"It's all lies. But they're entertaining lies. And in the end, isn't that the real truth? The answer... is no."
Fiction, simply put, is stories told about subjects that do not exist. Character, locations, and events may be real within fiction or may be entirely made up, but some element of the unreal will be present. Nearly all the media found on This Very Wiki are fictional to some degree, so we won't go to the effort of listing them here.
Tropes:
Literary Fiction Genres:
- Adventure
- Alternate History
- Crime Novel
- Fable
- Fairy Tale
- Historical Detective Fiction
- Historical Fiction: Fiction set in a distinctive historical period, different than the author's present.
- Magic Realism
- Mystery Fiction
- Philosophical Novel
- Romance Novel
- Sea Stories
- Speculative Fiction
- Spirit Cultivation Genre
- Tall Tale
- Thriller
- Tragedy
- Western
- Lit Fic for 20th-century Realism and non-Genre literature.
Film Fiction Genres:
- B-Movie
- Chick Flick
- Child Care and Babysitting Stories
- Martial Arts Movie
- Disaster Movie
- Epic Movie
- Exploitation Film
- Fan Film
- Film Noir
- Found Footage Films
- Genre Throwback
- Giallo
- Heroic Bloodshed
- Horror
- Hillbilly Horrors
- Italian Neorealism
- Kids' Wilderness Epic
- Music Stories
- Period Piece
- Road Trip Plot
- Romantic Comedy
- Sea Stories
- Slasher Movie
- Slice of Life
- Sports Stories
- Stoner Flick (aka THC Theater)
- The Western
- Wuxia
- War Movies
Show Fiction Genres:
- Action Series
- Adventure Series
- Animesque
- Animated Anthology
- Animated Series: A series that is animated.
- Black Comedy: The humor revolves around jokes about death and other serious subjects that aren't usually considered funny.
- Brit Com
- British Conspiracy Thriller
- Christmas Special: A television special about Christmas.
- Claymation
- Cop Show
- Costume Drama
- Docudrama
- Docu Soap
- Dom Com
- Dramedy
- Edutainment Show: A television series that is intended to teach its audience practical information.
- Family Drama
- Fighting Series
- Finale Movie: A feature-length film that is intended to serve as the conclusion to a television series.
- Forensic Drama
- Gag Series
- Game Show
- Government Conspiracy
- Government Procedural
- A Hallmark Presentation
- Historical Fantasy
- Heroic Fantasy
- Heroic Pet Story
- Horror
- Jiggle Show
- Kid Com
- Lifetime Movie of the Week
- Medical Drama
- Mind Screw
- Pantomime
- Paranormal Investigation
- The Parody
- Pilot Movie: A feature-length film that is intended to serve as a pilot for a potential television series.
- Police Procedural
- Prime Time Soap
- Quirky Work
- Reality Show
- Reality TV
- Rescue
- Reunion Show: A TV special of a television show that has ended its run that brings back all or most of the original actors.
- Romantic Comedy
- Sadist Show: A series where the bulk of the humor relies on the characters suffering.
- Series Franchise
- Soap Opera
- Spy Fiction
- Superhero Stories
- Supernatural Soap Opera
- Teen Drama
- Telenovela
- Tween Drama
- Two-Fisted Tales
- Toku
- The Western
