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