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In short, [[ |
In short, [[trope]]s which have [[Wikipedia]] articles. In long: |
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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 [[ |
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. |
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The truth of the matter is Wikipedians do it for a variety of |
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 [[w|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. |
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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]]. |
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* [[Gentleman Detective]]: {{w|Gentleman detective}} |
* [[Gentleman Detective]]: {{w|Gentleman detective}} |
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* [[Gentleman Thief]]: {{w|Gentleman thief}} |
* [[Gentleman Thief]]: {{w|Gentleman thief}} |
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* [[GIFT]]: |
* [[GIFT]]: {{w|Online disinhibition effect}} |
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* [[Grandfather Paradox]]: |
* [[Grandfather Paradox]]: {{w|Grandfather paradox}} |
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* [[Hammerspace]]: |
* [[Hammerspace]]: {{w|Hammerspace}} |
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* [[Hand Waving]]: |
* [[Hand Waving]]: {{w|Handwaving}} |
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* [[Harsh Vocals]]: |
* [[Harsh Vocals]]: {{w|Death growl}} (but the intro lists harsh vocals as a variant) |
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* [[Hazmat Suit]]: |
* [[Hazmat Suit]]: {{w|Hazmat suit}} |
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* [[Heavy Metal Umlaut]]: |
* [[Heavy Metal Umlaut]]: {{w|Metal umlaut}} |
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* [[Here There Be Dragons]]: |
* [[Here There Be Dragons]]: {{w|Here be dragons}} |
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* [[Hime Cut]]: |
* [[Hime Cut]]: {{w|Hime cut}} |
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* [[Honey Trap]]: |
* [[Honey Trap]]: {{w|Honeypots in espionage fiction}} |
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* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]: |
* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]: {{w|Hooker_with_a_heart_of_gold}} |
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* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: |
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: {{w|Cannibalism in popular culture}} |
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* The |
* The {{w|Principle of Evil Marksmanship}}covers these three tropes: |
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** [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]] (Stormtrooper Effect) |
** [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]] (Stormtrooper Effect) |
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** [[Mook Chivalry]] (One-at-a-time Attack Rule) |
** [[Mook Chivalry]] (One-at-a-time Attack Rule) |
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** [[Conservation of Ninjitsu]] (Inverse Ninja Law) |
** [[Conservation of Ninjitsu]] (Inverse Ninja Law) |
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* [[Indian Summer]]: |
* [[Indian Summer]]: {{w|Indian Summer}} |
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* [[Inherently Funny Words]]: |
* [[Inherently Funny Words]]: {{w|Inherently funny word}} |
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* [[In the Future, Humans Will Be One Race]]: |
* [[In the Future, Humans Will Be One Race]]: {{w|Race of the future}} |
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* [[Isometric Projection]]: |
* [[Isometric Projection]]: {{w|Isometric projection}} |
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* [[Jewish Mother]]: |
* [[Jewish Mother]]: {{w|Jewish mother stereotype}} |
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* [[Jumping the Shark]]: |
* [[Jumping the Shark]]: {{w|Jumping the shark}} |
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* [[Kaiju]]: |
* [[Kaiju]]: {{w|Kaiju}} <!-- not Caillou --> |
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* [[Kawaisa]]: |
* [[Kawaisa]]: {{w|Cuteness in Japanese culture}} |
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* [[Knight Errant]]: |
* [[Knight Errant]]: {{w|Knight-errant}} |
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* [[Kraken and Leviathan]]: |
* [[Kraken and Leviathan]]: {{w|Kraken}} and {{w|Leviathan}} |
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* [[Leitmotif]]: |
* [[Leitmotif]]: {{w|Leitmotif}} |
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* [[Lite Creme]]: |
* [[Lite Creme]]: {{w|Sensational spelling}} |
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* [[Loose Lips]]: |
* [[Loose Lips]]: {{w|Loose lips sink ships}} as well as {{w|Wikipedia:Wikipedia is in the real world}} |
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* [[Loudness War]]: |
* [[Loudness War]]: {{w|Loudness war}} |
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* [[MacGuffin]]: |
* [[MacGuffin]]: {{w|MacGuffin}} |
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* [[Magic Carpet]]: |
* [[Magic Carpet]]: {{w|Magic carpet}} |
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* [[Magical Girlfriend]]: |
* [[Magical Girlfriend]]: {{w|Magical_girlfriend}} |
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* [[Magical Negro]]: |
* [[Magical Negro]]: {{w|Magical_negro}} |
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* [[Magnum Opus]]: |
* [[Magnum Opus]]: {{w|Magnum_opus}} |
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* [[Mammy]]: |
* [[Mammy]]: {{w|Mammy_archetype}} |
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* [[Man-Eating Plant]]: |
* [[Man-Eating Plant]]: {{w|Carnivorous plant#Cultural depictions}} and {{w|Man-eating tree}} |
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* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: |
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: {{w|Manic_Pixie_Dream_Girl}} |
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* [[Mary Sue]]: |
* [[Mary Sue]]: {{w|Mary_Sue}} |
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: |
* [[Meaningful Name]]: {{w|Aptronym}} |
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* [[Memetic Mutation]]: |
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: {{w|Internet meme}} |
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* [[Metal Scream]]: |
* [[Metal Scream]]: {{w|Screaming (music)}} |
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* [[Microtransactions]]: |
* [[Microtransactions]]: {{w|Microtransactions}} |
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* [[Min-Maxing]]: |
* [[Min-Maxing]]: {{w|Min-maxing}} |
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* [[Miranda Rights]]: |
* [[Miranda Rights]]: {{w|Miranda warning}} |
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* [[Moe Anthropomorphism]]: |
* [[Moe Anthropomorphism]]: {{w|Moe_anthropomorphism}} |
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* [[Mondegreen]]: |
* [[Mondegreen]]: {{w|Mondegreen}} |
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* [[Money to Burn]]: |
* [[Money to Burn]]: {{w|Money burning}} |
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* [[Monkeys on a Typewriter]]: |
* [[Monkeys on a Typewriter]]: {{w|Infinite monkey theorem}}, {{w|Infinite monkey theorem in popular culture}} |
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* [[Monster Clown]]: |
* [[Monster Clown]]: {{w|Evil clown}} |
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* [[Most Tropers Are Young Nerds]]: |
* [[Most Tropers Are Young Nerds]]: {{w|Wikipedia:Systemic bias}}, much more of a problem there than here |
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* [[Munchkin]]: |
* [[Munchkin]]: {{w|Munchkin (role-playing games)}} |
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* [[Mutants]]: |
* [[Mutants]]: {{w|Mutant (fictional)}} |
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* [[Nazi Hunter]]: |
* [[Nazi Hunter]]: {{w|Nazi_hunter}} |
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* [[Network Decay]]: |
* [[Network Decay]]: {{w|Channel drift}} |
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* [[Nice Jewish Boy]]: |
* [[Nice Jewish Boy]]: {{w|Nice_Jewish_boy}} |
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* [[Noble Savage]]: |
* [[Noble Savage]]: {{w|Noble_savage}} |
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* [[Nose Art]]: |
* [[Nose Art]]: {{w|Nose_art}} |
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* [[No True Scotsman]]: |
* [[No True Scotsman]]: {{w|No_true_Scotsman}} |
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* [[Nouveau Riche]]: |
* [[Nouveau Riche]]: {{w|Nouveau_riche}}, see also {{w|Parvenu}} |
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* [[Obfuscating Insanity]]: |
* [[Obfuscating Insanity]]: {{w|Feigned madness}} |
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* [[Occult Detective]]: |
* [[Occult Detective]]: {{w|Occult detective fiction}} |
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* [[One-Hit Wonder]]: |
* [[One-Hit Wonder]]: {{w|One-hit_wonder}} |
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* [[Opinion Myopia]]: |
* [[Opinion Myopia]]: {{w|False consensus effect}} |
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* [[Patchwork Story]]: |
* [[Patchwork Story]]: {{w|Fix-up}} |
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* [[Percussive Maintenance]]: |
* [[Percussive Maintenance]]: {{w|Percussive_maintenance}} |
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* [[Plot Device]]: |
* [[Plot Device]]: {{w|Plot_device}} |
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* [[Plot Hole]]: |
* [[Plot Hole]]: {{w|Plot_hole}} |
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* [[Portable Hole]]: |
* [[Portable Hole]]: {{w|Portable_hole}} |
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* [[Powered Armor]]: |
* [[Powered Armor]]: {{w|Powered exoskeleton}} |
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* [[President for Life]]: |
* [[President for Life]]: {{w|President_for_Life}} |
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* [[Prison Ship]]: |
* [[Prison Ship]]: {{w|Prison_ship}} |
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* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]: |
* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]: {{w|Pyrrhic_victory}}, also {{w|Cadmean victory}} which is virtually the same. |
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* [[Rags to Riches]]: |
* [[Rags to Riches]]: {{w|Rags_to_riches}} |
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* [[Ray Gun]]: |
* [[Ray Gun]]: {{w|Raygun}} |
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* [[Raygun Gothic]]: |
* [[Raygun Gothic]]: {{w|Raygun_Gothic}} |
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* [[Red Herring]]: |
* [[Red Herring]]: {{w|Red_herring}} |
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* [[Red Shirt]]: |
* [[Red Shirt]]: {{w|Redshirt_(character)}} |
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* [[Ring of Power]]: |
* [[Ring of Power]]: {{w|Magic ring}} |
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* [[Robinsonade]]: |
* [[Robinsonade]]: {{w|Robinsonade}} |
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* [[Ruritania]]: |
* [[Ruritania]]: {{w|Ruritania}}, also {{w|Ruritanian romance}} for the related genre |
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* [[Saw a Woman In Half]]: |
* [[Saw a Woman In Half]]: {{w|Sawing_a_woman_in_half}} |
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* [[Scandalgate]]: |
* [[Scandalgate]]: {{w|List of scandals with "-gate" suffix}} |
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* [[Scatting]]: |
* [[Scatting]]: {{w|Scatting}} and {{w|Non-lexical vocables in music}} |
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* [[Schrodingers Cat]]: |
* [[Schrodingers Cat]]: {{w|Schrödinger's cat in popular culture}} |
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* [[Scunthorpe Problem]]: |
* [[Scunthorpe Problem]]: {{w|Scunthorpe_Problem}} |
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* [[Screwed by the Lawyers]]: |
* [[Screwed by the Lawyers]]: {{w|Tragedy of the anticommons}}; also applies to patent law, land ownership, leasing issues, etc.) |
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* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: |
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: {{w|Ananym}} |
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* [[Self-Immolation]]: |
* [[Self-Immolation]]: {{w|Self-immolation}} |
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* [[Sea Monster]]: |
* [[Sea Monster]]: {{w|Sea_Monster}} |
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* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: |
* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: {{w|Shaggy_Dog_Story}} |
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* [[Shark Tunnel]]: |
* [[Shark Tunnel]]: {{w|Shark_tunnel}} |
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* [[Shipping]]: |
* [[Shipping]]: {{w|Shipping_(fandom)}} |
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* [[Short Runners]]: |
* [[Short Runners]]: {{w|List of television series canceled after one episode}}, though that's a little more restrictive. |
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* [[Signature Song]]: |
* [[Signature Song]]: {{w|Signature_song}} |
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* [[Situational Sexuality]]: |
* [[Situational Sexuality]]: {{w|Situational sexual behavior}} |
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* [[Snipe Hunt]]: |
* [[Snipe Hunt]]: {{w|Snipe_hunt}} |
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* [[Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome]]: |
* [[Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome]]: {{w|Soap_Opera_Rapid_Aging_Syndrome}} |
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* [[Solar-Powered Magnifying Glass]]: |
* [[Solar-Powered Magnifying Glass]]: {{w|Burning glass|Burning glass}} |
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* [[Spontaneous Human Combustion]]: |
* [[Spontaneous Human Combustion]]: {{w|Spontaneous_human_combustion}} |
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* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: |
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: {{w|Star-crossed}} |
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* [[Streisand Effect]]: |
* [[Streisand Effect]]: {{w|Streisand effect}} |
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* [[Super Couple]]: |
* [[Super Couple]]: {{w|Supercouple}} |
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* [[Syncro-Vox]]: |
* [[Syncro-Vox]]: {{w|Syncro-Vox}} |
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* [[Sweeps Week Lesbian Kiss]]: |
* [[Sweeps Week Lesbian Kiss]]: {{w|Lesbian kiss episode}} |
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* [[Switched At Birth]]: |
* [[Switched At Birth]]: {{w|Babies_switched_at_birth}} |
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* [[Tastes Like Chicken]]: |
* [[Tastes Like Chicken]]: {{w|Tastes_like_chicken}} |
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* [[Tetris Effect]]: |
* [[Tetris Effect]]: {{w|Tetris_effect}} |
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* [[The Thirty-Six Stratagems]]: |
* [[The Thirty-Six Stratagems]]: {{w|Thirty-Six_Stratagems}} |
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* [[This Is a Work of Fiction]]: |
* [[This Is a Work of Fiction]]: {{w|All persons fictitious disclaimer}} |
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* [[Tickle Torture]]: |
* [[Tickle Torture]]: {{w|Tickle_torture}} |
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* [[Tin Can Telephone]]: |
* [[Tin Can Telephone]]: {{w|Tin_can_telephone}} |
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* [[Tontine]]: |
* [[Tontine]]: {{w|Tontine#Tontines_in_popular_culture}} |
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* [[Tsundere]]: |
* [[Tsundere]]: {{w|Tsundere}} |
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* [[Tuckerization]]: |
* [[Tuckerization]]: {{w|Tuckerization}} |
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* [[Turtle Island]]: |
* [[Turtle Island]]: {{w|Aspidochelone}} |
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* [[Unconventional Formatting]]: |
* [[Unconventional Formatting]]: {{w|Ergodic literature}} (although our definition is much more broad) |
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* [[Unobtainium]]: |
* [[Unobtainium]]: {{w|Unobtainium}} |
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* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: |
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: {{w|Unreliable_narrator}} |
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* [[Vaporware]]: |
* [[Vaporware]]: {{w|Vaporware}} |
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* [[Very Special Episode]]: |
* [[Very Special Episode]]: {{w|Very_special_episode}} |
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* [[Video Phone]]: |
* [[Video Phone]]: {{w|Videophone}} |
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* [[Visual Pun]]: |
* [[Visual Pun]]: {{w|Visual_pun}} |
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* [[Walk and Talk]]: |
* [[Walk and Talk]]: {{w|Walk_and_talk}} |
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* [[Walk This Way]]: |
* [[Walk This Way]]: {{w|Walk_this_way_(movie_line)}} |
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* [[Wet Sari Scene]]: |
* [[Wet Sari Scene]]: {{w|Wet_sari_scene}} |
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* [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?]]: |
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?]]: {{w|Bambi effect}} |
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* [[William Telling]]: |
* [[William Telling]]: {{w|Apfelschuss}} |
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* [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]]: |
* [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]]: {{w|Suspension of disbelief}} |
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* [[World Building]]: |
* [[World Building]]: {{w|Worldbuilding}} |
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* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: |
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: {{w|Yamato_Nadeshiko}} |
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* [[Zero-G Spot]] |
* [[Zero-G Spot]] {{w|Sex in space}} |
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{{reflist}} |
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Revision as of 06:22, 23 February 2015
In short, tropes 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 tropes, too, though none of them are as exhaustive as we are, which is perfectly normal. However, there's 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 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.
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 tropes there are on Wikipedia, the more people will be led to our sites.
Not to be confused with You Are Not Alone, or the idea of other intelligent life in the galaxy.
Pages on All The Tropes that have parallel articles on Wikipedia:
- 2½D: 2.5D
- Absent-Minded Professor: Absent-minded professor
- Acquired Poison Immunity: Mithridatism
- Alien Autopsy: Alien autopsy
- Alien Space Bats: Alien space bats
- Alpha Bitch: Queen bee (sociology)
- Anal Probing: Rectal examination
- Anime Fan Speak: Glossary of anime and manga
- Anthropomorphic Personification: Anthropomorphism
- Anti-Hero: Antihero
- The Backwards R: Faux Cyrillic
- Bag of Holding: Magic satchel
- Bathos and Narm share one under the former's name: Bathos
- Bed Trick: Bed trick
- The Bermuda Triangle: Bermuda Triangle
- Big Bad: Big Bad
- Big Dumb Object: Big Dumb Object
- Brain In a Jar: Brain in a vat
- Brand Name Takeover: Generic trademark
- British Royal Guards: Queen's Guard
- Byronic Hero: Byronic hero
- The Caper: Caper story
- Cassandra Truth: Cassandra (metaphor)
- Changeling Tale: Changeling
- Cheesy Moon: The Moon is made of green cheese
- Chekhov's Gun: Chekhov's gun
- Chewbacca Defense: Chewbacca defense
- Clip Show: Clip show
- Comic Book Time: Floating timeline
- Cosmic Egg: World egg
- Crocodile Tears: Crocodile tears
- Deflector Shield: Force field (fiction)
- Development Hell: Development hell
- Damsel in Distress: Damsel in distress
- Double Entendre: Double entendre
- Droste Image: Droste effect
- Dynamic Difficulty: Dynamic game difficulty balancing
- Dyson Sphere: Dyson spheres in popular culture
- Ear Worm: Earworm
- Everything's Worse With Snowclones: Snowclone
- Evil Eye: Evil eye
- Evil Laugh: Evil laughter
- False-Flag Operation: False flag
- Fan Service: Fan service
- Fictional Political Party: List of fictional political parties
- Final Girl: Final girl
- Foreshadowing: Foreshadowing (Though it is a common literary term.)
- Four Is Death: Tetraphobia
- Freaky Friday Flip: Body swap
- Freemium: Freemium
- Freudian Slip: Freudian slip
- The Gadfly: Social gadfly
- Gallows Humor: Gallows humor
- Gaslamp Fantasy: Gaslamp fantasy
- Gaslighting: Gaslighting
- Genie in a Bottle: Jinn
- Gentleman Detective: Gentleman detective
- Gentleman Thief: Gentleman thief
- GIFT: Online disinhibition effect
- Grandfather Paradox: Grandfather paradox
- Hammerspace: Hammerspace
- Hand Waving: Handwaving
- Harsh Vocals: Death growl (but the intro lists harsh vocals as a variant)
- Hazmat Suit: Hazmat suit
- Heavy Metal Umlaut: Metal umlaut
- Here There Be Dragons: Here be dragons
- Hime Cut: Hime cut
- Honey Trap: Honeypots in espionage fiction
- Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Hooker_with_a_heart_of_gold
- I'm a Humanitarian: Cannibalism in popular culture
- The Principle of Evil Marksmanshipcovers these three tropes:
- Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy (Stormtrooper Effect)
- Mook Chivalry (One-at-a-time Attack Rule)
- Conservation of Ninjitsu (Inverse Ninja Law)
- Indian Summer: Indian Summer
- Inherently Funny Words: Inherently funny word
- In the Future, Humans Will Be One Race: Race of the future
- Isometric Projection: Isometric projection
- Jewish Mother: Jewish mother stereotype
- Jumping the Shark: Jumping the shark
- Kaiju: Kaiju
- Kawaisa: Cuteness in Japanese culture
- Knight Errant: Knight-errant
- Kraken and Leviathan: Kraken and Leviathan
- Leitmotif: Leitmotif
- Lite Creme: Sensational spelling
- Loose Lips: Loose lips sink ships as well as Wikipedia:Wikipedia is in the real world
- Loudness War: Loudness war
- MacGuffin: MacGuffin
- Magic Carpet: Magic carpet
- Magical Girlfriend: Magical_girlfriend
- Magical Negro: Magical_negro
- Magnum Opus: Magnum_opus
- Mammy: Mammy_archetype
- Man-Eating Plant: Carnivorous plant#Cultural depictions and Man-eating tree
- Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Manic_Pixie_Dream_Girl
- Mary Sue: Mary_Sue
- Meaningful Name: Aptronym
- Memetic Mutation: Internet meme
- Metal Scream: Screaming (music)
- Microtransactions: Microtransactions
- Min-Maxing: Min-maxing
- Miranda Rights: Miranda warning
- Moe Anthropomorphism: Moe_anthropomorphism
- Mondegreen: Mondegreen
- Money to Burn: Money burning
- Monkeys on a Typewriter: Infinite monkey theorem, Infinite monkey theorem in popular culture
- Monster Clown: Evil clown
- Most Tropers Are Young Nerds: Wikipedia:Systemic bias, much more of a problem there than here
- Munchkin: Munchkin (role-playing games)
- Mutants: Mutant (fictional)
- Nazi Hunter: Nazi_hunter
- Network Decay: Channel drift
- Nice Jewish Boy: Nice_Jewish_boy
- Noble Savage: Noble_savage
- Nose Art: Nose_art
- No True Scotsman: No_true_Scotsman
- Nouveau Riche: Nouveau_riche, see also Parvenu
- Obfuscating Insanity: Feigned madness
- Occult Detective: Occult detective fiction
- One-Hit Wonder: One-hit_wonder
- Opinion Myopia: False consensus effect
- Patchwork Story: Fix-up
- Percussive Maintenance: Percussive_maintenance
- Plot Device: Plot_device
- Plot Hole: Plot_hole
- Portable Hole: Portable_hole
- Powered Armor: Powered exoskeleton
- President for Life: President_for_Life
- Prison Ship: Prison_ship
- Pyrrhic Victory: Pyrrhic_victory, also Cadmean victory which is virtually the same.
- Rags to Riches: Rags_to_riches
- Ray Gun: Raygun
- Raygun Gothic: Raygun_Gothic
- Red Herring: Red_herring
- Red Shirt: Redshirt_(character)
- Ring of Power: Magic ring
- Robinsonade: Robinsonade
- Ruritania: Ruritania, also Ruritanian romance for the related genre
- Saw a Woman In Half: Sawing_a_woman_in_half
- Scandalgate: List of scandals with "-gate" suffix
- Scatting: Scatting and Non-lexical vocables in music
- Schrodingers Cat: Schrödinger's cat in popular culture
- Scunthorpe Problem: Scunthorpe_Problem
- Screwed by the Lawyers: Tragedy of the anticommons; also applies to patent law, land ownership, leasing issues, etc.)
- Sdrawkcab Name: Ananym
- Self-Immolation: Self-immolation
- Sea Monster: Sea_Monster
- Shaggy Dog Story: Shaggy_Dog_Story
- Shark Tunnel: Shark_tunnel
- Shipping: Shipping_(fandom)
- Short Runners: List of television series canceled after one episode, though that's a little more restrictive.
- Signature Song: Signature_song
- Situational Sexuality: Situational sexual behavior
- Snipe Hunt: Snipe_hunt
- Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome: Soap_Opera_Rapid_Aging_Syndrome
- Solar-Powered Magnifying Glass: Burning glass
- Spontaneous Human Combustion: Spontaneous_human_combustion
- Star-Crossed Lovers: Star-crossed
- Streisand Effect: Streisand effect
- Super Couple: Supercouple
- Syncro-Vox: Syncro-Vox
- Sweeps Week Lesbian Kiss: Lesbian kiss episode
- Switched At Birth: Babies_switched_at_birth
- Tastes Like Chicken: Tastes_like_chicken
- Tetris Effect: Tetris_effect
- The Thirty-Six Stratagems: Thirty-Six_Stratagems
- This Is a Work of Fiction: All persons fictitious disclaimer
- Tickle Torture: Tickle_torture
- Tin Can Telephone: Tin_can_telephone
- Tontine: Tontine#Tontines_in_popular_culture
- Tsundere: Tsundere
- Tuckerization: Tuckerization
- Turtle Island: Aspidochelone
- Unconventional Formatting: Ergodic literature (although our definition is much more broad)
- Unobtainium: Unobtainium
- Unreliable Narrator: Unreliable_narrator
- Vaporware: Vaporware
- Very Special Episode: Very_special_episode
- Video Phone: Videophone
- Visual Pun: Visual_pun
- Walk and Talk: Walk_and_talk
- Walk This Way: Walk_this_way_(movie_line)
- Wet Sari Scene: Wet_sari_scene
- What Measure Is a Non-Cute?: Bambi effect
- William Telling: Apfelschuss
- Willing Suspension of Disbelief: Suspension of disbelief
- World Building: Worldbuilding
- Yamato Nadeshiko: Yamato_Nadeshiko
- Zero-G Spot Sex in space