Tropescilloscope: Happily Married

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More Tropes Not So Stoic Psychopathic Manchild Leaning on the Fourth Wall Love Triangle Australian Movies Tagline Drugs Are Bad Scare Chord MacGuffin Smoking Is Cool Only One Name Does This Remind You of Anything? Sanity Slippage No OSHA Compliance Abusive Parents Intergenerational Friendship Not What It Looks Like La Résistance Oh, Crap! Not Even Bothering with the Accent Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Daylight Horror NO INDOOR VOICE Our Vampires Are Different Adapted Out Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Wham Shot Credits Gag Action Prologue Villain Protagonist Heel Realization Deal with the Devil Index of Film Westerns Catapult Nightmare Blood Knight Silent Movie Russian Films Lighter and Softer Historical Villain Upgrade Evil Sounds Deep All Men Are Perverts folderlabel Call-Forward Wicked Cultured Immune to Bullets Destination Defenestration Chekhov's Gunman Maybe Ever After Alliterative Name Dies Wide Open Covers Always Lie Armor-Piercing Question Film Noir Guile Hero Ship Tease Mundane Made Awesome Hypocritical Humor Sacrificial Lion Bi the Way Bowdlerise Not Using the "Z" Word Darkest Hour The End... Or Is It? Dogged Nice Guy Flashback Reality Is Unrealistic Ghost Fiction The '70s Unusually Uninteresting Sight timeperiod Extreme Doormat Psycho for Hire The Smurfette Principle Adaptation Name Change Informed Ability Took a Level in Badass He Knows Too Much Japanese Films Accidental Murder Only Known by Their Nickname Madness Mantra Handicapped Badass My God, What Have I Done? Face–Heel Turn Chekhov's Gun Needs Wiki Magic Love Shirtless Scene Face Death with Dignity Artistic License – Military Never My Fault Never Trust a Trailer Bond Villain Stupidity Award-Bait Song Alas, Poor Villain Anti-Hero Rule of Symbolism Trailers Always Spoil Gold Digger Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Twist Ending Put on a Bus Big Fancy House Bond One-Liner Age Lift Redemption Equals Death Race Against the Clock Good Is Not Nice Evil Plan Badass in a Nice Suit Corrupt Corporate Executive Daddy's Girl Black Comedy Rape Fingore Fourth Date Marriage Re-Cut Suspiciously Specific Denial An Arm and a Leg The '50s Evil Brit Central Theme Death of a Child The Lancer Action Genre Cat Fight Grievous Bottley Harm Curb-Stomp Battle Affectionate Parody Dropped a Bridge on Him Novelization Serial Killer Serious Business Parental Substitute The Dragon The Hero Dies Intrepid Reporter A Father to His Men Mood Whiplash Dutch Angle Cat Scare Rule of Three The Hero Take That! Would Hurt a Child And Starring Authority Equals Asskicking Arch-Enemy Body Horror Narrator Deliberately Monochrome More Dakka The Mafia Animal Motifs Say My Name Crazy-Prepared Demoted to Extra Naked People Are Funny Curse Cut Short Abhorrent Admirer Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Redshirt Army Not So Different Lock and Load Montage Combat Pragmatist Be Careful What You Wish For Naïve Newcomer The Place Captain Obvious Jerk Jock Hong Kong Films It Will Never Catch On As Himself Shut Up, Hannibal! Ambiguous Disorder Malevolent Masked Men Cool Old Lady Dark and Troubled Past Freeze-Frame Bonus Dirty Old Man May–December Romance Meaningful Background Event Artistic License – History Enemy Mine The Chessmaster Show Within a Show Playing Gertrude Imagine Spot Once More, with Clarity! 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Genre Throwback Failed a Spot Check Famous Last Words Fantastic Racism You Have Failed Me The Big Guy Hope Spot Older Than They Look Moment Killer Ominous Latin Chanting Foregone Conclusion Retirony What the Hell, Hero? Creepy Child Chekhov's Skill Apocalypse How The Casanova All There in the Script Insane Troll Logic Jump Scare Beard of Evil 20 Minutes into the Future Parental Neglect Depraved Bisexual The Ghost Back from the Dead What Happened to the Mouse? Evil-Detecting Dog Fiery Redhead Monumental Damage Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Auto Erotica Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Music Stories Martial Arts Movie Neck Lift Cool Old Guy Mooks Offscreen Teleportation Adorkable German Films Everyone Has Standards Badass Normal Room Full of Crazy Arranged Marriage Outrun the Fireball Rated M for Manly Death Glare Vomit Discretion Shot Affably Evil From Nobody to Nightmare Taking You with Me Red Right Hand Berserk Button Last-Name Basis Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Agony of the Feet Betty and Veronica The Ace Disproportionate Retribution One Steve Limit Fantasy Films Papa Wolf Disguised in Drag Stock Footage Those Two Guys No Ending Canadian Movies Insistent Terminology Badass Boast Empathic Environment The '80s Meaningful Echo Epic Fail No Name Given Dressing as the Enemy Dumb Blonde Worthy Opponent Word of God Stylistic Suck As the Good Book Says... Reality Has No Subtitles Truth in Television Greater-Scope Villain Dirty Cop Cold-Blooded Torture Anti-Villain Chiaroscuro Dramatic Gun Cock Eiffel Tower Effect Scenery Gorn Cool Shades Real Life Married to the Job The Film of the Book Eldritch Abomination Toplessness from the Back Tap on the Head Dirty Coward Time Skip Ax-Crazy Psychological Thriller Friend to All Children Pretty Little Headshots Overprotective Dad Crucified Hero Shot Scenery Porn Bloodier and Gorier The Un-Reveal Shell-Shocked Veteran Gory Discretion Shot Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Animated Credits Opening Very Loosely Based on a True Story Genre Shift Crazy Jealous Guy Ambiguous Ending Aluminum Christmas Trees The '60s After the End Closed Circle Lampshade Hanging Facial Horror Improvised Weapon Stepford Smiler Italian Films I'm a Humanitarian Match Cut Mr. Exposition The Stoner Meaningful Name Super Strength Kids Are Cruel Idiot Ball Distracted by the Sexy Killed Mid-Sentence "Shaggy Dog" Story Big Bad Duumvirate In Name Only Contrived Coincidence Film Series I Need a Freaking Drink Beta Couple Shower Scene Chase Scene The Sociopath As You Know Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor The Bad Guy Wins Tempting Fate Frame-Up Demonic Possession My Beloved Smother Manipulative Bastard Non-Indicative Name The Great Depression The Stinger I Did What I Had to Do Male Gaze Coming-of-Age Story Anachronic Order Christmas Movies Index Batman Gambit Fish out of Water Leave the Camera Running Villain with Good Publicity Amoral Attorney Broken Aesop My Greatest Failure Final Girl Conspicuous CG Evil Counterpart Spiritual Successor Jerkass Humiliation Conga Attempted Rape "Awesome McCool" Name Camera Abuse Blonde, Brunette, Redhead "Where Are They Now?" 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Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold True Companions For the Evulz Babies Ever After Hollywood Darkness I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Funny Background Event Reasonable Authority Figure Awesome, but Impractical Obstructive Bureaucrat Mighty Whitey Sadistic Choice Rape as Drama Kill 'em All Bare Your Midriff The Chick Homage Gorn Costume Porn Fanservice Drill Sergeant Nasty Villain Ball Adaptation Dye-Job Manic Pixie Dream Girl Deadpan Snarker Man on Fire Get Out! Gainax Ending Early Installment Weirdness Unreliable Narrator Science Fiction Films O.O.C. 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Villain Song Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Men Are the Expendable Gender Undying Loyalty Big "NO!" Black and Gray Morality Bittersweet Ending Roaring Rampage of Revenge Token Minority Pre-Mortem One-Liner And I Must Scream Butt-Monkey Camp Gay Pretty in Mink Tranquil Fury The Brute Karmic Death Expository Hairstyle Change Our Zombies Are Different All for Nothing A Minor Kidroduction Big Damn Heroes Calling the Old Man Out Does Not Like Shoes Nice Guy Cloudcuckoolander Screw This, I'm Outta Here! 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Is a Crapshoot Amusing Injuries Historical-Domain Character The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Overly Long Gag "The Reason You Suck" Speech Easily Forgiven Children Are Innocent Cruel and Unusual Death Decoy Protagonist Red Eyes, Take Warning Pay Evil unto Evil Dark Action Girl Punny Name Gilligan Cut Mugging the Monster Based on a True Story I Have Your Wife Dull Surprise Comically Missing the Point Title Drop Would Hit a Girl Disney Death Pragmatic Villainy Vomit Indiscretion Shot Damsel in Distress The Cameo Documentary Evil Is Petty The Starscream Vitriolic Best Buds Missing Mom British Films Smug Snake Better to Die than Be Killed Only a Flesh Wound Irony Adaptation Expansion Double Entendre Death by Adaptation Bottomless Magazines Ascended Extra Bloody Hilarious Blatant Lies Adaptational Badass Historical In-Joke Extremely Short Timespan Blood from the Mouth Sir Swears-a-Lot Determinator Beauty Is Never Tarnished War Is Hell Stalker with a Crush Suddenly SHOUTING! 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Sassy Black Woman Eyepatch of Power Big Eater Spared by the Adaptation Cassandra Truth Mr. Fanservice Skewed Priorities Heroic BSoD Improbable Weapon User Action Survivor Motor Mouth Mexican Standoff Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas World of Ham Instant Death Bullet Random Events Plot Film Noir Index Eye Scream Video Credits Self-Deprecation French Films Logo Joke Kick the Dog Bald of Evil Celebrity Paradox Kick the Son of a Bitch You Killed My Father Race Lift Spell My Name with an "S" Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Bland-Name Product Card-Carrying Villain Freudian Excuse Wrong Genre Savvy Laser-Guided Karma Brick Joke Reality Ensues Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Mistaken for Gay Evil Is Hammy Posthumous Character How We Got Here Riddle for the Ages Author Avatar Romantic False Lead Too Dumb to Live Bad Boss Protagonist Title The Lost Lenore The Stoic Shown Their Work Training Montage Laughing Mad Character Development Artistic License – Law Peek-a-Boo Corpse Morality Pet Fan Disservice Bound and Gagged Adaptational Villainy Made of Explodium Works Set in World War II Mind Screw Large Ham