Tropescilloscope: Deliberate Values Dissonance

Morals that modern people don't agree with presented in-universe. Not because the author believes in them, but because the culture being represented in-universe does. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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