Tropescilloscope: Drowning My Sorrows

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More Tropes Sequel Hook Air-Vent Passageway Random Events Plot Suspiciously Specific Denial Composite Character Shoot the Shaggy Dog It's Personal The Remake Parental Neglect Light Is Not Good Index of Film Westerns Parental Abandonment "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Man on Fire Small Name, Big Ego Wham Line Drowning My Sorrows Military and Warfare Films Silence Is Golden The Ditz The Alcoholic Green-Eyed Monster Kids Are Cruel Say My Name Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Tap on the Head Mythology Gag An Axe to Grind Adaptational Heroism As Himself Daddy's Girl B-Movie Super Strength Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Animal Title Index Here We Go Again! 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Vampire Fiction Title Drop Disney Death Adapted Out Call-Forward Too Dumb to Live Sacrificial Lion Re-Cut Your Head A-Splode Dull Surprise Sadistic Choice Conspicuous CG Heroic Sacrifice Framing Device Soft Glass Police are Useless Sole Survivor Kick the Dog Stock Footage British Films Genre Shift Spiritual Successor The '60s The Stoic Offscreen Moment of Awesome You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Jerk Jock Brainless Beauty The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Antagonist Title No OSHA Compliance Lighter and Softer Failed a Spot Check Early Installment Weirdness Beard of Evil No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Eldritch Abomination From Bad to Worse Scenery Gorn Camp Gay Ax-Crazy No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Fake Shemp Christmas Movies Index Killed Mid-Sentence Zombie Stories Interrupted Suicide Bittersweet Ending The Sociopath Really Gets Around Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Coming-of-Age Story Chekhov's Skill War Is Hell Anyone Can Die Face–Heel Turn Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Double Entendre Abhorrent Admirer Dumb Blonde Room Full of Crazy Thriller Hair-Trigger Temper Narrator Bi the Way Hate Sink Mighty Whitey Psycho for Hire Self-Deprecation Only Known by Their Nickname Heroic BSoD Mr. Fanservice Alas, Poor Villain Spiteful Spit Get Out! The Film of the Book Oh, Crap! Aluminum Christmas Trees Insane Troll Logic No Antagonist Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Cassandra Truth Even Evil Has Loved Ones Hypocritical Humor All Girls Want Bad Boys Damsel in Distress Malevolent Masked Men Sir Swears-a-Lot Shower Scene Driven to Suicide Off with His Head! As the Good Book Says... More Dakka The Smart Guy Authority Equals Asskicking The Alleged Car Left the Background Music On Punch-Clock Villain Henpecked Husband Faux Affably Evil The Reveal Body Horror Film Noir Index An Arm and a Leg Silent Movie Politically Incorrect Villain Rule of Symbolism Wicked Cultured Needs Wiki Magic Love You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Deconstruction Corpsing Unwitting Instigator of Doom The Smurfette Principle Leitmotif Death Glare Villain Opening Scene Obviously Evil All Just a Dream Adaptational Attractiveness Big Applesauce Creator Cameo Animal Motifs Adaptation Expansion Insistent Terminology Belligerent Sexual Tension Adaptation Distillation Age Lift Eye Scream Red Right Hand Maybe Ever After It Will Never Catch On Not Even Bothering with the Accent Easily Forgiven folderlabel Humans Are Bastards Shut Up, Hannibal! Agony of the Feet Japanese Films Affably Evil Author Appeal Naked People Are Funny Yandere Character Development Apocalypse How Bunny-Ears Lawyer Laser-Guided Karma Our Vampires Are Different Hollywood Darkness Bare Your Midriff Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Punny Name Visual Pun Deal with the Devil Training Montage Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Totally Radical The Quiet One Suspiciously Similar Substitute Dark Reprise Whole Plot Reference Auto Erotica A Date with Rosie Palms Arc Words Eagleland Bald of Evil Not So Above It All Historical In-Joke Mood Whiplash Karmic Death Half the Man He Used to Be Adaptational Villainy Downer Ending Eureka Moment Fiery Redhead You Killed My Father Flipping the Bird Extreme Doormat Scenery Porn Never Trust a Trailer Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Motor Mouth Documentary Cool Old Lady Not Quite Dead Crapsack World Soundtrack Dissonance The '70s Unreliable Narrator Dirty Cop The Casanova Male Frontal Nudity Deliberate Values Dissonance Bad "Bad Acting" Heroes Want Redheads Card-Carrying Villain Destination Defenestration The Place Manly Tears Abusive Parents Video Credits Chase Scene Meet Cute Very Loosely Based on a True Story Lampshade Hanging Early-Bird Cameo Reasonable Authority Figure Villain Song Calling the Old Man Out Brutal Honesty Jerkass Has a Point A Minor Kidroduction Let's Get Dangerous! The '80s Action Genre The Ghost Leave the Camera Running Decoy Protagonist Never Found the Body Names to Run Away from Really Fast Ascended Extra Distracted by the Sexy Jerkass Male Gaze Cool Guns Bolivian Army Ending Pre-Mortem One-Liner No Celebrities Were Harmed Spared by the Adaptation Fate Worse than Death The Atoner "Shaggy Dog" Story Dutch Angle A Father to His Men "Well Done, Son!" Guy Bad Boss Skewed Priorities Good Is Not Nice In Name Only Meaningful Name Kill 'em All Bavarian Fire Drill Roger Ebert: Great Movies List The X of Y Bloody Hilarious Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Idiot Ball Take That! Dropped a Bridge on Him Artistic License – History Affectionate Parody Funny Background Event Fatal Flaw NO INDOOR VOICE Deliberately Monochrome Sealed Evil in a Can Slasher Smile Babies Ever After Vomit Discretion Shot And the Adventure Continues Evil Brit Obstructive Bureaucrat How We Got Here Imagine Spot Reality Ensues Death Seeker Red Herring Pay Evil unto Evil Retcon Stylistic Suck Determinator Establishing Character Moment Redshirt Army Epic Fail The '90s Arranged Marriage Genre Throwback Big Bad Duumvirate Arch-Enemy Not What It Looks Like Fingore Extremely Short Timespan World of Ham Every Car Is a Pinto Eiffel Tower Effect My God, What Have I Done? Cool Car Playing Gertrude Exactly What It Says on the Tin Boom, Headshot! Scary Black Man The Starscream Only One Name Smoking Is Cool You Have Failed Me Married to the Job Artistic License – Physics Mad Scientist Bloodless Carnage The Voiceless Product Placement Gilligan Cut Stuff Blowing Up Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Dies Wide Open Costume Porn Hero Antagonist Accidental Misnaming BFG Actually Pretty Funny Made of Explodium Does Not Like Shoes Pragmatic Adaptation Does This Remind You of Anything? Wounded Gazelle Gambit Taking the Bullet Plucky Comic Relief Flashback Fat Bastard What Happened to the Mouse? 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Is a Crapshoot Evil Is Petty Noodle Incident Storming the Castle Mugging the Monster Meaningful Background Event Fourth Date Marriage Disney Villain Death Unusual Euphemism She's Got Legs Blood from the Mouth After the End Running Gag Alpha Bitch Kubrick Stare Black Best Friend Curse Cut Short The Lost Lenore Overly Long Gag Hypocrite Film Series Dark and Troubled Past Manic Pixie Dream Girl Cold-Blooded Torture Happily Married Exact Words Jump Scare Determinator aka: The Determinator Informed Ability Peek-a-Boo Corpse Line-of-Sight Name Hero of Another Story Leaning on the Fourth Wall Blackmail Faking the Dead Bullying a Dragon Butt-Monkey Improbable Aiming Skills Take a Third Option Fish out of Water Book-Ends Music Stories The Bully Five-Man Band Facial Horror Freeze-Frame Bonus La Résistance Due to the Dead Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! 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They Really Do Love Each Other Big Eater Darkest Hour Stepford Smiler Market-Based Title Not So Different Suddenly SHOUTING! 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