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In short, [[Trope|tropes]] which have [[Wikipedia]] articles. In long:
In short, [[trope]]s which have [[Wikipedia]] articles. In long:


Here on All The Tropes, just as on [[The Other Tropes Wiki]], we tropers dedicate ourselves to cataloging recurrent patterns in fiction. Everyone knows that; it's the name of the game. Other sites deal with [[Trope|tropes]], too, though none of them are as exhaustive as we are, which is perfectly normal. However, there's [[The Other Wiki|one site that takes it too far]]: it's supposed to a free world-class encyclopedia, yet it's wasting time talking on and on about [[Cliche|cliches]] in fiction. And that's ''our'' job. Isn't that a waste of bandwidth? Perhaps so, but the practice is a lot more common than non-tropers would think.
Here on All The Tropes, just as on [[The Other Tropes Wiki]], we tropers dedicate ourselves to cataloging recurrent patterns in fiction. Everyone knows that; it's the name of the game. Other sites deal with [[trope]]s, too, though none of them are as exhaustive as we are, which is perfectly normal. However, there's [[The Other Wiki|one site that takes it too far]]: it's supposed to a free world-class encyclopedia, yet it's wasting time talking on and on about [[cliche]]s in fiction. And that's ''our'' job. Isn't that a waste of bandwidth? Perhaps so, but the practice is a lot more common than non-tropers would think.


The truth of the matter is Wikipedians do it for a variety of reasons -- the [[Trope]] may be common enough for scholarly interest, it may say something about psychology, or it may simply just be one of those many [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Silly Things|Silly Things]] [[Wikipedia]] does. On the other hand, it might also be because our two Tropes wikis have fallen victim to the [[Law of Wiki Expansion]], and the topic really is one that best fits in a general-interest encyclopedia. In any case, it's beneficial to both All The Tropes and [[TV Tropes]]; the more pages on [[Trope|tropes]] there are on [[Wikipedia]], the more people will be led to our sites.
The truth of the matter is Wikipedians do it for a variety of reasons—the [[Trope]] may be common enough for scholarly interest, it may say something about psychology, or it may simply just be one of those many [[Wikipedia:Silly Things|Silly Things]] [[Wikipedia]] does. On the other hand, it might also be because our two Tropes wikis have fallen victim to the [[Law of Wiki Expansion]], and the topic really is one that best fits in a general-interest encyclopedia. In any case, it's beneficial to both All The Tropes and [[TV Tropes]]; the more pages on [[trope]]s there are on [[Wikipedia]], the more people will be led to our sites.


Not to be confused with [[You Are Not Alone]], or the [[Alien Tropes|idea of other intelligent life in the galaxy]].
Not to be confused with [[You Are Not Alone]], or the [[Alien Tropes|idea of other intelligent life in the galaxy]].

Works and Creators with Wikipedia articles should be listed [[:Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs|in this category]]. (They might not be listed there, but they ''should'' be.)


{{examples|Pages on ''All The Tropes'' that have parallel articles on Wikipedia:}}
{{examples|Pages on ''All The Tropes'' that have parallel articles on Wikipedia:}}
== #, A ==
* [[2½D]]: [[wikipedia:2.5D|2.5D]]
* [[1-Up]]: {{w|1-Up}}
* [[Absent-Minded Professor]]: [[wikipedia:Absent-minded professor|Absent-minded professor]]
* [[2½D]]: {{w|2.5D}}
* [[Acquired Poison Immunity]]: [[wikipedia:Mithridatism|Mithridatism]]
* [[419 Scam]]: {{w|419 Scam}}
* [[Alien Autopsy]]: [[wikipedia:Alien autopsy|Alien Autopsy]]
* [[555]]: {{w|555 (telephone number)}}
* [[Alien Space Bats]]: [[wikipedia:Alien space bats|Alien Space Bats]]
* [[90% of Your Brain]]: {{w|Ten percent of brain myth}}
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: [[wikipedia:Queen bee (sociology)|Queen bee (sociology)]]
* [[Abandonware]]: {{w|Abandonware}}
* [[Anal Probing]]: [[wikipedia:Anal probing|Anal Probing]]
* [[Abdicate the Throne]]: {{w|Abdication}}
* [[Anime Fan Speak]]: [[wikipedia:Glossary of anime and manga|Glossary of anime and manga]]
* [[AB Negative]]: {{w|ABO blood group system}}
* [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]: [[wikipedia:Anthropomorphism|Anthropomorphism]]
* [[Above the Influence]]: {{w|Sexual abstinence}}
* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[wikipedia:Antihero|Antihero]]
* [[Absent-Minded Professor]]: {{w|Absent-minded professor}}
* [[The Backwards R]]: [[wikipedia:Faux Cyrillic|Faux Cyrillic]]
* [[Ab urbe condita]]: {{w|Ab Urbe Condita}}
* [[Bag of Holding]]: [[wikipedia:Magic satchel|Magic satchel]]
* [[Abusive Parents]]: {{w|Child abuse}}
* [[Bathos]] and [[Narm]] share one under the former's name: [[wikipedia:Bathos|Bathos]]
* [[Accidental Art]]: {{w|Found object}}
* [[Bed Trick]]: [[wikipedia:Bed trick|Bed trick]]
* [[Accidental Murder]]: {{w|Involuntary manslaughter}}
* [[The Bermuda Triangle]]: [[wikipedia:Bermuda Triangle|Bermuda Triangle]]
* [[Big Bad]]: [[wikipedia:Big Bad|Big Bad]]
* [[Ace Pilot]]: {{w|Flying ace}}
* [[Achilles' Heel]]: {{w|Achilles' Heel}}
* [[Big Dumb Object]]: [[wikipedia:Big Dumb Object|Big Dumb Object]]
* [[Acme Products]]: {{w|Acme Corporation}}
* [[Brain In a Jar]]: [[wikipedia:Brain in a vat|Brain in a vat]]
* [[Acquired Poison Immunity]]: {{w|Mithridatism}}
* [[Brand Name Takeover]]: [[wikipedia:Generic trademark|Generic trademark]]
* [[Acquired Situational Narcissism]]: {{w|Acquired Situational Narcissism}}
* [[British Royal Guards]]: [[wikipedia:Queen's Guard|Queen's Guard]]
* [[Acronym and Abbreviation Overload]]: {{w|Wikipedia:WTF? OMG! TMD TLA. ARG!}}
* [[Byronic Hero]]: [[wikipedia:Byronic hero|Byronic hero]]
* [[Action Girl]]: {{w|Women warriors in literature and culture}}, {{w|List of female action heroes and villains}}
* [[The Caper]]: [[wikipedia:Caper story|Caper story]]
* [[Action Hero]]: {{w|Action Hero}}
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: [[wikipedia:Cassandra (metaphor)|Cassandra (metaphor)]]
* [[A-Cup Angst]] and [[Buxom Is Better]]: {{w|"Body image" subsection of Breast}}
* [[Changeling Tale]]: [[wikipedia:Changeling|Changeling]]
* [[Ad Bumpers]]: {{w|Bumper (broadcasting)}}
* [[Cheesy Moon]]: [[wikipedia:The Moon is made of green cheese|The moon is made of green cheese]]
* [[Ad Hominem]]: {{w|Ad Hominem}}
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: [[wikipedia:Chekhov's gun]]
* [[Advert-Overloaded Future]]: {{w|Ad creep}}
* [[Chewbacca Defense]]: [[wikipedia:Chewbacca_defense]]
* [[Clip Show]]: [[wikipedia:Clip_show]]
* [[An Aesop]]: {{w|Moral}}
* [[Afraid of Blood]]: {{w|Blood phobia}}
* [[Comic Book Time]]: [[wikipedia:Floating timeline|Floating timeline]]
* [[Afraid of Needles]]: {{w|Fear of needles}}
* [[Cosmic Egg]]: [[wikipedia:World egg|World egg]]
* [[The Ageless]]: {{w|Eternal youth}} and {{w|Biological immortality}}
* [[Crocodile Tears]]: [[wikipedia:Crocodile tears|Crocodile tears]]
* [[Agony of the Feet]]: {{w|Diseases of the foot}}
* [[Deflector Shield]]: [[wikipedia:Deflector_shield]]
* [[Airborne Aircraft Carrier]]: {{w|Airborne Aircraft Carrier}}
* [[Development Hell]]: [[wikipedia:Development_hell]]
* [[Air Guitar]]: {{w|Air Guitar}}
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: [[wikipedia:Damsel in distress|Damsel in distress]]
* [[Air Jousting]]: {{w|Dogfight}}
* [[Double Entendre]]: [[wikipedia:Double_entendre]]
* [[Airport Novel]]: {{w|Airport Novel}}
* [[Droste Image]]: [[wikipedia:Droste_effect]]
* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: {{w|AI takeover}}
* [[Dynamic Difficulty]]: [[wikipedia:Dynamic game difficulty balancing|Dynamic game difficulty balancing]]
* [[Akashic Records]]: {{w|Akashic Records}}
* [[Dyson Sphere]]: [[wikipedia:Dyson_spheres_in_popular_culture]]
* [[Ear Worm]]: [[wikipedia:Earworm]]
* [[Alan Smithee]]: {{w|Alan Smithee}}
* [[Album Single]]: {{w|Single (music)}}
* [[Everything's Worse With Snowclones]]: [[wikipedia:Snowclone|Snowclone]]
* [[The Alcatraz]]: {{w|Alcatraz Island in popular culture}}
* [[Evil Eye]]: [[wikipedia:Evil_eye]]
* [[The Alcoholic]]: {{w|Alcoholism}}
* [[Evil Laugh]]: [[wikipedia:Evil_laugh]]
* [[Alice and Bob]]: {{w|Alice and Bob}}
* [[False-Flag Operation]]: [[wikipedia:False flag|False flag]]
* [[Alien Abduction]]: {{w|Alien Abduction}}
* [[Fan Service]]: [[wikipedia:Fanservice]]
* [[Alien Autopsy]]: {{w|Alien autopsy}}
* [[Fictional Political Party]]: [[wikipedia:List of fictional political parties|List of Fictional Political Parties]]
* [[Alien Geometries]]: {{w|Non-Euclidean geometry}}
* [[Final Girl]]: [[wikipedia:Final_girl]]
* [[Alien Invasion]]: {{w|Alien Invasion}}
* [[Foreshadowing]]: [[wikipedia:Foreshadowing]] (Though it is a common literary term.)
* [[Alien Space Bats]]: {{w|Alien space bats}}
* [[Four Is Death]]: [[wikipedia:Tetraphobia|Tetraphobia]]
* [[All Bikers Are Hells Angels]]: {{w|Outlaw motorcycle club}}, {{w|Hells Angels}}
* [[Freaky Friday Flip]]: [[wikipedia:Body_swap]]
* [[All Cavemen Were Neanderthals]]: {{w|Caveman}}
* [[Freemium]]: [[wikipedia:Freemium]]
* [[All Gays Are Pedophiles]]: {{w|Societal attitudes toward homosexuality: Association with child abuse and pedophilia}}
* [[Freudian Slip]]: [[wikipedia:Freudian_slip]]
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: {{w|Bad boy (archetype)}}, {{w|Rake (character)}}, {{w|Hybristophilia}}
* [[The Gadfly]]: [[wikipedia:Social gadfly|Social gadfly]]
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: {{w|Queen bee (sociology)}}
* [[Gallows Humor]]: [[wikipedia:Gallows_humor]]
* [[Alternate Universe]]: {{w|Parallel universe (fiction)}}
* [[Gaslamp Fantasy]]: [[wikipedia:Gaslamp_fantasy]]
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]/[[Ambiguously Bi]]: {{w|Queer coding}} and {{w|Queerbaiting}}
* [[Gaslighting]]: [[wikipedia:Gaslighting]]
* [[Ambiguous Syntax]]: {{w|Synactic ambiguity}}
* [[Genie in a Bottle]]: [[wikipedia:Jinn|Jinn]]
* [[Ambulance Chaser]]: {{w|Ambulance chasing}}. See also {{w|Barratry}}
* [[Gentleman Detective]]: [[wikipedia:Gentleman_detective]]
* [[Amen Break]]: {{w|Amen Break}}
* [[Gentleman Thief]]: [[wikipedia:Gentleman_thief]]
* [[America Takes Over the World]]: {{w|American Imperialism}}
* [[GIFT]]: [[wikipedia:Online disinhibition effect|Online disinhibition effect]]
* [[Amoral Attorney]]: {{w|Shyster}}
* [[Grandfather Paradox]]: [[wikipedia:Grandfather paradox|Grandfather paradox]]
* [[Amphibious Automobile]]: {{w|Amphibious vehicle}}
* [[Hammerspace]]: [[wikipedia:Hammerspace]]
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: {{w|Anachronism}}
* [[Hand Waving]]: [[wikipedia:Handwaving]]
* [[An Axe to Grind]]: {{w|Axe}}
* [[Harsh Vocals]]: [[wikipedia:Death growl|Death Growl]] (but the intro lists harsh vocals as a variant)
* [[Anal Probing]]: {{w|Rectal examination}}
* [[Hazmat Suit]]: [[wikipedia:Hazmat suit|Hazmat suit]]
* [[Ancient Astronauts]]: {{w|Ancient Astronauts}}
* [[Heavy Metal Umlaut]]: [[wikipedia:Metal umlaut|Metal umlaut]]
* [[And Now You Must Marry Me]]: {{w|Forced marriage}}
* [[Here There Be Dragons]]: [[wikipedia:Here be dragons|Here be dragons]]
* [[Angry Guard Dog]]: {{w|Guard dog}}
* [[Hime Cut]]: [[wikipedia:Hime cut|Hime cut]]
* [[Angst]]: {{w|Angst}}
* [[Honey Trap]]: [[wikipedia:Honeypots in espionage fiction|Honeypots in espionage fiction]]
* [[Animal Stereotypes]]: {{w|Stereotypes of animals}}
* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]: [[wikipedia:Hooker_with_a_heart_of_gold]]
* [[Animal Testing]]: {{w|Animal Testing}}
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: [[wikipedia:Cannibalism in popular culture|Cannibalism in popular culture]]
* [[Anime Fan Speak]]: {{w|Glossary of anime and manga}}
* The [[wikipedia:Principle of Evil Marksmanship|Principle of Evil Marksmanship]] covers these three tropes:
* [[Animesque]]: {{w|Anime-influenced animation}}
* [[Answer Song]]: {{w|Answer Song}}
* [[Antagonist]]: {{w|Antagonist}}
* [[Anthropic Principle]]: {{w|Anthropic Principle}}
* [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]: {{w|Anthropomorphism}}
* [[The Antichrist]]: {{w|The Antichrist}}
* [[Anti-Humor]]: {{w|Anti-Humor}}
* [[Antimatter]]: {{w|Antimatter}}
* [[Anti-Hero]]: {{w|Antihero}}
* [[Anxiety Dreams]]: {{w|Anxiety Dreams}}
* [[Anything That Moves]]: {{w|Hypersexuality}}, {{w|Sexual addiction}}, {{w|Hypersexual disorder}}, {{w|Erotophilia}}
* [[Appeal to Worse Problems]]: {{w|Fallacy of relative privation}}
* [[Arcadia]]: {{w|Arcadia}}
* [[Archangel Gabriel]]: {{w|Gabriel}}
* [[Archangel Michael]]: {{w|Michael}}
* [[Archangel Raphael]]: {{w|Raphael}}
* [[Archangel Uriel]]: {{w|Uriel}}
* [[Area 51]]: {{w|Area 51}}
* [[Argumentum Ad Nauseam]]: {{w|Argumentum Ad Nauseam}}
* [[An Arm and a Leg]]: {{w|Amputation}}
* [[Arms Dealer]]: {{w|Arms industry}} and {{w|Arms trafficking}}
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: {{w|Arranged Marriage}}
* [[Art Deco]]: {{w|Art Deco}}
* [[Artificial Gravity]]: {{w|Artificial Gravity}}
* [[Artificial Intelligence]]: {{w|Artificial Intelligence}} and {{w|Artificial general intelligence}}
* [[Artificial Limbs]]: {{w|Prosthesis}}
* [[Artificial Meat]]: {{w|Cultured meat}}
* [[Artificial Stupidity]]: {{w|Artificial Stupidity}}
* [[Artistic License]]: {{w|Artistic License}}
* [[ASCII Art]]: {{w|ASCII Art}}
* [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]]: {{w|Entering heaven alive}}
* [[Asexuality]]: {{w|Asexuality}}
* [[Ashcan Copy]]: {{w|Ashcan Copy}}
* [[Aspect Ratio]]: {{w|Aspect Ratio}}
* [[Association Fallacy]]: {{w|Association Fallacy}}
* [[Asteroid Miners]]: {{w|Asteroid mining}}
* [[Astral Projection]]: {{w|Astral Projection}}
* [[Atlantis]]: {{w|Atlantis}}
* [[Attention Whore]]: {{w|Attention seeking}}
* [[Auction]]: {{w|Auction}}
* [[Augmented Reality]]: {{w|Augmented Reality}}
* [[Automated Automobiles]]: {{w|Autonomous car}}
* [[Auto-Tune]]: {{w|Auto-Tune}}

== B ==
* [[Baby Talk]]: {{w|Baby Talk}}
* [[Back from the Dead]]: {{w|Resurrection}}
* [[Backhanded Apology]]: {{w|Non-apology apology}}
* [[Backstory]]: {{w|Backstory}}
* [[The Backwards R]]: {{w|Faux Cyrillic}}
* [[Badass]]: {{w|Hotshot}}
* [[Badass Boast]]: {{w|Boasting}}
* [[Bag of Holding]]: {{w|Magic satchel}}
* [[Balloonacy]]: {{w|Cluster ballooning}}
* [[Balloon Belly]]: {{w|Abdominal distension}} and {{w|Bloating}}
* [[Banana Peel]]: {{w|Banana peel: In comical context}}
* [[Banana Republic]]: {{w|Banana Republic}}
* [[Bank Robbery]]: {{w|Bank Robbery}}
* [[Bankruptcy Barrel]]: {{w|Bankruptcy Barrel}}
* [[Banned in China]]: {{w|Censorship by country}}
* [[Barbarian Tribe]]: {{w|Barbarian}}
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: {{w|Midriff}} (see also {{w|Cultural views on the navel}})
* [[The Bartender]]: {{w|The Bartender}}
* [[Basso Profundo]]: {{w|Basso Profundo}}
* [[Bathos]] and [[Narm]] share one under the former's name: {{w|Bathos}}
* [[Battering Ram]]: {{w|Battering Ram}}
* [[Battle Cry]]: {{w|Battle Cry}}
* [[Bayonet Ya]]: {{w|Bayonet}}
* [[The Bear]]: {{w|The Bear}}
* [[The Beard]]: {{w|Beard (companion)}}
* [[Beast Fable]]: {{w|Beast Fable}}
* [[Beat]]: {{w|Beat}}
* [[Beatnik]]: {{w|Beatnik}}
* [[Beauty Contest]]: {{w|Beauty pageant}}
* [[Beauty Mark]]: {{w|Beauty Mark}}
* [[Bed Trick]]: {{w|Bed trick}}
* [[Beehive Hairdo]]: {{w|Beehive (hairstyle)}}
* [[Beginner's Luck]]: {{w|Beginner's Luck}}
* [[Believing Their Own Lies]]: {{w|Self-deception}}
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: {{w|Sexual tension}}
* [[Belly Dancer]]: {{w|Belly dance}}
* [[The Bermuda Triangle]]: {{w|Bermuda Triangle}}
* [[Berserk Button]]: {{w|Pet peeve}}
* [[BFG]]: {{w|BFG}}
* [[Big Bad]]: {{w|Big Bad}}
* [[The Big Bad Wolf]]: {{w|The Big Bad Wolf}}
* [[Big Brother Bully]]: {{w|Sibling abuse}}
* [[Big Dumb Object]]: {{w|Big Dumb Object}}
* [[Big Eater]]: {{w|Gourmand}}
* [[Big Electric Switch]]: {{w|Knife switch}}
* [[Bigger Than Jesus]]: {{w|More popular than Jesus}} (This article covers the Stock Shout-Out/Stock Parody of the controversy; Wikipedia covers the actual events themselves.)
* [[Binary Suns]]: {{w|Binary star}}
* [[Bindle Stick]]: {{w|Bindle}}
* [[Bite the Wax Tadpole]]: {{w|Brand blunder}}
* [[Black Box]]: {{w|Black Box}}
* [[Black Comedy]]: {{w|Black Comedy}}
* [[The Black Death]]: {{w|The Black Death}}
* [[Black Dude Dies First]]: {{w|Section in Racism in horror films}}
* [[Blackface]]: {{w|Blackface}}
* [[Black Helicopter]]: {{w|Black Helicopter}}
* [[Black Knight]]: {{w|Black Knight}}
* [[Black Magic]]: {{w|Black Magic}}
* [[Blackmail]]: {{w|Blackmail}}
* [[Black Market]]: {{w|Black Market}}
* [[Black Sheep]]: {{w|Black Sheep}}
* [[The Blacksmith]]: {{w|The Blacksmith}}
* [[Black Spot]]: {{w|Black Spot}}
* [[Blank Slate]]: {{w|Tabula rasa}}
* [[Blatant Lies]]: {{w|Barefaced lie}}
* [[Blind Date]]: {{w|Blind Date}}
* [[Blipvert]]: {{w|Blipvert}}
* [[Blogosphere]]: {{w|Blogosphere}}
* [[Bluebird of Happiness]]: {{w|Bluebird of Happiness}}
* [[Blue Blood]]: {{w|Nobility}}
* [[Blood on the Debate Floor]]: {{w|Legislative violence}}
* [[Blood Sport]]: {{w|Blood Sport}}
* [[Blooper]]: {{w|Blooper}}
* [[Blow Gun]]: {{w|Blow Gun}}
* [[Boarding Party]]: {{w|Naval boarding}}
* [[Boarding School]]: {{w|Boarding School}}
* [[Body Horror]]: {{w|Body Horror}}
* [[Body Paint]]: {{w|Body painting}}
* [[Body Sushi]]: {{w|Nyotaimori}}
* [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine]]: {{w|Manzai}}
* [[Bomb Disposal]]: {{w|Bomb Disposal}}
* [[Bond Gun Barrel]]: {{w|Gun barrel sequence}}
* [[Bonus Stage]]: {{w|Bonus Stage}}
* [[Booby Trap]]: {{w|Booby Trap}}
* [[Book Safe]]: {{w|Concealing objects in a book}}
* [[Bookworm]]: {{w|Bibliophilia}}
* [[Boomerang Bigot]]: {{w|Internalized oppression}}
* [[Boss Battle]]: {{w|Boss (video gaming)}}
* [[Bothering by the Book]]: {{w|Work-to-rule}}, {{w|Malicious compliance}}
* [[Bottle Episode]]: {{w|Bottle Episode}}
* [[Bouncer]]: {{w|Bouncer}}
* [[Bounty Hunter]]: {{w|Bounty Hunter}}
* [[Bourgeois Bohemian]]: {{w|Limousine liberal}} and {{w|Radical chic}} (United States), {{w|Champagne socialist}} (United Kingdom), {{w|Chardonnay socialist}}(Australia/New Zealand), {{w|Gauche caviar}} (France)
* [[Bowdlerise]]: {{w|Expurgation}}
* [[Box Office Bomb]]: {{w|Box Office Bomb}}
* [[Boy Band]]: {{w|Boy Band}}
* [[Brain Drain]]: {{w|Human capital flight}}
* [[Brain Freeze]]: {{w|Ice cream headache}}
* [[Brain In a Jar]]: {{w|Brain in a vat}}
* [[Brain Uploading]]: {{w|Mind uploading}}
* [[Brainwashed]]: {{w|Mind control}}
* [[Brand Name Takeover]]: {{w|Generic trademark}}
* [[Bread and Circuses]]: {{w|Bread and Circuses}}
* [[Breakout Character]]: {{w|List of breakout characters}}
* [[Brick Break]]: {{w|Breaking (martial arts)}}
* [[British Royal Guards]]: {{w|Queen's Guard}}
* [[Broken Record]]: {{w|Assertiveness: Broken record}}
* [[Brown Note]]: {{w|Brown Note}}
* [[Buccaneer Broadcaster]]: {{w|Pirate radio}}
* [[Bulletproof Vest]]: {{w|Bulletproof Vest}}
* [[Bullet Time]]: {{w|Bullet Time}}
* [[The Bully]]: {{w|Bullying}}
* [[Burger Fool]]: {{w|McJob}}
* [[Burial in Space]]: {{w|Space burial}}
* [[Buried Alive]]: {{w|Premature burial}}
* [[Bury Your Gays]]: {{w|Media portrayal of LGBT people#"Bury your gays"}}
* [[But Not Too Black]]: {{w|Discrimination based on skin color#Media}}
* [[But Not Too Gay]]/[[But Not Too Bi]]: {{w|Queerbaiting}}
* [[Butterfly Knife]]: {{w|Butterfly Knife}}
* [[Byronic Hero]]: {{w|Byronic hero}}

== C ==
* [[Cabin Fever]]: {{w|Cabin Fever}}
* [[Cake Toppers]]: {{w|Wedding cake topper}}
* [[The Caligula]]: {{w|Caligula}}
* [[Calling Card]]: {{w|Calling Card}}
* [[Caltrops]]: {{w|Caltrops}}
* [[The Cameo]]: {{w|Cameo appearance}}
* [[Camp]]: {{w|Camp}}
* [[Camp Straight]]: {{w|Metrosexual}}
* [[Canis Latinicus]]: {{w|Dog Latin}}
* [[Cannon Fodder]]: {{w|Cannon Fodder}}
* [[Canon]]: {{w|Canon}}
* [[The Caper]]: {{w|Caper story}}
* [[Cargo Cult]]: {{w|Cargo Cult}}
* [[Cargo Ship]]: {{w|Object sexuality}}
* [[Carpe Diem]]: {{w|Carpe Diem}}
* [[The Cartel]]: {{w|Drug cartel}}
* [[The Casino]]: {{w|The Casino}}
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: {{w|Cassandra (metaphor)}}
* [[Casting Couch]]: {{w|Casting Couch}}
* [[Catchphrase]]: {{w|Catchphrase}}
* [[Cat Girl]]: {{w|Cat Girl}}
* [[Caught on the Jumbotron]]: {{w|Kiss cam}}
* [[Celebrity Endorsement]]: {{w|Celebrity branding}}
* [[Cel Shading]]: {{w|Cel Shading}}
* [[Cement Shoes]]: {{w|Cement Shoes}}
* [[Censor Box]]: {{w|Censor bars}}
* [[Centipede's Dilemma]]: {{w|Centipede's Dilemma}}
* [[Central Theme]]: {{w|Theme (narrative)}}
* [[Cessation of Existence]]: {{w|Eternal oblivion}}
* [[Chain Letter]]: {{w|Chain Letter}}
* [[Chainsaw Good]]: {{w|Chainsaws in popular culture}}
* [[Chalk Outline]]: {{w|Chalk Outline}}
* [[Changeling Tale]]: {{w|Changeling}}
* [[Character Alignment]]: {{w|Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)}}
* [[Character Customization]]: {{w|Character creation}}
* [[Character Development]]: {{w|Character arc}}
* [[Chariot Race]]: {{w|Chariot racing}}
* [[Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys]]: {{w|Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys}}
* [[Cheesy Moon]]: {{w|The Moon is made of green cheese}}
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: {{w|Chekhov's gun}}
* [[Chewbacca Defense]]: {{w|Chewbacca defense}}
* [[Chiaroscuro]]: {{w|Chiaroscuro}}
* [[Chicken Walker]]: {{w|Chicken Walker}}
* [[The Chikan]]: {{w|The Chikan}}
* [[Child by Rape]]: {{w|Pregnancy from rape}}
* [[Child Prodigy]]: {{w|Child Prodigy}}
* [[Child Soldiers]]: {{w|Military use of children}}
* [[Chinese Vampire]]: {{w|Jiangshi}}
* [[Ching Chong]]: {{w|Ching Chong}}
* [[Choke Holds]]: {{w|Chokehold}}
* [[Christianity Is Catholic]]: {{w|Catholicism}}
* [[Christmas Elves]]: {{w|Christmas elf}}
* [[Chroma Key]]: {{w|Chroma Key}}
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: {{w|Betrayal}}
* [[Chupacabra]]: {{w|Chupacabra}}
* [[City Slicker]]: {{w|City Slicker}}
* [[Civil War]]: {{w|Civil War}}
* [[The Clan]]: {{w|The Clan}}
* [[Classical Tongue]]: {{w|Classical language}}
* [[Classified Information]]: {{w|Classified Information}}
* [[Class Representative]]: {{w|Class president}}
* [[Class Reunion]]: {{w|Class Reunion}}
* [[Class Trip]]: {{w|Field trip}}
* [[Claustrophobia]]: {{w|Claustrophobia}}
* [[Clerk]]: {{w|Clerk}}
* [[Cliché]]: {{w|Cliché}}
* [[Cliffhanger]]: {{w|Cliffhanger}}
* [[The Climax]]: {{w|The Climax}}
* [[Clip Show]]: {{w|Clip show}}
* [[Clock Tower]]: {{w|Clock Tower}}
* [[Cloudcuckooland]], [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: {{w|Cloudcuckooland}}
* [[Code Name]]: {{w|Code Name}}
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: {{w|Torture}}
* [[Cold Reading]]: {{w|Cold Reading}}
* [[College Radio]]: {{w|Campus radio}}
* [[Colony Drop]]: {{w|Impact event}}
* [[Color Wash]]: {{w|Color grading}}
* [[Combos]]: {{w|Combos}}
* [[Comeback Tomorrow]]: {{w|L'esprit de l'escalier}}
* [[Comes Great Responsibility]]: {{w|Noblesse oblige}}
* [[Comfort Food]]: {{w|Comfort Food}}
* [[Comic Book Time]]: {{w|Floating timeline}}
* [[Commie Nazis]]: {{w|Red fascism}}, {{w|National Bolshevism}}, {{w|Strasserism}}
* [[Common Tongue]]: {{w|Lingua franca}}
* [[Company Town]]: {{w|Company Town}}
* [[Compensated Dating]]: {{w|Enjo kōsai}}
* [[Composite Character]]: {{w|Composite Character}}
* [[Computer Virus]]: {{w|Computer Virus}}
* [[Concept Album]]: {{w|Concept Album}}
* [[Concept Art]]: {{w|Concept Art}}
* [[Cone of Shame]]: {{w|Elizabethean collar}}
* [[Confessional]]: {{w|Sacrament of Penance}}, {{w|Confessional}}
* [[Confession Cam]]: {{w|Reality TV confessional}}
* [[The Confidant]]: {{w|Confidant}}
* [[Confirmation Bias]]: {{w|Confirmation Bias}}
* [[Conflict]]: {{w|Conflict}}
* [[Conjoined Twins]]: {{w|Conjoined Twins}}
* [[The Conscience]]: {{w|Conscience}}
* [[Conscription]]: {{w|Conscription}}
* [[Conspicuous Consumption]]: {{w|Conspicuous Consumption}}
* [[Conspiracy Theorist]]: {{w|Conspiracy theory}}
* [[Constrained Writing]]: {{w|Constrained Writing}}
* [[Constructive Criticism]]: {{w|Constructive Criticism}}
* [[Control Freak]]: {{w|Control Freak}}
* [[Convicted by Public Opinion]]: {{w|Court of public opinion}}, {{w|Trial by media}}
* [[Co-Op Multiplayer]]: {{w|Cooperative gameplay}}
* [[Copy Protection]]: {{w|Copy Protection}}
* [[The Coroner]]: {{w|The Coroner}}
* [[Corporal Punishment]]: {{w|Corporal Punishment}}
* [[Corpsing]]: {{w|Corpsing}}
* [[Corrupted Data]]: {{w|Data corruption}}
* [[Corrupt Politician]]: {{w|Political corruption}}
* [[Cosmic Egg]]: {{w|World egg}}
* [[Cosmic Horror Story]]: {{w|Lovecraftian horror}}
* [[Cosplay]]: {{w|Cosplay}}
* [[Counter-Earth]]: {{w|Counter-Earth}}
* [[Counting Sheep]]: {{w|Counting Sheep}}
* [[Country Matters]]: {{w|Cunt}}
* [[Courier]]: {{w|Courier}}
* [[Courtly Love]]: {{w|Courtly Love}}
* [[Cowboy]]: {{w|Cowboy}}
* [[Cram School]]: {{w|Cram School}}
* [[Crawl]]: {{w|News ticker}}
* [[Crazy Cat Lady]]: {{w|Cat lady}}
* [[Creation Myth]]: {{w|Creation Myth}}
* [[Creepy Shadowed Undereyes]]: {{w|Periorbital dark circles}}
* [[Cringe Comedy]]: {{w|Cringe Comedy}}
* [[Crippling Overspecialization]]: {{w|Overspecialization}}
* [[Crisis of Faith]]: {{w|Crisis of Faith}}
* [[Critical Hit]]: {{w|Critical Hit}}
* [[Crocodile Tears]]: {{w|Crocodile tears}}
* [[Crop Circles]]: {{w|Crop Circles}}
* [[Crosscast Role]]: {{w|Travesti (theatre)}}
* [[Crossdresser]]: {{w|Crossdresser}}
* [[Crossover]]: {{w|Crossover}}
* [[Crossword Puzzle]]: {{w|Crossword}}
* [[Crystal Ball]]: {{w|Crystal Ball}}
* [[Crystal Skull]]: {{w|Crystal Skull}}
* [[The CSI Effect]]: {{w|The CSI Effect}}
* [[Cue the Flying Pigs]]: {{w|Flying pig}}
* [[Cult]]: {{w|Cult}}
* [[Cult Classic]]: {{w|Cult film}}
* [[Cult of Personality]]: {{w|Cult of Personality}}
* [[Cultural Cringe]]: {{w|Cultural Cringe}}
* [[Cultural Translation]]: {{w|Dub localization}}
* [[Culture Clash]]: {{w|Cultural conflict}}
* [[Cup Holders]]: {{w|Cup Holders}}
* [[Cure Your Gays]]: {{w|Conversion therapy}}
* [[Curse]]: {{w|Curse}}
* [[The Cutie]]: {{w|Cuteness}}
* [[Cutscene]]: {{w|Cutscene}}
* [[Cyanide Pill]]: {{w|Suicide pill}}
* [[Cyberpunk]]: {{w|Cyberpunk}}
* [[Cyborg]]: {{w|Cyborg}}
* [[Cyclops]]: {{w|Cyclops}}
* [[Cymbal-Banging Monkey]]: {{w|Cymbal-banging monkey toy}}
* [[The Cynic]]: {{w|Cynicism (philosophy)}}
* [[Cypher Language]]: {{w|Substitution cipher}}

== D ==
* [[Deflector Shield]]: {{w|Force field (fiction)}}
* [[Development Hell]]: {{w|Development hell}}
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: {{w|Damsel in distress}}
* [[Double Entendre]]: {{w|Double entendre}}
* [[Droste Image]]: {{w|Droste effect}}
* [[Dynamic Difficulty]]: {{w|Dynamic game difficulty balancing}}
* [[Dyson Sphere]]: {{w|Dyson spheres in popular culture}}

== E ==
* [[Ear Worm]]: {{w|Earworm}}
* [[Everything's Worse With Snowclones]]: {{w|Snowclone}}
* [[Evil Eye]]: {{w|Evil eye}}
* [[Evil Laugh]]: {{w|Evil laughter}}

== F ==
* [[False-Flag Operation]]: {{w|False flag}}
* [[Fan Service]]: {{w|Fan service}}
* [[Fictional Political Party]]: {{w|List of fictional political parties}}
* [[Final Girl]]: {{w|Final girl}}
* [[Foreshadowing]]: {{w|Foreshadowing}} (Though it is a common literary term.)
* [[Four Is Death]]: {{w|Tetraphobia}}
* [[Freaky Friday Flip]]: {{w|Body swap}}
* [[Freemium]]: {{w|Freemium}}
* [[Freudian Slip]]: {{w|Freudian slip}}

== G ==
* [[The Gadfly]]: {{w|Social gadfly}}
* [[Gallows Humor]]: {{w|Gallows humor}}
* [[Gaslamp Fantasy]]: {{w|Gaslamp fantasy}}
* [[Gaslighting]]: {{w|Gaslighting}}
* [[Genie in a Bottle]]: {{w|Jinn}}
* [[Gentleman Detective]]: {{w|Gentleman detective}}
* [[Gentleman Thief]]: {{w|Gentleman thief}}
* [[GIFT]]: {{w|Online disinhibition effect}}
* [[Grandfather Paradox]]: {{w|Grandfather paradox}}

== H ==
* [[Hammerspace]]: {{w|Hammerspace}}
* [[Hand Waving]]: {{w|Handwaving}}
* [[Harsh Vocals]]: {{w|Death growl}} (but the intro lists harsh vocals as a variant)
* [[Hazmat Suit]]: {{w|Hazmat suit}}
* [[Heavy Metal Umlaut]]: {{w|Metal umlaut}}
* [[Here There Be Dragons]]: {{w|Here be dragons}}
* [[Hime Cut]]: {{w|Hime cut}}
* [[Honey Trap]]: {{w|Honeypots in espionage fiction}}
* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]: {{w|Hooker_with_a_heart_of_gold}}

== I ==
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: {{w|Cannibalism in popular culture}}
* The {{w|Principle of Evil Marksmanship}}covers these three tropes:
** [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]] (Stormtrooper Effect)
** [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]] (Stormtrooper Effect)
** [[Mook Chivalry]] (One-at-a-time Attack Rule)
** [[Mook Chivalry]] (One-at-a-time Attack Rule)
** [[Conservation of Ninjitsu]] (Inverse Ninja Law)
** [[Conservation of Ninjitsu]] (Inverse Ninja Law)
* [[In Medias Res]]: {{w|In medias res}}
* [[Indian Summer]]: [[wikipedia:Indian Summer|Indian Summer]]
* [[Indian Summer]]: {{w|Indian Summer}}
* [[Inherently Funny Words]]: [[wikipedia:Inherently funny word|Inherently funny word]]
* [[Inherently Funny Words]]: {{w|Inherently funny word}}
* [[In the Future, Humans Will Be One Race]]: [[wikipedia:Race of the future|Race of the future]]
* [[In the Future, Humans Will Be One Race]]: {{w|Race of the future}}
* [[Isometric Projection]]: [[wikipedia:Isometric projection|Isometric projection]]
* [[Isometric Projection]]: {{w|Isometric projection}}
* [[Jewish Mother]]: [[wikipedia:Jewish mother stereotype|Jewish mother stereotype]]

* [[Jumping the Shark]]: [[wikipedia:Jumping the shark|Jumping the shark]]
== J ==
* [[Kaiju]]: [[wikipedia:Kaiju|Kaiju]] <!-- not Caillou -->
* [[Jewish Mother]]: {{w|Jewish mother stereotype}}
* [[Kawaisa]]: [[wikipedia:Cuteness in Japanese culture|Cuteness in Japanese culture]]
* [[Jumping the Shark]]: {{w|Jumping the shark}}
* [[Knight Errant]]: [[wikipedia:Knight-errant|Knight-errant]]

* [[Kraken and Leviathan]]: [[wikipedia:Kraken|Kraken]] and [[wikipedia:Leviathan|Leviathan]]
== K ==
* [[Leitmotif]]: [[wikipedia:Leitmotif|Leitmotif]]
* [[Kaiju]]: {{w|Kaiju}} <!-- not Caillou -->
* [[Lite Creme]]: [[wikipedia:Sensational spelling|Sensational spelling]]
* [[Kawaisa]]: {{w|Cuteness in Japanese culture}}
* [[Loose Lips]]: [[wikipedia:Loose lips sink ships|Loose lips sink ships]] as well as [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Wikipedia is in the real world|Wikipedia is in the real world]]
* [[Knight Errant]]: {{w|Knight-errant}}
* [[Loudness War]]: [[wikipedia:Loudness war|Loudness war]]
* [[Kraken and Leviathan]]: {{w|Kraken}} and {{w|Leviathan}}
* [[MacGuffin]]: [[wikipedia:MacGuffin|MacGuffin]]

* [[Magic Carpet]]: [[wikipedia:Magic carpet|Magic carpet]]
== L ==
* [[Magical Girlfriend]]: [[wikipedia:Magical_girlfriend]]
* [[Leitmotif]]: {{w|Leitmotif}}
* [[Magical Negro]]: [[wikipedia:Magical_negro]]
* [[Lite Creme]]: {{w|Sensational spelling}}
* [[Magnum Opus]]: [[wikipedia:Magnum_opus]]
* [[Loose Lips]]: {{w|Loose lips sink ships}} as well as {{w|Wikipedia:Wikipedia is in the real world}}
* [[Mammy]]: [[wikipedia:Mammy_archetype]]
* [[Loudness War]]: {{w|Loudness war}}
* [[Man-Eating Plant]]: [[wikipedia:Carnivorous plant#Cultural depictions|Carnivorous plants: Cultural depictions]] and [[wikipedia:Man-eating tree|Man-eating tree]]
* [[Lumper vs. Splitter]]: {{w|Lumpers and splitters}}
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: [[wikipedia:Manic_Pixie_Dream_Girl]]

* [[Mary Sue]]: [[wikipedia:Mary_Sue]]
== M ==
* [[Meaningful Name]]: [[wikipedia:Aptronym|Aptronym]]
* [[MacGuffin]]: {{w|MacGuffin}}
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: [[wikipedia:Internet meme]]
* [[Magic Carpet]]: {{w|Magic carpet}}
* [[Metal Scream]]: [[wikipedia:Screaming (music)|Screaming (music)]]
* [[Magical Girlfriend]]: {{w|Magical_girlfriend}}
* [[Microtransactions]]: [[wikipedia:Microtransactions]]
* [[Magical Negro]]: {{w|Magical_negro}}
* [[Min-Maxing]]: [[wikipedia:Min-maxing]]
* [[Magnum Opus]]: {{w|Magnum_opus}}
* [[Miranda Rights]]: [[wikipedia:Miranda warning|Miranda warning]]
* [[Mammy]]: {{w|Mammy_archetype}}
* [[Moe Anthropomorphism]]: [[wikipedia:Moe_anthropomorphism]]
* [[Man-Eating Plant]]: {{w|Carnivorous plant#Cultural depictions}} and {{w|Man-eating tree}}
* [[Mondegreen]]: [[wikipedia:Mondegreen]]
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: {{w|Manic_Pixie_Dream_Girl}}
* [[Money to Burn]]: [[wikipedia:Money burning|Money burning]]
* [[Mary Sue]]: {{w|Mary_Sue}}
* [[Monkeys on a Typewriter]]: [[wikipedia:Infinite monkey theorem|Infinite monkey theorem]], [[wikipedia:Infinite monkey theorem in popular culture|Infinite monkey theorem in popular culture]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: {{w|Aptronym}}
* [[Monster Clown]]: [[wikipedia:Evil clown|Evil clown]]
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: {{w|Internet meme}}
* [[Most Tropers Are Young Nerds]]: [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Systemic bias|Wikipedia:Systemic bias]], much more of a problem there than here
* [[Metal Scream]]: {{w|Screaming (music)}}
* [[Munchkin]]: [[wikipedia:Munchkin (role-playing games)|Munchkin (role-playing games)]]
* [[Microtransactions]]: {{w|Microtransactions}}
* [[Mutants]]: [[wikipedia:Mutant (fictional)|Mutant (fictional)]]
* [[Min-Maxing]]: {{w|Min-maxing}}
* [[Nazi Hunter]]: [[wikipedia:Nazi_hunter]]
* [[Miranda Rights]]: {{w|Miranda warning}}
* [[Network Decay]]: [[wikipedia:Channel drift|Channel drift]]
* [[Moe Anthropomorphism]]: {{w|Moe_anthropomorphism}}
* [[Nice Jewish Boy]]: [[wikipedia:Nice_Jewish_boy]]
* [[Mondegreen]]: {{w|Mondegreen}}
* [[Noble Savage]]: [[wikipedia:Noble_savage]]
* [[Nose Art]]: [[wikipedia:Nose_art]]
* [[Money to Burn]]: {{w|Money burning}}
* [[Monkeys on a Typewriter]]: {{w|Infinite monkey theorem}}, {{w|Infinite monkey theorem in popular culture}}
* [[No True Scotsman]]: [[wikipedia:No_true_Scotsman]]
* [[Monster Clown]]: {{w|Evil clown}}
* [[Nouveau Riche]]: [[wikipedia:Nouveau_riche]], see also [[wikipedia:Parvenu|Parvenu]]
* [[Monster of the Week]]: {{w|Villain of the week}}
* [[Obfuscating Insanity]]: [[wikipedia:Feigned madness|Feigned madness]]
* [[Munchkin]]: {{w|Munchkin (role-playing games)}}
* [[Occult Detective]]: [[wikipedia:Occult detective fiction|Occult detective fiction]]
* [[Mutants]]: {{w|Mutant (fictional)}}
* [[One-Hit Wonder]]: [[wikipedia:One-hit_wonder]]

* [[Opinion Myopia]]: [[wikipedia:False consensus effect|False consensus effect]]
== N ==
* [[Patchwork Story]]: [[wikipedia:Fix-up|Fix-up]]
* [[Nazi Hunter]]: {{w|Nazi_hunter}}
* [[Percussive Maintenance]]: [[wikipedia:Percussive_maintenance]]
* [[Nekomata]]: {{w|Nekomata}}
* [[Plot Device]]: [[wikipedia:Plot_device]]
* [[Plot Hole]]: [[wikipedia:Plot_hole]]
* [[Network Decay]]: {{w|Channel drift}}
* [[Nice Jewish Boy]]: {{w|Nice_Jewish_boy}}
* [[Portable Hole]]: [[wikipedia:Portable_hole]]
* [[Noble Savage]]: {{w|Noble_savage}}
* [[Powered Armor]]: [[wikipedia:Powered exoskeleton|Powered exoskeleton]]
* [[Nose Art]]: {{w|Nose_art}}
* [[President for Life]]: [[wikipedia:President_for_Life]]
* [[No True Scotsman]]: {{w|No_true_Scotsman}}
* [[Prison Ship]]: [[wikipedia:Prison_ship]]
* [[Nouveau Riche]]: {{w|Nouveau_riche}}, see also {{w|Parvenu}}
* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]: [[wikipedia:Pyrrhic_victory]], also [[wikipedia:Cadmean victory|Cadmean victory]] which is virtually the same.

* [[Rags to Riches]]: [[wikipedia:Rags_to_riches]]
== O ==
* [[Ray Gun]]: [[wikipedia:Raygun]]
* [[Obfuscating Insanity]]: {{w|Feigned madness}}
* [[Raygun Gothic]]: [[wikipedia:Raygun_Gothic]]
* [[Occult Detective]]: {{w|Occult detective fiction}}
* [[Red Herring]]: [[wikipedia:Red_herring]]
* [[One-Hit Wonder]]: {{w|One-hit_wonder}}
* [[Red Shirt]]: [[wikipedia:Redshirt_(character)]]
* [[Opinion Myopia]]: {{w|False consensus effect}}
* [[Ring of Power]]: [[wikipedia:Magic ring|Magic ring]]

* [[Robinsonade]]: [[wikipedia:Robinsonade]]
== P ==
* [[Ruritania]]: [[wikipedia:Ruritania]], also [[wikipedia:Ruritanian romance|Ruritanian romance]] for the related genre
* [[Patchwork Story]]: {{w|Fix-up}}
* [[Saw a Woman In Half]]: [[wikipedia:Sawing_a_woman_in_half]]
* [[Percussive Maintenance]]: {{w|Percussive_maintenance}}
* [[Scandalgate]]: [[wikipedia:List of scandals with "-gate" suffix|List of scandals with "-gate" suffix]]
* [[Plot Device]]: {{w|Plot_device}}
* [[Scatting]]: [[wikipedia:Scatting|Scatting]] and [[wikipedia:Non-lexical vocables in music|Non-lexible vocables in music]]
* [[Plot Hole]]: {{w|Plot_hole}}
* [[Schrodingers Cat]]: [[wikipedia:Schrödinger's cat in popular culture|Schrödinger's cat in popular culture]]
* [[Portable Hole]]: {{w|Portable_hole}}
* [[Scunthorpe Problem]]: [[wikipedia:Scunthorpe_Problem]]
* [[Powered Armor]]: {{w|Powered exoskeleton}}
* [[Screwed by the Lawyers]]: [[wikipedia:Tragedy of the anticommons|Tragedy of the anticommons]]; also applies to patent law, land ownership, leasing issues, etc.)
* [[President for Life]]: {{w|President_for_Life}}
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: [[wikipedia:Ananym|Ananym]]
* [[Prison Ship]]: {{w|Prison_ship}}
* [[Self-Immolation]]: [[wikipedia:Self-immolation]]
* [[Pull a Rabbit Out of My Hat]]: {{w|Hat-trick (magic trick)}}
* [[Sea Monster]]: [[wikipedia:Sea_Monster]]
* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]: {{w|Pyrrhic_victory}}, also {{w|Cadmean victory}} which is virtually the same.
* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: [[wikipedia:Shaggy_Dog_Story]]

* [[Shark Tunnel]]: [[wikipedia:Shark_tunnel]]
== R ==
* [[Shipping]]: [[wikipedia:Shipping_(fandom)]]
* [[Rags to Riches]]: {{w|Rags_to_riches}}
* [[Short Runners]]: [[wikipedia:List of television series canceled after one episode|List of television series canceled after one episode]], though that's a little more restrictive.
* [[Ray Gun]]: {{w|Raygun}}
* [[Signature Song]]: [[wikipedia:Signature_song]]
* [[Raygun Gothic]]: {{w|Raygun_Gothic}}
* [[Situational Sexuality]]: [[wikipedia:Situational sexual behavior|Situational sexual behavior]]
* [[Red Herring]]: {{w|Red_herring}}
* [[Snipe Hunt]]: [[wikipedia:Snipe_hunt]]
* [[Red Shirt]]: {{w|Redshirt_(character)}}
* [[Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome]]: [[wikipedia:Soap_Opera_Rapid_Aging_Syndrome]]
* [[Ring of Power]]: {{w|Magic ring}}
* [[Solar-Powered Magnifying Glass]]: [[wikipedia:Burning glass|Burning glass]]
* [[Robinsonade]]: {{w|Robinsonade}}
* [[Spontaneous Human Combustion]]: [[wikipedia:Spontaneous_human_combustion]]
* [[Ruritania]]: {{w|Ruritania}}, also {{w|Ruritanian romance}} for the related genre
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: [[wikipedia:Star-crossed|Star-crossed]]

* [[Streisand Effect]]: [[wikipedia:Streisand effect|Streisand effect]]
== S ==
* [[Super Couple]]: [[wikipedia:Supercouple]]
* [[Saw a Woman In Half]]: {{w|Sawing_a_woman_in_half}}
* [[Syncro-Vox]]: [[wikipedia:Syncro-Vox]]
* [[Scandalgate]]: {{w|List of scandals with "-gate" suffix}}
* [[Sweeps Week Lesbian Kiss]]: [[wikipedia:Lesbian kiss episode|Lesbian kiss episode]]
* [[Scatting]]: {{w|Scatting}} and {{w|Non-lexical vocables in music}}
* [[Switched At Birth]]: [[wikipedia:Babies_switched_at_birth]]
* [[Schrödinger's Cat]]: {{w|Schrödinger's cat in popular culture}}
* [[Tastes Like Chicken]]: [[wikipedia:Tastes_like_chicken]]
* [[Scunthorpe Problem]]: {{w|Scunthorpe_Problem}}
* [[Tetris Effect]]: [[wikipedia:Tetris_effect]]
* [[Screwed by the Lawyers]]: {{w|Tragedy of the anticommons}}; also applies to patent law, land ownership, leasing issues, etc.)
* [[The Thirty-Six Stratagems]]: [[wikipedia:Thirty-Six_Stratagems]]
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: {{w|Ananym}}
* [[This Is a Work of Fiction]]: [[wikipedia:All persons fictitious disclaimer|All persons fictitious disclaimer]]
* [[Self-Immolation]]: {{w|Self-immolation}}
* [[Tickle Torture]]: [[wikipedia:Tickle_torture]]
* [[Sea Monster]]: {{w|Sea_Monster}}
* [[Tin Can Telephone]]: [[wikipedia:Tin_can_telephone]]
* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: {{w|Shaggy_Dog_Story}}
* [[Tontine]]: [[wikipedia:Tontine#Tontines_in_popular_culture]]
* [[Shark Tunnel]]: {{w|Shark_tunnel}}
* [[Tsundere]]: [[wikipedia:Tsundere]]
* [[Shipping]]: {{w|Shipping_(fandom)}}
* [[Tuckerization]]: [[wikipedia:Tuckerization]]
* [[Short Runners]]: {{w|List of television series canceled after one episode}}, though that's a little more restrictive.
* [[Turtle Island]]: [[wikipedia:Aspidochelone|Aspidochelone]]
* [[Sissy Villain]]: Also classed under {{w|Queer coding}}
* [[Unconventional Formatting]]: [[wikipedia:Ergodic literature|Ergodic literature]] (although our definition is much more broad)
* [[Signature Song]]: {{w|Signature_song}}
* [[Unobtainium]]: [[wikipedia:Unobtainium]]
* [[Situational Sexuality]]: {{w|Situational sexual behavior}}
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: [[wikipedia:Unreliable_narrator]]
* [[Snipe Hunt]]: {{w|Snipe_hunt}}
* [[Vaporware]]: [[wikipedia:Vaporware]]
* [[Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome]]: {{w|Soap_Opera_Rapid_Aging_Syndrome}}
* [[Very Special Episode]]: [[wikipedia:Very_special_episode]]
* [[Solar-Powered Magnifying Glass]]: {{w|Burning glass|Burning glass}}
* [[Video Phone]]: [[wikipedia:Videophone]]
* [[Spontaneous Human Combustion]]: {{w|Spontaneous_human_combustion}}
* [[Visual Pun]]: [[wikipedia:Visual_pun]]
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: {{w|Star-crossed}}
* [[Walk and Talk]]: [[wikipedia:Walk_and_talk]]
* [[Streisand Effect]]: {{w|Streisand effect}}
* [[Walk This Way]]: [[wikipedia:Walk_this_way_(movie_line)]]
* [[Super Couple]]: {{w|Supercouple}}
* [[Wet Sari Scene]]: [[wikipedia:Wet_sari_scene]]
* [[Syncro-Vox]]: {{w|Syncro-Vox}}
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?]]: [[wikipedia:Bambi effect|Bambi effect]]
* [[Sweeps Week Lesbian Kiss]]: {{w|Lesbian kiss episode}}
* [[William Telling]]: [[wikipedia:Apfelschuss|Shooting an apple off one's child's head]]
* [[Switched At Birth]]: {{w|Babies_switched_at_birth}}
* [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]]: [[wikipedia:Suspension of disbelief|Suspension of disbelief]]

* [[World Building]]: [[wikipedia:Worldbuilding]]
== T ==
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: [[wikipedia:Yamato_Nadeshiko]]
* [[Tastes Like Chicken]]: {{w|Tastes_like_chicken}}
* [[Zero-G Spot]] [[wikipedia:Sex in space|Sex in space]]
* [[Tetris Effect]]: {{w|Tetris_effect}}
* [[The Thirty-Six Stratagems]]: {{w|Thirty-Six_Stratagems}}
* [[This Is a Work of Fiction]]: {{w|All persons fictitious disclaimer}}
* [[Tickle Torture]]: {{w|Tickle_torture}}
* [[Tin Can Telephone]]: {{w|Tin_can_telephone}}
* [[Tontine]]: {{w|Tontine#Tontines_in_popular_culture}}
* [[Tsundere]]: {{w|Tsundere}}
* [[Tuckerization]]: {{w|Tuckerization}}
* [[Turtle Island]]: {{w|Aspidochelone}}

== U ==
* [[Unconventional Formatting]]: {{w|Ergodic literature}} (although our definition is much more broad)
* [[Unobtainium]]: {{w|Unobtainium}}
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: {{w|Unreliable_narrator}}

== V ==
* [[Vaporware]]: {{w|Vaporware}}
* [[Very Special Episode]]: {{w|Very_special_episode}}
* [[Video Phone]]: {{w|Videophone}}
* [[Visual Pun]]: {{w|Visual_pun}}

== W ==
* [[Walk and Talk]]: {{w|Walk_and_talk}}
* [[Walk This Way]]: {{w|Walk_this_way_(movie_line)}}
* [[Wet Sari Scene]]: {{w|Wet_sari_scene}}
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?]]: {{w|Bambi effect}}
* [[William Telling]]: {{w|Apfelschuss}}
* [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]]: {{w|Suspension of disbelief}}
* [[World Building]]: {{w|Worldbuilding}}

== Y ==
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: {{w|Yamato_Nadeshiko}}

== Z ==
* [[Zero-G Spot]] {{w|Sex in space}}


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