Tropescilloscope: Drives Like Crazy

Crazy person takes the wheel. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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