Tropescilloscope: Four-Temperament Ensemble

The cheerful one (Sanguine), the passionate one (Choleric), the calm one (Phlegmatic), and the methodical one (Melancholic), along with an optional fifth neutral one. (Eclectic) (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Mistaken for Gay Adaptation Name Change Twist Ending Freudian Excuse The Musical Fat Bastard Heroic Sacrifice Disproportionate Retribution Man on Fire Tempting Fate She's Got Legs Heroes Want Redheads Maybe Ever After Russian Films Even Evil Has Standards Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Evil Is Petty Domestic Abuse Getting Crap Past the Radar Femme Fatale Death Glare Face Death with Dignity Ambiguous Ending Romantic False Lead Anguished Declaration of Love Those Wacky Nazis Heel–Face Turn The Cameo Adaptation Expansion Woman Scorned Half the Man He Used to Be Bury Your Gays Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Sports Stories Intrepid Reporter He Knows Too Much Author Avatar Parental Substitute Curb-Stomp Battle Animal Title Index Crazy Jealous Guy Real Life Writes the Plot Rule of Funny Rousing Speech Mexican Standoff Spiritual Successor No Name Given Biopic Groin Attack Disguised in Drag Evil-Detecting Dog Broken Aesop The Bad Guy Wins Genre Savvy Black Comedy Rape Wounded Gazelle Gambit Authority Equals Asskicking Playing Gertrude Cool Guns Crazy-Prepared Fan Disservice In Medias Res The Sociopath Take a Third Option Abhorrent Admirer Mercy Kill Central Theme Retired Badass Disney Death The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Reasonable Authority Figure Earn Your Happy Ending Australian Movies I Need a Freaking Drink Hope Spot Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Funny Background Event Anachronism Stew Big "NO!" 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As You Know Famous Last Words Cloudcuckoolander Refuge in Audacity Amusing Injuries The '80s Ax-Crazy It Can Think Very Loosely Based on a True Story Overly Long Gag Evil Laugh Sequel Escalation Black and Gray Morality Stealth Pun Our Vampires Are Different Blood Knight Riddle for the Ages Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Depraved Bisexual Cassandra Truth Accidental Murder Match Cut Artistic License – Physics Large Ham Idiot Ball Manic Pixie Dream Girl Fake Shemp Retirony Roaring Rampage of Revenge It's Personal Tagline Expy Arc Words War Is Hell Death Seeker Deconstruction "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Dual Wielding Ass Shove Dark and Troubled Past Ugly Guy, Hot Wife German Films Mood Whiplash Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Good Is Not Nice Corpsing I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Anti-Villain The Great Depression The Lost Lenore Ascended Extra Jitter Cam Beware the Nice Ones The Smart Guy Karma Houdini The Remake Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Breaking the Fourth Wall Meaningful Echo Those Two Bad Guys Adaptation Distillation Throwing Your Sword Always Works Setting Update Police are Useless Self-Deprecation No Ending Frame-Up British Films Flipping the Bird Sexy Discretion Shot Race Lift Exact Words Black Dude Dies First Foreshadowing Blood from the Mouth Christmas Movies Index Affectionate Parody Recycled IN SPACE! 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Only One Name Chekhov's Gunman Improvised Weapon Big Bad Gratuitous English MacGuffin Let's Get Dangerous! 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Children Are Innocent Rated M for Manly Jerk Jock Adaptational Heroism Ominous Latin Chanting Villain Opening Scene Well-Intentioned Extremist Brainless Beauty No-Sell Television Movie Index Truth in Television Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Implacable Man True Companions Sanity Slippage Exactly What It Says on the Tin Faking the Dead Genre Shift Kill It with Fire Shout-Out Ghost Fiction Index of Film Westerns Reality Is Unrealistic Leave the Camera Running I Did What I Had to Do Artistic License – Gun Safety Humiliation Conga Bare Your Midriff Red Right Hand All Just a Dream Parental Incest Daylight Horror Animated Credits Opening Punny Name Jerk with a Heart of Gold Title Drop Heterosexual Life-Partners Karmic Death Fanservice Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Would Hit a Girl Continuity Nod And I Must Scream Berserk Button Camera Abuse Only Sane Man Framing Device Same Language Dub The Stoner A Date with Rosie Palms Arch-Enemy Up to Eleven The Mole Demoted to Extra The Lancer The Power of Love There Is No Kill Like Overkill And the Adventure Continues Crapsack World Historical Villain Upgrade Wham Line Greater-Scope Villain Noodle Incident Adaptational Villainy Posthumous Character Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Four-Temperament Ensemble The X of Y Happily Married Loophole Abuse Driven to Suicide Scary Black Man Kubrick Stare Dissonant Serenity Dramatic Gun Cock Fanservice Extra Establishing Character Moment The Atoner Stealth Hi/Bye Action Girl Eyepatch of Power The Dreaded Pre-Mortem One-Liner Our Zombies Are Different Sole Survivor Auto Erotica Kick the Dog No Good Deed Goes Unpunished My Greatest Failure Imagine Spot Evil Counterpart Pretty Little Headshots Grey and Gray Morality Betty and Veronica Cool Old Guy Product Placement Everyone Has Standards Mighty Whitey Gory Discretion Shot Light Is Not Good The Alcoholic Comically Missing the Point Epic Movie What the Hell, Hero? 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Department of Redundancy Department Badass in a Nice Suit The Place Missing Mom Dressing as the Enemy Cat Fight Double-Meaning Title Ungrateful Bastard Eiffel Tower Effect Corrupt Corporate Executive A God Am I Casting Gag Card-Carrying Villain Only Known by Their Nickname Sci-Fi Horror Military and Warfare Films Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Death of a Child Adults Are Useless Dark Action Girl Neck Snap Last-Name Basis Affably Evil Cold-Blooded Torture Badass Boast Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Alpha Bitch Cat Scare Sadistic Choice Get Out! Villain with Good Publicity Bloodless Carnage Race Against the Clock Dirty Cop Pyrrhic Victory The Smurfette Principle Disappeared Dad One Steve Limit Crucified Hero Shot Ripped from the Headlines Covers Always Lie The Chick Apocalypse How The Hero Dies Leitmotif Manly Tears Martial Arts Movie Married to the Job Market-Based Title Death by Adaptation Sassy Black Woman Gilligan Cut Poor Communication Kills Country Matters Adorkable Screw This, I'm Outta Here! 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Anachronic Order Bi the Way What You Are in the Dark Does This Remind You of Anything? The Quiet One Evil Brit Not Even Bothering with the Accent Too Dumb to Live Informed Ability Gorn Combat Pragmatist Italian Films Stepford Smiler Outrun the Fireball Show Within a Show Drives Like Crazy The '50s You Have Failed Me French Films Your Head A-Splode Disney Villain Death Fantasy Films Jerkass Bring My Brown Pants Romantic Comedy Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Immune to Bullets Annoying Younger Sibling Creative Closing Credits Once More, with Clarity! N-Word Privileges Wicked Cultured Gainax Ending Evil Plan Red Eyes, Take Warning Drill Sergeant Nasty Science Fiction Films Character Development Due to the Dead The Ace Call-Back Eye Scream Spell My Name with an "S" Soft Glass The Un-Reveal The Chessmaster Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Scare Chord Made of Explodium The '70s Pragmatic Adaptation Take That! Cool Car Film Noir Index Cool Shades Wham Shot The Hero Evil Sounds Deep The Faceless Obfuscating Stupidity Fire-Forged Friends Demonic Possession Historical-Domain Character Dirty Old Man Bowdlerise Damsel in Distress Monumental Damage Gender Flip Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Tranquil Fury Superhero My God, What Have I Done? Psychopathic Manchild Historical In-Joke '80s Hair Mr. Fanservice Spared by the Adaptation Mooks Mythology Gag Adult Fear Insane Troll Logic Pay Evil unto Evil Ambiguous Disorder Stock Footage Silence Is Golden Lampshade Hanging Almost Kiss Pragmatic Villainy Bavarian Fire Drill Straight Gay Serial Killer Handicapped Badass Hollywood Darkness Artistic License – History Older Than They Look Super Strength Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold The Stinger The Oner Word of God More Dakka For Want of a Nail Big-Bad Ensemble Made of Iron Bottomless Magazines Early-Bird Cameo Chewing the Scenery Documentary The Dragon You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Curse Cut Short Needs Wiki Magic Love Double Entendre How We Got Here timeperiod Butt-Monkey World of Ham Insult Backfire What Happened to the Mouse? Laughing Mad Dramedy Dies Wide Open Knight Templar Armor-Piercing Question The Stoic Dying Moment of Awesome Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Not Using the "Z" Word Trailers Always Spoil Red Herring Determinator aka: The Determinator Not So Stoic folderlabel Public Domain Feature Films Daddy's Girl Expository Hairstyle Change Ambiguously Gay Reality Ensues Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Offscreen Moment of Awesome Eldritch Abomination Politically Incorrect Villain Despair Event Horizon