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