Fiction

""It's all lies. But they're entertaining lies. And in the end, isn't that the real truth? The answer... is no.""

- Leonard Nimoy, The Simpsons

Fiction is a genre in which the stories told are not real. Character, locations, and events may be real within fiction or may be entirely made up, but some element of the unreal will be present. Nearly all the media found on All The Tropes are fictional, so we won't go to the effort of listing them here.


 * Literature Genres
 * Film Genres
 * Show Genres

Literary Fiction Genres:


 * Adventure
 * Alternate History
 * Comic Novel
 * Crime Novel
 * Diary
 * Fairy Tale
 * Historical Fiction
 * Magic Realism
 * Mystery Fiction
 * Philosophical Novel
 * Political Novel
 * Romance Novel
 * Sea Stories
 * Speculative Fiction
 * Tall Tale
 * Thriller
 * Tragedy
 * Western


 * Lit Fic for 20th-century Realism and non-Genre literature.

Film Fiction Genres:


 * Biopic
 * B-Movie
 * Chick Flick
 * Martial Arts Movie
 * Disaster Movie
 * Epic Movie
 * Exploitation Film
 * Fan Film
 * Film Noir
 * Found Footage Films
 * George Lucas Throwback
 * Giallo
 * Heroic Bloodshed
 * Horror
 * Harryhausen Movie
 * Hillbilly Horrors
 * Kids Wilderness Epic
 * Music Stories
 * Period Piece
 * Road Movie
 * Romantic Comedy
 * Sea Stories
 * Slasher Movie
 * Slice of Life
 * Sports Stories
 * Stoner Flick (aka THC Theater)
 * The Western
 * Wuxia
 * War Movies

Show Fiction Genres:
 * Action Series
 * Adventure Series
 * Animesque
 * Animated Anthology
 * Animated Series
 * Black Comedy
 * Britcom
 * British Conspiracy Thriller
 * Christmas Special
 * Claymation
 * Cop Show
 * Costume Drama
 * Dead Baby Comedy
 * Docu Drama
 * Docu Soap
 * Dom Com
 * Dramedy
 * Edutainment Show
 * Family Drama
 * Fighting Series
 * Forensic Drama
 * Gag Series
 * Game Show
 * Government Conspiracy
 * Government Procedural
 * A Hallmark Presentation
 * Historical Fantasy
 * Heroic Fantasy
 * Heroic Pet Story
 * Horror
 * Jiggle Show
 * Kid Com
 * Lifetime Movie of the Week
 * Matchmaker Game
 * Medical Drama
 * Mind Screw
 * Mix and Match
 * Pantomime
 * Paranormal Investigation
 * The Parody
 * Pilot Movie
 * Police Procedural
 * Prime Time Soap
 * Reality Show
 * Reality TV
 * Rescue
 * Reunion Show
 * Romantic Comedy
 * Sadist Show
 * Media Franchise
 * Soap Opera
 * Spy Fiction
 * Superhero
 * Supernatural Soap Opera
 * Teen Drama
 * Two-Fisted Tales
 * Toku
 * The Western
 * Widget Series