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