Tropescilloscope: Eureka Moment

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