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