Plots

Plots ''organize the action of an entire script. Most plots occupy a single Episodes or Story Arc. See also Plot for a basic definition.''

Tropes
See also: Categories:
 * Master Plots
 * Seven Basic Conflicts
 * Plot Threads
 * The Seven Basic Plots
 * Propps Functions of Folktales
 * Beginning Tropes
 * Crossover Index
 * Ending Tropes
 * Episodes
 * Flashbacks and Chronology
 * Goals and Objectives Index
 * Mystery Arc
 * Romance Arc
 * Romance Novel Plots
 * The Hero's Journey
 * Time Travel Tropes
 * Truth and Lies


 * Accidental Athlete
 * Accidental Hero
 * Accidental Marriage
 * Achilles in His Tent
 * Action Hero Babysitter
 * Adventure Rebuff
 * Adventures in The Bible
 * Alien Invasion
 * Allegory Adventure
 * All for Nothing
 * All That Glitters
 * All Up to You
 * All Your Base Are Belong to Us
 * Alternate Universe
 * America Saves the Day
 * Amnesia Danger
 * And Now You Must Marry Me
 * Animal Athlete Loophole
 * Animal Testing
 * Annoying Patient
 * Antagonist in Mourning
 * Anticlimactic Parent
 * Appease the Volcano God
 * April Fool's Plot
 * Assimilation Plot
 * Attack of the Town Festival
 * Axes At School
 * The "B" Grade
 * Bachelor Auction
 * Back to School
 * Bad Luck Charm
 * Bad Samaritan
 * Bad Santa
 * Badass in Distress
 * The Bard On Board
 * Bathe Her and Bring Her To Me
 * Batman in My Basement
 * Be Careful What You Wish For
 * Be Yourself
 * Beauty Contest
 * Becoming the Costume
 * Becoming the Mask
 * Benched Hero
 * Big Lipped Alligator Moment
 * The Big Race
 * Billy Elliot Plot
 * Bizarro Episode
 * Body Count Competition
 * Body Horror
 * Body Snatcher
 * Body Surf
 * Brainwashed
 * Brainwashed and Crazy
 * Breaking Out the Boss
 * Breakout Mook Character
 * The Bride With a Past
 * Bring Help Back
 * Bring News Back
 * Bring It Back Alive
 * Broken Masquerade
 * Broken Pedestal
 * Broken Streak
 * Broken Treasure
 * Brought Down to Badass
 * Brought Down to Normal
 * Bruce Wayne Held Hostage
 * Bulk-Buy Only
 * Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie
 * Business As Unusual
 * Busman's Holiday
 * But I Can't Be Pregnant
 * Cabin Fever
 * Cain and Abel
 * The Cake Is a Lie
 * The Caper
 * Caper Rationalization
 * Can't Get in Trouble For Nuthin'
 * Captured Super Entity
 * Cattle Drive
 * Celebrity Is Overrated
 * Celebrity Lie
 * Celebrity Star
 * Changing of the Guard
 * Chain of Deals
 * The Chain of Harm
 * Character Focus
 * Charlie and The Chocolate Parody
 * The Chase
 * Chased By Angry Natives
 * Clean Up the Town
 * Childhood Memory Demolition Team
 * Children Raise You
 * Cinderella Circumstances
 * City in A Bottle
 * Class Reunion
 * Clear My Name
 * Clear Their Name
 * Clip Show
 * Closed Circle
 * Code Silver
 * Cold Equation
 * The Collector
 * Counter Zany
 * Color Me Black
 * Comic Books Are Real
 * Coming Out Story
 * Have You Tried Not Being a Monster?
 * Common Nonsense Jury
 * Compromising Memoirs
 * The Con
 * Consolation World Record
 * Contagious Powers
 * Contract On the Hitman
 * The Convenient Store Next Door
 * Cooking Duel
 * Cosmetic Catastrophe
 * Costumer
 * Crapsack World
 * Crash-Course Landing
 * Credit Card Plot
 * Criminal Mind Games
 * Crossing the Desert
 * Cuckoo Nest
 * Cutting the Knot
 * Date Peepers
 * Day in The Life
 * A Day in The Limelight
 * The Day of Reckoning
 * Deadly Game
 * Deadly Graduation
 * Deadly Upgrade
 * Dead Pet Sketch
 * Deal With the Devil
 * Death in The Clouds
 * Death Is a Sad Thing
 * Death Takes a Holiday
 * De-Power
 * Defector From Commie Land
 * Deserted Island
 * Despite the Plan
 * Destructive Saviour
 * Deus Exit Machina
 * Die Hard On an X
 * Digging to China
 * Digital Piracy Is Evil
 * Disability As an Excuse For Jerkassery
 * Divide and Conquer
 * Divided We Fall
 * The Documentary
 * A Dog Ate My Homework
 * Don't Celebrate Just Yet
 * Don't Go in The Woods
 * Doomed Moral Victor
 * Door Step Baby
 * Dork Horse Candidate
 * Do They Know It's Christmas Time?
 * Down the Rabbit Hole
 * Driving Test
 * Driving Question
 * Duels Decide Everything
 * Duel to The Death
 * Dug in Deeper
 * Easily-Thwarted Alien Invasion
 * Easter Bunny
 * Egg Sitting
 * Embarrassing Rescue
 * Emergency Impersonation
 * Empire With a Dark Secret
 * Empty Quiver
 * Endurance Duel
 * End of an Age
 * Enemy Mine
 * The Epic
 * Epic Race
 * Epiphanic Prison
 * Equivalent Exchange
 * Escape From the Crazy Place
 * Everybody Must Get Stoned
 * Everybody's Dead, Dave
 * Everything but The Girl
 * Everyone Meets Everyone
 * The Evils of Free Will
 * Evil Plan
 * Eviler Than Thou
 * Evil Twin
 * Evil Will Fail
 * Exact Words
 * Excellent Adventure
 * Experimental Archeology
 * Extreme Sport Excuse Plot
 * Fable Remake
 * Failed Audition Plot
 * Fairest of Them All
 * Faked Rip Van Winkle
 * Family Disunion
 * Family Rivalry
 * Fantastic Voyage Plot
 * False Crucible
 * Faustian Rebellion
 * Fauxtastic Voyage
 * Favouritism Flip Flop
 * Fawlty Towers Plot
 * Fidelity Test
 * Fight Clubbing
 * Fighting For A Homeland
 * Fifteen Minutes of Fame
 * Fight Dracula
 * The Final Temptation
 * Finding Judas
 * Find the Cure
 * Fish Out of Temporal Water
 * Flatline Plotline
 * Flower From the Mountaintop
 * Flowers for Algernon Syndrome
 * A Fool and His New Money Are Soon Parted
 * Foreign Correspondent
 * Forgiveness Requires Death
 * Forgotten Anniversary
 * Forgotten Birthday
 * Forgot the Call
 * For Science!
 * Free the Frogs
 * Frequently-Broken Unbreakable Vow
 * A Friend in Need
 * Frivolous Lawsuit
 * From Beyond the Fourth Wall
 * From Nobody to Nightmare
 * Fully-Absorbed Finale
 * Fumbling the Gauntlet
 * The Fun in Funeral
 * Fundraiser Carnival
 * The Game Never Stopped
 * The Game Plays You
 * Game Show Appearance
 * Garage Band
 * Garage Sale
 * Generational Saga
 * Genocide Backfire
 * Get Back to The Future
 * Ghost Ship
 * Ghost Story
 * Girls Behind Bars
 * Giving Radio to The Romans
 * Gladiator Revolt
 * Go Among Mad People
 * God and Satan Are Both Jerks
 * God for A Day
 * Going Native
 * Going to See The Elephant
 * Gold Fever
 * Gondor Calls for Aid
 * Government Conspiracy
 * Grand Finale
 * Grand Theft Me
 * Grass Is Greener
 * Great Escape
 * The Great Repair
 * The Greatest Story Never Told
 * Groundhog Day Loop
 * Guarding the Portal
 * Guess Who I'm Marrying
 * Gym Class Rope Climb
 * Halfway Plot Switch
 * "Happy Ending" Massage
 * Harbinger of Impending Doom
 * He Knows Too Much
 * Headbutting Heroes
 * Hell Invades Heaven
 * Hell On Earth
 * Her Codename Was Mary Sue
 * Hero for A Day
 * Heroes Gone Fishing
 * Heroic Rematch
 * Hero On Hiatus
 * Hiccup Hijinks
 * Hired to Hunt Yourself
 * The Hollywood Formula
 * The Homeward Journey
 * Horrible Camping Trip
 * Hot for Student
 * Hourglass Plot
 * House Inspection
 * Humanity On Trial
 * Hyde and Seek
 * Hyperlink Story
 * Hypno Fool
 * I Am Who?
 * Identity Impersonator
 * Impossible Mission
 * In Another Man's Shoes
 * Innocence Lost
 * Innocent Bystander Series
 * Inside a Computer System
 * Interrupted Cooldown Hug
 * Intrepid Fictioneer
 * In With the In Crowd
 * Inadequate Inheritor
 * Inept Aptitude Test
 * Indy Ploy
 * The Infiltration
 * Instant Book Deal
 * Invented Individual
 * Involuntary Charity Donation
 * Intergenerational Friendship
 * Intoxication Ensues
 * Invisible Main Character
 * Irritation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
 * Isolation Despondency
 * It's a Costume Party, I Swear
 * It's a Wonderful Plot
 * It's Personal
 * I Will Find You
 * I Wish It Were Real
 * Jailbird of Panama
 * Jekyll and Hyde
 * Jigsaw Puzzle Plot
 * Journey to The Center of The Mind
 * Just Fine Without You
 * Jackie Robinson Story
 * Joker Jury
 * Judgment of Solomon
 * Jumping Off the Slippery Slope
 * The Jungle Opera
 * Jury of the Damned
 * Just-So Story
 * Just Think of the Potential
 * Kafka Komedy
 * Kangaroo Court
 * Kansas City Shuffle
 * Keystone Army
 * Kids Versus Adults
 * Kill Me Now or Forever Stay Your Hand
 * Killed to Uphold The Masquerade
 * Kingmaker Scenario
 * Kudzu Plot
 * Last Fertile Region
 * Last Starfighter
 * Leave Your Quest Test
 * Legion of Doom
 * Like You Were Dying
 * Live Action Escort Mission
 * All Devouring Black Hole Loan Sharks
 * Locked Room Mystery
 * Lonely At the Top
 * Long Game
 * Lost Wedding Ring
 * Lost Orphaned Royalty
 * Lottery of Doom
 * Lottery Ticket
 * Lotus Eater Machine
 * Love Triangle
 * MacGuffin Escort Mission
 * Macho Disaster Expedition
 * Madden Into Misanthropy
 * Made a Slave
 * The Magic Comes Back
 * The Magic Goes Away
 * The Magnificent Seven Samurai
 * Mail Order Bride
 * Maintain the Lie
 * Make Room for The New Plot
 * Make the Bear Angry Again
 * Make Up or Break Up
 * The Makeover
 * Making the Masterpiece
 * Malignant Plot Tumor
 * Mall Santa
 * Mandatory Unretirement
 * Manufacturing Victims
 * Man in The Iron Mask
 * Man Versus Machine
 * Mary Sue Classic
 * Masquerade Ball
 * May the Farce Be With You
 * Meet Your Early Installment Weirdness
 * Mental Story
 * Me's a Crowd
 * The Migration
 * Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot
 * Miss Conception
 * Mission From God
 * Mistaken for Index
 * Mock Guffin
 * Monster Is a Mommy
 * Monster Protection Racket
 * More Than Mind Control
 * Movie Making Mess
 * The Moving Experience
 * Moving the Goalposts
 * Mundanization
 * My Biological Clock Is Ticking
 * My Death Is Just the Beginning
 * Nasty Party
 * Never Learned to Read
 * Never Lend to A Friend
 * New Super Power
 * Nitro Express
 * No Antagonist
 * No Doubt the Years Have Changed Me
 * No Guy Wants an Amazon
 * No Plot, No Problem
 * No Sympathy
 * Not Himself
 * Not Just a Tournament
 * Not-So-Imaginary Friend
 * Oddly Common Rarity
 * Off the Wagon
 * An Offer You Can't Refuse
 * Older Hero vs. Younger Villain
 * One of Our Own
 * One Born Every Minute
 * One We Prepared Earlier
 * On the Money
 * Orphean Rescue
 * Parent Trap Plot
 * Parents for A Day
 * Passed Over Inheritance
 * Passed Over Promotion
 * Passion Play
 * Peer Pressure Makes You Evil
 * Penny Among Diamonds
 * People Zoo
 * Pet Baby Wild Animal
 * Pick Up Babes With Babes
 * Picture Day
 * Pirate Booty
 * Plague of Good Fortune
 * Playing Both Sides
 * Playing Cyrano
 * Playing Sick
 * Plot Detour
 * Plot-Driving Secret
 * Plot Leveling
 * Plot Line Crossover
 * Plot Tailored to The Party
 * Poison and Cure Gambit
 * Police Brutality Gambit
 * Pony Tale
 * Poorly-Disguised Pilot
 * Porn Without Plot
 * Porn With Plot
 * Portal Book
 * Possessive Paradise
 * Post-Robbery Trauma
 * Predatory Business
 * Premature Empowerment
 * Premiere
 * Pride Before a Fall
 * Princess for A Day
 * Protect This House
 * Pursuing Parental Perils
 * Putting the Band Back Together
 * Prodigal Family
 * Prodigal Hero
 * The Promised Land
 * Property Line
 * Protagonist Journey to Villain
 * Push Polling
 * Pygmalion Plot
 * Pygmalion Snapback
 * The Quest
 * Quest for Identity
 * Quest for The Rest
 * Race Against the Clock
 * Radio Contest
 * Radish Cure
 * Rage Against the Heavens
 * Rage Within the Machine
 * Rags to Royalty
 * Rampage From a Nail
 * Random Events Plot
 * Ransacked Room
 * Rashomon Style
 * Reactionary Fantasy
 * Read the Fine Print
 * Reading Is Cool Aesop
 * A Real Man Is a Killer
 * Really Seventeen Years Old
 * Rear Window Investigation
 * Rear Window Witness
 * Reassignment Backfire
 * Rebuilt Pedestal
 * Redemption Quest
 * Reluctant Retiree
 * Rescue Arc
 * Revealing Coverup
 * Revenge of the Nerd
 * Rightful King Returns
 * Rip Van Winkle
 * River of Insanity
 * Rise of Zitboy
 * Roaring Rampage of Rescue
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge
 * Road Trip Romance
 * Robbing the Mob Bank
 * Robinsonade
 * Rogue Juror
 * Run for The Border
 * Safety Worst
 * Satchel Switcheroo
 * Save Our Students
 * Save Your Deity
 * Saving Christmas
 * Saving the Orphanage
 * Scare Dare
 * Scarecrow Solution
 * Scarpia Ultimatum
 * Scary Surprise Party
 * Scavenger Hunt
 * School for Scheming
 * Schrodinger's Butterfly
 * Science Is Useless
 * Scooby-Doo Hoax
 * Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right
 * Season Finale
 * Secret Diary
 * Secret Relationship
 * Selective Enforcement
 * Send in The Search Team
 * Separated At Birth
 * Serial Killer
 * Sex As Rite-Of-Passage
 * Sex Equals Love
 * Sex for Services
 * Sexy Man, Instant Harem
 * Shaggy Dog Story
 * Shapeshifting
 * The Show Must Go On
 * Sidekick Glass Ceiling
 * The Siege
 * A Simple Plan
 * Sinking Ship Scenario
 * Sink-or-Swim Fatherhood
 * Sleep Learning
 * Snipe Hunt
 * Snowed In
 * Soap Opera Justice
 * The So-Called Coward
 * Something Completely Different
 * Sorcerer's Apprentice Plot
 * Souvenir Land
 * Speed Dating
 * Spelling Bee
 * Split and Reunion
 * Spot the Imposter
 * Stab the Salad
 * Start My Own
 * Start of Darkness
 * Step Three: Profit
 * Stone Soup
 * Stranger in A Strange School
 * Strangers On a Train Plot Murder
 * Subverted Suspicion Aesop
 * Succession Crisis
 * Sudden Intelligence
 * Suicide Mission
 * Summon Everyman Hero
 * Super-Hero Origin
 * Superpowers for A Day
 * Suspiciously Similar Outfit
 * Tag-Along Actor
 * Tag-Team Suicide
 * Taking Over the Town
 * Talent Contest
 * Talking Your Way Out
 * Tall Tale
 * The Taxi
 * Teach Him Anger
 * Technician Versus Performer
 * Ten Little Murder Victims
 * Their First Time
 * Theres No Place Like Home
 * This Looks Like a Job For Aquaman
 * Thriller On the Express
 * Through the Eyes of Madness
 * Time to Move
 * Time Travel Escape
 * Time Travel Romance
 * To Hell and Back
 * Tontine
 * Too Many Cooks Spoil the Soup
 * Too Smart for Strangers
 * Tournament Arc
 * Train Job
 * Training Accident
 * Training the Peaceful Villagers
 * Trapped in The Past
 * Trapped in TV Land
 * Treasure Map
 * Trend Aesop
 * Trouble Follows You Home
 * Trouble From the Past
 * Troublemaking New Pet
 * A True Story in My Universe
 * Turned Against Their Masters
 * Turn in Your Badge
 * Twelfth Night Adventure
 * Twin Switch
 * Two-Timer Date
 * Unlocking the Talent
 * Unsettling Gender Reveal
 * Untrusting Community
 * Unwanted Gift Plot
 * Unwanted Glasses Plot
 * Unwanted Rescue
 * Unwanted Revival
 * Utopia Justifies the Means
 * Vampire Refugee
 * Vanishing Village
 * Very False Advertising
 * Visit By Divorced Dad
 * Wake Up, Go to School, Save The World
 * War for Fun And Profit
 * Wayback Trip
 * Wedding Day
 * Well Intentioned Replacement
 * We Need to Get Proof
 * We Want Our Jerk Back
 * We Would Have Told You But
 * What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
 * Who Will Take the Kids?
 * Who Dunnit to Me?
 * Whole-Plot Reference
 * Witch Hunt
 * Working the Same Case
 * Wounded Gazelle Gambit
 * Wounded Gazelle Warcry
 * World Limited to The Plot
 * Wrong Time Travel Savvy
 * X Must Not Win
 * Xanatos Gambit
 * Xanatos Roulette
 * Xanatos Speed Chess
 * Yellow Brick Road
 * You Already Changed the Past
 * You Are Grounded
 * You Can Keep Her
 * You Go Girl
 * You Have Waited Long Enough
 * You Know What You Did
 * You Wake Up in A Room
 * You Would Make a Great Model
 * Your Cheating Heart
 * Your Worst Nightmare
 * Yo Yo Plot Point
 * Zany Scheme
 * Zany Scheme Chicken

Series Plots organise the actions of an entire series:
 * Alien Among Us
 * Blithe Spirit
 * Changeling Fantasy
 * Coming of Age Story
 * Fish Out of Water
 * Gotta Catch Them All
 * Gotta Kill Them All
 * Rags to Riches
 * Rock Opera Plot
 * Set Right What Once Went Wrong
 * Stern Chase
 * There Can Be Only One
 * To Be a Master
 * Vampire Detective Series
 * Victorious Loser
 * Victory Is Boring
 * Walking the Earth
 * Water Source Tampering
 * White Man's Burden
 * Why Do You Hate the Dog?
 * Withholding the Cure
 * Wrong Turn At Albuquerque
 * Wunza Plot
 * You Are the New Trend
 * Youngest Child Wins
 * Youth Is Wasted On the Dumb
 * Zombie Apocalypse