Tropescilloscope: Bad "Bad Acting"

Bad actors in a Show Within a Show don't resemble what actual bad actors are like. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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