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