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