Tropescilloscope: Documentary

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