- Admiration Tropes
- Aging Tropes
- Backstory Index
- Birth Tropes
- Blame Tropes
- Character Flaw Index
- Character Derailment
- Clothing Reflects Personality
- Cynicism Tropes
- Dead Herring
- Disability Tropes
- Does Not Like This Index
- Emotion Tropes
- Ego Tropes
- Extraversion Tropes
- Fictional Culture and Nation Tropes
- Foils
- Gender and Sexuality Tropes
- Goals and Objectives Index
- Gratitude Tropes
- Heel Face Index
- I Am an Index
- Idealism Tropes
- Identity Index
- Improbable Behavior Tropes
- Internal Conflict Tropes
- Introversion Tropes
- The Jerk Index
- Madness Tropes
- Mary Sue Tropes
- Master of the Index
- More Than Meets the Eye
- Motivation Index
- Naming Conventions
- National Stereotyping Tropes
- A Nice Jewish Index
- Occupation Tropes
- Oh Great a Snark Index
- Otherness Tropes
- The Only Righteous Index of Fanatics
- Personal Appearance Tropes
- Prejudice Tropes
- Signature Tropes
- Stereotype
- This Index Has Had a Hard Life
- This Index Is Copypasted
- Tropes About Perverts
- You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry
Category:Characterization Tropes
Tropes about setting up, fleshing out, and tearing down characters.
Compare Characters and Casting for how characters are affected by being played by actors. Contrast Characters As Device for roles that characters can be shoved into for plot reasons. See Signature Tropes for tropes that define a character (or work of fiction).
* Character Sheets - for trope lists as applied to specific characters in media.
Subcategories
This category has the following 77 subcategories, out of 77 total.
A
- Accent Tropes (42 P)
- Admiration Tropes (14 P)
- Anger Tropes (54 P)
B
- Backstory Tropes (31 P)
- Birth Tropes (26 P)
- Bisexuality Tropes (17 P)
- Blame Tropes (28 P)
C
- Character Derailment Tropes (27 P)
- Character Development (14 P, 1 F)
D
- Demonic Characters (22 P)
- Disgust Tropes (34 P)
- Does Not Like This Index (16 P)
E
- Extraversion Tropes (32 P)
F
- Feminine Ideals (7 P)
G
- Goals and Objectives Index (33 P)
- Gratitude Tropes (29 P)
H
- Hated for Being Different (3 P)
- Hatred Tropes (32 P)
- Hidden Badass (83 P)
I
- I Am an Index (20 P)
- Idealism Tropes (67 P)
- Index Has a Point (7 P)
- Intelligence Tropes (91 P)
- Introspection Tropes (12 P)
- Ironic Tropes (15 P)
J
- The Jerk Index (53 P)
K
- Knight in Shining Tropes (59 P)
L
M
- Mary Sue Tropes (38 P)
- Master of the Index (25 P)
N
- A Nice Jewish Index (28 P)
O
- Oh Great a Snark Index (40 P)
P
- Pacifist (7 P)
- Perpetual Expression (7 P)
Q
R
S
- Signature Tropes (19 P)
- Smile Tropes (30 P, 1 F)
T
- This Index Has Had a Hard Life (33 P)
- This Index Is Copypasted (46 P)
- Tropes About Perverts (74 P)
U
V
Pages in category "Characterization Tropes"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 699 total.
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- Madness Mantra
- The Magazine Rule
- Man Hug
- Mangst
- Martial Pacifist
- Masked Luchador
- Mathematician's Answer
- Measuring the Marigolds
- Meganekko
- Menacing Stroll
- Messiah Creep
- Miles to Go Before I Sleep
- Millionaire Playboy
- A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read
- A Minor Kidroduction
- Misery Builds Character
- Misfit Mobilization Moment
- Mister Big
- Mommy Issues
- Monstrosity Equals Weakness
- Mood Swinger
- Mook Face Turn
- The Morality-Mortality Equation
- The Morlocks
- Motive Decay
- The Movie Buff
- Mr. Alt Disney
- Mugging the Monster
- Muggle Born of Mages
- Mundane Luxury
- Muscles Are Meaningful
- Muscles Are Meaningless
- Must Make Amends
- Must Make Her Laugh
- My Instincts Are Showing
- Mysterious Past
N
- Naked on Arrival
- The Napoleon
- Naughty Is Good
- Neat Freak
- Nerd
- Nerd Glasses
- Nervous Wreck
- Never Got to Say Goodbye
- Nice Jewish Boy
- Nice to the Waiter
- No Object Permanence
- No Sense of Humor
- No Sense of Personal Space
- No Sympathy
- Nobody Calls Me Chicken
- Non-Idle Rich
- Not a Morning Person
- Not as You Know Them
- Not Bad
- Not Helping Your Case
- Not So Stoic
- Not So Weak
- Not That Kind of Doctor
- Not That Kind of Mage
- Not-So-Phony Psychic
- Now Let Me Carry You
- Number One Dime
O
- Obligatory War Crime Scene
- Occupiers Out of Our Country!
- Odd Couple
- Odd Friendship
- Office Golf
- Old Windbag
- The Older Immortal
- Older Than They Look
- Ominous Walk
- Only in It For the Money
- Opaque Nerd Glasses
- Opposites Attract
- Oral Fixation Fixation
- Orcus on His Throne
- Out-of-Character is Serious Business
- Out-of-Character Moment
- Outside Man, Inside Man
- Over and Under the Top
- Overwhelming Obsession
P
- Parenting the Husband
- Paste Eater
- Pastimes Prove Personality
- Perfect Pacifist People
- The Perfectionist
- Personality Powers
- Pet the Dog
- Phone-in Detective
- Phony Psychic
- Phony Veteran
- The Pig Pen
- Pink Is for Sissies
- Pinocchio Nose
- The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything
- Plain Jane
- Playing a Tree
- Plucky Middie
- Pointy-Haired Boss
- Polite Villains, Rude Heroes
- Politically-Incorrect Villain
- Popular Is Dumb
- Possession Sue
- Post-Historical Trauma
- Poster Gallery Bedroom
- Present Absence
- Psycho Supporter
- Psychopathic Manchild
- Put on a Bus
- Put on a Bus to Hell
- Putting on My Thinking Cap
R
- Rabid Cop
- Raised by Wolves
- Re-Ditto
- Real Men Eat Meat
- Real Men Wear Pink
- Really Seven Hundred Years Old
- Really Was Born Yesterday
- Rebel Relaxation
- Reckless Pacifist
- Reclining Reigner
- Red Oni, Blue Oni
- Redemption Quest
- Reformed but Rejected
- Relationship Writing Fumble
- Reluctant Warrior
- Repeat What You Just Said
- Rescued from the Scrappy Heap
- Resentful Guardian
- Rhino Rampage
- Rhymes on a Dime
- Ridiculous Procrastinator
- Ridiculously Successful Future Self
- Rival Science Teams
- Rookie Red Ranger
- Rotating Protagonist
- Rounded Character
S
- The Sacred Darkness
- Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training
- Salt and Pepper
- Sarcasm Blind
- Saying Sound Effects Out Loud
- Scarily Competent Tracker
- Scary Musician, Harmless Music
- Scary Shiny Glasses
- Schedule Fanatic
- Screaming Warrior
- Screwy Squirrel
- Scully Syndrome
- Selective Slaughter
- Selfish Good, Selfish Evil
- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
- Sexless Marriage
- Shame If Something Happened
- She's All Grown Up
- Sherlock Scan
- Shipper on Deck
- Shoot the Dog
- Shorter Means Smarter
- Sickly Neurotic Geek
- Signature Trait
- Significant Sketchbook
- The Silent Bob
- Silly Walk
- Simple Staff
- Simpleton Voice
- Single-Issue Psychology
- Sir Swearsalot
- Skilled but Naive
- Sleeps with Everyone but You
- Sleepyhead
- Sliding Scale of Antagonist Vileness
- Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes
- Slime Ball
- Slouch of Villainy
- Smart People Play Chess
- Smarter Than You Look
- Smoking Is Cool
- Smug Snake
- Smug Super
- Something About a Rose
- Son of a Whore
- Sorry I Fell on Your Fist
- Sour Prudes
- Spell My Name with a "The"
- Squee
- Stages of Monster Grief
- Standard Cop Backstory
- Standard Fifties Father
- Standardized Leader
- Static Character
- Stay in the Kitchen
- Stock Yuck
- Stopped Caring
- Storyboard Body
- Stout Strength
- Strange Salute