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