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