Tropescilloscope: Fatal Flaw

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