Tropescilloscope: Broken Bird

Troubled, but Cute person (often female) with a Dark and Troubled Past. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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