Tropescilloscope: British Films

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