Tropescilloscope: Have a Gay Old Time

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