Tropescilloscope: All There in the Manual

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