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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. |
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 === |
=== By Author's Last Name === |
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* [[Douglas Adams|Adams, Douglas]] |
* [[Douglas Adams|Adams, Douglas]] |
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** ''[[The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul|The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul]]'' |
** ''[[The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul|The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul]]'' |
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* Bulwer-Lytton, Edward |
* Bulwer-Lytton, Edward |
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** [[It Was a Dark and Stormy Night]] (''Paul Clifford'') |
** [[It Was a Dark and Stormy Night]] (''Paul Clifford'') |
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* Burgess, Anthony |
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** [[Grokking the Horrorshow]] (''[[A Clockwork Orange (novel)|A Clockwork Orange]]'') |
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* [[Lewis Carroll|Carroll, Lewis]] (''[[Alice in Wonderland|Alices Adventures in Wonderland]]'') |
* [[Lewis Carroll|Carroll, Lewis]] (''[[Alice in Wonderland|Alices Adventures in Wonderland]]'') |
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** [[Trail of Bread Crumbs]] ("[[Hansel and Gretel]]") |
** [[Trail of Bread Crumbs]] ("[[Hansel and Gretel]]") |
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* [[Robert Heinlein|Heinlein, Robert]] |
* [[Robert A. Heinlein|Heinlein, Robert A.]] |
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** [[Grokking the Horrorshow]] (''[[Stranger in A Strange Land]]'') |
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** [[Bug War]] (''Starship Troopers'') |
** [[Bug War]] (''Starship Troopers'') |
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*** And [[Did You Just Index Cthulhu|related tropes]]. |
*** And [[Did You Just Index Cthulhu|related tropes]]. |
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** [[Eldritch Abomination]] |
** [[Eldritch Abomination]] |
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** [[Go Mad |
** [[Go Mad from the Revelation]] |
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** [[Through the Eyes of Madness]] |
** [[Through the Eyes of Madness]] |
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** [[Lovecraft Country]] |
** [[Lovecraft Country]] |
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** [[Theory of Narrative Causality]] |
** [[Theory of Narrative Causality]] |
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** [[Thunderbolt Iron]] |
** [[Thunderbolt Iron]] |
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** [[Überwald]] |
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** [[Un-Equal Rites]] |
** [[Un-Equal Rites]] |
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** [[Vetinari Job Security]] |
** [[Vetinari Job Security]] |
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=== By Title === |
=== By Title === |
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* ''[[Arabian Nights|One Thousand and One Nights]]'' |
* ''[[Arabian Nights|One Thousand and One Nights]]'' |
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** [[ |
** [[Scheherazade Gambit]] (alt. title: [[Arabian Nights Gambit]]) |
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* ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]'' |
* ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]'' |
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* ''Br'er Rabbit'' stories |
* ''Br'er Rabbit'' stories |
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** [[Briar Patching]] |
** [[Briar Patching]] |
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* ''[[A Clockwork Orange (novel)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' |
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** [[Grokking the Horrorshow]] |
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* ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' |
* ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' |
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** [[Hello, Insert Name Here]] |
** [[Hello, Insert Name Here]] |
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** [[Thunderbolt Iron]] |
** [[Thunderbolt Iron]] |
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** [[ |
** [[Überwald]] |
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** [[Un-Equal Rites]] |
** [[Un-Equal Rites]] |
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** [[Vetinari Job Security]] |
** [[Vetinari Job Security]] |
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** [[Has Two Mommies]] |
** [[Has Two Mommies]] |
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* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' |
* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' |
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** [[Reality Is Out to Lunch]] |
** [[Reality Is Out to Lunch]] |
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** [[State Sec]] |
** [[State Sec]] |
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* ''[[The Hustler]]'' |
* ''[[The Hustler (film)|The Hustler]]'' |
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** [[The Minnesota Fats]] |
** [[The Minnesota Fats]] |
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** [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] |
** [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] |
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** [[Lolicon]] |
** [[Lolicon]] |
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*** [[Token |
*** [[Token Loli]] |
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* ''[[The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul|The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul]]'' |
* ''[[The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul|The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul]]'' |
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** [[The Grinch]] |
** [[The Grinch]] |
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** [[I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham]] |
** [[I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham]] |
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** [[Red Fish Blue Fish]] |
** [[Red Fish, Blue Fish]] |
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* ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' |
* ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' |
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** [[Said Bookism]] |
** [[Said Bookism]] |
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Latest revision as of 16:16, 20 March 2022
This page needs some cleaning up to be presentable. These should be identified in "tropenamer" sections on the relevant work pages instead of being listed here. |
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.
Commercial Fiction and Traditional Stories
By Author's Last Name
- Applegate, Katherine
- Banks, Iain
- Barrie, J.M. (Peter Pan)
- Beecher Stowe, Harriet (Uncle Tom's Cabin)
- Benet, Stephen Vincent (The Devil and Daniel Webster)
- Bradbury, Ray
- Butterfly of Doom ("A Sound of Thunder")
- Bulwer-Lytton, Edward
- It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (Paul Clifford)
- de Cervantes, Miguel (Don Quixote)
- Chandler Harris, Joel
- Briar Patching (Bre'r Rabbit stories)
- Collodi, Carlo (The Adventures of Pinocchio)
- Congreve, William
- Crosley, Sloane
- Ellison, Harlan
- (I Have No Mouth) And I Must Scream (I Have No Mouth exists, but as a redirect)
- Gibson, William
- Raygun Gothic (from "The Gernsback Continuum")
- Goldman, William (The Princess Bride)
- Heinlein, Robert A.
- Bug War (Starship Troopers)
- Highsmith, Patricia
- Hope, Anthony
- Irving, Washington
- Horror Struck ("The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")
- Rip Van Winkle ("Rip van Winkle")
- Leiber, Fritz
- Leinster, Murray
- L'Engle, Madeline
- Lowry, Lois
- Lyall, Gavin
- Hunting the Most Dangerous Game ("The Most Dangerous Game")
- Melville, Herman
- First-Person Peripheral Narrator was formerly known as The Ishmael (Moby Dick)
- Plato
- Unaccustomed as I Am to Public Speaking (Apologia)
- Pope, Alexander
- Rodgers, Mary
- Rowling, J.K.
- Draco in Leather Pants
- Golden Snitch
- He's Just Hiding (fanon term)
- Hufflepuff House
- Muggle Foster Parents
- Muggles
- Pensieve Flashback
- Ron the Death Eater (another fanon term)
- Secret Keeper
- Wronski Feint
- You Are With Me
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe
- Look on My Works Ye Mighty and Despair ("Ozymandias")
- Simmons, Dan
- Merlin Sickness (Hyperion)
- Snicket, Lemony (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
- Thomas, Dylan
- Weber, David
- State Sec (Honor Harrington universe)
- Wright, Sylvia
By Title
- Br'er Rabbit stories
- Sloane Crosley
- Death Takes a Holiday
- Death World
- Discworld series
- Doña Bárbara
- The Dying Earth
- Harry Potter
- Draco in Leather Pants
- He's Just Hiding (fanon term)
- Hold Your Hippogriffs
- Hufflepuff House
- Muggle Foster Parents
- Muggles
- Pensieve Flashback
- Ron the Death Eater (another fanon term)
- Secret Keeper
- Wronski Feint
- Hyperion by Dan Simmons
- Lensman
- The Meaning of Liff
- Old Yeller
- Pollyanna
- A Sound of Thunder
- Starship Troopers
- Strangers On A Train
Print Magazines
- National Geographic
Newspapers
Writing Guides
- Back to Trope Namers