trope

“There’s this trope, isn’t there, where she lets her down, she’s beautiful, everyone gasps,” observed Bruccoleri.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

He’ll have a lot to do when a Scooby Gang — that old, invaluable, incredibly satisfying trope — finally comes together.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

But Mary is different from the superpowered variety of the trope, or the brilliant outcasts in teen movies like “Mean Girls,” “Sixteen Candles,” “The Edge of Seventeen” or “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.”

From Salon ● May 20, 2026

Male actors playing female roles were a familiar trope across global theatre, from Europe to Japan and China.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026

Parallel wording is a powerful trope, but after dying and being born, being here in my place and seeing the light of day, enough is enough.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Spoon-feeding this critical bit of dialogue early in the film allows Barker to heap as much violence, trauma and tropes onto Nikki’s character as possible, under the guise of thematic callbacks.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026

It includes many of the genre’s customary tropes, including intergenerational conflict, suspenseful showdowns, and self-absorbed, eccentric players for whom character may turn out to be destiny.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

Although Cristle and Sunny’s paths don’t cross frequently, both are bucking certain tropes.

From Salon ● May 11, 2026

Empire, meanwhile, adds that the film "serves its characters with a fresh story instead of relying solely on the tropes of its predecessor" but does note "this high-fashion tale could have benefitted from higher stakes".

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

Blogs and video-logs, and the online arguments in comment threads and chat rooms, have spawned new tropes and figures, and new uses for the old ones.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith