Tropescilloscope: Arch-Enemy

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