protagonistis singled outas a misfit oran outcast intheir societyPOCcharactersexist to helpprotagonistlove trianglealways(always!)centers on theprotagonistqueercharactersexist to helpprotagonistPOCcharactersexist to helpprotagonistprotagonist isthe chosen oneor the only onethat can makea differencelove interest'ssole existence isfor protagonistto fall in lovewith themprotagonist'sparents or--oh no!--eventheir entirefamily is deadprotagonist isblind to theirown beautyand/or overallradnessprotagonistis singled outas a misfit oran outcast intheir societyPOCcharactersexist to helpprotagonistlove trianglealways(always!)centers on theprotagonistqueercharactersexist to helpprotagonistPOCcharactersexist to helpprotagonistprotagonist isthe chosen oneor the only onethat can makea differencelove interest'ssole existence isfor protagonistto fall in lovewith themprotagonist'sparents or--oh no!--eventheir entirefamily is deadprotagonist isblind to theirown beautyand/or overallradness

Trope + Cliche Bingo! - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. protagonist is singled out as a misfit or an outcast in their society
  2. POC characters exist to help protagonist
  3. love triangle always (always!) centers on the protagonist
  4. queer characters exist to help protagonist
  5. POC characters exist to help protagonist
  6. protagonist is the chosen one or the only one that can make a difference
  7. love interest's sole existence is for protagonist to fall in love with them
  8. protagonist's parents or--oh no!--even their entire family is dead
  9. protagonist is blind to their own beauty and/or overall radness