Tropescilloscope: Documentary

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