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