Tropescilloscope: Genre Savvy

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