Tropescilloscope: Hero of Another Story

They have their own adventures, you just don't get to see them. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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They Really Do Love Each Other The Ghost Australian Movies Pretty in Mink Revenge Children Are Innocent Mad Scientist Villain Ball Small Name, Big Ego The Stinger True Companions Creative Closing Credits Bittersweet Ending Parental Abandonment Irony Sequel Escalation Hidden Depths Adults Are Useless Ambiguous Ending Parental Substitute Fanservice Extra Does This Remind You of Anything? Names to Run Away from Really Fast Redshirt Army Suspiciously Specific Denial Dies Wide Open Disguised in Drag Cruel and Unusual Death Translation Convention Deal with the Devil Actually Pretty Funny I'm a Humanitarian Pre-Mortem One-Liner Hypocritical Humor Anyone Can Die Monumental Damage Deadpan Snarker Hell Is That Noise Artistic License – History Leaning on the Fourth Wall Artistic License – Gun Safety Shower Scene Cool Old Guy Love at First Sight Bar Brawl Adaptation Name Change Kubrick Stare Storming the Castle Due to the Dead Boom, Headshot! Sadistic Choice A Minor Kidroduction MacGuffin Scenery Porn Country Matters Reckless Gun Usage Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Your Cheating Heart Intergenerational Friendship The Remake Toplessness from the Back Punny Name Credits Gag Taking You with Me Maybe Ever After Honor Before Reason Cool Guns Sir Swears-a-Lot Throwing Your Sword Always Works Foil Body Horror Catapult Nightmare Bond Villain Stupidity Actor Allusion Wretched Hive The '70s Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Sanity Slippage Deconstruction Pay Evil unto Evil Kill It with Fire Film Noir Author Appeal Spiritual Successor Offscreen Moment of Awesome Action Survivor Dying Moment of Awesome Bait-and-Switch Abhorrent Admirer Soundtrack Dissonance The Reveal Fish out of Water Not So Stoic Up to Eleven What the Hell, Hero? Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Real Life Writes the Plot Brainless Beauty Alpha Bitch Dissonant Serenity Made of Iron Posthumous Character Retirony Hypocrite Award-Bait Song Mythology Gag Frame-Up One-Word Title Took a Level in Jerkass Dumb Blonde She Cleans Up Nicely No Antagonist Rich Bitch Unresolved Sexual Tension Does Not Like Shoes Ironic Echo Retcon Spanner in the Works Redemption Equals Death Those Two Bad Guys After the End Red Oni, Blue Oni Italian Films Meaningful Background Event Establishing Character Moment The Dragon Scary Black Man "The Reason You Suck" Speech Jerkass Has a Point Mind Screw Insane Troll Logic Villain with Good Publicity Spiteful Spit Instant Death Bullet Armor-Piercing Question Lock and Load Montage Straight Gay Corrupt Corporate Executive Diabolus ex Machina Only a Flesh Wound Romantic False Lead Missing Mom Manchild Good Is Not Nice The Hero Dies Setting Update Married to the Job Sports Stories Our Zombies Are Different Same Language Dub Cool Car Large Ham Gratuitous English Captain Ersatz Enemy Mine Rule of Three Rousing Speech Oh, Crap! Back from the Dead Sequel Hook Pet the Dog Red Eyes, Take Warning May–December Romance Sealed Evil in a Can Line-of-Sight Name The Lancer Beauty Is Never Tarnished Death of a Child Drugs Are Bad La Résistance Groin Attack Let's Get Dangerous! Implacable Man Cluster F-Bomb Darkest Hour Properly Paranoid Shout-Out Shoot the Shaggy Dog Bunny-Ears Lawyer Gory Discretion Shot Yandere Jerkass Half the Man He Used to Be Villain Opening Scene Coming-of-Age Story Villain Song Not Using the "Z" Word Danny Peary Cult Movies List The Cameo Death by Irony Casting Gag Drives Like Crazy Documentary Freudian Excuse Police are Useless Bury Your Gays In Medias Res Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Badass Bookworm Manly Tears Dwindling Party Chiaroscuro The Ditz Suddenly SHOUTING! Product Placement Crazy Jealous Guy The '60s Chase Scene Evil Sounds Deep Empathic Environment Stealth Hi/Bye He Knows Too Much Vomit Discretion Shot Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Interrupted Suicide 20 Minutes into the Future The Alleged Car Grey and Gray Morality A Father to His Men Funny Background Event Break the Haughty Off-into-the-Distance Ending Not So Different Plucky Comic Relief Action Girl The Stoner Badass Grandpa The Chessmaster Improbable Aiming Skills Mistaken for Gay Demoted to Extra Bland-Name Product Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Here We Go Again! Skewed Priorities Four-Temperament Ensemble Rule of Symbolism Offscreen Teleportation Jerk with a Heart of Gold Department of Redundancy Department Shown Their Work The Great Depression Beware the Nice Ones Those Wacky Nazis Advertised Extra Slasher Movie Eagleland No Name Given Be Careful What You Wish For As Himself Light Is Not Good Artistic License – Military "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Bullying a Dragon Put on a Bus No-Sell Black Best Friend Disproportionate Retribution Almost Kiss Catch-Phrase Dramatic Gun Cock Bound and Gagged Hero Antagonist Mundane Made Awesome Training Montage What Happened to the Mouse? Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Ascended Extra Faux Affably Evil Zombie Stories Paper-Thin Disguise Psychopathic Manchild Cat Scare The '50s Leitmotif Horror Comedy Race Against the Clock Creepy Child BFG Whole Plot Reference The Voiceless Amoral Attorney Amusing Injuries Dramedy Well-Intentioned Extremist More Dakka Ship Tease Downer Ending From Nobody to Nightmare O.O.C. Is Serious Business Get Out! 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Eiffel Tower Effect From Bad to Worse Manic Pixie Dream Girl Only in It for the Money I Need a Freaking Drink Sinister Minister Biopic Sacrificial Lion Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Male Frontal Nudity Arranged Marriage Crucified Hero Shot Sassy Black Woman Genre Savvy Fat Bastard Papa Wolf Book-Ends The Un-Reveal Animal Title Index Overprotective Dad Calling the Old Man Out Femme Fatale Novelization Awesome, but Impractical Babies Ever After Morality Pet Action Genre Death by Sex Gender Flip Karmic Death Defiant to the End Heroic Sacrifice Aluminum Christmas Trees Fingore Chekhov's Gunman Loads and Loads of Characters Unreliable Narrator Index of Film Westerns The Ace Five-Man Band Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Jerk Jock Non-Indicative Name Meaningful Name Never Found the Body Bare Your Midriff Breaking the Fourth Wall Vomit Indiscretion Shot The Faceless Chekhov's Gun Russian Films Bond One-Liner Adaptation Dye-Job Accidental Misnaming Domestic Abuse Fan Disservice Precision F-Strike Only Known by Their Nickname "Well Done, Son!" 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Is a Crapshoot Adaptational Heroism Bolivian Army Ending Chewing the Scenery Apocalypse How Brother–Sister Incest Agony of the Feet Adult Fear All There in the Manual Cat Fight Handicapped Badass Wham Shot Creator Cameo Word of God Peek-a-Boo Corpse Super Strength My Beloved Smother Parental Neglect Red Herring Hate Sink Heterosexual Life-Partners World of Ham Continuity Nod Hair-Trigger Temper The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Dual Wielding Hero of Another Story Extreme Doormat Rule of Cool Our Vampires Are Different Smug Snake Romantic Comedy Jump Scare Wham Line Card-Carrying Villain Determinator aka: The Determinator Dark Reprise And Starring The '80s Last-Name Basis Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Motor Mouth Taking the Bullet Double Entendre Gainax Ending Fake Shemp Reality Is Unrealistic The Quiet One Market-Based Title The Smart Guy Exact Words Reality Ensues Costume Porn Animated Credits Opening Adaptational Attractiveness Retired Badass Happily Married Facial Horror Black Comedy The Musical Kick the Son of a Bitch All Men Are Perverts Fiery Redhead Mugging the Monster Gilligan Cut Canon Foreigner Fire-Forged Friends The Cavalry Knight Templar Meaningful Echo Green-Eyed Monster Obstructive Bureaucrat Tap on the Head Scare Chord Real Life Woman Scorned Expository Hairstyle Change And the Adventure Continues Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Very Loosely Based on a True Story Re-Cut Big Bad Duumvirate Bi the Way Hollywood Law Eureka Moment Mooks Damsel in Distress Intrepid Reporter Mood Whiplash Bring My Brown Pants Badass Longcoat Early-Bird Cameo As the Good Book Says... Plot Hole Took a Level in Badass Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Really Gets Around Henpecked Husband Ass Shove Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Reasonable Authority Figure Stock Footage Knife Nut She's Got Legs Refuge in Audacity Did Not Get the Girl Unspoken Plan Guarantee Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Laughing Mad Cold-Blooded Torture For the Evulz Evil Laugh Red Shirt Manipulative Bastard All for Nothing Bavarian Fire Drill My Greatest Failure Stealth Pun An Aesop It's All About Me Blatant Lies Fantastic Racism An Axe to Grind All Girls Want Bad Boys Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Mr. Fanservice Loophole Abuse Depraved Bisexual Soft Glass It's Personal Eldritch Abomination Decoy Protagonist Immune to Bullets Despair Event Horizon It Will Never Catch On Darker and Edgier Overly Long Gag Heel Realization Silent Movie Batman Gambit Improbable Weapon User Wicked Cultured Sexy Discretion Shot Silence Is Golden Evil-Detecting Dog Hoist by His Own Petard Brutal Honesty Important Haircut And I Must Scream Dull Surprise Artistic License – Law Final Girl A Date with Rosie Palms Take a Third Option Drill Sergeant Nasty The Lost Lenore Slasher Smile Adaptation Distillation Undying Loyalty Worthy Opponent Bowdlerise One Steve Limit folderlabel Celebrity Paradox Suspiciously Similar Substitute No OSHA Compliance Take That! 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Dramatic Irony Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Cassandra Truth Kids Are Cruel Crapsack World Match Cut Auto Erotica Fanservice Anachronism Stew Distracted by the Sexy Adapted Out Playing Gertrude Shirtless Scene Outrun the Fireball Ax-Crazy Police Brutality Pragmatic Adaptation Idiot Ball Star-Crossed Lovers Bilingual Bonus Scenery Gorn The Alcoholic Historical Villain Upgrade Contrived Coincidence Anti-Villain Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Room Full of Crazy Fun with Acronyms The '90s Becoming the Mask Ghost Fiction Nice Guy Sole Survivor Smoking Is Cool Serial Killer Central Theme Only One Name Left the Background Music On Badass Boast Would Hurt a Child Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Curb-Stomp Battle Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Greater-Scope Villain Serious Business The Starscream Needs Wiki Magic Love Blackmail Deliberately Monochrome Tagline Call-Forward Covers Always Lie Men Are the Expendable Gender Recycled IN SPACE! Bloody Hilarious Funny Foreigner Vitriolic Best Buds How We Got Here Woman in White Dark Action Girl Unusually Uninteresting Sight Bloodless Carnage Cowboy Cop Ambiguous Disorder Cool Shades Character Development Even Evil Has Loved Ones Public Domain Feature Films Heroes Want Redheads The Oner Flashback Mr. Exposition What You Are in the Dark Epic Fail Big Fancy House Naked People Are Funny Heroic BSoD B-Movie Horror Films Evil vs. Evil Protagonist Title He Who Fights Monsters Film Series Pragmatic Villainy Artistic License – Geography In the Back Mighty Whitey Jitter Cam Affably Evil Mexican Standoff Antagonist Title Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Anachronic Order Noodle Incident Reality Has No Subtitles '80s Hair Air-Vent Passageway Random Events Plot Hollywood Darkness This Is Gonna Suck Death by Adaptation The Bad Guy Wins Blonde, Brunette, Redhead The Big Guy Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Mystery and Detective Films Running Gag It Can Think Better to Die than Be Killed Ripped from the Headlines Would Hit a Girl Historical-Domain Character Ungrateful Bastard Lampshade Hanging Madness Mantra Belligerent Sexual Tension Stuff Blowing Up No Ending Dirty Cop Unusual Euphemism Deus ex Machina Mercy Kill Anti-Hero Beta Couple The Dreaded Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? 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Dogged Nice Guy Vacation Films I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Informed Ability Accidental Murder NO INDOOR VOICE Pretty Little Headshots Cloudcuckoolander Brick Joke Stepford Smiler Insistent Terminology The Casanova Military and Warfare Films Never Trust a Trailer Karma Houdini Age Lift Ms. Fanservice All There in the Script Trailers Always Spoil Daddy's Girl French Films Cain and Abel Determinator Older Than They Look Call-Back Never My Fault Dressing as the Enemy Fatal Flaw Obfuscating Stupidity Once More, with Clarity! Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Destination Defenestration Wrong Genre Savvy Break the Cutie Adaptational Badass Disney Death Dutch Angle No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Deliberate Values Dissonance Blood Knight Framing Device Alliterative Name I Have Your Wife Guile Hero Foreshadowing Car Fu Man on Fire