These are tropes that you would expect would require much more effort to achieve, but are actually quite easy.
See also Video Game Difficulty Tropes.
Tropes in this index include:
- Anti-Climax Boss: Defeating the boss after all the protagonists have been through? That was easy.
- Zero-Effort Boss: Defeating this boss couldn't be easier. Literally.
- Breather Level: Completing this level? That was thankfully easier than the last one.
- Cardboard Prison: Breaking out of prison? That was easy.
- "Inescapable" Prison Easily Escaped: Breaking out of an especially impregnable prison? That was easy.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Winning this fight? That was easy.
- Death Is Cheap: Surviving death? That was easy.
- Easier Than Easy: Completing this level? That was annoyingly easy.
- Easily Accepted Coming Out: Being accepted as gay? That was easy.
- Easily Condemned: A character's spotless reputation being completely ruined? Easier than you think.
- Easily Conquered World: Conquering an entire country or planet? That was easy.
- Easily Elected: Being elected no matter who or what you are? Easy as pie.
- Easily Forgiven: Being forgiven after doing something terrible? That was too easy.
- Easily Swayed Population: Winning over the crowd? That was easy.
- Easily Thwarted Alien Invasion: Driving out seemingly powerful aliens? That was easy.
- Easy Adoption: Getting through all the legal difficulties regarding adoption? That was easy.
- Easy Amnesia: Getting or getting over amnesia? That was easy.
- Easy Communication: Relaying orders to distant troops? That was easy.
- Easy Evangelism: Converting non-believers? That was easy.
- Easy Impersonation: Impersonating the hero despite a terrible disguise? That was easy.
- Easy Level Trick: Finishing this level? That was easy...thanks to a secret trick.
- Easy Levels, Hard Bosses: Finishing this level? That was easy...until I got to the Final Boss.
- Easy Logistics: Managing the logistics of war? That was easy.
- Easy Resource Extractor: Extracting resources from the ground? That was easy.
- Easy Road to Hell: Being damned for all eternity? That was easy.
- Easy to Scare: Scaring this character? That was easy.
- Easy Sex Change: Sex reassignment? That was easy.
- Evil Is Easy: Being evil? Much easier than being good.
- Extremely Easy Exam: The big test? That was easy.
- Finger Poke of Doom: Winning this fight with such a lame move? That was easy.
- Hard Levels, Easy Bosses: Defeating the boss after such a hard level? That was easy.
- The Hyena: Make this character laugh? That was easy.
- It Gets Easier: Doing something immoral? Might be easier next time.
- It Never Gets Any Easier: Or not.
- It's Easy, So It Sucks!: Being easy takes all the fun out of it.
- It Wasn't Easy: The thing this character just went through? Well...
- Kryptonite Is Everywhere: Finding the Invincible Hero’s Weaksauce Weakness? That was easy.
- Overnight Conquest: A military invasion? That was easy.
- Promoted Without Prerequisites: Gaining a position or moving up in rank without meeting the right criteria? Easy peasy.
- Ridiculously Fast Construction: Building an entire city? That was easy.
- Sequel Difficulty Drop: Accomplishing a goal? That was much easier in the sequel.
- Surprisingly Easy Mini-Quest: Completing a Sidequest? That was easy.
- Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: Killing The Hero? That was easy...if you would just do it!