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