Television Tropes: How to Kill Your Story Ideas in One Click

I’m a story junkie. I enjoy learning how stories work (or not), dissecting and classify them, and generally killing all the fun in the process. Of course, I do this after I’ve read for pleasure. One online source that helps in such an analysis is Television Tropes. This site categorizes popular tropes in all forms of story-telling media.

If you’ve ever felt like you’ve seen or read something before, this site will confirm it for you. And to answer that nagging feeling of yours: yes, you’ve rea...