Tropescilloscope: Fantastic Racism

Prejudice based on a difference in species. In other words, racism in fiction. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Blood from the Mouth In Medias Res Adults Are Useless Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Bland-Name Product Kubrick Stare Credits Gag Hypocritical Humor Mercy Kill Cloudcuckoolander Retired Badass MacGuffin The Mafia Straight Gay Fanservice Brother–Sister Incest Chase Scene Meaningful Background Event The Ace Fire-Forged Friends Irony Action Genre A Minor Kidroduction Funny Background Event Badass Normal Dropped a Bridge on Him Cool Shades folderlabel For Want of a Nail Random Events Plot Jump Scare Break the Haughty Fanservice Extra What Happened to the Mouse? Those Two Bad Guys Four-Temperament Ensemble Butt-Monkey Idiot Ball As Himself Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Captain Obvious British Films Crazy-Prepared Heel Realization The Stinger Paper-Thin Disguise I'm a Humanitarian Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Artistic License – Gun Safety Up to Eleven Video Credits Screw the Rules, I Have Money! You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Adaptational Villainy Narrator Made of Explodium Overly Long Gag Beauty Is Never Tarnished Dwindling Party Bullying a Dragon Faking the Dead Skewed Priorities Dutch Angle Abusive Parents Every Car Is a Pinto Grey and Gray Morality Adorkable Title Drop Henpecked Husband Broken Pedestal The Power of Love Adaptation Name Change Show Within a Show Amoral Attorney Slap-Slap-Kiss More Dakka Half the Man He Used to Be Almost Kiss Index of Film Westerns Psychological Thriller The Load Ms. Fanservice Recycled IN SPACE! Aside Glance Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Bi the Way Papa Wolf Christmas Movies Index Belligerent Sexual Tension Gory Discretion Shot The '80s Creator Cameo Fatal Flaw Broken Aesop Training Montage Adult Fear Non-Indicative Name Chekhov's Gun Celebrity Paradox Big Brother Instinct Dumb Blonde Rule of Three Gone Horribly Right Batman Gambit Defiant to the End The Lancer The Remake Bavarian Fire Drill Brutal Honesty The Sociopath Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Bloodless Carnage Comically Missing the Point The Chessmaster Bare Your Midriff Improbable Weapon User Fate Worse than Death Obfuscating Stupidity Market-Based Title "The Reason You Suck" Speech Anti-Hero Children Are Innocent Boom, Headshot! Evil Sounds Deep Awesome, but Impractical You Killed My Father The Mole Pre-Mortem One-Liner Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Eye Scream Even Evil Has Standards Soft Glass Broken Bird Obviously Evil Woman Scorned It's All About Me Department of Redundancy Department Not So Different Bald of Evil All There in the Script Daddy's Girl "Well Done, Son!" Guy Breaking the Fourth Wall Your Cheating Heart Bring My Brown Pants The Alleged Car Large Ham She's Got Legs Contrived Coincidence Token Minority Due to the Dead Here We Go Again! All Girls Want Bad Boys Corpsing Offscreen Moment of Awesome Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Death of a Child Death Seeker The Smart Guy Destination Defenestration Call-Forward Disguised in Drag Authority Equals Asskicking Conspicuous CG Screw the Money, I Have Rules! 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The Hero Eagleland Mind Screw Japanese Films Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Villainous Breakdown Reality Ensues Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome The Voiceless French Films Badass Grandpa Ominous Latin Chanting I Did What I Had to Do Bond One-Liner Married to the Job Fatal Family Photo Scary Black Man NO INDOOR VOICE Cool Car Disappeared Dad Parental Neglect No Ending Older Than They Look Artistic License – Law Unusual Euphemism Actually Pretty Funny Earn Your Happy Ending Danny Peary Cult Movies List Retirony Taking the Bullet Shirtless Scene Developing Doomed Characters Darker and Edgier Freudian Excuse Put on a Bus Hooker with a Heart of Gold Historical In-Joke Hong Kong Films Foreshadowing Rule of Symbolism Demoted to Extra Did Not Get the Girl Truth in Television Gender Flip Villain Ball Spiritual Successor Jerkass Translation Convention Star-Crossed Lovers Aluminum Christmas Trees Off with His Head! Neck Lift Captain Ersatz Bad "Bad Acting" Meet Cute Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Historical Villain Upgrade No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Never Found the Body Storming the Castle Mugging the Monster Damsel in Distress Bar Brawl Match Cut Say My Name Country Matters Dissonant Serenity Took a Level in Badass And the Adventure Continues Defrosting Ice Queen And Starring Stealth Pun Continuity Nod The Film of the Book Tempting Fate Animated Credits Opening Central Theme Villain Song Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Military and Warfare Films Hell Is That Noise Character Development It Will Never Catch On Award-Bait Song Does This Remind You of Anything? 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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Death Glare Death by Sex Laughing Mad Break the Cutie The Hero Dies Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Bowdlerise Really Gets Around No OSHA Compliance Curse Cut Short Works Set in World War II Cat Fight Fan Disservice Neck Snap Dramedy Catapult Nightmare Funny Foreigner Noodle Incident Faux Affably Evil Unusually Uninteresting Sight Super Strength Exact Words Police Brutality Red Shirt Jitter Cam Biopic Italian Films Tap on the Head Age Lift Crapsack World Television Movie Index Oh, Crap! Real Life Writes the Plot Cool Old Guy Heterosexual Life-Partners Empathic Environment Kids Are Cruel The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Eldritch Abomination Revenge Sir Swears-a-Lot Stepford Smiler Lighter and Softer The Musical Agony of the Feet Parental Substitute Unspoken Plan Guarantee Get Out! Beta Couple Silence Is Golden Camp Gay Loads and Loads of Characters Ascended Extra Affably Evil Dies Wide Open Mooks She Cleans Up Nicely Precision F-Strike Not So Above It All Brainless Beauty In the Back Left the Background Music On Dramatic Irony Disproportionate Retribution Didn't Think This Through Sinister Minister Adaptational Attractiveness Artistic License – Physics Genre Shift Manipulative Bastard Animal Title Index Those Wacky Nazis Scenery Gorn Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Ass Shove Only Sane Man Hair-Trigger Temper Evil Laugh Zombie Stories Undying Loyalty Historical-Domain Character Never My Fault Camera Abuse Fainting The Place Offscreen Teleportation Intergenerational Friendship Dark Action Girl Naked People Are Funny Fat Bastard The Great Depression Serious Business Heel–Face Turn Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Hate Sink Beware the Nice Ones Science Fiction Films Friend to All Children Gratuitous English Moment Killer Informed Ability Redshirt Army Hero Antagonist Accidental Misnaming The Ditz Karmic Death Playing Gertrude Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Jerk Jock Hidden Depths Ragtag Bunch of Misfits "Where Are They Now?" 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Genre Throwback No Celebrities Were Harmed Handicapped Badass Heroes Want Redheads Chekhov's Gunman Insane Troll Logic Red Right Hand Book-Ends Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Spell My Name with an "S" Documentary Smoking Is Cool Stealth Hi/Bye It Can Think Groin Attack Spanner in the Works Eyepatch of Power Affectionate Parody From Bad to Worse Real Life Expy Big Damn Heroes Badass Boast Punny Name Foil Downer Ending Implacable Man Despair Event Horizon Based on a True Story Antagonist Title Badass Bookworm Psychopathic Manchild Improvised Weapon Ungrateful Bastard Rich Bitch Manly Tears Better to Die than Be Killed Stock Footage This Is Gonna Suck Cluster F-Bomb Facial Horror Romantic Comedy Eureka Moment Film Noir Index Monumental Damage Big Applesauce Would Hurt a Child Even Evil Has Loved Ones Accidental Murder I Need a Freaking Drink Reality Has No Subtitles Vomit Discretion Shot Villain Protagonist Nice Hat Have a Gay Old Time The Oner No Good Deed Goes Unpunished One Steve Limit Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Shell-Shocked Veteran Sequel Hook Rated M for Manly Important Haircut Creepy Child Anachronic Order Chekhov's Skill Does Not Like Shoes Wham Line 20 Minutes into the Future The '70s Black Comedy Rape Wrong Genre Savvy Sadistic Choice Only One Name Shut Up, Hannibal! 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They Really Do Love Each Other How We Got Here Alliterative Name Fantasy Films The Chick Big-Bad Ensemble Amusing Injuries Badass Longcoat Not Even Bothering with the Accent Greater-Scope Villain Gorn The Stoner Early-Bird Cameo Costume Porn Mr. Exposition Peek-a-Boo Corpse Darkest Hour Double Entendre Final Girl Cold-Blooded Torture You Have Failed Me Race Lift The Cameo Asshole Victim Adapted Out Crazy Jealous Guy Wicked Cultured Fake Shemp Protagonist Title All Men Are Perverts Flashback Nothing Is Scarier Reckless Gun Usage Soundtrack Dissonance Big Fancy House Chewing the Scenery No Name Given The Alcoholic Anyone Can Die Cassandra Truth Anti-Villain Sequel Escalation Stylistic Suck Music Stories Product Placement The Brute Bloodier and Gorier The Stoic Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Room Full of Crazy Distracted by the Sexy Film Series Mythology Gag Slashed Throat Shout-Out Knight Templar Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Evil Is Hammy Pay Evil unto Evil Rewatch Bonus Tagline