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