This is a list of tropes I wish I saw more in books and movies. It’s pretty random.

1. Two characters that hate to work together have to work together, and they’re great at it
2. A character saves a character they dislike from someone who is absolute evil
3. A character pretends to be their opposite in order to work undercover
4. A character has been recognized by someone who knows their secrets and/or dark past
5. A blind/mute/deaf character doesn’t understand things others people consider obvious and have to explain to them
6. A character needs help from someone they hate
7. A character finds their love but everybody thinks it’s fake to impress their parents/friends
8. A character meets a character who has been looking for them given a description and doesn’t know that it’s them
9. A character suspects their friend of a wrong deed but doesn’t tell them
10. A character is not who they say they are
11. A friendly nickname for someone who is not a friend
12. A character is jealous of a character who has no idea why would anyone envy them
13. A character speaks to a character thinking they are a completely different person
14. Two characters who ruin each other lives are still together for some reason
15. A cuffed criminal is way more relaxed than a policeman guarding them.
16. A character completely ignores another character’s smartass remarks all the time
17. A defenseless, weak character has more power than tough guys
18. A character supervises another character doing their job better than them
19. A character has fun making jokes about another character’s dark past to their face
20. A character admires another character who used to be great long time ago
21. A character puts other characters in dangerous situations in which they have to make tough choices questioning their morals
22. A character pretends to be a corrupted version of themselves to get help from someone who tried to corrupt them
23. A spy’s moral dilemmas come from not falling in love with an enemy but their inner moral conflicts instead
24. Two characters have to pretend friends in public but they hate each other
25. A character who uses their corruption to do something actually good
26. A wannabe thinks a character’s is another wannabe and befriends them not knowing they are a real one