Anime Trope
Basic Information
An anime trope is a trope which was invented in or is especially prominent in anime series.
List of Anime Tropes
- Absurdly Powerful Student Council
- Accidental Marriage
- Ace Pilot
- Against The Setting Sun
- Airplane Of Love
- All There In The Manual
- All Your Colors Combined
- Alternate Continuity
- Amazon Brigade
- A Mech By Any Other Name
- Ancient Tradition
- Angry Eyebrows
- Anime Accent Absence
- Anime Anatomy
- Anime First
- Anime Hair
- Anime Theme Song
- Arc Break
- Armor Is Useless
- Armor Piercing Slap
- Arranged Marriage
- Artists Are Not Architects
- Art Evolution
- Art Shift
- Aspect Montage
- Attractive Bent Gender
- Audible Sharpness
- Audience Sucker Punch
- Bait And Switch Credits
- Bakers Dozen
- Battle Aura
- Beach Episode
- Beam Spam
- Beam O War
- Because Destiny Says So
- Beehive Barrier
- Beyond The Impossible
- BFS - Big Effing Sword
- Big Brother Complex
- Big Budget Beef Up
- Big Ol Eyebrows
- Bird Run
- Bishie Sparkle
- Bishonen Line
- Biting The Handkerchief
- Bizarre Baby Boom
- Black Blood
- Black Box
- Blade Reflection
- Bland Name Product
- Blank White Eyes
- Blazing Fists
- Bleached Underpants
- Blue Bishonen Ghetto
- Boat Lights
- Bodyguard Crush
- Bond Creatures
- Bring My Brown Pants
- Bring Out Your Gay Dead
- Broke Episode
- Brother Sister Incest
- Buckets Of Punishment
- Calling Your Attacks
- Can Not Spit It Out
- Can't Stand Them, Can't Live Without Them
- Cant Catch Up
- Censor Steam
- Chains Of Love
- Character Exaggeration
- Character Magnetic Team
- Chaste Teens
- Cheek Teeth
- Cherry Blossoms
- Chest Blaster
- Childhood Marriage Promise
- Chunky Updraft
- Cicadian Rhythm
- Circle Of Friendship
- Combat Commentator
- Compressed Adaptation
- Conspicuous CG
- Conspiracy Redemption
- Contemplate Our Navels
- Cooking Duel
- Cooldown Hug
- Corner Of Woe
- Costume Inertia
- Covert Pervert
- Crash Into Hello
- Cross Counter
- Crouching Support Hidden Batshit
- Crystal Dragon Jesus
- Cultural Translation
- Curb Stomp Battle
- Cute Little Fangs
- Cute Monster Girl
- Dancing Theme
- Dangerous Forbidden Technique
- Dangerous Sixteenth Birthday
- Dead Little Sister
- Death Is Cheap
- Defeat Means Friendship
- Demon Head
- Demonic Invaders
- Diagonal Cut
- Die For Our Ship
- Do Anything Robot
- Does Not Like Men
- Dont Look At The Camera
- Doppleganger Spin
- Dramatic Wind
- Ducks In A Row
- Dude Shes Like In A Coma
- Dunno Whats Going On But
- Dynamic Entry
- Early Bird Cameo
- Elemental Rock Paper Scissors
- Empathy Pet
- Everyone Is Bi
- Everythings Better With Spinning
- Evolving Credits
- Excited Episode Title
- Expressive Hair
- Extremity Extremist
- Eye Catch
- Eyes Always Shut
- Eyes Of Gold
- Face Doodling
- Facefault
- Faceless Masses
- Facial Markings
- Falling Into The Cockpit
- False Camera Effects
- Fan Of Underdog
- Fan Sub
- Festival Episode
- Field Of Blades
- Finger Lickin Evil
- Finger Twiddling
- Finishing Move
- First Blood
- First Episode Resurrection
- First Girl Wins
- First Name Basis
- Flash Step
- Flexible Tourney Rules
- Flung Clothing
- Foreign Sounding Gibberish
- Frills Of Justice
- Fun Size
- Funny Afro
- Furry Fandom
- Gag Dub
- Gainax Ending
- Gecko Ending
- Generic Cuteness
- Girl In A Box
- Girl With Psycho Weapon
- Glam Of Shazam
- The Glomp
- Glowing Eyes Of Doom
- Goggles Do Nothing
- Good Bad Translation
- Grand Finale
- Grotesque Cute
- Hadaka Apron
- Hair Colors
- Hand Behind Head
- Hard Cut Flashback
- The Heartless
- Hellish Pupils
- Hermetic Magic
- Heroic Resolve
- Heroic Self Deprecation
- Heterosexual Life Partners
- Hexagonal Speech Balloon
- Hidden Eyes
- High Pressure Blood
- High Speed Missile Dodge
- Honest Axe
- Hostage For McGuffin
- Hot Springs Episode
- Humongous Mecha
- Hyperspace Ears
- Hyperspace Mallet
- I Am Not Left Handed
- Idiot Crows
- Idiot Hair
- Idol Singer
- If Its You Its Okay
- Image Song
- Implausible Fencing Powers
- Improbable Hair Style
- I Have The High Ground
- I Just Want To Be Normal
- Impossibly Cool Clothes
- In A Single Bound
- Inaction Sequence
- Incurable Cough Of Death
- Indirect Kiss
- Ineffectual Death Threats
- Innocent Cohabitation
- Instant Bandages
- Instant Dogend
- Instant Seiza
- In The Name Of The Moon
- Intimate Healing
- Invisible To Normals
- Is That Cute Kid Yours
- I Want My Beloved To Be Happy
- I Was Just Passing Through
- Jesus Taboo
- Jigsaw Puzzle Plot
- Journey To Find Oneself
- Kamehame Hadoken
- Karaoke Box
- Katanas Are Just Better
- Kewpie Doll Surprise
- Ki Attacks
- Kill Em All
- Killer Yoyo
- Kissing Cousins
- Lacus Dust
- Lamarck Was Right
- Last Episode New Character
- Last Girl Wins
- The Last Temptation
- Late For School
- Law Of Chromatic Superiority
- Lawyer Friendly Cameo
- Laying On A Hillside
- Licking The Blade
- Life Energy
- The Lifestream
- Lightning Glare
- Limp And Livid
- Lip Lock
- Living With The Villain
- Loners Are Freaks
- Look What I Can Do Now
- Looming Silhouette Of Rage
- Losing Face
- Lost In Translation
- Loudspeaker Truck
- Love Chart
- Love Dodecahedron
- Lovely Angels
- Love Letter Lunacy
- Love You And Everybody
- Lucky Bastard
- Lucky Charms Title
- Luminescent Blush
- Macekre
- Macross Missile Massacre
- Magic Skirt
- Make A Better World
- Mana
- Mandys Law Of Anime Gender Bending
- Marked Change
- Marshmallow Hell
- Marth Debuted In Smash Bros
- Martial Arts And Crafts
- Mary Kay Letourneau Teaches Here
- Mask Power
- Mayfly December Romance
- Meido
- Mega Manning
- Meganekko
- Mega Neko
- Men Dont Cry
- Mentor Mascot
- Mind Control Eyes
- Mind Rape
- Miniature Senior Citizens
- Minionshipping
- Mobile Suit Human
- Mo Cap Mecha
- Moe Couplet
- Mood Whiplash
- More Than Mind Control
- Motorcycle On The Coast Road
- Motor Mouth
- Multinational Team
- Mundane Utility
- My Kung Fu Is Stronger Than Yours
- My Name Is Prince Darien
- Nakama
- Naked First Impression
- Naughty Tentacles
- Nerd Glasses
- Nerf Arm
- New Transfer Student
- Noblewomans Laugh
- No Cartoon Fish
- No Export For You
- No Knees
- No Mouth
- Non Chalant Dodge
- Non Indicative First Episode
- Non Serial Movie
- Not Blood Siblings
- Nosebleed
- Nuclear Weapons Taboo
- Ocular Gushers
- Odango
- Oddly Named Sequel
- Oddly Visible Eyebrows
- Official Couple
- Off Model
- Older Than They Look
- Omake
- Ominous Latin Chanting
- Omniscient Morality License
- Onee Sama
- One Head Taller
- Only Child Syndrome
- The Only One Allowed To Defeat You
- Only Six Faces
- Original Video Animation (aka OVA or OAV)
- Otaku O Clock
- Overtook The Manga
- Panty Fighter
- Paper Cutting
- Paper Fan Of Doom
- Parental Abandonment
- Partly Cloudy With A Chance Of Death
- Perpetual Molt
- Petting Zoo People
- Phenotype Stereotype
- Phlebotinum Rebel
- Pigeonholed Voice Actor
- Pillar Of Light
- Pink Bishoujo Ghetto
- Plot-Based Photograph Obfuscation
- Plot-Based Voice Cancellation
- Plot Sensitive Snooping Skills
- Porn Stash
- Portmanteau Series Nickname
- Post Episode Trailer
- Power Crystal
- Power Levels
- The Power Of Friendship
- Pre Explosion Glow
- Pretty Freeloaders
- The Promise
- Puni Plush
- Puppy Dog Eyes
- Quivering Eyes
- Rain Aura
- Random Power Ranking
- Rape Is Love
- Rapunzel Hair
- Razor Wind
- Recap Episode
- Rescue Arc
- Red Armband Of Leadership
- Red Oni Blue Oni
- Reincarnation
- Reverse Shrapnel
- Road Cone
- Roboteching
- Roofhopping
- RPG Anime
- RPG Episode
- Rummage Sale Reject
- Role Playing Game Terms
- Sand Bridge At Low Tide
- Save Both Worlds
- Saying Sound Effects Out Loud
- Say My Name
- Scary Shiny Glasses
- Schematized Prop
- Schizo Tech
- Schoolgirl Lesbians
- School Play
- Schrodinger's Cat
- Sealed Evil In A Can
- Sealed Good In A Can
- Second Episode Morning
- Seiza Squirm
- Selective Obliviousness
- The Seven Mysteries
- Shonen Upgrade
- Short Anime Movie
- Sideways Smile
- Single Stroke Battle
- Sitting On The Roof
- Sleep Mode Size
- Slow Motion Pass By
- Smoke Shield
- Snot Bubble
- Snow Means Love
- So Last Season
- So What Do We Do Now
- Spell My Name With An S
- Sphere Of Destruction
- Spirit Bomb
- Split Screen Reaction
- Spoiler Opening
- Squeaky Eyes
- Standard Bleeding Spots
- Standing In The Hall
- Stealth Clothes
- Stepping Stones In The Sky
- Sticks To The Back
- Subordinate Excuse
- Sucking In Lines
- Suck My Rose
- Suddenly Sexuality
- Super Deformed
- Super Power Meltdown
- Superpowered Evil Side
- Super Prototype
- Super Punk Octo Pudding Gas Mark Seven
- Surprise Santa Encounter
- Surprisingly Good English
- Synchronization
- Swirling Dust
- Sword Lines
- Takarazuka
- Team Rocket
- Team Shot
- Team Spirit
- Telescoping Robot
- Tenchi Solution
- Theme Deck
- Theme Naming
- There Are No Therapists
- This Is A Drill
- This And That
- Three Minute Melee
- Thundering Herd
- Thundraphobia
- Time To Unlock More True Potential
- Together Umbrella
- The Tokyo Fireball
- Too Long; Didn't Dub
- Tournament Arc
- Training From Hell
- Transformation Sequence
- Transformation Trinket
- Translation Style Choices
- Triple Take
- Twincest
- A Twinkle In The Sky
- Twisted Knee Collapse
- Two Teacher School
- Unlucky Childhood Friend
- Untrained Mecha Pilot
- Unwanted Harem
- Unusual Ears
- Unusually Uninteresting Sight
- Villain Override
- Visible Sigh
- Visible Silence
- Wacky Homeroom
- Warding Gestures
- Warrior Therapist
- Wave Motion Gun
- Well Excuse Me Princess
- Who Is This Guy Again
- Wingding Pupils
- Wistful Amnesia
- The Worf Barrage
- World Tree
- Wryyyyyyyyy!!!
- Yeah Shot
- Yonkoma / 4koma
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair
- Younger Than They Look
- Zero Sum Game
- Zettai Ryouiki
See Also
Sources
Bibliography
Game and Story Use
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