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{{tropelist|Tropes of which [[Neil Gaiman]] is an example:}}
* [[Adam Westing]]:
** Specifically, his guest appearance on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' in 2011 where he reveals {{spoiler|the whole plot was a scam for him to become an NYT bestseller, he can't read, and he's not even British!}}.
** In the Simpsons Coraline parody "Coralisa," he voices Lisa's cat Snowball. While Snowball sounds wise when talking about mysterious doors and families, he gets distracted when Lisa turns on her flashlight. "Shiiiiiiiiiiiny!"
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Neil has more than a few remarks about haters, life, and writing. He's joked that for season 2 of Good Omens, David Tennant would be replaced by several Fennec foxes.▼
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: He got a star-making gig at DC Comics because Alan Moore recommended him for the [[Darker and Edgier]] reboots of Silver Age heroes like Black Orchid and Sandman.
▲* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Neil has more than a few remarks about haters, life, and writing. He's joked that for season 2 of ''[[Good Omens (TV series)|Good Omens]]'', David Tennant would be replaced by several Fennec foxes.
* [[Digital Piracy Is Okay]]
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: In ''The Art of Asking'', Amanda confirms that Neil was this during their courtship. She wasn't sure how their relationship would work out given the age differences, and that in the book world he's a celebrity while at the time she was an underground musician. When he asked her to marry him, Neil agreed to all her conditions: it would be an open marriage, they didn't need kids, and she wouldn't be a wife.
* [[Heroic Self-Deprecation]]
* [[Hot Dad]]
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* [[Messy Hair]]
* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]
* [[Not a Morning Person]]: Neil jokes that in addition to his nameless cameo in the [[Diana Wynne Jones]] novel ''Deep Secret'', part of [[The Magids]] duology, Nick's zombielike morning state was based on his before Neil gets any caffeine.
* [[One of Us]]
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: He explained in his "Make Good Art" speech that this was how he got writing gigs. When freelancing, he would lie that he wrote or so-and-so publications, then would write for them for real. That way it would be true eventually and he could claim to be "chronologically challenged". Neil advises not doing this in the day and age of the Internet, because fact-checking is more common.
* [[Running the Asylum]]
* [[Sesame Street Cred]]: He guest starred as himself in an episode of ''[[Arthur]]''.
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* ''Smoke & Mirrors''
* ''Angels & Visitations''
* ''[[Fragile Things]]''
* ''M is for Magic''
* ''How to Talk to Girls at Parties''
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