Tropescilloscope: Crapsack World

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