Tropescilloscope: Hidden Depths

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