Tropescilloscope: Book-Ends

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