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