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