Fear Tropes

"I will show you fear in a handful of dust."

- TS Eliot, The Waste Land

Not to be confused with FEAR, which itself uses a lot of these tropes, too.

Tropes about fear (be brave!):

 * Acrophobic Bird
 * Adult Fear
 * Afraid of Blood
 * Afraid of Needles
 * Anger Born of Worry
 * Anxiety Dreams
 * Cat Scare
 * Circus of Fear
 * Cowardly Lion
 * Cowardly Sidekick
 * Cower Power
 * Daylight Horror
 * Deer in The Headlights
 * Dirty Coward
 * The Dreaded
 * Face Your Fears
 * Fake Kill Scare
 * Fearless Fool
 * Fearless Undead
 * Fear Is the Appropriate Response
 * Fear of Thunder
 * Fright Deathtrap
 * Girls Are Really Scared of Horror Movies
 * Hope Is Scary
 * Ironic Fear
 * Kids Shouldn't Watch Horror Films
 * Lovable Coward
 * Miles Gloriosus
 * Not Afraid to Die
 * Nothing Is Scarier
 * Orphanage of Fear
 * Outscare the Enemy
 * Performance Anxiety
 * Rule of Scary
 * Scare Chord
 * Scare Campaign
 * Scare Dare
 * Scare'Em Straight
 * Screams Like a Little Girl
 * The So-Called Coward
 * Tears of Fear
 * "What Do They Fear?" Episode
 * Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
 * Wide Eyes and Shrunken Irises
 * Worrying for The Wrong Reason
 * Your Worst Nightmare

Audience Reactions

 * Accidental Nightmare Fuel
 * Defanged Horrors
 * Nightmare Fuel
 * Primal Fear

You were very brave, facing them all...