Tropescilloscope: Only Sane Man

The one rational character in a group of weirdos. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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