Tropers / Unicorndance

Hi, my username is Unicorndance, and I am a troper.

If you're wondering why most of the work pages I made are for kids' books, fanfiction, and video games, it's because those works are easier to take in in one setting, so it's simply easier.

Tropes that apply to me

• Abandoned Catchphrase: I used to have these weird things I'd say all the time as a kid. Not anymore, thank goodness.
• Animal Lover: With a few exceptions, such as mosquitoes, I love animals!
• Asexuality: I'm asexual and probably aromantic.
• Berserk Button:
  • When people are... I can't even bring myself to say/type the word, but it rhymes with "spastic" and means "talking in opposites", it makes me livid.
  • I also get pretty steamed about being patronised/not taken seriously.
  • Memes, especially the word 'yeet' and that stupid ugly ree-ing frog. Similarly, when people use names (such as Karen and Becky) as insults.
  • Bigotry.
• Book Worm: I like to read.
• Celibate Eccentric Genius: Well, I am an aro-ace nerd who owns a blanket with the periodic table printed on it, and I sometimes wonder crazy things like what if I had a cookie for every atom in my body.
• Censorship by Spelling: I have a habit of spelling out words I don't like.
• Constantly Curious: Technically not since "constantly" means "literally with no end", but I am very inquisitive.
• Cope by Pretending: Downplayed. As a little girl, I used to deal with stories I hated by "rewriting" them. Thank goodness I don't do that anymore.
• Cordon Bleugh Chef: Not nowadays, but when I was seven, I tried to invent a snack made from grapes and rosemary, and made my dad a marshmallow sandwich for Father's Day.
• Curious as a Monkey: Not so much now, but as a toddler, I would often touch or even bite things out of curiosity.
• Does Not Like Spam: I hate porridge and coffee.
• Early Personality Signs: I love animals and one of my first words was "cat".
• Favourite Trope: Some tropes I like include:
  • Christmas Episode: What can I say? I love Christmas!
  • Cute Kitten: I'm a huge animal lover, so that's a given.
  • Dark Is Not Evil: I just find it interesting.
  • Friend to All Children: It's just cute to see!
  • Happy Rain: I actually don't find rain all that bad, so I like seeing it portrayed positively.
  • Magic A Is Magic A: I find magic more compelling when I know how it works.
  • Out-of-Context Eavesdropping, when done well. I know it's been done, but it's still funny.
  • Undying Loyalty, Platonic Life-Partners, and Heterosexual Life-Partners: it's just cute to see friendships like that.
• Friend to All Living Things: There are exceptions, but animals tend to like me as much as I like them. Downplayed though as birds still fly away from me, etc.
• Genki Girl: I'm optimistic and probably the most active in my household.
• Gosh Dang It to Heck!: I am very creative with exclamations.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: I'm blonde and I'm usually very polite and try to be very morally good.
• Kind Hearted Cat Lover: I love cats and I'm quite polite.
• Ms. Imagination: I have an extremely active imagination.
• Nature Lover: While I don't like the reasons why Nature Is Not Nice, I do have an appreciation for the natural world and am an environmentalist.
• Nice Girl: I try to be as nice as possible.
• Old Shame: I write stories about a girl named Monica Ryder, but when I first started writing them at age fourteen, her friends were blank slates and I stole other people's characters. I cringe whenever I think of the early Monica Ryder stories.
• Pet-Peeve Trope: Some tropes I just don't like...
  • Absent Animal Companion: If you're going to introduce a pet, don't have it disappear!
  • Catch Your Death of Cold: It appals me that some people still think this is true.
  • Death of a Child: Too sad!
  • Even Nerds Have Standards, because what's wrong with being a nerd?
  • Fainting (and its subtrope Faint in Shock): Too scary.
  • Grey Rain of Depression: Too much of a cliche.
  • Humans Are Bastards and especially Humans Are the Real Monsters: Such a cliche, yet at the same time it makes me feel too sad to go all heckler on it.
  • Out-of-Character Moment, unless it's sufficiently explained in-universe.
  • Potty Failure: Too gross.
  • Science Is Bad: Being a science fan, it's a given that this doesn't sit well with me.
  • Sick Episode and most of its subtropes: I don't mind plots where all the sick characters get better and/or the sick characters aren't important, but otherwise, it's too sad and can be a bit boring.
  • Sleep Deprivation: Makes me feel sorry for the character as I was only sleep-deprived once in my whole life but do not want to relive it.
  • Snarking Thanks: Any form of "being ironic" (I can't even bring myself to say/write/type the S-word because I hate it so much) makes me livid, but when people are... that... about thanking someone especially, it flips my lid.
  • Any Stereotype.
  • Symbolism— Downplayed. It's not that big of a pet peeve, but I find it kind of creepy. After all, what if I don't pick up on it? Especially if it's in a kids' book.
  • Your Tomcat Is Pregnant— Overused and a bit contrived.
• Proud to Be a Geek: I'm one of those proud geeks.
• Trope Enjoyment Loophole: Some works I like have tropes I dislike, but used in ways I can tolerate:
  • The Loud House: The character Leni is technically a Dumb Blonde, but there are other blondes who aren't dumb, so the joke comes off less as "blondes are dumb" and more as "this particular blonde is dumb". Also, to a lesser extent, the portrayal of Canada Eh is less offensive to me because some of the writers were Canadians.
  • The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Babel" and the Doctor Who episode "New Earth" are both Sick Episodes (specifically Plague Episodes) but I can like them, because A.) The diseases were portrayed as more interesting than just "X needs to rest for a day", B.) In the former, everybody is completely better by the end, and in the latter, nobody I cared about got sick, C.) The diseases were made up, so it didn't come across as Paranoia Fuel, and D.) No one did anything gross, like throw up or poop.
• Sweet Tooth: I like sugar a lot.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: While I have no crippling phobias, I'm a little creeped out by any kind of medical horror, the idea of sleep deprivation, and people behaving uncharacteristically.
• Will Not Tell a Lie: I'm a very honest person.

Works I like.

Anime

• Sailor Moon
• Tokyo Mew Mew: However, I only like the English dub, which is called Mew Mew Power, because I do not speak Japanese.

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Comic Books

• Asterix
• DC Comics
• Marvel Comics
• Tintin

Comic Strips

• Calvin and Hobbes
• The Far Side
• Garfield

Films

• Aladdin
• Alice in Wonderland
• Annie
• Antz
• Aristocats
• Beetle Juice
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
• Brave
• A Bug's Life
• Captain Marvel
• Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
• Coraline
• Despicable Me
• Early Man
• Epic
• Fantastic Mr Fox
• Finding Dory
• Finding Nemo
• Frozen
• Ghost Busters 1984
• Happy Feet
• The Incredibles, both moves.
• Inside Out
• The Jungle Book
• The LEGO Movie
• Luca
• Madeline
• Madagascar
• Mary Poppins
• Moana
• Monsters, Inc. (but not the prequel)
• Moshi Monsters the Movie
• Nanny McPhee
• Night at the Museum
• Nim's Island
• Pee-wee's Big Adventure
• Ratatouille
• Rise of the Guardians
• Robots
• Shrek
• Singin' in the Rain
• The Smurfs and The Smurfs Two
• The Three Amigos
• Toy Story
• Up — but not the beginning!
• WALL•E
• The Wizard of Oz
• Generally any movie adaptation of a book or video game, unless Adaptation Deviation moves into territory I dislike.

Literature

• Andy Griffiths' Just Series
• The BFG
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Conrad's Fate
• Coraline
• Discworld
• Anything by Dr. Seuss except Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose and Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Fudge
• Harry Potter
• A Lion in the Meadow
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
• The Magician's Nephew
• Meg And Mog
• Milly, Molly
• Mog
• Nomes
• Pip And Posy
• Ramona Quimby, except for the cat dying
• Ratburger, except for the hamster dying
• Roys Bedoys
• Sam Pig
• The Tiger Who Came to Tea
• The Top Secret Undercover Notes Of Buttons Mc Ginty
• The Worst Thing About My Sister

Live Action TV

• The Addams Family
• Barney & Friends — don't judge (though I do find the ending sequence a bit boring).
• Bewitched
• Bumble
• Cosmos
• Doctor Who
• Get Smart
• Good Omens
• Happy Days
• Laverne & Shirley
• LazyTown
• The Mandalorian
• Mork & Mindy
• Round the Twist
• Sesame Street
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Star Trek: Discovery
• Star Trek: Enterprise
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Star Trek: The Original Series
• Star Trek: Voyager
• The Worst Witch

Music

• All the songs from Songdrops except for Dead Armadillo, You Turn My Pinkies Blue, any of the serious/relaxing songs, The Wheels on the Bus are Falling Off, The Duck Song 1, Lazy Saturday Afternoon, and Tarantulas (but I like the nicer version).
• I Don't Want to Cry.
• Do the Barbie.
• Most songs by Judy Pancoast
• "High Hopes" (not the new one, the one about the rubber tree plant)

Video Games

• Cold and Flu Invasion
• Egg Cave
• Feed the Cat
• Minecraft
• Moshi Monsters
• Neopets
• The Sims
• Spore
• Super Sized Family
• Survivor: Fire
• Any dress up game.
• A number of licensed games.

Webcomics

• Boy and Dog
• Pebble and Wren
• The Petri Dish

Western Animation

• 3rd & Bird
• Arthur
• Berenstain Bears
• Blue's Clues
• Caillou — again, don't judge.
• The Casagrandes
• Charlie and Lola
• Chuggington
• Crawford's Corner
• Curious George
• Dora the Explorer
• Franklin
• Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
• Little Princess
• Looney Tunes
• The Loud House
• Madeline
• Martha Speaks
• Milly, Molly
• Milo
• My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
• Nina Needs to Go!
• Numberjacks
• Pingu
• A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
• The Real Ghostbusters
• Rugrats
• Sarah & Duck
• Shaun the Sheep
• The Simpsons
• The Smurfs
• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
• Thomas the Tank Engine
• What's New, Scooby-Doo?
• Wonder Pets!
• What's with Andy?

Tropes I've Launched

• Acting Out a Daydream
• Affection-Hating Kid
• Alternate Catchphrase Inflection
• Animal Lover
• Baby's First Words (though I didn't propose the trope)
• Baby See, Baby Do
• Bilingual Animal
• Bird-Poop Gag
• Bizarre Beverage Use
• Blue Means Cold
• The Body Parts That Must Not Be Named
• Books vs. Screens
• Bratty Food Demand
• Changing Chorus
• Conforming OOC Moment
• Copycat Mockery
• Crying a River
• Dangerous Drowsiness
• Dangerously Garish Environment (though I didn't propose it)
• Dark Parody
• Delicious Daydream
• Disease-Prevention Aesop
• The Diss Track
• The Dreaded "Thank You" Letter
• Dream Deception
• Early Personality Signs
• Easily Embarrassed Youngster
• Embarrassing Ad Gig
• Embarrassing Pajamas / Embarrassing Pyjamas
• Embarrassment Plot
• Entertainment Above Their Age
• Episode Tagline
• Expressive Health Bar (though I didn't propose the trope)
• Filthy Fun
• Fire Means Chaos
• First Day of School Episode
• Foul Medicine
• Games of the Elderly
• Glitch Episode
• Goths Have It Hard
• Guilt-Induced Nightmare
• Hairball Humor
• Honesty Aesop (though I didn't propose the trope)
• Hot Drink Cure
• Hunger Causes Lethargy
• Ignorant About Fire
• Illness Blanket
• Injured Limb Episode
• Innocent Awkward Question (though I didn't propose it)
• Intentional Mess Making
• Irritation Nightmare
• Jobless Parent Drama
• Job Song
• Jumping-to-Conclusions Diagnosis
• The Killjoy
• Lack of Imagination
• Lost Voice Plot
• Ludicrous Gift Request
• Missed Meal Aesop
• Mistaken for Insane
• Mistaken for Thief
• Mistakes Are Not the End of the World
• Moniker As Enticement
• Named After the Injury
• Nature Is Boring
• Nature Tinkling
• Needlework Is for Old People
• New Baby Episode
• No Such Thing as Dehydration (though I didn't propose the trope)
• Obsessive Hobby Episode
• Ode to Apathy
• Ode to Food
• Only One Finds It Fun
• Out Sick
• Padding the Paper
• "Pan from the Sky" Beginning
• The Parody Before Christmas
• Plain Palate
• Platonic Valentine
• Polka-Dot Disease
• Pooping Food (though I didn't propose the trope)
• Power Outage Plot
• Prejudice Aesop
• Prone to Vomiting
• Pun With Pi
• Revolting Rescue
• Ridiculously Alive Undead
• Scarily Specific Story
• Scratchy-Voiced Senior
• Seeking the Intangible
• Sentimental Shabbiness
• Shock-and-Switch Ending
• Shoehorned Acronym
• Silly Prayer
• Sleep Aesop
• Slipping into Stink
• Sneeze Interruption
• Song of Many Emotions
• Soulful Plant Story
• Soup Is Medicine
• Special Occasions Are Magic
• Sperm as People (though I didn't propose the trope)
• Stinky Flower
• Stock Ominous Signs
• Students Playing Matchmaker
• Tired After the Song
• Toilet-Drinking Dog Gag
• Toilet Training Plot
• Too Unhappy to Be Hungry
• Unconventional Food Usage
• Underwater Fart Gag
• Unexpected Kindness
• Unsuccessful Pet Adoption
• Viewer Name Confusion (though I didn't propose the trope)
• Wearing It All Wrong

Work Pages I've Created

• Anger Management
• A Bad Case of Stripes
• Birthday Breakfast
• Boy and Dog
• Boys and Girls
• The Boy Who Cried Idiot
• Claude the Cat
• Cold and Flu Invasion
• Coveralls
• Dad, Are You the Tooth Fairy?
• Deep Dish Nine
• Disgusting McGrossface
• Don't Say, "Dannit"
• Don't Wet Your Pants
• Felicity Floo Visits the Zoo
• A Fly Went By
• Gangsta Granny
• Ghostbusters: A Paranormal Picture Book
• The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes
• Happy Daze
• Have You Seen My Potty?
• Hop on Pop
• How to Be Comfortable in Your Own Feathers
• How to Catch a Cold
• Irrational Fear
• I Saw Your Willy
• Jack Vale Films
• Judy Pancoast
• Kid Time Storytime
• Lincoln's Memories (which I also wrote)
• A Lion in the Meadow
• A Load of Bulk
• Mall Rats
• Meg and Mog
• The Midnight Gang
• Milo
• Mog
• Mork and Memories
• Morticia Is Pregnant
• Moshi Monsters
• Must Love Ned Flanders
• Nicely Done
• The Nightmare House
• Nina Needs to Go!
• Pebble and Wren
• The Petri Dish
• Pound and Pumpkin Cake's Adventures (and Misadventures) in Potty Training
• Prerugrats
• Pride in Her Chest
• Radiant Orb
• Ratburger
• Rugrats and the Gray Plague
• Sam, Bangs & Moonshine
• Scrub Club
• Shrinkin' Lincoln
• Songdrops
• Springhole
• Star Trek Logical Thinking
• Sunday Skivvies
• Survivor: Fire
• There Is No Game
• Tommy Pickles Vs The Terrible Twos
• Translations Gone Wrong
• The Urinal Game
• What You Wish For
• The Worst Thing About My Sister