Tropescilloscope: Deconstruction

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

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