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[[Trope Overdosed]] is when a series uses many tropes. The opposite, when a trope applies to many different series, is '''Overdosed Tropes'''. If you want a real challenge, look for an article that doesn't use a single one of these tropes. |
[[Trope Overdosed]] is when a series uses many tropes. The opposite, when a trope applies to many different series, is '''Overdosed Tropes'''. If you want a real challenge, look for an article that doesn't use a single one of these tropes. |
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'''[[Memetic Mutation|Over 9000]]''' |
'''[[Memetic Mutation|Over 9000]]''' |
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* [[Big |
* [[Big Bad]] (17,837 links) |
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* [[Shout-Out]] (14,752 links) |
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* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: 16992 |
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* [[Jerkass]] (11,213 links) |
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* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: 15608 |
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* [[Lampshade Hanging]] (10,880 links) |
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* [[Shout-Out]]: 14813 |
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* [[Word of God]] (10,569 links) |
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* [[Jerkass]]: 12615 |
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* [[Complete Monster]] (10,510 links) |
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* [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Moment of Awesome]]: 11070 |
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* [[Tear Jerker]] (9,446 links) |
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* [[Badass]]: 10761 |
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* [[ |
* [[Badass]] (9,388 links) |
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* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] (9,095 links) |
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* [[Complete Monster]]: 10673 |
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* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] (9,043 links) |
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* [[Tear Jerker]]: 9845 |
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* [[Ho Yay]]: 9405 |
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: 9364 |
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* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: 9105 |
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'''7000-9000''' |
'''7000-9000''' |
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]] (8,994 links) |
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* [[Funny Moments (Sugar Wiki)|Funny Moments]]: 8498 |
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* [[Running |
* [[Running Gag]] (8,311 links) |
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* [[Nightmare Fuel]] (8,153 links) |
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* [[Memetic Mutation]]: 8062 |
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* [[Memetic Mutation]] (7,964 links) |
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: 8066 |
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* [[Up to |
* [[Up to Eleven]] (7,743 links) |
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* [[Berserk |
* [[Berserk Button]] (7,648 links) |
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* [[Meaningful Name]] (7,552 links) |
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* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: 7765 |
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* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] (7,318 links) |
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: 7605 |
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* [[The |
* [[The Hero]] (7,273 links) |
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* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] (7,150 links) |
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* [[Ax Crazy]]: 7490 |
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* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: 7300 |
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* [[Large Ham]]: 7149 |
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* [[Action Girl]]: 7087 |
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'''6000-7000''' |
'''6000-7000''' |
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* [[ |
* [[Large Ham]] (6,975 links) |
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* [[ |
* [[Expy]] (6,972 links) |
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* [[Heel Face |
* [[Heel Face Turn]] (6,887 links) |
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* [[ |
* [[Action Girl]] (6,879 links) |
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* [[ |
* [[Butt Monkey]] (6,861 links) |
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]] (6,835 links) |
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* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: 6786 |
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* [[Fridge |
* [[Fridge Logic]] (6,794 links) |
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* [[Fridge Brilliance]] (6,753 links) |
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* [[Genre Savvy]]: 6729 |
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* [[ |
* [[Oh Crap]] (6,736 links) |
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* [[Heroic Sacrifice]] (6,717 links) |
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* [[The Dragon]]: 6662 |
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* [[ |
* [[Squick]] (6,651 links) |
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* [[ |
* [[Genre Savvy]] (6,583 links) |
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* [[The Dragon]] (6,581 links) |
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* [[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|Awesome Music]]: 6192 |
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* [[Catch Phrase]] (6,531 links) |
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* [[Heartwarming Moments]]: 6183 |
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* [[Eldritch Abomination]] (6,104 links) |
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* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: 6052 |
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'''5000-6000''' |
'''5000-6000''' |
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* [[ |
* [[Ho Yay]] (5,978 links) |
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* [[Ax Crazy]] (5,880 links) |
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* [[Justified Trope]]: 5628 |
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* [[Magnificent Bastard]] (5,765 links) |
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* [[Mad Scientist]]: 5398 |
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* [[The Woobie]] (5,758 links) |
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* [[Heroic BSOD]]: 5350 |
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* [[ |
* [[Take That]] (5,704 links) |
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* [[Captain Obvious]] (5,290 links) |
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* [[Mooks]]: 5304 |
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* [[Moral Event Horizon]] (5,221 links) |
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* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: 5254 |
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* [[Mad Scientist]] (5,211 links) |
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* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: 5231 |
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* [[Heroic BSOD]] (5,150 links) |
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* [[From Bad to Worse]]: 5216 |
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* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] (5,098 links) |
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* [[Hilarity Ensues]]: 5172 |
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* [[Hilarity Ensues]] (5,084 links) |
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* [[Trope Namers]]: 5113 |
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* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] (5,072 links) |
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* [[Subverted Trope]]: 5083 |
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* [[ |
* [[It Got Worse]] (5,065 links) |
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'''4500-5000''' |
'''4500-5000''' |
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* [[Sarcasm |
* [[Sarcasm Mode]] (4,965 links) |
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* [[Too Dumb to |
* [[Too Dumb to Live]] (4,898 links) |
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* [[Fan |
* [[Fan Nickname]] (4,878 links) |
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* [[Character |
* [[Character Development]] (4,800 links) |
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* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] (4,762 links) |
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* [[Fan Nickname]]: 4846 |
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* [[ |
* [[Trope Namer]] (4,754 links) |
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* [[Justified Trope]] (4,752 links) |
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* [[All There in the Manual]]: 4822 |
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* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] (4,716 links) |
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* [[Rule of Cool]]: 4820 |
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* [[ |
* [[Rule of Cool]] (4,646 links) |
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* [[All There in the Manual]] (4,621 links) |
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* [[Determinator]]: 4756 |
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* [[ |
* [[Mind Screw]] (4,577 links) |
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* [[Darker and Edgier]] (4,567 links) |
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* [[Tsundere]]: 4753 |
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* [[Tsundere]] (4,538 links) |
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* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: 4743 |
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* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: 4735 |
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* [[The Big Guy]]: 4727 |
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* [[Mind Screw]]: 4717 |
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* [[Anti-Hero]]: 4688 |
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* [[The Smart Guy]]: 4668 |
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* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: 4640 |
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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: 4612 |
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* [[Kick the Dog]]: 4567 |
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* [[Face Heel Turn]]: 4550 |
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* [[Your Mileage May Vary]]: 4507 |
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'''4000-4500''' |
'''4000-4500''' |
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* [[Kick the Dog]] (4,493 links) |
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* [[It Makes Sense in Context]]: 4397 |
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* [[The Lancer]] (4,464 links) |
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* [[Humongous Mecha]]: 4379 |
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* [[Fan Service]] (4,463 links) |
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* [[Fridge Horror]]: 4250 |
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* [[Anti-Hero]] (4,446 links) |
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* [[Crapsack World]]: 4179 |
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* [[ |
* [[Face Heel Turn]] (4,428 links) |
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* [[Curb Stomp Battle]] (4,413 links) |
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* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: 4161 |
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* [[Big Damn Heroes]] (4,399 links) |
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* [[Badass Normal]]: 4157 |
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* [[What Could Have Been]] (4,262 links) |
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* [[The Movie]]: 4136 |
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* [[Fridge Horror]] (4,228 links) |
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* [[The Chessmaster]]: 4131 |
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* [[Chekhov's |
* [[Chekhov's Gun]] (4,212 links) |
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* [[It Makes Sense in Context]] (4,186 links) |
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* [[What Could Have Been]]: 4105 |
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* [[ |
* [[The Big Guy]] (4,169 links) |
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* [[The Movie]] (4,114 links) |
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* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: 4002 |
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* [[Unfortunate Implications]] (4,114 links) |
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* [[The Chick]]: 4001 |
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* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]] (4,081 links) |
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* [[The Smart Guy]] (4,081 links) |
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* [[Subverted Trope]] (4,067 links) |
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* [[Manipulative Bastard]] (4,051 links) |
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* [[Played for Laughs]] (4,049 links) |
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* [[Executive Meddling]] (4,018 links) |
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'''3500-4000''' |
'''3500-4000''' |
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* [[Humongous Mecha]] (3,997 links) |
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* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: 3991 |
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* [[Badass Normal]] (3,956 links) |
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* [[Played for Laughs]]: 3940 |
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* [[Took a Level in Badass]] (3,933 links) |
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* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: 3908 |
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* [[ |
* [[Only Sane Man]] (3,900 links) |
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* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] (3,892 links) |
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* [[Executive Meddling]]: 3895 |
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* [[ |
* [[Title Drop]] (3,882 links) |
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* [[Downer |
* [[Downer Ending]] (3,868 links) |
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* [[What the Hell, Hero?]] (3,859 links) |
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* [[Title Drop]]: 3851 |
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* [[Rule of Funny]] (3,834 links) |
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* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: 3848 |
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* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]] (3,814 links) |
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* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: 3804 |
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* [[The Chick]] (3,798 links) |
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* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: 3773 |
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* [[Crapsack World]] (3,776 links) |
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* [[Body Horror]]: 3759 |
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* [[Did Not Do the Research]] (3,750 links) |
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* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: 3736 |
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* [[Determinator]] (3,713 links) |
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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: 3686 |
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* [[Foreshadowing]] (3,694 links) |
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* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: 3679 |
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* [[The Stoic]] (3,677 links) |
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* [[MacGuffin]]: 3671 |
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* [[Blatant Lies]] (3,662 links) |
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* [[Foreshadowing]]: 3650 |
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* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]] (3,655 links) |
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* [[Blatant Lies]]: 3634 |
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* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]] (3,651 links) |
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* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: 3625 |
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* [[Narm]] (3,640 links) |
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* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: 3621 |
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* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] (3,632 links) |
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* [[Narm]]: 3616 |
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* [[ |
* [[Ear Worm]] (3,612 links) |
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* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]] (3,583 links) |
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* [[Ear Worm]]: 3601 |
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* [[ |
* [[Body Horror]] (3,561 links) |
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* [[The Reveal]] (3,534 links) |
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* [[Bishonen]]: 3550 |
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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]] (3,511 links) |
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* [[Smug Snake]]: 3521 |
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'''3000-3500''' |
'''3000-3500''' |
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* [[Smug Snake]] (3,484 links) |
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* [[Five-Man Band]]: 3455 |
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* [[Break the Cutie]] (3,484 links) |
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* [[The Ditz]]: 3436 |
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* [[Driven to |
* [[Driven to Suicide]] (3,418 links) |
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* [[Serious |
* [[Serious Business]] (3,400 links) |
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* [[ |
* [[The Ditz]] (3,369 links) |
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* [[Mood Whiplash]] (3,284 links) |
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* [[Retcon]]: 3342 |
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* [[Five-Man Band]] (3,284 links) |
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* [[Killed Off for Real]]: 3338 |
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* [[Knight Templar]] (3,273 links) |
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* [[Genki Girl]]: 3299 |
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* [[ |
* [[Game Breaker]] (3,272 links) |
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* [[MacGuffin]] (3,269 links) |
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* [[Crazy Awesome]]: 3271 |
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* [[Continuity Nod]] (3,264 links) |
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* [[Fantastic Racism]]: 3258 |
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* [[The Chessmaster]] (3,217 links) |
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* [[Mood Whiplash]]: 3257 |
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* [[Fantastic Racism]] (3,213 links) |
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* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: 3238 |
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* [[Even Evil Has Standards]] (3,198 links) |
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* [[Game Breaker]]: 3235 |
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* [[Killed Off for Real]] (3,183 links) |
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* [[Blood Knight]]: 3229 |
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* [[Crazy Awesome]] (3,181 links) |
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* [[Mind Rape]]: 3218 |
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* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] (3,170 links) |
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* [[The Scrappy]]: 3212 |
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* [[Ms. Fanservice]] (3,159 links) |
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* [[Affably Evil]]: 3209 |
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* [[Blood Knight]] (3,145 links) |
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* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: 3190 |
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* [[Affably Evil]] (3,135 links) |
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* [[Continuity Nod]]: 3188 |
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* [[Genki Girl]] (3,123 links) |
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* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: 3164 |
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* [[Mooks]] (3,110 links) |
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* [[Back from the Dead]]: 3155 |
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* [[ |
* [[Les Yay]] (3,097 links) |
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* [[Karma Houdini]] (3,065 links) |
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* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: 3130 |
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* [[The Scrappy]] (3,065 links) |
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* [[Hot-Blooded]]: 3125 |
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* [[Your Mileage May Vary]] (3,064 links) |
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* [[Damsel in Distress]]: 3097 |
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* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]] (3,037 links) |
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* [[Karma Houdini]]: 3071 |
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* [[ |
* [[Mind Rape]] (3,034 links) |
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* [[ |
* [[Retcon]] (3,029 links) |
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* [[Stalker with a |
* [[Stalker with a Crush]] (3,009 links) |
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* [[Anti-Villain]] (3,000 links) |
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* [[Noodle Incident]]: 3022 |
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* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: 3010 |
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'''2750-3000''' |
'''2750-3000''' |
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* [[Noodle Incident]] (2,983 links) |
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* [[Foe Yay]]: 2981 |
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* [[Nice Hat]] (2,951 links) |
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* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: 2979 |
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* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] (2,939 links) |
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* [[For the Evulz]]: 2977 |
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* [[Damsel in Distress]] (2,939 links) |
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* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: 2949 |
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* [[Pet the Dog]] (2,936 links) |
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* [[Precision F-Strike]]: 2938 |
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* [[Bittersweet Ending]] (2,916 links) |
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* [[The Rival]]: 2935 |
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* [[Hot-Blooded]] (2,910 links) |
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* [[Yandere]]: 2933 |
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* [[Precision F-Strike]] (2,910 links) |
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* [[Pet the Dog]]: 2929 |
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* [[Freudian Excuse]] (2,899 links) |
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* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: 2927 |
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* [[ |
* [[Foe Yay]] (2,898 links) |
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* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] (2,880 links) |
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* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: 2913 |
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* [[For the Evulz]] (2,864 links) |
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* [[Evil Counterpart]]: 2909 |
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* [[A God Am I]] (2,858 links) |
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* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: 2888 |
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* [[The Rival]] (2,838 links) |
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* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: 2855 |
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* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] (2,835 links) |
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* [[Freudian Excuse]]: 2884 |
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* [[Not So Different]] (2,818 links) |
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* [[Parental Abandonment]]: 2856 |
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* [[Parental Abandonment]] (2,802 links) |
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* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: 2837 |
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* [[Disproportionate Retribution]] (2,792 links) |
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* [[Recycled in Space]]: 2834 |
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* [[Refuge in Audacity]] (2,788 links) |
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* [[Big Eater]]: 2829 |
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* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] (2,783 links) |
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* [[Monster of the Week]]: 2827 |
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* [[ |
* [[Evil Counterpart]] (2,772 links) |
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* [[Big Eater]] (2,771 links) |
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* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: 2803 |
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* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: 2800 |
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* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: 2799 |
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* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: 2788 |
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* [[Show Within a Show]]: 2765 |
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'''2500-2750''' |
'''2500-2750''' |
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* [[Groin Attack]] (2,729 links) |
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: 2747 |
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* [[Batman Gambit]] (2,720 links) |
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* [[One-Winged Angel]]: 2742 |
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* [[ |
* [[Call Back]] (2,720 links) |
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* [[And I Must Scream]] (2,719 links) |
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* [[Groin Attack]]: 2735 |
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* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] (2,715 links) |
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* [[The Mole]]: 2723 |
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* [[Tempting Fate]] (2,707 links) |
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* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: 2720 |
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* [[ |
* [[The Mole]] (2,698 links) |
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* [[Eye |
* [[Eye Scream]] (2,688 links) |
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* [[One-Winged Angel]] (2,678 links) |
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* [[Tempting Fate]]: 2684 |
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* [[Show Within a Show]] (2,662 links) |
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* [[Mundane Made Awesome]]: 2670 |
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* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] (2,653 links) |
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* [[Evil Laugh]]: 2661 |
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* [[Kill It with Fire]] (2,646 links) |
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* [[Sixth Ranger]]: 2660 |
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* [[The End of the World as We Know It]] (2,644 links) |
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* [[Put on a Bus]]: 2658 |
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* [[ |
* [[Brick Joke]] (2,638 links) |
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* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]] (2,612 links) |
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* [[Not So Different]]: 2630 |
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* [[Villain Protagonist]] (2,601 links) |
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* [[Ship Tease]]: 2629 |
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* [[Fate Worse Than Death]] (2,599 links) |
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* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: 2600 |
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* [[Idiot Ball]] (2,590 links) |
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* [[Deconstruction]]: 2592 |
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* [[Ship Tease]] (2,586 links) |
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* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: 2583 |
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* [[Put on a Bus]] (2,577 links) |
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* [[Villain Protagonist]]: 2579 |
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* [[Alternate Universe]] (2,564 links) |
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* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: 2576 |
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* [[Villainous Breakdown]] (2,550 links) |
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* [[Idiot Ball]]: 2567 |
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* [[Back from the Dead]] (2,547 links) |
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* [[Brick Joke]]: 2565 |
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* [[Playing with Fire]] (2,542 links) |
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* [[More Dakka]]: 2559 |
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* [[Punny Name]] (2,537 links) |
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* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]] (2,537 links) |
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* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: 2539 |
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* [[Evil Laugh]] (2,516 links) |
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* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: 2537 |
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* [[True Companions]] (2,513 links) |
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* [[Mama Bear]]: 2527 |
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* [[Actor Allusion]] (2,508 links) |
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* [[The Atoner]]: 2512 |
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* [[Enemy Mine]]: 2510 |
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* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: 2509 |
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* [[Badass Longcoat]]: 2505 |
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* [[Deal with the Devil]]: 2505 |
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* [[Alpha Bitch]]: 2503 |
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Latest revision as of 01:10, 16 April 2020
Trope Overdosed is when a series uses many tropes. The opposite, when a trope applies to many different series, is Overdosed Tropes. If you want a real challenge, look for an article that doesn't use a single one of these tropes.
Many of these tropes are popular because they are used as a verbal shorthand (YMMV, Squick, Oh Crap, etc.), and others are popular because they're more ways of discussing works than they are part of the work themselves (Nightmare Fuel, moments of awesome and funny). In any event, the only requirement to be included on this page is that a trope is referenced by at least 2,500 other pages, as listed in the "related" page.
The numbers given here are for rough estimation purposes only, since the pages will inevitably have changed since the trope was added or updated. To see a live listing of all pages (not just tropes) with the highest links count, go to the Most Linked Pages page. (Just be aware that this is a processor-intensive page and may throw 503 or 504 errors when you try to view it.)
See Also Omnipresent Tropes, Tropes of Legend, Trope Overdosed. For tropes that attract a lot of potholes, see Pothole Magnet.
Contrast Needs More Tropes. (Amazingly enough, "Overdosed Tropes" and "Needs More Tropes" can overlap, especially when somebody creates a page by going through the list of tropes alphabetically or by some other system, adding all of the tropes that look right, but stopping partway through.)
- Big Bad (17,837 links)
- Shout-Out (14,752 links)
- Jerkass (11,213 links)
- Lampshade Hanging (10,880 links)
- Word of God (10,569 links)
- Complete Monster (10,510 links)
- Tear Jerker (9,446 links)
- Badass (9,388 links)
- Crowning Moment of Awesome (9,095 links)
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin (9,043 links)
7000-9000
- Deadpan Snarker (8,994 links)
- Running Gag (8,311 links)
- Nightmare Fuel (8,153 links)
- Memetic Mutation (7,964 links)
- Up to Eleven (7,743 links)
- Berserk Button (7,648 links)
- Meaningful Name (7,552 links)
- Crowning Moment of Funny (7,318 links)
- The Hero (7,273 links)
- Incredibly Lame Pun (7,150 links)
6000-7000
- Large Ham (6,975 links)
- Expy (6,972 links)
- Heel Face Turn (6,887 links)
- Action Girl (6,879 links)
- Butt Monkey (6,861 links)
- Cloudcuckoolander (6,835 links)
- Fridge Logic (6,794 links)
- Fridge Brilliance (6,753 links)
- Oh Crap (6,736 links)
- Heroic Sacrifice (6,717 links)
- Squick (6,651 links)
- Genre Savvy (6,583 links)
- The Dragon (6,581 links)
- Catch Phrase (6,531 links)
- Eldritch Abomination (6,104 links)
5000-6000
- Ho Yay (5,978 links)
- Ax Crazy (5,880 links)
- Magnificent Bastard (5,765 links)
- The Woobie (5,758 links)
- Take That (5,704 links)
- Captain Obvious (5,290 links)
- Moral Event Horizon (5,221 links)
- Mad Scientist (5,211 links)
- Heroic BSOD (5,150 links)
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold (5,098 links)
- Hilarity Ensues (5,084 links)
- Crowning Moment of Heartwarming (5,072 links)
- It Got Worse (5,065 links)
4500-5000
- Sarcasm Mode (4,965 links)
- Too Dumb to Live (4,898 links)
- Fan Nickname (4,878 links)
- Character Development (4,800 links)
- Crowning Music of Awesome (4,762 links)
- Trope Namer (4,754 links)
- Justified Trope (4,752 links)
- Ensemble Darkhorse (4,716 links)
- Rule of Cool (4,646 links)
- All There in the Manual (4,621 links)
- Mind Screw (4,577 links)
- Darker and Edgier (4,567 links)
- Tsundere (4,538 links)
4000-4500
- Kick the Dog (4,493 links)
- The Lancer (4,464 links)
- Fan Service (4,463 links)
- Anti-Hero (4,446 links)
- Face Heel Turn (4,428 links)
- Curb Stomp Battle (4,413 links)
- Big Damn Heroes (4,399 links)
- What Could Have Been (4,262 links)
- Fridge Horror (4,228 links)
- Chekhov's Gun (4,212 links)
- It Makes Sense in Context (4,186 links)
- The Big Guy (4,169 links)
- The Movie (4,114 links)
- Unfortunate Implications (4,114 links)
- Hey, It's That Guy! (4,081 links)
- The Smart Guy (4,081 links)
- Subverted Trope (4,067 links)
- Manipulative Bastard (4,051 links)
- Played for Laughs (4,049 links)
- Executive Meddling (4,018 links)
3500-4000
- Humongous Mecha (3,997 links)
- Badass Normal (3,956 links)
- Took a Level in Badass (3,933 links)
- Only Sane Man (3,900 links)
- Well-Intentioned Extremist (3,892 links)
- Title Drop (3,882 links)
- Downer Ending (3,868 links)
- What the Hell, Hero? (3,859 links)
- Rule of Funny (3,834 links)
- Hey, It's That Voice! (3,814 links)
- The Chick (3,798 links)
- Crapsack World (3,776 links)
- Did Not Do the Research (3,750 links)
- Determinator (3,713 links)
- Foreshadowing (3,694 links)
- The Stoic (3,677 links)
- Blatant Lies (3,662 links)
- Getting Crap Past the Radar (3,655 links)
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero (3,651 links)
- Narm (3,640 links)
- Hilarious in Hindsight (3,632 links)
- Ear Worm (3,612 links)
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking (3,583 links)
- Body Horror (3,561 links)
- The Reveal (3,534 links)
- Beware the Nice Ones (3,511 links)
3000-3500
- Smug Snake (3,484 links)
- Break the Cutie (3,484 links)
- Driven to Suicide (3,418 links)
- Serious Business (3,400 links)
- The Ditz (3,369 links)
- Mood Whiplash (3,284 links)
- Five-Man Band (3,284 links)
- Knight Templar (3,273 links)
- Game Breaker (3,272 links)
- MacGuffin (3,269 links)
- Continuity Nod (3,264 links)
- The Chessmaster (3,217 links)
- Fantastic Racism (3,213 links)
- Even Evil Has Standards (3,198 links)
- Killed Off for Real (3,183 links)
- Crazy Awesome (3,181 links)
- Does This Remind You of Anything? (3,170 links)
- Ms. Fanservice (3,159 links)
- Blood Knight (3,145 links)
- Affably Evil (3,135 links)
- Genki Girl (3,123 links)
- Mooks (3,110 links)
- Les Yay (3,097 links)
- Karma Houdini (3,065 links)
- The Scrappy (3,065 links)
- Your Mileage May Vary (3,064 links)
- Names to Run Away From Really Fast (3,037 links)
- Mind Rape (3,034 links)
- Retcon (3,029 links)
- Stalker with a Crush (3,009 links)
- Anti-Villain (3,000 links)
2750-3000
- Noodle Incident (2,983 links)
- Nice Hat (2,951 links)
- Corrupt Corporate Executive (2,939 links)
- Damsel in Distress (2,939 links)
- Pet the Dog (2,936 links)
- Bittersweet Ending (2,916 links)
- Hot-Blooded (2,910 links)
- Precision F-Strike (2,910 links)
- Freudian Excuse (2,899 links)
- Foe Yay (2,898 links)
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge (2,880 links)
- For the Evulz (2,864 links)
- A God Am I (2,858 links)
- The Rival (2,838 links)
- Breaking the Fourth Wall (2,835 links)
- Not So Different (2,818 links)
- Parental Abandonment (2,802 links)
- Disproportionate Retribution (2,792 links)
- Refuge in Audacity (2,788 links)
- Obfuscating Stupidity (2,783 links)
- Evil Counterpart (2,772 links)
- Big Eater (2,771 links)
2500-2750
- Groin Attack (2,729 links)
- Batman Gambit (2,720 links)
- Call Back (2,720 links)
- And I Must Scream (2,719 links)
- Sealed Evil in a Can (2,715 links)
- Tempting Fate (2,707 links)
- The Mole (2,698 links)
- Eye Scream (2,688 links)
- One-Winged Angel (2,678 links)
- Show Within a Show (2,662 links)
- Loads and Loads of Characters (2,653 links)
- Kill It with Fire (2,646 links)
- The End of the World as We Know It (2,644 links)
- Brick Joke (2,638 links)
- Hoist by His Own Petard (2,612 links)
- Villain Protagonist (2,601 links)
- Fate Worse Than Death (2,599 links)
- Idiot Ball (2,590 links)
- Ship Tease (2,586 links)
- Put on a Bus (2,577 links)
- Alternate Universe (2,564 links)
- Villainous Breakdown (2,550 links)
- Back from the Dead (2,547 links)
- Playing with Fire (2,542 links)
- Punny Name (2,537 links)
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair (2,537 links)
- Evil Laugh (2,516 links)
- True Companions (2,513 links)
- Actor Allusion (2,508 links)
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