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* '''Face''' and '''Heel''' - originally from [[Professional Wrestling]], these words, when used together, refer to Good and Evil, respectively. For instance, a [[Face Heel Turn]] is where a Good character turns Evil.
* '''Fridge''' - originating with [[Fridge Logic]], tropes with the word Fridge, especially at the start of them, generally refer to situations in which the audience has a delayed reaction to something.
* '''Gambit''' -
* '''Moment Of''' - originating with the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], tropes with this in their name generally refer to significant moments within a story, or the lack thereof. As such, confusion may arise if one refers to, say, a "Moment Of Uncertainty", which would be a moment experienced by a character, rather than by the audience, were to become a trope name.
* '''Noodle''' - originating with the [[Noodle Incident]], Noodle refers to things left to the imagination to fill in. Use can be justified where referring to something resembling an actual noodle.
* '''Ship''' - originating with [[Shipping]], a Ship trope often refers to relation''ship''s, rather than boats. Take care, as tropes that play with the [[Double Entendre]] of this word may confuse if not worded carefully.
* '''Xanatos''' - originally referring to a character in ''[[Gargoyles]]'', a Xanatos trope involves some form of mastermind, typically one that has a preponderance for overly complex plots. We replaced most of them with 'Gambit' and created [[The Plan]] as part of the unloading process.
* '''Yay''' - originating with [[Ho Yay]], a trope using the word Yay generally involve sexual tension or other implied sexual activity, generally without any overt indication confirming the tension or implication.
=== Restricted word usage ===
* '''Badass''' - while this word is generally an adjective describing something as particularly harsh or masculine, tropes with this word refer specifically to characters fitting the description of [[Badass]]. For examples of its use, see [[Badass Creed]], [[Badass Bookworm]], and [[Took a Level
* '''Fantastic''' - while this word is often treated as a superlative, meaning great or amazing, in trope names this is generally used to refer to something relating to Fantasy. See [[Fantastic Aesop]] and [[Fantastic Science]] as examples of the use of this trope word.
=== Naming Patterns ===
* X '''Ball''' - tropes named as an "X Ball" typically imply that X is a property that gets given to a certain character for the sake of the plot (based on the idea of an imaginary ball which can be thrown from person to person and give them property X while they hold it). See [[Idiot Ball]] for the original and most common trope with this naming pattern. Use in other contexts, such as [[Big Ball of Violence]], does not carry this implication.
* '''Artistic License
* '''Deus Ex''' X ''or'' X '''Ex Machina''' - originating from the concept of a [[Deus Ex Machina]], most tropes following these naming patterns are puns on the original, and involve either creation/application of gods or an unjustified solution of problems using generic and standard methods. See [[Ind Ex Machina]] for a comprehensive list of tropes following these naming patterns.
* '''Everything's''' ''comparative'' '''With''' X - tropes with this naming structure generally indicate that X either has an effect (the ''comparative'') on a work into which it is added, or improves (or worsens) a work purely by its presence. Typically, the comparative is "Better", or occasionally "Worse", although other comparatives may be used if it improves the trope name. See [[Everything's Better with Indexes]] for an index of existing tropes using this naming pattern.
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=== No longer in use ===
* '''You Fail''' X '''Forever''' - tropes that had this naming pattern now typically go by the trope naming pattern ''Artistic License
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