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