Tropescilloscope: Handicapped Badass

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