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