Tropescilloscope: Book-Ends

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