Thread:Forum:Trope Talk/The The Tropes/reply (4)

Are you saying that nearly all the tropes that don't start with "The" should have it added? The situation is currently highly lacking in consistency. I don't any of the definitions you quoted is relevant here except the last one.

Also this one from the dictionary you linked to: i —used as a function word before a proper name to indicate the distinctive characteristics of a person or thing 

Consider also that various dictionaries and Wikipedia have entries for, say, "Dog" rather than "The Dog".

An example that I hope shows my point about tropes not needing to have a definite article automatically tagged to the front:

"Character X is the Big Guy of the team. Character Y is also a Big Guy, only he works for the other team."