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