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