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