Tropescilloscope: Canadian Movies

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