"Hello, I'm Laura and this is my friend Steve! We're here to talk about what the episode tags mean," a young woman in casual clothes said.
"While most of these tags are pretty obvious, it's become evident that some of these tags aren't understood by some of the people applying them," said her male companion, also casually dressed.
"So we're here to demonstrate them for you. But first, some general guidelines:"
When does a transformation tag apply (the guidelines are similar for non-transformation tags)?
The same transformation may trigger multiple tags
For example: a "bimbo" transformation might trigger "dumb", "be", "ag", "slut" tags as well. It's up to the tagger.
These and the following definitions are guidelines, not rules.
They can't be rules since there's nothing to stop you from breaking them. But this is how the tags are meant to be used, at least in my opinion. It's also true that if other people disagree with your tag usage, they can remove tags that you added to an episode.
"And now, on with the detailed explanations," Laura declared. Wish more of these applied to Steve, not me she thought to herself.
| Growth | ||
| ag - Ass Expansion Ass growth. May also apply to hip growth. Laura's ass becomes larger, filling her chair cushion. | amaz - Amazons A woman becomes more athletic, taller, more muscular (think Wonder Woman or She-Hulk). Laura becomes taller and stronger than Steve, puts her fists on her hips and stares down at him intimidatingly. | be - Breast Expansion Breasts get bigger. Laura's boobs swell up, straining the buttons on her top. |
| belly - Belly Growth Belly growth for any reason - pregnancy, inflation, fattening, etc. This is meant for growth that occurs in this episode, and should not refer to growth from previous episodes. Laura's belly swells to the size of a bowling ball. | clit - Clit Expansion Clitoris growth. May also apply to pussy growth? Laura's clit grows larger and longer until it tents her skirt like a small penis. | fat - Fattening Weight gain. Laura gains 50 pounds, mostly in her belly and thighs. |
| gts - Giants (male or female) Height increase well over human norms. Steve and Laura grow to 20 feet tall, destroying the roof of the studio. | height - Height change (less than shrink/gts) Growth or shrinkage within human norms. Laura grows to 7 feet tall, while Steve drops down to 4 feet tall. | hg - Hair Growth Hair growth. May apply to hair other than on the head. Laura's hair grows until it reaches her ass; Steve grows a long beard. |
| immob - Immobilized A person grows so large that they can't move. Laura's breasts grow to the size of beanbag chairs, pinning her to the ground. | inf - Inflation Filling a person with air, water, semen, or other substance. A hissing sound starts and Laura's body swells with helium; as she becomes ever rounder her body floats off the ground. | lab - Labia Expansion Labia growth. May also apply to pussy growth? Laura's labia swell until you can clearly see camel-toe even though she's wearing a skirt. |
| lip - Lip Expansion Lip growth. The ones on your face. Laura's lips inflate until she can no longer even close them properly. | mg - Muscle Growth Muscle growth in either men or women. Steve becomes a muscular hulk, while Laura merely looks more fit. | nip - Nipple Expansion Nipple or aureole growth. May also apply to changes in nipple shape. Laura's nipples swell, visibly tenting out her top. |
| pe - Penis Enlargement Penis growth. Steve's penis grows to 12 inches, making his underwear uncomfortable. | pr - Pregnancy A woman becomes pregnant. Also applies if the woman is already pregnant at the start of the episode. May also apply when simple conception has occurred, with no growth. Laura's belly swells to basketball size, and she feels a kick. | tongue - Tongue TF Tongue growth or transformation into something else (such as a penis). Steve's tongue grows to 8 inches in length, and Laura looks at him in a new way. |
| Shrinking | ||
| bred - Breast Reduction Breasts shrink in size. May also apply when BE'd breasts return to normal. Laura's breasts shrink until she looks flat-chested. | mred - Muscle Reduction Muscles shrink in size in either men or women. Steve's frame shrinks until he looks like a total wimp. | pred - Penis Reduction Penis shrinks in size. May also apply to balls shrinking. Steve grabs his crotch as he feels his penis shrink to 1 inch long. |
| shr - Shrinking Height reduction outside of human norms. Laura shrinks to 6 inches tall. | slim - Weight Loss General weight loss, or belly reduction. May also apply to belly inflation being undone. Laura's belly trims and flattens, as she loses some of her natural layer of fat. | |
| Body Modification | ||
| ap - Age Progression Getting rapidly older. Laura ages until she looks 40 years old. | ar - Age Regression Getting younger. Steve gets younger until he looks 18 years old, please no younger than that | amp - Amputation Any loss of limbs, whether surgically amputated or magically vanished. Steve's arms vanish and his sleeves lie flat. |
| beaut - More Beautiful/Handsome General increase in a man or woman's attractiveness. A catchall tag for someone becoming more attractive. Steve becomes more rugged and handsome, while Laura's skin clears up and she looks more like a model. | bizarre - Bizarre Body Mod Like the "tf" tag, miscellaneous transformations not covered by other tags, but that might be considered "weird". This tag was carried over from MarkT's Story Archive. Laura's mouth turns into a pussy. | bwb - Boy With Boobs A person who appear male except for having a pair of breasts. Steve grows a pair of D-cups on his chest. |
| catg - Catgirl Anything between just having a cat's ears and tail to being a full-on furry anthropomorphic felinoid. Separate from the furry tag due to its popularity, and because catgirls aren't always furry. Laura grows cat ears and a tail, and starts going "Meow". | cloth - Change of Clothing Clothing is suddenly changed into some other kind of clothing. Not meant to apply to someone just changing their clothes normally. Laura's clothes morph into a white bikini. | conj - Conjoinment Two people are physically joined somehow. May be as little as being connected at the hip, or as major as being a single body with two heads, or anything in between. Steve and Laura merge into a single being with two heads, four arms, and combined genitalia. |
| cowg - cowgirl A woman with some cowlike features, usually horns, tail, and lactation. May also involve udders. Laura's breasts swell with milk, she grows horns and a tail, and starts going "Moo". | hair - Hair Color/Style Change Hair color or style changes. Steve's hair turns blonde, and Laura's is swept up in a beehive hairdo. | herm - Hermaphrodites/Futanari Person with both male and female genitals. Their overall appearance may be male or female or both. Laura grows a penis above her vagina. |
| impl - Implants Breast implants, usually. May also apply to other kinds of implants in the body. Laura's breasts swell and become firmer as saline implants are magically inserted. | lac - Lactation Breasts produce milk. It may or may not leak out. Laura's breasts start to leak, soaking her top with milk. | mb - Multibreast More than the standard two breasts. A third breast grows between Laura's existing two. |
| mgen - Multiple penis/vagina Multiple genitalia. Steve grows a second penis, and Laura gets a second pussy to match. | ml - Multilimb More than the standard two arms and/or legs. Laura grows an extra pair of arms below her current ones. | nbm - Detachable body parts Natural Body Magic. Some part of a person's body becomes removable without harming them. Laura's arms fall off, then start using their fingers to crawl back to her. |
| nogen - No genitals Complete absense of male or female genitalia (like a Ken/Barbie doll) Steve feels funny as his penis and balls suddenly vanish. He starts crying. | pierce - Piercings Any kind of body piercing. Probably doesn't apply to simple earrings, but it's up to the tagger. Laura gets studs in her nostril and tongue, and she can feel others lower down. | pusb - Pussyboys A person who appears male except for having a pussy. Steve's penis and balls disappear and are replaced by a vagina. |
| sens - Sensitivity Increase Body parts become more sensitive, usually leading towards greater arousal or greater discomfort. Laura's nipples become very sensitive, making her rub them to reduce the discomfort. | shem - Shemales/Dickgirls A person who appears female except for having a penis and balls. Laura's vagina vanishes and is replaced by a penis. | skin - Skin TF Any kind of change to skin color, texture, material, etc. not covered by the "race" tag. Does not include tattoos. Steve's skin turns red, and Laura looks like she's covered in scales. |
| taur - Centaurs, Cowtaurs, etc. Generally a human torso attached to an animal's torso at the waist/neck, like a classical Centaur. Can also apply to non-mammals like spiders (Driders). Steve gains a horse's lower body to become a centaur; Laura gets a furrier lower body to become a wolf-taur. | tat - Tattoos Any kind of tattoo, magical or not. A flaming skull tattoo appears on Laura's upper arm. | udder - Udder A cowlike udder on a person. The person may be otherwise fully human, or they could be a cowgirl of some kind, or something else. A swelling in Laura's lower abdomen turns out to be a pink udder complete with two leaky teats. |
| ugly - Uglier Opposite of "beaut", a general decrease in a man or woman's attractiveness. Laura's face becomes covered in acne, and she gains some weight so that her stomach bulges over her belt. | voice - Voice/Vocab change Voice change so the person sounds like someone else (for example, higher pitched) or uses different vocabulary (for example, talks like a Valley Girl) or other vocal effects (for example, voice causes arousal in others). Laura begins talking like a little girl. | |
| Full Transformation | ||
| anim - Animal TF Turning into a full animal (not anthopomorphic). May also apply when an animal is transformed into a human or furry. Laura shrinks out of her clothing and becomes a black cat. | cloth2 - Turned Into Clothing Turning into an article of clothing. Usually the person is still conscious and aware, but not always. Steve vanishes, turning into a bra that Laura picks up and puts on. | costum - Magic Costume/Skinsuit A costume with magical effects (usually transforms the wearer somehow). Also applies to Skinsuits (a skin that you put on that transforms you into that person). Laura puts on a blouse which causes her breasts to double in size. |
| f2m - Transgender (f2m) A woman turns into a man. May also apply to partial TGs. Laura becomes Larry, a handsome muscular man. | ftp - Turned into Body Part Frotterotransformationalpartialism. Turned into a body part on another person, or even a standalone body part. Usually the person is still conscious and aware, but not always. Steve vanishes and realizes he's become one of Laura's breasts. | fur - Anthropomorphic Refers to the Western-style concept of a person with some animal features including fur (or hair as appropriate) rather than the Eastern-style concept of just a human with animal ears and tail. May also apply to non-furry partial-animal changes like cowgirls or lizardgirls. Laura grows a layer of reddish fur, her face pushes forward into a muzzle, and foxy ears appear on top of her head to make her a foxgirl. |
| fuse - Fusion/Merge Two people are merged into a single person. Usually different from conjoinment in that the result has the correct number of limbs. Their minds may merge or they may be separate but sharing the same brain. Steve and Laura merge into a single herm person and call themselves Levaria. | human - anim/obj to human TF An animal, inanimate object, hologram, or other item is turned into a human (or close to). Laura's script turns into a teenage boy; the studio's cat turns into a catgirl. | matl - Material TF (animate) A person's body is tranformed into another material, but they still look human and can move. Laura turns into a rubber girl, and Steve becomes a man of smoke. |
| myth - Mythological TF or Being Someone is transformed into a mythological being, or a mythological being just appears in the episode. Can refer to beings from ancient myths, fairy tales, religions, etc. A witch appears and turns Steve into a vampire and Laura into a dryad. | nation - Nationality Change Turning into another nationality. May also involve a "race" change. Laura starts speaking with a French accent, and Steve with a British one. | obj - Inanimate TF Turning into an inanimate object of some kind. Usually the person is still conscious and aware, but not always. Laura turns into a table lamp shaped like a woman's leg. |
| race - Race Change Turning into another human "race" (however you define that). Laura becomes a Japanese girl, and Steve becomes a black man. | robot - Robot Turned into an android or other kind of robot. Similar to turning into a mannequin, but can still move around. The robot-person can usually be reprogrammed by others. Laura stiffens and turns silver as she becomes a gynoid. Steve picks up her user manual to read. | stat - Statue/Mannequin/Doll Turned into an inanimate object, but still human looking. If a doll, might still be able to move around. Usually the person is still conscious and aware, but not always. Steve turns into a store mannequin, and price tags appear on his clothes. Laura turns into an inflatable sex doll. |
| swap - Bodyswap Two people swap bodies. May be the same or opposite sex. Steve and Laura find themselves in each other's bodies. They grope themselves. | tf - Other TF Miscellaneous transformation not covered by any other tag. Laura's feet grow to size 15, bursting her shoes. | tg - Transgender (m2f) A man turns into a woman. May also apply to partial TGs. Steve becomes Stephanie, a short curvy woman. |
| tged - Character TGed in earlier ep A m2f or f2m TG that occurred in an earlier episode. Steve has been Stephanie for a few hours now. | tgtf - TG TF in this episode A m2f or f2m TG that occurs in the current episode. Steve becomes Stephanie right now. | twin - Twins/Clones Two (or more) characters who look like identical twins whether they actually are or not. A woman who looks exactly like Laura appears. "This is my twin sister Lisa" "No, I'm Laura and you're Lisa!". |
| Mental Transformations | ||
| attract - Forced Attraction An induced attraction to someone else, not a natural attraction. Steve presses a button and Laura now finds Steve hot. | bimbo - Bimbo Generally a woman who is overly sexy, stupid and sex-obsessed. Laura becomes curvier and her clothing more skimpy, and she starts using "like" a lot. She starts flirting heavily with Steve. | comp - Compulsion A person is given an unnatural compulsion to do something they wouldn't normally do. Steve feels the unexpected and potentially unwanted compulsion to wear Laura's clothing in public and flirt with everyone they meet. |
| dream - Dream A dream occurs in the episode, or the episode takes place in a dream. Laura takes a nap and dreams she's naked in school... again. | dumb - Less intelligent IQ decrease. Laura looks confused when someone asks her a simple question. | fetish - New fetish A person's personality is changed so they have a new fetish, kink or interest. Steve presses a button, and Laura suddenly gets turned on by red hair. |
| horn - Horniness An induced horniness from the outside, not natural horniness. Laura presses a button and Steve gets an erection and begins thinking lustfully about Laura. | ident - Identity Change A character has a different identity. The character may or may not think that as well. Often comes with new ID and place to live. Laura becomes Mary, a lowly staff member, while another woman takes over Laura's position. | illu - Illusion of a change People think that a transformation has occurred, but it really hasn't. For example a boy thinking he's been turned into a girl so he starts acting like one. Steve looks at Laura and says "Holy crap, your tits are getting huge," and doesn't believe Laura when she says they aren't. |
| mc - Mind Control Forcing someone to do or want things by controlling their mind (telepathy, hypnosis, technology, magic, etc.). Laura stares at Steve and he starts to bark like a dog. | mem - Memory Change Real memories are deleted, or fake memories are added. "Who are you?" Laura asks. "Oh right, you're my father!" "No I'm not!". | orient - Orientation Change A change in what gender a person is attracted to. Laura eyes a female staffer, unable to take her eyes off the woman's chest. |
| pers - Personality Change A change of behavior due to a personality change, such as a change in preferences or mood. Laura becomes perky and cheerful, talking about how wonderful her day is despite the weird stuff. | poss - Possession Someone is possessed by a spirit, telepath, or other entity who takes over their body. A cheerleader's ghost possesses Laura, and she starts jumping around and cheering. | psi - Mental powers A person has telpathic, psychic, or other mental powers. Laura reads Steve's mind and slaps him. |
| skill - Skills added or lost Gaining or losing new skills through non-normal means, such as magic or mad science. Steve presses a button and Laura suddenly knows kung fu. | slave - Slavery Someone acts like another person's slave, calling them "Master/Mistress" and obeying every command no matter how humiliating. Also applies to forced slavery with no mental changes. Laura bows her head and kneels in front of Steve, calling him "Master". | slut - Slut/Nympho Generally a woman who is sex-obsessed. Different from a bimbo in that a slut is not necessarily stupid or sexy. May not involve any physical changes. Laura saunters over to Steve and asks him if he wants to have sex. When he declines, she asks several of the staffers until she finds one that is willing. |
| smart - More intelligent IQ increase. Laura thinks "Oh wow, quantum mechanics suddenly makes sense now!" | sub - Made Submissive Someone does or believes what other people suggest or tell them to. Not as severe as slavery. Steve suggests that Laura undress, and she agrees. | |
| Other Fetishes | ||
| ab - Adult Baby Being treated like a baby. Usually involves needing to wear a diaper among other things. May or may not involve loss of control like a baby. Steve falls to the floor, wearing nothing but a diaper and unable to move except to wave his limbs like a baby. | bond - Bondage Getting tied up or otherwise restrained. May or may not be with mutual consent, since this is fiction. Steve ties Laura up, which she seems to enjoy. | cross - Crossdressing Wearing clothing more appropriate to the opposite sex. Steve changes clothing and puts on a pretty dress. |
| exh - Exhibitionism / Nudity Being naked in public, either because you want to (exhibitionism) or just because your clothes have vanished. Laura's clothes vanish, but it doesn't seem to bother her. | feed - Feeder / eating A character eats or is fed a large amount of food, usually to cause fattening or other transformation. Laura sits down at a big table of food and devours it all, making a mess of herself. | femdom - Female Domination A woman in charge, who treats someone else (usually a man) as scum. Usually in a sexual situation but not always. Laura orders Steve to kneel and kiss her shoes, and he does. |
| ff - female/female (Lesbian) Sexual interaction between two women. May be as little as touching or kissing, or as much as full-on intercourse. May also apply to just being interested. May also apply for broader definitions of "woman". May or may not apply to situations with herms or shemales, it's up to the tagger. A female staffer grabs Laura and kisses her fiercely. | forg - Forced Orgasm An orgasm induced from the outside. Does not apply to orgasms occurring naturally through sex or masturbation. Steve presses a button and Laura falls to the floor, cumming. | grope - Groping One person groping another's breasts or other body part. Also applies to someone groping their own. Steve steps forward and fondles Laura's breasts. |
| mast - Masturbation A man or woman gets themselves off, or tries to. Steve pulls out his penis and starts jerking off, while Laura looks away. | messy - Messy Usually means body fluids are described, usually during sex. May also apply to mud and other messy things. Steve and Laura have sex on the floor, fluids spraying everywhere. | mf - male/female Sexual interaction between a man and women. May be as little as touching or kissing, or as much as full-on intercourse. May also apply to just being interested. May or may not apply to situations with herms or shemales, it's up to the tagger. Laura grabs Steve and kisses him fiercely. |
| mm - male/male (Gay Male) Sexual interaction between two men. May be as little as touching or kissing, or as much as full-on intercourse. May also apply to just being interested. May also apply for broader definitions of "man". May or may not apply to situations with herms or shemales, it's up to the tagger. A male staffer grabs Steve and kisses him fiercely. | mpreg - Male Pregnancy A man becomes pregnant ... somehow. Steve's belly swells to basketball size, and he feels a kick. | nc - Non-Consensual Euphemism for r4pe. Steve does something to Laura we won't depict here. |
| norg - Can't Orgasm A person is prevented from orasming, no matter how much they try. Laura starts masturbating, then Steve presses a button and she can't get off no matter what she does. | nurs - Nursing/Milk-Pumping A lactating person has someone drink from their breasts, or has milk pumped out of their breasts mechanically. May also apply to sucking on nipples even if no milk is produced. Laura's breasts begin leaking, so Steve comes over and sucks on her nipples to relieve the pressure. | poly - Polyamory / Harem / Orgy More than two people having sex together, or just in a relationship together. May also apply when there are multiple (but separate) couples having sex in the same place. A female staffer joins Steve and Laura and they all have sex on the floor. |
| sm - Sadism / Masochism S&M. One person causing pain to another for sexual purposes. May or may not be with mutual consent, since this is fiction. Laura ties Steve up and attaches clamps to his nipples, which he seems to enjoy. | tent - Tentacles Tentacles appear of the kind that like to molest people. Tentacles may be biological or mechanical. A hatch in the floor opens; a rubbery tentacle emerges and goes up Laura's skirt. | tickle - Tickling Someone gets tickled. Steve lifts Laura's top and begins tickling her stomach. She falls to the floor laughing. |
| toy - Sex Toys Sex toys appear in the episode. Laura pulls out a vibrator and begins applying it to herself. | unb - Unbirth A reverse birth; someone is pulled into a woman's womb. They may be reduced to babyhood first, or they may get pulled in as an adult. Laura lies down on the floor, Steve shrinks into a baby and is magically pulled into Laura's uterus leaving her looking pregnant. | vore - Vore Eating or swallowing another person. The other person may have been shrunk for easier swallowing, or they may be full size. Chopping someone up into bite-sized pieces may also be involved. May also be used for other body parts (such as breasts) swallowing someone. Laura opens her mouth to an enormous size, grabs Steve and shoves him down her throat, expanding her body around him until he reaches her stomach leaving her looking enormously full. |
| voy - Voyeurism Watching someone else have sex or do sexy things. The rest of the staff have popcorn while watching Steve and Laura get it on. | waste - Bodily Waste Products The nastier body products appear - urine, feces, vomit, etc. Steve can't make it to the restroom, and a yellow puddle appears round his feet. | |
| Other | ||
| celeb - Celebrities A real-life famous person appears, not a character (for example, a story about "Buffy" gets a fan tag, but a story about "Sarah Michelle Gellar" gets a celeb tag). Does not apply to celebs the author has made up. Britney Spears saunters in and drops an arm across Laura's shoulders. | corrupt - Corruption Becoming more evil. Possibly just becoming more sleazy. (This tag was requested by someone else, so I'm not sure of the details.) Steve becomes a nasty-looking biker dude, and Laura now looks like a cigarette-smoking hooker. | create - New person created A new person is created by magic or mad-science. Not meant to apply to normal pregnancy and birth, but can apply to a magically-created pregnancy. Laura presses a button and Cindy appears in the studio, looking like a mix of Steve and Laura. |
| drug - Drugs Either real-world or fictional drugs are involved. Steve and Laura pass a joint back and forth. | food - Food Either real-world or fictional food is involved. Steve and Laura pass a sandwich back and forth. | gap - Age Gap Two people in a relationship with a significant age difference between them. Laura introduces her boyfriend, who is 50 years old. |
| global - Global Change A change which affects the whole world, or at least everyone in school or in town. May be a physical change, may be a change to society, and so on. Some overlap with the "real" tag in that Reality usually changes too. Laura and every other adult woman in the world gains 3 cup sizes, and are now considered second-class citizens. | godlike - Gods / Godlike Powers Someone has the ability to change things just using their will alone. Chanting spells or using a tool like a Wishing Rock does not count as godlike. Steve narrows his eyes and Laura is suddenly a busty bikini model. | humil - Humiliation Humiliating things are done to someone, or a person is made to act in a humiliating way (usually via mind control). Steve presses a button, and Laura strips to her underwear and begins singing show tunes (badly). |
| inv - Invisibility Nobody can see you, either due to mind control or actual invisibility. Steve vanishes, then Laura sees her top being unbuttoned. | job - Job/Occupation Change Change in a person's job or profession. Some overlap with the "status" tag. Laura's clothing changes to a power suit as she becomes Steve's boss. | magic - Magic Magic is the cause of a transformation, rather than "science". Steve waves a wand and Laura turns blonde. |
| ntr - Netorare / Cheating Netorare. A person being unfaithful to their spouse or lover. Steve kisses Laura but doesn't realize his current girlfriend is watching, angry. | offcam - Off-Camera change A change has occurred between episodes, or out of sight of the characters. Steve gets a phone call and learns that his sister has become a bimbo. | real - Reality change Whatever change has occurred, Reality has been modified so that people think things have "always been this way". This may or may not also affect the person who was changed. Steve becomes a fat middle-aged man, and everyone thinks he's always been that way. Even his driver's license has changed. |
| scene - Scene/Setting TF The episode's location is transformed in some fashion. May also apply to characters suddenly being somewhere else. Steve and Laura watch the studio around them transform into a strip club. | science - Science (mad or not) "Science" is the cause of a transformation, rather than magic. Science is very loosely defined as anything involving machines, devices, chemicals, nanites, or other pieces of modern technology even if they don't make sense scientifically. Steve injects Laura with a set of nanomachines that will reshape her body over the next few minutes. | status - Social Status Change A change in social position, such as a jock becoming a nerd, an heiress becoming a maid, etc. Some overlap with the "job" tag. Laura's clothing changes into the uniform of the studio's cleaning service, and a mop appears in her hand. |
| telep - Teleportation A character is suddenly transported to a new location (might also count as 'scene'). Laura vanishes and reappears at Victoria's Secret. | trait - Trait-Swapping Two people swap some characteristic, either physical or mental. Steve and Laura swap hair colors and what kind of food they like. | ts - Time-stop Someone makes time stop for everyone else. May also apply to time slowing down. Usually the whole area is time-stopped, but sometimes it's just one person. Usually the frozen people are unaware of what's going on. Steve presses a button and the entire staff freeze in place. |
| undo - Return to Normal Some or all changes made in previous episodes are undone in this episode, returning a character to normal. This applies even if new changes are made to the character in this episode after the undo. Frog-Laura sits croaking on the ground, then she vanishes and reappears as her normal self much to her relief. Steve remains a dog however. | viol - Violence General violence -- people fighting, getting beaten up, hit by cars, injured, etc. Laura punches Steve in the face. | |
| Mainstream Genre | ||
| alien - Space Aliens Space aliens appear, whether the episode takes place in space or not. May also apply to a human being turned into an alien. A UFO lands outside and little green men kidnap Laura. | fantasy - Fantasy World The episode takes place in the kind of world you see in fantasy fiction, usually involving magic and castles and so on. Does not apply to other kinds of fantasies, such as sex fantasies. Steve and Laura are transported to Middle Earth; luckily it's The Shire and not Mordor. | hist - Historical/Alt Hist The episode takes place in the historical past. May be an alternate version of the past. Steve and Laura appear in a saloon in the Old West. |
| horror - Horror The episode has some aspects of the horror genre. Steve cringes in fear as Laura turn into a monstrous creature that screams in anger at him. | humor - Humor/Comedy The episode deliberately tries to be funny. A custard pie hits Laura in the face, while Steve slips on a banana peel. | roman - Romance Two characters have a romantic interaction, not just having sex. Steve and Laura agree to go on a date after this nonsense is over. |
| slice - Slice-of-life The story depicts ordinary, everyday life. The day is over, so Steve and Laura head home to relax. | space - Space Travel The episode takes place in space, or somehow involves space travel. May also apply to aliens arriving on Earth. Steve and Laura find themselves in the bridge of a starship under fire. | super - Superpowers One or more characters is a comic-book-style superhero or supervillain, or just has superpowers of some kind. Steve's clothing changes to spandex tights and a cape and he lifts into the air; Laura growls and punches him into the wall because she hates heroes. |
| susp - Suspense Your essential mystery/thriller type story. Laura realizes Steve is planning to hurt her, and tries to make plans to avoid it. | time - Time Travel Characters travel into the past or future. Not meant to apply to storylines that are merely set in another time. Steve and Laura find themselves 20 years in the future. | tragedy - Tragedy Plot gets serious; tragic events happen. Steve suddenly dies, and Laura falls to her knees in shock. |
| Episode Types | ||
| au - Authors as Characters An author writes themselves (or another author) into the episode as a character. Adama appears between Steve and Laura. | end - Storyline End (rare!) A storyline ends in this episode. Usually because the author kills off the characters or writes a happily-ever-after ending. Or otherwise declares that the story is over. Steve and Laura have had enough and decide to go home. | fan - Fanfic Episode is set in a world from an outside source (TV show, game, comic, etc.). May also apply when characters from those settings show up in other worlds. Steve and Laura are shoved aside as Ranma runs through the studio, chased by a horde of boys and girls. |
| non-eng - Non-English Episode Episode was not written in English. May also apply when the episode contains a large amount of non-English text. "Was??" sag Stefan. | list - List Episode (little/no body) Episode contains almost no text, or a repeat of the previous episode's text; the main purpose of the episode is to provide a list of options. 1. Steve 2. Laura 3. Something else. | meta - Metafiction The characters know they're in the Addventure, or refer to Addventure things such as Episodes or Authors. "Sometimes working for Adama is really boring," Laura complains. |
| over - Crossover Characters from two different threads (or two different fandoms) appear in the episode. Mitch Jenkins appears, holding his Blueberry. Marjorie Mandelberg joins him, in costume. | pic - Picture in episode An image has been inserted into the episode. May also apply to just having a URL for an image. Steve (tged): | restart - Restart Episode The start of a new storyline where all previous continuity (and maybe characters) are ignored. The whole studio vanishes, and we see Bob and Alice at home having dinner. |
| root - Storyline Root The start of a new sub-thread, where previous continuity is not ignored. What constitutes a new sub-thread is a bit subjective. A thief comes in and ties Steve and Laura up, then proceeds to involve them in a police standoff. | ubea - Main Cast (Jim/Sharon/etc.) People from the original Addventure cast appear. Jim, Rick, Robin, Sharon, their families and classmates. Does not apply to other OCs such as Mitch. Jim and Rick appear in the studio; Steve and Laura back away warily. | which - "which media" list ep A special List Episode which only exists to choose between media (comics, games, etc.) or between properties in a medium (Pokemon, Metroid, etc.). "Which anime do you want to watch?" asked Steve. |
If you want to suggest new tags that aren't on this list, put a request in a comment on an episode.