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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Mind Screw
Homage
Does Not Like Shoes
Dogged Nice Guy
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Alliterative Name
Darker and Edgier
After the End
Big Brother Instinct
Unresolved Sexual Tension
All Men Are Perverts
Together in Death
Big Damn Heroes
Bound and Gagged
Chekhov's Gun
Adapted Out
Vomit Discretion Shot
The Ditz
Only in It for the Money
Spiteful Spit
Offscreen Teleportation
Horror Films
In the Back
Knife Nut
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Dirty Coward
Stylistic Suck
Broken Bird
It's All About Me
Extremely Short Timespan
Not Quite Dead
Be Careful What You Wish For
Hidden Depths
Gone Horribly Right
The Brute
Jerkass Has a Point
Rasputinian Death
Sacrificial Lion
"Awesome McCool" Name
Author Appeal
Closed Circle
Taking the Bullet
Every Car Is a Pinto
Awesome, but Impractical
Shipper on Deck
Ms. Fanservice
Rule of Three
Totally Radical
Fatal Family Photo
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Interrupted Suicide
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Arranged Marriage
Death by Sex
Adaptational Attractiveness
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Slashed Throat
Empathic Environment
Your Cheating Heart
You Killed My Father
Rewatch Bonus
Eureka Moment
Anyone Can Die
Logo Joke
Abusive Parents
Calling the Old Man Out
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Deal with the Devil
Make It Look Like an Accident
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Air-Vent Passageway
Storming the Castle
Dull Surprise
Evil Is Hammy
Smug Snake
Becoming the Mask
Canon Foreigner
No OSHA Compliance
Obviously Evil
Deadpan Snarker
Big Fancy House
Action Genre
Canadian Movies
Fainting
Film Series
Nice Guy
Decoy Protagonist
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Black Comedy
Thriller
And Starring
Manchild
Here We Go Again!
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
HeelFace 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!"
Mystery and Detective Films
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Celebrity Paradox
Darkest Hour
Bilingual Bonus
Developing Doomed Characters
Scenery Porn
Actor Allusion
Really Gets Around
Bland-Name Product
The '90s
Bloodier and Gorier
The Big Guy
Epic Fail
Vitriolic Best Buds
Music Stories
Fun with Acronyms
Five-Man Band
Not So Different
BFG
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Never Found the Body
All There in the Manual
Antagonist Title
Important Haircut
B-Movie
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Not So Above It All
As the Good Book Says...
Parental Neglect
Grievous Bottley Harm
Bar Brawl
Red Shirt
Lock and Load Montage
The End... Or Is It?
Final Girl
Drugs Are Bad
Chase Scene
Cowboy Cop
The Ghost
Babies Ever After
Beard of Evil
Big Bad Duumvirate
Friend to All Children
Funny Foreigner
Sinister Minister
BrotherSister Incest
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
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!
Bloody Hilarious
Hero of Another Story
Fish out of Water
Meaningful Name
Bad Boss
Freeze-Frame Bonus
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Blackmail
Bad "Bad Acting"
A Father to His Men
Extreme Doormat
Did Not Get the Girl
Chiaroscuro
One-Man Army
He Who Fights Monsters
Boom, Headshot!
Hypocritical Humor
Love at First Sight
Plot Hole
Fantastic Racism
Flashback
Victoria's Secret Compartment
She Cleans Up Nicely
Training Montage
Mugging the Monster
Artistic License Geography
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Anti-Hero
Dark Reprise
Artistic License Biology
Meet Cute
Adaptation Dye-Job
Book-Ends
Visual Pun
Body Horror
Retcon
Would Hurt a Child
Genre Throwback
Agony of the Feet
Never Trust a Trailer
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Line-of-Sight Name
Slasher Movie
Captain Ersatz
Silent Movie
Hypocrite
Green-Eyed Monster
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Heel Realization
The Vamp
Narrator
Enemy Mine
Sequel Hook
Bolivian Army Ending
Naked People Are Funny
An Aesop
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Mundane Made Awesome
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Worthy Opponent
The Casanova
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Smoking Is Cool
Parental Abandonment
Adaptational Badass
The Dog Bites Back
Fiery Redhead
Plucky Comic Relief
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Serious Business
Small Name, Big Ego
Pimped-Out Dress
Brutal Honesty
Hate Sink
FaceHeel Turn
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Naïve Newcomer
It Will Never Catch On
Animal Motifs
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Toplessness from the Back
Didn't Think This Through
Blatant Lies
Action Prologue
Vampire Fiction
Punch-Clock Villain
Cool Old Lady
Papa Wolf
The Film of the Book
Fate Worse than Death
Love Triangle
Mr. Exposition
Hoist by His Own Petard
Bald of Evil
Villain Song
Advertised Extra
Never My Fault
Taking You with Me
Chekhov's Skill
All for Nothing
Real Life
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Improbable Aiming Skills
Batman Gambit
Japanese Films
From Nobody to Nightmare
Psychological Thriller
Nice Hat
Irony
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Not What It Looks Like
Police Brutality
Insistent Terminology
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Only One Name
Chekhov's Gunman
Improvised Weapon
Big Bad
Gratuitous English
MacGuffin
Let's Get Dangerous!
Reckless Gun Usage
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Cain and Abel
Drowning My Sorrows
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Improbable Weapon User
Defrosting Ice Queen
Fatal Flaw
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Scenery Gorn
Morality Pet
In Name Only
Put on a Bus
Historical Hero Upgrade
Redemption Equals Death
Bond One-Liner
Contrived Coincidence
Better to Die than Be Killed
Took a Level in Jerkass
Failed a Spot Check
Award-Bait Song
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Cluster F-Bomb
Vacation Films
Artistic License Military
Zombie Stories
Redshirt Army
Works Set in World War II
Dumb Blonde
Pretty in Mink
Honor Before Reason
Villain Ball
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Spanner in the Works
Call-Forward
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Villain Protagonist
Bittersweet Ending
Unreliable Narrator
Captain Obvious
Bond Villain Stupidity
From Bad to Worse
Deus ex Machina
Credits Gag
Moment Killer
Badass Grandpa
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Running Gag
Instant Death Bullet
Sealed Evil in a Can
Distracted by the Sexy
Dark Is Not Evil
No Antagonist
Random Events Plot
The Cavalry
Hero Antagonist
Left the Background Music On
The Mafia
Action Survivor
Woman in White
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Foil
Ironic Echo
Big Applesauce
One-Word Title
Artistic License Law
Rule of Cool
Shut Up, Hannibal!
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?
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Major Injury Underreaction
Alas, Poor Villain
Bait-and-Switch
Black Best Friend
Defiant to the End
Beta Couple
Guile Hero
Undying Loyalty
Diabolus ex Machina
Foregone Conclusion
Lighter and Softer
Badass Normal
Laser-Guided Karma
Motor Mouth
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Evil vs. Evil
Psycho for Hire
Hollywood Law
Translation Convention
Only a Flesh Wound
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Ship Tease
Villainous Breakdown
Off with His Head!
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Shirtless Scene
Based on a True Story
Age Lift
Killed Mid-Sentence
Badass Longcoat
Aside Glance
Big Eater
Room Full of Crazy
An Axe to Grind
A Minor Kidroduction
Have a Gay Old Time
For the Evulz
The '60s
Hair-Trigger Temper
Back from the Dead
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
The Voiceless
The Reveal
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Bullying a Dragon
Guns Akimbo
Conspicuous CG
Oh, Crap!
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!
Nothing Is Scarier
Rule of Symbolism
Token Minority
Kids Are Cruel
Revenge
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
The Bully
Dutch Angle
NO INDOOR VOICE
Actually Pretty Funny
Hell Is That Noise
Camp Gay
Kill 'em All
Gold Digger
Took a Level in Badass
I'm a Humanitarian
Stalker with a Crush
Cruel and Unusual Death
Car Fu
Break the Cutie
Precision F-Strike
Downer Ending
La Résistance
Dwindling Party
Rich Bitch
Badass Bookworm
Reality Has No Subtitles
The Starscream
Properly Paranoid
Fourth Date Marriage
Male Frontal Nudity
Facial Horror
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Shower Scene
My Beloved Smother
Film Noir
Skewed Priorities
Re-Cut
Loads and Loads of Characters
Meaningful Background Event
Horror Comedy
Destination Defenestration
Humans Are Bastards
Broken Pedestal
Stuff Blowing Up
Paper-Thin Disguise
As Himself
Tap on the Head
Protagonist Title
Soundtrack Dissonance
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Yandere
Slasher Smile
All There in the Script
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Attempted Rape
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Neck Lift
Shown Their Work
Wrong Genre Savvy
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Video Credits
Wretched Hive
Easily Forgiven
Creepy Child
Creator Cameo
Star-Crossed Lovers
Time Skip
Malevolent Masked Men
Jump Scare
Say My Name
Dramatic Irony
20 Minutes into the Future
Death by Irony
Mama Bear
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
This Is Gonna Suck
Mad Scientist
Madness Mantra
Unusual Euphemism
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Pet the Dog
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Brick Joke
Deliberately Monochrome
Catch-Phrase
Intergenerational Friendship
An Arm and a Leg
Manipulative Bastard
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
MayDecember Romance
Amoral Attorney
Fingore
Hong Kong Films
Heroic BSoD
Costume Porn
I Have Your Wife
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Whole Plot Reference
Coming-of-Age Story
Composite Character
Break the Haughty
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Faux Affably Evil
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Early Installment Weirdness
Determinator
Catapult Nightmare
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Henpecked Husband
The Alleged Car
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Novelization
The Load
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Accidental Misnaming
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Male Gaze
Asshole Victim
Eagleland
Rape as Drama
Those Two Guys
Non-Indicative Name
Overprotective Dad
Suddenly SHOUTING!
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
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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
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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