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