Tropescilloscope: Dissonant Serenity

Person is eerily calm even in the worst situations. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Storming the Castle Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Crazy-Prepared Early-Bird Cameo Daylight Horror Sole Survivor Didn't Think This Through Smug Snake Fake Shemp Deus ex Machina Tempting Fate Yandere Hope Spot British Films The Stoner Death by Irony Mighty Whitey Adorkable Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Bound and Gagged Riddle for the Ages Super Strength Pyrrhic Victory Dumb Blonde Love Triangle Training Montage The Smurfette Principle Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas You Killed My Father Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Off-into-the-Distance Ending Obviously Evil Thriller Italian Films Real Life Writes the Plot Nice Guy Femme Fatale Older Than They Look Totally Radical Amusing Injuries Rule of Funny Serious Business Mythology Gag Comically Missing the Point Your Cheating Heart Good Is Not Nice What Happened to the Mouse? Intrepid Reporter Even Evil Has Standards Author Appeal Sports Stories Apocalypse How Twist Ending "Awesome McCool" Name Gender Flip O.O.C. Is Serious Business Pet the Dog The Voiceless It Will Never Catch On Does Not Like Shoes Made of Iron Throwing Your Sword Always Works Death Glare It Can Think Bring My Brown Pants Faux Affably Evil Time Skip Match Cut Evil Sounds Deep Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Cain and Abel The Sociopath Lighter and Softer Mr. Fanservice Rasputinian Death Badass Longcoat Room Full of Crazy Never My Fault The Reveal Kick the Son of a Bitch Breaking the Fourth Wall Butt-Monkey "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Eiffel Tower Effect The '60s Ass Shove Department of Redundancy Department Scenery Porn Big Applesauce Worthy Opponent Accidental Misnaming Villain Opening Scene NO INDOOR VOICE Biopic Dual Wielding Australian Movies Nice Hat Auto Erotica Spanner in the Works Revenge Posthumous Character Cruel and Unusual Death Adaptational Badass Anyone Can Die Stealth Pun Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Disproportionate Retribution Parental Incest Evil Is Hammy Affectionate Parody Humiliation Conga Badass Boast Married to the Job Shipper on Deck Shirtless Scene Epic Fail Say My Name Developing Doomed Characters Ominous Latin Chanting Hair-Trigger Temper Bond One-Liner All for Nothing Ambiguously Gay Babies Ever After Bloodless Carnage The Hero Dies Children Are Innocent Funny Background Event Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Empathic Environment Same Language Dub Aluminum Christmas Trees Celebrity Paradox Actually Pretty Funny Central Theme Camp Gay Works Set in World War II Race Against the Clock Reckless Gun Usage Sci-Fi Horror Darkest Hour Air-Vent Passageway Malevolent Masked Men Zombie Stories Translation Convention For the Evulz Age Lift Silence Is Golden Disney Villain Death Stock Footage Ironic Echo Even Evil Has Loved Ones Suddenly SHOUTING! The Un-Reveal Ms. Fanservice Jerk Jock Television Movie Index Guns Akimbo Big-Bad Ensemble Politically Incorrect Villain Sexy Discretion Shot Hollywood Darkness Arranged Marriage Rated M for Manly Hooker with a Heart of Gold Rule of Cool The Starscream Heel–Face Turn The Lost Lenore Cool Guns Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Adaptational Heroism Poor Communication Kills Award-Bait Song Alliterative Name Big Fancy House Bi the Way Artistic License – Biology Video Credits Gold Digger Mundane Made Awesome Karmic Death As the Good Book Says... Historical In-Joke Not Quite Dead Disguised in Drag Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Faking the Dead Kill It with Fire Unusually Uninteresting Sight Documentary Straight Gay Continuity Nod I Have Your Wife Vomit Indiscretion Shot Suspiciously Specific Denial Light Is Not Good Not Even Bothering with the Accent Animated Credits Opening Amoral Attorney Four-Temperament Ensemble Brick Joke Adaptational Attractiveness Animal Title Index Determinator Dwindling Party Took a Level in Jerkass Neck Lift Character Development No Celebrities Were Harmed Bad Boss Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Film Series Deliberately Monochrome Evil-Detecting Dog Greater-Scope Villain Easily Forgiven Screw This, I'm Outta Here! 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Adaptation Name Change Unspoken Plan Guarantee Smoking Is Cool Hong Kong Films Not So Different Sanity Slippage Ragtag Bunch of Misfits The '80s Taking You with Me Shoot the Shaggy Dog Closed Circle Covers Always Lie Public Domain Feature Films You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Skewed Priorities Woman Scorned Roaring Rampage of Revenge La Résistance Author Avatar Chewing the Scenery Punch-Clock Villain The Alleged Car A Date with Rosie Palms Chekhov's Gun The Smart Guy Let's Get Dangerous! Broken Aesop Ascended Extra Creative Closing Credits Historical Hero Upgrade Russian Films Aside Glance Mexican Standoff Better to Die than Be Killed Red Oni, Blue Oni Black Comedy Rape In Name Only Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Henpecked Husband Badass in a Nice Suit Gilligan Cut Redshirt Army Psychopathic Manchild The Casanova Ax-Crazy Asshole Victim Car Fu Kids Are Cruel Crazy Jealous Guy Grey and Gray Morality Rich Bitch Laser-Guided Karma A God Am I Double-Meaning Title Bittersweet Ending Line-of-Sight Name Dark Reprise Obstructive Bureaucrat Arch-Enemy Expy Eureka Moment As Himself Punny Name Man on Fire Fat Bastard No-Sell Deadpan Snarker Actor Allusion Cat Fight The Load Take That! Rule of Symbolism The Dreaded Jump Scare Grievous Bottley Harm Conspicuous CG Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Reality Ensues Demonic Possession Word of God Karma Houdini Big Bad Duumvirate Dressing as the Enemy Beauty Is Never Tarnished No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Manchild The Power of Love Groin Attack Badass Bookworm The Alcoholic Epic Movie Frame-Up Gorn Intergenerational Friendship Dramedy Foreshadowing One Steve Limit The Brute Cool Car After the End Flashback Only in It for the Money Sinister Minister Serial Killer Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold This Is Gonna Suck Boom, Headshot! 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Cool Old Lady Our Vampires Are Different Novelization Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Blackmail Wham Shot Back from the Dead Here We Go Again! Exactly What It Says on the Tin Romantic Comedy Once More, with Clarity! Getting Crap Past the Radar Never Trust a Trailer Tap on the Head Creepy Child Fantastic Racism Fate Worse than Death Drugs Are Bad Beta Couple The Oner She Cleans Up Nicely Country Matters The Great Depression Historical Villain Upgrade Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Demoted to Extra Sadistic Choice The Cameo Fanservice Manipulative Bastard Black Dude Dies First Slashed Throat Would Hit a Girl Suspiciously Similar Substitute Wham Line In Medias Res Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Spiritual Successor Defiant to the End No OSHA Compliance Depraved Bisexual She's Got Legs The '70s Mistaken for Gay Call-Forward Happily Married World of Ham B-Movie Pragmatic Adaptation Crucified Hero Shot Fantasy Films Determinator aka: The Determinator Artistic License – Physics More Dakka Pretty Little Headshots Hero of Another Story Coming-of-Age Story Annoying Younger Sibling Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Ghost Fiction Authority Equals Asskicking Evil Is Petty Deal with the Devil Death of a Child Dissonant Serenity Well-Intentioned Extremist Jerk with a Heart of Gold Immune to Bullets My Greatest Failure Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Green-Eyed Monster Book-Ends Affably Evil Lampshade Hanging Failed a Spot Check The Bully Final Girl You Have Outlived Your Usefulness I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Adaptational Villainy Bloody Hilarious Badass Grandpa Call-Back Setting Update Accidental Murder The '50s Pragmatic Villainy Homage Film Noir Index Card-Carrying Villain From Nobody to Nightmare Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Becoming the Mask Men Are the Expendable Gender Deliberate Values Dissonance Police are Useless Motor Mouth An Axe to Grind Fiery Redhead The X of Y Taking the Bullet "Shaggy Dog" Story Evil Brit No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Love at First Sight "Well Done, Son!" Guy Overly Long Gag Unusual Euphemism Dull Surprise Blatant Lies Informed Ability The Dog Bites Back An Arm and a Leg Dark Is Not Evil Bunny-Ears Lawyer Catch-Phrase Calling the Old Man Out Too Dumb to Live Running Gag Race Lift Shut Up, Hannibal! Gratuitous English Captain Ersatz Does This Remind You of Anything? 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Bad "Bad Acting" Batman Gambit Pay Evil unto Evil Music Stories Crapsack World Broken Bird Martial Arts Movie Madness Mantra Rule of Three Important Haircut Leaning on the Fourth Wall The Mole Ambiguous Ending Stylistic Suck Adaptation Distillation Hidden Depths Leitmotif You Have Failed Me Dies Wide Open Corrupt Corporate Executive Dark and Troubled Past Brainless Beauty Peek-a-Boo Corpse Badass Normal Friend to All Children One-Word Title Meaningful Background Event Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Unwitting Instigator of Doom Adult Fear Action Girl Blood Knight Awesome, but Impractical N-Word Privileges Sequel Escalation Bottomless Magazines It's All About Me Break the Haughty Villain with Good Publicity Half the Man He Used to Be Pretty in Mink Evil vs. Evil Mystery and Detective Films Action Genre Meet Cute Police Brutality The Cavalry 20 Minutes into the Future Genre Throwback Guile Hero Tranquil Fury Index of Film Westerns An Aesop Scary Black Man Honor Before Reason Almost Kiss Kubrick Stare Logo Joke Heroic Sacrifice Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Costume Porn Knight Templar Evil Plan Cassandra Truth Loads and Loads of Characters Show Within a Show Deconstruction The Big Guy Really Gets Around Anachronic Order Creator Cameo Small Name, Big Ego Decoy Protagonist Parental Abandonment Star-Crossed Lovers Bar Brawl Those Two Bad Guys Drowning My Sorrows Eagleland Unreliable Narrator The Musical Funny Foreigner Soft Glass Shown Their Work The Film of the Book Heroes Want Redheads Dying Moment of Awesome Dirty Cop Recycled IN SPACE! Not Using the "Z" Word Random Events Plot Hate Sink Fun with Acronyms Loophole Abuse Canadian Movies Bland-Name Product Gone Horribly Right Eldritch Abomination Alpha Bitch Eyepatch of Power Those Wacky Nazis Left the Background Music On Insane Troll Logic MacGuffin German Films Punctuated! For! Emphasis! 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