Tropescilloscope: Aluminum Christmas Trees

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