Tropescilloscope: BFG

A gun so huge that a single person shouldn't be able to heft it. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Mind Screw Vitriolic Best Buds Sacrificial Lion Creepy Child Corpsing And the Adventure Continues The Lost Lenore Defiant to the End Offscreen Teleportation Genre Shift Maybe Ever After O.O.C. Is Serious Business Your Cheating Heart Actor Allusion Extremely Short Timespan Cruel and Unusual Death Laughing Mad Papa Wolf Not So Different The Brute Brick Joke Worthy Opponent Dull Surprise Roger Ebert: Great Movies List After the End Happily Married Fun with Acronyms La Résistance Rule of Symbolism Race Lift May–December Romance Stealth Hi/Bye Vomit Discretion Shot Neck Snap Plucky Comic Relief Reality Is Unrealistic As Long as It Sounds Foreign My Greatest Failure Downer Ending Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Deal with the Devil Visual Pun Pay Evil unto Evil Every Car Is a Pinto Cowboy Cop The Smurfette Principle Blood Knight Curb-Stomp Battle Adult Fear Big "NO!" Aside Glance Ship Tease No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Suspiciously Similar Substitute Eldritch Abomination Intrepid Reporter Red Oni, Blue Oni Sequel Hook Hypocrite Stalker with a Crush Sports Stories Heterosexual Life-Partners Deconstruction Amusing Injuries Victoria's Secret Compartment I'm a Humanitarian Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Better to Die than Be Killed Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Fatal Flaw The Stoner The Dog Bites Back Good Is Not Nice Half the Man He Used to Be Greater-Scope Villain Spiteful Spit Re-Cut Motor Mouth Cat Fight Ass Shove Pragmatic Villainy Throwing Your Sword Always Works Disney Villain Death Jump Scare Fanservice Extra Retcon Mood Whiplash Heel–Face Turn The Great Depression Canadian Movies Laser-Guided Karma Arc Words Offscreen Moment of Awesome Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Failed a Spot Check Important Haircut Big Bad Duumvirate Naked People Are Funny Those Two Bad Guys Bilingual Bonus Sinister Minister Broken Aesop Break the Cutie Villain Protagonist Dissonant Serenity Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Death by Sex Determinator Biopic Brainless Beauty The Voiceless Mundane Made Awesome In Medias Res N-Word Privileges Badass Normal Aluminum Christmas Trees Evil Laugh One Steve Limit The Cameo Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Chekhov's Gunman The '80s Smug Snake Well-Intentioned Extremist Adapted Out Action Genre Expository Hairstyle Change Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil timeperiod Same Language Dub Manchild Horror Films Instant Death Bullet Developing Doomed Characters Crucified Hero Shot Horror Comedy Japanese Films Shoot the Shaggy Dog Faking the Dead Never My Fault All There in the Script Mugging the Monster Small Name, Big Ego Works Set in World War II Adaptational Attractiveness Big Fancy House Yandere Setting Update Madness Mantra Villain Opening Scene French Films Film Noir Precision F-Strike Only Sane Man Abusive Parents Mr. Fanservice Bar Brawl Big-Bad Ensemble Chiaroscuro In Name Only Badass Longcoat Men Are the Expendable Gender This Is Gonna Suck Disproportionate Retribution Anguished Declaration of Love Costume Porn Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Male Frontal Nudity Pretty in Mink Shut Up, Hannibal! Even Evil Has Standards Creator Cameo Sassy Black Woman Dropped a Bridge on Him All for Nothing Blatant Lies Spared by the Adaptation Meet Cute Black Comedy Rape As Himself No Antagonist Bad Boss The Mafia Silent Movie Alas, Poor Villain Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Badass in a Nice Suit Disney Death Race Against the Clock Police Brutality Interrupted Suicide Death by Irony No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Only Known by Their Nickname Jerkass Has a Point Narrator Taking You with Me Four-Temperament Ensemble Corrupt Corporate Executive Freeze-Frame Bonus Rated M for Manly Pretty Little Headshots Guns Akimbo Undying Loyalty Pet the Dog Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Playing Gertrude The Big Guy Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Artistic License – Law Catch-Phrase Love Triangle Damsel in Distress Accidental Murder Unusual Euphemism Bolivian Army Ending Badass Grandpa Jerk Jock Mistaken for Gay Funny Background Event Arranged Marriage Captain Ersatz Big Applesauce Soundtrack Dissonance I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Fiery Redhead Artistic License – Gun Safety Affectionate Parody Genre Savvy Mystery and Detective Films Obstructive Bureaucrat Country Matters The Mole Ambiguous Disorder Shout-Out Rewatch Bonus MacGuffin Suddenly SHOUTING! Redemption Equals Death '80s Hair Dying Moment of Awesome Video Credits Kick the Son of a Bitch It's All About Me Beta Couple The Bad Guy Wins Adaptation Dye-Job Age Lift Never Trust a Trailer Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Left the Background Music On Documentary Film Noir Index Butt-Monkey "Awesome McCool" Name Soft Glass I Did What I Had to Do Psychological Thriller Empathic Environment Our Vampires Are Different Attempted Rape Fanservice Mexican Standoff A.I. Is a Crapshoot Face Death with Dignity Even Evil Has Loved Ones Double Entendre Pre-Mortem One-Liner The Reveal Crapsack World Obfuscating Stupidity The Remake What You Are in the Dark Music Stories Cat Scare I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Italian Films Wounded Gazelle Gambit Famous Last Words Betty and Veronica Sealed Evil in a Can Leaning on the Fourth Wall Male Gaze Adults Are Useless Spanner in the Works Parental Incest Rule of Cool Belligerent Sexual Tension Action Survivor As the Good Book Says... Stealth Pun Fatal Family Photo Room Full of Crazy Didn't Think This Through Five-Man Band In the Back Trailers Always Spoil Manic Pixie Dream Girl Lighter and Softer Animated Credits Opening Made of Iron Those Two Guys The Hero How We Got Here Dies Wide Open Frame-Up Dirty Cop BFG Affably Evil Dark Is Not Evil Fantasy Films Refuge in Audacity Needs Wiki Magic Love Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Spiritual Successor Only a Flesh Wound A God Am I Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Really Gets Around Take a Third Option Bowdlerise Broken Pedestal Ghost Fiction Villain Ball Chekhov's Skill Cool Shades Show Within a Show Too Dumb to Live Unusually Uninteresting Sight Friend to All Children Imagine Spot Karma Houdini Demonic Possession Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Woman Scorned Unreliable Narrator Woman in White Would Hurt a Child Nice Hat Hooker with a Heart of Gold He Knows Too Much Evil Counterpart Star-Crossed Lovers My Beloved Smother Bavarian Fire Drill Spell My Name with an "S" Chewing the Scenery Bad "Bad Acting" Mythology Gag Unwitting Instigator of Doom Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Central Theme The Power of Love Wham Shot Decoy Protagonist Running Gag Slasher Movie For the Evulz Leave the Camera Running Evil Cannot Comprehend Good "The Reason You Suck" Speech Historical-Domain Character Establishing Character Moment Twist Ending Make It Look Like an Accident Daddy's Girl Knife Nut Names to Run Away from Really Fast Hair-Trigger Temper Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Animal Title Index Humiliation Conga Jitter Cam Berserk Button Slashed Throat Adaptational Badass Awesome, but Impractical Shell-Shocked Veteran Babies Ever After Poor Communication Kills Enemy Mine Shower Scene Neck Lift Scary Black Man Mighty Whitey Improbable Aiming Skills Taking the Bullet Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Adaptational Heroism Mercy Kill Loophole Abuse Dirty Coward Zombie Stories Moment Killer An Aesop Big Damn Heroes Training Montage Dwindling Party Television Movie Index Brother–Sister Incest Eye Scream Rule of Three Police are Useless Non-Indicative Name Bunny-Ears Lawyer Chekhov's Gun Bait-and-Switch Paper-Thin Disguise The Faceless Suspiciously Specific Denial Groin Attack Unresolved Sexual Tension Handicapped Badass Exact Words Domestic Abuse Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Hidden Depths Gender Flip Gainax Ending Vampire Fiction Bare Your Midriff Punny Name Guile Hero Whole Plot Reference More Dakka Martial Arts Movie Anachronic Order Public Domain Feature Films The Atoner Ms. Fanservice Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Stuff Blowing Up folderlabel Big Bad Bland-Name Product The Sociopath Ominous Latin Chanting Heroic BSoD Parental Abandonment Wretched Hive Very Loosely Based on a True Story Tap on the Head Sexy Discretion Shot Real Life Diabolus ex Machina Rich Bitch Henpecked Husband Cool Old Guy Creative Closing Credits Thriller I Have Your Wife Dark and Troubled Past Grey and Gray Morality Fainting Word of God Real Life Writes the Plot Pyrrhic Victory Get Out! Reality Ensues Blood from the Mouth Roaring Rampage of Revenge Anti-Hero She Cleans Up Nicely Does This Remind You of Anything? Jerkass Title Drop Drowning My Sorrows Bound and Gagged Bury Your Gays The Alcoholic Credits Gag Christmas Movies Index Our Zombies Are Different Smoking Is Cool Villain Song Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Not What It Looks Like Fire-Forged Friends Australian Movies All Men Are Perverts Annoying Younger Sibling Leitmotif Eagleland Off with His Head! 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Psychopathic Manchild Scenery Gorn Have a Gay Old Time Russian Films Made of Explodium The Ace All There in the Manual Tranquil Fury Authority Equals Asskicking Brutal Honesty Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Historical In-Joke Evil Brit Villain with Good Publicity Character Development The '50s The Casanova He Who Fights Monsters Genre Throwback Disguised in Drag Evil Is Petty Artistic License – Military Composite Character One-Man Army Earn Your Happy Ending Flashback Batman Gambit It Can Think Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Skewed Priorities Sanity Slippage Serious Business Slasher Smile Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Homage The Starscream Alpha Bitch Bottomless Magazines Improvised Weapon Epic Fail Dressing as the Enemy Epic Movie Deus ex Machina The Alleged Car Mama Bear Black and Gray Morality Peek-a-Boo Corpse Dramatic Irony Hope Spot Drugs Are Bad Curse Cut Short Bring My Brown Pants Drives Like Crazy Auto Erotica What Happened to the Mouse? Author Appeal Would Hit a Girl Be Careful What You Wish For Rule of Funny Kill 'em All From Bad to Worse Book-Ends She's Got Legs Apocalypse How The '70s Gorn Dramedy Anachronism Stew Red Herring Did Not Get the Girl Properly Paranoid Antagonist Title Cool Old Lady Beauty Is Never Tarnished The Un-Reveal Bullying a Dragon Translation Convention Ambiguous Ending Green-Eyed Monster Gilligan Cut Not Quite Dead The X of Y Evil vs. Evil Hell Is That Noise Agony of the Feet Femme Fatale The Chessmaster Token Minority Author Avatar Killed Mid-Sentence Retirony B-Movie Retired Badass Ambiguously Gay The Hero Dies Adaptation Name Change Dumb Blonde Adaptation Expansion Funny Foreigner Rape as Drama Military and Warfare Films A Minor Kidroduction World of Ham You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! No Ending The Stoic Lock and Load Montage Everyone Has Standards Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Dual Wielding Calling the Old Man Out Red Right Hand Jerk with a Heart of Gold Grievous Bottley Harm Shirtless Scene As You Know Redshirt Army Danny Peary Cult Movies List Eyepatch of Power Destination Defenestration Bond Villain Stupidity The Ghost Hoist by His Own Petard Adorkable The Stinger Call-Back Oh, Crap! Not So Above It All What the Hell, Hero? Romantic Comedy The Lancer Overly Long Gag Actually Pretty Funny Meaningful Background Event Foregone Conclusion Vomit Indiscretion Shot Comically Missing the Point Becoming the Mask Advertised Extra The Film of the Book Nice Guy Mad Scientist Toplessness from the Back Tempting Fate Broken Bird Driven to Suicide Extreme Doormat Gory Discretion Shot No OSHA Compliance Bittersweet Ending Gratuitous English Face–Heel Turn Arch-Enemy Break the Haughty Body Horror Random Events Plot Meaningful Name Pragmatic Adaptation Freudian Excuse Ascended Extra Punch-Clock Villain Crazy-Prepared Heroic Sacrifice Call-Forward An Arm and a Leg Bloodier and Gorier Reasonable Authority Figure Insistent Terminology Cloudcuckoolander Morality Pet