Tropescilloscope: '80s Hair
Hairstyles from the 1980s (i.e., big, poofy bouffants, Joe Piscopo-style man perms, jheri curls, crimped ponytails on teenaged girls, mullets, mohawks, etc) (read more at tvtropes.org )
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Knight Templar
Evil Is Petty
Mooks
Ms. Fanservice
Major Injury Underreaction
Villainous Breakdown
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Taking the Bullet
Obviously Evil
Hell Is That Noise
Rule of Funny
Dying Moment of Awesome
Villain Song
Ominous Latin Chanting
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Monumental Damage
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
All Just a Dream
Lock and Load Montage
Horror Films
Gorn
Italian Films
Dissonant Serenity
Mind Screw
Fingore
Posthumous Character
In the Back
The Stoner
Historical In-Joke
Card-Carrying Villain
Dirty Coward
Wham Shot
Mood Whiplash
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Music Stories
Plucky Comic Relief
Intergenerational Friendship
Animal Title Index
Sequel Hook
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Works Set in World War II
Same Language Dub
Better to Die than Be Killed
The Chick
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Beta Couple
Chewing the Scenery
Body Horror
Mexican Standoff
Death of a Child
Killed Mid-Sentence
Yandere
Ghost Fiction
Australian Movies
As the Good Book Says...
Adaptation Distillation
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Accidental Murder
Auto Erotica
Overly Long Gag
Outrun the Fireball
Romantic Comedy
Double Entendre
Random Events Plot
Room Full of Crazy
Narrator
Film Noir Index
The Vamp
Spared by the Adaptation
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Loophole Abuse
Drill Sergeant Nasty
Left the Background Music On
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
The Cavalry
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Framing Device
The Big Guy
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
After the End
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Alliterative Name
The Remake
Kids Are Cruel
Red Herring
Half the Man He Used to Be
Handicapped Badass
Bavarian Fire Drill
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Informed Ability
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Evil Plan
"Awesome McCool" Name
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Here We Go Again!
Totally Radical
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Ripped from the Headlines
Dressing as the Enemy
Flipping the Bird
Brutal Honesty
A Minor Kidroduction
Fanservice Extra
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Continuity Nod
HeelFace Turn
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Mr. Exposition
Call-Forward
Affably Evil
In Medias Res
Big Eater
Police Brutality
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Fat Bastard
Paper-Thin Disguise
Cold-Blooded Torture
Irony
Disney Villain Death
MacGuffin
Deus ex Machina
And Starring
Big Bad Duumvirate
The Stoic
Beard of Evil
Papa Wolf
No Ending
It's All About Me
Hero of Another Story
Humiliation Conga
Does Not Like Shoes
Domestic Abuse
Exact Words
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
The Faceless
Dirty Cop
Rasputinian Death
Blood Knight
Action Prologue
Badass Bookworm
Whole Plot Reference
Crapsack World
Soundtrack Dissonance
Bar Brawl
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Dwindling Party
Expy
Moment Killer
Greater-Scope Villain
Meet Cute
No Name Given
Adaptational Heroism
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Disguised in Drag
Mundane Made Awesome
Curb-Stomp Battle
Naïve Newcomer
Good Is Not Nice
MayDecember Romance
Shown Their Work
Military and Warfare Films
Anyone Can Die
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Famous Last Words
Never My Fault
The '80s
Badass in a Nice Suit
Time Skip
Black Comedy
Vomit Discretion Shot
Deliberately Monochrome
Punny Name
In Name Only
Death Seeker
It Will Never Catch On
Bad Boss
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Scenery Porn
Off with His Head!
Vitriolic Best Buds
Evil-Detecting Dog
Tagline
Evil Counterpart
Green-Eyed Monster
Demoted to Extra
Bland-Name Product
Scary Black Man
NO INDOOR VOICE
Back from the Dead
Translation Convention
Amusing Injuries
Sequel Escalation
French Films
Historical Hero Upgrade
Improbable Weapon User
Show Within a Show
Slashed Throat
More Dakka
Black Dude Dies First
Adaptational Villainy
The Load
Femme Fatale
Those Wacky Nazis
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Distracted by the Sexy
Adapted Out
The Bad Guy Wins
The Dragon
Artistic License History
Extremely Short Timespan
Logo Joke
German Films
All for Nothing
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
No OSHA Compliance
Not Quite Dead
Badass Longcoat
Mighty Whitey
No-Sell
Character Development
Made of Explodium
Ambiguous Disorder
Didn't Think This Through
Truth in Television
Broken Pedestal
Depraved Bisexual
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
For the Evulz
Superhero
Country Matters
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Immune to Bullets
Put on a Bus
Abhorrent Admirer
Be Careful What You Wish For
Mugging the Monster
Only Sane Man
Scenery Gorn
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Adaptation Expansion
Smug Snake
Authority Equals Asskicking
Love Triangle
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Cain and Abel
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Male Frontal Nudity
The Musical
Tranquil Fury
Anachronism Stew
Adorkable
Advertised Extra
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
The Smart Guy
Woman Scorned
The Stinger
Bad "Bad Acting"
Anachronic Order
Becoming the Mask
Awesome, but Impractical
Parental Abandonment
Cool Old Guy
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Creative Closing Credits
Super Strength
Not So Stoic
Evil Sounds Deep
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Establishing Character Moment
Big Fancy House
Really Gets Around
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Fantastic Racism
Cassandra Truth
Dull Surprise
Meaningful Echo
Video Credits
Even Evil Has Standards
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Setting Update
Conspicuous CG
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Fish out of Water
This Is Gonna Suck
Damsel in Distress
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Motor Mouth
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
A Date with Rosie Palms
Eureka Moment
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Gilligan Cut
Happily Married
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Match Cut
Villain Ball
Betty and Veronica
Gone Horribly Right
Badass Normal
Precision F-Strike
Curse Cut Short
Serial Killer
Sinister Minister
Mama Bear
Product Placement
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
The Cameo
Pimped-Out Dress
Credits Gag
Drowning My Sorrows
Black and Gray Morality
Pragmatic Adaptation
Shower Scene
Bond Villain Stupidity
Epic Movie
An Arm and a Leg
She Cleans Up Nicely
Based on a True Story
Creator Cameo
Jump Scare
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Shirtless Scene
Tempting Fate
Hate Sink
Despair Event Horizon
Chekhov's Gun
Insistent Terminology
All Men Are Perverts
Storming the Castle
Manipulative Bastard
Rule of Cool
Our Vampires Are Different
Accidental Misnaming
Star-Crossed Lovers
Ship Tease
Animated Credits Opening
Small Name, Big Ego
Vampire Fiction
Author Avatar
Spell My Name with an "S"
Hong Kong Films
Non-Indicative Name
Eye Scream
Drives Like Crazy
Dual Wielding
Pretty in Mink
Artistic License Geography
Index of Film Westerns
Diabolus ex Machina
Reality Is Unrealistic
What the Hell, Hero?
Eyepatch of Power
Decoy Protagonist
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Bi the Way
Funny Background Event
Arch-Enemy
Sports Stories
Public Domain Feature Films
Twist Ending
Self-Deprecation
Gold Digger
Heroes Want Redheads
Darker and Edgier
A God Am I
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Together in Death
Funny Foreigner
Genre Throwback
Department of Redundancy Department
Disappeared Dad
No Antagonist
Parental Neglect
Big Applesauce
BrotherSister Incest
Chekhov's Skill
Only a Flesh Wound
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Refuge in Audacity
Berserk Button
Overprotective Dad
Improvised Weapon
Costume Porn
Alas, Poor Villain
Psychological Thriller
Brainless Beauty
Adults Are Useless
Age Lift
Death by Adaptation
Visual Pun
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
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Big Damn Heroes
Those Two Bad Guys
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Skewed Priorities
Stuff Blowing Up
The Place
The Lost Lenore
Television Movie Index
Made of Iron
Riddle for the Ages
Wretched Hive
Reckless Gun Usage
Villain Protagonist
Nice Guy
Dark and Troubled Past
Knife Nut
Punch-Clock Villain
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Bound and Gagged
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Dutch Angle
Never Trust a Trailer
And the Adventure Continues
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Serious Business
Armor-Piercing Question
Dark Action Girl
Bury Your Gays
Asshole Victim
Police are Useless
Big "NO!"
Broken Aesop
Black Best Friend
Fatal Flaw
Older Than They Look
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Badass Boast
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Failed a Spot Check
War Is Hell
The Bully
Reality Ensues
Deal with the Devil
Reasonable Authority Figure
Say My Name
The '50s
Catapult Nightmare
Woman in White
N-Word Privileges
The Alcoholic
Cool Car
Oh, Crap!
Expository Hairstyle Change
Cool Shades
Composite Character
Intrepid Reporter
Loads and Loads of Characters
Novelization
FaceHeel Turn
Fantasy Films
Hollywood Darkness
Not So Above It All
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Pretty Little Headshots
Instant Death Bullet
The Hero
Christmas Movies Index
Heroic Sacrifice
Hoist by His Own Petard
Black Comedy Rape
Historical-Domain Character
Almost Kiss
Retired Badass
Pay Evil unto Evil
Genre Shift
The Casanova
Abusive Parents
Defiant to the End
The Hero Dies
Aside Glance
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Easily Forgiven
Grey and Gray Morality
Rich Bitch
B-Movie
Animal Motifs
Dark Is Not Evil
Babies Ever After
Jerkass
Poor Communication Kills
Antagonist Title
Have a Gay Old Time
Psycho for Hire
Death by Irony
Crazy-Prepared
Jerkass Has a Point
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Apocalypse How
He Knows Too Much
My Beloved Smother
Martial Arts Movie
Bare Your Midriff
The Power of Love
Dramatic Irony
Horror Comedy
Slasher Movie
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Artistic License Law
Playing Gertrude
Politically Incorrect Villain
Neck Snap
Defrosting Ice Queen
Idiot Ball
Too Dumb to Live
Car Fu
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Not So Different
Cloudcuckoolander
Bowdlerise
Action Survivor
Evil Laugh
The Ditz
Action Girl
Dogged Nice Guy
My God, What Have I Done?
Laughing Mad
Scare Chord
Deconstruction
Only One Name
Alpha Bitch
Every Car Is a Pinto
Chekhov's Gunman
Gratuitous English
Guile Hero
Bolivian Army Ending
Real Life
Toplessness from the Back
Calling the Old Man Out
From Nobody to Nightmare
Rule of Three
Spiritual Successor
Training Montage
All There in the Script
Rewatch Bonus
Developing Doomed Characters
Villain Opening Scene
Big Brother Instinct
One-Man Army
An Aesop
Big-Bad Ensemble
Freudian Excuse
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Improbable Aiming Skills
Bloodier and Gorier
Camera Abuse
Demonic Possession
Nice Hat
Dirty Old Man
He Who Fights Monsters
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
The Chessmaster
Book-Ends
Laser-Guided Karma
Our Zombies Are Different
Bond One-Liner
Author Appeal
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Eagleland
An Axe to Grind
Evil vs. Evil
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Obfuscating Stupidity
Soft Glass
You Have Failed Me
Death Glare
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Adaptation Name Change
True Companions
Break the Haughty
As Himself
Adult Fear
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Ax-Crazy
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Get Out!
Earn Your Happy Ending
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Action Genre
Pet the Dog
I Need a Freaking Drink
Five-Man Band
Retirony
Sole Survivor
Contrived Coincidence
Agony of the Feet
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Face Death with Dignity
What You Are in the Dark
Ass Shove
Amoral Attorney
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Meaningful Background Event
Crazy Jealous Guy
Madness Mantra
Daylight Horror
Batman Gambit
Malevolent Masked Men
Ambiguous Ending
Russian Films
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Disproportionate Retribution
What Happened to the Mouse?
Bullying a Dragon
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Evil Brit
Market-Based Title
Attempted Rape
Jitter Cam
Not What It Looks Like
You Killed My Father
Double-Meaning Title
Deadpan Snarker
Japanese Films
Final Girl
Sci-Fi Horror
Brick Joke
Artistic License Military
Pyrrhic Victory
Straight Gay
Psychopathic Manchild
Central Theme
Broken Bird
Once More, with Clarity!
Dumb Blonde
Friend to All Children
Large Ham
20 Minutes into the Future
Recap /
RiffTrax
aka: Riff Trax Movies
Stealth Hi/Bye
Corpsing
Cool Guns
Neck Lift
Frame-Up
Kill It with Fire
Fiery Redhead
Hollywood Law
Guns Akimbo
Arc Words
Insult Backfire
Canon Foreigner
Fatal Family Photo
Spiteful Spit
Lighter and Softer
Bring My Brown Pants
Rule of Symbolism
Homage
Worthy Opponent
Captain Obvious
Shipper on Deck
Ironic Echo
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
A Father to His Men
Artistic License Gun Safety
Those Two Guys
Leave the Camera Running
Parental Substitute
Canadian Movies
Hair-Trigger Temper
One Steve Limit
The Starscream
Hidden Depths
Redemption Equals Death
Sadistic Choice
Artistic License Biology
Groin Attack
Unusual Euphemism
Adaptational Badass
Evil Is Hammy
Foil
Mythology Gag
Facial Horror
Romantic False Lead
Adaptational Attractiveness
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Eiffel Tower Effect
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Love at First Sight
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Reality Has No Subtitles
Break the Cutie
Fan Disservice
Gender Flip
Maybe Ever After
The Ghost
Due to the Dead
The Mafia
Took a Level in Jerkass
Documentary
Gainax Ending
The End... Or Is It?
Genre Savvy
Daddy's Girl
timeperiod
BFG
It's Personal
Hope Spot
Dies Wide Open
Faux Affably Evil
Heroic BSoD
Cowboy Cop
Last-Name Basis
Protagonist Title
Revenge
Enemy Mine
Parental Incest
Your Head A-Splode
Bittersweet Ending
Important Haircut
Sealed Evil in a Can
Eldritch Abomination
Disney Death
Kill 'em All
Stalker with a Crush
Undying Loyalty
Manly Tears
Cruel and Unusual Death
Fire-Forged Friends
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
All There in the Manual
Stylistic Suck
Comically Missing the Point
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Heel Realization
Cluster F-Bomb
The Lancer
Bloodless Carnage
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Married to the Job
Take a Third Option
Cool Old Lady
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Fourth Date Marriage
Did Not Get the Girl
Running Gag
Creepy Child
Destination Defenestration
Missing Mom
Early Installment Weirdness
Epic Fail
Early-Bird Cameo
The Voiceless
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Mad Scientist
Zombie Stories
The Great Depression
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Driven to Suicide
Not Using the "Z" Word
Tap on the Head
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Wrong Genre Savvy
Beware the Nice Ones
Mr. Fanservice
Henpecked Husband
Humans Are Bastards
Determinator
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Darkest Hour
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Fun with Acronyms
Gory Discretion Shot
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
British Films
Cat Scare
Blackmail
Dramedy
I Have Your Wife
The Sociopath
Mistaken for Gay
Flashback
Never Found the Body
Jerk Jock
Bald of Evil
She's Got Legs
Drugs Are Bad
Anti-Villain
Foreshadowing
Spanner in the Works
Rape as Drama
Offscreen Teleportation
Hypocritical Humor
My Greatest Failure
Take That!
Slasher Smile
One-Word Title
Honor Before Reason
Leitmotif
The Quiet One
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Nothing Is Scarier
Bottomless Magazines
Morality Pet
Noodle Incident
Arranged Marriage
Race Against the Clock
Light Is Not Good
Rated M for Manly
Recycled IN SPACE!
Covers Always Lie
Kubrick Stare
The Dreaded
Dark Reprise
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Everyone Has Standards
Wicked Cultured
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Stepford Smiler
Ungrateful Bastard
The Atoner
I'm a Humanitarian
The '70s
Imagine Spot
Combat Pragmatist
It Can Think
Rousing Speech
Butt-Monkey
Race Lift
Actor Allusion
Sacrificial Lion
Hero Antagonist
The '60s
Manchild
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
The Mole
La Résistance
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Actually Pretty Funny
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Ambiguously Gay
Grievous Bottley Harm
Camp Gay
Coming-of-Age Story
Re-Cut
Silent Movie
How We Got Here
Crucified Hero Shot
Death by Sex
Word of God
Naked People Are Funny
The Reveal
Closed Circle
Badass Grandpa
Fate Worse than Death
I Did What I Had to Do
Children Are Innocent
Token Minority
The Dog Bites Back
Took a Level in Badass
Silence Is Golden
For Want of a Nail
The X of Y
The Ace
Artistic License Physics
Only Known by Their Nickname
Line-of-Sight Name
The Oner
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Vacation Films
Interrupted Suicide
Extreme Doormat
Mystery and Detective Films
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Fake Shemp
As You Know
Kick the Dog
The '90s
Plot Hole
Red Shirt
Real Life Writes the Plot
Mercy Kill
Casting Gag
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Downer Ending
Historical Villain Upgrade
Karma Houdini
Trailers Always Spoil
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Science Fiction Films
Fainting
The Film of the Book
Man on Fire
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Redshirt Army
Blood from the Mouth
Chiaroscuro
World of Ham
Sexy Discretion Shot
Karmic Death
Fanservice
Bloody Hilarious
Celebrity Paradox
Biopic
Male Gaze
Implacable Man
Would Hit a Girl
Smoking Is Cool
Anti-Hero
Call-Back
Sanity Slippage
Adaptation Dye-Job
Foregone Conclusion
Hypocrite
Dramatic Gun Cock
Award-Bait Song
The Alleged Car
Thriller
Faking the Dead
Bait-and-Switch
Captain Ersatz
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Sassy Black Woman
Properly Paranoid
Affectionate Parody
Stock Footage
Blatant Lies
And I Must Scream
Catch-Phrase
The Brute
Insane Troll Logic
Let's Get Dangerous!
Film Noir
Would Hurt a Child
Lampshade Hanging
Chase Scene
Big Bad
Taking You with Me
Only in It for the Money
'80s Hair
Unreliable Narrator
Title Drop
Air-Vent Passageway
From Bad to Worse
Film Series
Villain with Good Publicity
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Meaningful Name
Cat Fight
Shout-Out
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Pragmatic Villainy
Annoying Younger Sibling
Retcon
Red Right Hand
The Un-Reveal
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Empathic Environment
Ascended Extra
Up to Eleven
Your Cheating Heart
Anguished Declaration of Love
Wham Line
Make It Look Like an Accident
Bilingual Bonus
Boom, Headshot!
Stealth Pun
The Smurfette Principle
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner