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.
Comic Books
Comic Strips
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
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