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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.
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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:
Other genres that might employ heavy use of these tropes:
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* [[Gaslamp Fantasy]]
* [[Gaslamp Fantasy]]
* [[Fairy Tale]]
* [[Fairy Tale]]
* [[Gothic Punk]]
* [[Gothic Punk]]
* [[Mystery]] - depends on the subgenre
* [[Mystery]] - depends on the subgenre
* [[Punk Punk]]
* [[Punk Punk]]
* [[Romance Novel|Romance]] - depends on the subgenre
* [[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.
* [[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]]
* [[Supernatural Fiction]]
* [[Urban Fantasy]]
* [[Urban Fantasy]]
* [[Vampire Fiction]]
* [[Vampire Fiction]]
* [[Weird West]]
* [[Weird West]]
* [[Werewolf Works]]
* [[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.
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.
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== Public Domain Characters ==
== 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 ==
== Characterization Tropes/Stock Characters ==
* [[Byronic Hero]]
* [[Byronic Hero]]
* [[Corrupt Church]]
* [[Corrupt Church]]
* [[Dhampyr]]
* [[Dhampyr]]
* [[Evil Prince]]
* [[Evil Prince]]
* [[Evil Sorceror]]
* [[Evil Sorceror]]
* [[Femme Fatale]]
* [[Femme Fatale]]
* [[Grande Dame]]
* [[Grande Dame]]
* [[The Grotesque]]
* [[The Grotesque]]
* [[The Highwayman]]
* [[The Highwayman]]
* [[The Igor]]
* [[The Igor]]
* [[The Ingenue]]
* [[The Ingenue]]
** [[Distressed Damsel]]
** [[Damsel in Distress]]
** [[Friend to All Living Things]]
** [[Friend to All Living Things]]
** [[Hair of Gold]]
** [[Hair of Gold]]
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** [[Rags to Riches]]
** [[Rags to Riches]]
* [[Jekyll and Hyde]]
* [[Jekyll and Hyde]]
* [[Lesbian Vampire]]
* [[Lesbian Vampire]]
* [[Lunacy]]
* [[Lunacy]]
* [[Looks Like Orlok]]
* [[Looks Like Orlok]]
* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[Madwoman in The Attic]]
* [[Madwoman in the Attic]]
* [[Nun-Too-Holy]]
* [[Nun-Too-Holy]]
* [[Pirate]]
* [[Pirate]]
* [[Religion of Evil]]
* [[Religion of Evil]]
* [[Servile Snarker|Servile Snarkers]]
* [[Servile Snarker]]s
* [[Sexy Priest|Sexy Priests]] and [[Naughty Nun|Naughty Nuns]]
* [[Sexy Priest]]s and [[Naughty Nun]]s
* [[Sinister Minister]]
* [[Sinister Minister]]
* [[Stalker With a Crush]]
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]
* [[Undeathly Pallor]]
* [[Undeathly Pallor]]
* [[Woman Scorned]]
* [[Woman Scorned]]
* [[Wicked Witch]]
* [[Wicked Witch]]


== Cultural Tropes ==
== 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 ==
== Fictional Species ==
* [[Our Angels Are Different|Angels]]
* [[Our Angels Are Different|Angels]]
* [[Our Banshees Are Louder|Banshees]]
* [[Our Banshees Are Louder|Banshees]]
* [[Our Demons Are Different|Demons]]
* [[Our Demons Are Different|Demons]]
* [[Our Dragons Are Different|Dragons]]
* [[Our Dragons Are Different|Dragons]]
* [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]]
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]s
* [[Fair Folk]]
* [[Fair Folk]]
* [[Our Gargoyles Rock|Gargoyles]]
* [[Our Gargoyles Rock|Gargoyles]]
* [[Our Ghosts Are Different|Ghosts]]
* [[Our Ghosts Are Different|Ghosts]]
* [[Our Ghouls Are Different|Ghouls]]
* [[Our Ghouls Are Different|Ghouls]]
* [[Our Gods Are Greater|Gods]]
* [[Our Gods Are Greater|Gods]]
* [[Hell Hound|Hellhounds]]
* [[Hell Hound|Hellhounds]]
* [[Necromancer|Necromancers]]
* [[Necromancer]]s
* [[Our Zombies Are Different|Revenants]]
* [[Our Zombies Are Different|Revenants]]
* [[Dem Bones|Skeletons]]
* [[Dem Bones|Skeletons]]
* [[Horny Devils|Succubi]]
* [[Horny Devils|Succubi]]
* [[The Undead]]
* [[The Undead]]
* [[Our Vampires Are Different|Vampires]]
* [[Our Vampires Are Different|Vampires]]
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different|Werewolves]]
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different|Werewolves]]
* [[Ghost Lights|Will-O-Wisps]]
* [[Ghost Lights|Will-O-Wisps]]
* [[Witch Species|Witches]]
* [[Witch Species|Witches]]


== Location ==
== Location ==
''all entries that were listed here are now in [[:Category:Gothic Horror Tropes]]''
* [[Ruritania]]
* [[Southern Gothic]]
* [[Uberwald]]


== Magic ==
== 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 ==
== Settings ==
* [[Afterlife Express]]
* [[Afterlife Express]]
* [[Ancient Tomb]]
* [[Ancient Tomb]]
* [[Bedlam House]]
* [[Bedlam House]]
* [[Big Fancy House]]
* [[Big Fancy House]]
* [[Boarding School of Horrors]]
* [[Boarding School of Horrors]]
* [[Creepy Cathedral]]
* [[Creepy Cathedral]]
* [[Creepy Cemetery]]
* [[Creepy Cemetery]]
* [[Dances and Balls]]
* [[Dances and Balls]]
* [[Don't Go in The Woods]]
* [[Don't Go in The Woods]]
* [[Eldritch Location]]
* [[Eldritch Location]]
* [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]]
* [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]]
* [[Ghost Ship]]
* [[Ghost Ship]]
* [[Haunted Castle]]
* [[Haunted Castle]]
* [[Haunted House]]
* [[Haunted House]]
* [[It Was a Dark And Stormy Night]]
* [[It Was a Dark and Stormy Night]]
* [[Mad Scientist Laboratory]]
* [[Mad Scientist Laboratory]]
* [[Old Dark House]]
* [[Old Dark House]]
* [[You All Meet in An Inn]]
* [[You All Meet in An Inn]]


== Plot Elements ==
== Plot Elements ==
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]
* [[All Hallows Eve]]
* [[All Hallow's Eve]]
* [[Always Night]]
* [[Always Night]]
* [[Anachronic Order]]
* [[Anachronic Order]]
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** [[In Medias Res]]
** [[In Medias Res]]
** [[Scrapbook Story]]
** [[Scrapbook Story]]
* [[Based On a Dream]]
* [[Based on a Dream]]
* [[Bizarrchitecture]]
* [[Bizarrchitecture]]
* [[Blood Bath]]
* [[Blood Bath]]
* [[Burn the Witch]]
* [[Burn the Witch]]
* [[Chess With Death]]
* [[Chess with Death]]
* [[The Dark Arts]]
* [[The Dark Arts]]
* [[Deal With the Devil]]
* [[Deal with the Devil]]
* [[Demonic Possession]]
* [[Demonic Possession]]
* [[Dramatic Thunder]]
* [[Dramatic Thunder]]
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* [[If I Can't Have You]]
* [[If I Can't Have You]]
* [[Incest Is Relative]]
* [[Incest Is Relative]]
* [[Let's Split Up Gang]]
* [[Let's Split Up, Gang!]]
* [[Love At First Sight]]
* [[Love At First Sight]]
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]
* [[Malevolent Architecture]]
* [[Malevolent Architecture]]
* [[Melancholy Moon]]
* [[Melancholy Moon]]
* [[Not Quite Dead]]
* [[Not Quite Dead]]
* [[Ominous Fog]]
* [[Ominous Fog]]
* [[Psychological Horror]]
* [[Psychological Horror]]
* [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil]]
* [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil]]
* [[Real After All]]
* [[Real After All]]
* [[Red Sky Take Warning]]
* [[Red Sky, Take Warning]]
* [[Scarpia Ultimatum]]
* [[Scarpia Ultimatum]]
* [[Supernatural Aid]]
* [[Supernatural Aid]]
* [[A Storm Is Coming]]
* [[A Storm Is Coming]]
* [[Strapped to An Operating Table]]
* [[Strapped to An Operating Table]]
* [[Torches and Pitchforks]]
* [[Torches and Pitchforks]]
* [[The Tragic Rose]]
* [[The Tragic Rose]]
* [[Villainous Crush]]
* [[Villainous Crush]]
* [[Weird Moon]]
* [[Weird Moon]]


== Soundtrack/Music ==
== 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 ==
== 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 ==
== Time Period ==
* [[The Cavalier Years]] - the first gothic horror story came out towards the end of this era
* [[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 Edwardian Era]] - the genre was on its death bed by then but there were still authors willing to write in it
* [[The Gay Nineties]]
* [[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]].
* [[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]]
* [[Regency England]]
* [[The Spanish Inquisition]]
* [[The Spanish Inquisition]]
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Latest revision as of 15:51, 4 May 2020

MOD: Please do not add any more tropes to this page. Instead, please add Category:Gothic Horror Tropes directly to the pages.

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:

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

Characterization Tropes/Stock Characters

Cultural Tropes

all entries that were listed here are now in Category:Gothic Horror Tropes

Fictional Species

Location

all entries that were listed here are now in Category:Gothic Horror Tropes

Magic

all entries that were listed here are now in Category:Gothic Horror Tropes

Settings

Plot Elements

Soundtrack/Music

all entries that were listed here are now in Category:Gothic Horror Tropes

Themes

all entries that were listed here are now in Category:Gothic Horror Tropes

Time Period

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