Tropescilloscope: Big Damn Heroes

A dramatic rescue by the heroes. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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