Tropescilloscope: Casting Gag

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