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