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2 10Death in Custody - Launching 8th May 2024
A character dies while in the custody of the police or similar organisation.
Created: Feb 11th 2024 at 1:42:31 PM
0 3Terrified Transformation Witness
A character reacts to another character's transformation with shock and fear.
Created: 8 hours ago
0 2Funny Sick Bucket
An unconventional receptacle is used to catch vomit.
Created: 6 hours ago
0 15Wacky Wake-Up Gadget
An unusual mechanism to wake somebody.
Created: Aug 5th 2021 at 6:42:02 AM
0 5Trickster Transformee
Forcibly transformed characters can only succeed through sneaking and trickery.
Created: May 4th 2024 at 12:57:10 AM
2 10Deadly Game Of Chance (LF examples)
A villain uses a game of chance to decide whether a character will be killed, or at least harmed.
Created: Apr 30th 2024 at 2:45:37 PM
0 10Prenatal Gender Picking
Expecting parents use magical or scientific means to choose the gender of an unborn baby.
Created: yesterday
0 15Nudity Equals Vulnerability
A person is naked to show how vulnerable they are.
Created: Apr 26th 2024 at 7:56:18 AM
1 4Crossover Meme
A meme that involves multiple unrelated works of media.
Created: yesterday
0 2Professional Wrestling of the 1990s
Index of Pro Wrestling personalities and promotions of the 1990s
Created: Apr 19th 2024 at 5:10:18 AM
0 22Serial Adulterer
A person cheats on their partner multiple times with multiple different people.
Created: Apr 25th 2024 at 1:47:46 AM
0 4Teeny Tiny Arms
A character has comically short arms that make it hard for them to grab things.
1 29Gag Ears (Grabbed by DrNoPuma)
A character with comically large ears.
Created: Oct 3rd 2022 at 2:07:52 PM
8 7Big/Small Juxtaposition
A juxtaposition between something big and something small.
Created: Apr 10th 2024 at 8:46:02 PM
0 7Eye Covering Surprise
Surprising somebody by covering their eyes.
Created: Apr 21st 2024 at 1:27:46 AM
7 30Emotional Language Shift (adopted by jhonsogflint)
Character reverts to their native language when surprised, scared, excited or annoyed
Created: May 21st 2011 at 7:46:17 PM
5 3Celestial Space School
Interplanetary or intergalactic schools often popular in sci fi
Created: yesterday
0 25Bad Reason To Do Good
When someone does the right thing for the wrong reasons.
Created: Apr 22nd 2024 at 7:03:12 PM
When someone does the right thing for the wrong reasons.
Sponsor: Bluecatcinema Created: Apr 22nd 2024 at 7:03:12 PM Last reply: 6 hours ago by WM-R View draftLooking for a discussion you thought was here? One of two things could have happened.
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0 3Absurdly Elderly Father
A man who's too old to have a baby...does.
Created: 13 hours ago