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