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