Tropescilloscope: Bland-Name Product

The brand names you see in fiction that seem oddly familiar. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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