Tropescilloscope: Country Matters

The effects of the word "cunt" differs based on culture. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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