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8	A list of tropes pertaining to subterranean locations, the things found therein and stories set in underground places.
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10	Compare UnderwaterIndex and IndexInTheSky.
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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.
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14	!! Tropes:
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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.
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