Tropescilloscope: B-Movie

A low-budget movie, characterized by a cheesy plot and usually being So Bad, It's Good. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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