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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Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Anti-Villain Left the Background Music On Blood from the Mouth Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie How We Got Here Public Domain Feature Films Artistic License – Gun Safety The Lost Lenore Television Movie Index Dark Action Girl Dark and Troubled Past Imagine Spot Sadistic Choice Combat Pragmatist Title Drop An Axe to Grind Ghost Fiction Meaningful Name Parental Neglect Malevolent Masked Men Anti-Hero Neck Lift Accidental Misnaming Adapted Out Sealed Evil in a Can Drives Like Crazy Based on a True Story Storming the Castle Only in It for the Money Idiot Ball I Need a Freaking Drink Due to the Dead Easily Forgiven Attempted Rape Tranquil Fury B-Movie Obfuscating Stupidity Canadian Movies Gender Flip Say My Name Obviously Evil Hollywood Law Humans Are Bastards Break the Cutie Empathic Environment Crazy-Prepared Hope Spot Our Vampires Are Different Epic Movie Fat Bastard Mythology Gag Soft Glass You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! 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Parental Incest Historical-Domain Character Dropped a Bridge on Him Cool Car Groin Attack Exact Words Morality Pet Rasputinian Death Narrator Crucified Hero Shot Soundtrack Dissonance Star-Crossed Lovers Brainless Beauty Cool Old Lady Wrong Genre Savvy A Date with Rosie Palms The Power of Love In the Back Your Cheating Heart Awesome, but Impractical Pragmatic Adaptation I Just Shot Marvin in the Face The Bad Guy Wins Creative Closing Credits Good Is Not Nice Nice Hat Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Red Shirt Bitch in Sheep's Clothing The Dragon Character Development Smoking Is Cool Taking You with Me Genre Throwback Smug Snake Oh, Crap! Australian Movies What Happened to the Mouse? Take That! 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Tagline The Vamp May–December Romance Ominous Latin Chanting Retired Badass O.O.C. 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No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Woman in White Police Brutality Bait-and-Switch Dutch Angle Bond Villain Stupidity World of Ham The Reveal Took a Level in Jerkass Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Badass Longcoat The Oner Dull Surprise Evil Plan Bad Boss Faking the Dead Shoot the Shaggy Dog Chase Scene You Killed My Father Bond One-Liner Disguised in Drag Bury Your Gays Christmas Movies Index Decoy Protagonist Big-Bad Ensemble Final Girl Fake Shemp Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday After the End All Girls Want Bad Boys Early-Bird Cameo The Musical Noodle Incident Scare Chord Adaptational Badass Chewing the Scenery Chiaroscuro The Atoner Last-Name Basis Affectionate Parody Market-Based Title Arch-Enemy Ironic Echo Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Pretty in Mink Karma Houdini Captain Obvious And the Adventure Continues Race Lift Only Known by Their Nickname Same Language Dub Foregone Conclusion Token Minority Romantic Comedy Coming-of-Age Story Adaptation Dye-Job Fourth Date Marriage It's Personal Screw the Money, I Have Rules! 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Rule of Cool Film Noir Badass Grandpa Tempting Fate Jitter Cam Bar Brawl Politically Incorrect Villain Monumental Damage Evil Brit Reckless Gun Usage Award-Bait Song Jerkass Has a Point Naïve Newcomer Cain and Abel Stealth Pun Eureka Moment Wicked Cultured Gold Digger Historical Villain Upgrade Bavarian Fire Drill Ass Shove Shut Up, Hannibal! Mistaken for Gay Abhorrent Admirer Shell-Shocked Veteran From Bad to Worse Animal Motifs Amoral Attorney Eiffel Tower Effect Dark Is Not Evil Men Are the Expendable Gender Not Using the "Z" Word Call-Forward Once More, with Clarity! Science Fiction Films The Mole Never Trust a Trailer La Résistance Dirty Old Man "Well Done, Son!" Guy Gratuitous English Berserk Button Improvised Weapon As the Good Book Says... Boom, Headshot! 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Air-Vent Passageway Mr. Fanservice The Ditz Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Kick the Son of a Bitch Agony of the Feet Insane Troll Logic He Knows Too Much Works Set in World War II Mooks Evil Is Petty Reality Ensues Belligerent Sexual Tension Psychological Thriller Exactly What It Says on the Tin Mama Bear Punctuated! For! Emphasis! 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