Action Adventure Tropes

Basic Information

Action Adventure Tropes are tropes used for exciting action sequences, or primarily only found in stories about adventure.

List of Action Adventure Tropes

• Above The Ruins
• Acrophobic Bird
• Action Film Quiet Drama Scene
• Adrenaline Makeover
• Air Vent Escape
• All Your Base Are Belong To Us
• Aloof Ally
• Always A Bigger Fish
• America Saves The Day
• An Offer You Cant Refuse
• Bad Guy Bar
• Bad Habits
• Big Damn Heroes
• Blaxploitation
• Bloodless Carnage
• Bolivian Army Ending
• Bombers On The Screen
• Bond One Liner
• Bond Villain Stupidity
• Bound And Gagged
• Breaking The Bonds
• Casual Danger Dialog
• Catch A Falling Star
• The Cavalry
• Ceiling Cling
• Clean Cut
• Cloak And Dagger
• Cobweb Jungle
• Concert Climax
• Contract On The Hitman
• Convenient Enemy Base
• Conveniently Placed Sharp Thing
• Conveniently Timed Guard
• Cool And Unusual Punishment
• Cry Wolfie
• Curb Stomp Battle
• Cyanide Pill
• Cycle Of Revenge
• Deadly Gas
• Dead Man Switch
• Death Course
• Decoy Hiding Place
• Deep Cover Agent
• Defcon Five
• Dirt Forcefield
• Dish Dash
• Drama Bomb Finale
• Dressing As The Enemy
• Dungeon Bypass
• Durable Deathtrap
• Dye Or Die
• Education Through Pyrotechnics
• Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting
• Exotic Weapon Supremacy
• Facing The Bullets One Liner
• Ferris Wheel Of Doom
• Final Battle
• Flynning
• Foe Tossing Charge
• The Force
• Generic Cop Badges
• Great Escape
• Good Is Dumb
• Government Agency Of Fiction
• Harmless Freezing
• Heroes R Us
• Heroes Unlimited
• Heroic BSOD
• Hey Catch
• Hitchhiker Heroes
• Hollywood Healing
• Hope Spot
• How Do I Shot Web
• I Know Kung Fu
• I Know Mortal Kombat
• Implausible Fencing Powers
• Impossible Mission Collapse
• Impressive Pyrotechnics
• Indy Escape
• Indy Hat Roll
• Indy Ploy
• Ineffectual Death Threats
• Inevitable Waterfall
• Infant Immortality
• Instant Knots
• Juggle Fu
• Just A Kid
• Just Between You And Me
• Katanas Are Just Better
• Keep Away
• Latex Perfection
• Law Enforcement Inc
• Lets Get Dangerous
• Lets You And Him Fight
• Lex Luthor Security
• Line In The Sand
• Little Hero Big War
• Locking MacGyver In The Store Cupboard
• The Man Is Keeping Us Down
• Man On Fire
• Marked Bullet
• Maximum Fun Chamber
• Mexican Standoff
• Midair Repair
• Midnight On The Firing Line
• Mission Briefing
• Mistaken For Spies
• Monumental Battle
• Monumental Damage
• My Country Right Or Wrong
• My Name Is Inigo Montoya
• Nebulous Evil Organisation
• Nerf Arm
• Neutral Female
• Nice Job Breaking It Hero
• Night Vision Goggles
• No Endor Holocaust
• No One Gets Left Behind
• No OSHA Compliance
• No Plans No Prototype No Backup
• Normally I Would Be Dead Now
• Not Worth Killing
• A Nuclear Error
• Obstacle Exposition
• One Dimensional Thinking
• One Sided Battle
• The One True Sequence
• Only I Can Kill Him
• Out Of Sight Out Of Mind
• Outrun The Fireball
• Oxygen Is For Losers
• Paper Thin Disguise
• The Palantir Ploy
• Le Parkour
• Powder Trail
• Prisoner Of Zenda Exit
• Protectorate
• Punch Punch Punch Uh Oh
• Punched Across The Room
• The Purge
• Quicksand Sucks
• Reed Snorkel
• Revolvers Are Just Better
• Rope Bridge
• Rumplestiltskin Ploy
• Save The Villain
• Scary Surprise Party
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here
• Secret Police
• See The Whites Of Their Eyes
• Shaggy Search Technique
• Ship Shape
• Shoot Your Mate
• Shooting Gallery
• Shut Up And Save Me
• Sic Em
• Silent Running Mode
• Single Malt Vision
• Skeleton Key Card
• Sleight Of Tongue
• Smoke Out
• Soft Glass
• Something They Would Never Say
• Space Marine
• Spy Satellites
• Spy Versus Spy
• Standard Redshirt Procedure
• State Sec
• Stealth Hi Bye
• Storming The Castle
• Supernatural Martial Arts
• Super Window Jump
• Sword Over Head
• Take It To The Bridge
• Ten Minute Retirement
• There Was A Door
• The Worf Effect
• This Page Will Self Destruct
• This Way To Certain Death
• Throw Away Country
• Thrown From The Zeppelin
• Time Bomb
• Torches And Pitchforks
• To The Batpole
• Traintop Battle
• Trial Of The Mystical Jury
• Trojan Horse
• Trojan Prisoner
• Super Multi Purpose Room
• Universal Drivers License
• Unstoppable Rage
• Vapor Trail
• Violence Is The Only Option
• Water Wakeup
• Wax On Wax Off
• We Have The Keys
• We Need A Distraction
  • Show Some Leg
• When All You Have Is A Hammer
• Why Dont Ya Just Shoot Him
• Wire Dilemma
  • Wrong Wire
• Wouldnt Hurt A Child
• You Can Never Leave
• You Just Told Me
• Your Eyes Can Deceive You

Sources

TV Tropes Wiki entry

Game and Story Use

• Most campaigns will have action elements from time to time, though some genres thrive on them.