Tropescilloscope: Arch-Enemy

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