Trope Namers/Literature: Difference between revisions

Books are also a good source for trope titles. If you read about them here, there's a good chance you'll see them pop up in other media.

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=== By Author's Last Name ===

* [[Douglas Adams|Adams, Douglas]]

*** [[The Alleged Car]]

*** [[Bits of Me Keep Passing Out]]

*** [[Insignificant Little Blue Planet]]

*** [[Puff of Logic]]

*** [[Reality Is Out to Lunch]]

*** [[Somebody Else's Problem]]

** ''The Meaning of Liff''

** [[Animorphism]]

 

 

* Banks, Iain

* Barry, Dave

** [[Adjacent to This Complete Breakfast]]

 

** [[Uncle Tomfoolery]]

 

** [[Jury of the Damned]]

 

** [[Fearful Symmetry]]

 

** [[Butterfly of Doom]] ("A Sound of Thunder")

 

 

* Bulwer-Lytton, Edward

 

** [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]

** [[Down the Rabbit Hole]]

** [[Go Among Mad People]]

** [[The Mad Hatter]]

 

** [[The Dulcinea Effect]]

** [[No Mere Windmill]]

** [[Briar Patching]] (''Bre'r Rabbit'' stories)

 

** [[Ten Little Murder Victims]]

 

** [[Clarke's Third Law]]

 

** [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]]

 

** [[Become a Real Boy]]

** [[Pinocchio Nose]]

** [[Pinocchio Syndrome]]

 

** [[Lost World]]

** ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]''

*** [[Sherlock Scan]]

*** [[The Watson]]

 

* Congreve, William

** [[I Was Told There Would Be Cake]]

 

 

** [[Do Androids Dream?]]

** [[Only Electric Sheep Are Cheap]]

 

** ''[[Oliver Twist]]''

*** [[The Artful Dodger]]

*** [[Yet Another Christmas Carol]]

 

** [[Catch a Falling Star]]

** [[For Doom the Bell Tolls]]

 

 

* [[Harlan Ellison|Ellison, Harlan]]

 

* Gibson, William

** [[Raygun Gothic]] (from "The Gernsback Continuum")

 

** [[Farm Boy]]

** [[I Am Not Left-Handed]]

** [[To the Pain]]

 

** [[Grimmification]]

 

** [[Bug War]] (''Starship Troopers'')

 

 

* Highsmith, Patricia

 

* Hope, Anthony

** [[Prisoner of Zenda Exit]]

 

 

* Irving, Washington

** [[Rip Van Winkle]] ("Rip van Winkle")

 

** [[Bread and Circuses]]

** [[Who Watches the Watchmen?]]

 

** [[More Deadly Than the Male]]

** [[White Man's Burden]]

 

** [[Subspace Ansible]]

 

** [[Circle of Extinction]]

 

** [[Cosmic Horror Story]]

** [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]?

*** And [[Did You Just Index Cthulhu|related tropes]].

** [[Eldritch Abomination]]

** [[Through the Eyes of Madness]]

** [[Lovecraft Country]]

 

* [[Herman Melville|Melville, Herman]]

 

** [[The Eeyore]]

 

 

* [[Michael Moorcock|Moorcock, Michael]]

** [[The Multiverse]]

 

** [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]

** [[Lolicon]]

 

** [[Eternal Recurrence]]

** [[God Is Dead]]

* [[Larry Niven|Niven, Larry]]

** [[All the Myriad Ways]]

** [[Finagle's Law]]

** [[The Magic Goes Away]]

** [[Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex]]

** [[Ringworld Planet]]

** [[Sufficiently Analyzed Magic]]

 

** [[Airstrip One]]

** [[Big Brother Is Employing You]]

** [[Unperson]]

 

 

* Pope, Alexander

** [[Hope Springs Eternal]]

 

** [[Fertile Feet]]

** [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]

** [[Theory of Narrative Causality]]

** [[Thunderbolt Iron]]

** [[Un-Equal Rites]]

** [[Vetinari Job Security]]

 

* Rodgers, Mary

** [[Freaky Friday]]

 

** [[Draco in Leather Pants]]

** [[Golden Snitch]]

** [[You Are With Me]]

 

 

* Simmons, Dan

** [[Snicket Warning Label]]

 

** [[Jekyll and Hyde]]

 

** [[Fur and Loathing]]

 

** [[Do Not Go Gentle]]

 

** [[Army of the Dead]]

** [[Black Speech]]

** [[You Shall Not Pass]]

 

 

** [[Vancian Magic]]

 

** [[Watching Troy Burn]]

 

* Weber, David

 

** [[The Jeeves]]

 

 

=== By Title ===

 

* ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]''

** [[Unperson]]

 

** [[Pinocchio Syndrome]]

 

** [[Fence Painting]]

 

** [[An Aesop]]

** [[Androcles' Lion]]

** [[Country Mouse]]

*** [[City Mouse]]

** [[Honest Axe]]

** [[Sour Grapes Tropes]]

 

** [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]

** [[Go Among Mad People]]

** [[The Mad Hatter]]

 

** [[Four Legs Good, Two Legs Better]]

 

** [[Animorphism]]

 

** [[Beast and Beauty]]

 

* ''Br'er Rabbit'' stories

** [[Briar Patching]]

 

* ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]''

 

* ''[[Curious George]]''

 

* ''Death Takes a Holiday''

** [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]

** [[Thunderbolt Iron]]

** [[Un-Equal Rites]]

** [[Vetinari Job Security]]

 

* ''[[Doctor Dolittle]]''

** [[Mister Danger]]

 

** [[The Renfield]]

** [[Van Helsing Hate Crimes]]

** [[Frying Pan of Doom]]

 

** [[Fur and Loathing]]

** [[Goddamned Bats]]

** [[Has Two Mommies]]

 

** [[Reality Is Out to Lunch]]

 

** [[State Sec]]

 

** [[The Minnesota Fats]]

 

** [[Bavarian Fire Drill]]

 

** [[Bertha in The Attic]]

 

** [[Thunderbolt Iron]]

 

** [[Lensman Arms Race]]

 

** [[Somebody Else's Problem]]

 

** [[Little Miss Snarker]]

 

** [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]

** [[Lolicon]]

 

** [[The Alleged Car]]

 

** [[Army of the Dead]]

** [[Black Speech]]

** [[Zeerust]]

 

** [[Inspector Javert]]

 

** [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!]]

** [[Little Dead Riding Hood]]

** [[Shoot the Dog]]

 

 

** [[Red Right Hand]]

 

** [[The Pollyanna]]

 

** [[Farm Boy]]

** [[I Am Not Left-Handed]]

** [[Ruritania]]

 

** [[Rapunzel Hair]]

 

** [[The Grinch]]

** [[I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham]]

 

* ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]''

** [[Sherlock Scan]]

** [[The Watson]]

 

* ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]''

** [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]

 

** [[Fairest of Them All]]

 

 

* ''Strangers On A Train''

 

* ''[[The Tough Guide to Fantasyland]]''

** [[Vestigial Empire]]

 

** [[Uncle Tomfoolery]]

 

** [[The Eeyore]]

 

 

* ''[[Playboy]]''

** [[Playboy Bunny]]

 

 

* [[Turkey City Lexicon]]

** [[Said Bookism]]