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A trope is a storytelling device or convention, a shortcut for describing situations the storyteller can reasonably assume the audience will recognize. Tropes are the means by which a story is …

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People in the world you are looking to for entertainment. It is, the beings that do the actions being narrated by the narrative. Basically one of the most super of tropes in all of fiction. Unless …

Tropes and trope categories about setting up, fleshing out, and tearing down characters. Compare Characters and Characters and Casting (how characters are affected by being played by actors).

Pluribus (stylized PLUR1BUS) is a 2025 American Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Psychological Thriller drama television series created by Vince Gilligan for Apple TV+. …

My Hero Academia (僕のヒーロー・アカデミア Boku no Hero Academia) is a Shōnen Superhero franchise set in world where 80% of humankind started manifesting superpowers known as …

Sinners is a 2025 Southern Gothic Horror film written, directed and co-produced by Ryan Coogler. It stars Michael B. Jordan, newcomer Miles Caton, Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell, Jayme …

5 days ago · I was thinking of re-adding the example in Dinosaurs Are Dragons trope page but I want to know if that is true or not or simply if you agree with that fact or not.