An index page listing Backstory Index content. Ah, the Backstory; a trope that tells the reader what happened to Bob before all the chaos began.

Backstory is what happens to a character before they arrive on the present scene. All characters have one, but it may only be present for just one character ... Backstory Horror · Troubled Backstory Flashback · Rape

Something terrible happened to a character; some tragic event in their past that shaped a fundamental level of their personality. Justice League: Crisis on Two... · Awesomeness by Analysis · Western Animation

Backstory can be one of the most reliable methods of giving readers a glimpse of what made the subject of interest the way they are.

The Backstory Invader trope as used in popular culture. A new character appears in a work partway through, but for some reason the established characters ...

In a crowd filled with people who turned tragedy into triumph, went through some exceptional event, or have some abnormal linage, this person is normal.

A character has a mysterious past which is hinted at but never fully revealed. It may be suggested by the character evading questions about their past, ...

The Decoy Backstory trope as used in popular culture. A character is given an apparent backstory. Whether a hero, villain or somewhere in between, ...

A Cataclysm Backstory is a trope that can easily set up the events of a story, or possibly the entire setting itself.

9 нояб. 2020 г. · In every anime character's backstory, there seems to be a murdered mother, an absent father, and a disappearing/reappearing childhood love.