Tropescilloscope: Television Movie Index

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