Tropescilloscope: Exactly What It Says on the Tin

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