Index of tropes having to do with light, glowing, or anything illuminating an area.
Contrast Darkness and Shadows Tropes.
Tropes:
Related:
- Absurdly Bright Light
- All in the Eyes
- Ball of Light Transformation
- Battle Aura: A glow of power surrounding a powerful being.
- Bioluminescence Is Cool: Naturally glowing animals for coolness.
- Blinded by the Light
- Blinding Camera Flash
- Blinking Lights of Victory
- Brightness Shadows: Showing a bright light without actually making things brighter by depicting the shadows it creates.
- Burning Beginning: When light is introduced in the beginning by fire.
- By the Lights of Their Eyes: In total darkness, characters’ eyes are still visible.
- Celebratory Sky Lanterns
- Disappears into Light
- Dramatic Spotlight
- Energy Binders
- Epileptic Flashing Lights: Rapid flashing lights, known to trigger seizures in epileptic people.
- Everybody Loves Zeus
- Fantastic Light Source
- Glowing Eyes
- Glowing Eyelights of Undeath: Undead beings with glowing eyes.
- Glowing Eyes of Doom: If a character’s eyes glow, watch out.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: If they glow red, really watch out.
- Glowing Mechanical Eyes
- Glowing Flora: Plants or fungi that glow.
- Glowing Gem
- God of Light
- Hand of Glory
- Hard Light: Light that acts as solid matter.
- Harmless Luminescence
- Heart Light
- Hollywood Darkness
- Hollywood Torches
- Holy Backlight: A holy glow from behind a figure.
- Holy Hand Grenade
- Light/Darkness Juxtaposition: When light is contrasted with darkness.
- Light/Fire Juxtaposition: When light is contrasted with fire.
- Light 'em Up: Light-based superpowers.
- Lighting Bug
- A Light in the Distance
- Light Is Good: Light represents goodness.
- Light Is Not Good
- Matchlight Danger Revelation
- Muzzle Flashlight
- Natural Spotlight
- Nuclear Candle
- Phosphor-Essence
- Pillar of Light: A tall vertical beam of light.
- Power Glows: Supernatural powers induce glowing.
- Pre-Explosion Glow: Something glows before it blows.
- Rays from Heaven
- Sickly Green Glow: A scary green glow, often representing radioactivity.
- Slow Laser
- Slow Light
- Supernatural Light
- Tentative Light
- Throat Light: Glowing from the mouth.
- Tron Lines
- Underlighting
- Volcanic Veins
- Will-o'-the-Wisp: Floating fireball spirits of legend.
- Wintry Auroral Sky