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0 2Fake Underdog

A character who is supposed to be an underdog doesn't come off as being one. (YMMV)

0 11Reassuring Face Reveal (Grabbed by Azorius24)

A character removes a mask, helmet or disguise in an effort to comfort or calm another.

4 58Credits Fakeout

Playing the credits before the story is actually over.

5 2Deliberate Fanservice Girl

A character who knows the nudity taboo but deliberately defies it for her own reasons

2 8Hood Ornament Theft

It's when a person or character takes out, pulls off, or even steals a hood ornament from someone else's vehicle.

2 9Nihilism is Evil (need examples)

Nihilism is portrayed as a destructive, corrupting philosophy that breeds cruelty, despair, and villainous amorality.

0 2Swatting

Sending the police to terrorize or kill someone

2 10Annoyingly Personal God

Deity takes personal interest in a character; hilarity ensues.

0 17Hellmouth (Launching 13th)

An artistic motif depicting the entrance to Hell as a gaping, hungry mouth.

0 8Forced Starvation

A person is deliberately starved by another, usually to kill or torture them.

0 19Reflection Confusion

Someone mistakes a reflection for something or someone else entirely.

0 3Opening On Fire (alternative names available)

Beginning a story by depicting fire.

0 1Super-MacGuffin-Pursuing Evil Corporation

A corrupt corporation pursues a powerful MacGuffin for an advantage, at any cost including destruction, mayhem, and murder.

0 4Vagueness Equals Dishonesty

Giving vague answers is considered proof or evidence of dishonesty.

0 4Creepy Baby Bird

Altricial bird chicks being used for horror.

3 18Satellite Buster

A character or weapon is powerful enough to shoot down a satellite... manmade or otherwise.

1 5Fan-Driven Successor (Trivia)

A work created to emulate certain aspects of another series by someone other than the original creators.

2 9No Main Villain

A story has multiple villains, but doesn't have any that counts as a Big Bad.

17 17Reinspect Item For Different Description (Previously "One Item, Multiple Designed Descriptions")

Inspecting an item again after doing it a first time, gets a changed description, no matter what happens in-between.

3 4Sadness Breaking Point

A character who lets out all of their sadness they kept inside

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