Tropescilloscope: A Father to His Men

Fatherly figure in the military. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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