Tropescilloscope: Epic Movie

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