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