Tropescilloscope: A Father to His Men

Fatherly figure in the military. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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