Tropescilloscope: Fantasy Films

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