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