Tropescilloscope: Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene

A quiet scene in an action episode that gives it substance. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Extremely Short Timespan Cool Shades Parental Neglect Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Informed Ability Parental Incest Market-Based Title Toplessness from the Back Redemption Equals Death Disguised in Drag The Place Drill Sergeant Nasty Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Villain Song Badass in a Nice Suit Alas, Poor Villain Half the Man He Used to Be Shirtless Scene Big Eater Psycho for Hire Trailers Always Spoil Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Offscreen Moment of Awesome How We Got Here Pretty Little Headshots Ax-Crazy Unreliable Narrator Dark and Troubled Past Even Evil Has Standards Brutal Honesty Fatal Family Photo Badass Grandpa Never My Fault Love Triangle Hypocritical Humor Manic Pixie Dream Girl Stealth Hi/Bye Protagonist Title Everyone Has Standards Mighty Whitey Arch-Enemy Line-of-Sight Name Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Obstructive Bureaucrat And Starring The '50s Affably Evil Straight Gay Accidental Murder Brick Joke Determinator aka: The Determinator Adaptation Dye-Job Captain Obvious Random Events Plot Does This Remind You of Anything? 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Epilogue Instant Death Bullet Crapsack World Your Cheating Heart Pyrrhic Victory Wrong Genre Savvy Shipper on Deck You Have Failed Me Token Minority Hope Spot Bald of Evil Get Out! Made of Iron Not Quite Dead Jerk with a Heart of Gold There Is No Kill Like Overkill Rule of Funny Thriller Adapted Out Names to Run Away from Really Fast Soundtrack Dissonance Cruel and Unusual Death The '60s Redshirt Army Animal Title Index Demoted to Extra The Stinger Annoying Younger Sibling Foil French Films Sci-Fi Horror Playing Gertrude Real Life Writes the Plot Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! 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Guy Death Seeker The Dreaded Developing Doomed Characters Insistent Terminology Off-into-the-Distance Ending Bond One-Liner Translation Convention Karma Houdini Kill 'em All Pimped-Out Dress Funny Background Event Offscreen Teleportation Gainax Ending Facial Horror Better to Die than Be Killed The Chick Big-Bad Ensemble Dumb Blonde Chase Scene More Dakka Department of Redundancy Department Cloudcuckoolander Red Right Hand After the End Laser-Guided Karma Foreshadowing Retired Badass Heterosexual Life-Partners Truth in Television Epic Fail Death by Adaptation Action Prologue Ambiguously Gay Foregone Conclusion Self-Deprecation Made of Explodium Disney Death Abhorrent Admirer Gratuitous English Ripped from the Headlines Big Fancy House MacGuffin Screw the Rules, I Have Money! 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