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Some tropes seem to be an expression of an underlying law of fiction. This category attempts to collect these fundamental elements. If some of these entries seem a bit tongue-in-cheek to you ... well, you should probably just get used to that feeling.

Note that where this wiki refers to actual laws, such as the concept of Copyright and legal requirements, those can also be included in this index.

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Tropes:

• Anthropic Principle
• Apocalypse How
• Artistic License
• Authority Equals Asskicking
• Ban On Politics
• Beauty Equals Goodness
• Beauty Is Bad
• The Bechdel Test
• Bellisario's Maxim
• Catharsis Factor
• Chandler's Law
• The Chris Carter Effect
  • The Firefly Effect
• Chunky Salsa Rule
• Clarke's Law for Girls' Toys
• Clarke's Third Law
• Common Mary Sue Traits
• Competence Zone
• Contractual Boss Immunity
• Contractual Immortality
• Conveniently Empty Building
• Convenient Questing
• Copyright
• The CSI Effect
• Cute Is Evil
• Death Equals Redemption
• Distribution Of Ninjutsu
• Deggans Rule
• DMCA
• Emotional Torque
• Enthusiasm Versus Stoicism
• Ermine Cape Effect
• Evil Is Sexy
• Evil Makes You Ugly
• Faction Calculus
• Fair Use
• Female Success Is Family
• Finagle's Law
• First Girl Wins
  • Last Girl Wins
• First Law Of Gender Bending
  • Second Law Of Gender Bending
  • Third Law Of Gender Bending
  • Attractive Bent Gender
• First Law Of Metafictional Thermodynamics
  • Second Law Of Metafictional Thermodynamics
• First Law Of Resurrection
• The First Law Of Sitcom Acoustics
• First Law Of Tragicomedies
• GIFT
• Godwin's Law
• Godwin's Law Of Time Travel
• Godzilla Threshold
• The Grand List Of Forum And Community Laws
• Grand Theft Auto Effect
• Gravity Is A Harsh Mistress
• Hanlon's Razor
• Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act
• House Hiring Heuristic
• House Rules
• Immortal Procreation Clause
• Incendiary Exponent
• Inevitable Waterfall
• Inverse Law Of Complexity To Power
• Inverse Law Of Sharpness And Accuracy
• Inverse Law Of Utility And Lethality
• Kryptonite Factor
• Kryptonite Is Everywhere
• Last Confession Wins
• The Law Of Bruce
• The Law Of Conservation Of Detail
  • Chekhov's Armoury
  • Chekhov's Army
  • Chekhov's Boomerang
  • Chekhov's Exhibit
  • Chekhov's Gag
  • Chekhov's Gift
  • Chekhov's Gun
  • Chekhov's Gunman
  • Chekhov's Lecture
  • Chekhov MIA
  • Chekhov's Skill
• Law Of Conservation Of Normality
• Law Of Cartographical Elegance
• Law Of Chromatic Superiority
• The Law Of Diminishing Defensive Effort
• Law Of Disproportionate Response
  • Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like
  • It's The Principle Of The Thing
• The Law Of Fan Jackassery
• Law Of Inverse Fertility
• Law Of Inverse Paternity
• Law Of Inverse Recoil
• Law Of One
• Law Of One Hundred
• Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
• Linear Warriors Quadratic Wizards
• Literary Agent Hypothesis
• Locards Theory
• Lord British Postulate
• The Magazine Rule
• The Magic Poker Equation
• Magnum Opus Dissonance
• Million To One Chance
• Moff's Law
• Monster Delay
• Movie Twist List
• MST3K Mantra
• Murphy's Law (a disambiguation page - if you want the trope, see Finagle's Law)
• Nominal Importance
• Oscar Bait
• The Peter Principle
• Poe's Law
• Popularity Polynomial
• Rattling Off Legal
• Redemption Earns Life
• Redemption Equals Death
• Redemption Equals Sex
• Refuge In Audacity
• Rule Number One
  • Alliterative List
• Rule Of Animation Conservation
• Rule Of Cautious Editing Judgment
• Rule Of Cool
  • Rule Of Sean Connery
• Rule Of Cute
• Rule Of Drama
• Rule Of Empathy
• The Rule Of First Adopters
• Rule Of Fun
• Rule Of Funny
• Rule Of Glamorous
• Rule Of Perception
• Rule Of Personification Conservation
• Rule Of Pool
• Rule Of Romantic
• Rule Of Scary
• Rule Of Sexy
• Rule Sixty Three
• Rule Of Symbolism
• Rule Of Three
• Rules Of Orphan Economics
• Rules Of The Road
• Rule Thirty Four
  • Rule Thirty Four Creator Reactions
• The Schlub Pub Seduction Deduction
• Schrodinger's Gun
• Science Fiction Versus Fantasy
• The Scientific Method
• Seven Year Rule
• The Sidekick Theory Of Heroic War
• Significant Birth Date
• Significant Reference Date
• Sliding Scale Of Fourth Wall Hardness
• Sliding Scale Of Free Will Vs Fate
• Sliding Scale Of Idealism Versus Cynicism
• Sliding Scale Of Shiny Versus Gritty
• Sliding Scale Of Silliness Versus Seriousness
• Sliding Scale Of Visuals Versus Dialogue
• Sliding Scale Of Villain Threat
• The Smurfette Principle
• Sorting Algorithm Of Evil
• Sorting Algorithm Of Face Heel Turning
• Sorting Algorithm Of Mortality
• Sturgeon's Law
• Sukhomlinov Effect
• Super Weight
• Tethercat Principle
• Theiss Titillation Theory
• The Theorem Of Narrow Interests
• Theory Of Narrative Causality
• Three Month Rule
• Too Many Cooks Spoil The Soup
  • Conservation Of Competence
  • Conservation Of Ninjutsu
• Tort Reform
• Triang Relations
• Trope Example Laws
  • The Zeroth Law Of Trope Examples
  • The First Law Of Trope Examples
• Twain's Observation On Originality
• Underdogs Never Lose
• Unspoken Plan Guarantee
• Variable Terminal Velocity
• Videogame Caring Potential
• Video Game Cruelty Potential
• Video Game Perversity Potential
• What Measure Is A Non Human
• The Wiki Rule

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