Tropescilloscope: Camp Gay

A flamboyant gay character. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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