Tropescilloscope: Deconstruction

Analyzing a trope to expose its realistic assumptions, flaws, consequences and/or origins. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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