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