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