Tropescilloscope: Refuge in Audacity

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