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