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Topics referred to by the same term
Look up trope or tropes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A trope in its original sense is any instance of figurative (non-literal) language, such as
Trope
False or maliciously exaggerated claims about Muslims and Islam
Islamophobic tropes, also known as anti-Muslim tropes, are sensational reports, misrepresentations, or fabrications regarding Muslims as an ethnicity or
Islamophobic_trope
False claims about Jews and Judaism
Antisemitic tropes, also known as antisemitic canards or antisemitic libels, are antisemitic "sensational reports, misrepresentations or fabrications"
Antisemitic_trope
Literary technique used to persuade
literary technique, figure of speech, rhetorical device, stylistic device, or trope is any deliberate strategy of using language that a writer or speaker employs
Literary_device
Wiki documenting plot conventions in creative works
TV Tropes (also written as TVTropes) is a wiki founded in 2004 that collects and documents descriptions and examples of narrative and plot devices, which
TV_Tropes
Narrative trope
The Chosen One, also known as The One or The Chosen, is a narrative trope in which one character, usually the protagonist, is framed as the inevitable
The_Chosen_One_(trope)
Christian rhetoric and literature
Scripture in the vernacular. The plowboy trope is an anti-elitist trope dating back at least 1600 years. The trope starts with St. Jerome's letter eulogizing
Plowboy_trope
Humorous trope associated with the US Marine Corps
The crayon-eating Marine is a humorous trope (or meme) associated with the United States Marine Corps, emerging online in the early 2010s. Playing off
Crayon-eating_Marine_trope
Element of film semiology
a trope is a type of stereotypical situation or mannerism of a character that is commonly used in its setting or genre. A common thematic trope is the
Trope_(cinema)
Concepts in music
A trope or tropus in medieval music is "any textual or melodic figure that is added to an existing chant without altering the textual or melodic structure
Trope_(music)
Nominalism
A trope originally refers to any instance of figurative (non-literal) language, such as a metaphor, hyperbole, or personification. In philosophy, the
Trope_(philosophy)
Fantasy and speculative fiction trope involving a hidden society within the real world
A masquerade is a literary trope that is used to conceal the identity and certain characteristics of a figure. This concealment has the effect of highlighting
Masquerade_(trope)
In geometry, trope is an archaic term for a singular (meaning special) tangent space of a variety, often a quartic surface. The term may have been introduced
Trope_(mathematics)
Cliché stories in politics
Look up trope in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A political trope is a commonly expressed but deeply biased narrative, message, viewpoint, or explanation
Trope_(politics)
Zarka or zarqa (Hebrew: זַרְקָא, with variant English spellings) is a cantillation mark found in the Torah, Haftarah, and other books of the Hebrew Bible
Zarka_(trope)
Literary trope
refrigerators" is a term coined by Gail Simone in 1999 to describe a literary trope which involves female characters facing disproportionate harm, such as death
Women_in_refrigerators
Social psychologist
Yaacov Trope (Hebrew: יעקב טרופ; born June 17, 1945) is a social psychologist who studies cognitive, motivational, and social factors that enable perspective
Yaacov_Trope
Michael Lance "Mike" Trope (born 1951), is a Los Angeles based trial lawyer and former sports agent for over 200 NFL players. Trope was a sports agent from
Michael_Trope
Character trope
"Born Sexy Yesterday" is a trope that describes a character, typically a woman, who is physically attractive yet portrayed as childlike or naive, often
Born_Sexy_Yesterday
Male pregnancy in fiction
Mpreg, short for male pregnancy, is a trope in fiction in which male characters become pregnant. The trope is most commonly found in fanfiction, for example
Mpreg
Type of literary tropes that occur in fantasy fiction
A fantasy trope is a specific type of literary trope (recurring theme) that occurs in fantasy fiction. Worldbuilding, plot, and characterization have many
Fantasy_trope
Ironic figure of speech
In rhetoric, litotes (/laɪˈtoʊtiːz, ˈlaɪtətiːz/, US: /ˈlɪtətiːz/), is a figure of speech and form of irony to emphasize a point by stating a negative to
Litotes
Jewish religious chanting practice
Hebrew cantillation, trope, trop, or te'amim is the manner of chanting ritual readings from the Hebrew Bible in Jewish prayer. The chants are written
Hebrew_cantillation
Trope in slasher horror films
The final girl or survivor girl is a trope in horror films (particularly slasher films). It refers to the last surviving female character to confront
Final_girl
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan, Lady Mallowan (née Miller, 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), usually known by her first married name, Agatha Christie
Agatha_Christie
Fictional trope
Indian burial ground trope is frequently used to explain supernatural events and hauntings in American popular culture. The trope gained popularity in
Indian_burial_ground_trope
Species of snake
commonly known as the Cuban khaki dwarf boa, the Cuban Khaki Trope, and Henderson's trope, is a species of snake in the family Tropidophiidae (dwarf boas)
Tropidophis_hendersoni
American musician
Mo Troper is an American power pop musician from Portland, Oregon. Troper played in the bands Your Rival and Sancho in the early 2010s and released his
Mo_Troper
Hebrew cantillation mark
Geresh (Hebrew: גֵּרֵשׁ, with variant English spellings) is a cantillation mark found in the Torah, Haftarah, and other books of the Hebrew Bible. It is
Geresh_(trope)
Gershayim (Hebrew: גֵּרְשַׁיִם, with variant English spellings) is a cantillation mark that is found in the Torah, Haftarah, and other books of the Hebrew
Gershayim_(trope)
Pharaoh of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC
her portrayal as a "vampire" queen, Bara's Cleopatra also incorporated tropes familiar from 19th-century Orientalist painting, such as despotic behavior
Cleopatra
Female stock character who acts as a love interest
understand himself. She is the caretaker of his catharsis and little else". The trope inspired the name of Manic Dream Pixie, the 2023 debut EP by Australian
Manic_Pixie_Dream_Girl
Canadian-American feminist media critic (born 1983)
portrayals of women in popular culture. Her video series Tropes vs. Women in Video Games, examines tropes in the depiction of female video game characters. In
Anita_Sarkeesian
Conspiracy theory alleging child grooming by LGBTQ people
grooming conspiracy theory is a far-right conspiracy theory and anti-LGBTQ trope which alleges that LGBTQ people, and those supportive of LGBTQ rights, are
LGBTQ grooming conspiracy theory
LGBTQ_grooming_conspiracy_theory
Segol (Hebrew: סְגוֹל also known as Segolta, with variant English spellings), is a cantillation mark found in the Torah, Haftarah, and other books of the
Segol_(trope)
2011 single by Azis
"Sen Trope" (Bulgarian: Сен Тропе, lit. 'Saint-Tropez') is a song by Bulgarian singer Azis, released on 13 December 2011 through Diapason Records [bg]
Sen_Trope
Chatbot developed by xAI
promoting conspiracy theories, praising Adolf Hitler, using antisemitic tropes, and creating nonconsensual, sexualized images of undressed women and children
Grok_(chatbot)
Speculative fiction character trope
A monster girl is a fictional trope of a girl or young woman who is or shares visual traits with a monster. The trope is historically used strictly negatively
Monster_girl
Chemical reactions that convert carbon monoxide and hydrogen into liquid hydrocarbons
The Fischer–Tropsch process (FT) is a collection of chemical reactions that converts a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, known as syngas, into liquid
Fischer–Tropsch_process
Fictional disease caused by unrequited love
the growth of flowers in the body as a result of unrequited love. This trope originated in shōjo manga and has become a recurring theme in fan labor
Hanahaki_disease
Video-focused social media platform
numbers of dehumanizing and violent videos with racist and antisemitic tropes which are being shared on TikTok. In June 2021, TikTok made an apology after
TikTok
Species of snake
Tropidophis maculatus, or the spotted red dwarf boa, is a species of snake in the family Tropidophiidae. The species is endemic to Cuba. Species Tropidophis
Tropidophis_maculatus
Literary technique
discovered manuscript, imaginary manuscript, pseudobiblia) refers to a literary trope in which a work of literature makes a reference to another work, claimed
Found_manuscript
Political party in the United States
Republicans have increasingly used overtly bigoted language and offensive tropes against the racial and religious identity of their political opponents with
Republican Party (United States)
Republican_Party_(United_States)
Stock character; woman given to violent, scolding, particularly nagging treatment
The shrew – an unpleasant, ill-tempered woman characterised by scolding, nagging, and aggression – is a comedic stock character in literature and folklore
Shrew_(stock_character)
Hebrew cantillation mark
Revia (Hebrew: רְבִיעַ, [rəviaʕ]) is a cantillation mark commonly found in the Torah, Haftarah, and other biblical texts. It is commonly explained as being
Revia (Hebrew cantillation mark)
Revia_(Hebrew_cantillation_mark)
1847 novel by Emily Brontë
forced into marriage with his son, Linton. This clearly draws on consistent tropes of the Female Gothic, where an 'angelic' and virtuous protagonist is typically
Wuthering_Heights
Rhetoric against LGBTQ people
earthquakes on "unchecked homosexual behavior" in the sixth century. This trope was common in early modern Christian literature; homosexuals were blamed
Anti-LGBTQ_rhetoric
American crime drama TV series (2008–2013)
characters such as White. Lenora Ledwon also connects the series to Western tropes, arguing that its scenes of bargaining and confrontation resemble the classic
Breaking_Bad
Literary trope
Lesbian vampirism is a trope in early gothic horror and 20th century exploitation film. Women have been central to many vampiric myths throughout the
Lesbian_vampire
American rapper and songwriter (born 1987)
scope. Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune applauded him for giving gangsta tropes a "twist, or sometimes upend[ing] them completely" on a record that "brims
Kendrick_Lamar
Stereotypical fictional character in 19th and 20th century American literature
The "tragic mulatto" is a fictional character trope that frequently appeared in American literature during the 19th and 20th centuries, beginning in 1837
Tragic_mulatto
Series of fantasy novels by J. K. Rowling
January 2022). "Opinion | Why most people still miss these antisemitic tropes in "Harry Potter"". NBC News. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022
Harry_Potter
American actress and singer (born 1992)
Huff, Lauren (August 27, 2020). "David Henrie talks flipping '80s rom-com tropes and teaming with Selena Gomez on This Is the Year". Entertainment Weekly
Selena_Gomez
British science fiction TV series (1963–2025)
fifth column of scientism? Challenges from Doctor Who to the mad scientist trope". Public Understanding of Science 20.4 (2011): 525–542. Perryman, Neil.
Doctor_Who
American drama television series (1990–91, 2017)
portrayal of eccentric characters also draw from American horror and soap opera tropes. Like much of Lynch's work, it is distinguished by surrealism, distinctive
Twin_Peaks
Topics referred to by the same term
of TV Tropes Troper(s) (possibly related to Byzantine-Greek troparion), manuscript(s) containing musical tropes, such as the Winchester Troper This disambiguation
Troper
English music manuscript, dated c. 1000
The Winchester Troper refers to two eleventh-century manuscripts of liturgical plainchant and two-voice polyphony copied and used in the Old Minster at
Winchester_Troper
Fantastical stock antagonist characterized by immense villainy and power
History Early history Magic Magic item Magic system Magician Mythopoeia Tropes Fantasy worlds Campaign settings Subgenres Bangsian Children's Comedic Contemporary
Dark_lord
Japanese manga series by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima
origin for the trope of a man protecting a child on a journey across a dangerous landscape. This is known as the Lone Wolf and Cub trope or genre, which
Lone_Wolf_and_Cub
books of the Hebrew Bible. It can be found by itself preceding certain trope groups, or together with a Geresh, in which case, the pair is known as "Kadma-V'Azla
Kadma_(trope)
2026 American comedy horror television series
eccentricity with this outlandish horror-comedy that stokes the genre's well-worn tropes to winning effect, bringing scares, laughs, and a game cast." Metacritic
Widow's_Bay
2008 film by Christopher Nolan
had redefined the potential of superhero films by combining comic-book tropes with real world events. Some appreciated its complex moral tale about the
The_Dark_Knight
Sexual slang for penises of black men
some critics as portraying black men as animalistic and aggressive. The trope is typically invoked in the promotion of pornography featuring a black male
BBC_(sexual_slang)
Jewish noble banking family
Rothschild family arise from antisemitic prejudice and various antisemitic tropes. Major Alexander Karet (1905–1976) Almina Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon
Rothschild_family
Artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death
(Latin for "remember [that you have] to die") is an artistic symbol or trope acting as a reminder of the inevitability of death. The concept has its
Memento_mori
Subgenre of horror fiction
subgenres such as slasher, splatter, or monster horror may also share this trope, but differ in message and intent. A common difference in the body horror
Body_horror
loop Travel to the Earth's center Hollow Earth Biology in fiction Fantasy tropes Outline of science fiction Protoscience "Parasitism and Symbiosis". The
List of science fiction themes
List_of_science_fiction_themes
Leader of Spain from 1939 to 1975
denounces their conclusions as revisionist "classic Francoist anti-republican tropes". On 19 February, the cabinet presided over by Portela Valladares resigned
Francisco_Franco
British author (born 1965)
apprentices to magicians, exemplified by The Sorcerer's Apprentice: yet this trope does appear in Harry Potter, when Harry receives individual instruction
J._K._Rowling
Topics referred to by the same term
free dictionary. The Chosen One(s) may refer to: The Chosen One (trope), a narrative trope Adam, "The Chosen One", the first man in the Bible or First man
The_Chosen_One
Trope in media
The power of friendship is a trope used in fiction to emphasize the importance of friendships. Its usage generally involves a group of friends pulling
Power_of_friendship
Type of confrontation
confrontations. The Mexican standoff as an armed stalemate is a recurring cinematic trope. Sources claim the reference is to the Mexican–American War or post-war
Mexican_standoff
Anthology television series
positive review. The site's consensus is: "A near-perfect blend of slasher tropes and American Horror Story's trademark twists, 1984 is a bloody good time
American_Horror_Story
1742 British erotic novel
reference to Greek and Roman mythology, a common trope of the time. Another common and more specific trope in much erotic fiction of the time is allegorizing
The Secret History of Pandora's Box
The_Secret_History_of_Pandora's_Box
Type of television episode
a beach, swimming pool, or lake. Beach episodes are often considered a trope in anime, allowing for "breathing room" before the plot progresses and becomes
Filler_episode
Stock character
art, other people, or the world in general. The trope is often associated with mental illness. The trope of the tortured artist is thought to have been
Tortured_artist
Aphorism in journalism
The phrase man bites dog is a shortened version of an aphorism in journalism that describes how an unusual, infrequent event (such as a man biting a dog)
Man_bites_dog
American filmmaker (born 1942)
New York was Scorsese's most conventional film, featuring standard film tropes that Scorsese had traditionally avoided, such as characters existing purely
Martin_Scorsese
Concept used in fairy tales
In fairy tales true love's kiss is a motif and commonly used trope where by a kiss from a Romance (love)true love possesses magical powers and holds significant
True_love's_kiss
Stock character in literature and media
her own. The ingénue is thus closely linked with the "Damsel In Distress" trope. The ingénue usually lives with her father, husband, or a father figure
Ingénue
Imitative work created humorously from original work
theater to degrade popular heroes and gods, as well as mock the common tropes within the genre. Simon Dentith has described this type of parody as "parodic
Parody
Form of literary device
A poetic device is a literary device used specifically in poetry or for poetic effect. Poems are created out of poetic devices via a composite of grammatical
Poetic_device
2022 film by Jordan Peele
emphatic and explicit debunking of Spielberg's most characteristic visual trope: the awe-struck upward gaze." Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave
Nope_(film)
Trope in fiction
"Bury your gays" or "dead lesbian syndrome" is a trope in the media portrayal of LGBTQ people in which queer characters face tragic fates, including death
Bury_your_gays
American singer (born 1956)
was able to model a successful part of her career abroad on the master tropes of a Baker-like image. Jackson exemplifies Baudrillard's notion that neither
La_Toya_Jackson
American actress and businesswoman (born 1972)
tasked with tracking down a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as tropes in his murders. The seventh highest grossing film of the year, Seven earned
Gwyneth_Paltrow
French folk heroine and saint (1412–1431)
born on the feast of the Epiphany, but his letter is filled with literary tropes that make it questionable as a statement of fact. There is no other evidence
Joan_of_Arc
Species of snake
Tropidophis morenoi, also commonly known as the zebra dwarf boa and the zebra trope, is a species of snake in the family Tropidophiidae. The species is endemic
Tropidophis_morenoi
Politically motivated accusations of antisemitism
weaponization has itself been criticized as antisemitic or rooted in antisemitic tropes, and as a rhetorical device employed across the political spectrum to delegitimize
Weaponization_of_antisemitism
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026
conflict; his rhetoric included calls for Israel's destruction and antisemitic tropes. Under Khamenei, Iran was involved in proxy wars with Israel and Saudi Arabia
Ali_Khamenei
American podcaster and comedian (born 1967)
Anti-Defamation League, condemned Rogan's comment as reflecting "antisemitic tropes about Jews and money". In a February 2024 podcast with Bret Weinstein, Rogan
Joe_Rogan
Medieval school of music composition
countless innovations as 'Aquitanian'. It is known for the composition of tropes, sequences, and later versus compositions dealing with all forms of poetic
Saint_Martial_school
2025 film by Adrian Grünberg
otherwise ridiculous and uninspired execution, Protector veers into baffling, trope-leaden revenge flick territory." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average
Protector_(2025_film)
Tropes Zoom was a desktop search engine and semantic analysis software from Acetic/Semantic-Knowledge. Originally written by Pierre Molette in 1994 in
Tropes_Zoom
Falling in long-lasting love with someone on first sight
Love at first sight is a personal experience and a common trope in creative works: a person or character feels an instant, extreme, and ultimately long-lasting
Love_at_first_sight
Character who is quickly killed off
often suffer quick deaths. The first instance of what now is an established trope can be seen in the 1966 episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?". Of the
Redshirt_(stock_character)
2003–2011 conflict in Iraq
Diori Hamani International Airport attack attacks Related topics 72 virgins trope Defeating ISIS Hamas is ISIS ISIS-chan Islam and democracy Islam and nationalism
Iraq_War
2005 novel by Leonie Swann
animal detective novel, thereby succeeding to avoid hackneyed "gumshoe" tropes. The Independent, in a rave review, found the sheep to be a successful and
Three_Bags_Full
Pop culture trope and horror staple
subversion of the traditional comic clown character, in which the playful trope is instead depicted in a more disturbing nature through the use of horror
Evil_clown
TROPE
TROPE
TROPE
TROPE
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Honor
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kashmiri, Malayalam
Snake Goddess
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of several places so called, principally in Lincolnshire, Warwickshire, and North Yorkshire, named in Old English as ‘settlement by a lake’ (from mere or mær ‘pool’, ‘lake’ + tūn ‘settlement’) or as ‘settlement by a boundary’ (from (ge)mære ‘boundary’ + tūn ‘settlement’). Compare Martin 2.Hungarian (Márton) : from the Hungarian personal name Márton (see Martin 1).
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Goddess Durga; Princess
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Appearance; Form
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Learned Person
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Telugu
Constant
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Essary. Many forms of this name are found in North America, ranging from Esarey to Usrey, and probably Necessary as well. In the U.S. it is predominantly a southern name.John Ussery is recorded in New Kent Co., VA in 1684; he died in 1687. Many bearers are recorded in VA in the early 18th century. In NC several Usserys obtained land grants between 1760 and 1770. William Ussery obtained a land grant in SC in 1772.
Boy/Male
Indian
Servant of the guardian (Allah), Servant of the protector
Boy/Male
Muslim
Help of the religion (Islam)
TROPE
TROPE
TROPE
TROPE
TROPE
n.
A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections.
a.
Characterized by tropes; varied by tropes; tropical.
n.
The word or expression so used.
n.
Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical.
n.
A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any deviation from the plainest form of statement.
n.
A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc.
n.
The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a different kind in one word.
n.
The use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or expression as changed from the original signification to another, for the sake of giving life or emphasis to an idea; a figure of speech.
n.
A Burman measure of twelve miles. V () V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. V and U are only varieties of the same character, U being the cursive form, while V is better adapted for engraving, as in stone. The two letters were formerly used indiscriminately, and till a comparatively recent date words containing them were often classed together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see U). The letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it was used both as a consonant (about like English w) and as a vowel. The Latin derives it from it from a form (V) of the Greek vowel / (see Y), this Greek letter being either from the same Semitic letter as the digamma F (see F), or else added by the Greeks to the alphabet which they took from the Semitic. Etymologically v is most nearly related to u, w, f, b, p; as in vine, wine; avoirdupois, habit, have; safe, save; trover, troubadour, trope. See U, F, etc.
n.
Any one of a series of artificial ethereal salts derived from the alkaloidal base tropine.
n.
A rhetorical mode of speech, including tropes, or changes from the original import of the word.
n.
A trope, by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says we, instead of I or you.
n.
The use of a word in a figurative or extended sense; ametaphor; a trope.
n.
One who deals in tropes; specifically, one who avoids the literal sense of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere tropes and figures of speech.
v. t.
To use in a tropological sense, as a word; to make a trope of.