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