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