Tropescilloscope: Japanese Films

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