Tropescilloscope: Bloody Hilarious

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