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