Named after the eponymous Chinese warlord of history and legend, Cao Cao is in fact European born and bred, but he has long had an interest for Asian cultures in general and Chinese civilization in particular. He is the author of Superpower Empire China 1912, though most of the spin-off stories have been contributed by guest writers.
While a fan of anime, he doesn't claim any encyclopedic knowledge of the genre; but he does know a thing or two about art-house Asian cinema, and he grew up on French Belgian Comic Books. He also enjoys Alternate History.
Non-trope entries created:
- Chang Chen
- Maggie Cheung
- Gong Li
- Takeshi Kaneshiro
- Andy Lau
- Tony Leung
- Michael Lonsdale
- Zhang Ziyi
- Zhao Wei
- Zhou Xun
- A Bright Blue Sky
- A Zoo In Winter
- Cage Of Eden
- Cats Eye
- Ghost Talkers Daydream
- Jin
- Magical Princess Minky Momo
- Space Adventure Cobra
- Tajikarao
- To A Distant Town
- Ulysses 31
- David B
- Enki Bilal
- Frederic Boilet
- Philippe Druillet
- Andre Franquin
- Rene Goscinny
- Moebius
- Taniguchi Jiro
- After The Rain
- Air Doll
- Avalon
- Baraka
- The Beat That My Heart Skipped
- Belle De Jour
- Betelnut Beauty
- The Big Sleep
- Blind Chance
- Bloody Sunday
- Bob Roberts
- Bright Lights, Big City
- Broken Trail
- The Burning Of Red Lotus Temple
- Caro Diario
- China Blue
- Chungking Express
- Chunhyang
- Clean
- Cleo From 5 To 7
- Dead Man
- Departures
- Doctor Akagi
- Drunk On Women And Poetry
- Durian Durian
- The Emperor And The Assassin
- Fallen Angels
- Fearless
- Flowers Of Shanghai
- Four Weddings And A Funeral
- The Good Thief
- The Grandmaster
- Green Snake
- Hana Bi
- Hero
- House Of Flying Daggers
- House of Harmony
- I Wish
- In The Mood For Love
- Irma Vep
- The Isle
- La Belle Noiseuse
- Last Train Home
- Les Tontons Flingueurs
- The Limits Of Control
- Lost in Translation
- Lust Caution
- Luxury Car
- Man On Wire
- Missing
- Only God Forgives
- Red Cliff
- Requiem For A Dream
- Samaritan Girl
- The Sand Pebbles
- Shara
- Shoah
- Space Cowboys
- The Spanish Inn
- Tamara Drewe
- Tanguy
- Three Times
- The Wedding Banquet
- Yi Yi
- Albany And Sturgess
- Alix
- Buck Danny
- Corto Maltese
- Gaston Lagaffe
- Le Genie Des Alpages
- Les Innommables
- Iznogoud
- Jeremiah
- Jour J
- Monsieur Jean
- Natacha
- Quai D Orsay
- Les Naufragés d'Ythaq
- Sasmira
- Valerian
- Yoko Tsuno
- 1940: Et si la France avait continué la guerre?
- Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress
- The Crucible Of Time
- Dersu Uzala
- Dream Of The Red Chamber
- The Dumbfounded King
- The Girl Who Played Go
- Moment In Peking
- The Painter From Shanghai
- The Pillow Book
- The Quiet American
- Sentimental Education
- Tender Is The Night
- Under Heaven
- Water Margin
- Years Of Rice And Salt
- The Yiddish Policemens Union
- Animal Collective
- Archive
- Georges Brassens
- Dead Can Dance
- Dengue Fever
- The Divine Comedy
- Jacques Higelin
- Klima
- Lisa Gerrard
- Lush
- Mike Oldfield
- Maïa Vidal
- Wang Yuja
Other
- All Manner Of Bad
- Dork Tower
- Dumnestors Heroes
- Full Frontal Nerdity
- Muktuk Wolfsbreath Hard Boiled Shaman
- PHD
- The Unspeakable Vault Of Doom
- Yellow Peril
Tropes created:
- Asian Gal with White Guy
- Balkanize Me
- Balloonacy
- Bedmate Reveal
- Big Electric Switch
- Bioluminescence Is Cool
- Bombproof Appliance
- Bourgeois Bohemian
- Burning Rubber
- Clipboard of Authority
- Closer than They Appear
- Contemplative Boss
- Convenient Slow Dance
- Cyberpunk with a Chance of Rain
- Dangerously Close Shave
- Delivery Guy Infiltration
- Discreet Drink Disposal
- Don't Ask
- Don't Do Anything I Wouldn't Do
- Dramatic Landfall Shot
- Eating Lunch Alone
- Flyaway Shot
- Ghostly Chill
- Going Cold Turkey
- Going to the Store
- Happy Rain
- Henohenomoheji
- Hot Gypsy Woman
- I Can See You
- Island In The Sea Of Time
- Jury Duty
- The Longtarin
- Midnight Snack
- Mirror-Cracking Ugly
- Mistaken for Exhibit
- Multigenerational Household
- The Muse
- Necktie Headband
- Need a Hand, or a Handjob?
- Not in Kansas Anymore
- Not This One, That One
- Plunger Detonator
- Qipao
- Quoting Myself
- Recycled Soundtrack
- Reformed Criminal
- Removing the Earpiece
- Republic Of Mary Sue
- Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman
- Ride Of The Valkyries
- Sexy Stewardess
- Significant Birth Date
- Snowy Screen of Death
- Space-Filling Empire
- Still Got It
- Sudden Videogame Moment
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Tar and Feathers
- The Taxi
- Unconfessed Unemployment
- Wardrobe Malfunction
- Xenophone
- Young Future Famous People
Tropes launched:
- Alien Space Bats
- Break Out the Museum Piece
- Cigar Chomper
- Coca-Pepsi, Inc.
- Platonic Prostitution
- With Lyrics
