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