Tropescilloscope: Dirty Coward

Selfishly flees at the first sign of danger, usually at the expense of others. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Science Fiction Films Corrupt Corporate Executive The Remake Loophole Abuse Anti-Villain True Companions Anachronism Stew Vomit Discretion Shot Take That! 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Screw This, I'm Outta Here! You Killed My Father Soundtrack Dissonance Sir Swears-a-Lot Historical Hero Upgrade Important Haircut Cool Guns Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Foreshadowing Cold-Blooded Torture Fantasy Films Kick the Son of a Bitch Those Two Bad Guys Nice Guy Taking the Bullet Grievous Bottley Harm Only Known by Their Nickname Unreliable Narrator Room Full of Crazy The X of Y Homage Broken Pedestal Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Vitriolic Best Buds Department of Redundancy Department Karmic Death Your Cheating Heart The '90s Malevolent Masked Men Demonic Possession Conspicuous CG Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Coming-of-Age Story Mighty Whitey Handicapped Badass Once More, with Clarity! Action Genre There Is No Kill Like Overkill Accidental Murder Reasonable Authority Figure Manic Pixie Dream Girl Pay Evil unto Evil Soft Glass Yandere Paper-Thin Disguise Monumental Damage All Men Are Perverts Animal Motifs Badass Boast Broken Aesop The Place Funny Background Event Abusive Parents Earn Your Happy Ending Police Brutality Captain Ersatz Foregone Conclusion Villain Protagonist Genre Shift Get Out! Badass Normal Cool Old Lady Almost Kiss The Mole Parental Neglect May–December Romance Big Brother Instinct The '50s Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Costume Porn Credits Gag Rated M for Manly Woman Scorned Never My Fault What Happened to the Mouse? 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Disney Death Gainax Ending Loads and Loads of Characters Downer Ending folderlabel Fingore Immune to Bullets Wicked Cultured Didn't Think This Through Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Red Herring Call-Forward Blood Knight Public Domain Feature Films Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Dirty Cop Overly Long Gag Badass Longcoat Knife Nut Animated Credits Opening Fish out of Water Air-Vent Passageway No Ending Playing Gertrude Artistic License – Physics Fake Shemp Refuge in Audacity Eiffel Tower Effect One-Word Title Artistic License – Law Brother–Sister Incest Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Fourth Date Marriage Tap on the Head Adorkable Ironic Echo Ambiguous Disorder Jitter Cam The Bully Plot Hole Dramedy Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Meaningful Background Event Faux Affably Evil Unusual Euphemism Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Big Fancy House Author Appeal Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Alpha Bitch Papa Wolf Fun with Acronyms Big Bad Duumvirate Armor-Piercing Question Victoria's Secret Compartment Getting Crap Past the Radar Eagleland Domestic Abuse The Power of Love Even Evil Has Standards The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Retcon Death by Irony Mr. Exposition Overprotective Dad Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Beard of Evil Alas, Poor Villain Only One Name Would Hit a Girl Good Is Not Nice Deus ex Machina Defiant to the End Truth in Television Television Movie Index Dual Wielding Villain with Good Publicity Older Than They Look Straight Gay All There in the Manual No OSHA Compliance Stealth Hi/Bye Arch-Enemy Not So Different Military and Warfare Films Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Evil Laugh Chase Scene Black and Gray Morality Early-Bird Cameo Ghost Fiction Unspoken Plan Guarantee Cloudcuckoolander Mythology Gag 20 Minutes into the Future Names to Run Away from Really Fast Film Noir Casting Gag Bloody Hilarious Creative Closing Credits Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Red Shirt Kill It with Fire Ms. Fanservice The Faceless Big Applesauce Toplessness from the Back Jerk Jock Depraved Bisexual Manchild Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Have a Gay Old Time Big Damn Heroes Evil Counterpart Disappeared Dad Disproportionate Retribution My Greatest Failure The Voiceless Man on Fire Police are Useless One Steve Limit Film Noir Index Amoral Attorney Badass Bookworm Alliterative Name Artistic License – Geography Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Country Matters Adaptational Badass Berserk Button Sequel Hook Male Gaze Insane Troll Logic Genre Savvy Character Development Race Against the Clock Aluminum Christmas Trees Mr. Fanservice Totally Radical Chekhov's Gunman Deconstruction Shoot the Shaggy Dog Exact Words Wham Shot Sassy Black Woman Henpecked Husband Crazy Jealous Guy Obstructive Bureaucrat The Dreaded Lampshade Hanging Fate Worse than Death Rule of Symbolism He Who Fights Monsters Early Installment Weirdness Outrun the Fireball Only in It for the Money My God, What Have I Done? 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They Really Do Love Each Other Bar Brawl Jerk with a Heart of Gold Shell-Shocked Veteran Here We Go Again! Stepford Smiler Rape as Drama Adapted Out Amusing Injuries Evil-Detecting Dog Cat Fight Russian Films Drugs Are Bad Rich Bitch Sports Stories Politically Incorrect Villain Historical-Domain Character Tempting Fate Asshole Victim Gone Horribly Right The Stoic Took a Level in Jerkass Death by Sex Aside Glance Belligerent Sexual Tension Ambiguous Ending Trailers Always Spoil The Dragon Anguished Declaration of Love Everyone Has Standards Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Dark and Troubled Past Ragtag Bunch of Misfits It's Personal Recycled IN SPACE! timeperiod Vacation Films British Films Slasher Smile Ship Tease Evil vs. Evil Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Horror Comedy Bittersweet Ending Serious Business Parental Abandonment Closed Circle Age Lift Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Dirty Old Man The End... Or Is It? 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