Tropescilloscope: Eyepatch of Power

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

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