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''These'' are the tropes our forefathers gave their lives to defend.
''These'' are the tropes we use and take for granted every day, oblivious to their true significance.
''These''... are the
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'''Note:''' All The Tropes apologizes for the lack of autoplaying music from the web page. For optimum viewing experience, play "[[Also Sprach Zarathustra|Thus Spoke Zarathustra]]" while reading below.▼
▲'''Note:''' All The Tropes apologizes for the lack of autoplaying music from the web page. For optimum viewing experience, play "[[Also Sprach Zarathustra|Thus Spoke Zarathustra]]" (embedded to the right) while reading below.
Here is a list of the most widely-known and oft-referenced [[trope]]s we have on this entire site. If you're new to All The Tropes, this list will provide a good basis for understanding our... erm... [[All the Tropes Will Ruin Your Vocabulary|unique vocabulary]].
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'''Alphabetical order, please.'''
''Please see the [[Category Talk:Tropes of Legend|discussion page]] before adding new entries.''
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* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Events lead a character to kill themself.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: [[Starfish Aliens|Incomprehensible aliens]] or demons from beyond, like Cthulhu.
* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: Civilization or life ([[
* [[Epileptic Trees]]: [[Wild Mass Guessing|Wild, off-the-wall fan theories and speculation]] about a show's murkier plot points and characterizations.
** [[Jossed]]: The [[Word of God]] shoots the theories down.
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** A [[Gambit Roulette]] is either a [[Xanatos Gambit]] or a [[Batman Gambit]] that relies upon improbable coincidences and things the planner could not possibly know, but works anyway.
* [[X Meets Y]]: Stock show pitch -- the premise is a combination of two well-known and well-liked things, with the hope that the new thing is greater than the sum of its parts.
* [[Yandere
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* [[Your Mileage May Vary]] (YMMV): This is something [[Flame Bait|people ''will'' disagree about.]]
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