Tropescilloscope: French Films

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