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A
- Aborted Arc
- Absolute Comparative
- Accidental Bid
- Accidental Marriage
- Accidental Pervert
- The Ace
- Achey Scars
- Achilles' Heel
- Achilles in His Tent
- Acme Products
- Action Commands
- Action Girl
- Actor Leaves, Character Dies (as McLeaned)
- Adam and Eve Plot
- Adaptation Decay
- Adaptation Displacement
- Adaptation Distillation
- Adults Are Useless
- Adventurer Archaeologist
- Adventure Rebuff
- Adventure Towns
- An Aesop
- And Man Grew Proud
- The Aesthetics of Technology
- Affably Evil
- Affectionate Parody
- After the End
- Age Cut
- Agent Mulder
- Agent Scully
- The Aggressive Drug Dealer
- A.I. Is a Crapshoot
- Airplane of Love
- A.K.A.-47
- Alien Geometries
- Alien Invasion
- Aliens of London
- All-American Face
- Allegedly Dateless (as Hollywood Dateless)
- Allergic to Love
- All Girls Want Bad Boys
- All Guys Want Cheerleaders
- Alliteration & Adventurers (as Magic Ampersand)
- Alliterative Name
- All Just a Dream
- All Myths Are True
- All of the Other Reindeer
- All That Glitters
- All There in the Manual
- Almost Dead Guy
- Almost Kiss
- Almost Lethal Weapons
- Alone with the Psycho
- Aloof Big Brother
- Alter-Ego Acting
- Alternate Continuity
- Alternate History
- Alternate Universe
- Alternate Universe Fic
- Always Chaotic Evil
- Always Close
- Amazing Technicolor Battlefield
- The Amazon Rainforest
- Amazon Brigade
- Ambiguously Gay
- Amnesia Danger
- Amnesiac Dissonance
- Amusing Injuries
- Anachronic Order
- Anachronism Stew
- Ancient Conspiracy
- Ancient Rome
- And Another Thing...
- And Knowing Is Half the Battle
- Androcles' Lion
- And Starring
- And This Is for...
- And Your Little Dog, Too!
- And You Were There
- Angry Guard Dog
- Animal Jingoism
- Animal Reaction Shot
- Animal Stereotypes
- Animated Actors
- Animated Adaptation
- Animated Anthology
- Animation Age Ghetto
- Anime Accent Absence
- Animesque
- Animorphism
- Annoying Younger Sibling
- Anonymous Ringer
- Another Dimension
- Antagonist in Mourning
- Anthropomorphic Personification
- Anticlimax Boss
- Anti-Hero
- Anti Poop-Socking
- Anvilicious
- Anvil on Head
- Anyone Can Die
- Anyone Remember Pogs?
- Apathetic Citizens
- Appeal to Obscurity
- Arcade Sounds
- Archive Binge
- Arc Words
- Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
- Aristocrats Are Evil
- Armed Altruism
- Armor Is Useless
- Arranged Marriage
- Arrow Cam
- Artifact of Doom
- Artificial Gravity
- Artificial Limbs
- Art Shift
- Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence
- Aspect Montage
- Aside Glance
- As Long as It Sounds Foreign
- Ass Kicking Pose
- Ass Pull note
- Asteroids Monster
- AstroTurf
- Asymmetric Dilemma
- As You Know
- A-Team Firing
- A-Team Montage
- The Atoner
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever
- Attractive Bent-Gender
- Audible Sharpness
- Audience-Alienating Era (as Dork Age)
- Author Appeal
- Author Avatar
- Author Guest Spot
- Author's Saving Throw
- Avengers Assemble
- Averted Trope
- Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
- Ax-Crazy
B
- Baby Carriage
- Bachelor Auction
- Back for the Dead
- Back from the Dead
- Backstory
- Back to Front
- Badass Back
- Badass Longcoat
- Badass Normal
- Bad Boss
- Baddie Flattery
- Bad Guy Bar
- Badly Battered Babysitter
- Bag of Holding
- Bag of Spilling
- Bait-and-Switch
- Bait-and-Switch Lesbians
- Balance Between Good and Evil
- Bamboo Technology
- Banana Peel
- Banana Republic
- Bang, Bang, BANG
- The Baroness
- Bat Family Crossover
- Batman Cold Open
- Battle Butler
- BBC Quarry
- Beach Episode
- Beam Me Up, Scotty!
- The Beard
- Beast and Beauty
- Beat Them at Their Own Game
- Beautiful All Along
- Beauty Equals Goodness
- Be Careful What You Wish For
- Because Destiny Says So
- Become a Real Boy
- Beethoven Was an Alien Spy
- Behind the Black
- Bellisario's Maxim
- Beneath Suspicion
- Beneath the Earth
- Benevolent Boss
- Berserk Button
- Bested at Bowling
- Better on DVD
- Betty and Veronica
- Beware the Nice Ones
- BFG
- BFS
- The B Grade
- Bible Times
- Bicep-Polishing Gesture
- Bifauxnen
- Big Applesauce
- Big Bad
- Big Creepy-Crawlies
- Big Damn Heroes
- Big Eater
- Big Fancy House
- The Big Guy
- Big "NO!"
- Big Ol' Eyebrows
- Big Red Button
- Big Secret
- Bilingual Bonus
- Binocular Shot
- Bishōnen
- Bishoujo
- Bishōnen Line
- Bite the Wax Tadpole
- Biting the Handkerchief
- Bitter Almonds
- Bizarre Alien Biology
- Bizarre and Improbable Ballistics
- Bizarre and Improbable Golf Game
- Bizarre Baby Boom
- Bizarro Universe
- Black Box
- Black Cloak
- Black Magic
- Blackmail
- "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word
- Blade Reflection
- Blank White Eyes
- Blasting It Out of Their Hands
- Blast Out
- Blessed with Suck
- Blind Seer
- Blind Without 'Em
- Blipvert
- Bloodless Carnage
- Blown Across the Room
- B-Movie
- Bodyguard Crush
- Body Horror
- Bokukko
- Bolivian Army Ending
- Bombers on the Screen
- Bond One-Liner
- Bond Villain Stupidity
- Boob-Based Gag
- Book Dumb
- Book Ends
- Born in the Theatre
- Boss Rush
- Bottle Episode
- Bottled Cool
- Bottomless Magazines
- Bounty Hunter
- Bowdlerise
- Boxed Crook
- Brainwashed
- Brainwashed and Crazy
- Brand X
- Bratty Half-Pint
- Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick
- Breakable Weapons
- Break the Cutie
- Breather Episode
- Briar Patching
- Bribing Your Way to Victory
- Bridezilla
- The Bridge
- Bridge Bunnies
- The Brigadier
- Bring My Brown Pants
- British Brevity
- Broken Aesop
- Broken Bridge
- Broken Heel
- Broken Hero
- Broken Pedestal
- Brother–Sister Incest
- Brought to You by the Letter "S"
- Brown Note
- Bruce Wayne Held Hostage
- Brutal Honesty
- Buffy Speak
- Bug War
- Bullet Dancing
- Bullethole Door
- Bulletproof Vest
- Bullet Time
- Bull Seeing Red
- Bumbling Dad
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer
- Burger Fool
- Bus Crash
- Busman's Holiday
- Butterfly of Doom
- But Thou Must!
- Butt-Monkey
- But We Used a Condom!
C
- California University
- California Doubling
- Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp"
- Call-Back
- Calling Your Attacks
- The Cameo
- Camp
- Campbell Country
- Camp Gay
- Cannot Spit It Out
- Canon
- Canon Immigrant
- Can't Catch Up
- Can't Get Away with Nuthin'
- Capcom Sequel Stagnation
- The Cape
- The Captain
- Captain Ersatz
- Captain Obvious
- Captain's Log
- Cardboard Prison
- Card-Carrying Villain
- Card Games
- Cargo Cult
- Carnivore Confusion
- Carrying a Cake
- Carrying the Antidote
- Cassandra Truth
- Cast Herd
- Cast Speciation
- Catch a Falling Star
- Catch-Phrase Spouting Duo
- Cat Girl
- Cats Are Mean
- Cat Scare
- The Cavalry
- Celebrity Is Overrated
- Celebrity Star
- Celibate Hero
- Cement Shoes
- Censor Steam
- Cereal Vice Reward
- Cerebus Syndrome
- Chained Heat
- Chained to a Railway
- Chained to a Rock
- Chainmail Bikini
- Chandler's Law
- Channel Hop
- Chaos Architecture
- Character Catchphrase (the original version of the trope, simply titled "Catchphrase")
- Character Derailment
- Character Development
- Charles Atlas Superpower
- Charlie Brown from Outta Town
- Charm Point
- Chaste Hero
- Check, Please!
- Chekhov's Gun
- Chekhov's Gunman
- Cherry Blossoms
- Chew Bubblegum
- The Chew Toy
- The Chikan
- Childhood Marriage Promise
- Chirping Crickets
- The Chosen One
- The Chris Carter Effect
- Christmas Episode
- Christmas Special
- Chroma Key
- The Church
- Church Militant
- Circling Birdies
- Circus of Fear
- Citizenship Marriage
- City Mouse
- City of Adventure
- City with No Name
- Clap Your Hands If You Believe
- Classy Cat-Burglar
- Clean Cut
- Cleaning Up Romantic Loose Ends
- Clear My Name
- Cliché Storm
- *Click* Hello
- Cliffhanger note
- Clingy Jealous Girl
- Clingy MacGuffin
- Clip Show
- C-List Fodder
- Clone Angst (as Cloning Blues)
- Closeup on Head
- Clothing Damage
- Cloudcuckoolander
- Clown-Car Base
- The Coconut Effect
- Code Name
- Coincidental Broadcast
- Coitus Uninterruptus
- Collapsing Lair
- The Collector
- Collision Damage
- Colony Drop
- Colossus Climb
- Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
- Combining Mecha
- Comedic Hero
- Comedic Sociopathy
- Comic-Book Time
- Comic Trio
- Come Back, My Pet!
- Commercial Break Cliffhanger
- Commercial Switcheroo
- The Commies Made Me Do It
- Competence Zone
- Compilation Re Release
- Composite Character
- Compressed Vice
- The Con
- Context-Sensitive Button
- Conspicuously Light Patch
- Continuation
- Continuity Nod
- Contractual Immortality
- Control Freak
- Conveyor Belt o' Doom
- Cool and Unusual Punishment
- Cool Big Sis
- Cool, but Inefficient
- Cool Car
- Cool Garage
- Cool Old Guy
- Cool Shades
- Cool Ship
- The Corpse Stops Here
- Corrupt Church
- Corrupt Corporate Executive
- Cosmic Plaything
- Cosplay Otaku Girl
- Cosy Catastrophe
- The Couch
- Couch Gag
- Country Mouse
- Coup de Grâce
- Cousin Oliver
- Covered in Gunge
- Covers Always Lie
- Cowboy Cop
- CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable
- The Cracker
- Clark Kenting
- Cranial Eruption
- Crapsack World
- Crash-Into Hello
- Crazy-Prepared
- Creator Breakdown
- Credits Pushback
- Creepy Child
- Creepy Twins
- Criminal Amnesiac
- Crisis Crossover
- Critical Existence Failure
- Cross Counter
- Crossdresser
- Crosses the Line Twice
- Crossover note
- Crossover Cosmology
- Crossover Punchline
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
- Crowd Song
- Crucified Hero Shot
- Crystal Clear Picture
- Crystal Dragon Jesus
- Crystal Spires and Togas
- The CSI Effect
- Cuckoo Nest
- Cue the Sun
- Cult
- Culture Police
- Cursed with Awesome
- Cute Bruiser
- Cute Little Fangs
- Cute Monster Girl
- Cute Witch
- Cut Himself Shaving
- The Cutie
- Cutlass Between the Teeth
- Cut Lex Luthor a Check
- Cutscene
- Cyberpunk
- Cyberspace
- Cynicism Catalyst (as Dead Little Sister)
D
- Dancing Theme
- Dangerous Forbidden Technique
- Dangerous 16th Birthday
- Dangerous Workplace
- The Danza
- Dark Action Girl
- Darkened Building Shootout
- Darker and Edgier
- A Darker Me
- Darkest Africa
- Dark Fic
- Dark Magical Girl
- The Dark Side
- Dateless Grave
- Dateline
- Dating Catwoman
- David Versus Goliath
- Dawson Casting
- Day in the Life
- A Day in the Limelight
- Days of Future Past
- Deader than Dead
- Dead Fic
- Dead Horse Trope
- Deadly Upgrade
- Dead Man Walking
- Deadpan Snarker
- Dead Person Conversation
- Dead Pet Sketch
- Dead Sidekick
- Dead Star Walking
- Deal with the Devil
- Death by Irony
- Death by Newbery Medal
- Death Course
- Death from Above
- Death Takes a Holiday
- Death Trap
- Deconstruction
- Deconstructor Fleet
- Deep South
- Defeat Means Friendship
- Defective Detective
- Defector from Decadence
- Deflector Shields
- Defrosting Ice Queen
- Delicate and Sickly
- Delinquents
- Delusions of Local Grandeur
- Demon Head
- Dénouement
- Depth of Field
- Descending Ceiling
- Designated Hero
- Determinator
- Development Hell
- Devil in Plain Sight
- Deus ex Machina
- Deus Sex Machina
- Diabolical Mastermind
- Diagonal Cut
- Did I Just Say That Out Loud?
- Die, Chair, Die!
- Die for Our Ship
- Different for Girls
- Dirty Coward
- Dirty Old Man
- Disability Superpower
- Discredited Trope
- Dismotivation
- Disney Death
- Disposable Woman
- Dissolve
- Distaff Counterpart
- Distant Finale
- Distant Reaction Shot
- Ditto Fighter
- The Ditz
- Diving Save
- Do-Anything Robot
- Does This Remind You of Anything?
- Dogged Nice Guy
- Domestic Abuse
- Do Not Run with a Gun
- Do Not Touch the Funnel Cloud
- Don't Say Such Stupid Things!
- Don't Try This at Home
- Doomed Appointment
- Doomed Hometown
- Doomy Dooms of Doom
- Door Focus
- Door Judo
- Double Aesop
- Double Agent
- Double Don't Know
- Double Entendre
- Double Take
- Double Subversion
- Double Vision
- Doubling for London
- Downer Ending
- Drabble
- Draco in Leather Pants
- Dracula
- The Dragon
- Dramatic Ellipsis
- Dramatic High Perching (as I Have The High Ground)
- Dramatic Pause
- Dramatic Wind
- Dramedy
- Dress Hits Floor
- Dressing as the Enemy
- The Drifter
- Drill Sergeant Nasty
- Drinking Game
- Drinking the Kool-Aid
- Driving Game
- Dr. Jerk
- Drop-In Character
- Dropped a Bridge on Him
- Dropped Glasses
- Drop the Cow
- Drowning Pit
- Duck Season, Rabbit Season
- Dude, Not Funny!
- Dude, She's Like in a Comanote
- Dude, Where's My Reward?
- Duel Boss
- Dull Surprise
- Dumb Is Good
- The Dung Ages
- Dungeon Punk
- During the War
- Dynamic Difficulty
- Dysfunctional Family
- Dysfunction Junction
- Dystopia
E
- Earth-Shattering Kaboom
- Easily-Distracted Referee
- Easter Bunny
- Easter Egg
- Easy Amnesia
- Economy Cast
- The Eeyore
- Edge Gravity
- Education Mama
- Education Through Pyrotechnics
- Egg Sitting
- Elaborate Underground Base
- Electric Torture
- Elegant Gothic Lolita
- Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors
- Elephant in the Living Room
- The Elevator from Ipanema
- Elevator School
- Elite Tweak
- Elseworld
- Embarrassing Middle Name
- Emotionless Girl
- The Empath
- Empathic Weapon
- Empathy Pet
- The Empire
- Endangered Soufflé
- The End of the World as We Know It
- "End of the World" Special
- Enemy Chatter
- Enemy Mine
- Enemy Within
- Enemy Without
- Energy Absorption
- Energy Weapon
- Enforced Cold War
- Engaging Chevrons
- Enhance Button
- Enigmatic Minion
- Ensemble Dark Horse
- Entry Point
- Epileptic Trees
- Era-Specific Personality
- Erotic Dream
- Escalating War
- Estrogen Brigade
- Ethnic Scrappy
- Even the Dog Is Ashamed
- "Everybody Dies" Ending (as Kill Em All)
- Everybody Is Single
- Everybody Lives
- Everybody Owns a Ford
- Everybody's Dead, Dave
- Every Car Is a Pinto
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
- Everyone Meets Everyone
- Everything Fades
- Everything Is Online
- Everything Trying to Kill You
- Evil Chancellor
- Evil Costume Switch
- Evil Counterpart
- Evil-Detecting Dog
- Eviler than Thou
- Evil Feels Good
- Evil Is Cool
- Evil Laugh
- Evil Matriarch
- Evil Minions
- Evil Overlord
- Evil Plan
- Evil Phone
- Evil Tastes Good
- Evil Twin
- Evilutionary Biologist
- Evolutionary Levels
- Evolving Trope
- Exact Eavesdropping
- Exact Progress Bar
- Exact Time to Failure
- Exact Words
- Executive Meddling
- Executive Veto
- Exotic Weapon Supremacy
- Expanded Universe
- Expansion Pack World
- Exploding Barrels
- Explosive Decompression
- Explosive Instrumentation
- Explosive Overclocking
- Expository Theme Tune
- Expospeak Gag
- Expressive Hair
- Expy
- Extended Disarming
- External Retcon
- Extreme Graphical Representation
- Extreme Omnivore
- Exty Years from Publication
- Eye Beams
- Eye Cam
- Eyepatch of Power
- Eye Take
F
- Face
- Face Cam
- Face Fault
- Face–Heel Turn
- The Faceless
- Faceless Goons
- Faceless Masses
- Facial Markings
- "Facing the Bullets" One-Liner
- Fade In
- Fade Out
- Fade to Black
- Fad Super
- Fainting Seer
- Failsafe Failure
- Failure Is the Only Option
- Failure Knight
- Falling-in-Love Montage
- Fake American
- Fake Brit
- Fake Defector
- Fake Difficulty
- Fake Nationality
- Fake-Out Make-Out
- Fake Ultimate Hero
- Fallen Princess
- False Camera Effects
- False Flag Operation
- False Reassurance
- False Start
- The Family for the Whole Family
- Fan Community Nicknames
- Fan Dumb
- Fan Nickname
- Fanon
- Fanservice
- Fantastic Comedy
- Fantastic Racism
- Fantasy Counterpart Culture
- Fantasy Twist
- Fan Vid
- Fan Wank
- Faking the Dead
- Faster-Than-Light Travel
- Fatal Flaw
- Faux Action Girl
- Faux Death
- Fauxlosophic Narration
- "Fawlty Towers" Plot
- Feelies
- Feet of Clay
- Feghoot
- Femme Fatale
- Festival Episode
- Fetch Quest
- Ficton
- Field of Blades
- Fifth Week Event
- Fighting Game
- Fight Woosh
- Figure It Out Yourself
- Filk Song
- Filler
- Film at 11
- The Film of the Book
- Filth
- Finagle's Law
- Finger-Lickin' Evil
- Fingerprinting Air
- Finishing Move
- The Firefly Effect
- Firing in the Air a Lot
- First-Episode Resurrection
- First Girl Wins
- Fish-Eye Lens
- Fish out of Water
- Five-Man Band
- Five Moves of Doom
- Five Rounds Rapid
- Fix It in Post
- Flame War
- Flanderization
- Flashback
- Flashback... Back... Back...
- Flashed-Badge Hijack
- Flash Forward
- Fleeting Demographic
- Flight
- Flipping the Table
- Floating Advice Reminder
- Fluffy Cloud Heaven
- Fluffy the Terrible
- Foe-Tossing Charge
- Follow That Car
- Follow the Leader
- The Fool
- Forbidden Fruit
- Forbidden Zone
- Foreign Cuss Word
- Foreshadowing
- Forgotten Superweapon
- Forgotten Trope
- Fountain of Youth
- Four-Fingered Hands
- The Four Gods
- Four Is Death
- Four-Point Scale
- Fourth Wall
- Fragile Speedster
- Framing Device
- Frankenstein's Monster
- Freak Lab Accident
- Freak Out
- Freudian Excuse
- Freudian Slip
- Fridge Brilliance
- Fridge Logic
- Friendly Neighborhood Vampire
- Friend-or-Idol Decision
- Friend to All Living Things
- Frivolous Lawsuit
- From the Ashes
- From the Mouths of Babes
- Fruit Cart
- Functional Magic
- The "Fun" in "Funeral"
- Funny Afro
- Funny Animal
- Funny Foreigner
- Fun with Acronyms
- Fun with Foreign Languages
- The Future
- Future Imperfect
- Future Slang
- Furry Confusion
G
- Gadgeteer Genius
- Gag Dub
- Gag Series
- Gag Sub
- Gaiden Game
- Gainax Ending
- Gainaxing
- Game-Breaker
- Game Level
- Game Master
- The Game Never Stopped
- Gameplay and Story Segregation
- Gameplay-Guided Amnesia
- Gangsta Style
- Garbage Wrestler
- Gearhead Show
- Gecko Ending
- Geek
- Gender Bender
- Gender-Blender Name
- General Ripper
- Generic Cop Badges
- Generic Cuteness
- Genie in a Bottle
- Genius Bruiser
- Genius Ditz
- Genius Loci
- Genki Girl
- Genre Blindness
- Genre Savvy
- Genre Shift
- Gentle Giant
- Gentleman Thief
- George Jetson Job Security
- Germans Love David Hasselhoff
- Get A Hold Of Yourself Man
- "Get Out of Jail Free" Card
- Getting Crap Past the Radar
- Ghibli Hills
- The Ghost
- Ghost Butler
- Ghost in the Machine
- Ghost Ship
- The Giant
- Giant Mook
- Gilligan Cut note
- Gimmick Matches
- Girl of the Week
- Girl Posse
- Girls Behind Bars
- Girl with Psycho Weapon
- Global Airship
- The Glomp
- Glowing Eyes of Doom
- Glurge
- God
- A God Am I
- God Is Evil
- Goggles Do Nothing
- Goldfish Poop Gang
- Gondor Calls for Aid
- Gonk
- Good Angel, Bad Angel
- The Good Captain
- Good Guns, Bad Guns
- Good Hair, Evil Hair
- Good Is Boring
- Good Is Dumb
- Good Morning, Crono
- The Good Old British Comp
- Good Scars, Evil Scars
- Gorgeous George
- Gorgeous Period Dress
- Gory Discretion Shot
- Gosh Dang It to Heck!
- Gothic Punk
- Go Through Me
- Gotta Catch Them All
- Götterdämmerung
- The Government
- Government Conspiracy
- Government Procedural
- Grammar Nazi
- Grandfather Clause
- Grand Finale
- Grand Theft Me
- Granola Girl
- Grappling-Hook Pistol
- G-Rated Drug
- Gratuitous English
- Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress
- Gravity Sucks
- The Great British Copper Capture
- The Greatest Story Never Told
- Greek Chorus
- Green Rocks
- Green-Skinned Space Babe
- Gretzky Has the Ball
- Grimmification
- The Grim Reaper
- Groin Attack
- Grossout Show
- The Grotesque
- Grotesque Cute
- Ground Pound
- Growing the Beard
- The Guards Must Be Crazy
- Guide Dang It!
- Guns Akimbo
- The Gunslinger
