Tropescilloscope: Blatant Lies

Lies so obvious they lack even a shred of plausibility. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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