Tropescilloscope: Christmas Movies Index

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