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* [[Afraid of Blood]]
* [[Afraid of Blood]]
* [[Afraid of Needles]]
* [[Afraid of Needles]]
* [[Age Appropriate Angst]]
* [[Age-Appropriate Angst]]
* [[Agent Peacock]]
* [[Agent Peacock]]
* [[A God I Am Not]]
* [[A God I Am Not]]
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* [[Amnesiacs Are Innocent]]
* [[Amnesiacs Are Innocent]]
* [[Angst Dissonance]]
* [[Angst Dissonance]]
* [[Angst What Angst]]
* [[Angst? What Angst?]]
* [[Animal Jingoism]]
* [[Animal Jingoism]]
* [[Animals Hate Him]]
* [[Animals Hate Him]]
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* [[Closet Geek]]
* [[Closet Geek]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[The Cobblers Children Have No Shoes]]
* [[The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes]]
* [[Collector of the Strange]]
* [[Collector of the Strange]]
* [[Commuting On a Bus]]
* [[Commuting On a Bus]]
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* [[Dirty Business]]
* [[Dirty Business]]
* [[Dirty Cop]]
* [[Dirty Cop]]
** [[Bad Cop Incompetent Cop]]
** [[Bad Cop, Incompetent Cop]]
* [[Disco Dan]]
* [[Disco Dan]]
* [[Distinguished Gentleman's Pipe]]
* [[Distinguished Gentleman's Pipe]]
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* [[Don't Look At Me]]
* [[Don't Look At Me]]
* [[Don't Make Me Destroy You]]
* [[Don't Make Me Destroy You]]
* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me]]
* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]
* [[Donut Mess With a Cop]]
* [[Donut Mess With a Cop]]
* [[Double Consciousness]]
* [[Double Consciousness]]
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* [[Fear of Thunder]]
* [[Fear of Thunder]]
* [[Fearless Fool]]
* [[Fearless Fool]]
* [[Female Angel Male Demon]]
* [[Female Angel, Male Demon]]
* [[Fish Eyes]]
* [[Fish Eyes]]
* [[Flanderization]]
* [[Flanderization]]
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* [[The Gloves Come Off]]
* [[The Gloves Come Off]]
* [[Going Down With the Ship]]
* [[Going Down With the Ship]]
* [[Go Karting With Bowser]]
* [[Go-Karting With Bowser]]
* [[Good Costume Switch]]
* [[Good Costume Switch]]
* [[Good Flaws, Bad Flaws]]
* [[Good Flaws, Bad Flaws]]
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* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]
* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]
* [[Hospitality for Heroes]]
* [[Hospitality for Heroes]]
* [[Hot Blooded]]
* [[Hot-Blooded]]
* [[A House Divided]]
* [[A House Divided]]
* [[Hulk Speak]]
* [[Hulk Speak]]
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* [[I Kiss Your Hand]]
* [[I Kiss Your Hand]]
* [[Interpretative Character]]
* [[Interpretative Character]]
* [[I Thought Everyone Could Do That]]
* [[I Thought Everyone Could Do That!]]
* [[I Want to Be A Real Man]]
* [[I Want to Be A Real Man]]
* [[I Want You to Meet An Old Friend of Mine]]
* [[I Want You to Meet An Old Friend of Mine]]
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* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]
* [[The Knights Who Say Squee]]
* [[The Knights Who Say Squee]]
* [[Knuckle Cracking]]
* [[Knuckle-Cracking]]
* [[Kitsch Collection]]
* [[Kitsch Collection]]
* [[Klingon Scientists Get No Respect]]
* [[Klingon Scientists Get No Respect]]
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* [[Number One Dime]]
* [[Number One Dime]]
* [[Obligatory War Crime Scene]]
* [[Obligatory War Crime Scene]]
* [[Occupiers Out of Our Country]]
* [[Occupiers Out of Our Country!]]
* [[Office Golf]]
* [[Office Golf]]
* [[Old Windbag]]
* [[Old Windbag]]
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** [[Kick the Dog]]
** [[Kick the Dog]]
** [[Bait the Dog]]
** [[Bait the Dog]]
* [[Phone in Detective]]
* [[Phone-in Detective]]
* [[Phony Psychic]]
* [[Phony Psychic]]
** [[Not So Phony Psychic]]
** [[Not So Phony Psychic]]
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* [[Possession Sue]]
* [[Possession Sue]]
* [[Poster Gallery Bedroom]]
* [[Poster Gallery Bedroom]]
* [[Post Historical Trauma]]
* [[Post-Historical Trauma]]
* [[Present Absence]]
* [[Present Absence]]
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]
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* [[Scully Syndrome]]
* [[Scully Syndrome]]
* [[Selective Slaughter]]
* [[Selective Slaughter]]
* [[Selfish Good Selfish Evil]]
* [[Selfish Good, Selfish Evil]]
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]
* [[Sexless Marriage]]
* [[Sexless Marriage]]
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* [[Simple Staff]]
* [[Simple Staff]]
* [[Simpleton Voice]]
* [[Simpleton Voice]]
* [[Single Issue Psychology]]
* [[Single-Issue Psychology]]
* [[Significant Sketchbook]]
* [[Significant Sketchbook]]
* [[Sir Swearsalot]]
* [[Sir Swearsalot]]
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* [[The Universal Genre Savvy Guide/Just for Fun|The Universal Genre Savvy Guide]]
* [[The Universal Genre Savvy Guide/Just for Fun|The Universal Genre Savvy Guide]]
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]
* [[Un Sorcerer]]
* [[Un-Sorcerer]]
* [[Urban Legend Love Life]]
* [[Urban Legend Love Life]]
* [[Vanity License Plate]]
* [[Vanity License Plate]]
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* [[Weakened By the Light]]
* [[Weakened By the Light]]
* [[Weapon of Choice]]
* [[Weapon of Choice]]
* [[Weapon Jr]]
* [[Weapon, Jr.]]
* [[What Do They Fear Episode]]
* [["What Do They Fear?" Episode]]
* [[What Exactly Is His Job]]
* [[What Exactly Is His Job?]]
* [[What Is This Feeling]]
* [[What Is This Feeling?]]
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]
* [[What the Hell Townspeople]]
* [[What the Hell Townspeople]]
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* [[While Rome Burns]]
* [[While Rome Burns]]
* [[Whip It Good]]
* [[Whip It Good]]
* [[Who Needs Enemies]]
* [[...Who Needs Enemies?]]
* [[Who's Laughing Now?]]
* [[Who's Laughing Now?]]
* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]
* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]
* [[Why Couldn't You Be Different?]]
* [[Why Couldn't You Be Different?]]
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]
* [[Why Do You Hate the Dog]]
* [[Why Do You Hate the Dog?]]
* [[Wild Card]]
* [[Wild Card]]
* [[With Friends Like These]]
* [[With Friends Like These...]]
* [[Windows to The Soul]]
* [[Windows to The Soul]]
* [[The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask]]
* [[The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask]]
* [[Women Are Wiser]]
* [[Women Are Wiser]]
* [[The Worf Effect]]
* [[The Worf Effect]]
* [[Work Hard Play Hard]]
* [[Work Hard, Play Hard]]
* [[Working Class People Are Morons]]
* [[Working Class People Are Morons]]
* [[World of Cardboard Speech]]
* [[World of Cardboard Speech]]
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* [[Younger Than They Look]]
* [[Younger Than They Look]]
* [[Your Days Are Numbered]]
* [[Your Days Are Numbered]]
* [[Zero Approval Gambit]]
* [[Zero-Approval Gambit]]


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[[Category:index]]
[[Category:index]]
[[Category:Characterization Tropes]]
[[Category:Characterization Tropes]]
[[Category:Trope]]

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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).

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For lists of tropes as they apply to specific fictional characters, see:

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