Tropescilloscope: Epic Movie

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