Tropescilloscope: Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday

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