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