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