Tropescilloscope: Enemy Mine

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

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