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