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