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- Eagleland: Stereotypes of Americans
- Eagleland Osmosis: Americanization
- Earworm: [1]*
- Easter Bunny: [2]*
- Easter Egg: [3]*
- Eastern Zodiac: Chinese zodiac
- Eating Contest: Competitive eating
- Eco-Terrorist: Eco-terrorism
- Education Mama: Kyōiku mama
- Eek, a Mouse!!: Fear of mice
- Egging: [4]*
- Ejection Seat: [5]*
- Elder Abuse: [6]*
- Elderly Blue-Haired Lady: Blue rinse
- Elective Monarchy: [7]*
- Electronic Eyes: Visual prosthesis
- Elephant in the Living Room: Elephant in the room
- Elephants' Graveyard: [8]*
- Elvis Impersonator: [9] *
- Emancipated Child: Emancipation of minors
- Emergency Services: [10]*
- Emoticon: [11]*
- EMP: Electromagnetic pulse
- Emperor Scientist: Technocracy
- Empty Nest: Empty nest syndrome
- Endangered Species: [12]*
- The End of the World as We Know It: Global catastrophic risk
- Enemy Mine: The enemy of my enemy is my friend
- Energy Weapon: Directed-energy weapon
- Enlightened Self-Interest: [13]*
- Environmental Narrative Game: Exploration game
- Epic Flail: Flail (weapon)
- Epigraph: [14]*
- Escapism: [15]*
- Eureka Moment: Eureka effect
- The Everyman: [16]*
- Everything Is Online: Internet of things
- Evil, Inc.: Evil corporation
- Evil Laugh: Evil laughter
- Evil Lawyer Joke: Lawyer joke
- Evil Overlord: Dark Lord (fiction)
- Evil Twin: [17]*
- Exact Words: Quibble (plot device)
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Does exactly what it says on the tin
- Excalibur: [18]*
- Exergaming: [19]*
- Exhausted Eye Bags: Periorbital puffiness
- Expanded Universe: [20]*
- Expansion Pack: [21]*
- Experience Points: [22]*
- Extra Digits: Polydactyly
F
- Face: [23]*
- Facecam: SnorriCam
- Face Framed in Shadow: Rembrandt lighting
- Face–Heel Turn, Heel–Face Turn: Defection
- Facepalm: [24]*
- Facial Recognition Software: Facial recognition system
- Fainting: Syncope (medicine)
- Fair Folk: Fairy
- Fairy Devilmother: Wicked fairy godmother
- Fairy Godmother: [25]*
- Fake Shemp: [26]*
- Faking the Dead: Faked death
- Fallen Angel: [27]*
- False Confession: [28]*
- False Dichotomy: False dilemma
- False Flag Operation: False flag
- False Rape Accusation: False accusation of rape
- Fake Memories: False memory
- Familiar: Familiar spirit
- Family Business: [29]*
- Family Honor: [30]*
- Famous for Being Famous: [31]*
- Fan Convention: [32]*
- Fan Edit: [33]*
- Fanfare: [34]*
- Fanservice: [35]*
-
Fan Community Nicknames: List of fandom nicknames - Fan Translation: [36] *
- Farce: [37]*
- The Farmer and the Viper [38]*
- Farts on Fire: Fart lighting
- Fashion Show: [39]*
- Faster-Than-Light Travel: Faster-than-light
- Fat Camp: Weight loss camp
- Fat Suit: [40]*
- Fatal Method Acting: List of entertainers who died during a performance
- Fauns and Satyrs: Faun and Satyr
- Fear of Thunder: Astraphobia
- Fearsome Critters of American Folklore: [41]
- Feathered Serpent: [42]*
- Feed the Mole: Canary trap
- Feel No Pain: Congenital insensitivity to pain
- Feghoot: [43]*
- Fell Off the Back of a Truck: Possession of stolen goods or Handling stolen goods (focusing on what the buyers of those goods do) and Fence (criminal) (focusing on what the sellers do).
- Fembot: [44]*
- Femme Fatale [45]*
- Fermat's Last Theorem: [46]*
- Fermi Paradox: [47]*
- Fictional Color: Impossible color, List of fictional colors
- Fictional Political Party: List of Fictional Political Parties
- Field Promotion: Brevet (military) and Battlefield promotion
- Fiery Salamander: Salamanders in folklore and legend
- Fighting with Chucks: Nunchaku
- Finagle's Law: [48]*
- Final Death Mode: Permadeath*
- Final Girl: [49]*
- Finger Gun: [50]*
- Firing in the Air a Lot: Celebratory gunfire
- First Contact: First contact (science fiction) and Potential cultural impact of extraterrestrial contact
- First World Problems: [51]*
- Fisher King: Wasteland (mythology)
- Fish-Eye Lens: [52]*
- Fist Pump: [53]*
- Five-Finger Fillet: Knife game
- Five Stages of Grief: Kübler-Ross model
- The Flapper: [54]*
- Flare Gun: [55]*
- Flashback: [56]*
- Flatline: Asystole
- Flat World: Flat Earth
- Flaying Alive: Flaying
- Fleur de Lis: Fleur-de-lis
- Flipping the Bird: The finger
- Floating Continent: Floating island (fiction)
- Florence Nightingale Effect: [57]*
- Flying Car: [58]*
- Flying Dutchman: [59]* and Wandering Jew
- Flying Saucer: [60]*
- Foil: [61]
- Folk Hero: [62]*
- Follow the Bouncing Ball: Bouncing ball
- Food Fight: [63]*
- Food Porn: [64]*
- A Fool and His New Money Are Soon Parted: Sudden wealth syndrome
- The Fool: Fool_(stock_character)
- Football Hooligans: Football hooliganism
- Forced Out of the Closet: Outing
- Forced Perspective: [65]*
- Force Feeding: [66]*
- Forensic Accounting: [67]*
- Foreshadowing: [68]*
- Forgiveness: [69]*
- Fortune Teller: Fortune-telling
- For Want of a Nail: Butterfly effect
- Found Footage Films: Found footage (film technique)
- Four Is Death: Tetraphobia
- Four-Leaf Clover: [70]*
- Four-Temperament Ensemble: Four temperaments
- Fourth Wall: [71]*
- Fox-Chicken-Grain Puzzle: Fox, goose and bag of beans puzzle
- Frameup: [72]*
- Framing Device: Frame story
- The Freakshow: [73]*
- "Freaky Friday" Flip: Body swap
- Freemium: [74]*
- Free Prize at the Bottom: Cereal box prize
- Freeware Games: List of freeware video games
- French Maid: [75]*
- Freudian Slip: [76]*
- Freudian Trio: Id,_ego_and_super-ego
- Friday Night Death Slot: [77]*
- Frivolous Lawsuit: Frivolous litigation
- Full Motion Video: [78]*
- Functional Magic: Magic (paranormal)
- The Fundamentalist: Fundamentalism
- Fundoshi: [79]*
- Funny Animal: [80]*
- Fun with Acronyms: Backronym
- The Future: [81]*
G
- The Gadfly: Social gadfly
- Gallows Humor: [82]*
- The Gambling Addict: Problem gambling
- Game Master: [83]*
- Game Mod: Mod (video gaming)
- Game Over: [84]*
- Gameplay and Story Segregation: Ludonarrative (specifically the concept of "ludonarrative dissonance")
- Gangsta Style: Side grip
- Garage Sale: [85]*
- Gas Chamber: [86]*
- Gaslamp Fantasy: [87]*
- Gaslighting: [88]*
- Gayborhood: Gay Village
- Gay Conservative: LGBT conservatism
- Gaydar: [89]*
- Gayngst-Induced Suicide: LGBT-related suicides and Suicide among LGBT youth
- Geas: [90]*
- Geek: [91]*
- Geisha: [92]*
- Gendercide: [93]*
- Generation Ships: [94]*
- Genetic Memory: [95]*
- Genre-Busting: [96]*
- Gentleman Detective: [97]*
- Gentleman Thief: [98]*
-
Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Big in Japan (phrase) - Get Rich Quick Scheme: [99]*
- The Ghost: Unseen character
- Ghostapo: Nazism and occultism
- Ghost in the Machine: [100]*
- Ghost Ship: [101]*
- Ghost Town: [102]*
- Giant Squid: [103]*
- G.I.F.T.: Online disinhibition effect
- Gimmick: [104]*
- Gingerbread House: [105]*
- Girl Group: [106]*
- Girl Next Door: [107]*
- Girls Have Cooties: Cooties
- Girls with Moustaches: Bearded lady
- Girly Girl: [108]*
- Gladiator Games: Gladiator
- Glasgow Grin: Glasgow smile
- Glass Eye: Ocular prosthesis
- Global Currency: World currency
- God: [109]*
- A God Am I: Grandiose delusions, God complex, Apotheosis
- God Is Dead: [110]*
- Godwin's Law: [111]*
- Going Commando: [112]*
- Going Postal: [113]*
- Gold Digger: Gold digging
- Golden Mean Fallacy: Argument to moderation
- Gold Tooth: Gold teeth
- Golem: [114]*
- Good Angel, Bad Angel: Shoulder angel
- Good Cop/Bad Cop: [115]*
- Good Luck Charm: [116]*
- Gorn: Graphic violence
- Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Minced oath
- Goth: Goth subculture
- Government in Exile: [117]*
- Grade Skipper: Grade skipping
- Grandfather Clause: [118]*
- Grandfather Paradox: [119]*
- Grave Robbing: Body snatching
- Gravity Is Only a Theory: Intelligent falling
- Greaser Delinquents: Greaser (subculture)
- Greasy Spoon: [120]*
- Great American Novel: [121]*
- Greed: [122]*
- Greek Chorus: [123]*
- Greek Fire: [124]*
- Green-Eyed Monster: Jealousy and Envy
- Grenade Launcher: [125]*
- Grey Goo [126]*
- The Greys: Grey alien
- Griefer: [127]*
- The Grim Reaper: Death (personification)
- Groin Attack: [128]*
- "Groundhog Day" Loop: Time loop
- Growling Gut: Stomach rumble
- Guardian Angel: [129]*
- Guilty Pleasures: [130]*
- Gunboat Diplomacy: [131]*
- The Gunslinger: Gunfighter
- Gyaru Girl: Gyaru
H
- Half Truth: [132]*
- Hallucinations: [133]*
- Hammerspace: [134]*
- Handguns: [135]*
- Hand of Glory: [136]*
- Hand-Waving: [137]*
- Hanging Judge: [138]*
- Happy Ending: [139]*
- The Hard Hat: [140]*
- Harsh Vocals: Death growl (but the intro lists harsh vocals as a variant)
- The Hashshashin: Assassins
- Hash House Lingo: Diner lingo
- Has Two Mommies: LGBT parenting
- Hates Being Touched: Haphephobia
- Hatsuyume: [141]*
- Haunted House: [142]*
- Have a Nice Cup of Tea and Sit Down: A nice cup of tea and a sit down
- Hazmat Suit: [143]*
- Headless Horseman: [144]*
- Heads or Tails?: Coin flipping
- Heads-Up Display: Head-up display
- Healing Factor: [145]*
- Heart Symbol: Heart (symbol)
- Heat Wave: [146]*
- Heaven: [147]*
- Heävy Mëtal Ümlaut: Metal umlaut
- The Hecate Sisters: Triple Goddess (Neopaganism)
- The Heckler: [148]*
- Hedge Maze: [149]*
- Heel: [150]*
- Held Back in School: Grade retention
- Helicopter Pack: Backpack helicopter
- Hell: [151]*
- Hellhound: [152]*
- Henohenomoheji: [153]*
- Here There Be Dragons: Here be dragons
- Hermaphrodite: Intersex
- Hermetic Magic: Hermeticism
- The Hermit: [154]*
- The Hero: [155]*
- Heroic Mime: Silent protagonist
- The Hero's Journey: [156]*
- Hidden Track: [157]*
- The Highwayman: [158]*
- Hikikomori: [159]*
- Hillbilly Horrors: Hixploitation
- Hime Cut: [160]*
- Hipster: [161]*
- History Repeats: Historic recurrence
- Hitler Ate Sugar: Reductio ad Hitlerum
- Hitodama Light: Hitodoma
- Hive Mind: Group mind (science fiction)
- Hobbits: [162]*
- Holding Hands: [163]*
- Hollow World: Hollow Earth
- Hologram: Holography
- Holy Halo: Halo (religious iconography)
- Homage: [164]*
- Home Field Advantage: Home advantage
- Homophobic Hate Crime: Violence against LGBT people
- Honest Axe: The Honest Woodman
- Honey Trap: Honeypots in espionage fiction
- Hooker with a Heart of Gold: [165]*
- Horny Devils: Succubus and Incubus
- Horse Archer: Mounted archery
- Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
- The Horseshoe Effect: Horseshoe theory
- Host Club: Host and hostess clubs
- Hotline: [166]*
- Hot Potato: [167]*
- House Husband: Stay-at-home-dad
- House Pseudonym: Collective names
- House Wife: [168]*
- Hoverboard: [169]*
- Human Cannonball: [170]*
- Human-Interest Story: [171]*
- Humanity's Wake: Human extinction
- Human Popsicle: Cryonics
- Human Sacrifice: [172]*
- Human Shield: [173]*
- Human Traffickers: Human trafficking
- Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: Human hunting (Appearances in fiction)
- Hybrid Power: Heterosis
- Hypochondria: Hypochondriasis
- Hypocrite: Hypocrisy
I
- I Am Very British: Received Pronunciation
- An Ice Person: Ice power
- Iconic Logo: Logo
- Idiot Plot: [174]*
- Idiot Savant: Savant syndrome
- Idle Animation: [175]*
- Idol Singer: Japanese idol
- Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance: Illusory superiority and Dunning-Kruger effect
- I Have No Son!: Disownment
- The Illegal: Alien (law)
- The Illuminati: [176]* [177]
- Image Macro: [178]*
- Imaginary Friend: [179]*
- I'm a Humanitarian: Cannibalism in popular culture
- Immortality: [180]*
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Impalement
- Impersonating an Officer: [181]*
- Imprinting: [182]*
- In-Camera Effects: [183]*
- Indentured Servitude: Indentured servant
- Indian Summer: [184]*
- Indie Game: [185]*
- Infinite Canvas: [186]*
- The Informant: [187]*
- The Ingenue: [188]*
- Inherently Funny Words: [189]*
- Inkblot Cartoon Style: Rubber hose animation
- Inkblot Test: Rorschach test
- In Medias Res: [190]*
- Insanity Defense: [191]*
- Inside Job: [192]*
- The Insomniac: Insomnia
- Insult Comic: Insult comedy
- Insurance Fraud: [193]*
- Internal Affairs: [194]*
- International Coproduction: [195] *
- In the Future, Humans Will Be One Race: Race of the future
- In Touch with His Feminine Side: Sissy
- In Vino Veritas: [196]*
- Invisibility: [197]* in fiction
- Invisibility Cloak: Cloaking device
- Invisible Wall: [198]*
- The Irish Mob: [199]*
- Iron Maiden: [200]*
- Irony: [201]*
- Isometric Projection: [202]*
- Itasha: [203]*
- It Amused Me: Amusement
- It Can't Be Helped: Shikata ga nai
- It Looks Like This: Like this one
- It's All About Me: Egoism, Egotism, Selfishness
- It Was a Dark and Stormy Night [204]*
- "I Want" Song: [205]*
J
- Jaccuse: [206] * (Article itself is about the letter described in the trope intro, but features a lengthy section on latter use in culture)
- Jack the Ripoff: Copycat crime
- Jerkass: Rudeness
- The Jersey Devil: [207]*
- The Jester: [208]*
- Jesus: The Early Years: Lost years of Jesus
- Jet Pack: [209]*
- Jewish Mother: Jewish mother stereotype
- Jitter Cam: Shaky camera
- Job-Stealing Robot: Technological unemployment
- Jobber: Job (professional wrestling)
- Josei: Josei manga
- The Judge: [210]*
- Jumping the Shark: [211]*
- Jump Scare: [212]*
- Jungle Princess: Jungle Girl (stock character)
- Jury Duty: [213]*
- Just Following Orders: Superior orders
K
- Kaiju: [214]*
- Kangaroo Court: [215]*
- Kansas City Shuffle: [216]*
- Kappa: [217]*
- Karakasa: Kasa-obake
- Karaoke Box: [218]*
- Kawaisa: [219]*
- Kayfabe: [220]*
- Keigo: Honorific speech in Japanese
- Kensington Gore: Theatrical blood
- Kiai: [221]*
- Kick the Dog: Kick the cat
- Kigo: [222]*
- Killer App: Killer application
- Kill the God: Deicide
- King in the Mountain: [223]*
- The Kingslayer: Regicide
- Kirby Dots: Kirby krackle
- Kirin: Qilin
- Kitsune: [224]*
- Klaatu Barada Nikto: [225]*
- Klotski: [226]*
- Knight Errant: [227]*
- Knighting: Accolade
- Knights and Knaves: [228]*
- Knockout Gas: Sleeping gas
- Knowledge Broker: [229]*
- Knuckle Cracking: Cracking joints
- Koan: [230]*
- Kodomomuke: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_anime_and_manga Children's anime and manga]]
- Konami Code: [231]*
- Kosher Nostra: Jewish-American organized crime
- Kotatsu: [232]*
- Kraken and Leviathan: Kraken and Leviathan
- The Krampus: [233]*
- Kyu and Dan Ranks: Kyū and Dan (rank)
L
- Labcoat of Science and Medicine: White coat
- Landlord: [234]*
- Land of Faerie: Fairyland
- Language Barrier: [235]*
- Lantern Jaw of Justice: Prognathism
- Laser Blade: Energy sword
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: Amnesia
- Laser-Guided Karma: Karma and Poetic justice
- Last Stand: [236]*
- Laugh Track: [237]*
- Layman's Terms: Plain English
- The Leader: Leadership
- Leatherman: Leather subculture
- Leeroy Jenkins: [238]*
- L33t L1ng0: Leet
- Le Film Artistique: Art film (though most of our examples are in-universe parodies)
- Legally Dead: Declared death in absentia
- Leitmotif: [239]*
- Lens Flare: Lens flare: Deliberate use
- Leonine Contract: Unconscionability
- Leprechaun: [240]*
- Lesbian Vampire: [241]*
- Lesser of Two Evils: Lesser of two evils principle
- Level Grinding: Grinding (video gaming)
- Ley Line: [242]*
- Life Imitates Art: Life imitating art
- Life Imitates Art (Black Mirror: Nosedive): Nosedive: Comparisons to Social Credit System
- Lighthouse Point: Lighthouse
- Limey Goes to Hollywood: Hollywood and the United Kingdom
- Liminal Being: [243]*
- Liminal Time: Liminality
- Limited Animation: [244]*
- Lipstick Lesbian: [245]*
- Lite Crème: Sensational spelling
- Literary Allusion Title: Book titles taken from literature and from Shakespeare
- Little Green Men: [246]*
- Live but Delayed: Broadcast delay
- Living Dinosaurs [247]*
- Living Ship: Bioship
- Locked Room Mystery: [248]*
- Loading Screen: [249]*
- Loan Shark: [250]*
- Lobotomy: [251]*
- Locard's Theory: Locard's exchange principle
- Logic Bomb: Does not compute
- Loincloth: [252]*
- Longevity Treatment: Life extension
- Loony Fan: Stan (fan)
- Loophole Abuse: Gaming the system
- Loose Lips: Loose lips sink ships as well as Wikipedia is in the real world
- Loot Boxes: [253]*
- Lost Tribe: Uncontacted peoples
- Loudness War: [254]*
- Lounge Lizard: [255]*
- Lovable Rogue: [256]*
- Love at First Sight: [257]*
- Love Hotels: [258] *
- Love Triangle: [259]*
- Lovecraft Country [260]*
- Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Shield
- Lucky Rabbit's Foot: Rabbit's foot
- Ludicrous Gibs: Gib (video_gaming)
- The Ludovico Technique [261]*
- Lumper vs. Splitter: Lumpers and splitters
- Lust: [262]*
