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