Tropescilloscope: Earn Your Happy Ending

Characters go through hell.... but end up happy in the end as a result. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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