Tropescilloscope: Friend to All Children

Anyone who's good with kids can't be all that bad. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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