# Does the Tropes site have this?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-this/991615>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 15, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-this/991615 "2023-10-15T21:23:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-this/991615/1 "2023-10-15T21:23:56Z")

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What I’d call “example in search of a trope”. That is, something you think doesn’t quite shoehorn into an established category but is close to or sorta like one?

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**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-this/991615/2 "2023-10-15T22:01:46Z")

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Try [Trope Finder](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/query.php?type=tf).