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