All The Tropes:Trope Workshop Guidelines: Difference between revisions

* [[Consistency]] type: How realistic the trope is and how often it's used compared to real life. Tropes can be completely unrealistic ([[Wraparound Background]], [[Stock Visual Metaphors]]), present much more commonly in fiction than in real life ([[Catapult Nightmare]], [[Stock Phrases]]) or be as common as in real life ([[Berserk Button]]). Note that if a said phenomenon happens as often as in real life and doesn't convey any meaning, it can easily fall into [[People Sit on Chairs]] territory.

* Type of a trope: This can be a [[Narrative Device]], [[Spectacle]] or something else.

* 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.