Talk:Michelle Valance/Tropes/@comment-26022186-20150318124347/@comment-21119641-20150318132633

Ahem,

"Tropes are devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations. On the whole, tropes are not  clichés. The word clichéd means "stereotyped and trite." In other words, dull and uninteresting. We are not looking for dull and uninteresting entries. We are here to recognize tropes and play with them, not to make fun of them."

Taken from http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage