Tropescilloscope: Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!

Character follows their conscience at the expense of the laws or their instructions. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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