Frankenstein: Tropes

Signature tropes

The ones that say the most about Frankenstein. Pick one to read it.

• Blind and the Beastin 97 titlesThe creature tries to befriend a blind man, and it works! Except the man's family returns and casts out the creature before he can explain himself.Read →
• Conveniently Interrupted Documentin 77 titlesIn Frankenstein: The True Story, just before Clerval and Frankenstein are prepared to animate their creation, Clerval discovers that an arm they had reanimated earlier is becoming horribly deformed.Read →
• Retconin 810 titlesBoth Frankenstein and his creation, are pretty clearly killed at the end of the 1931 film, but preview screenings proved so successful, that they changed the ending to allow for Vic—er, Henry's survi…Read →
• Herr Doktorin 242 titlesPossibly the Trope Codifier.Read →
• Romance NovelRare · in 56 titlesAngelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match, a Romance Novel by Sally Thorne is a very loose adaptation of the text that focuses on Angelika Frankenstein, Canon Foreigner sister to Victor, as she uses his…Read →
• Too Dumb to Livein 5,229 titlesVic runs away from his successful experiment in creating life because it's ugly. Then he destroys the Bride he was making for it, causing the Creature to go on a rampage.Read →