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