TV Tropes

[Dave Monroe]

Welcome To TV Tropes!

What is this about? This wiki is a catalog of the tricks of the trade
for writing fiction. We dip into the cauldron of story, whistle up a
hearty spoonful and splosh it in front of you to devour to your
heart's content.

Tropes are devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely
on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations.
On the whole, tropes are not clichés. The word clichéd means
"stereotyped and trite". In other words, dull and uninteresting. We
are not looking for dull and uninteresting entries. We are here to
recognize tropes and play with them, not to make fun of them.

The wiki is called "TV Tropes" because that is where we started. Over
the course of a few years, our scope has crept out to include other
media. Tropes transcend television. They exist in life, as we will be
quick to tell you. Since a lot of art, especially the popular arts,
does its best to reflect life, tropes are likely to show up
everywhere.

We are not Wikipedia. We're a buttload more informal. There Is No Such
Thing As Notability, and no citations are needed. If your entry cannot
gather any evidence by the Wiki Magic, it will just wither and die.
Until then, though, it will be available through the Main Tropes
Index. We encourage breezy language and original thought (and won't
object to the occasional snarky comment, either).

Click on "Troperville" in the menu on the upper left of any page to
find the places where the troper community gather to talk about
things.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage

E.g., ...

Examples

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Ptitle5nn0czid?from=Main.HonestJohnsDealership