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
  • Ending Theme
• Arc Break
• Armor Is Useless
• Armor Piercing Slap
  • Megaton Punch
• 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
  • No Smoking
• 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
  • Doppleganger Attack
• 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
  • Poor Predictable Rock
• 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
  • Lens Flare
• 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
  • Unlucky Osananajimi
• 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
  • Instant Runes
• 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
  • Combining Mecha
  • Mecha Expansion Pack
  • Real Robot
  • Rocket Punch
  • Super Robot
  • Transforming 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
  • Fashionable Asymmetry
• 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
  • Cleaning Up Romantic Loose Ends
• 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
  • Sparkling Stream Of Tears
• Odango
• Oddly Named Sequel
• Oddly Visible Eyebrows
• Official Couple
• Off Model
• Older Than They Look
  • Really Seven Hundred Years Old
• 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
  • Missing Mom
  • Disappeared Dad
  • Promotion To Parent
• Partly Cloudy With A Chance Of Death
• Perpetual Molt
• Petting Zoo People
• Phenotype Stereotype
• Phlebotinum Rebel
• Pigeonholed Voice Actor
  • Relationship 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
  • Anime In Laws
• 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
  • Lost Technology
• Schoolgirl Lesbians
  • Bait And Switch 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
  • Prophetic Names
• 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

• Anime Character Types
• Anime Genres
• Anime Settings
• Fanservice
• Manga Effects
• Media Tropes

Sources

Bibliography

1. TV Tropes Wiki entry

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