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All The Tropes:Trope Workshop Guidelines: Difference between revisions

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* Origins: The earliest examples of a trope. Sometimes a trope has a reason why it happens and why it fell into use. Maybe they happen to imitate a work they're based on ([[Mascot with Attitude]] for an example), maybe it fell into use due to technical limitations during that time ([[Suddenly Blonde]]) or maybe this is due to laws and polices ([[Censorship Tropes]]).
* Popularity through time: A trope should have a clear pattern. Try to include the information about the popularity of the trope through time, when the occurrences of the trope started to raise and when the popularity of the trope reached its peak and if the trope has fallen out of favor. Also pay in mind that a trope can be region-specific (a trope used in works only or mostly in certain countries or regions). For an example, there might be a trope exclusive to Romanian animation. If the examples of the trope are just random occurrences with no clear pattern, it has a danger of belonging to the [[Too Rare to Trope]] category.
* Current trope[[Trope lifeLife cycleCycle]] status: How seriously is the trope taken nowadays. It can be still a trope taken seriously, it can be a [[Discredited Trope]] when a trope is considered a cliché, it can be [[Dead Horse Trope]] where parodies and [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshade Hangings]] far outnumber straight examples, it can be an [[Undead Horse Trope]] when, despite being mocked a lot, is still used straight, it can be [[Forgotten Trope]] when it's not used at all and it can be a [[Dead Unicorn Trope]] when the trope was rarely, if ever used straight at all.
 
== A Few More Bits of Advice ==
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