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