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Line 1: {{trope}}{{page should be category}} A list of tropes found within the [[Gothic Horror]] genre. While you don't need all of them to write a gothic horror novel, the more you have the better. [[Horror]] has some things that are universal to all genres of horror but not everything on that page is used in gothic horror. ▼ <big>'''MOD: Please do not add any more tropes to this page. Instead, please add [[:Category:Gothic Horror Tropes]] directly to the pages.'''</big> ▲A list of tropes found within the [[Gothic Horror]] genre. While you don't need all of them to write a gothic horror novel, the more you have the better. [[Horror]] has some things that are universal to all genres of horror but not everything on that page is used in gothic horror. Other genres that might employ heavy use of these tropes: Line 8 ⟶ 11: * [[Gaslamp Fantasy]] * [[Fairy Tale]] * [[Gothic Punk]] * [[Mystery]] - depends on the subgenre * [[Punk Punk]] * [[Romance Novel\|Romance]] - depends on the subgenre * [[Steampunk]] - mostly the mad scientist tropes unless the author feels like leaning towards fantasy instead of scifi. If the latter is this case these tropes will be given priority over more stereotypical fantasy elements. * [[Supernatural Fiction]] * [[Urban Fantasy]] * [[Vampire Fiction]] * [[Weird West]] * [[Werewolf Works]] Note:Zombies didn't start appearing until the 1920s, but many older creatures were absorbed into the zombie mythos. So use caution when adding zombie examples. ---- == Public Domain Characters == ''all entries that were listed here are now in [[:Category:Gothic Horror Tropes]]'' * [[Archangel Gabriel]] * [[Carmilla (Literature)\|Carmilla]] * [[Dracula]] * [[Faust]] * [[Frankenstein's Monster]] * [[The Grim Reaper]] * [[Headless Horseman]] * [[Jack the Ripper]] * [[Mummy]] * [[Satan]] * [[Sweeney Todd]] * [[Wolf Man]] == Characterization Tropes/Stock Characters == * [[Byronic Hero]] * [[Corrupt Church]] * [[Dhampyr]] * [[Evil Prince]] * [[Evil Sorceror]] * [[Femme Fatale]] * [[Grande Dame]] * [[The Grotesque]] * [[The Highwayman]] * [[The Igor]] * [[The Ingenue]] [[~~Distressed~~ Damsel in Distress]] [[Friend to All Living Things]] [[Hair of Gold]] Line 54 ⟶ 46: [[Rags to Riches]] * [[Jekyll and Hyde]] * [[Lesbian Vampire]] * [[Lunacy]] * [[Looks Like Orlok]] * [[Mad Scientist]] * [[Madwoman in ~~The~~the Attic]] * [[Nun-Too-Holy]] * [[Pirate]] * [[Religion of Evil]] * [[Servile Snarker~~\|Servile Snarkers~~]]s * [[Sexy Priest~~\|Sexy Priests~~]]s and [[Naughty Nun~~\|Naughty Nuns~~]]s * [[Sinister Minister]] * [[Stalker ~~With~~with a Crush]] * [[Undeathly Pallor]] * [[Woman Scorned]] * [[Wicked Witch]] == Cultural Tropes == ''all entries that were listed here are now in [[:Category:Gothic Horror Tropes]]'' * [[All Women Are Prudes]]/[[All Women Are Lustful]] * [[Arranged Marriage]] * [[Brain Fever]] * [[Death By Childbirth]] * [[Gorgeous Period Dress]] * [[High Class Glass]] * [[Of Corsets Sexy]] * [[Opera Gloves]] * [[Parasol of Prettiness]] * [[Parental Marriage Veto]] * [[Romanticism]] * [[Romanticism Versus Enlightenment]] * [[Royalty and Nobility Tropes]] * [[Victorian Novel Disease]] == Fictional Species == * [[Our Angels Are Different\|Angels]] * [[Our Banshees Are Louder\|Banshees]] * [[Our Demons Are Different\|Demons]] * [[Our Dragons Are Different\|Dragons]] * [[Eldritch Abomination~~\|Eldritch Abominations~~]]s * [[Fair Folk]] * [[Our Gargoyles Rock\|Gargoyles]] * [[Our Ghosts Are Different\|Ghosts]] * [[Our Ghouls Are Different\|Ghouls]] * [[Our Gods Are Greater\|Gods]] * [[Hell Hound\|Hellhounds]] * [[Necromancer~~\|Necromancers~~]] s * [[Our Zombies Are Different\|Revenants]] * [[Dem Bones\|Skeletons]] * [[Horny Devils\|Succubi]] * [[The Undead]] * [[Our Vampires Are Different\|Vampires]] * [[Our Werewolves Are Different\|Werewolves]] * [[Ghost Lights\|Will-O-Wisps]] * [[Witch Species\|Witches]] == Location == ''all entries that were listed here are now in [[:Category:Gothic Horror Tropes]]'' * [[Ruritania]] * [[Southern Gothic]] * [[Uberwald]] == Magic == ''all entries that were listed here are now in [[:Category:Gothic Horror Tropes]]'' * [[Alchemy Is Magic]] * [[Ars Goetia (Literature)\|Ars Goetia]] * [[Cold Flames]] * [[Psychic Powers]] == Settings == * [[Afterlife Express]] * [[Ancient Tomb]] * [[Bedlam House]] * [[Big Fancy House]] * [[Boarding School of Horrors]] * [[Creepy Cathedral]] * [[Creepy Cemetery]] * [[Dances and Balls]] * [[Don't Go in The Woods]] * [[Eldritch Location]] * [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]] * [[Ghost Ship]] * [[Haunted Castle]] * [[Haunted House]] * [[It Was a Dark ~~And~~and Stormy Night]] * [[Mad Scientist Laboratory]] * [[Old Dark House]] * [[You All Meet in An Inn]] == Plot Elements == * [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]] * [[All ~~Hallows~~Hallow's Eve]] * [[Always Night]] * [[Anachronic Order]] Line 149 ⟶ 123: [[In Medias Res]] [[Scrapbook Story]] * [[Based Onon a Dream]] * [[Bizarrchitecture]] * [[Blood Bath]] * [[Burn the Witch]] * [[Chess ~~With~~with Death]] * [[The Dark Arts]] * [[Deal ~~With~~with the Devil]] * [[Demonic Possession]] * [[Dramatic Thunder]] Line 168 ⟶ 142: * [[If I Can't Have You]] * [[Incest Is Relative]] * [[Let's Split Up, Gang!]] * [[Love At First Sight]] * [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] * [[Malevolent Architecture]] * [[Melancholy Moon]] * [[Not Quite Dead]] * [[Ominous Fog]] * [[Psychological Horror]] * [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil]] * [[Real After All]] * [[Red Sky, Take Warning]] * [[Scarpia Ultimatum]] * [[Supernatural Aid]] * [[A Storm Is Coming]] * [[Strapped to An Operating Table]] * [[Torches and Pitchforks]] * [[The Tragic Rose]] * [[Villainous Crush]] * [[Weird Moon]] == Soundtrack/Music == ''all entries that were listed here are now in [[:Category:Gothic Horror Tropes]]'' * [[For Doom the Bell Tolls]] * [[Ominous Latin Chanting]] * [[Ominous Pipe Organ]] == Themes == ''all entries that were listed here are now in [[:Category:Gothic Horror Tropes]]'' * [[Be Careful What You Wish For]] ~~* [[Freud Was Right]] groan~~ * [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]] * [[The Power of Love]] * [[Science Is Bad]] * [[Sex Is Evil]] * [[Things Man Was Not Meant to Know]] == Time Period == * [[The Cavalier Years]] - the first gothic horror story came out towards the end of this era * [[The Edwardian Era]] - the genre was on its death bed by then but there were still authors willing to write in it * [[The Gay Nineties]] * [[Middle Ages]] - used to be a popular setting for gothic fiction authors but nowadays is associated with [[Standard Fantasy Setting\|"Tolkienesque"]] [[Medieval European Fantasy\|elements]]. * [[Regency England]] * [[The Spanish Inquisition]] Line 214 ⟶ 180: {{reflist}} [[Category:Horror Tropes]] [[Category:~~Index Of Gothic Horror Tropes~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:~~Trope~~Gothic Horror Tropes]]