Tropescilloscope: Badass Normal

He doesn't have powers, but can keep up with those who do. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Frame-Up Famous Last Words Neck Snap Self-Deprecation Chekhov's Gun Race Against the Clock Mythology Gag Hero of Another Story Documentary Death by Adaptation Instant Death Bullet Biopic Hidden Depths Four-Temperament Ensemble Only a Flesh Wound The Dreaded Fanservice Extra Be Careful What You Wish For Naked People Are Funny Genre Throwback Whole Plot Reference What Happened to the Mouse? Double Entendre Wicked Cultured Cat Scare Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Psycho for Hire In Name Only Love at First Sight Big Bad Duumvirate Pre-Asskicking One-Liner A Date with Rosie Palms Lampshade Hanging Smug Snake Historical Hero Upgrade Fantasy Films Despair Event Horizon Horror Comedy Token Minority Time Skip Malevolent Masked Men Hollywood Law Posthumous Character Heterosexual Life-Partners Narrator World of Ham Spiteful Spit Not So Different Real Life Bunny-Ears Lawyer Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? The '80s The Alcoholic The Sociopath Obviously Evil Villain Song Paper-Thin Disguise Brainless Beauty Sassy Black Woman Fate Worse than Death Woman Scorned Screw This, I'm Outta Here! 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Guy Psychological Thriller Asshole Victim Hollywood Darkness Bloody Hilarious Ambiguous Ending Alas, Poor Villain Never My Fault Funny Foreigner For the Evulz Made of Iron Male Frontal Nudity timeperiod The Cameo Children Are Innocent Sports Stories A.I. Is a Crapshoot Shoot the Shaggy Dog The Lancer Mistaken for Gay Not So Above It All Put on a Bus Evil Laugh Stalker with a Crush Poor Communication Kills Pyrrhic Victory Chiaroscuro Jump Scare Bury Your Gays Everyone Has Standards Fake Shemp The Place Meaningful Echo Back from the Dead Zombie Stories Works Set in World War II Faking the Dead Crucified Hero Shot Villain with Good Publicity Heel Realization Parental Substitute Half the Man He Used to Be Ass Shove Madness Mantra As You Know Gorn Same Language Dub Rewatch Bonus Unresolved Sexual Tension Moment Killer Kill It with Fire An Axe to Grind Mugging the Monster Smoking Is Cool Artistic License – Gun Safety Knife Nut "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Playing Gertrude The Mafia Silent Movie Drives Like Crazy Eye Scream Casting Gag Auto Erotica Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism The Ghost Fingore Sole Survivor Shipper on Deck Bolivian Army Ending Canadian Movies Off with His Head! Retired Badass Chekhov's Skill Retcon Only Sane Man Not What It Looks Like Car Fu Rape as Drama He Knows Too Much Abusive Parents Break the Cutie Stuff Blowing Up Toplessness from the Back The Smart Guy Scenery Porn Nice Guy Manly Tears Black and Gray Morality Shown Their Work Deus ex Machina Cain and Abel Sir Swears-a-Lot One Steve Limit Parental Incest Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Jerkass Trailers Always Spoil Batman Gambit Red Eyes, Take Warning Protagonist Title Mystery and Detective Films O.O.C. Is Serious Business Sealed Evil in a Can "Awesome McCool" Name Wham Shot All for Nothing Dying Moment of Awesome Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Ax-Crazy Alliterative Name Hong Kong Films Belligerent Sexual Tension Refuge in Audacity Accidental Murder Empathic Environment In the Back Pet the Dog Parental Abandonment Slasher Movie Adorkable I Did What I Had to Do Karmic Death Armor-Piercing Question Leitmotif Sanity Slippage Action Survivor Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other A Father to His Men Obstructive Bureaucrat It Can Think Laser-Guided Karma Mood Whiplash Badass Normal Rule of Cool Video Credits Arch-Enemy The Musical Big Damn Heroes Creator Cameo The Stinger Sci-Fi Horror Deliberately Monochrome Ripped from the Headlines Dark Reprise Your Head A-Splode Re-Cut Boom, Headshot! Black Comedy Rape Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Disguised in Drag Betty and Veronica Very Loosely Based on a True Story Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Gory Discretion Shot Bullying a Dragon He Who Fights Monsters Eyepatch of Power Chewing the Scenery And Starring Villainous Breakdown Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Heroic Sacrifice The Faceless Homage Captain Ersatz Bi the Way Costume Porn Corpsing Call-Forward Early-Bird Cameo Easily Forgiven Tagline Scary Black Man Badass Longcoat MacGuffin The Dog Bites Back Domestic Abuse Australian Movies Broken Bird May–December Romance Air-Vent Passageway Twist Ending Television Movie Index Dwindling Party Determinator aka: The Determinator Slashed Throat Shut Up, Hannibal! Card-Carrying Villain The Alleged Car Based on a True Story Mind Screw My God, What Have I Done? Insistent Terminology Reality Ensues Stepford Smiler Drowning My Sorrows Recycled IN SPACE! Greater-Scope Villain I Have Your Wife Artistic License – Geography Film Noir Index Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Imagine Spot The Voiceless Superhero Dramedy Not So Stoic Ship Tease Pragmatic Villainy Improvised Weapon Fish out of Water Honor Before Reason Five-Man Band Public Domain Feature Films German Films Stock Footage Rule of Funny Actor Allusion Depraved Bisexual Expy Oh, Crap! Romantic False Lead Animated Credits Opening Eiffel Tower Effect Insane Troll Logic Fourth Date Marriage Word of God Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Bait-and-Switch One-Word Title Fainting Jerk with a Heart of Gold Gratuitous English Daylight Horror Actually Pretty Funny Fiery Redhead The Hero Dies Would Hit a Girl Never Trust a Trailer Product Placement Left the Background Music On Berserk Button Groin Attack The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Does Not Like Shoes Jerk Jock Chekhov's Gunman Bare Your Midriff Our Vampires Are Different Let's Get Dangerous! Deliberate Values Dissonance Bloodier and Gorier Bittersweet Ending Adaptational Badass Affably Evil Wounded Gazelle Gambit Developing Doomed Characters The Chick Knight Templar Camera Abuse Dumb Blonde Vampire Fiction Mad Scientist After the End Destination Defenestration Mercy Kill Meaningful Background Event As the Good Book Says... Fantastic Racism Death of a Child The Remake Red Right Hand Revenge The X of Y Unwitting Instigator of Doom Those Two Bad Guys The Big Guy 20 Minutes into the Future Evil Counterpart Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Even Evil Has Loved Ones Unusually Uninteresting Sight Artistic License – History Accidental Misnaming Disney Villain Death Exactly What It Says on the Tin Decoy Protagonist Missing Mom Antagonist Title Lock and Load Montage Informed Ability Maybe Ever After Call-Back '80s Hair It's Personal Cruel and Unusual Death Christmas Movies Index Important Haircut Central Theme Jitter Cam Dressing as the Enemy Dark Action Girl Defrosting Ice Queen Extreme Doormat Kick the Dog The Quiet One Didn't Think This Through Captain Obvious Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Unusual Euphemism Laughing Mad Yandere Hope Spot Not Using the "Z" Word Offscreen Teleportation Ironic Echo Heroic BSoD Dogged Nice Guy Dirty Coward Punny Name Tranquil Fury Killed Mid-Sentence Getting Crap Past the Radar Due to the Dead Anachronism Stew Combat Pragmatist No Good Deed Goes Unpunished The '90s A God Am I Man on Fire Big Brother Instinct Death by Sex Darkest Hour Market-Based Title Suspiciously Specific Denial Show Within a Show Character Development Shower Scene More Dakka Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun In Medias Res Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Badass Grandpa Exact Words The Power of Love Brutal Honesty Reality Has No Subtitles Fan Disservice Green-Eyed Monster The Stoner Black Dude Dies First Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Anyone Can Die Hooker with a Heart of Gold Curse Cut Short Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Freudian Excuse Dies Wide Open Cluster F-Bomb Attempted Rape Bar Brawl Outrun the Fireball Serious Business Disney Death Amusing Injuries Pretty Little Headshots Index of Film Westerns Better to Die than Be Killed My Greatest Failure Male Gaze Annoying Younger Sibling Fun with Acronyms No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Failed a Spot Check Artistic License – Physics Match Cut Cloudcuckoolander Big-Bad Ensemble Unreliable Narrator Epic Fail Undying Loyalty Irony Large Ham Break the Haughty Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Damsel in Distress Soft Glass Translation Convention The Load Up to Eleven