Tropescilloscope: Cool Old Guy

Someone for whom awesomeness increased with age. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Reckless Gun Usage Exactly What It Says on the Tin No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Improvised Weapon Plucky Comic Relief The Dreaded Dropped a Bridge on Him Aluminum Christmas Trees Riddle for the Ages Not So Above It All Animal Motifs Rape as Drama Word of God Anti-Hero The Ghost Central Theme Epic Movie Lighter and Softer Deliberate Values Dissonance Dwindling Party "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Deus ex Machina Whole Plot Reference Award-Bait Song Chekhov's Skill Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? 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Bond Villain Stupidity No-Sell What the Hell, Hero? B-Movie Auto Erotica The Mafia Adaptational Badass You Have Failed Me Almost Kiss Major Injury Underreaction Adapted Out Does This Remind You of Anything? 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The Smurfette Principle Adaptation Dye-Job Recycled IN SPACE! Back from the Dead The X of Y Improbable Aiming Skills Jerkass Biopic Our Vampires Are Different Combat Pragmatist Vitriolic Best Buds Tempting Fate Bloodier and Gorier Real Life Writes the Plot Scare Chord After the End Eagleland Slap-Slap-Kiss Missing Mom La Résistance The '80s The Ditz Made of Iron Rasputinian Death Manipulative Bastard The Reveal Downer Ending Offscreen Teleportation War Is Hell Character Development Not So Stoic Gold Digger Hollywood Darkness Adaptational Attractiveness Rule of Cool Canon Foreigner Deal with the Devil Superhero And the Adventure Continues Ominous Latin Chanting The Remake Ungrateful Bastard Heel Realization Older Than They Look Defiant to the End Big "NO!" All There in the Script Disney Death Ripped from the Headlines Take That! Flashback Adaptation Expansion Moment Killer My God, What Have I Done? Artistic License – Law Asshole Victim Meaningful Echo The Hero Black Dude Dies First Mind Screw Depraved Bisexual Blatant Lies Badass Longcoat Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Conspicuous CG Better to Die than Be Killed Happily Married Manchild Awesome, but Impractical Damsel in Distress The Voiceless Cat Scare Grievous Bottley Harm Pretty in Mink Groin Attack Those Two Bad Guys Scenery Porn Not What It Looks Like Protagonist Title Covers Always Lie The Chick Made of Explodium Bloodless Carnage Freeze-Frame Bonus Punch-Clock Villain Black Comedy Drugs Are Bad Anguished Declaration of Love Homage Call-Back Honor Before Reason Driven to Suicide The Un-Reveal An Axe to Grind Failed a Spot Check Tap on the Head The Lost Lenore Cool Old Lady Serious Business Spiritual Successor Camera Abuse Important Haircut Faking the Dead Stock Footage Shut Up, Hannibal! 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