Analysis

Thoughtful essays on how certain works were constructed and how they employed tropes to get the job done. The usual light All The Tropes style and tone are used, with less emphasis on silliness and wit and more on balanced examination. Not for everyone, but long-awaited by those who get it.

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Tropes

 * Action Girl
 * Aliens Steal Cable
 * Alpha Bitch
 * Anthropomorphic Shift
 * Anti Poop Socking
 * Appropriate Animal Attire
 * Boobs of Steel
 * Bridezilla
 * But Not Too Black
 * Catgirl
 * Caustic Critic
 * Cosmic Retcon
 * Draco in Leather Pants
 * Dying Like Animals
 * End of an Age
 * Evil Chancellor
 * Faster Than Light Travel
 * Fire and Brimstone Hell
 * Furry Confusion
 * Furry Denial
 * The Good Guys Always Win
 * Growing Up Sucks
 * Heroic Build
 * Humanoid Female Animal
 * Humans Are Average
 * If It Tastes Bad It Must Be Good for You
 * Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
 * Junk Rare
 * Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better
 * Klingon Scientists Get No Respect
 * Masquerade
 * Men Are the Expendable Gender
 * Muscles Are Meaningless
 * Nazi Nobleman
 * Nonhumans Lack Attributes
 * No Transhumanism Allowed
 * The Omnipotent
 * Our Werewolves Are Different
 * The Prophet Muhammad
 * Real Men Wear Pink
 * Reptiles Are Abhorrent
 * Revenue Enhancing Devices
 * Role Playing Game
 * Sapient Pet
 * Satan
 * Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism
 * The Smurfette Principle
 * Some of My Best Friends Are X
 * Space Fighter
 * Species Coded for Your Convenience
 * Spell My Name With an S
 * Starfish Language
 * Stealth Pun
 * Stout Strength
 * Textual Celebrity Resemblance
 * Token Minority
 * True Neutral
 * Tsundere
 * TV Tropes As a Gateway Drug
 * Universal Universe Time
 * Unproblematic Prostitution
 * Video Game Achievements
 * What Do You Mean Its Not Political
 * Who Wants to Live Forever
 * With Due Respect
 * Yandere
 * Zombie Apocalypse

Works

 * 28 Days Later
 * Adventure Time
 * Afro Samurai
 * American Idiot
 * Animorphs
 * A Song of Ice and Fire
 * Avatar: The Last Airbender
 * The Legend of Korra
 * Batman
 * A Beautiful Mind
 * Bit Trip
 * Blaz Blue
 * Blaze Union
 * The Book of Mormon
 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer
 * Chronicles of the Kencyrath
 * Code Geass
 * Cupcakes
 * Darker Than Black
 * The Dark Knight Saga
 * Death Note
 * Digimon Tamers
 * Doctor Who
 * Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog
 * Eden of the East
 * Ethan Frome
 * Family Guy
 * Fate Stay Night
 * Fullmetal Alchemist
 * Firefly
 * Fisher Price
 * G Senjou no Maou
 * Glee
 * Guilty Gear
 * Gunnerkrigg Court
 * Hellboy
 * Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni
 * His Dark Materials
 * I Carly
 * Inception
 * Iris Zero
 * Irredeemable
 * Kamisama no Memochou
 * The Legend of Zelda
 * The Lord of the Rings
 * Magic the Gathering
 * Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S
 * Mahou Sentai Magiranger
 * Mai-Otome
 * Mawaru Penguindrum
 * Modern Warfare
 * Monster
 * My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic
 * Background Ponies
 * Episode "Suited for Success"
 * Naruto
 * Napoleon Dynamite
 * Nasuverse
 * Nickelodeon
 * No More Heroes
 * Nightmare Ned
 * Norse Mythology
 * One Piece
 * Oracle of Tao
 * Persona 3
 * Persona 4
 * Pony POV Series
 * Predator
 * Puella Magi Madoka Magica
 * Pushing Daisies
 * Revolutionary Girl Utena
 * Run Lola Run
 * Skins
 * Star Trek the Original Series
 * Super Paper Mario
 * The Thief of Always
 * Those Magnificent Flying Machines
 * Three Worlds Collide
 * To Aru Majutsu no Index
 * Toy Story
 * Transformers Prime
 * Transmetropolitan
 * Uchuu Senkan Yamato
 * The Ugly Barnacle
 * Umineko no Naku Koro Ni
 * Warhammer 40000
 * The West Wing
 * The Word Weary
 * Zubeidaa

Characters

 * The Riddler

Creators

 * Friedrich Nietzsche
 * Yasuko Kobayashi

Meta Concepts

 * Escapism
 * No Export for You