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