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O

• Obfuscated Interface
• Obfuscating Stupidity
• Obituary Montage
• Obstructive Bureaucrat
• Ocular Gushers
• Odd Couple
• Odd Friendship
• Offhand Backhand
• Office Lady
• Official Couple
• Off-Model
• Offscreen Crash
• Offscreen Villain Dark Matter
• Off-the-Shelf FX
• Oh, Cisco!
• Oh Wait, This Is My Grocery List
• Ojou
• Old-Fashioned Copper
• Older Hero vs. Younger Villain
• Old Master
• Old Media Playing Catch-Up
• Ominous Latin Chanting
• Omnidisciplinary Scientist
• The Omniscient Council of Vagueness
• Omniscient Morality License
• On the Next
• One Bullet Clips
• Onee-sama
• One Head Taller
• One-Man Army
• The Oner
• One-Steve Limit
• One Thing Led to Another
• One-Winged Angel
• One World Order
• Only a Flesh Wound
• Only I Can Kill Him
• Only Mostly Dead
• The Only One Allowed to Defeat You
• Only Sane Man
• Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
• Operation: [Blank]
• Operators Are Standing By
• Opposing Sports Team
• Opposites Attract
• Oracular Urchin
• Ordinary High-School Student
• Organic Technology
• Orochi
• Or Was It a Dream?
• Otaku
• Otaku O'Clock
• Otaku Surrogate
• The Other Darrin
• Other Stock Phrases
• Our Vampires Are Different
• Out with a Bang
• Overclocking Attack
• Overcrank
• Overly Long Gag
• Overtook the Manga

P

• Pacifist Run
• Pac Man Fever
• Padding
• Painful Transformation
• Palette Swap
• Pandering to the Base
• Paper Fan of Doom
• Paper-Thin Disguise
• Pardon My Klingon
• Parental Abandonment
• Parental Bonus
• Parent ex Machina
• Le Parkour
• Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Death
• Part-Time Hero
• Party in My Pocket
• Passing Judgment
• Pass Through the Rings
• The Password Is Always "Swordfish"
• Password Slot Machine
• Patchwork Fic
• Patriotic Fervor
• Peek-a-Boo Corpse
• Pensieve Flashback
• Penultimate Outburst
• Pepper Sneeze
• Periphery Demographic
• Perky Goth
• Perpetual Frowner
• The Perry Mason Method
• Personality Powers
• Personal Space Invader
• Perverse Sexual Lust
• Pet Baby Wild Animal
• Pet the Dog
• Phantom Thief
• Phantom Zone
• Phlebotinum Analogy
• Phlebotinum Breakdown
• Phlebotinum Overload
• Physical God
• Pick on Someone Your Own Size
• Piecemeal Funds Transfer
• Pietà Plagiarism
• Pillars of Moral Character
• Pilot
• Pilot Movie
• Ping Pong Naïveté
• Pirate
• Pistol-Whipping
• Pixellation
• Platform Game
• Planet Looters
• Planet of Hats
• Planetville
• Platonic Cave
• Plausible Deniability
• Playful Hacker
• Playing with a Trope
• Plot Coupon
• Plot Leveling
• Plotline Death
• The Plot Reaper
• Plot-Relevant Age-Up
• Plot-Sensitive Snooping Skills
• Plot Tumor
• Plucky Comic Relief
• Plucky Girl
• Pocket Protector
• Poetic Serial Killer
• Point Build System
• Pointy-Haired Boss
• Poirot Speak
• Police Procedural
• Politically Correct History
• Poorly Disguised Pilot
• Poor, Predictable Rock
• Pop-Cultural Osmosis
• Popular History
• Portmanteau Couple Name
• Pose of Silence
• Postmodernism
• Post-Script Season
• Powered by a Forsaken Child
• Power Nullifier
• The Power of Friendship
• The Power of Love
• Powers as Programs
• Powers That Be
• Power Trio
• Power-Up
• Pragmatic Adaptation
• Precursors
• Premiere
• Prequel
• Present Day
• President Evil
• Previously on…
• Prison
• Prison Rape
• Private Eye Monologue
• The Problem with Licensed Games
• Product as Superhero
• Production Lead Time (as Animation Lead Time)
• Product Placement
• Professional Wrestling
• The Professor
• Professor Guinea Pig
• The Profiler
• Projected Man
• The Promise
• Pronoun Trouble
• Proportional Article Importance
• Protagonist Without a Past
• Protectorate
• Proud Warrior Race Guy
• Pseudo-Crisis
• Psychic Nosebleed
• Psychic Powers
• Psycho for Hire
• Psycho Lesbian
• Puberty Superpower
• Public Domain Character
• Public Service Announcement
• Punch-Clock Villain
• Punchline
• Punctuated Pounding
• Punctuation Shaker
• Puni Plush
• Punny Name
• Puny Earthlings
• Pure Energy
• Purely Aesthetic Gender
• Put a Face on the Company
• Put Down Your Gun and Step Away
• Put Me In, Coach!
• Put on a Bus
• Puzzle Boss

Q

• Quad Damage
• Quicksand Sucks
• The Quiet One
• Quirky Household
• Quirky Miniboss Squad
• Quirky Town
• Quirky Work (as Widget Series)
• Qurac

R

• Rabid Cop
• Radiation-Induced Superpowers (as I Love Nuclear Power)
• Rage Against the Heavens
• Rags to Riches
• Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
• Railing Kill
• Rain Aura
• Random Encounters
• Rapid-Fire Typing
• Rated M for Money
• Reactive Continuous Scream
• Readings Are Off the Scale
• Reinventing the Wheel
• Reality Show
• Reality Subtext
• Reality Is Unrealistic
• Really 700 Years Old
• Really Dead Montage
• The Real Remington Steele
• Reassignment Backfire
• Rebellious Princess
• Recap Episode
• Reconstruction
• Record Needle Scratch
• Recursive Acronym
• Recycled In Space
• Recycled: The Series
• Recycled Script
• Redemption Equals Death
• Redemption in the Rain
• Red Herring
• Red Herring Twist
• Red Scare
• Red Shirt
• Redshirt Army
• Red Skies Crossover
• Red String of Fate
• Redubbing
• Redundant Romance Attempt
• Reed Richards Is Useless
• Refuge in Audacity
• Refusal of the Call
• Reincarnation
• Relationship Upgrade
• Relationship Values
• Relax-o-Vision
• Reluctant Retiree
• Remix Comic
• Repeat Cut
• Repeat What You Just Said
• Replacement Goldfish
• Re-Power
• Rescue Romance
• Reset Button
• Reset Button Ending
• Restraining Bolt
• Ret-Canon
• Retcon
• Retirony
• Retool
• Retroactive Precognition
• Reunion Show
• The Reveal
• Reveal Shot
• Revenge
• Revenge Fic
• Reverse Polarity
• Reverse Psycho
• Reverse Psychology
• Reverse Whodunnit
• Reviews Are the Gospel
• Revision
• Revival
• Revive Kills Zombie
• Rhythm Game
• Rich Bitch
• Ricky Morton
• Riding the Bomb
• Right Behind Me
• Right-Hand Cat
• Right Through His Pants
• Right-Wing Militia Fanatic
• Ripped from the Headlines
• Rip Van Winkle
• "Risk"-Style Map
• The Rival
• Rival Turned Evil
• Robo Cam
• Robo Speak
• Robot Buddy
• Roboteching
• Robot Girl
• Rocket Punch
• Rock–Paper–Scissors
• Rock Star Parking
• Rogues Gallery
• Role-Playing Game 'Verse
• Roofhopping
• Room 101
• RPG Elements
• Rubber-Band A.I.
• Round Table Shot
• Rule of Cool
• Rule of Fun
• Rule of Funny
• Rule of Three
• Rule 34
• Rummage Fail
• Running Gag
• Running on the Spot
• Ruritania
• Rushmore Refacement

S

• Sadist Show
• Sadist Teacher
• Samurai
• Sand Bridge at Low Tide
• Sand In My Eyes
• Santa Claus
• Sarcastic Clapping
• Sarcastic Confession
• Sassy Secretary
• Satan
• Sauna of Death
• Save Point
• Save the Villain
• Saving Christmas
• Saving the World
• Say My Name
• Scare Chord
• Scare 'Em Straight
• Scary Black Man
• Scary Dogmatic Aliens
• Scary Minority Suspect
• Scavenger World
• Schedule Slip
• Schiff One-Liner
• Schizo Tech
• Schmuck Bait
• Science Is Bad
• Science-Related Memetic Disorder
• Scifi Writers Have No Sense Of Scale
• Scooby-Dooby Doors
• "Scooby-Doo" Hoax
• Scope Snipe
• The Scourge of God
• The Scrappy
• The Scream
• Screaming Birth
• Screaming Woman
• Script Breaking
• Scully Box
• Scylla and Charybdis
• Sdrawkcab Name
• Sealed Evil in a Can
• Sealed Room in the Middle of Nowhere
• Seasonal Rot
• Second Prize
• Secret Diary
• Secret Handshake
• Secret Identity
• Secret Identity Change Trick
• Secret-Identity Identity
• Secret-Keeper
• Secret Relationship
• Secret Test of Character
• Sedgwick Speech
• See No Evil, Hear No Evil
• See You in Hell
• Seinfeldian Conversation
• Selective Memory
• Selective Obliviousness
• Self-Censored Release (as Bleached Underpants)
• Self-Destruct Mechanism
• Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
• Self-Imposed Challenge
• Self-Inflicted Hell
• Self-Insert Fic
• Sentai
• Sequel Hook
• Sequence Breaking
• Sergeant Rock
• Serial Killer
• Serkis Folk
• Serious Business
• Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
• Set Right What Once Went Wrong
• Seven Minute Lull
• The Seven Mysteries
• Sex as Rite-of-Passage
• Sex for Product
• Sex Signals Death (as Death By Sex)
• Shadow Archetype
• "Shaggy Dog" Story
• Shark Pool
• Sheet of Glass
• She-Fu
• She Is All Grown Up
• She Is Not My Girlfriend
• Shiny-Looking Spaceships
• Shipping
• Shipping Bed Death
• Shoe Phone
• Shoo Out the Clowns
• Shoot the Dog
• Shooting Superman
• Shoot Out the Lock
• Shoot Your Mate
• The Short Guy with Glasses
• Short-Range Long-Range Weapon
• Shorttank
• Shout-Out
• Show Some Leg
• Show Within a Show
• Shrines and Temples
• Shrinking Violet
• Side-by-Side Demonstration
• Sidekick
• Silent Credits
• Similar to the Show
• A Simple Plan
• Simulation Game
• Single-Biome Planet
• Single-Issue Wonk
• Single Line of Descent
• Sitcom
• Sitcom Arch-Nemesis
• Sitting on the Roof
• Sixth Ranger
• Sketch Comedy
• Skinship Grope
• Slap-Slap-Kiss
• Slash Fic
• Sleeping Single
• Sleep Learning
• Sleep-Mode Size
• Slogans
• Slow-Motion Drop
• Slow-Motion Pass-By
• Small Girl, Big Gun
• Small Reference Pools
• Small-Town Tyrant
• The Smart Guy
• Smashing Hallway Traps of Doom
• The Smurfette Principle
• Snap Back
• Sniping Mission
• SNK Boss
• Snow Means Love
• Soap Opera Disease
• Soap Wheel
• So Bad, It's Good
• The So-Called Coward
• Social Semi-Circle
• Soft Glass
• So Last Season
• Someday This Will Come in Handy
• So Once Again, the Day Is Saved
• Sorkin Relationship Moment
• Sorting Algorithm of Evil
• Sorting Algorithm of Weapon Effectiveness
• Soul Jar
• Sound-Effect Bleep
• So You Were Saying...?
• Space Friction
• Space Is an Ocean
• Space Is Magic
• Space Is Noisy
• Space Marine
• Space Opera
• Space Police
• Spaceship Girl
• Space Western
• Sparkling Stream of Tears
• The Spartan Way
• Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
• Spear Carrier
• Special Effect Failure
• Special Guest
• Speech-Impaired Animal
• The Speechless
• Speedrun
• Speed Stripes
• Sphere of Destruction
• Spider-Sense
• Spinning Paper
• Spinoff Babies
• Spiritual Successor
• Spit Take
• Split-Screen Reaction
• The Spock
• Spock Speak
• Spoiler
• Spoiler Opening
• Spoof Aesop
• Sports Game
• Spot Monkey
• Springtime for Hitler
• Sprint Meter
• Spy Catsuit
• Spy Satellites
• The Squadette
• Squash Match
• Squick
• Sssssnake Talk
• Stable Time Loop
• Staggered Zoom
• Stalker with a Crush
• Standard Snippet
• Standardized Sitcom Housing
• Standardized Space Views
• Star-Crossed Lovers
• Start to Corpse
• SteadiCam
• Stealth-Based Game
• Stealth Cigarette Commercial
• Stepford Smiler
• Stereo Fibbing
• Stereotype Reaction Gag
• Stern Chase
• Steven Ulysses Perhero
• Sting
• Stock Parodies
• Stock Scream
• Stock Sound Effects
• The Stoic
• The Stoner
• Straight Man
• Straightforward
• Strategy Guide
• Stripperiffic
• Strip Poker
• Studio Audience
• Stuff Blowing Up
• Stuffed into the Fridge
• Stupid Sexy Flanders
• Sturgeon's Law
• Subordinate Excuse
• Subspace or Hyperspace
• Subtext
• Suburbia
• Subverted Trope
• Subways Suck
• Succubi and Incubi (as Horny Devils)
• Sucking-In Lines
• Suddenly Voiced
• Sufficiently Advanced Alien
• Suicidal "Gotcha!"
• Suicide by Cop
• The Summation
• Super Bowl Special
• Superdickery
• Super Drowning Skills
• Super Hero
• Superpowered Evil Side
• Superpowerful Genetics
• Super Registration Act
• Super Serum
• Super-Soldier
• Super-Speed
• Super-Strength
• Supervillain Lair
• Super Window Jump
• Surprise Santa Encounter
• Surrounded by Idiots
• Sweeping Ashes
• Sweet Polly Oliver
• Swirling Dust
• Swirly Energy Thingy
• Sword over Head
• Sword Sparks
• Synchronization

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