Tropes/Headscratchers

A collection of Headscratchers entries for all things Tropes.

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 * 555
 * A Degree in Useless
 * Action Girl
 * All Anime Is Naughty Tentacles
 * All Just a Dream
 * Alternate Universe
 * Always Chaotic Evil
 * Ambiguously Gay
 * Americans Hate Tingle
 * Amoral Attorney
 * An Aesop
 * Animal Wrongs Group
 * Animation Tropes
 * Averted Trope
 * Balance Between Good and Evil
 * Be Careful What You Wish For
 * Belligerent Sexual Tension
 * Better Days
 * Bigger Is Better in Bed
 * Bishonen
 * Blind and The Beast
 * Blind Idiot Translation
 * Blood Bath
 * Bluenose Bowdlerizer
 * Bound and Gagged
 * But Not Too Black
 * Butch Lesbian
 * Butt Monkey
 * Captain Obvious
 * Carnivore Confusion
 * Ceiling Cling
 * Character Alignment
 * Character Derailment
 * Characterization Tags
 * Chew Toy
 * Combining Mecha
 * Conflict
 * Conspiracy Theorist
 * Country Matters
 * Crack Is Cheaper
 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Death World
 * Digital Piracy Is Evil
 * Dogged Nice Guy
 * Doing in The Wizard
 * Don't Explain the Joke
 * Elegant Weapon for A More Civilized Age
 * Epileptic Trees
 * Even Nerds Have Standards
 * Evil Overlord List
 * Fake Memories
 * Fan Myopia
 * Femme Fatale
 * Fiction in general
 * Headscratchers
 * Funny Animal
 * Furry Confusion
 * Focus Group Ending
 * Garfunkel
 * Gender Bender
 * Girls Need Role Models
 * Girl On Girl Is Hot
 * Green Aesop
 * Gun in My Pocket
 * Guy On Guy Is Hot
 * Half Dressed Cartoon Animal
 * Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today
 * Headscratchers
 * Hell Hotel
 * Hello Nurse
 * Hentai
 * Hollywood Acid
 * Ho Yay
 * Idiot Hero
 * I Do Not Own
 * If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her
 * Insignificant Little Blue Planet
 * Inspirationally Disadvantaged
 * Insufferable Genius
 * Joker Immunity
 * Just Hit Him
 * Kink Meme
 * Knights and Knaves
 * Laser Hallway
 * Let's See You Do Better
 * Loners Are Freaks
 * Love Triangle
 * Ludd Was Right
 * MacGuffin
 * Male Frontal Nudity
 * Male Gaze
 * Man I Feel Like a Woman
 * Master of the Mixed Message
 * Mathematicians Answer
 * Meaningful Name
 * Meganekko
 * Memetic Mutation
 * Mermaid Problem
 * Metal Scream
 * A Mind Is a Terrible Thing To Read
 * Mistaken for Racist
 * Mix and Match Critters
 * Moe
 * Mommy Issues
 * Moral Guardians
 * Musical Episode
 * Neutral Female
 * Nightmare Fuel
 * No Export for You
 * No Guy Wants to Be Chased
 * Non Interactivity
 * Nothing Is Scarier
 * Not Safe for Work
 * Only Six Faces
 * Opinion Myopia
 * Ordinary High School Student
 * Our Dwarves Are All the Same
 * Our Elves Are Better
 * Our Vampires Are Different
 * Our Zombies Are Different
 * Petting Zoo People
 * Porn Stash
 * Prehistoric Monster
 * Private Military Contractors
 * Purple Prose
 * Rank Inflation
 * Rape Is A Special Kind Of Evil
 * Reality Warper
 * Real Is Brown
 * Real Time With Pause
 * Really Gets Around
 * Reed Richards Is Useless
 * Retronym
 * Rocks Fall Everyone Dies
 * Romantic Comedy
 * Ron the Death Eater
 * Ruined FOREVER
 * Rule of Funny
 * Rule Thirty Four
 * Science Is Bad
 * Screw Destiny
 * Screw You Elves
 * Second Law of Gender Bending
 * Sex Is Evil
 * Shipping
 * Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped
 * Speculative Fiction
 * Stay in The Kitchen
 * Stock Lateral Thinking Puzzle
 * Straw Fan
 * Subbing Versus Dubbing
 * Terraform
 * Theme Naming
 * There Are No Therapists
 * They Wasted a Perfectly Good Sandwich
 * Time Travel
 * Tomboyish Name
 * Trope Name
 * Tsundere
 * Two Words Obvious Trope
 * Ugly Guy Hot Wife
 * Uncanny Valley
 * Villains Act Heroes React
 * What Measure Is a Non Cute
 * Where Da White Women At
 * Womens Mysteries
 * Word of Gay
 * You Bastard
 * Zettai Ryouiki