Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: trope

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Usage examples:

A common trope with new suits is that Batman ends up looking so different that it has no similarities to the past.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/best-original-batsuits-from-batman-video-games/

A cut scene from showed their first meeting, wherein Natasha noticed Wanda was wearing her jacket -- jacket sharing, whether intentional or not, being a popular shipping trope -- and said jacket became Wanda's iconic costume for the first few movies.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/scarlet-witch-black-widow-wandanat-ship-popularity-explained/

Adding to the arranged marriage trope, there's another donghua that has the same theme, but it's set in the modern world, and the aspect is completely different.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/best-donghua-anime-watch-romance-fans/

A Girl & Her Guard Dog celebrates every shojo trope without remorse, whether it's saving the girl from spoiled dates or sharing a cramped-up space.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/a-girl-her-guard-dog-guilty-pleasure-hopeless-romantic-anime/

Although this artistic direction results in a game that is far less dark and brooding, two key features in a good Master Sword scene, actually has one of the best versions of the trope in any of the franchise.

Source: https://screenrant.com/zelda-master-sword-scenes-ranked-worst-best/

An unfortunate trope in a lot of media, especially anime, is that one of the character’s parents is dead.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/anime-characters-father-died/

A superhero fan becoming a hero in their own right is an old comic book trope that the MCU decided to play with.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/agents-of-shield-ahead-mcu/

Beneath this ridiculous male trope, we realize there’s acute desperation and fear.

Source: https://blogcritics.org/theater-review-sabbaths-theater-with-john-turturro-and-elizabeth-marvel/

Between their swoon-worthy love stories, hilarious scenarios, and unique takes on beloved trope, the best rom-coms appeal to all fans of the genre.

Source: https://screenrant.com/best-romantic-comedies-ranked-ranker/

But there isn’t much to her except her playing into the exotic “Madame Fortune” trope.

Source: https://collider.com/family-switch-netflix-review/

But you explained the entertainment trope in advance so I tried to rescue the gag by dropping the tv show line anyway as a self-deprecating nod to my own OCD but you explained it again, thus robbing me of the closure I sought.

Source: https://www.fark.com/comments/12769784?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark

Contrary to Craig Mazin's comments on Bury Your Gays, Episode 3 does not so much subvert the trope as much as it doubles down on it.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/the-last-of-us-deaf-sam-henry-fail/

Crying on your birthday is a common trope of disaffected womanhood.

Source: https://mashable.com/article/succession-kendall-roy-teenage-girl

Don’t expect to engage with the age-old trope of a dangerous boy who needs a woman’s touch to save him from his darkness.

Source: https://harvardindependent.com/2023/03/the-end-of-the-fucking-world-is-not-as-bad-as-you-think/

Everyone is in different parts of the Labophase looking for the missing Dr. Vegapunk Stella and Jewelry Bonney; one could argue that people missing is yet another trope of the whodunnit.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/one-piece-egghead-arc-whodunnit/

Evil clones are a popular trope in sci-fi, especially in video games.

Source: https://gamerant.com/best-game-fight-evil-clone/

For decades, self-driving cars were a popular trope seen only in science fiction movies.

Source: https://investorplace.com/2023/08/lazr-stock-alert-luminars-ai-push-will-revolutionize-self-driving-cars/

For the first few years, each episode existed as a mini-horror movie following Sam and Dean Winchester () across the back roads of America, leaning into the then-popular horror trope.

Source: https://collider.com/urban-legend-horror-movies/

Harry Styles has gone for the "Who, me?" approach to his acceptance speech and that's the trope I find most problematic.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/23305959.harry-styless-grammy-speech-cliche-working-class/?ref=rss

Henry continued about how the characters complement one another: “They gave each other grace, and I realized how rare that is to see especially between a Black man and white woman in a movie; there’s always some type of trope that we’re denied.”

Source: https://deadline.com/2023/02/jennifer-lawrence-brian-tyree-henry-causeway-oscars-1235259934/