Tropescilloscope: Here We Go Again!

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