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(Avoid People Sit in Chairs and Stock Phrases.)


 * Old Senility: An old person has mental and intellectual deficiencies. Omnipresent Trope. Related to Alzheimer's.
 * The Green Mile
 * Virtue Corrosion: A good person becomes vile after age.
 * Up, fault (used as a In-Universe Take That), Princess Evangile (Discussed).
 * Authorship Question: Theories that an obscure, but related figure is the true author of a famous or notable work. Compare Conspiracy Theories. Related to Based on a Great Big Lie
 * Shakespeare (Add links to online and paper essays), Émile Nelligan (Proved in an award-winning non-fiction book)
 * Pseudo-Romance: Elements of romance used for plot convenience and Fan Service, without the care of establishing a relationship. Very common in Anime, especially in the Harem Genre. Contrast Romantic Plot Tumor. Compare to Token Romance and Relationship Writing Fumble.

Review Ideas


 * Tokyo School Life (Enjoyable, but creatively empty) (Frustrating endings raises unfortunate questions that are never even alluded to)
 * To convert into ATT sub-pages.
 * The Woman in White (3/4 of this book is a masterpiece of fiction) (Sharp and hilarious humor, gripping tension and mystery, real characters, twist to some aspects of society, last part turned into a monotonous "interview", "Revenge Whodunit", almost like a "Dateline" episode)
 * Blue Is the Warmest Color (Technical gem with ugly stains) (Unfortunate Implications, overly long and unrealistic sex scenes, questions arise (was there ever true love between Adèle and Emma?), dissect flaws in relationship (see IMDb discussion boards, arguments for and against Emma, analyzing Adèle's character), did the audience miss the point of the movie?)
 * All That Jazz
 * Rebecca
 * Star Wars: The Force Awakens (first impression: way awesome, but too inspired by TV, kinda rushed)
 * Podcast review by Digibro and TheDavoo

Web Original
Endless Jess' pet peeves in reviews (From Pro Crastinators Podcast Ep 7)

(Moved to here)

From Haroohee

 * Call Back:
 * "(mundane activity) IS CONSUMING MY WHOLE LIFE! (Subverted for laughs in Ep. 7)
 * (Ep. 9, from Ep. 2) "The door's unlocked!"
 * Ho Yay: Kyon and Koizumi.
 * Running Gag:
 * In Ep. 1, Haruhi repeating "Fuck!" in her head.
 * Haruhi misinterpreting Kyon's sarcastic suggestions, no matter how sardonic he gets, and the length in which he does it, to the point of it being an Overly Long Gag.

"BG Complainer: Hey, uh, getting a little fandubby there! Kyon: Hey, fuck you! This isn't even close to the original script, okay? I do what I do, 'mkay? Haruhi: Let us have this, you shit! Complainer: Oohhh, whatever man! Just stick to the quick and easy jokes and fast-paced dialogue! It's what they'' would do! Kyon: WE ARE NOT THEM!!! ...We.. are not them. Haruhi: I am so proud of you, oh my God."
 * Quotes

- Haroohee 10 - Mouthful of Scroat

"Kyon: OAH! Uh, holy shit, I just had a nightmare where we're pre-existing characters being parodied in an Internet video! Ahh, fuck! Koizumi: Man, we're really pushing the meta enveloppe with this."


 * WMG
 * Were the giant space cricket's words to Kyon meant to symbolize Internet parodies? (Ep. 8)
 * In Ep. 10, according to the creator (as Kyon), it it, but people apparently didn't get it, and he didn't expect them to.
 * Who murdered the host? - According to the events in Ep. 9 (background screams), the murder was neither a prank, nor the butler's doing, nor an accident by Kyon and Koizumi (as it didn't happen: they were eating when the murder happened).
 * The suspect couldn't have been the guy on the table no one knows anything about.
 * In Ep. 10, Kyon thinks the whole situation is "a bunch of phoney baloney horse shit" and that Koizumi is in on it. When Koizumi confirms that the murder didn't really happen:
 * Kyon: "Thank you, please drive around Window I-so-fucking-called-it!"
 * It turns out the host never really died, and he laid on the floor trying really hard not to fart (so as to not give himself away). Koizumi set the entire thing up to pander to Haruhi's "natural attraction to the obscure" (It was not a prank, more of a hoax). But what about the screams, the knife wound and the butler's confirmation of his death?
 * The screams must have been faked, planned in advance.
 * The butler did just slap him around in hatred.
 * The knife wound is explained in the original series (it struck a notebook inside the shirt pocket).
 * Were the people at Koizumi's house really his relatives? - Kyon wondered so himself In-Universe.

From CaptainSparklez
(From CaptainSparklez's playthrough of Minecraft Story Mode) "(mimes talking mouth with his hand, he then makes funny faces and mimics the mouth with his two hands in a shrugged position. He then stops and, with a Kermit strained voice:) Just do the thing! Stop! ...Shut up! Make the thing work! ..So whiny! (refers to "What are we supposed to do?") We're being awesome! (whispers) Oh my God, she's such a pessimist and it's annoying. (a little louder) Oh my God, shut up. (When she says to Jesse "I like that way of looking at it.") (Gravel voice) Yeah, now make that thing work and stop being annoying! [...]""
 * Running Gag: (Ep 4 Part 2) "Just look at it. Look at it!"
 * "Very astute observation."
 * "Rueben, mah man!"
 * Funny Moment: "Well I'm the king of Boom Town, I'll have you know, please bow before me."
 * CapSpark getting fed up with Olivia, when she is not repairing the slime contraption and just talking about losing hope with the whole situation:


 * He then ends it with Sarcastic Clapping.

"Olivia: We should be careful. This place could be booby-trapped. CaptainSparklez: Ayy, she said "booby.""
 * Heh Heh, You Said "X":

Rune Zhevitz
Appearance: fault milestone one

A heir of the Zhevitz family. Infamous among the town, even after her death.


 * Chaotic Evil: Type 4
 * Child Prodigy: She came up with so many good concepts for Zhevitz Enterprise that they hired her as an intern consultant. Rudo thinks she helped the company to hurt his feelings, since he's not as imaginative as her, and since he saw what she was capable of doing.
 * Complete Monster
 * Creepy Child: At a young age, she said things no child should ever think of, like finding solace in the murder of animals and admiring death.
 * Cute and Psycho: Slasher Smile, Creepy Monotone, you name it.
 * Enfant Terrible
 * Emotionless Girl
 * Driven to Suicide: Rune's body was discovered in a cargo ship, with lots of coloured Mana in her body. Since she knew that going outside the Outer Pole was lethal, Rudo concluded that she took her own life...
 * Never My Fault: She blamed, saying he "started it" with a comment.
 * Posthumous Character:

VNs
Sakura Santa
 * Flash Step (Implied for Akina)
 * Sexy Santa Dress (add to Itsumi comment)
 * Did You Think I Can't Feel? (Itsumi)

HuniePop
 * (Heartwarming): Moko's CG of her sleeping on a tree branch.
 * Artificial Stupidity: A love interest can ask you a question, the answer being the thing they just told you beforehand.

Drafts
(Section.80) - Kendrick Lamar
 * (Framing Device) (Campfire)
 * (Title Drop)
 * (Let's Go Lesbians, Your Cheating Heart: Tammy's Song) (conclusion)
 * (From Bad to Worse, Tragedy, The Hero Dies: Keisha's Song)
 * (Shown their work, Historical Context) (1980s, Ronald Reagan, Crack epidemic)
 * (Poe Mans Dreams) (2nd verse)
 * (Ab-Souls Outro) (Breaking the Fourth Wall (No Fourth Wall), Reality Subtext, I Am Song, Anti-Pop) (Older than they think: Music Style reminiscent of To Pimp a Butterfly)
 * Boastful Rap (Horrorcore?): In "Rigamortis", Kendrick claims that listeners' favorite rappers are dead and that he killed them (amen). (Out-shined through talent and dedication)

(All That Jazz)
 * Cheating heart: Conversed many times.
 * As her daughter says, "When will you stop screwing around?"
 * (The Womanizer): "Can't he think about anything other than sex?"
 * Left the BGM on
 * Aborted Arc: What about Victoria? Or her wife? (lover? daughter? the show? his busisness?) We'll never find out, as Joe Giddeon is dead.
 * Anti-climax: Joe Gideon is faced with Angelique, not afraid to die, and she removes her gown to reveal her face, something she has never done before then. Then, cut to Joe's corpse as his body bag is zipped shut (Zipping Up the Bodybag). Fade to Black. (with an appropriate song, but still.
 * (No Fourth Wall): (In-Universe) Joe's hallucinations in the hospital as treated like a film studio, with Joe Gideon as director (and clappers) trying to get the sick Gideon in the hospital bed to respond (with scripted lines).
 * Self-Deprecation: (In-Universe) funk piece
 * Epic Rocking: The climatic funk piece lasts for 9 minutes.
 * (Informed flaw):
 * As we see with Victoria breaking down when Joe Gideon demands a lot out of her (inadequate dancing), she does struggle with her dancing, but she get through.
 * (Talking to the Camera)
 * (Breaking the fourth wall): As Joe Gideon waltz without heart in the hospital ground: "What did you expect, a musical comedy?"
 * (Heel realization): Gideon, after his heart attack (in the hospital), laments his (treatment) of the people he loved.
 * (Christmas ghosts) (?) hallucinations
 * (Foreshadowing): remark about (February 1st)
 * Description cut: (Critic) "She loved it!" Cut to the critic's scathing review on TV.
 * (Creator Backlash): In-Universe. Joe Gideon feels (in his view) that the creations (musical) he makes are meaningless.
 * (Double Entendre, I don't get it) Daughter sends a "loaded" card (message) to Joe. His wife doesn't get it, and Joe lies that it means something else.
 * (Caught mid-coitus): Joe with Victoria (-- Jane), Joe in hospital
 * (Dangerous negligence): Joe (after his heart attack), (fake promises) to the doctor that he won't cause trouble at the hospital. Cue the Party Montage.
 * (Leiftmotif): The Stravinski(?) piece that plays every day Joe starts.
 * (Catchphrase): "It's showtime, folks", to himself.
 * (Joe uses prescription drugs) (abuses them?) (alcohol and cigarettes)
 * Hypocritical Humor: Joe (pressured by his business peers), goes with them to a doctor to check his health... only the doctor smokes while working and is coughing profusely.
 * (Jealousy bait): Jane (while with Gideon, she is hurt) calls another man while Joe stands in another room. (they talk about it afterwards)
 * Covers always lie: Some DVD covers show Joe and Jane together in Broadway attire (is this a fully-fledged musical?). Only it's just a product of photo manipulation: the images are from two different scenes.

Examples

 * Sequelitis: Psycho-Pass 2 turned a great sci-fi concept into a mockery of itself, with inappropriate shocking scenes for the sake of shock value, a total absence of logical sense in some important scenes and a plot that borders on Recycled Script. (Recap, Deja Vu, Unfortunate Implications, The Scrappy, Second Rate Villain, Headscratchers)
 * Author Existence Failure: Prince planned on writing his memoir a month before his death, according to TMZ. He finished around 50 pages.
 * A Naked Shoulder to Cry On: In La garçonne (The Bachelor Girl), the main character, heartbroken about her fiancee having cheated on her, ends up sleeping with a stranger from the streets.

Other
Change image
 * Unreliable Narrator
 * Off-Model (with Dragon Ball Super Ep 5)
 * Category:Light Novels
 * Extreme Doormat
 * Magnificent Bastard
 * Word Salad Title
 * Category:Woolseyism (something that compares both translations)
 * Equivalent Exchange (No watermark)
 * No Celebrities Were Harmed
 * Artifact of Attraction (a white image is not clever)
 * Kill'Em All (change to hamlet-related)
 * Dirty Old Man
 * Establishing Shot
 * Audience? What Audience?

Featured list
Featured articles, links to add (Waiting list of a waiting list):
 * To sort: (Tropes, Media, Creators)


 * Led Zeppelin
 * The Three Stooges
 * Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
 * The Simpsons
 * House of Leaves (quote final paragraph)
 * Not Simple
 * Charlie Chaplin
 * Josef Stalin
 * Paint Drying
 * Blood Knight
 * Pirate Girl
 * What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?
 * Category:The Scrappy
 * Teleporters and Transporters
 * Theory of Narrative Causality
 * Alternate History Wank
 * The Republic (novel)
 * Stock Shout-Outs
 * Hattori Hanzo
 * Columbine
 * Sanjuro
 * Frank Welker
 * Mel Blanc
 * Disney
 * Johnny Bravo
 * Disney Theme Parks
 * Steamboat Willie
 * Frank Tashlin
 * Van Beuren Studios
 * Tales of the Gold Monkey
 * Cab Calloway
 * Arcadia
 * Known Space
 * Round Robin
 * Bob Clampett
 * The Ren and Stimpy Show
 * Chuck Jones
 * Patlabor
 * Generation Kill
 * Mahabharata
 * The Sound of Martial Music
 * Ruritania
 * Carl Sagan
 * No More Heroes
 * A Christmas Carol
 * Charles Dickens
 * Tom Hanks Syndrome
 * Band of Brothers
 * Latex Space Suit
 * Category:Science Fiction
 * Money Spider
 * Disney Acid Sequence
 * Ishtar
 * The Alcatraz
 * Skies of Arcadia
 * Arabian Nights
 * Grant Morrison's Batman
 * Doug
 * Koihime Musou
 * Norse Mythology
 * Drop the Hammer
 * Daredevil
 * Iron Man
 * Hawkeye
 * Civil War (Comic Book)
 * Kaze to Ki no Uta
 * Sorting Algorithm of Mortality
 * The Diary of a Young Girl
 * Caligula/Development History
 * Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
 * Sapphire and Steel
 * Buried Alive
 * Combat Pragmatist
 * Slashed Throat
 * Off with His Head
 * Death Trap
 * Evil Overlord
 * Animal Assassin
 * Incredibly Obvious Bomb
 * Covered in Mud
 * Humiliation Conga
 * Category:Eye Scream
 * Crossing the Desert
 * Shifting Sand Land
 * All Deserts Have Cacti
 * Scenery Gorn
 * Scary Scorpions
 * Sand Worm
 * Warhammer 40000
 * Judge Dredd (comics)
 * Ciaphas Cain
 * Sealed Evil in a Can
 * Nature Adores a Virgin
 * Metroid
 * Animesque
 * Glorious Mother Russia
 * Uberwald
 * Asian Gal with White Guy
 * All Asians Are Alike
 * Spy Catsuit
 * Horny Devils
 * Maligned Mixed Marriage
 * Translation Convention
 * MacGyver
 * Florence Nightingale Effect
 * Quicksand Sucks
 * Cluster F-Bomb
 * Shinigami
 * The Scarlet Pimpernel (novel)
 * Trigun
 * Blackadder
 * Tuxedo and Martini
 * Seppuku
 * Behind the Black
 * Shoot Everything That Moves
 * Kleptomaniac Hero
 * Blackmail
 * Humphrey Bogart
 * Box Office Bomb
 * Polybius
 * Combattler V
 * Hamlet
 * Meido
 * Negative Continuity
 * All Men Are Perverts
 * Teacher-Student Romance
 * Growing Up Sucks
 * His Name Is
 * Oblivious Mockery
 * Primal Scene
 * Radiata Stories
 * Soap Opera
 * Shana Clone
 * Char Clone
 * Catwoman (comics)
 * Nominal Hero
 * The Magic Flute
 * Touhou
 * Rhetoric
 * Your Cheating Heart
 * Tainted by the Preview
 * Telefang
 * Black Box
 * Twenty Minutes Into the Future
 * Direct to Video
 * BDSM
 * The Zeroth Law of Trope Examples
 * Plot Tailored to the Party
 * Gibberish of Love
 * The Tyson Zone
 * Scrub
 * Public Medium Ignorance
 * Humans Are the Real Monsters
 * The Empire
 * You Can't Get Ye Flask
 * The Rant
 * Humor Dissonance
 * Fan Wank
 * Pingu
 * Trope Name Injokes
 * Sacred Hospitality
 * Plot Parallel
 * Revenge
 * All The Tropes:There is No One True Way
 * Food Porn
 * Delicious Distraction
 * Cartoon Cheese
 * To the Pain
 * Scandalgate
 * Controversy-Proof Image
 * Race Lift
 * Nico
 * Dry Crusader
 * Church Militant
 * The Fundamentalist
 * Bury Your Gays
 * Fag Hag
 * Demoscene
 * Lightning Can Do Anything
 * Fire, Ice, Lightning
 * Kendo Team Captain
 * Character Shilling
 * Misblamed (The "Single Person" Fallacy)
 * End of an Age
 * Defiled Forever
 * The Three Faces of Eve
 * The Ingenue
 * Killer App
 * Barbarian Hero
 * Guardian Angel
 * Post 9-11 Terrorism Movie
 * Gil Scott-Heron
 * Love Hurts
 * Love Martyr
 * Love Potion
 * Love Redeems
 * Mad Love
 * Opposites Attract
 * Property of Love
 * Relationship Upgrade
 * Calling the Old Man Out
 * Suicide
 * Genius Loci
 * Batman (TV series)
 * The Silver Age of Comic Books
 * Nitro Boost
 * True Art Is Offensive
 * Nineteen Eighty-Four (Literature)

To improve:
 * The Dark Knight Saga (OUTDATED)
 * Penny Arcade (Webcomic) (OUTDATED)
 * Alexander the Great (EXPAND)
 * Full Metal Jacket (MAKE IT MORE EXCITING)
 * Osamu Tezuka (EXPAND)
 * Adventure Time (OUTDATED)
 * Ultima (REWRITE, SHORTEN)
 * The Gift of the Magi (EXPAND)
 * FUNimation (OUTDATED, CLEAN UP)
 * Nintendo (OUTDATED, CLEAN UP)
 * Lyrical Nanoha (NEEDS BETTER DESCRIPTION)
 * Marvel Comics (OUTDATED)
 * DC Comics (OUTDATED)
 * Kirby (OUTDATED)
 * Electronic Arts (OUTDATED, CHANGE Image, add EA Games slogan)
 * Aztec Mythology (REWRITE Introduction)
 * IBM Personal Computer (REWRITE Introduction, compare to Apple II)
 * Ramona Quimby (REWRITE)
 * John Belushi (IMPROVE DESCRIPTION)
 * Montreal Screwjob (SUMMARIZE BETTER)
 * Love Hina (?)
 * Samurai Champloo (SUBJECTIVE)
 * Detective Conan (MORE DESCRIPTION)
 * Anpanman (MORE DESCRIPTION)
 * Hellsing
 * Astro Boy (manga)/Astro Boy (anime)
 * The Mysterious Cities of Gold (REMOVE RECAP SURPLUS)
 * Digimon (CLEANUP)
 * Laputa: Castle in the Sky
 * Geneon
 * Saint Seiya
 * The Prince of Tennis (MAKE IT BETTER)
 * Excel Saga (manga)
 * School Rumble
 * Spirited Young Lady
 * The Silence of the Lambs (REWRITE)
 * The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film) (SHORTEN RECAP)
 * Shokojo Sera (RECAP, SPOILERS)
 * The Republic
 * Homer (REFOCUS on author)
 * The Illuminati (EXPAND)
 * Romance of the Three Kingdoms (anime) (REMOVE subjective parts)
 * Go for the Eye
 * Eye Pop
 * Atari
 * Hopscotch (quote first and last paragraphs, distillate characters and story into second paragraph)
 * Theodore Roosevelt (CLEANUP)
 * Deadpool (MASSIVE CLEANUP, make him swear)
 * Skullgirls
 * Hello Kitty (CLEANUP)
 * Cell Phone (EXPAND)
 * Shock and Awe (RENAME)

Links
To analyse
 * Utawarerumono
 * Symphonic Rain
 * Gore Screaming Show
 * Kusari
 * Katahane
 * Haru no Ashioto
 * Himawari
 * Eien no Aselia: The Spirit of Eternity Sword
 * Clover Heart's
 * A Profile
 * Kazoku Keikaku
 * Sonic Before the Sequel
 * Undertale
 * Amnesia: Memories
 * Toy Story
 * Myst
 * Twinkle Star Sprites
 * Final Fantasy XI
 * Final Fantasy XIV
 * Ikigami


 * Asian and Nerdy, Black and Nerdy
 * Zeerust
 * The Chosen Many
 * Seasonal Rot
 * Network Decay
 * Strictly Formula
 * Cliché Storm
 * Christmas Rushed