Tropescilloscope: Deliberately Monochrome

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