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