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