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