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