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