Tropescilloscope: And Starring

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