Tropescilloscope: Beauty Is Never Tarnished

Girls hardly get dirty or scuffed; that takes away from their beauty! (read more at tvtropes.org)

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