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