Tropescilloscope: Stuff Blowing Up

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