Werewolves On A Train – Trope Lists

1. Roy’s Last Fight

  1. Honor Before Reason
  2. Throwing The Fight / Fixing the game
  3. The Lost Lenore

This one’s not quite done yet…

2. Roy’s Escape

  1. Nothing is the same anymore.
  2. What were you thinking? / Cutting the Electronic Leash
  3. Fugitive Arc
  4. Captured on purpose
  5. Balcony escape
  6. Chase scene
  7. Train escape

3. Introduction to Alene

  1. Obstructive Bureaucrat
  2. Burger Fool
  3. Gang Bangers
  4. Wild Wilderness
  5. False Friend
  6. Shape Shifting
  7. Big Heroic Run
  8. Fight Scene
  9. A quiet moment

4. Alene Meets Roy

  1. Naked on Arrival
  2. He’s back. (except it’s She)
  3. Broken bridge
  4. Noble Fugitive / Hero of another story.
  5. Fight scene
  6. The Cavalry / Revenge / The hunter becomes the hunted.
  7. Back to Back Badasses
  8. Fire-forged Friends
  9. Let’s Get Out Of Here
  10. Memento MacGuffin
  11. Train escape (yes, again)

5. Escape From Guapatrask

  1. The Chase
  2. Fire-forged Friends / Salt and Pepper
  3. Damsel in Distress
  4. Friend or Idol Decision
  5. Memento Macguffin
  6. Damsel out of Distress

6. Introduction To Toini

  1. What did I do last night?
  2. Not quite dead
  3. Inciting incident
  4. Didn’t think this through.
  5. Keeping Secrets Suck
  6. Bearer of bad news.
  7. Let me get this straight.

7. Roy’s And Toini’s Last Date

  1. Whole Episode Flashback.
  2. Childhood Friend Romance
  3. Unfettered?
  4. Aborted declaration of love
  5. Not good with rejection / Ax-Crazy
  6. What did I do last night?
  7. Did not get the girl

8. Midlands #1 – Crossing the Border

  1. Mysterious Past / The Cartel / The Exile / Price on their Head
  2. Checkpoint Charlie / Walk into Mordor / Let’s Split Up, Gang
  3. Hillbilly Horrors / Deep South
  4. Traveling salesman
  5. Doesn’t Trust Those Guys
  6. Split and Reunion
  7. Torches and Pitchforks
  8. Escape / Big Heroic Run
  9. Memento Macguffin

9. Midlands #2 – Avoiding the Law

  1. “Wanted!” Poster
  2. Fugitive Arc
  3. A friend in need / Conflicting loyalty / The Mole
  4. Trap is the only option.
  5. Lured into a trap.

10. Midlands #3 – Partial Escape

  1. Defensive Feint Trap
  2. Lawful Neutral
  3. Harbinger of Ass Kicking / It has been an honor / Trap is the only option
  4. Chase Fight / Big Heroic Run / Run for the border
  5. Casual High Drop
  6. Memento MacGuffin
  7. Locked Out of the Fight / Involuntary Group Split
  8. Badass in Distress

11. Midlands #4 – Friend and Prey

  1. Badass In Distress
  2. Good Cop/Bad Cop / Reasonable Authority Figure
  3. The Exile
  4. Memento MacGuffin
  5. Determinator
  6. Hard Work Montage
  7. Split and Reunion

12. Kul Viller #1 – Hiding From Friends

  1. Cellphones are Useless (Cutting the Electronic Leash)
  2. Lawful Neutral, Sudden Principled Stand
  3. Beleaguered Bureaucrat
  4. Self-Made Man (woman)
  5. Trash Talk
  6. Heroic Neutral
  7. Secret Identity