Tropescilloscope: Affectionate Parody

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