Tropescilloscope: Eyepatch of Power

An eyepatch makes a character look badass. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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