Tropescilloscope: The Alcoholic

Guy who drinks a lot. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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