Tropescilloscope: As You Know

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