Tropescilloscope: Our Zombies Are Different

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