Tropescilloscope: Enemy Mine

Enemies team up against a common threat. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Guy You Have Failed Me Humiliation Conga Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Establishing Character Moment Offscreen Teleportation Ambiguous Disorder Bolivian Army Ending Manipulative Bastard Calling the Old Man Out Red Eyes, Take Warning Batman Gambit Obviously Evil Daddy's Girl Black Comedy Rape Plot Hole Training Montage The Dog Bites Back Hope Spot Only One Name Bunny-Ears Lawyer Those Wacky Nazis Film Series Bowdlerise Mind Screw Instant Death Bullet Recycled IN SPACE! 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Every Car Is a Pinto Domestic Abuse Epic Movie Pretty in Mink Happily Married Kill It with Fire Overly Long Gag Break the Haughty The Alcoholic And I Must Scream All Men Are Perverts Failed a Spot Check Rewatch Bonus Soft Glass Country Matters Foil Blood from the Mouth Implacable Man Australian Movies Cat Scare Dissonant Serenity Hypocritical Humor Pimped-Out Dress Bar Brawl Deus ex Machina Drowning My Sorrows The Place Handicapped Badass Insane Troll Logic Riddle for the Ages Our Vampires Are Different Improvised Weapon Unresolved Sexual Tension Expository Hairstyle Change Cassandra Truth Agony of the Feet Attempted Rape You Killed My Father Martial Arts Movie The Smurfette Principle Wretched Hive Random Events Plot Cat Fight Refuge in Audacity Nothing Is Scarier The Un-Reveal Works Set in World War II Facial Horror Vomit Discretion Shot The '60s An Aesop Politically Incorrect Villain "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue The Stoic The Mafia He Who Fights Monsters Anti-Hero Twist Ending 20 Minutes into the Future Action Prologue Cruel and Unusual Death Dramatic Gun Cock Chase Scene I Need a Freaking Drink Thriller All Girls Want Bad Boys Did Not Get the Girl Not Using the "Z" Word He Knows Too Much In the Back Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Evil Laugh Canon Foreigner Red Oni, Blue Oni Big Applesauce Celebrity Paradox Undying Loyalty Early Installment Weirdness Shipper on Deck And Starring Improbable Aiming Skills Scenery Gorn Berserk Button Evil Brit Anyone Can Die Sir Swears-a-Lot Dropped a Bridge on Him Parental Substitute Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Greater-Scope Villain Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Amoral Attorney Age Lift Badass Bookworm Pragmatic Villainy All There in the Script Deadpan Snarker Offscreen Moment of Awesome Soundtrack Dissonance Funny Background Event Epic Fail Bittersweet Ending Sequel Hook Captain Ersatz Death by Sex All for Nothing Adapted Out Psychopathic Manchild Hypocrite It Will Never Catch On Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! 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The Dragon Sinister Minister Extreme Doormat Defiant to the End The Chessmaster Leitmotif Silent Movie Ghost Fiction Big-Bad Ensemble Only Sane Man Hero of Another Story Ax-Crazy One Steve Limit Stalker with a Crush Stock Footage Accidental Murder Scary Black Man Artistic License – Physics Vacation Films Get Out! Psychological Thriller Leave the Camera Running Truth in Television Fourth Date Marriage Logo Joke War Is Hell Overprotective Dad Brother–Sister Incest Translation Convention As Long as It Sounds Foreign Double Entendre Grievous Bottley Harm Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Intergenerational Friendship Novelization Straight Gay Manchild Needs Wiki Magic Love Heroic Sacrifice Married to the Job Air-Vent Passageway Race Against the Clock Unusual Euphemism Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Authority Equals Asskicking Not Quite Dead Outrun the Fireball Very Loosely Based on a True Story Early-Bird Cameo Anguished Declaration of Love Animated Credits Opening Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! It Can Think Suspiciously Specific Denial Token Minority Ship Tease Rich Bitch The Remake Arc Words The Vamp Hollywood Law Papa Wolf Chiaroscuro Bare Your Midriff One-Word Title Due to the Dead Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Becoming the Mask British Films Spell My Name with an "S" Artistic License – History Insistent Terminology Ungrateful Bastard Deliberately Monochrome Villain Ball Love at First Sight The Lost Lenore Spiritual Successor Took a Level in Jerkass Rule of Cool Aside Glance Take That! 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Fanservice Adorkable The Cavalry Hoist by His Own Petard I Have Your Wife Retirony German Films And the Adventure Continues Intrepid Reporter Scare Chord Darkest Hour Dramatic Irony Shell-Shocked Veteran The Ace No Antagonist Evil Is Petty Not So Above It All Babies Ever After '80s Hair Well-Intentioned Extremist Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Cool Car Documentary I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Dramedy Off-into-the-Distance Ending Wham Shot Heel–Face Turn Zombie Stories The Musical No-Sell Older Than They Look World of Ham Badass Longcoat Meaningful Name Our Zombies Are Different The Cameo Ugly Guy, Hot Wife The Bad Guy Wins Character Development Camera Abuse "Awesome McCool" Name Nice Guy Advertised Extra Fan Disservice Big Brother Instinct Catch-Phrase The Power of Love Your Head A-Splode Based on a True Story Sadistic Choice Mr. Fanservice Here We Go Again! Title Drop Drugs Are Bad Tap on the Head Too Dumb to Live Loads and Loads of Characters Dull Surprise Determinator Immune to Bullets Annoying Younger Sibling Meaningful Background Event Villainous Breakdown Laser-Guided Karma Artistic License – Biology Kick the Son of a Bitch Action Genre The Atoner Maybe Ever After Bond One-Liner Gory Discretion Shot Sacrificial Lion Demonic Possession Historical Hero Upgrade The Lancer Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Male Frontal Nudity Dwindling Party Noodle Incident Framing Device Totally Radical Hero Antagonist As the Good Book Says... Face Death with Dignity Ambiguously Gay Fingore Deliberate Values Dissonance The Quiet One Reality Ensues Horror Films Those Two Guys Abhorrent Admirer Kick the Dog Not So Stoic Costume Porn Spanner in the Works Smug Snake Suspiciously Similar Substitute Fat Bastard Evil Is Hammy The Smart Guy Dying Moment of Awesome Corpsing From Nobody to Nightmare Eldritch Abomination Reckless Gun Usage Neck Lift Skewed Priorities Catapult Nightmare Match Cut Black Best Friend Shut Up, Hannibal! Corrupt Corporate Executive No OSHA Compliance Kids Are Cruel Male Gaze Imagine Spot Ironic Echo Neck Snap Show Within a Show Stealth Pun Big Damn Heroes Screw the Money, I Have Rules! 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Bury Your Gays Cowboy Cop Mythology Gag Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas The End... Or Is It? Shout-Out Adaptational Villainy Adaptation Name Change Made of Explodium Brutal Honesty Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Gender Flip Adaptational Badass Made of Iron Tranquil Fury Fatal Family Photo My Beloved Smother A Father to His Men Mexican Standoff Amusing Injuries Left the Background Music On Super Strength Drill Sergeant Nasty Dies Wide Open Dirty Cop Danny Peary Cult Movies List O.O.C. 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