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