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*** [[Reality Is Out to Lunch]] |
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** ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (Franchise)/Life, The Universe And Everything|Life, the Universe and Everything]]'' |
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*** [[Somebody |
*** [[Somebody Else's Problem]] |
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** ''The Meaning of Liff'' |
** ''The Meaning of Liff'' |
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*** [[Zeerust]] |
*** [[Zeerust]] |
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** [[Thriller On the Express]] |
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* [[Arthur C Clarke|Clarke, Arthur C.]] |
* [[Arthur C. Clarke (Creator)|Clarke, Arthur C.]] |
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** [[Clarke's Third Law]] |
** [[Clarke's Third Law]] |
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** [[Circle of Extinction]] |
** [[Circle of Extinction]] |
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* [[H.P. Lovecraft (Creator)|Lovecraft, H.P.]] |
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** [[Cosmic Horror Story]] |
** [[Cosmic Horror Story]] |
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** [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu]]? |
** [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]? |
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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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** [[Lovecraft Country]] |
** [[Lovecraft Country]] |
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** [[Lovecraftian Superpower]] |
** [[Lovecraftian Superpower]] |
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** [[Too Spicy for Yog |
** [[Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth]] |
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* Lowry, Lois |
* Lowry, Lois |
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** [[All the Myriad Ways]] |
** [[All the Myriad Ways]] |
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** [[Call a Rabbit A Smeerp]] |
** [[Call a Rabbit A Smeerp]] |
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** [[Finagle's Law]] |
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** [[The Magic Goes Away]] |
** [[The Magic Goes Away]] |
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** [[Man of Steel Woman of Kleenex]] |
** [[Man of Steel Woman of Kleenex]] |
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** [[Sufficiently Analyzed Magic]] |
** [[Sufficiently Analyzed Magic]] |
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* [[George Orwell (Creator)|Orwell, George]] (''[[Nineteen Eighty |
* [[George Orwell (Creator)|Orwell, George]] (''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]'') |
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** [[Airstrip One]] |
** [[Airstrip One]] |
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** [[Big Brother Is Employing You]] |
** [[Big Brother Is Employing You]] |
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* [[Terry Pratchett (Creator)|Pratchett, Terry]] |
* [[Terry Pratchett (Creator)|Pratchett, Terry]] |
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** [[Fertile Feet]] |
** [[Fertile Feet]] |
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** [[Hello Insert Name Here]] |
** [[Hello, Insert Name Here]] |
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** [[Klatchian Coffee]] |
** [[Klatchian Coffee]] |
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** [[Lies to Children]] |
** [[Lies to Children]] |
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** [[Scheherezade Gambit]] (alt. title: [[Arabian Nights Gambit]]) |
** [[Scheherezade Gambit]] (alt. title: [[Arabian Nights Gambit]]) |
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* ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]'' |
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** [[Airstrip One]] |
** [[Airstrip One]] |
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** [[Big Brother Is Your Friend]] |
** [[Big Brother Is Your Friend]] |
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* ''[[Aesop's Fables (Literature)|Aesop's Fables]]'' |
* ''[[Aesop's Fables (Literature)|Aesop's Fables]]'' |
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** [[An Aesop]] |
** [[An Aesop]] |
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** [[Androcles Lion]] |
** [[Androcles' Lion]] |
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** [[Country Mouse]] |
** [[Country Mouse]] |
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*** [[City Mouse]] |
*** [[City Mouse]] |
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* ''[[Discworld]]'' series |
* ''[[Discworld]]'' series |
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** [[Fertile Feet]] |
** [[Fertile Feet]] |
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** [[Hello Insert Name Here]] |
** [[Hello, Insert Name Here]] |
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** [[Thunderbolt Iron]] |
** [[Thunderbolt Iron]] |
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** [[Uberwald]] |
** [[Uberwald]] |
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** [[Lensman Arms Race]] |
** [[Lensman Arms Race]] |
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* ''[[The |
* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (Franchise)/Life, The Universe And Everything|Life, the Universe and Everything]]'' |
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** [[Somebody |
** [[Somebody Else's Problem]] |
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* ''[[Little Miss]]'' series |
* ''[[Little Miss]]'' series |
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** [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] |
** [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] |
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** [[Lolicon]] |
** [[Lolicon]] |
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*** [[Token Mini |
*** [[Token Mini-Moe]] |
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* ''[[The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul (Literature)|The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul]]'' |
* ''[[The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul (Literature)|The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul]]'' |
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* "[[Little Red Riding Hood (Literature)|Little Red Riding Hood]]" |
* "[[Little Red Riding Hood (Literature)|Little Red Riding Hood]]" |
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** [[Grandma What Massive Hotness You Have]] |
** [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!]] |
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** [[Little Dead Riding Hood]] |
** [[Little Dead Riding Hood]] |
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** [[A Glass of Chianti]] |
** [[A Glass of Chianti]] |
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** [[Hannibal Lecture]] |
** [[Hannibal Lecture]] |
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** [[Shut UP Hannibal]] |
** [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] |
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* "[[Snow White (Literature)|Snow White]]" |
* "[[Snow White (Literature)|Snow White]]" |
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{{reflist}} |
{{reflist}} |
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[[Category:Trope Namers]] |
[[Category:Trope Namers]] |
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[[Category:Literature]] |
[[Category:Literature]][[Category:Pages with comment tags]] |
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Revision as of 03:13, 9 January 2014
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 Toms 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)
- Burgess, Anthony
- 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
- Grokking the Horrorshow (Stranger in A Strange Land)
- 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