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