Tropescilloscope: Expy

This character was deliberately crafted to be very similar to another character in a different work. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Ambiguous Ending The Smart Guy Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Cool Shades Real Life Writes the Plot Mr. Exposition Spiteful Spit Pet the Dog Interrupted Suicide Blonde, Brunette, Redhead The Ditz Lock and Load Montage NO INDOOR VOICE Adaptation Expansion Take That! Badass Bookworm Screw the Rules, I Have Money! 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They Really Do Love Each Other Sir Swears-a-Lot Break the Haughty The Sociopath Big "NO!" Shower Scene Psychopathic Manchild The Reveal All for Nothing Random Events Plot No Name Given The Remake Match Cut Red Eyes, Take Warning Dull Surprise Death Seeker Names to Run Away from Really Fast There Is No Kill Like Overkill Cruel and Unusual Death Slap-Slap-Kiss Flipping the Bird Ominous Latin Chanting Taking the Bullet Action Girl Based on a True Story Riddle for the Ages Gory Discretion Shot Soundtrack Dissonance Thriller The Dragon The Bad Guy Wins Tap on the Head Adults Are Useless Failed a Spot Check Villain Opening Scene Better to Die than Be Killed "Well Done, Son!" Guy Exactly What It Says on the Tin Artistic License – Geography Hollywood Darkness Big-Bad Ensemble Bittersweet Ending Stalker with a Crush Advertised Extra Motor Mouth Demonic Possession Dissonant Serenity Public Domain Feature Films Mistaken for Gay Bare Your Midriff Black Comedy Rape Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Despair Event Horizon My God, What Have I Done? Affectionate Parody Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Arc Words Abusive Parents Undying Loyalty Bloody Hilarious Adaptation Name Change Becoming the Mask Index of Film Westerns Non-Indicative Name Instant Death Bullet Gratuitous English Hero of Another Story Married to the Job Antagonist Title Missing Mom Meaningful Background Event Mood Whiplash Twist Ending Bad "Bad Acting" Outrun the Fireball Dark Action Girl Dramatic Gun Cock Early-Bird Cameo Daylight Horror Ms. Fanservice Accidental Murder Dark Is Not Evil Important Haircut Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! 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Rasputinian Death Due to the Dead Rule of Three Rape as Drama Eyepatch of Power Animal Motifs Costume Porn Only One Name Not Quite Dead No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Adult Fear Black and Gray Morality Closed Circle Room Full of Crazy Red Herring Science Fiction Films Shell-Shocked Veteran Suspiciously Similar Substitute All There in the Manual He Who Fights Monsters Ripped from the Headlines Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Nice Guy A Date with Rosie Palms Blood from the Mouth Retirony Ship Tease Wicked Cultured Arranged Marriage Exact Words Tagline Cool Old Lady Hong Kong Films Expy 20 Minutes into the Future Bavarian Fire Drill Mind Screw Unwitting Instigator of Doom Award-Bait Song The Quiet One Narrator Meaningful Name Easily Forgiven Kill 'em All Empathic Environment Frame-Up Here We Go Again! 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Star-Crossed Lovers Badass in a Nice Suit Abhorrent Admirer Crazy-Prepared Deus ex Machina Driven to Suicide The Dreaded Pragmatic Adaptation Anti-Hero Italian Films Crapsack World Stepford Smiler Zombie Stories Call-Forward Kick the Dog Smoking Is Cool Fourth Date Marriage Actor Allusion Animal Title Index Jerk Jock Translation Convention Sassy Black Woman Meet Cute An Axe to Grind Pretty in Mink Disappeared Dad Truth in Television Evil vs. Evil Air-Vent Passageway Big Brother Instinct Action Prologue Butt-Monkey Retcon Badass Boast Boom, Headshot! Cat Scare Author Appeal Rated M for Manly Neck Snap Visual Pun Hoist by His Own Petard Country Matters Early Installment Weirdness Rewatch Bonus Pyrrhic Victory Protagonist Title Good Is Not Nice Adaptational Badass Beauty Is Never Tarnished Light Is Not Good Almost Kiss Straight Gay Captain Obvious As Long as It Sounds Foreign Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Biopic Horror Films I Have Your Wife BFG Cassandra Truth Half the Man He Used to Be The Oner Loophole Abuse Death by Adaptation The Place As You Know Combat Pragmatist Taking You with Me Distracted by the Sexy Say My Name Tempting Fate Really Gets Around Camera Abuse Action Survivor Artistic License – History Fat Bastard Arch-Enemy Alpha Bitch Skewed Priorities Wounded Gazelle Gambit Unspoken Plan Guarantee Karmic Death Epic Fail Naïve Newcomer Bury Your Gays Age Lift You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Not Using the "Z" Word Bloodless Carnage Crazy Jealous Guy Evil-Detecting Dog Cold-Blooded Torture Getting Crap Past the Radar Anyone Can Die Artistic License – Military The Alleged Car You Have Failed Me Double-Meaning Title Pimped-Out Dress He Knows Too Much Those Two Bad Guys Adaptational Attractiveness Fake Shemp Heel Realization The Alcoholic British Films Hair-Trigger Temper Captain Ersatz Sequel Escalation Spell My Name with an "S" The Hero Dies Scary Black Man Attempted Rape Bad Boss Funny Foreigner Amusing Injuries Face Death with Dignity No Ending Villain with Good Publicity Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Our Zombies Are Different Evil Is Hammy Rule of Symbolism Put on a Bus Downer Ending Ascended Extra Contrived Coincidence Rousing Speech Sadistic Choice Manipulative Bastard Beware the Nice Ones Not Even Bothering with the Accent Developing Doomed Characters Black Comedy Reality Ensues The Faceless Love at First Sight Cain and Abel Dwindling Party Dark Reprise Australian Movies Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Eye Scream Vitriolic Best Buds Author Avatar And Starring Gilligan Cut Tranquil Fury I Need a Freaking Drink Crucified Hero Shot Large Ham Psychological Thriller Danny Peary Cult Movies List Evil Brit Cowboy Cop Affably Evil Gender Flip The Stoic The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Gone Horribly Right Ironic Echo Super Strength Unreliable Narrator Depraved Bisexual Sexy Discretion Shot In Name Only Big Fancy House Cool Old Guy Kill It with Fire Screw This, I'm Outta Here! 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Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Disproportionate Retribution One Steve Limit The Stinger Adaptation Distillation The Vamp Curb-Stomp Battle Wham Shot World of Ham Sacrificial Lion Bond One-Liner May–December Romance Manchild Ambiguously Gay Jump Scare Throwing Your Sword Always Works Major Injury Underreaction Left the Background Music On Bar Brawl O.O.C. Is Serious Business Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! The Brute Death Glare Logo Joke Brutal Honesty Paper-Thin Disguise Title Drop Genre Shift Mundane Made Awesome Too Dumb to Live "Awesome McCool" Name What You Are in the Dark Didn't Think This Through Lighter and Softer Running Gag Evil Counterpart Our Vampires Are Different Storming the Castle Credits Gag Mooks Does This Remind You of Anything? Dirty Coward Papa Wolf Villain Protagonist Novelization Alas, Poor Villain Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene No Good Deed Goes Unpunished A.I. Is a Crapshoot The Mole Humans Are Bastards Gorn Heroes Want Redheads Drowning My Sorrows Meaningful Echo Fan Disservice Break the Cutie Reality Is Unrealistic Broken Bird Spiritual Successor Historical Villain Upgrade Martial Arts Movie It Can Think Those Two Guys Sci-Fi Horror Scenery Porn Monumental Damage Roaring Rampage of Revenge Russian Films Romantic Comedy An Aesop The End... Or Is It? Would Hit a Girl Immune to Bullets "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Enemy Mine Irony Kick the Son of a Bitch Determinator aka: The Determinator The Power of Love Vacation Films Berserk Button Slashed Throat The Load Even Evil Has Standards Suddenly SHOUTING! Evil Sounds Deep What Happened to the Mouse? Punny Name Ax-Crazy Anachronism Stew Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Up to Eleven Dramatic Irony Insane Troll Logic Would Hurt a Child Victoria's Secret Compartment Dirty Old Man Bond Villain Stupidity No Antagonist Femme Fatale Heroic BSoD Big Bad Duumvirate My Beloved Smother Foreshadowing Spared by the Adaptation Sinister Minister Those Wacky Nazis Eldritch Abomination It's All About Me Animated Credits Opening All Girls Want Bad Boys Off-into-the-Distance Ending Totally Radical Together in Death Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Chekhov's Skill Bowdlerise Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Spanner in the Works Needs Wiki Magic Love Artistic License – Physics Bring My Brown Pants Dual Wielding Green-Eyed Monster Knight Templar Small Name, Big Ego Expository Hairstyle Change Make It Look Like an Accident Aluminum Christmas Trees Auto Erotica Mythology Gag Friend to All Children Evil Is Petty Parental Abandonment Red Shirt Creative Closing Credits Improvised Weapon Hooker with a Heart of Gold Serial Killer Eureka Moment The Musical The '50s Unusually Uninteresting Sight Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Training Montage Bottomless Magazines Mercy Kill Not What It Looks Like Works Set in World War II Romantic False Lead Conspicuous CG