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