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8 89Dated Before Release
Real Life undercuts a plot point before a work is released. (grabbed by Star Sword)
Created: Apr 10th 2019 at 4:24:59 AM
1 86Outlived The Premise
A series outlasts its original premise.
Created: Jan 8th 2016 at 4:59:06 AM
4 85Smart, Dumb, and In-Between (Up For Grabs)
The Smart Guy, The Ditz, and the person who is just average intellectually.
Created: Apr 19th 2022 at 6:23:37 AM
2 82Protagonists Grow Into Poor Parents (Up For Grabs)
The Protagonist grows up and has kids- but turns out to be bad at parenting.
Created: Jun 16th 2020 at 10:10:23 PM
0 77Cultural Erasure (adopted by skewview)
Destroying the values, traditions, languages, and everything else that makes a certain group unique.
Created: Dec 26th 2016 at 12:12:25 AM
6 72The "One Job!" Mistake (adopted by skewview)
Some jobs just can't be trusted to certain people.
Created: Feb 9th 2015 at 1:11:34 PM
2 70Ascended Hoax (adopted by MasterN)
We made this for April Fools... then we made it for real.
Created: May 30th 2014 at 7:46:24 PM
10 69Massive Numbered Offspring
A character has a large number of children. (launch postponed because of ongoing debate over scope)
Created: Aug 22nd 2019 at 2:42:43 PM
9 66Heroes Prefer Fire
The Hero or The Leader wields fire-based powers or weapons. (up for grabs)
Created: Nov 22nd 2020 at 4:21:01 AM
8 60Bubbly Blonde (Up For Grabs)
A blonde character with a bubbly personality.
Created: Oct 4th 2017 at 6:39:43 PM
9 57Brainless, Spineless, and Heartless
A type of Power Trio where one character lacks intelligence, one lacks courage, and one lacks empathy. [Adopted by Asterlix]
Created: Sep 2nd 2022 at 1:26:39 PM
0 56Stereotype Flip Index
Tropes that invert common cliched stereotypes.
Created: Jul 19th 2015 at 3:23:31 PM
4 55Abuse Knows No Gender
The Double Standard of female abusers and rapists either not existing or not being as bad is explicitly challenged in the narrative.
Created: Oct 20th 2022 at 8:36:33 AM
8 55Took A Level In Loser (Adopted by Magister Flopsy) Launch postponed
A functional, competent and usually "uncool" character (usually a Cool Loser) becomes a pathetic, pitiable mess over time.
Created: Mar 18th 2021 at 4:00:13 AM
8 54Abrahamic God Archetype
A character modeled after the Abrahamic God.
Created: Nov 7th 2020 at 1:19:58 PM
4 54Non-Jewish Holocaust Victims (adopted by skewview)
Depictions of the non-Jewish victims of the Nazi regime in works about WWII
Created: Oct 13th 2013 at 2:38:37 AM
2 52Genericasaurus (duplicate?) (Up For Grabs)
It looks like a dinosaur but doesn't closely resemble anything in real life.
Created: Jun 12th 2015 at 11:09:40 AM
0 51Mistaken For Hallucination (adopted by skewview)
Seeing something unusual and mistaking it for a hallucination.
Created: Mar 27th 2019 at 11:05:49 AM
12 50Lex Luthor Lookalike (Adopted by Kingslayer38)
An Expy of Lex Luthor in other media.
Created: Jan 25th 2020 at 2:35:19 AM
An Expy of Lex Luthor in other media.
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7 106Death Flag (Up For Grabs)
Once triggered, it's only a matter of time before someone dies.
Created: Aug 14th 2010 at 1:12:38 AM