An index of tropes describing the varying ways a character cannot leave something alone. Whether it be spending too much time, money, effort, or patience; the character will not stop until they are either dead, imprisoned, or some combination thereof. Maybe not even then.
Compare with Body Image Tropes, Prejudice Tropes, Selfishness Tropes and This Is Your Index on Drugs. Opposite of Apathy Index.
- 10-Minute Retirement: A character suffers a temporary Heroic BSoD.
- Activating Artifact Tug-of-War: Characters are so obsessed with a powerful object that they end up not only fighting over it but turning it on during their struggle.
- Apophenia Plot: A character obsesses over a string of random events, believing them to be part of a conspiracy.
- Arch-Enemy
- Attempted Homewrecker: A character obsessively chases after someone who they know is taken.
- Baby Be Mine: A woman will go to extreme lengths to have a baby.
- Blind Obedience: A character will do whatever they say, no questions asked.
- Bloodlust
- Challenge Seeker
- Christmas Enthusiast: Someone who really, really loves Christmas.
- Chronic Hero Syndrome: A hero feels that it is their obligation to help everyone in need, to the point that it's not easy for them to turn down anyone who could use their protection or assistance.
- Clingy Jealous Girl
- Clock King: Time-obsessed character can always predict how long something will take down to the second.
- The Collector
- Complexity Addiction: A character is too fixated on forming convoluted plans to consider simpler solutions to their problems.
- Conspiracy Theorist: A person believes that the world is being manipulated by some secret organization and is obsessed with proving that they are right.
- Control Freak: A person that believes everything must go their way, all the way down to the littlest detail.
- Crack Is Cheaper: Feeding your obsession can prove very expensive.
- Crazy Jealous Guy
- Creepy Clingy Caretaker: An assigned guardian or carer is obsessed with their non-biologically related ward, often unhealthily, sometimes dangerously.
- Dance Enthusiast: A character really loves to dance as a hobby.
- Determinator: A person is so focused on achieving their goal that nothing can deter them from it.
- Detrimental Determination: Even if the goal is costing more than it's worth to achieve.
- Devoted to You
- Driven by Envy: A person's envious views towards another drives them to do whatever is needed to win.
- Easter Egg
- Enemies List
- Fanboy
- Fangirl
- Fanon
- Fan of Underdog
- Feuding Families: Two or more families have been feuding over something for a varying amount of time.
- The Fettered: Won't compromise their morals or honor code no matter what.
- Foreign Culture Fetish
- The Gambling Addict: Someone who is obsessed with gambling their money, usually to poor results.
- Geek
- Gold Fever
- Gotta Kill Them All
- Grammar Nazi: Getting upset over every little grammatical error another person makes.
- Groupie
- Halloween Enthusiast: A character who really, really loves Halloween.
- Harem Genre
- Hatred Makes You Dumb: A character is so obsessively hateful of someone that they do stupid things.
- Healthy Eating Fanatic: A character obsessed with healthy eating habits.
- Heroic Vow: Hero has one rule they will never violate, no matter what.
- Holiday Aficionado: A character who goes way overboard when celebrating the holiday.
- Hyperfixation-Induced Error: A character's hyperfixation caused them to make mistakes.
- I Gave My Word: A character promises that they will or will not do ABC. This also becomes a case of Exact Words if they have someone else do or not do ABC.
- If I Can't Have You…: A character takes rejection poorly and decides to kill the one who rejects them, so no one else can have them.
- Instant Taste Addiction
- Intrigued by Humanity: A character - largely alien - is fascinated by human culture or ideology.
- Isolation-Induced Infatuation: A character becomes obsessed with someone given that they're the only person around due to being stranded somewhere for a long time or living under a rock.
- It Must Be Mine!: A character wants it, needs it, and must get it through whatever means necessary
- I've Come Too Far: A character knows they've long passed the point of no return and invested too much in their plan to stop it now.
- Just One More Level!: A character becomes so engrossed in a video game that they won't stop playing it.
- Longing for Fictionland: A character seeks to escape the pains of their reality through the world of fiction.
- Longing Look
- Loony Fan: A fan who won't leave the person they admire alone.
- Love the Product, Hate the Producer: A character loves the product that is produced by a producer they despise.
- Lust Object
- Marveling at the MacGuffin: A villain that's secured the ultimate plot device can't resist the urge to obsess over it.
- Masturbation Means Sexual Frustration: A character masturbates to something that they're sexually obsessed with.
- Money Fetish: Someone has an obsession with money.
- Monster Fangirl: The baddie's biggest fan, usually a female.
- My Country, Right or Wrong: A person fights for their country, regardless of whether or not they're in the right or not.
- My Master, Right or Wrong
- Narcissist: Someone who has extreme love and admiration for oneself.
- Neat Freak: Someone is obsessed with making everything as neat and clean as possible.
- "Notice Me" Desire
- Number Obsession
- Obsessed Are the Listmakers: You have to plan out every part of your day down to the smallest detail.
- Obsessed with Food: The character is always thinking about food.
- Obsessed with Perfect Attendance: A character is determined to get perfect attendance at school or work, regardless of illness or something happening in their personal lives.
- Obsession Song: A character sings about their obsession.
- Obsessive Bully: A bully is obsessed with harassing one victim in particular.
- Obsessive Hobby Episode: An episode which involves a character taking up a hobby and becoming obsessed with it.
- Obsessively Hyperfixated
- Obsessively Normal: Conformity is harshly enforced due to an obsession with appearing normal.
- Obsessively Organized: A person who is obsessed with things being neat and orderly to the point that stuff ending up out of order or disarray is enough to drive them bonkers.
- One-Track-Minded Artist: They have one style of art, and they'll make it over and over again.
- One-Track-Minded Hunger: The character will stop at nothing to get food.
- Otaku
- Overcomplicated Menu Order
- The Perfectionist: A character can't stand being less than perfect at what they do.
- Persecuting Prosecutor: This Amoral Attorney will stop at nothing to convict an opposing defendant.
- Pestering the Reluctant: A person keeps bothering someone who wants nothing more than to be left alone.
- Pining After Protagonist's Parent
- Please, Don't Leave Me
- Principles Zealot
- Psycho Ex-Girlfriend: When a character's ex-girlfriend (or ex-boyfriend) snaps after being dumped for something - cheating, incompatibility, whatever it is - and outright does anything to force the character to get back with them
- Race Fetish
- Rail Enthusiast: This person really likes trains and train-related things.
- The Resenter
- The Rival
- Saw "Star Wars" Twenty-Seven Times: A character's obsession with a movie is demonstrated by having them claim to have seen the film a ridiculously large number of times.
- Schedule Fanatic
- Seeking Ultimate Strength
- Single-Issue Wonk: They have a passionate and immovable opinion about one thing, and once it's mentioned, they won't shut up about it.
- Single-Target Sexuality: A character who is only attracted to one specific person.
- Socially Unacceptable Collection: whether someone is seen as a harmless Collector of the Strange or a nut hoarding dangerous objects can depend on public opinion.
- Spurned into Suicide
- Stalker Shot: A character thinks they're alone until the camera reveals they're being stalked without their knowledge.
- Stalker Shrine: A shrine the stalker devotes to their target of interest.
- Stalker with a Crush: The person stalking the character in question is in love with the person.
- Stalker with a Test Tube: Subject A is obsessed with Subject B's DNA, convinced that combining the two will create genetically ideal offspring.
- Stalker Without a Crush: The person stalking the character in question doesn't have any form of romantic desires and has other reasons for their stalking.
- Stalking Is Funny if It Is Female After Male
- Stalking Is Love
- Stop Poking Me!
- That One Case: An investigator is obsessed with a particular unsolved case.
- There's No Place Like Home
- Trans Chaser
- Trekkie: All Star Trek fans are obsessed with the series or at bare minimum, a geek/loser.
- TV Tropes Will Ruin Your Life: Dude, go outside, already! You're spending way too much time on this website.
- Undying Loyalty
- Unrequited Love Lasts Forever
- Went Crazy When They Left: The character becomes unhinged when their significant friend or other leaves them.
- Workaholic: A character works day in and day out, refusing to do anymore but the bare minimum of self-care.
- The Xenophile
- X Must Not Win: A character is determined to ensure that X cannot win against them.
- Yandere
- Yandere Couple