Tropescilloscope: As Himself

Bob the Actor is actually playing Bob the Actor. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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