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