Tropescilloscope: Broken Bird

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

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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! 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Or Is It? Hell Is That Noise Made of Iron May–December 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! 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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. 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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! 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