Trope Talks is a series of videos by Red that each describe a common trope that occurs in various media. Tropes can describe types of characters, plots, or even general themes in stories.
Detail Diatribe is a spinoff series, featuring Blue in addition to Red.
Episodes[]
- Beginnings!
- Realism
- Writing What You Know
- We're Not So Different
- Strong Female Characters
- Evil Empires
- Mary Sue
- Paragons
- Rule of 3
- Manly Men!
- Five Man Band
- Reformed Villains
- Fallen Heroes
- Damsels In Distress
- Character Deaths
- Planet Of Hats
- Power Of Friendship!
- Chosen Ones
- Save The World
- Romantic Subplots
- The Hero's Journey[note 1]
- Magic
- Dystopias (ft. Hello Future Me)
- Mind Control
- My Powers Are Gone!
- Time Travel
- Post Apocalypses
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
- Pure Evil
- Tournament Arcs
- Robots
- Plot Twists
- Evil Minions
- Amnesia
- Darkest Hours
- Nemeses
- Kaiju
- Antiheroes
- Mentors
- Macguffins
- Urban Fantasy
- Sequels
- Lancers
- Accents
- Dragons
- Immortals
- Grimdark
- Superpowered Evil Sides
- Loners
- Greatest Fears
- Tragedy
- Magnificent Bastards
- Fates Worse Than Death
- Powerhouses
- Sins Of The Father
- Timeskips
- All A Dream
- Queer Coded Villains
- Detectives
- Fridging
- The Smart Guy
- Ancient Superweapons
- Pure Of Heart
- Love Triangles
- Cursed Artifacts
- Magical Otherworlds
- Are We The Baddies?
- Space Horror
- The Right-Hand Man
- Conservation of Ninjitsu
- Deus Ex Machinas
- Lampshading
- Doomed Heroes
- Idiot Plots
- Powerups
- The Heart
- Betrayal
- Those Dang Phones
- Bathos
- Faustian Bargains
- Pinocchio Plots
- Unreliable Narrators
- Prison Break!
- Character Development Coma
- Personifying Death
- Welcome to Super School!
- Tone Armor
- Small Mammal on a Big Adventure
- Last Of Their Kind
- Noodle Incidents
- Trickster Heroes
- Cosmic Alignments
- Train Fights!
- Environmental Storytelling
- Secret Identities
- Precursors
- Heroic Sacrifices
- Timeloops
- Downtime
- The Dreaded
- Big Dumb Objects
- Silent Protagonists
- Sea Monsters
Detail Diatribe[]
- Samurai Jack: Becoming a Warrior
- She-Ra: Parallel Arcs
- One Villainous Scene - "You Must Be The Belmont"[note 2]
- Christmas Movie Showdown![note 3]
- Dragon Ball: Super Saiyan (A Prophecy Done Right)
- How Historical is Assassin's Creed, Really?
- Doctor Strange Is Good Because He Sucks
- Satirizing Superman
- One Musical Scene: Po Finds The Truth[note 4]
- Superman: Collateral Damage
- TEN YEARS of OSP
- The Multiverse Problem
- Arcane's Unbreakable Bonds of Love (And Why They Suck)
- TTRPGs That Aren't D&D (And Why They Slap)[note 5]
- The Brilliant Mythology of Stray Gods
- Tears of the Kingdom's Lonely Sky
- One Last Scene – Drake's Final Treasure (Uncharted 4)[note 6]
- Being Batman - A Curse Or A Choice?
- There will never be another Shadow of the Colossus
- Rogue One's Doomed Heroes (And The Complication Of Star Wars)
- The Anime That Inspired Wind Waker
- Redeeming "Revenge of the Sith"
- Castlevania: The Human Face of Evil
- 200-ish Years of Mummy Stories
- Space Marine II: No Lore, Only Vibes
- Transformers One - How To Start An Eternal War
- How The Batman Fights Like Vengeance
- Arcane's Unbreakable Bonds Of Love (And How They Heal!)
Notes[]
- ↑ Hosted by Blue.
- ↑ Part of the One Villanous Scene collaboration between various YouTubers.
- ↑ Also featuring Cyan and Indigo.
- ↑ Part of the One Musical Scene collaboration between various YouTubers.
- ↑ Also featuring Magenta.
- ↑ Part of the One Last Scene collaboration between various YouTubers.