Tropescilloscope: Drowning My Sorrows

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