner: FunnyAnimal moles portrayed as miners. |
43 | * MoleMonster: A videogame enemy that burrows underground, emerging only to attack. |
44 | * MysticalCave: A cave with magical or spiritual qualities. |
45 | * OurDarkElvesAreDifferent: The Norse Svartalfar lived beneath the earth, and many of their modern adaptations follow suit. |
46 | * OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Stereotypical dwarves live in underground halls mining the earth. |
47 | * PlanetaryCoreManipulation: Adjusting or draining the core of a planet. |
48 | * RollercoasterMine: Out of control minecarts on elaborate underground tracks. |
49 | * SandWorm: Enormous, wormlike beasts that tunnel unseen underground to attack prey walking above. |
50 | * SecretUndergroundPassage: A subterranean passageway that acts as a way to get from point A to point B without being detected. |
51 | * SinisterSubway: Subways used as spooky or sinister settings. |
52 | * StalactiteSpite: Falling stalactites. |
53 | * SubterraneanSanityFailure: Being underground does nasty things to the mind. |
54 | * SubwaysSuck: Subways are more trouble than they're worth. |
55 | * ThrownDownAWell: Imprisoning someone someplace they cannot escape from, generally a pit like an oubliette. |
56 | * TimeCapsule: A buried capsule with a record for those who dig it up. |
57 | * TunnelKing: A character who specializes in digging and/or inhabiting tunnels and mines. |
58 | * TunnelNetwork: A complex system of tunnels allowing for stealthy or sheltered movement below the surface. |
59 | * UnderCity: A city that used to be on the surface, but is now deep underground. |
60 | * UndergroundCity: Inhabited, full-scale cities beneath the earth. |
61 | * UndergroundLevel: Videogame levels set underground and inhabited by cave- or ground-themed enemies. |
62 | * VolcanoLair: A secret base inside a volcano. |
63 | * AWayOutOfACaveIn: The heroes seem trapped underground, but then they notice the telltale sign of a way out. |
64 | * YeOldeNuclearSilo: Former military construction, typically subterranean, that can be used as a base. |
65 | [[/index]] |
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/context.php
FollowingContext Main / SubterraneanIndex
Go To
- Show Spoilers
- Night Vision
- Sticky Header
- Wide Load