Tropescilloscope: Big Applesauce

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