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