Writing Tropes Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. 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.

1. Exposition dump
2. Unnecessary references to ancient mythology
3. SHOCK value for the sake of SHOCK value
4. Overly literal description
5. Reader says "That's it?" after the ending
6. In-universe reason for why this story exists
7. Fridged character
8. Protag with no motivations
9. Inconsistent formatting
10. Tackles complex topic with no research
11. Unnecessary references to other media
12. Broad descriptions of real-world events
13. Author needs to K.I.S.S.
14. Words from a foreign language (excluding the text's main language, or Latin)
15. Lack of line breaks
16. Lack of paragraph breaks
17. Protag over-monologues in their own head
18. "And then..." story structure
19. Self-insert character
20. Out of character pearl clutching
21. noo Spel czech
22. *Verba Latina*
23. Secondary cast with no motivations
24. Purple Prose