- 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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F
- Face of the Band
- Failed Audition Plot
- False Widow
- Famous Ancestor
- Fantastically Indifferent
- Fantasy-Forbidding Father
- Fashionable Evil
- The Fashionista
- Fat Idiot
- Fat Slob
- Fatal Flaw
- Fear of Thunder
- Fearless Fool
- Female Angel, Male Demon
- Fish Eyes
- Flanderization
- Flat Character
- Flaw Exploitation
- Fleeting Passionate Hobbies
- Fluffy Tamer
- Foil
- Foreign Language Tirade
- Forgets to Eat
- Forgot Flanders Could Do That
- Former Teen Rebel
- Formerly Fat
- Fountain of Expies
- French Jerk
- Freudian Excuse
- The Friend Nobody Likes
- Friend to All Children
- Friend to All Living Things
- Friend to Bugs
- Friendly Rivalry
- From Nobody to Nightmare
- Functional Addict
- Fur and Loathing
G
- Game of Nerds
- Gasshole
- The Generic Guy
- Genius Book Club
- Genre Refugee
- The Glasses Come Off
- The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry
- The Gloves Come Off
- Go-Karting with Bowser
- A God I Am Not
- Going Down with the Ship
- Good Costume Switch
- Good Flaws, Bad Flaws
- Good Is Impotent
- Good Is Not Dumb
- Good Is Not Nice
- Grass Is Greener
- Greed
- Green-Eyed Monster
- Grew a Spine
- Grudging Thank You
- Guilt Complex
- Guilty Pleasures
- The Gump
- Gut Feeling
- Guttural Growler
H
- Happy Flashback
- Has Two Mommies
- Hates Baths
- Hates Being Touched
- Hates Everyone Equally
- Hates Small Talk
- He-Man Woman Hater
- Headbutting Heroes
- Headphones Equal Isolation
- Heart Trauma
- The Hedonist
- Hero Harasses Helpers
- Hero's Journey
- Heroic Albino
- Heroic Bastard
- Hidden Depths
- Hidden Heart of Gold
- High Hopes, Zero Talent
- His Story Repeats Itself
- Historical Badass Upgrade
- Historical Hero Upgrade
- Historical Villain Downgrade
- Historical Villain Upgrade
- Hollywood Dress Code
- Hollywood Personality Disorders
- Holy Burns Evil
- Holy Hitman
- Hormone-Addled Teenager
- Horrible Judge of Character
- Hospitality for Heroes
- Hot-Blooded
- A House Divided
- Human Pack Mule
- Humble Hero
- Humble Pie
- Humorless Aliens
- Hyper Awareness
I
- I Am What I Am
- I Can Still Fight
- I Coulda Been a Contender
- I Got Bigger
- I Have Brothers
- I Kiss Your Hand
- I Thought Everyone Could Do That
- I Want to Be a Real Man
- I Want You to Meet An Old Friend of Mine
- I Would Say If I Could Say
- Iaijutsu Practitioner
- Ideal Hero
- Idle Rich
- Ignore the Fanservice
- Ignored Epiphany
- Immortal Immaturity
- Immortality Begins At Twenty
- Immortality Seeker
- Implied Answer
- Improbable Age
- In Harm's Way
- In Harmony with Nature
- In Its Hour of Need
- In the Original Klingon
- In Touch with His Feminine Side
- In Vino Veritas
- In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves
- Incorruptible Pure Pureness
- Inferiority Superiority Complex
- Informed Judaism
- Informed Wrongness
- Innocent Aliens
- Innocent Bigot
- Innocently Insensitive
- Insists on Paying
- Intelligence Equals Isolation
- Intelligent Gerbil
- Interacting with Shadow
- Internal Reformist
- Interpretative Character
- Invisible Celebrity Guest
J
K
L
- Laborious Laziness
- Lack of Empathy
- A Lady on Each Arm
- Large and In Charge
- The Last DJ
- Lawful Stupid
- Lawful Stupid, Chaotic Stupid
- Leaning on the Furniture
- Legal Jailbait
- Legendary in the Sequel
- Let's Get Dangerous
- Lethal Klutz
- Licking the Blade
- Life of the Party
- Light Is Good
- Light Is Not Good
- Like a Fish Takes to Water
- Like a Weasel
- Living Forever Is Awesome
- Living Legend
- Loners Are Freaks
- Long Bus Trip
- Loony Friends Improve Your Personality
- Love Hungry
- Loves the Sound of Screaming
- Lust