Tropescilloscope: Genre Savvy

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