Tropescilloscope: Have a Gay Old Time

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