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Tropes - TV Tropes A trope is a storytelling device or convention, a shortcut for describing situations the storyteller can reasonably assume the audience will recognize Tropes are the means by which a story is told by anyone who has a story to tell We collect …
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Trope - TV Tropes You've seen this somewhere before… Merriam-Webster gives a definition of "trope" as a "figure of speech " In storytelling, a trope is just that — a conceptual figure of speech, a storytelling shorthand for a concept that …
Genre Tropes - TV Tropes Tropes that are primarily associated with a particular Genre or Sub-Genre Tropes: Sub-Indexes: Action Adventure Tropes Advertising Tropes Alternate History Tropes Comedy Tropes Recorded and Stand-Up Comedy Crime and Punishment Tropes …
Characters - TV Tropes People in the world you are looking to for entertainment It is, the beings that do the actions being narrated by the narrative Basically one of the most super of tropes in all of fiction Unless you're writing some sort of abstract poem, it's pretty much impossible to tell a story without characters Compare Conflict and Plots
Media - TV Tropes For tropes about a particular medium, see the Media Tropes index Related are Platforms, Fan Works, Troper Works, TV show Formats, and the List of Shows That Need Summary See Media Notes for articles about background info and history on media and how it is made, as well as accolades given to it
Film Tropes - TV Tropes All about feature films See also Directors, Film Genres Tropes: Categories: Home Video Tropes Actionized Sequel: Putting in more action scenes since you don't need all the backstory Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Characters angst more in the …
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Characterization Tropes - TV Tropes Tropes and trope categories about setting up, fleshing out, and tearing down characters Compare Characters and Characters and Casting (how characters are affected by being played by actors) Contrast Characters as Device (roles that characters …