Tropescilloscope: Hair-Trigger Temper
This character gets angry all the time, and about anything. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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Anachronism Stew
Epic Movie
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Daylight Horror
Character Development
Beta Couple
Recap /
RiffTrax
aka: Riff Trax Movies
Humans Are Bastards
Adults Are Useless
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Mythology Gag
The Mafia
War Is Hell
Famous Last Words
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Accidental Murder
Ms. Fanservice
The Ace
Even Evil Has Standards
Homage
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Calling the Old Man Out
Sassy Black Woman
Would Hit a Girl
Dirty Cop
Villain Opening Scene
Meet Cute
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
A Minor Kidroduction
Rape as Drama
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Noodle Incident
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Grey and Gray Morality
Get Out!
Call-Back
Enemy Mine
Bare Your Midriff
Facial Horror
Same Language Dub
Darkest Hour
Mind Screw
Happily Married
Casting Gag
Anachronic Order
I Have Your Wife
N-Word Privileges
Accidental Misnaming
Disney Villain Death
Soft Glass
Captain Ersatz
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Major Injury Underreaction
Actor Allusion
Real Life Writes the Plot
Smug Snake
Music Stories
After the End
Gilligan Cut
Dual Wielding
Nothing Is Scarier
Air-Vent Passageway
Butt-Monkey
Spell My Name with an "S"
For Want of a Nail
Police are Useless
Funny Background Event
Drugs Are Bad
Non-Indicative Name
Good Is Not Nice
Animal Title Index
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Word of God
Empathic Environment
Australian Movies
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Demonic Possession
Not So Different
Death by Sex
Henpecked Husband
Bad "Bad Acting"
Closed Circle
He Who Fights Monsters
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Camera Abuse
Television Movie Index
The Remake
Body Horror
Cool Old Guy
Bait-and-Switch
Our Zombies Are Different
Bound and Gagged
Exact Words
Broken Aesop
Insult Backfire
Killed Mid-Sentence
Brutal Honesty
The Quiet One
Crazy-Prepared
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Hate Sink
Take a Third Option
Dumb Blonde
Historical Villain Upgrade
Hoist by His Own Petard
The Un-Reveal
Defiant to the End
Parental Neglect
Genre Throwback
Stealth Hi/Bye
Defrosting Ice Queen
Kubrick Stare
Disguised in Drag
Actually Pretty Funny
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Playing Gertrude
No OSHA Compliance
The Alleged Car
Insistent Terminology
Manipulative Bastard
Film Series
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
It Will Never Catch On
World of Ham
Horror Films
Deus ex Machina
Manly Tears
Have a Gay Old Time
Bullying a Dragon
The Brute
Skewed Priorities
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Country Matters
Shown Their Work
Fantasy Films
Deadpan Snarker
Star-Crossed Lovers
Captain Obvious
Cowboy Cop
Aside Glance
Be Careful What You Wish For
Bring My Brown Pants
Dissonant Serenity
Early-Bird Cameo
Precision F-Strike
Tranquil Fury
Reckless Gun Usage
Gratuitous English
Leave the Camera Running
Credits Gag
Cold-Blooded Torture
The '80s
BFG
Motor Mouth
Show Within a Show
Fanservice Extra
Retirony
Sequel Escalation
Fatal Flaw
Together in Death
A Father to His Men
Reasonable Authority Figure
Only Known by Their Nickname
Catch-Phrase
Biopic
Cool Old Lady
Loophole Abuse
As Himself
Hypocrite
An Arm and a Leg
Award-Bait Song
Creator Cameo
Developing Doomed Characters
Left the Background Music On
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Demoted to Extra
Yandere
La Résistance
Visual Pun
Sanity Slippage
Affectionate Parody
The Chessmaster
One-Word Title
Reality Ensues
Brick Joke
Race Against the Clock
Spanner in the Works
Canon Foreigner
Male Frontal Nudity
Eyepatch of Power
In Name Only
Those Two Guys
Novelization
Put on a Bus
Malevolent Masked Men
Heel Realization
Determinator
Double-Meaning Title
Hollywood Law
It's All About Me
Contrived Coincidence
Badass Longcoat
Woman in White
Expository Hairstyle Change
Evil-Detecting Dog
Narrator
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Sexy Discretion Shot
Ironic Echo
Paper-Thin Disguise
Older Than They Look
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Heroes Want Redheads
Revenge
The '60s
Book-Ends
Artistic License Gun Safety
Only One Name
The Cameo
Kids Are Cruel
Conspicuous CG
Eye Scream
Not So Above It All
Jerk Jock
Tempting Fate
Only in It for the Money
Department of Redundancy Department
Pretty in Mink
Romantic Comedy
Police Brutality
Re-Cut
Drowning My Sorrows
Straight Gay
Woman Scorned
An Aesop
The Film of the Book
True Companions
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Did Not Get the Girl
Evil Plan
Cool Shades
Pragmatic Villainy
Missing Mom
Pimped-Out Dress
Lock and Load Montage
Batman Gambit
Our Vampires Are Different
Grievous Bottley Harm
Friend to All Children
Death by Irony
Evil Sounds Deep
Lighter and Softer
B-Movie
Broken Pedestal
Handicapped Badass
Adorkable
"Awesome McCool" Name
Race Lift
Knight Templar
The Casanova
The Ghost
The Hero
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Black Best Friend
Dark Action Girl
Abusive Parents
Arc Words
Loads and Loads of Characters
Adaptational Badass
Ambiguously Gay
MacGuffin
Combat Pragmatist
Works Set in World War II
The Lancer
The Atoner
Love Triangle
Trailers Always Spoil
She Cleans Up Nicely
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Dogged Nice Guy
Plucky Comic Relief
Chekhov's Gunman
The Musical
Running Gag
Blood Knight
Cool Car
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Jitter Cam
Corpsing
Eldritch Abomination
Distracted by the Sexy
Foreshadowing
Dressing as the Enemy
Monumental Damage
Protagonist Title
Darker and Edgier
Humiliation Conga
Mood Whiplash
Bland-Name Product
Stepford Smiler
Shower Scene
Gender Flip
Shirtless Scene
Artistic License Law
Recycled IN SPACE!
Hair-Trigger Temper
Chiaroscuro
The Oner
Light Is Not Good
The Vamp
As the Good Book Says...
Berserk Button
Drill Sergeant Nasty
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Leitmotif
The Smart Guy
Papa Wolf
Offscreen Teleportation
The Voiceless
Alpha Bitch
Ass Shove
Mighty Whitey
Author Avatar
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Serial Killer
Flashback
Scenery Gorn
Everyone Has Standards
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
The Dreaded
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Dramatic Gun Cock
Arranged Marriage
What You Are in the Dark
Pyrrhic Victory
Red Herring
Amoral Attorney
Scary Black Man
Guile Hero
Shout-Out
Shell-Shocked Veteran
The Mole
Christmas Movies Index
The Place
Implacable Man
Translation Convention
Earn Your Happy Ending
Green-Eyed Monster
Hope Spot
Sequel Hook
He Knows Too Much
Foil
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Line-of-Sight Name
Artistic License Physics
Catapult Nightmare
Kick the Son of a Bitch
The Hero Dies
Villain Protagonist
Improbable Weapon User
The Ditz
Scare Chord
Downer Ending
Stealth Pun
Death Glare
No Name Given
Attempted Rape
Anti-Villain
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Spiritual Successor
Overly Long Gag
All Just a Dream
Hell Is That Noise
Moment Killer
One-Man Army
Would Hurt a Child
Ungrateful Bastard
Rated M for Manly
Fat Bastard
Car Fu
Laser-Guided Karma
Big Damn Heroes
Evil Counterpart
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
The Bad Guy Wins
Authority Equals Asskicking
Laughing Mad
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Adaptational Attractiveness
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Fiery Redhead
Gorn
Toplessness from the Back
Unusual Euphemism
Villain with Good Publicity
All There in the Manual
Hidden Depths
Psychological Thriller
A Date with Rosie Palms
Disproportionate Retribution
An Axe to Grind
Slasher Movie
The Dog Bites Back
All Men Are Perverts
And the Adventure Continues
Immune to Bullets
Bittersweet Ending
Sealed Evil in a Can
The Dragon
Affably Evil
Informed Ability
Wretched Hive
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Ascended Extra
Artistic License Biology
"Shaggy Dog" Story
As You Know
Let's Get Dangerous!
Fan Disservice
Spared by the Adaptation
Evil Is Hammy
It Can Think
Parental Incest
Honor Before Reason
Sadistic Choice
Large Ham
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Manchild
Thriller
Bar Brawl
Antagonist Title
Properly Paranoid
Room Full of Crazy
Heroic BSoD
I'm a Humanitarian
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Wham Shot
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
She's Got Legs
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Sacrificial Lion
Ominous Latin Chanting
Failed a Spot Check
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Betty and Veronica
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Deal with the Devil
Bi the Way
Early Installment Weirdness
Guns Akimbo
Product Placement
Overprotective Dad
Eagleland
Action Prologue
Instant Death Bullet
Vomit Discretion Shot
Pet the Dog
British Films
Big Brother Instinct
Male Gaze
Camp Gay
Really Gets Around
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
From Nobody to Nightmare
Chase Scene
Romantic False Lead
Back from the Dead
Canadian Movies
Your Cheating Heart
The '50s
Lampshade Hanging
Slasher Smile
Disappeared Dad
Vitriolic Best Buds
Needs Wiki Magic Love
My Greatest Failure
Epic Fail
Super Strength
Heroic Sacrifice
I Did What I Had to Do
Damsel in Distress
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Superhero
Punny Name
Plot Hole
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Extremely Short Timespan
Fantastic Racism
Pragmatic Adaptation
You Killed My Father
No Antagonist
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Karmic Death
Retcon
Cruel and Unusual Death
Big Fancy House
Redemption Equals Death
Bolivian Army Ending
Brainless Beauty
Red Shirt
Title Drop
All for Nothing
Crucified Hero Shot
NO INDOOR VOICE
Film Noir
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Tap on the Head
Russian Films
Ambiguous Ending
Knife Nut
Rule of Funny
Dirty Coward
Naked People Are Funny
Totally Radical
Jump Scare
More Dakka
Up to Eleven
Kick the Dog
Cain and Abel
The Alcoholic
Truth in Television
Big-Bad Ensemble
The Great Depression
Not Quite Dead
Five-Man Band
Creative Closing Credits
Age Lift
Dwindling Party
Decoy Protagonist
Chewing the Scenery
The '70s
Cat Fight
Too Dumb to Live
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Hero of Another Story
Cassandra Truth
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Neck Lift
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Index of Film Westerns
Pretty Little Headshots
Funny Foreigner
Rule of Cool
Framing Device
Adaptation Distillation
Training Montage
Evil Laugh
Wham Line
Artistic License Military
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Love at First Sight
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Sinister Minister
Action Genre
Interrupted Suicide
Mercy Kill
HeelFace Turn
Beware the Nice Ones
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
I Need a Freaking Drink
Not What It Looks Like
Deliberately Monochrome
Animated Credits Opening
Auto Erotica
Villain Song
Rich Bitch
And Starring
Vacation Films
Those Wacky Nazis
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Ghost Fiction
Married to the Job
Femme Fatale
Twist Ending
Tagline
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Film Noir Index
Science Fiction Films
Jerkass Has a Point
Adaptation Expansion
Adaptation Dye-Job
Rousing Speech
Frame-Up
Rewatch Bonus
Hero Antagonist
Blatant Lies
Mama Bear
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Ambiguous Disorder
The Lost Lenore
Once More, with Clarity!
Arch-Enemy
FaceHeel Turn
Here We Go Again!
Random Events Plot
Freudian Excuse
Intergenerational Friendship
Stuff Blowing Up
Kill It with Fire
Break the Cutie
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Psycho for Hire
Fanservice
This Is Gonna Suck
Does Not Like Shoes
Face Death with Dignity
Not So Stoic
Insane Troll Logic
Mystery and Detective Films
Bloodier and Gorier
It's Personal
Half the Man He Used to Be
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Only a Flesh Wound
Wicked Cultured
Celebrity Paradox
Public Domain Feature Films
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Eiffel Tower Effect
Double Entendre
Eureka Moment
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Bald of Evil
How We Got Here
Black Comedy
Only Sane Man
Rasputinian Death
Curse Cut Short
Chekhov's Skill
Unreliable Narrator
Small Name, Big Ego
In the Back
The Chick
The Bully
Groin Attack
Alas, Poor Villain
Destination Defenestration
Made of Iron
Self-Deprecation
Rule of Three
Despair Event Horizon
Zombie Stories
Mad Scientist
Establishing Character Moment
Improbable Aiming Skills
Martial Arts Movie
Broken Bird
Dramatic Irony
Shipper on Deck
Time Skip
Fish out of Water
Big Applesauce
The Reveal
MayDecember Romance
Mr. Exposition
Advertised Extra
Hollywood Darkness
Took a Level in Jerkass
Bavarian Fire Drill
Beard of Evil
Break the Haughty
Taking You with Me
The '90s
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
The Stoic
The Cavalry
Bad Boss
My Beloved Smother
Bloodless Carnage
Naïve Newcomer
Dramedy
Your Head A-Splode
Stock Footage
Ripped from the Headlines
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Storming the Castle
Rule of Symbolism
Cat Scare
Maybe Ever After
The Big Guy
Obviously Evil
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Bond One-Liner
Deconstruction
Those Two Bad Guys
Whole Plot Reference
The X of Y
Big Eater
Card-Carrying Villain
Hypocritical Humor
Anguished Declaration of Love
Irony
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
French Films
Ship Tease
Never Found the Body
Flipping the Bird
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Author Appeal
Boom, Headshot!
Redshirt Army
Mr. Fanservice
Stylistic Suck
Curb-Stomp Battle
Intrepid Reporter
Politically Incorrect Villain
Evil Is Petty
Ax-Crazy
Drives Like Crazy
Awesome, but Impractical
Continuity Nod
Evil Brit
Based on a True Story
Match Cut
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Obfuscating Stupidity
Disney Death
Badass Bookworm
Sole Survivor
Japanese Films
Call-Forward
Coming-of-Age Story
All There in the Script
Gone Horribly Right
Four-Temperament Ensemble
The Load
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Bowdlerise
Taking the Bullet
Babies Ever After
Badass Grandpa
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Gainax Ending
Badass Normal
For the Evulz
Nice Hat
Poor Communication Kills
Horror Comedy
Death of a Child
Serious Business
Genre Savvy
Central Theme
Anyone Can Die
Adapted Out
20 Minutes into the Future
Imagine Spot
Mundane Made Awesome
Italian Films
Abhorrent Admirer
Bloody Hilarious
Smoking Is Cool
Dies Wide Open
Setting Update
Diabolus ex Machina
Villain Ball
Black and Gray Morality
Took a Level in Badass
German Films
Genre Shift
Mistaken for Gay
Blood from the Mouth
Adaptation Name Change
Cool Guns
Kill 'em All
Parental Substitute
Big Bad Duumvirate
The Smurfette Principle
Red Right Hand
Action Survivor
You Have Failed Me
Never My Fault
Apocalypse How
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Armor-Piercing Question
Outrun the Fireball
Animal Motifs
Market-Based Title
My God, What Have I Done?
The Starscream
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Bond Villain Stupidity
Crapsack World
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Comically Missing the Point
Covers Always Lie
Amusing Injuries
Man on Fire
Pay Evil unto Evil
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
The Sociopath
Composite Character
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Improvised Weapon
Becoming the Mask
Parental Abandonment
Morality Pet
A God Am I
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Nice Guy
Adaptational Heroism
Jerkass
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Soundtrack Dissonance
Important Haircut
Better to Die than Be Killed
Badass in a Nice Suit
Asshole Victim
Fourth Date Marriage
The Stoner
Dying Moment of Awesome
Foregone Conclusion
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Say My Name
Logo Joke
What Happened to the Mouse?
Adult Fear
Neck Snap
Psychopathic Manchild
Off with His Head!
Cluster F-Bomb
Silence Is Golden
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Posthumous Character
Last-Name Basis
Blackmail
Faking the Dead
Take That!
No Ending
Action Girl
Creepy Child
Fake Shemp
Children Are Innocent
Historical-Domain Character
And I Must Scream
In Medias Res
Anti-Hero
Gory Discretion Shot
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Adaptational Villainy
Daddy's Girl
Reality Is Unrealistic
Villainous Breakdown
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Almost Kiss
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Due to the Dead
Never Trust a Trailer
Refuge in Audacity
Vampire Fiction
Mugging the Monster
Meaningful Echo
Fire-Forged Friends
Costume Porn
Madness Mantra
Extreme Doormat
One Steve Limit
Meaningful Background Event
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Worthy Opponent
Bottomless Magazines
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Greater-Scope Villain
Death Seeker
Evil vs. Evil
Driven to Suicide
Wrong Genre Savvy
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Dull Surprise
Silent Movie
Dirty Old Man
Chekhov's Gun
Meaningful Name
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Undying Loyalty
Historical Hero Upgrade
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Gold Digger
Artistic License History
Every Car Is a Pinto
Death by Adaptation
BrotherSister Incest
Black Dude Dies First
Punch-Clock Villain
Expy
Scenery Porn
Badass Boast
Bury Your Gays
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Easily Forgiven
Bilingual Bonus
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Fainting
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Cloudcuckoolander
Riddle for the Ages
Reality Has No Subtitles
Documentary
Military and Warfare Films
Alliterative Name
Historical In-Joke
Fatal Family Photo
Didn't Think This Through
Crazy Jealous Guy
What the Hell, Hero?
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Sports Stories
Fingore
Big "NO!"
Made of Explodium
Karma Houdini
Sci-Fi Horror
Token Minority
Idiot Ball
No-Sell
Stalker with a Crush
Final Girl
Depraved Bisexual
The Faceless
Dark and Troubled Past
Dark Is Not Evil
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Make It Look Like an Accident
Not Using the "Z" Word
Dark Reprise
Domestic Abuse
Fun with Acronyms
Real Life
Big Bad
The Stinger
timeperiod
From Bad to Worse
Annoying Younger Sibling
Fate Worse than Death
Spiteful Spit
Mexican Standoff
Oh, Crap!
Slashed Throat
Retired Badass
Mooks
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Agony of the Feet
Dutch Angle
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Artistic License Geography
Faux Affably Evil
'80s Hair
The End... Or Is It?
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Video Credits
Black Comedy Rape
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Breaking the Fourth Wall
The Power of Love
Hong Kong Films