Tropescilloscope: Film Noir Index

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