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