Tropescilloscope: Cool Old Guy

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