The All the Tropes Cast List

So you've created a new Trope? Good for you. But how to describe it? You don't want to look like you're favoring your favorite shows too much do you? Unfortunately you can't just explain what your new Trope is, you need a clear example in the summary text.

That's where this cast list comes in. On here the tropers create generic characters to use as examples...and for fun. Feel free to add your own characters or edit or add a portrait to an existing one.

Use the following format for cast members;

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 * Name: [Character's name]
 * Age: [Age]
 * Occupation: [Do I still need to explain this?]
 * History: [Paragraph or two outlining their origin, citing as many tropes as possible]

And now, without further ado...


 * Name: Alice and Bob
 * Age: 24 (average)
 * Occupation: Unknown
 * History: Ah, Those Two Guys. Everyone knows them, although not too well. Bob is caught in a Love Triangle with Alice and Eve Carol.

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 * Name: This Troper
 * Age: Unknown
 * Occupation: Everyman
 * History: This Troper is one of the dullest people in Troperville. He (or possibly she, no one really ever remembers) just exists to fill out the population.

Previously free to go on about his/her opinions and personal stories on the Trope pages, he now finds him increasingly restricted to Troper Tales and discussion pages. Whether this makes him bitter and yearning for revenge is unknown.

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 * Name: Report Siht
 * Age: Unknown
 * Occupation: Author Stand In
 * History: A fictional character created by This Troper. Is almost certainly a Mary Sue.

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 * Name: Tropey the Wonder Dog
 * Age: In dog years
 * Occupation: Metaphorical dog.
 * History: A lovable mutt that brings out the best or worst in people. Prone to being alternately kicked and petted. Once did a stint in the pound under the name of "Old Shep".

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 * Name: Officer Trope
 * Age: 30's
 * Occupation: Policeman
 * History: Troperville's resident Bobby on the beat. He cheerfully patrols the streets arresting ne'er-do-wells and keeping a watchful eye over Captain Tropeworthy. Despite public pressure he's failed to either bring in The Tropinator or even solve any real crimes. In his defense, though, allegations of Police Brutality are rare.

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 * Name: Captain Tropeworthy
 * Age: Early 20s perhaps?
 * Occupation: The Cape
 * History: Fighting for Justice and Love (both explicit powers of his) using his skills of super strength, flight and invulnerability to fight crime (FOR JUSTICE!) and his cry of "Are you worthy of Troperville!?" to rally the populace despite the fact they happen to distrust him.

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 * Name: Dr. Unnotable
 * Age: Late 30s perhaps?
 * Occupation: The Cape
 * History: Hated by all, this Mad Scientist uses the skills of his Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate in Evilutionary Biology to create a new Biological Mashup which he claims will certainly destroy Captain Tropeworthy this week. Remember not to sneeze near him and to write his name with two "u"s.

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 * Name: The Tropinator
 * Age: In his 90s, appears to be 30ish
 * Occupation: Anti-Hero
 * History: Captain Tropeworthy's slightly more cynical self styled "colleague". His Healing Factor helps balance his haemophilia, which tends to cause quite a mess when he's wounded. He has a Mysterious Past somehow tied into the work of Dr. Unnotable. He must inject himself with Unobtainium to survive.

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 * Name: Mr. Tropes
 * Age: 36
 * Occupation: Teacher
 * History: A teacher at Troperville High (as well as Troperville Elementary for some reason). Some question his methods and others his morality. He appears rather relaxed for some reason...

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 * Name: Troper Jr.
 * Age: 0-12
 * Occupation: Kid
 * History: No one can really remember if he's a baby or a kid. Oh well.

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 * Name: Evil Troperlord
 * Age: 36
 * Occupation: YOUR MASTER, MORTAL!
 * History: Rules Troperville with an iron fist. Despite spending most of his time in his Supervillain Lair he can also be seen shopping for a new Black Cloak or talking to Mr. Tropes about his daughter's education. His diary is rather easy to find and read.

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 * Name: General Trope
 * Age: 52
 * Occupation: Colonel Badass
 * History: A master strategist who runs the army of Troperville. Why does Troperville need an army? Who knows.

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 * Name: Master Trope
 * Age: 68
 * Occupation: Mentor
 * History: Someone Jumped At the Call? Not in Troperville. No one gets their Big Damn Heroes moment without going through a Montage or two with this guy. One way or another he'll find you.

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 * Name: Justy Fyre
 * Age: 27
 * Occupation: Amoral Attorney
 * History: When it comes to her clients she's really a Wide-Eyed Idealist. It's a shame she always ends up defending Evil Troperlord or prosecuting The Tropinator.

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 * Name: Sir Tropesalot
 * Age: 23
 * Occupation: Knight in Shining Armour
 * History: The first documented sufferer of Chronic Hero Syndrome. Occasionally Lord Error-Prone.

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 * Name: Mr. Natter
 * Age: 63
 * Occupation: Cranky Neighbor
 * History: "Get your tropes off my lawn!".

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 * Name: Justin Edit
 * Age: 28
 * Occupation: Smart Guy
 * History: Smart Guy, TV Genius and Badass Bookworm.

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 * Name: Claudia-tan
 * Age: 19
 * Occupation: Cloudcuckoolander
 * History: An Exchange Student from the far away land of CloudCuckoo...land. Her name is pronounced to sound like "cloud" as if it was writen in Hiragana. She's cute.

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 * Name: Xana Tropes
 * Age: 19
 * Occupation: Chessmaster
 * History: He controls everything. Sometimes inconsistently. Always Crazy Prepared. Occasionally another Manipulative Bastard or three visits Troperville; everyone gets wise to each other's plans, and things get a little out of hand.

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 * Name: Mr. Thaddeus Rope and Mr. Clive Liche
 * Age: Older and younger respectively
 * Occupation: Psychos For Hire
 * History: The operators of the Peculiar Partnership: "Pests eradicated, impediments annihilated, inconvenient appendages severed, and amateur animal husbandry."

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 * Name: Troper Tropington the III
 * Age: The Gentleman Age sort
 * Occupation: Gentleman Adventurer!
 * History: Ever since his retirement after a life as a sculptor, a professional rock climber, a politician, a judo master, an author, a naturalist, a historian, a black belt, a farmer, a charity worker, a scientist, a beast master, a painter, and a explosives expert, he spends his time traversing the world in search of ruins and strange and mystical creatures for the sake of science, discovery, and for the chance to wrestle them in a test of strength. He's also Sophisticated As Hell.

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 * Name: Count[ess] Tropula
 * Age: Eternally youthful (occasionally cadaverous)
 * Occupation: Variable Vampire
 * History: Lives beyond the the grave to sate a thirst for human blood/emotions, except when [s]he swears off humans for animal blood/artificial plasma. Fears (or laughs off) stakes/garlic/crucifixes/Holy Water/sunlight/silver/werewolves/hybrid vampires that prey on regular vampires/vampire-hunting robots/covert Vatican assassination squads/supernaturally empowered teenage girls/Van Helsing/Jefferson Twilight/Coreys Haim and Feldman. May sparkle - wear eye protection. Knows what happens to SchrÃ¶dinger's cat and when.

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 * Name: Niisama
 * Age: A few years older than you
 * Occupation: Freelance Stoic
 * History: Hey, here comes Niisama, your older brother! You can always tell it's him by his dramatically billowing coat, the designer glasses he likes to affect, his emotionless, rational air, and, of course, his pretty, pretty, pretty face. Enjoy his company while you can, because he doesn't have much time for people below his standards, which means you. Perhaps if you managed to defeat him in single combat, you could finally win his respect. Maybe he'd even hang out with you and your friends in an auxiliary/snarky capacity! I wouldn't try it, though. You're probably Years Too Early.

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 * Name: Captain Obvious
 * Age: 16 to 17
 * Occupation: Self Explanatory
 * History: Uh, he just says what the audience/reader already knows.

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 * Name: A. Goner
 * Age: Either 16-25 or 50-70
 * Occupation: Radio Operator
 * History: Used to work around here a while ago, *coff*godresthissoul*coff*. He, uhh, quit after that lab experiment. I wouldn't go looking through his work notes. Wait, you saw someone who looks like him? Oh Crap...

[No Picture Available] Don't Explain the Joke: apart from the Rule of Three, his initials form a Polish acronym for "f**k knows what".
 * Name: Professor Hans Georg Werner Tropinger
 * Age: 68
 * Occupation: Absent-Minded Professor
 * History: German Gadgeteer Genius and Mad Mathematician, professor Tropinger is an expert in the field of Homemade Inventions. A bit hard to communicate with. Also, plays Skat.


 * Name: Sir Bob and Lady Alice
 * Age: ?
 * Occupation: Knight and Cleric respectively
 * History: Your standard generic RPG heroes. Hired to stop Baron Evilpants.

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 * Name: Baron Evilpants
 * Age: ?
 * Occupation: Evil Baron
 * History: Evil. Standard generic RPG villain. Enemy of Sir Bob and Lady Alice.

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 * Name: Dr. Medic
 * Age: 45
 * Occupation: Doctor, obviously.
 * History: The McCoy, who is a Combat Medic and also quick with a hypo. Does not like killing things. Argues with The Spock.

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 * Name: WHY DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?!
 * Age: YOU'LL NEVER TRACK ME DOWN
 * Occupation: Untersturmfuhrer, according to Census reports
 * History: This person completely and utterly refused to release information due to his continually stated loathing of agents of a mysterious shadow organization we're pretty sure doesn't exist. What is known is that he is directly under General Trope as the military commander of Troperville. While his name is [REMOVED] his friends call him Jack D.