Tropescilloscope: Action Survivor

The Hero of the story is an Average Joe. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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