Tropescilloscope: Demoted to Extra

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