Tropescilloscope: Dull Surprise

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