Tropescilloscope: German Films

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