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