Tropescilloscope: Military and Warfare Films

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