Tropescilloscope: Fantasy Films

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