Tropescilloscope: Eureka Moment

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