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