Tropescilloscope: BFG

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

More Tropes Be Careful What You Wish For Expy Foil Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Put on a Bus Interrupted Suicide Male Gaze The Bully Book-Ends This Is Gonna Suck Canon Foreigner Darkest Hour Match Cut Wicked Cultured Lighter and Softer Thriller Corpsing Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Gainax Ending Chewing the Scenery Japanese Films Gorn Took a Level in Badass Shout-Out Mood Whiplash Cold-Blooded Torture Cain and Abel Noodle Incident There Is No Kill Like Overkill The Sociopath Danny Peary Cult Movies List Grey and Gray Morality The Lost Lenore As You Know Comically Missing the Point Made of Iron Random Events Plot The Voiceless Plucky Comic Relief Freeze-Frame Bonus Intrepid Reporter Broken Pedestal Stylistic Suck Sequel Hook Hell Is That Noise Dark Is Not Evil Mooks Flipping the Bird Funny Foreigner Villain Opening Scene Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Babies Ever After Curb-Stomp Battle Mighty Whitey Overprotective Dad Logo Joke Silent Movie BFG Really Gets Around Final Girl Despair Event Horizon Bavarian Fire Drill Would Hurt a Child The End... Or Is It? Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Frame-Up Hair-Trigger Temper Taking the Bullet Adaptational Attractiveness Extremely Short Timespan I Have Your Wife No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Downer Ending Depraved Bisexual Kick the Son of a Bitch Artistic License – Law Ascended Extra Wham Shot Action Girl Henpecked Husband Translation Convention Mr. Fanservice True Companions Bound and Gagged Dull Surprise Scare Chord Everyone Has Standards Real Life Race Against the Clock Bald of Evil Auto Erotica Animated Credits Opening Villain Song Half the Man He Used to Be Rule of Cool The Brute Attempted Rape Worthy Opponent One-Man Army Soundtrack Dissonance Brainless Beauty French Films For Want of a Nail It Will Never Catch On Protagonist Title Pragmatic Villainy Fourth Date Marriage Only in It for the Money Dramatic Irony Expository Hairstyle Change Riddle for the Ages Black Dude Dies First Rule of Funny Conspicuous CG Beard of Evil Car Fu Abusive Parents Important Haircut Spared by the Adaptation Chiaroscuro Advertised Extra Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Whole Plot Reference Posthumous Character Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Screw the Money, I Have Rules! The Vamp Improbable Aiming Skills Deconstruction Bullying a Dragon Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Victoria's Secret Compartment Genre Shift As Long as It Sounds Foreign Bad Boss The Big Guy Drugs Are Bad Redemption Equals Death Recycled IN SPACE! NO INDOOR VOICE A Minor Kidroduction Ominous Latin Chanting Hollywood Darkness Cool Car Pretty Little Headshots Dressing as the Enemy Anti-Hero Closed Circle Mama Bear Hooker with a Heart of Gold Our Zombies Are Different British Films From Bad to Worse Eureka Moment Costume Porn Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Evil vs. Evil Your Head A-Splode Insistent Terminology Fingore Eagleland Wham Line Developing Doomed Characters Police Brutality Poor Communication Kills Knight Templar Lampshade Hanging The Stoic The Un-Reveal One-Word Title Femme Fatale Crazy-Prepared Manly Tears German Films World of Ham Properly Paranoid Enemy Mine Leitmotif Not So Above It All Anachronism Stew Fanservice Extra Covers Always Lie Insane Troll Logic Sole Survivor Obstructive Bureaucrat Biopic The Ghost Epic Fail Big Fancy House Red Eyes, Take Warning Kubrick Stare Zombie Stories The Atoner Informed Ability The Hero Dies Actor Allusion Red Herring Camp Gay Not So Stoic Retired Badass Nice Hat Straight Gay An Arm and a Leg Pyrrhic Victory Epic Movie Stalker with a Crush Unresolved Sexual Tension Accidental Murder Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Smoking Is Cool Funny Background Event Trailers Always Spoil Pretty in Mink Love Triangle Scenery Porn Faking the Dead Pimped-Out Dress Video Credits Refuge in Audacity Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Psychopathic Manchild Jerk with a Heart of Gold Fatal Family Photo Death by Sex Gone Horribly Right Re-Cut Real Life Writes the Plot Immune to Bullets Unwitting Instigator of Doom Shower Scene Does This Remind You of Anything? Rule of Three Good Is Not Nice Rewatch Bonus Breaking the Fourth Wall Knife Nut Damsel in Distress Bloody Hilarious Crucified Hero Shot Slasher Smile The Mafia Obviously Evil Men Are the Expendable Gender May–December Romance Humiliation Conga Only Known by Their Nickname Naïve Newcomer Improvised Weapon Loophole Abuse Cat Scare Television Movie Index Punny Name Papa Wolf The Smurfette Principle Chase Scene Handicapped Badass Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Motor Mouth Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Ripped from the Headlines Black and Gray Morality Suddenly SHOUTING! Drowning My Sorrows Action Survivor Death of a Child Exactly What It Says on the Tin Make It Look Like an Accident Failed a Spot Check Male Frontal Nudity Ass Shove Batman Gambit Spell My Name with an "S" Overly Long Gag The Dreaded More Dakka The Faceless Evil Plan Retirony For the Evulz The Dog Bites Back Totally Radical Broken Aesop Leaning on the Fourth Wall Mexican Standoff Deadpan Snarker After the End A Date with Rosie Palms Early Installment Weirdness The Cavalry Brother–Sister Incest Vomit Indiscretion Shot Age Lift Big Damn Heroes Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Hollywood Law All Men Are Perverts Italian Films Adaptation Distillation The Alcoholic Evil Counterpart Black Comedy Rape Those Wacky Nazis Badass Longcoat Big "NO!" "Where Are They Now?" 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Unusual Euphemism Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Get Out! In the Back Camera Abuse Driven to Suicide Twist Ending Vomit Discretion Shot Belligerent Sexual Tension Plot Hole Horror Films Gilligan Cut Gratuitous English Malevolent Masked Men Dissonant Serenity Defiant to the End The Ace Author Appeal Peek-a-Boo Corpse I'm a Humanitarian Break the Haughty Jump Scare Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane timeperiod Badass Grandpa Defrosting Ice Queen Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Domestic Abuse Punch-Clock Villain Bolivian Army Ending Wounded Gazelle Gambit Flashback Action Genre Central Theme Red Right Hand Easily Forgiven Hero Antagonist Psycho for Hire Meaningful Echo Stuff Blowing Up Almost Kiss Mythology Gag Face–Heel Turn Big Eater Gender Flip An Aesop Film Noir Black Comedy The Stinger Laser-Guided Karma Index of Film Westerns What Happened to the Mouse? Double-Meaning Title Fire-Forged Friends Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Department of Redundancy Department Artistic License – Physics Love at First Sight Non-Indicative Name Celebrity Paradox Canadian Movies The Oner Unspoken Plan Guarantee Actually Pretty Funny Married to the Job I Did What I Had to Do Pet the Dog Cloudcuckoolander Four-Temperament Ensemble Decoy Protagonist Adaptational Badass Punctuated! For! Emphasis! No Name Given Alpha Bitch Off with His Head! Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer All There in the Manual Bad "Bad Acting" Offscreen Moment of Awesome Humans Are Bastards Stealth Hi/Bye Villain Ball Friend to All Children Fan Disservice My God, What Have I Done? Death by Irony Unusually Uninteresting Sight Shoot the Shaggy Dog Vitriolic Best Buds Ambiguous Disorder Dramatic Gun Cock Offscreen Teleportation Romantic Comedy Film Series Captain Obvious Deliberate Values Dissonance Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Boom, Headshot! Author Avatar Implacable Man Fatal Flaw Parental Neglect Destination Defenestration Disney Villain Death Historical In-Joke Corrupt Corporate Executive She's Got Legs Evil-Detecting Dog Sequel Escalation The Casanova Sexy Discretion Shot Affably Evil Big-Bad Ensemble And I Must Scream The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Dark Action Girl Framing Device Kids Are Cruel Catch-Phrase Due to the Dead Villain with Good Publicity Nice Guy Girl-on-Girl Is Hot It Can Think Major Injury Underreaction Heroic Sacrifice Heterosexual Life-Partners Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Arranged Marriage Fate Worse than Death In Name Only Amusing Injuries Five-Man Band Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience All for Nothing Eye Scream Artistic License – Biology Shut Up, Hannibal! folderlabel Off-into-the-Distance Ending Film Noir Index Historical Hero Upgrade A.I. Is a Crapshoot Adaptational Villainy No Celebrities Were Harmed My Beloved Smother Jerkass Has a Point Animal Motifs Disguised in Drag Bond One-Liner Deal with the Devil Scenery Gorn Anyone Can Die Ambiguously Gay The Great Depression Demonic Possession Betty and Veronica The '60s Up to Eleven I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Made of Explodium Storming the Castle Retcon Instant Death Bullet Blatant Lies The Cameo Crazy Jealous Guy Jitter Cam Curse Cut Short Cool Shades Insult Backfire Intergenerational Friendship Death Glare As Himself Together in Death Drives Like Crazy Scary Black Man Hoist by His Own Petard Country Matters Award-Bait Song Evil Sounds Deep Tagline Animal Title Index Parental Substitute Dwindling Party Science Fiction Films The Starscream Hong Kong Films Asshole Victim Irony Dying Moment of Awesome Genre Savvy Establishing Character Moment Paper-Thin Disguise Psychological Thriller Combat Pragmatist Captain Ersatz The '50s Slasher Movie Grievous Bottley Harm Call-Back Suspiciously Similar Substitute Villain Protagonist Faux Affably Evil Fantastic Racism Did Not Get the Girl Market-Based Title Alliterative Name Badass in a Nice Suit Taking You with Me Music Stories Bring My Brown Pants Bar Brawl Imagine Spot Gory Discretion Shot Our Vampires Are Different Fantasy Films Stock Footage Chekhov's Skill The Ditz Badass Boast Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Sinister Minister Left the Background Music On Cool Guns Jerkass Daddy's Girl Dual Wielding Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Sci-Fi Horror Eyepatch of Power Mystery and Detective Films From Nobody to Nightmare Heroes Want Redheads As the Good Book Says... Guns Akimbo Even Evil Has Loved Ones Reckless Gun Usage Small Name, Big Ego Let's Get Dangerous! Throwing Your Sword Always Works Greater-Scope Villain Oh, Crap! 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Early-Bird Cameo Artistic License – History Reality Ensues Room Full of Crazy Line-of-Sight Name Historical-Domain Character Agony of the Feet Precision F-Strike Christmas Movies Index No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Fanservice Time Skip The Smart Guy All Just a Dream Adaptational Heroism Would Hit a Girl Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Coming-of-Age Story Adults Are Useless Same Language Dub Armor-Piercing Question Ironic Echo Russian Films Bury Your Gays Bi the Way Action Prologue Bond Villain Stupidity Meaningful Background Event Killed Mid-Sentence Double Entendre He Who Fights Monsters Toplessness from the Back Large Ham Eldritch Abomination Continuity Nod Fiery Redhead Bloodier and Gorier You Killed My Father Bare Your Midriff Ghost Fiction Anachronic Order Revenge War Is Hell The Dragon Military and Warfare Films Disappeared Dad Evil Laugh Blackmail Australian Movies Evil Brit The '80s Authority Equals Asskicking Big Applesauce Groin Attack Adaptation Name Change Not So Different Exact Words Facial Horror Well-Intentioned Extremist Only Sane Man Dogged Nice Guy Neck Lift Mad Scientist Yandere No OSHA Compliance Extreme Doormat Skewed Priorities Back from the Dead Broken Bird '80s Hair Moment Killer Reality Has No Subtitles Calling the Old Man Out Hope Spot Reality Is Unrealistic Awesome, but Impractical Bowdlerise Badass Normal Woman in White Outrun the Fireball Cat Fight La Résistance Darker and Edgier Obfuscating Stupidity Didn't Think This Through Shown Their Work Soft Glass Bait-and-Switch A God Am I How We Got Here Pre-Mortem One-Liner The Quiet One The Load Distracted by the Sexy Hero of Another Story Jerk Jock Brick Joke The '70s Roaring Rampage of Revenge Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Red Oni, Blue Oni Dirty Cop Fun with Acronyms Blood from the Mouth Cool Old Guy Homage In Medias Res Meet Cute Artistic License – Geography The Hero Big Bad Duumvirate Tempting Fate The Bad Guy Wins Evil Cannot Comprehend Good You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Tranquil Fury Mind Screw Disney Death Fat Bastard Last-Name Basis Aluminum Christmas Trees Card-Carrying Villain I Need a Freaking Drink Anti-Villain Not What It Looks Like Aside Glance Say My Name Affectionate Parody What You Are in the Dark Rated M for Manly Freudian Excuse Heel Realization Ambiguous Ending Heel–Face Turn Casting Gag Hidden Depths Call-Forward My Greatest Failure Public Domain Feature Films Those Two Bad Guys Beware the Nice Ones The Stoner The Reveal Rule of Symbolism Black Best Friend "Well Done, Son!" Guy Vacation Films Chekhov's Gunman