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=== Wordplay ===

* '''Cthulhu''' - originating from the [[Cthulhu Mythos]], this word generally refers to a ridiculously powerful, often god-like, being. As an example of usage, see [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]].

* '''Dragon''' - originating with [[The Dragon]], this word is sometimes used to refer to the second-in-charge to [[The Big Bad]], which is only occasionally an actual dragon. Efforts are being made to unload this trope word, as literal dragons need to be referred to in trope names, too.

* '''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.

* '''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.

* '''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.

 

* '''Artistic License --''' X : These are the pages for the common ways that creators are factually wrong, because being correct wouldn't serve the story as well. We used to try to distinguish between factual errors that were in the service of the story ("Wrong, but Good"), and those that were made by a creator who simply didn't do the research (the "You Fail X Forever" and "Somewhere an X is crying" tropes were "Wrong, and Bad"), but experience proved that that distinction is impossible to judge from outside, and the "but Bad" pages became a morass of complaining and ego-stroking. We now give all factual errors the benefit of the doubt.

* '''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.

* '''Hollywood''' X - tropes which are a gross oversimplification of a complicated or multi-faceted thing, place, or field of knowledge. Differs from the Artistic License - X tropes in that Artistic License - X is for when the creators are factually wrong. See the [[Hollywood Index]] for a list of the tropes that use this naming convention.

* '''Our''' X '''Are Different''' - Many standard concepts used in stories are standardised to the point that most works will stick to a simple formula. Tropes with this naming pattern generally break that simple formula, and do things differently when it comes to X. May use "is" if X is singular. For an index of existing tropes with this naming pattern, see [[Our Tropes Are Different]].