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