List of tropes in T3H Metroid Galaxy

As a series whose humor revolves around metafiction and intentional cliches, T3H Metroid Galaxy falls under a large number of "tropes," or reusable plot elements. They are listed here with links to TVTropes, an online tropes database.


 * Action Girl (Samus)
 * A God Am I (The Future Writer)
 * Arch Enemy (The Future Writer to Samus and the other heroes)
 * Back For The Finale (All three of them)
 * Big Bad (The Future Writer)
 * Black Cloak (The Future Writer)
 * Breaking The Fourth Wall (Every issue with the Writer)
 * Cardboard Prison (The prison Mother Brain locks the heroes in)
 * Casual Danger Dialogue (Justified as it is a comedy series)
 * Catch Phrase ("ZOMG!" and several others)
 * Celebrity Paradox (Many characters)
 * Cerebus Syndrome (Later seasons)
 * Cerebus Retcon (Reincarnation and many other minor plot holes in early issues)
 * The Chessmaster (The Future Writer)
 * The Chosen One (Samus)
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder (The Future Writer)
 * Cliff Hanger (Many issues)
 * The Climax (Issues 50, 100, and 150)
 * Collapsing Lair (A Metroid staple)
 * Comedic Hero (Everyone)
 * Comic Trio (Samus, Oveur, and the Writer; Mother Brain, Kraid, and Ridley; Dracog, Pickett, and Bad Grammar Boy)
 * Complete Monster (The Future Writer)
 * Cosmic Retcon (Every time travel plotline)
 * Credits Gag (Almost every issue)
 * Crouching Moron Hidden Badass (Bad Grammar Boy)
 * Cultural Cross Reference (So many times that each issue's page has a section devoted to listing them)
 * Designated Antagonist (The Future Writer)
 * Deus Ex Machina (So often there's an issue named after it)
 * Dimension Lord (The Future Writer)
 * Doomsday Device (The superweapon, the Doom Sphere)
 * The Dragon (Ridley, literally; Dark Samus)
 * Dramatic Pause (Many times)
 * Dumbass Has A Point (Oveur, Bad Grammar Boy, several other characters)
 * Enemy Civil War (Sykes)
 * Evilly Affable (All the villains)
 * Evil Overlord (The Future Writer)
 * Evil Plan (Every volume)
 * Evil Twin (The Future Writer)
 * Exposition Party (Literally happens at Samus's birthday party in the anniversary special)
 * Extraordinarily Empowered Girl (Samus)
 * Faceless Goons (Space Pirates, Dragon Minions)
 * Fetch Quest (At least once per volume)
 * Flanderization (Oveur's stupidity)
 * Flashback (Several issues)
 * Flashback Twist (The Future Writer's involvement in Samus's past)
 * Foreshadowing (Many times)
 * The Freddy (Pickett)
 * Friendly Enemy (Mother Brain, Ridley, Kraid, Dracog, Pickett, and Bad Grammar Boy)
 * General Failure (Mother Brain, Dracog)
 * Grand Finale (Three times)
 * How We Got Here (The time travel issues)
 * Internal Homage (The end of issues 50, 100, and 150)
 * Ironic Echo Cut (Many times)
 * Jerkass (Ridley)
 * Just Between You And Me (The Future Writer, several times)
 * Kill Em All (Issue 100)
 * Knight Of Cerebus (The Future Writer)
 * Love Triangle (Samus, Oveur, and the Writer)
 * The Man Behind The Man (Cronal)
 * Middle Management Mook (Ridley)
 * Moriarty Effect (Every villain on the show)
 * The Movie (Parodied in-universe)
 * Mr. Exposition (The Writer)
 * Musical Episode (The musical issue)
 * Mysterious Past (Samus, the Writer and Future Writer)
 * Mythology Gag (Several times)
 * No Fourth Wall (The entire series)
 * Odd Couple (Samus and Oveur)
 * One Hit Kill (The Future Writer's lightning bolts)
 * Orcus On His Throne (Dracog, literally)
 * Padding (Some filler issues)
 * Parody Episode (Many issues and whole seasons)
 * Portal To The Past (The Writer randomly makes them)
 * Posthumous Character (Samus's parents)
 * Pseudo Crisis (Many issues)
 * Punch Clock Villain (Ridley and Kraid)
 * The Quest (Many seasons)
 * Quirky Miniboss Squad (Mother Brain, Ridley, and Kraid; Dracog, Pickett, and Bad Grammar Boy)
 * Random Events Plot (Earlier seasons)
 * Recap Episode (The recap issue)
 * Reincarnation (Almost every character)
 * Sealed Evil In A Can (The Future Writer)
 * Second Hand Storytelling (Some MacGuffins)
 * Seinfeldian Conversation (Many times)
 * Series Hiatus (Summer between each volume)
 * Stable Time Loop (Oveur and the Writer in the past)
 * Stick Figure Comic (The entire series)
 * Straight Man (Samus)
 * Three Amigos (Samus, Oveur, and the Writer)
 * Thrown Down A Well (The Future Writer)
 * Time Travel (Several plotlines)
 * Un Canceled (Twice)
 * Upgrade Artifact (Another Metroid staple)
 * Villain Decay (Mother Brain, Ridley, Kraid, Dracog, Pickett)
 * Villain Episode (Random Villain Issue)
 * Villain Opening Scene (Several issues)
 * Weapon of Mass Destruction (The superweapon, the Doom Sphere)
 * Wham Episode (Many issues)
 * What Cliffhanger (Several issues)
 * Who Writes This Crap (The Writer)
 * Word of God (This entire wiki)
 * Xanatos Gambit (Collecting the relics)
 * You Know I'm Black Right (Oveur's sexist jokes)