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