I'm bored, there's nothing to do. Why don't you check out this index on tropes that have to deal with boredom?
Compare with Apathy Index.
Tropes
- Allergic to Routine: Character gets bored very easily and desperately seeks entertainment.
- Asinine Alternate Activity: When a character has something they'd much rather do in mind.
- Beige Prose: Simple prose, which can be boring if not used carefully.
- Big Town Boredom: When a character living in a bigger city or suburb wishes they could be somewhere smaller.
- The Bore: This character can get others bored.
- Boredom Montage: A montage that shows the character getting more and more bored as it goes on.
- Bored with Insanity: Even insanity can get boring.
- Boring, but Practical: Not exciting, but it works.
- Boring Insult: When someone is called out on being boring, predictable, and overall, just not particularly interesting.
- Boring Religious Service: A religious service proves to be extremely tedious for its participants.
- Boring Return Journey: The trip back to the origin pales in comparison to the adventure it took to get to the destination.
- Boring Vacation Slideshow: A Vacation Slideshow which is boring to those who watch it.
- Caged Bird Metaphor: A repressed character is compared to a bird in a cage.
- Classical Music Is Boring: Classical music is depicted as tedious and soporific.
- Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: A character looks very hard to find a goal in life.
- Dreary Half-Lidded Eyes: The half-mast eyes of someone bored.
- Epic Battle Boredom: A One-Man Army who's incredibly blasé about it.
- Funny Character, Boring Actor: Hilarious onscreen, not so exciting offscreen.
- Glasses Curiosity: People sometimes want to try on the glasses of others out of boredom.
- Good Is Boring: In Balance Between Good and Evil stories, people confuse goodness with order.
- A Good, Old-Fashioned Paint Watching: Our grandparents had really boring entertainment.
- It Amused Me: One of the main reasons why a person would act purely to entertain themselves is to stave off boredom.
- Museum of Boredom: A boring museum.
- Myopic Conqueror: When The Conqueror has no plans or interests for a place he conquers.
- Nap-Inducing Speak: Someone is so boring that people around them can't stay awake.
- Nature Is Boring: The belief that nature just isn't all that interesting.
- Old Windbag: An elderly character known for talking a lot.
- Only One Finds It Fun: When the protagonist's companions find an activity or destination boring.
- Plain Palate: This food/drink is supposed to be boring but this character likes it.
- Primp of Contempt: Checking on your appearance to signal boredom.
- Rambling Old Man Monologue: Old person goes on a rambling monologue.
- Rich Boredom: Being rich sucks, and it's boring.
- Small Town Boredom: Bored with the ordinary place they live in.
- Snooty Sports: Some types of sports are depicted as boring and dull.
- Something That Begins with "Boring": People only play "I Spy" when all other distractions are exhausted.
- So What Do We Do Now?: An ordinary character is thrust into adventure. When the adventure ends, life suddenly becomes more unexciting.
- Sunday is Boring: Sunday is shown to be an especially boring day.
- Tally Marks on the Prison Wall: Someone imprisoned somewhere, like a jail cell, keeps track of the time spent imprisoned by drawing or scratching lines on the wall of their room.
- True Love Is Boring: When the Official Couple get their Relationship Upgrade, the story ends. If it doesn't, they're DOOMED.
- Victory Is Boring: A character defeats their opponent and is now at a loss on what to do afterwards.
