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