Tropescilloscope: All There in the Manual

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