Tropescilloscope: Crazy-Prepared

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