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