TV Tropes describes itself as “the all-devouring pop-culture wiki,” a collection of tropes or types found in comics, anime, manga, fan fiction, live-action television, video games, and web-based animation. Among these tropes are hermits, but TV Tropes especially seeks out tropes in areas of popular culture that usually do not intersect with mainstream literature, film, or culture. A few examples from these latter categories are added, however. Brought to our attention by a friend of Hermitary.