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