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Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal
Half-Empty Two-Shot
Half-Identical Twins
Hammerspace
Handguns
Hand Wave
Handy Remote Control
Hannibal Lecture
Happily Ever After
Happy Birthday to You!
Happy Place
Hard Cut
Hard Light
Hate Plague
Headbutt of Love
Heal Thyself
The Heartless
Heel
Heel–Face Turn
He Knows About Timed Hits
Hello, [Insert Name Here]
Helping Hands
Here We Go Again!
Hermetic Magic
Heroes Unlimited
Heroic BSoD
Heroic Fantasy
Heroic Mime
Heroic Resolve
Heroic Sacrifice
The Hero's Journey
Hero-Worshipper
He's Back!
Heterosexual Life-Partners
He Who Must Not Be Heard
He Who Must Not Be Seen
Hey, Wait!
Hidden Agenda Villain
Hidden Elf Village
Hidden Eyes
Hidden Wire
Hide Your Children
High-Pressure Blood
High School
High School AU
High-Speed Missile Dodge
Hilarious Outtakes
Hilarity Sues
Historical In-Joke
Hitler Cam
Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act
Hit Me, Dammit!
Hit Points
Hobbits
Hoist by His Own Petard
Holding Back the Phlebotinum
Hollywood Darkness
Hollywood Giftwrap
Hollywood History
Hollywood Homely
Hollywood Prehistory
Hollywood Spelling
Honest Axe
Hopeless Boss Fight
Hope Spot
Horse of a Different Color
Hospital Paradiso
Hostage Situation
Hostage Spirit-Link
Hostile Show Takeover
Hot Librarian
Hot Pursuit
Hot Springs Episode
Hourglass Plot
House Amnesia
House Inspection
House System
How Did That Get in There?
How Do I Shot Web?
How Much Did You Hear?
How Unscientific!
How We Got Here
Ho Yay
Huge Schoolgirl
Hugh Mann
Human Aliens
Human Popsicle
Human-to-Werewolf Footprints
Humongous Mecha
Hurricane of Puns
Hurt/Comfort Fic
Hustler
Hyperspace Arsenal
Hyperspace Mallet
Hypocritical Humor

I Always Wanted to Say That
I Am Not Left-Handed
I Am Not Weasel
I Am Spartacus
I Can Explain
I Cannot Self-Terminate
I Coulda Been a Contender!
Identical Grandson
I Didn't Mean to Kill Him
I Did What I Had to Do
Idiosyncratic Wipes
Idiot Ball
The Idiot from Osaka
Idiot Hair
Idiot Hero
Idiot Plot
Idiot Savant
Idol Singer
If My Calculations Are Correct
If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...
If You Call Before Midnight Tonight
If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him!
I Hate You, Vampire Dad
I Have a Family
I Have Just One Thing to Say
The Igor
I Just Want to Be Normal
I Know Karate
I Know Mortal Kombat
The Illegal
Illogical Safe
Ill-Timed Sneeze (as Sneeze Of Doom)
Imagine Spot
I'm a Humanitarian
Immune to Bullets
I'm Not a Doctor, but I Play One on TV
The Imp
Impeded Messenger
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Impersonating an Officer
Implacable Man
Implausible Fencing Powers
Important Haircut
Imported Alien Phlebotinum
Impossible Mission
Improbable Age
Improbable Weapon User
Improvised Weapon
Incoming Ham
Inconsistent Spelling
Incredible Shrinking Man
Incredibly Obvious Bomb
Incredibly Obvious Bug
Incurable Cough of Death
Indulgent Fantasy Segue
Ineffectual Loner
Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain
Inertial Dampening
Infallible Babble
Infinite Supplies
Infinity +1 Sword
Informed Ability
Infrared Xray Camera
Innocent Innuendo
An Insert
Insistent Terminology
Inspector Javert
Inspector Oblivious
Inspirationally Disadvantaged
Inspired by…
Instant A.I.: Just Add Water!
Instant Bandages
Instant Cooldown
Instant Expert
Instant Fan Club
Instant Runes
Instant Sedation
Insufferable Genius
Insurmountable Waist-Height Fence
Intellectual Animal
Interactive Fiction
In the Name of the Moon
In the Past, Everyone Will Be Famous
Intimate Healing
Inverted Trope
Invisible President
Invisibility
Invisible Holes
Involuntary Shapeshifting
Iris Out
Ironic Echo Cut
Ironic Hell
Ironic Nursery Tune
Irrelevant Importance
Isn't It Ironic?
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
I Take Offense to That Last One
Item Crafting
It Never Gets Any Easier
It Only Works Once
It Runs on Nonsensoleum
It's All My Fault
It's a Long Story
It's A Small Net After All
It's Not You, It's Me
It's the Only Way
It's Personal
It's Quiet… Too Quiet
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
It's Up to You
It Was His Sled
It Was with You All Along
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
I Want My Jetpack
I Was Just Joking
I Was Just Passing Through
I Won't Say I'm Guilty

Lamarck Was Right
Lamaze Class
Lampshade Hanging
The Lancer
Land Mine Goes "Click!"
Large Ham
Laser-Guided Amnesia
Laser Hallway
Laser Sight
The Last Dance
Last Episode, New Character
Last Kiss
Last-Minute Hookup
Last of His Kind
Last-Second Word Swap
Late for School
Latex Space Suit
Laugh Track
Lava Pit
The Law of Conservation of Detail
Law of Disproportionate Response
Law of Inverse Recoil
Lawyer-Friendly Cameo
Leave Him to Me!
Leave Me Alone!
Left Hanging
Legacy Character
Legion of Doom
The Legions of Hell
Leitmotif
Lens Flare
Lesbian Vampire
"Lesson of the Day" Speech
Lethal Chef
Let Me Get This Straight...
Let's Meet the Meat
Let's Split Up, Gang!
Let's You and Him Fight
Licked by the Dog
Licking the Blade
Lie Detector
Life Energy
The Lifestream
Lifetime Movie of the Week
Lightning Can Do Anything
Like Brother and Sister
Limit Break
Limited Advancement Opportunities
Limited Special Collector's Ultimate Edition
Limited Wardrobe
Limp and Livid
Lipstick Lesbian
Literal Genie
Literary Agent Hypothesis
Little Did I Know
The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday
Live-Action Adaptation
The Living Dead
Living Lie Detector
Living with the Villain
Load-Bearing Boss
Locard's Theory
Lock-and-Load Montage
Locked Door
Locked in a Freezer
Locked in a Room
Locked Out of the Loop
Locking MacGyver in the Store Cupboard
Logic Bomb
Lonely at the Top
Long Speech Tea Time
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...
Look Both Ways
Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
Look What I Can Do Now!
Looming Silhouette of Rage
Loony Fan
Loser Leaves Town
Lost in Imitation
Lost in Translation
Lost Technology
Lost Wedding Ring
Lost World
Lotus-Eater Machine
Loudspeaker Truck
Lovable Sex Maniac
Love at First Punch
Love Bubbles
Love Chart
Lovecraft Country
Love Dodecahedron
Love Freak
Love Hotels
Love Interests
Love Letter Lunacy
Love Makes You Crazy
Love Makes You Dumb
Love Potion
Love Triangle
Loving a Shadow
Lovely Angels
Lower-Deck Episode
Ludicrous Gibs
Luke, I Am Your Father

Macekre
MacGuffin
MacGyvering
Macho Disaster Expedition
Made of Iron
The Mad Hatter
Mad Libs Dialogue
Mad Scientist
Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter
The Mafia
Mage Species
Magi Babble
Magic A Is Magic A
Magical Computer
Magical Girl
Magical Girlfriend
Magical Negro
Magic Antidote
Magic Countdown
Magic Feather
Magic Floppy Disk
Magic from Technology
Magic Pants
Magic Plastic Surgery
The Magic Poker Equation
Magic Tool
Magikarp Power
Magitek
Magnet Hands
Magnetic Girlfriend
Magnificent Bastard
Maintain the Lie
Making Use of the Twin
Male Gaze
Mall Santa
Mana
Mana Meter
The Man Behind the Man
Man-Eating Plant
The Man Is Sticking It to the Man
Man on Fire
The Man They Couldn't Hang
Market-Based Title
Marshmallow Hell
Mars Needs Women
invoked Marty Stu
invoked Mary Sue
The Masochism Tango
Masquerade
Massive Multiplayer Crossover
Match Cut
Matte Shot
Maximum Fun Chamber
Mayfly–December Romance
The Maze
Media Scaremongering (as You Can Panic Now)
Meaningful Name
Meanwhile, Back at the…
Meanwhile, in the Future…
Mecha Show
Media Watchdog
Medieval European Fantasy
Medieval Stasis
Meganekko
Megaton Punch
Meido
Memetic Mutation
Mentor Archetype
The Merch
Merchandise-Driven
Mercy Kill
Mercy Lead
Messianic Archetype
Meta Game
Meta Origin
Metro-Specific Underworld
Mexican Stand Off
Mickey Mousing
Middle-Management Mook
Middle-of-Nowhere Street
Mighty Glacier
Mighty Whitey
Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds
Miko
Million to One Chance
The Millstone
Mind Screw
Minor Injury Overreaction
Miracle Rally
Mirror Match
Mirror Universe
Misaimed Fandom
Misplaced Wildlife
Missing the Good Stuff
Missing White Woman Syndrome
Mission Control
Mistaken for Cheating
Mistaken for Dying
Mistaken for Gay
Mistaken for Murderer
Mistaken for Pregnant
Mistaken for Special Guest
Mistaken for Spies
Mistaken Message
Modesty Bedsheet
The Mole
Money for Nothing
Money Spider
Monster Clown
Monster of the Week
Monster Town
Monumental Battle
Mood Dissonance
Mood Lighting
Mood Whiplash
Mooks
Moral Guardians
Morally Ambiguous Doctorate
Morality Pet
Mordor
More Expendable Than You
More than Mind Control
Most Common Super Power
Most Gamers Are Male
Most Writers Are Male
Motion Parallax
Motor Mouth
Mouse World
Mouth Cam
The Movie
Mr. Exposition
Mr. Fixit
MST
MST3K Mantra
Muggles
Multiple Demographic Appeal
Munchkin
Mundane Dogmatic
Muppet
Mushroom Samba
My Car Hates Me
My Girl Is Not a Slut
My God, What Have I Done?
My Greatest Failure
My Kung-Fu Is Stronger Than Yours
My Local
My Name Is Inigo Montoya
My New Gift Is Lame
My Significance Sense Is Tingling
My Species Doth Protest Too Much
Mysterious Past
Mysterious Waif
Mystery Meat
Myth Arc
Mythology Gag

Naïve Newcomer
Nanomachines
The Napoleon
Narm
Narrator
Narrowed It Down to the Guy I Recognize
Nature Hero
Near-Death Experience
Near Misses
Necro Cam: A Flashback-Montage Realization about how a character died.
Negative Continuity
The Neidermeyer
Nerf Arm
Network Decay
Neutral Female
Never Bring a Knife to a Fist Fight
Never Found the Body
Never Got to Say Goodbye
Never One Murder
Never Say "Die": The work avoids directly mentioning death.
Never Trust a Trailer
New Eden
New Game Plus
New Media Are Evil
New Old Flame
New Powers as the Plot Demands
The New Rock & Roll
News Monopoly
Nigh-Invulnerability
Nightmare Fuel
Ninja
Nintendo Hard
Nitro Boost
No Bisexuals
Noble Demon
Noble Savage
Noblewoman's Laugh
No Celebrities Were Harmed
No Communities Were Harmed
No-Damage Run
No Ending
No Fourth Wall
No Guy Wants an Amazon
No Hugging, No Kissing
Noisy Guns
Nominal Importance
Non-Action Guy
No Name Given
Non-Human Sidekick
Non-Linear Sequel
Non Sequitur
Non Sequitur, *Thud*
Nonstandard Game Over
Noodle Incident
No One Could Survive That!
No One Gets Left Behind
No Ontological Inertia
No OSHA Compliance
No Party Given
No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup
No Recycling
No-Respect Guy
No Seat Belts
Nosebleed
Nostalgia Filter
No Swastikas
Not a Date
Not Allowed to Grow Up
Not Available in Stores
Not Blood Siblings
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Not Himself
Nothing Can Stop Us Now!
Nothing Is the Same Anymore
No Time to Explain
Not in Front of the Parrot!
Not My Driver
Not My Lucky Day
Not of This Earth
Not Quite Dead
Not Quite the Right Thing
Not So Above It All
Not So Invincible After All
Not-So-Small Role
Not That There's Anything Wrong with That
Not What It Looks Like
Not With the Safety On, You Won't
Not Worth Killing
Novelization
No Water Proofing In The Future
Now How Much Would You Pay
Now, Where Was I Going Again?
The Nth Doctor
A Nuclear Error
Nuclear Family
Nuclear Weapons Taboo
Nuke 'em
Number Two
Nuns Are Mikos
Nuns Are Spooky
Nurse with Good Intentions

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