Tropescilloscope: Action Survivor

The Hero of the story is an Average Joe. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Arranged Marriage Red Shirt Would Hurt a Child Cassandra Truth Male Frontal Nudity Artistic License – Law Refuge in Audacity French Films Epic Fail Peek-a-Boo Corpse Does Not Like Shoes In Name Only An Aesop Disappeared Dad Even Evil Has Standards Historical-Domain Character Hooker with a Heart of Gold Maybe Ever After Big Eater Parental Abandonment Corrupt Corporate Executive Reality Is Unrealistic This Is Gonna Suck Gold Digger Needs Wiki Magic Love Wham Shot Fish out of Water Death of a Child Age Lift Villainous Breakdown Villain Protagonist Suspiciously Specific Denial Victoria's Secret Compartment Asshole Victim Fatal Family Photo Adapted Out Deal with the Devil Bare Your Midriff Our Vampires Are Different "The Reason You Suck" Speech Eldritch Abomination Flipping the Bird Fatal Flaw Sci-Fi Horror Sexy Discretion Shot Stylistic Suck Scenery Porn Dissonant Serenity Rule of Symbolism Green-Eyed Monster Everyone Has Standards Hidden Depths She Cleans Up Nicely Ascended Extra The Place Fiery Redhead Would Hit a Girl The Cavalry Determinator aka: The Determinator Dramedy Taking the Bullet Deus ex Machina My Beloved Smother NO INDOOR VOICE Shower Scene Catapult Nightmare Adaptation Dye-Job Ungrateful Bastard Foregone Conclusion Ambiguously Gay Expository Hairstyle Change Cat Scare Abusive Parents Hong Kong Films The Power of Love Blackmail No-Sell Interrupted Suicide Big Fancy House Improvised Weapon Twist Ending Villain Opening Scene The Sociopath Mighty Whitey Bittersweet Ending Toplessness from the Back Karma Houdini Half the Man He Used to Be Setting Update Bland-Name Product Humans Are Bastards Shout-Out Very Loosely Based on a True Story No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Broken Aesop Eye Scream Bilingual Bonus Recycled IN SPACE! Double Entendre The Quiet One Not Even Bothering with the Accent Daddy's Girl