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