Tropescilloscope: O.O.C. Is Serious Business

They don't always act out of character. But when they do... something's wrong. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Genre Throwback Call-Back Dramatic Irony Aside Glance The Alleged Car Hidden Depths Sanity Slippage Pyrrhic Victory Refuge in Audacity Death of a Child Eye Scream Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Ripped from the Headlines Bowdlerise Grievous Bottley Harm Older Than They Look Final Girl No Name Given Good Is Not Nice The Musical No-Sell Film Noir Fantasy Films Coming-of-Age Story Catapult Nightmare Framing Device Insistent Terminology Pragmatic Villainy Improbable Weapon User I Need a Freaking Drink Ax-Crazy What You Are in the Dark Pet the Dog Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Shoot the Shaggy Dog Unresolved Sexual Tension Silence Is Golden This Is Gonna Suck Cold-Blooded Torture Tempting Fate Pre-Mortem One-Liner Funny Background Event Mistaken for Gay Psycho for Hire Dramedy Only Sane Man Corpsing Manchild Early Installment Weirdness All for Nothing Better to Die than Be Killed Fun with Acronyms Defrosting Ice Queen Bi the Way Intergenerational Friendship Biopic Distracted by the Sexy The '80s Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Not Even Bothering with the Accent Captain Ersatz Big Bad Duumvirate Bittersweet Ending Match Cut Dwindling Party The Chessmaster Stylistic Suck Last-Name Basis Leave the Camera Running Big Fancy House Sassy Black Woman Mexican Standoff Hypocrite Redshirt Army Composite Character Silent Movie You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! 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Thriller Hypocritical Humor The Big Guy Gratuitous English Double Entendre Ship Tease Mooks Greater-Scope Villain Agony of the Feet Foregone Conclusion Cool Shades Jerk Jock Spiteful Spit The Faceless Naked People Are Funny Even Evil Has Loved Ones Race Lift There Is No Kill Like Overkill Never Trust a Trailer Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Overly Long Gag Crazy Jealous Guy Tap on the Head German Films Every Car Is a Pinto Determinator Author Appeal Combat Pragmatist Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Wham Shot Not So Different Artistic License – History "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Rewatch Bonus Casting Gag Animal Motifs Foreshadowing Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! 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Slap-Slap-Kiss Super Strength Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy