Backstory Index

Ah, the Backstory; a trope that tells the reader what happened to Bob before all the chaos began. It can make you weep, groan with Narm, swell with pride, and hack phlegm all over yourself at the same time.

Tropes that are always backstories:


 * Backstory ... duh.
 * Backstory Horror
 * Backstory of the Day
 * Belated Backstory
 * Dark and Troubled Past
 * Dead All Along
 * Dead Little Sister
 * Death by Origin Story
 * Deceased Parents Are the Best
 * Expansion Pack Past
 * Freudian Excuse
 * Multiple Choice Past
 * Mysterious Past
 * Parental Abandonment
 * Posthumous Character
 * Rape as Backstory
 * Standard Cop Backstory
 * Sympathetic Murder Backstory
 * Troubled Backstory Flashback
 * When It All Began

Tropes that are sometimes backstories:


 * Abusive Parents
 * Bad Dreams
 * Career-Ending Injury
 * Doomed Hometown
 * Heroic BSOD
 * My Greatest Failure
 * Mythopoeia
 * Prequel
 * Start of Darkness
 * The Lost Lenore (only Type A counts)
 * When It All Began
 * You ALL Share My Story