Tropescilloscope: British Films

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