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