Note for those adding content: This section mirrors the TV Tropes Wiki. Use the same names for tropes, mirror the structure of that wiki, and post a link to the appropriate page there for every trope you enter! The goal is to mirror the structure of the TV Tropes Wiki, not its content! Leave all the examples from various movies, TV shows, literature etc. out, and leave only the trope names and the links, and come up with a basic description of the trope in your own words. However, do add a link to the equivalent page on the TV Tropes Wiki so that others will be able to do their own research there.
Basic Information
A trope is a common pattern, theme, or motif in a story.
List of Tropes
Universal Tropes
Narrative Tropes
- Applied Phlebotinum
- Characterization Tropes
- Characters
- Characters As Device
- Dialogue
- Motifs
- Narrative Devices
- Plots
- Setting
- Spectacle
Genre Tropes
- Action Adventure Tropes
- Comedy Tropes
- Crime And Punishment Tropes
- Drama Tropes
- Espionage Tropes
- Horror Tropes
- Love Tropes
- Military And Warfare Tropes
- News Tropes
- Professional Wrestling
- Speculative Fiction Tropes
- Sports Story Tropes
Media Tropes
- Anime
- Comic Book Tropes
- Fan Fic
- Film
- Game Tropes
- Literature
- Music And Sound Effects
- New Media Tropes
- Print Media Tropes
- Radio
- Sequential Art
- Television
- Theater
- Webcomics
Topical Tropes
- Authority Tropes
- Betrayal Tropes
- Censorship Tropes
- Combat Tropes
- Death Tropes
- Family Tropes
- Fate And Prophecy Tropes
- Food Tropes
- Holiday Tropes
- Index Failure
- Memory Tropes
- Money Tropes
- Morality Tropes
- Pregnancy Tropes
- Politics Tropes
- Religion Tropes
- Revenge Tropes
- Royalty And Nobility Tropes
- School Tropes
- Sex Tropes
- This Is Your Index On Drugs
Other Tropes
- Books On Trope
- British Telly Tropes
- Chekhovs Pun
- The Contributors
- Creator Speak
- Creators
- Credits Tropes
- Derivative Works
- Did Not Do The Research
- Fan Speak
- Just For Fun
- Language Tropes
- Laws And Formulas
- More Like A Footnote Than Anything Else
- The Oldest Ones In The Book
- Show Business
- Split Personality Tropes
- Stock Room
- Subvert-a-trope
- There Are No Indexes
- Trope Tropes
- Truth And Lies
- Truth In Television
- Useful Notes
- Weirdness Isolation Tropes
Metagaming Tropes
Sources
Game and Story Use
- You will be using tropes in your campaigns, whether you realize it or not - so you should better read up on them to use them right.