Laconic | Trope |
A genuinely nice and usually likable villain | |
Information only shared in supplemental material | |
A hero that lacks the proper traits of a hero | |
Minimum three items: start strong, continue strong, finish weak | |
The ultimate villain of the story, who's causing the problem the heroes must solve | |
A dramatic rescue by the heroes | |
Its true significance to the plot isn't clear until later in the story | |
A bizarre weirdo living in their own little world | |
Humorous and funny repetition for the sake of comedy and humor | |
A miracle that saves the heroes at the last minute | |
Incomprehensible monster defined by its unnaturalness | |
Fan theories, on acid | |
Good guy goes bad. | |
Less clothing = more viewers. Alternatively, any overtly sexy or titillating character that takes part in sexy scenes, or the scene itself | |
Everything is subconsciously about sex. | |
A character is aware of genre conventions like the one they are participating in | |
Creator shrugs off plot-hole or mistake with minimal explanation. | |
Bad guy turns good. | |
| Laconic | Trope |
Keep the plot going by making someone do something uncharacteristically stupid | |
He's a jerk most of the time, but he can be nice when he feels like it | |
Pointing out the Elephant in the Living Room; something irrational, repetitive, or unlikely within the story, to strengthen the audience's Willing Suspension of Disbelief | |
In love, two's company; three's a crowd | |
A plot device which nobody actually uses, and whose nature and identity are basically irrelevant | |
Too symbolic to make sense | |
An act that puts its perpetrator beyond any chance of redemption. | |
Smart enough to act dumb | |
Something is so absurd, offensive, and over-the-top that it's unreal | |
History gets rewritten for the sake of the plot | |
Changes to a series' status quo will be undone, no matter how little sense it makes | |
A really, really, REALLY subtle pun | |
When the name of a work is spoken in-universe in a particularly epic fashion | |
When a trope actually does happen in Real Life | |
Go one step beyond the previous maximum | |
The author personally sets the record straight | |
Any predictable outcome leads to a victory of some sort for the planner | |
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