Tropescilloscope: Cool Old Guy

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

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One-Man Army Artistic License – Law Ax-Crazy Didn't Think This Through Meaningful Background Event Title Drop Bullying a Dragon Ghost Fiction Bury Your Gays Coming-of-Age Story Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Rule of Symbolism Famous Last Words Super Strength The Hero Fingore May–December Romance Irony Ungrateful Bastard N-Word Privileges Names to Run Away from Really Fast Call-Back Shown Their Work Storming the Castle Retcon Ascended Extra Mystery and Detective Films The Place Parental Neglect Villain with Good Publicity Dark and Troubled Past Car Fu You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Jerk Jock Scenery Gorn Neck Lift Knife Nut Anti-Villain Red Right Hand Funny Foreigner Random Events Plot Extremely Short Timespan Broken Aesop Ambiguous Disorder Funny Background Event Australian Movies The Cavalry Scare Chord Mr. Exposition Totally Radical Ironic Echo Happily Married Sole Survivor Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Well-Intentioned Extremist Ominous Latin Chanting The Ghost Corrupt Corporate Executive Sequel Escalation Truth in Television Fanservice Five-Man Band Mercy Kill It's All About Me Martial Arts Movie Cruel and Unusual Death Parental Incest All Just a Dream Red Shirt Femme Fatale French Films I Did What I Had to Do Parental Abandonment Non-Indicative Name Real Life Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Bolivian Army Ending Despair Event Horizon Catapult Nightmare The Dog Bites Back Room Full of Crazy Shell-Shocked Veteran Neck Snap Death by Adaptation Villain Protagonist Boom, Headshot! Fourth Date Marriage One-Word Title Never Trust a Trailer Those Two Guys Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Costume Porn Slasher Smile Heroic Sacrifice Time Skip Even Evil Has Loved Ones Not Even Bothering with the Accent The Ace The Quiet One I'm a Humanitarian No OSHA Compliance Conspicuous CG Christmas Movies Index Flipping the Bird Kubrick Stare Artistic License – Biology Mexican Standoff Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Green-Eyed Monster Adaptation Distillation Manic Pixie Dream Girl Index of Film Westerns O.O.C. Is Serious Business Badass Bookworm Alpha Bitch Curse Cut Short Re-Cut Overprotective Dad Foregone Conclusion Those Wacky Nazis La Résistance How We Got Here Arch-Enemy Hollywood Law Department of Redundancy Department Does This Remind You of Anything? Jerk with a Heart of Gold Male Gaze Biopic Even Evil Has Standards Spiteful Spit Accidental Misnaming Cool Old Guy Framing Device Eyepatch of Power Adaptational Attractiveness Twist Ending Death by Sex Bilingual Bonus Parental Substitute Creepy Child Rousing Speech Our Vampires Are Different Disney Death Animal Motifs Karmic Death Everyone Has Standards Evil Sounds Deep Unreliable Narrator Gory Discretion Shot The Chessmaster Older Than They Look All There in the Script Deliberate Values Dissonance War Is Hell She's Got Legs Our Zombies Are Different Skewed Priorities Amusing Injuries Show Within a Show Stalker with a Crush Manipulative Bastard Soundtrack Dissonance The Brute Early Installment Weirdness Dirty Coward Contrived Coincidence Empathic Environment Man on Fire Cloudcuckoolander Dwindling Party Brutal Honesty Sadistic Choice Heel–Face Turn Eiffel Tower Effect Offscreen Teleportation Unspoken Plan Guarantee Big Applesauce What You Are in the Dark Bound and Gagged Poor Communication Kills Scenery Porn Adults Are Useless Reality Ensues Damsel in Distress Greater-Scope Villain Alliterative Name Wrong Genre Savvy Blood from the Mouth Shout-Out The Remake Fainting The Load Meaningful Echo My Greatest Failure Visual Pun Does Not Like Shoes Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Large Ham Motor Mouth The Atoner Villain Ball Daddy's Girl Adorkable Dramedy Historical Hero Upgrade Took a Level in Badass Chekhov's Gun Stealth Pun Took a Level in Jerkass Black Dude Dies First Evil Counterpart The Smart Guy Informed Ability Hypocrite Better to Die than Be Killed Artistic License – Geography Credits Gag Spell My Name with an "S" Defrosting Ice Queen Foil The Dragon Badass Grandpa Card-Carrying Villain The Faceless The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Sci-Fi Horror Police are Useless Meaningful Name Actually Pretty Funny The Musical Not So Different Chase Scene Translation Convention Sanity Slippage As the Good Book Says... Nothing Is Scarier Determinator Kids Are Cruel Have a Gay Old Time Public Domain Feature Films And the Adventure Continues Reality Is Unrealistic Same Language Dub Evil Is Petty In the Back Villain Opening Scene Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Adaptational Villainy Extreme Doormat Russian Films Fun with Acronyms Precision F-Strike Crazy-Prepared Bowdlerise Plucky Comic Relief Tranquil Fury Mr. Fanservice Vomit Discretion Shot Berserk Button Daylight Horror Casting Gag Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Defiant to the End Heroes Want Redheads Comically Missing the Point Made of Iron No Celebrities Were Harmed All Girls Want Bad Boys Dying Moment of Awesome Revenge Badass Boast Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Distracted by the Sexy Dissonant Serenity Freeze-Frame Bonus Improbable Weapon User Call-Forward Reasonable Authority Figure Back from the Dead "The Reason You Suck" Speech Blatant Lies The '70s Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Big-Bad Ensemble Anti-Hero Big "NO!" 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The Mafia You Have Failed Me Hooker with a Heart of Gold Heel Realization Corpsing Break the Cutie Obstructive Bureaucrat Mighty Whitey Improbable Aiming Skills Leave the Camera Running Four-Temperament Ensemble Jitter Cam Deconstruction Historical-Domain Character Vampire Fiction Dark Is Not Evil Apocalypse How Shower Scene Dies Wide Open Cowboy Cop Breaking the Fourth Wall Captain Ersatz Meet Cute Butt-Monkey Camp Gay Yandere The Power of Love Black and Gray Morality Beta Couple Dutch Angle Animated Credits Opening Hair-Trigger Temper Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Bait-and-Switch Domestic Abuse Curb-Stomp Battle Batman Gambit BFG Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies World of Ham Kill 'em All Armor-Piercing Question Adaptational Badass And I Must Scream Outrun the Fireball Lampshade Hanging Video Credits Bond Villain Stupidity Double Entendre Running Gag Overly Long Gag Blood Knight Sacrificial Lion Rewatch Bonus Final Girl Take That! Serial Killer Demoted to Extra NO INDOOR VOICE Intrepid Reporter Redshirt Army Animal Title Index The Stoner Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Creator Cameo Rule of Cool The Ditz More Dakka Canon Foreigner Fatal Flaw Rated M for Manly '80s Hair It Will Never Catch On Bittersweet Ending Sexy Discretion Shot "Well Done, Son!" Guy Police Brutality Major Injury Underreaction A Date with Rosie Palms Never My Fault Lock and Load Montage Humans Are Bastards Spared by the Adaptation Freudian Excuse Bond One-Liner Pimped-Out Dress True Companions Composite Character Up to Eleven Did Not Get the Girl The X of Y Star-Crossed Lovers In Name Only Drill Sergeant Nasty Last-Name Basis Love at First Sight Cassandra Truth Hong Kong Films Fan Disservice Darkest Hour Politically Incorrect Villain Naked People Are Funny Enemy Mine Gold Digger No Ending Bring My Brown Pants The Dreaded Black Best Friend Important Haircut Married to the Job Betty and Veronica Hell Is That Noise Attempted Rape Historical In-Joke Jump Scare Unwitting Instigator of Doom Immune to Bullets B-Movie Evil Laugh Redemption Equals Death No Name Given Mad Scientist Intergenerational Friendship Slap-Slap-Kiss Psychological Thriller Hero Antagonist Gone Horribly Right The Oner Demonic Possession Your Head A-Splode Dirty Cop Television Movie Index Race Lift Silent Movie Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Say My Name Serious Business Wham Shot Bavarian Fire Drill Annoying Younger Sibling Moment Killer Manchild Not What It Looks Like Handicapped Badass Get Out! Decoy Protagonist Once More, with Clarity! An Aesop Taking the Bullet The Voiceless As You Know Leitmotif Alas, Poor Villain Broken Bird Thriller Documentary Loads and Loads of Characters I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Henpecked Husband Anguished Declaration of Love Action Girl Missing Mom Genre Savvy Every Car Is a Pinto 20 Minutes into the Future Death Seeker Canadian Movies Book-Ends Brick Joke Suddenly SHOUTING! Improvised Weapon Bald of Evil Fat Bastard Really Gets Around Dark Action Girl Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Vomit Indiscretion Shot Failed a Spot Check Retirony "Awesome McCool" Name Almost Kiss One Steve Limit Zombie Stories Horror Comedy Pyrrhic Victory Drugs Are Bad Line-of-Sight Name Villain Song Spiritual Successor Continuity Nod Small Name, Big Ego Earn Your Happy Ending Silence Is Golden Wham Line Action Genre Diabolus ex Machina The Starscream Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Dull Surprise Sports Stories Market-Based Title Eldritch Abomination An Axe to Grind Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Wicked Cultured Pragmatic Adaptation Badass Longcoat Product Placement Friend to All Children Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Bar Brawl Those Two Bad Guys Male Frontal Nudity Lighter and Softer Artistic License – Gun Safety Posthumous Character Epic Fail Darker and Edgier It's Personal Developing Doomed Characters Killed Mid-Sentence Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Anachronic Order Exactly What It Says on the Tin Setting Update Bunny-Ears Lawyer Adaptation Name Change Vitriolic Best Buds There Is No Kill Like Overkill Papa Wolf Reality Has No Subtitles Stuff Blowing Up Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Homage I Need a Freaking Drink Dumb Blonde Evil Brit Awesome, but Impractical She Cleans Up Nicely This Is Gonna Suck Gorn Psycho for Hire Adaptation Expansion Woman in White Not Quite Dead Dark Reprise Chiaroscuro Bland-Name Product Only One Name Expository Hairstyle Change Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Romantic False Lead Hero of Another Story Bottomless Magazines He Knows Too Much Arc Words Mundane Made Awesome Bad Boss Would Hurt a Child From Bad to Worse Paper-Thin Disguise Superhero Be Careful What You Wish For Bare Your Midriff Playing Gertrude No Antagonist Disappeared Dad Dramatic Gun Cock Jerkass Has a Point Italian Films Face Death with Dignity Bloodier and Gorier A Minor Kidroduction Let's Get Dangerous! MacGuffin Kick the Dog Punny Name Self-Deprecation Laser-Guided Karma Exact Words Knight Templar Mama Bear The '60s Epic Movie Based on a True Story Author Avatar Easily Forgiven Double-Meaning Title Ass Shove Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Unusual Euphemism Smoking Is Cool Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Beware the Nice Ones Off-into-the-Distance Ending The Alcoholic Country Matters Destination Defenestration Danny Peary Cult Movies List Heroic BSoD Death Glare Closed Circle Air-Vent Passageway Driven to Suicide Japanese Films Romantic Comedy Mind Screw Big Damn Heroes Made of Explodium Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Villainous Breakdown Facial Horror Slashed Throat Big Eater Plot Hole Death of a Child Logo Joke Never Found the Body Genre Shift Worthy Opponent "Shaggy Dog" Story Evil vs. Evil Pre-Mortem One-Liner Loophole Abuse British Films Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Adapted Out Authority Equals Asskicking Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Black Comedy Rape Frame-Up folderlabel Due to the Dead Central Theme Insistent Terminology The Great Depression Deliberately Monochrome Fate Worse than Death Crazy Jealous Guy Obfuscating Stupidity All There in the Manual Red Herring Punch-Clock Villain Drowning My Sorrows Idiot Ball Cool Old Lady Bloody Hilarious Advertised Extra Antagonist Title Belligerent Sexual Tension In Medias Res Faking the Dead Leaning on the Fourth Wall Red Oni, Blue Oni Heterosexual Life-Partners Laughing Mad No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Would Hit a Girl Love Triangle Not So Stoic Chekhov's Gunman Humiliation Conga Hope Spot Refuge in Audacity Tempting Fate Covers Always Lie Soft Glass Smug Snake Establishing Character Moment Ship Tease Whole Plot Reference Anachronism Stew Genre Throwback Dirty Old Man Hate Sink After the End Mugging the Monster The Vamp Captain Obvious Grievous Bottley Harm You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Brainless Beauty Flashback Arranged Marriage Sir Swears-a-Lot All Men Are Perverts Beard of Evil Fiery Redhead Pet the Dog What the Hell, Hero? German Films Chekhov's Skill Take a Third Option Gilligan Cut Affectionate Parody Throwing Your Sword Always Works Trailers Always Spoil Ripped from the Headlines Pretty in Mink Film Noir Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Tap on the Head Unresolved Sexual Tension Needs Wiki Magic Love Fake Shemp Imagine Spot Unusually Uninteresting Sight Black Comedy Brother–Sister Incest Madness Mantra Cat Fight Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Rule of Three Dressing as the Enemy Early-Bird Cameo Sinister Minister Toplessness from the Back Ambiguously Gay He Who Fights Monsters