Quick and Dirty TV Tropes List

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[Note: All information shamelessly compiled from TV Tropes.org for the use of non-profit roleplay character studies. You all are awesome!]

Chekhovs Gunman - Although his official introduction isn't until Akt 21, he has a cameo in every episode from 15 to 20, ranging from blantant foreshadowing to blink-and-you'll-miss-it moments of him hanging around in the background.

Catch Phrase - "Would you please be quiet?"

Mr. Exposition/Info Dump - This is Autor's main function in the series. Well, that and putting Fakir through the Training from Hell.

Know-Nothing-Know-It-All - Autor fits this trope to a T... at least at first. He's an insufferable know-it-all who believes that he's a descendant of Drosselmeyer and also the absolute expert on the subject of his powers. He puts another character who wants to learn about his powers through a series of ridiculous 'training' exercises, including standing in the middle of a room for three days without eating or sleeping and only using "blue and black ink in a seven-to-three ratio". Eventually he's humiliated when the character he's training proves to have much more power than him...if he ever had any power at all. In the end it's slightly subverted, however—-the character he "trained" is forced to go back to him for help because he actually is one of the best experts on Drosselmeyer.

Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life - When his delusions of his greatness start to unravel, Autor throws a tantrum that culminates in him storming down a street muttering to himself, "Then what was I put on this world for?"

Loners Are Freaks - Princess Tutu has Autor, a character who is first introduced by several cameos of him sitting alone in a library, yelling at others to be quiet while employing Scary Shiny Glasses. Once he becomes integrated into the plot, it appears that he doesn't have many friends because he's consumed by his obsession with Drosselmeyer (as well as a belief that he's better than everyone)—although there's occasional hints that he's bothered by his position, including him having an angry reaction to Uzura calling him "Weird Autor". In the end, he helps give Rue an epiphany using The Power of Love, and also saves Fakir, possibly hinting that he's come to accept the boy as a friend. [Note: the guidebook states that they are "Friends??" slightly before the end, so who knows.]

Scary Shiny Glasses - Autor is first introduced with a cameo in episode 15, where he appears with whited-out glasses. He has a cameo in every single episode after this up until his true introduction with each time his glasses appearing to glow more and more as he seems to become more and more irate. When he's introduced properly in episode 21 (and we start to get to know him), his glasses barely flash at all—and later, during times of weakness and vulnerability, his glasses actually are knocked off his face.

Leaning on the Furniture - Autor leans forward onto a piano when he's essentially bossing a character around. (Although this may be more because he's trying to assert himself more than a casual gesture.) He also has a tendency to lean against a wall with his arms crossed.

Attention Whore - One of the possible interpretations of Autor. Although he comes across as a loner, he sets up a dramatic meeting with Fakir and quickly offers him his knowledge of Drosselmeyer, seeming rather giddy about the chance to get to show off. On top of that, when he runs into Rue and is instantly attracted to her, he flirts with her by... talking about himself and how great he is. He even has several cameos showing him yelling at people in the library to be quiet, and quite possibly making even more noise than the offenders were. He seems to have an inferiority complex, which doesn't help.

Break the Haughty - Autor's pride gets absolutely thrashed in the course of the story.

Only Sane Man - Autor's the only character to realize that he's living inside of a fairytale that isn't a character in the story.

Take Over the World - The Japanese website lists "World Domination" under his "likes". Unrelated, but interesting: The profile also lists him as the same height and weight as Fakir, as they are mirrors to one another.

Nightmare Fetishist: Autor, being a Drosselmeyer fanboy, is implied to be like this as well—he finds the powerful ability to manipulate people by writing stories to be "thrilling".

Because Destiny Says So - Unlike the rest of the main cast, Autor's perfectly content to submit to destiny/the Story, even if it means losing his heart to Rue.

Male Gaze - In one scene, Autor is following behind Rue, and the camera focuses on Rue's back and slowly... pans down to examine her rear end and legs. The camera then switches to show him looking downwards and blushing, then quickly glancing up when Rue turns towards him as if trying to cover up where his attention had gone, implying that what we were seeing was from Autor's point of view.

Mysterious Watcher - Autor stalks the main cast and specifically Fakir.

Crowning Moment of Awesome and Unstoppable Rage and Heroic Bystander - In Princess Tutu there's Autor, an annoying, geeky character who seems to care very little about other people. But when Fakir's hands are nearly cut-off by the Bookman trying to stop the story, Autor flies into a rage and defeats the axe-wielding man using only a book and his bare hands.

Self-Explanatory:
The Gift
I Just Want To Be Special
Meaningful Name
Post-Victory Collapse
Large Ham
You Gotta Have Blue Hair
School Uniforms Are the New Black
Jerk Ass
Genre Savvy/Functional Genre Savvy (arguably)
Medium Awareness (arguably, less likely)
Rage Against the Author (arguably subverted/inverted)
Love at First Sight (Rue)
Spell My Name with an S - (Autor, Aotoa, Author, Arthur)