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