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5 48Adaptational Costume Change (adopted by skewview)
The adaptation significantly changes a character's outfit.
Created: Mar 31st 2019 at 3:42:07 PM
11 48Censor-Friendly Representation
A brief moment of non-subtextual homosexuality or gender ambiguity, which can be cut in queerphobic markets.
Created: Nov 28th 2023 at 4:55:16 PM
3 47Risque Animal Business
A series gets away with mature or dark topics because the characters are animals or otherwise non-human
Created: Jun 25th 2017 at 5:31:40 PM
1 47Unmourned Death
A character dies and no one cares. [Adopted by EvilerThanThou] [Launching May 18th]
Created: May 26th 2023 at 1:53:40 PM
4 47Subject Backlash (Trivia) (feedback needed)
A person dislikes how they are portrayed in a work. (Grabbed by mightymewtron)
Created: Oct 15th 2020 at 12:47:19 PM
0 46Only Clean Mouth
The only one in the cast not subjected to the Cluster F Bomb. Up For Grabs
Created: Jan 12th 2017 at 10:01:53 PM
8 46Change vs Status Quo (adopted by skewview)
Conflict between people who want to change the world and those who don't.
Created: Oct 21st 2023 at 11:12:57 AM
6 46Mystery Inc. Imitation
A group of clue-hunting kids or young adults investigating paranormal mysteries, often accompanied by a Team Pet. (Also see Spoofy-Doo)
Created: Oct 23rd 2021 at 12:15:17 PM
8 45Weak Hero, Strong Sidekick
The Hero has the protagonism, The Lancer has the power
Created: Apr 13th 2015 at 10:07:50 PM
0 45Children's Authors
Index of children's authors
Created: Dec 16th 2019 at 11:08:01 PM
6 44God and Satan Are Both Good
The Guy Upstairs and The Guy Downstairs are both actually pretty cool dudes.
Created: Aug 11th 2019 at 12:58:47 PM
1 44Viewer Uninterest Index
Tropes that involve the viewers losing interest in a work
Created: Jul 20th 2015 at 1:32:51 PM
10 44Fixed Adaptation
An adaptation is altered to put it up to date with either social convention or current science.
Created: Jan 11th 2012 at 3:28:38 PM
0 43 Rodent Overbite
Every rodent and rabbit in fiction ever seems to have one.
Created: Oct 30th 2017 at 3:57:30 PM
36 43Assumed Trope (Up for Grabs) (needs more examples)
A new Playing With A Trope entry for when a character mistakenly thinks (without being deceived) that a trope is happening. CROWNER
Created: Jun 8th 2021 at 12:57:07 AM
8 43Time Period Twist
A plot twist in which a work turns out to be set in a different time period than the viewer had been led to believe.
Created: Apr 19th 2021 at 9:42:57 AM
0 43Adaptational Consistency
An adaptation alters a work featuring Early Installment Weirdness to make it more in line with other works in the franchise.
Created: Oct 10th 2022 at 12:51:56 PM
5 43The Secret Life of Nonhumans (Up For Grabs)
Stories about the secret lives of mundane things.
Created: Jul 12th 2020 at 7:09:34 PM
9 42Nobody Suspects The Woman
In a mystery, no one even thinks that the culprit could be female — and they are proven wrong.
Created: Sep 20th 2019 at 9:35:35 AM
In a mystery, no one even thinks that the culprit could be female — and they are proven wrong.
Sponsor: IdeaMaster Created: Sep 20th 2019 at 9:35:35 AM Last reply: Mar 18th 2024 at 10:06:58 AM by walkenfan View draft
4 49Undead Protagonist (Up For Grabs)
The Hero dies early in the story and spends the rest of the story as some type of The Undead.
Created: Dec 17th 2020 at 9:56:27 PM