Tropescilloscope: Cool Old Guy

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

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