Tropescilloscope: Knight Templar

Seeking to be heroic but does so via villainous deeds. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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