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  1. trope tracker
    How Does The Gentlemen Do It?A terrible movie becomes a surprisingly entertaining TV series thanks to its handling of Guy Ritchie’s favorite tropes.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  2. books
    From Friends to Lovers: The Fanfic-to-Romance Pipeline Goes MainstreamWriters are jumping right from Archive of Our Own to the best-seller list.
    By Elizabeth Held
  3. tropes
    4 Things I Never Want to See on TV Again, Courtesy of The DiplomatShe’s not a regular ambassador, okay?
    By Roxana Hadadi
  4. trope-ily ever after
    Falling in Love, Business Proposal StyleThe hit K-drama’s commitment to embracing nearly every classic romance trope is so impressive that it demands closer examination.
    By Quinci LeGardye
  5. role call
    Bianca Lawson Answers Every Question We Have About Pretty Little Liars“She’s in love with this other girl and that’s the truth.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  6. close reads
    Chucky Turns a Tired Horror Cliché on Its HeadAs the first Child’s Play installment with a gay lead, the new TV series is reclaiming a harmful trope that’s dogged the slasher genre for decades.
    By Louis Peitzman
  7. close reads
    Ted Lasso Reveals Its Long GameWith “Man City,” season two finally addresses the trope in the room, giving the show and its characters alike a much-needed dose of reality.
    By Amma Marfo
  8. cover-ups
    WandaVision Hides a Pregnancy in Classic Sitcom StyleIt’s a meta joke!
    By Jackson McHenry
  9. close reads
    Emily in Paris’s Biggest Faux Pas Is Emily HerselfAmid the show’s many indulgent clichés about French life, its take on the American-in-Paris trope rings even more hollow.
    By Sarah Moroz
  10. rom-coms
    Every Rom-Com Trope Called Out in Isn’t It RomanticIncluding timeworn favorites like “everyone is hot” and “clumsy women are adorable.”
    By Maggie Fremont
  11. gripes
    TV Witches, Please Stop Slicing Your Palms Open for Blood MagicForget about spell-casting. How do you even treat a wound like that?
    By Brian Moylan
  12. Do Androids Dream of Colossal Women?On Blade Runner 2049, and why we keep imagining a future where our cities play host to gigantic, nude, nameless women.
    By Emily Yoshida
  13. tropes
    How Stranger Things Subverts the ‘Douchebag Boyfriend’ ’80s-Movie TropeWhen it comes to the show’s teen love triangle, it becomes more about subverting classic ‘80s tropes than honoring them.
    By Kat Rosenfield
  14. secret history of television
    ‘The Secret History of Television’: Why Bottle Episodes Make Great TelevisionA new examination by “Vulture’s Secret History of Television.”
    By Ryan McGee, Margaret Lyons, and Abraham Riesman
  15. secret history of television
    Inside TV’s Secret History of Last-Ditch Efforts to Keep Shows CuteThe first installment of “Vulture’s Secret History of Television”!
    By Abraham Riesman, Margaret Lyons, and Ryan McGee
  16. On ‘Zoidbergs’There’s a new sitcom archetype. Though it has roots in classic television, this specific characterization has become especially prevalent in […]
    By Matt Crowley
  17. tropes
    The 9 Most Tilda Swinton Moments in This Tilda Swinton Profile“My tropes are dogs and eggs.”
    By Lindsey Weber
  18. glossary
    Your Guide to the Many Mysterious Reference Points of the Lana Del Rey UniverseA starter guide to the complete Lanaverse.
    By Lindsey Weber
  19. tropes
    Watch Judy Greer Spoof Her Rom-Com BFF Status“Judy Greer never fails at finding love … for everyone else.”
    By Lindsey Weber
  20. groan
    It’s Time to Retire Dirty Dancing JokesGuess what? We’re putting Baby in a corner.
    By Margaret Lyons
  21. tropes
    Sad-Sack Comedians + Manic Pixie Dream Girls: A Rom-com TemplateThe new movie Seeking a Friend for the End of the World hits some familiar beats.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  22. sitcoms
    Watch a Mash-Up of the 50 Best ‘Very Special’ Episodes “I’m so excited! I’m so excited! I’m so … scared!”
    By Eliot Glazer
  23. cliche watch
    Ten Tropes We Never Want to See on TV Ever AgainOh man, nursery school applications! How hectic and wild!
    By Margaret Lyons
  24. r&b
    See a Supercut of Male R&B Singers Pleading for Your LoveThe trope of men pleading for a woman’s love (and sometimes overusing the word “crazy”) in the process is alive and well in this supercut.
    By Eliot Glazer